The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 22 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 Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 39 36 36
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 25 16 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 6.361% 4.408% 1.818%
As % of the Applications category 29.07% 22.86% 7.813%
Number of salaries quoted 21 16 5
Average salary £45,000 £27,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+66.66% -16.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £18,750 £20,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
86 70 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 21.88% 19.28% 23.27%
Number of salaries quoted 75 66 52
Average salary £36,250 £27,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.25% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,100 £22,800
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Office
Leicestershire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leicester MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 40 (70.18%) Microsoft
2 36 (63.16%) MS Excel
3 26 (45.61%) SQL
3 26 (45.61%) Windows
4 21 (36.84%) C#
5 20 (35.09%) .NET
5 20 (35.09%) MS PowerPoint
6 18 (31.58%) Degree
7 17 (29.82%) ISO 9001
8 15 (26.32%) SQL Server
9 14 (24.56%) MS Exchange
9 14 (24.56%) Active Directory
9 14 (24.56%) Project Management
10 13 (22.81%) Visual Studio
11 12 (21.05%) ASP.NET
11 12 (21.05%) Web Services
11 12 (21.05%) ITIL
11 12 (21.05%) UML
11 12 (21.05%) TickIT
11 12 (21.05%) Computer Science
12 10 (17.54%) Windows Server 2003
12 10 (17.54%) Windows XP
12 10 (17.54%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (15.79%) Waterfall
13 9 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
13 9 (15.79%) PRINCE2
14 8 (14.04%) T-SQL
14 8 (14.04%) VB
14 8 (14.04%) Finance
14 8 (14.04%) Azure SQL Database

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 20 (35.09%) .NET
2 12 (21.05%) ASP.NET
2 12 (21.05%) Web Services
3 7 (12.28%) WCF
3 7 (12.28%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 14 (24.56%) MS Exchange
2 8 (14.04%) Windows Azure
3 6 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (8.772%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (8.772%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (8.772%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.754%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (63.16%) MS Excel
2 20 (35.09%) MS PowerPoint
3 6 (10.53%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.754%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.754%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (1.754%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (1.754%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.754%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.53%) TCP/IP
2 5 (8.772%) LAN
2 5 (8.772%) PBX
2 5 (8.772%) WAN
3 4 (7.018%) DHCP
4 1 (1.754%) Internet
4 1 (1.754%) Firewall
4 1 (1.754%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 8 (14.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (8.772%) SQL Server 2012
3 5 (8.772%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (1.754%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.754%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 13 (22.81%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.754%) MorphX
General
1 8 (14.04%) Finance
2 6 (10.53%) Back Office
3 5 (8.772%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.018%) Retail
5 2 (3.509%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (31.58%) Software Manager
2 16 (28.07%) Support Engineer
3 12 (21.05%) Development Manager
3 12 (21.05%) Software Development Manager
4 11 (19.30%) Project Manager
5 7 (12.28%) Applications Support Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) Applications Support
6 6 (10.53%) Software Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) Senior Support Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) Software Project Manager
6 6 (10.53%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) Applications Project Manager
6 6 (10.53%) Software Support Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) Applications Manager
6 6 (10.53%) IT Support
6 6 (10.53%) Senior IT Support
7 5 (8.772%) Avaya Engineer
7 5 (8.772%) Senior Telecoms Engineer
7 5 (8.772%) Telecoms Engineer
7 5 (8.772%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.05%) Computer Science
2 5 (8.772%) IVR
3 2 (3.509%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 26 (45.61%) Windows
2 10 (17.54%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (17.54%) Windows XP
2 10 (17.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (10.53%) Windows 2000
3 6 (10.53%) Windows Vista
3 6 (10.53%) Windows 2000 Server
4 5 (8.772%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (8.772%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) Project Management
2 12 (21.05%) ITIL
2 12 (21.05%) UML
3 9 (15.79%) Waterfall
3 9 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (15.79%) PRINCE2
4 7 (12.28%) Data Transformation
4 7 (12.28%) Migration
4 7 (12.28%) CRM
5 6 (10.53%) Business Analysis
6 5 (8.772%) Change Management
6 5 (8.772%) E-Commerce
6 5 (8.772%) ERP
7 3 (5.263%) Software Testing
8 1 (1.754%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.754%) Change Control
8 1 (1.754%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (1.754%) System Testing
8 1 (1.754%) Performance Management
8 1 (1.754%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 26 (45.61%) SQL
2 21 (36.84%) C#
3 8 (14.04%) T-SQL
3 8 (14.04%) VB
4 1 (1.754%) X++
Qualifications
1 18 (31.58%) Degree
2 6 (10.53%) MCP
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (8.772%) MCTS
3 5 (8.772%) MCITP
3 5 (8.772%) HNC
4 2 (3.509%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.754%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (29.82%) ISO 9001
2 12 (21.05%) TickIT
System Software
1 14 (24.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (8.772%) SCCM
2 1 (1.754%) WSUS
2 1 (1.754%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.754%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 40 (70.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.53%) Symantec
3 5 (8.772%) Avaya
4 1 (1.754%) Remedy
4 1 (1.754%) Cisco
4 1 (1.754%) Oracle
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