The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Home Counties region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 20 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 Home Counties region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 4 6 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 1 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties 5.263% 15.07% -
As % of the Applications category 33.33% 45.83% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 0
Average salary £31,500 £52,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.66%
All Applications
Home Counties
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
3 24 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties 15.79% 32.88% 5.670%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 11
Average salary £90,000 £52,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+71.42% +32.91%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -
MS Office
South East

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix