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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Home Counties region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2240
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads162
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.001 %
As % of the category below26.23 %6.897 %
Salaries quoted162
Average minimum salary£28,625£40,000
Average salary£28,625£40,000
% change on same period last year-28.43 %
Average maximum salary£28,625£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£28,282£28,029
% change on same period last year+0.90 %
Home Counties IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Home Counties
Matching permanent IT job ads6129
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.012 %
Salaries quoted5727
Average minimum salary£38,013£53,630
Average salary£40,570£55,241
% change on same period last year-26.55 %
Average maximum salary£43,127£56,852
UK excluding London average salary£33,329£33,452
% change on same period last year-0.36 %
MS Office South EastMS Office
South East

MS Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

MS Office
Salary Trend

The 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
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Home Counties region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Home Counties MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

111 (64.71 %)Windows
29 (52.94 %)MS Excel
29 (52.94 %)Microsoft
38 (47.06 %)MS Visio
46 (35.29 %)Windows XP
46 (35.29 %)EDI
46 (35.29 %)HTML
46 (35.29 %)SQL
46 (35.29 %)DB2
46 (35.29 %)JSP
46 (35.29 %)XML
46 (35.29 %)ebXML
46 (35.29 %)Windows Server 2003
46 (35.29 %)FTP
46 (35.29 %)HTTP
46 (35.29 %)TCP/IP
46 (35.29 %)WAN
46 (35.29 %)B2B
46 (35.29 %)GIS
46 (35.29 %)EDIFACT
46 (35.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
55 (29.41 %)Backup Exec
55 (29.41 %)LAN
55 (29.41 %)Internet
55 (29.41 %)Blackberry
55 (29.41 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
64 (23.53 %)HTTPS
64 (23.53 %)Data Conversion
72 (11.76 %)Risk Analysis
72 (11.76 %)Electronic Trading

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

Home Counties IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (35.29 %)HTML
16 (35.29 %)JSP
16 (35.29 %)XML
16 (35.29 %)EDI
16 (35.29 %)ebXML
16 (35.29 %)EDIFACT
Home Counties IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (29.41 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
22 (11.76 %)MS Exchange
31 (5.882 %)SharePoint
31 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2007
Home Counties IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (52.94 %)MS Excel
28 (47.06 %)MS Visio
Home Counties IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (35.29 %)FTP
16 (35.29 %)HTTP
16 (35.29 %)TCP/IP
16 (35.29 %)WAN
25 (29.41 %)LAN
25 (29.41 %)Internet
34 (23.53 %)HTTPS
41 (5.882 %)DHCP
41 (5.882 %)VPN
41 (5.882 %)DNS
41 (5.882 %)Firewall
Home Counties IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (35.29 %)DB2
16 (35.29 %)GIS
Home Counties IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.76 %)Back Office
Home Counties IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (35.29 %)Developer
16 (35.29 %)GIS Developer
25 (29.41 %)IT Support Analyst
25 (29.41 %)Analyst
25 (29.41 %)Support Analyst
34 (23.53 %)Junior Developer
34 (23.53 %)Junior
42 (11.76 %)Implementation Manager
51 (5.882 %)Field Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Systems Engineer
Home Counties IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (29.41 %)Blackberry
24 (23.53 %)Data Conversion
Home Counties IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (64.71 %)Windows
26 (35.29 %)Windows XP
26 (35.29 %)Windows Server 2003
26 (35.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (5.882 %)Linux
31 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
Home Counties IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (35.29 %)B2B
22 (11.76 %)Project Management
22 (11.76 %)Risk Analysis
22 (11.76 %)Electronic Trading
22 (11.76 %)E-Commerce
22 (11.76 %)ERP
Home Counties IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (35.29 %)SQL
Home Counties IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (11.76 %)MCP
12 (11.76 %)MCSE
12 (11.76 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (11.76 %)Degree
21 (5.882 %)MCSA
Home Counties IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (29.41 %)Backup Exec
21 (5.882 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (5.882 %)Active Directory
21 (5.882 %)Terminal Services
Home Counties IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (52.94 %)Microsoft
22 (11.76 %)JD Edwards
31 (5.882 %)VMware
31 (5.882 %)WatchGuard
31 (5.882 %)Draytek
31 (5.882 %)Cisco