The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 60 53 25
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -28
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 25 29 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 2.787% 3.984% 7.112%
As % of the Applications category 16.03% 27.88% 30.84%
Number of salaries quoted 17 29 27
Average salary £32,000 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £19,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £45,500 £42,900
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
156 104 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 17.39% 14.29% 23.06%
Number of salaries quoted 126 99 96
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £59,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,731 £33,500 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+3.67% -0.74%
MS Office
Surrey

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Guildford MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 29 (72.50%) Microsoft
2 26 (65.00%) Windows
3 15 (37.50%) MS Excel
4 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (32.50%) VMware
6 11 (27.50%) Internet
7 10 (25.00%) SQL Server
8 9 (22.50%) VMware Infrastructure
8 9 (22.50%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (22.50%) MCSE
8 9 (22.50%) Altiris
8 9 (22.50%) MCITP
8 9 (22.50%) Incident Management
9 8 (20.00%) Firewall
9 8 (20.00%) Avaya
9 8 (20.00%) Active Directory
9 8 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (20.00%) Hyper-V
10 7 (17.50%) xDSL
10 7 (17.50%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (17.50%) Adobe
10 7 (17.50%) CCNA
10 7 (17.50%) Ethernet
10 7 (17.50%) Sage
10 7 (17.50%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (17.50%) DSL
10 7 (17.50%) MS Exchange
10 7 (17.50%) SQL
10 7 (17.50%) VMware ESX
10 7 (17.50%) IP Telephony

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 Development
1 4 (10.00%) Application Packaging
1 4 (10.00%) WinForms
1 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (10.00%) .NET
2 2 (5.000%) CSS
3 1 (2.500%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (17.50%) MS Exchange
2 6 (15.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (10.00%) IIS
4 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (5.000%) GroupWise
5 2 (5.000%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (5.000%) Lync
6 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 15 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.000%) Office 365
3 1 (2.500%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.500%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.500%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 11 (27.50%) Internet
2 8 (20.00%) Firewall
3 7 (17.50%) xDSL
3 7 (17.50%) Ethernet
3 7 (17.50%) DSL
3 7 (17.50%) IP Telephony
3 7 (17.50%) WiMAX
4 3 (7.500%) DHCP
4 3 (7.500%) DNS
5 2 (5.000%) Softphone
5 2 (5.000%) VoIP
5 2 (5.000%) Unified Communications
6 1 (2.500%) WAN
6 1 (2.500%) LAN
6 1 (2.500%) Intranet
6 1 (2.500%) SAN
6 1 (2.500%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.500%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.500%) MySQL
3 1 (2.500%) GIS
3 1 (2.500%) SQL Anywhere
Development Applications
1 3 (7.500%) MSI
1 3 (7.500%) InstallShield
2 2 (5.000%) SilkTest
General
1 6 (15.00%) Finance
2 4 (10.00%) Legal
3 2 (5.000%) Marketing
3 2 (5.000%) Law
3 2 (5.000%) Retail
3 2 (5.000%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.500%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.500%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) Analyst
2 10 (25.00%) IT Support
3 8 (20.00%) Consultant
4 7 (17.50%) Support Analyst
5 6 (15.00%) Support Consultant
6 5 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (10.00%) .NET Developer
7 4 (10.00%) C# Developer
7 4 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
7 4 (10.00%) Applications Packager
7 4 (10.00%) Developer
7 4 (10.00%) IT Consultant
7 4 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
8 2 (5.000%) Exchange Consultant
8 2 (5.000%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Technical Support Consultant
8 2 (5.000%) Software Tester
8 2 (5.000%) 1st Line Support
8 2 (5.000%) Technical Support
8 2 (5.000%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (12.50%) iPhone
2 5 (12.50%) iPad
2 5 (12.50%) Blackberry
3 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.000%) Device Driver
5 1 (2.500%) Visualisation
5 1 (2.500%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 26 (65.00%) Windows
2 8 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (17.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (15.00%) Windows XP
4 6 (15.00%) Windows 7
5 5 (12.50%) Windows Vista
6 2 (5.000%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (5.000%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.500%) Linux
7 1 (2.500%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (22.50%) Incident Management
2 5 (12.50%) ITIL
3 4 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (10.00%) ITSM
3 4 (10.00%) OOD
3 4 (10.00%) Software Deployment
4 3 (7.500%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (7.500%) Project Management
4 3 (7.500%) Risk Management
5 2 (5.000%) Software Engineering
5 2 (5.000%) Service Management
6 1 (2.500%) Image Processing
6 1 (2.500%) Data Modelling
6 1 (2.500%) CRM
6 1 (2.500%) OO
6 1 (2.500%) Quality Management
6 1 (2.500%) Security Management
6 1 (2.500%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.500%) Document Management
6 1 (2.500%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) SQL
2 4 (10.00%) VBA
2 4 (10.00%) C#
3 3 (7.500%) VBScript
3 3 (7.500%) VB
4 2 (5.000%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.500%) Python
5 1 (2.500%) PHP
5 1 (2.500%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (22.50%) MCSE
2 9 (22.50%) MCITP
3 7 (17.50%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (17.50%) CCNA
3 7 (17.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (15.00%) Degree
4 6 (15.00%) MCTS
5 4 (10.00%) MCP
6 3 (7.500%) Security Cleared
7 2 (5.000%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (2.500%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (22.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 7 (17.50%) VMware ESX
4 4 (10.00%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (5.000%) ISA Server
6 1 (2.500%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (72.50%) Microsoft
2 13 (32.50%) VMware
3 9 (22.50%) Altiris
4 8 (20.00%) Avaya
5 7 (17.50%) Adobe
5 7 (17.50%) Sage
6 4 (10.00%) Symantec
7 2 (5.000%) Oracle
7 2 (5.000%) Novell
8 1 (2.500%) Sybase
8 1 (2.500%) Primavera
8 1 (2.500%) Citrix
8 1 (2.500%) CommVault
8 1 (2.500%) Cisco