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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 16 29 17
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -12
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 16 6 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 10.39% 2.956% 6.957%
As % of the Applications category 30.19% 28.57% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 1
Average salary £25,050 £27,500 £18,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.90% +48.64%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
53 21 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 34.42% 10.34% 26.09%
Number of salaries quoted 46 12 21
Average salary £32,500 £32,750 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.76% +21.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,480 £22,250 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,600 £38,700 £42,900
UK excluding London average salary £34,731 £33,500 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+3.67% -0.74%
MS Office
West Yorkshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

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

Halifax MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 24 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (56.67%) Finance
3 10 (33.33%) QA
4 9 (30.00%) Test Scripting
4 9 (30.00%) Project Management
5 8 (26.67%) Windows
6 7 (23.33%) SQL
7 6 (20.00%) MS Excel
7 6 (20.00%) MS Exchange
7 6 (20.00%) Citrix
7 6 (20.00%) SAN
7 6 (20.00%) HP
7 6 (20.00%) VMware
7 6 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (16.67%) Windows 7
8 5 (16.67%) Regression Testing
8 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
9 4 (13.33%) Sophos
9 4 (13.33%) CAD
9 4 (13.33%) Terminal Services
9 4 (13.33%) ERP
9 4 (13.33%) Windows XP
9 4 (13.33%) VBA
9 4 (13.33%) Wireless
9 4 (13.33%) Manufacturing
9 4 (13.33%) SolidWorks
9 4 (13.33%) Backup Exec
9 4 (13.33%) NAS

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (3.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (3.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) SAN
2 4 (13.33%) Wireless
2 4 (13.33%) NAS
3 1 (3.333%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.333%) MySQL
General
1 17 (56.67%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.667%) Billing
4 1 (3.333%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (13.33%) Administrator
3 4 (13.33%) Test Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Systems Administrator
3 4 (13.33%) IT Administrator
4 3 (10.00%) QA Test Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Risk Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Change Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Business Change Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Business Manager
4 3 (10.00%) QA Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Test Manager
5 2 (6.667%) Tester
6 1 (3.333%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Testing Specialist
6 1 (3.333%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.333%) Celerra
1 1 (3.333%) Mainframe
1 1 (3.333%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 8 (26.67%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (16.67%) Windows 7
2 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (13.33%) Windows XP
4 1 (3.333%) Android
4 1 (3.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (3.333%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.333%) UNIX
4 1 (3.333%) HPUX
4 1 (3.333%) Linux
4 1 (3.333%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Test Scripting
1 9 (30.00%) Project Management
2 5 (16.67%) Regression Testing
3 4 (13.33%) CAD
3 4 (13.33%) ERP
3 4 (13.33%) Contact Management
4 3 (10.00%) Time Management
4 3 (10.00%) Change Control
4 3 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 2 (6.667%) Test Strategy
5 2 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.333%) Functional Testing
6 1 (3.333%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.333%) Change Management
6 1 (3.333%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.333%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) SQL
2 4 (13.33%) VBA
3 2 (6.667%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.333%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.333%) C
4 1 (3.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (3.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (13.33%) Terminal Services
4 1 (3.333%) vSphere
4 1 (3.333%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (3.333%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Backup Exec
2 1 (3.333%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.00%) Citrix
2 6 (20.00%) HP
2 6 (20.00%) VMware
3 4 (13.33%) Sophos
3 4 (13.33%) SolidWorks
3 4 (13.33%) Veeam
4 2 (6.667%) Oracle
5 1 (3.333%) Dell
5 1 (3.333%) EMC
5 1 (3.333%) Unisys
5 1 (3.333%) Red Hat