The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gatwick region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category for the Gatwick region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 19 18 26
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +8
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 2 22 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 2.151% 9.565% 1.290%
As % of the Applications category 28.57% 47.83% 6.452%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 2
Average salary £33,750 £47,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.94% +72.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,350 £26,250 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,150 £51,000 £29,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
Gatwick
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
7 46 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 7.527% 20.00% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 29 14
Average salary £38,000 £46,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.83% +42.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £26,250 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £66,000 £37,500 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,731 £33,500 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+3.67% -0.74%
MS Office
West Sussex

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MS Office across the Gatwick region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Gatwick MS Office Jobs Demand Trend

MS Office
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MS Office across the Gatwick region.

Gatwick MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick region citing MS Office also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited MS Office.

1 5 (71.43%) MS Excel
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) MS Project
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
5 1 (14.29%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (14.29%) MCSA
5 1 (14.29%) CCTV
5 1 (14.29%) Requirements Management
5 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
5 1 (14.29%) QA
5 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Management
5 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (14.29%) SaaS
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Wireless
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) VMware
5 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 1 (14.29%) Altiris
5 1 (14.29%) Blue Coat
5 1 (14.29%) ProxySG

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick region citing MS Office also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited MS Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) MS Excel
2 3 (42.86%) MS Project
3 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) MPLS
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Support Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Support
1 2 (28.57%) Coordinator
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Junior
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Team Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Team Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CCTV
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
2 1 (14.29%) UNIX
2 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Management
2 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
2 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
2 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Test Management
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) MCSA
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) ProxySG
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Altiris
2 1 (14.29%) Blue Coat
2 1 (14.29%) Dell
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) Lotus
2 1 (14.29%) Symantec