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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the London 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
Rank4749
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads29213862
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.595 %1.622 %
As % of the category below29.56 %30.97 %
Salaries quoted24793085
Average minimum salary£31,844£33,296
Average salary£33,786£35,468
% change on same period last year-4.74 %
Average maximum salary£35,727£37,639
UK excluding London average salary£28,282£28,029
% change on same period last year+0.90 %
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
London
Matching permanent IT job ads988212472
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.395 %5.237 %
Salaries quoted84599843
Average minimum salary£38,061£38,476
Average salary£40,997£41,613
% change on same period last year-1.48 %
Average maximum salary£43,932£44,750
UK excluding London average salary£33,329£33,452
% change on same period last year-0.36 %
MS Office EnglandMS Office
England

MS Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MS Office across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

London 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 London region.

London MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

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

London MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-4782£35,208-9.82 %
CroydonUp+1666£38,392+65.12 %
Docklands, LondonUp+460£31,800-17.41 %
ClaphamUp+1626£27,865+4.16 %
Canary WharfUp+1525£42,200-13.57 %
LutonUp+1225£26,808+4.83 %
EnfieldDown-115£43,679+40.89 %
SurbitonUp+113£25,083+35.58 %
HarrowDown-1511£34,864+25.67 %
RomfordUp+310£26,600+6.40 %
UxbridgeUp+210£25,150-20.10 %
WimbledonDown-48£31,688-17.98 %
BromleyDown-117£18,833-7.83 %
BarnetNew entry-6£19,000-
BrentfordUp+156£34,750+47.87 %
RuislipDown-75£40,000+60.00 %
HammersmithDown-25£24,150-16.76 %
South CroydonNew entry-4£24,000-
TwickenhamUp+33--
TeddingtonNew entry-3£22,167-
Kingston Upon ThamesDown-123£29,833+7.36 %
BarkingDown-23£34,000+108.16 %
ChessingtonUp+63£24,833+21.13 %
HayesDown-23£25,167-
IlfordDown-92£30,600+42.32 %
IsleworthNo change02£25,500-8.92 %
New MaldenNew entry-1--
SidcupDown-21£26,000+18.18 %
HounslowDown-31£21,000-23.17 %
HendonNew entry-1£27,500-
EalingDown-161£23,500-24.19 %
WembleyUp+191£40,000+14.03 %
MS Office EnglandMS Office
England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

13158 (50.01 %)Windows
23019 (47.81 %)Microsoft
32930 (46.40 %)MS Excel
41744 (27.62 %)Windows XP
51573 (24.91 %)Active Directory
61549 (24.53 %)Finance
71178 (18.65 %)Windows Server 2003
81074 (17.01 %)SQL
9878 (13.90 %)MS Exchange
10839 (13.29 %)SQL Server
11816 (12.92 %)Law
12753 (11.92 %)Legal
13724 (11.46 %)Windows 2000
14664 (10.51 %)Banking
15661 (10.47 %)TCP/IP
16657 (10.40 %)Microsoft Certification
17648 (10.26 %).NET
18628 (9.945 %)Blackberry
19574 (9.089 %)Degree
20534 (8.456 %)Exchange Server 2003
21500 (7.918 %)Citrix
22488 (7.728 %)Project Management
23452 (7.158 %)MS Project
24435 (6.888 %)SharePoint
25432 (6.841 %)ITIL
26398 (6.302 %)MS PowerPoint
27397 (6.287 %)MCSE
28390 (6.176 %)LAN
29371 (5.875 %)Lotus
30367 (5.812 %)Document Management

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1648 (10.26 %).NET
2312 (4.941 %)XML
3304 (4.814 %)ASP.NET
4205 (3.246 %)HTML
5111 (1.758 %)ASP
688 (1.394 %)SOAP
783 (1.314 %)CSS
868 (1.077 %)XHTML
965 (1.029 %)WebServices
965 (1.029 %)XSL
1060 (0.950 %).NET Framework
1145 (0.713 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1239 (0.618 %)AJAX
1338 (0.602 %)WinForms
1435 (0.554 %)XSLT
1531 (0.491 %)COM+
1626 (0.412 %)J2EE
1725 (0.396 %)WebSphere
1822 (0.348 %)X-Windows
1919 (0.301 %)ASP.NET 2.0
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1878 (13.90 %)MS Exchange
2534 (8.456 %)Exchange Server 2003
3435 (6.888 %)SharePoint
4356 (5.637 %)Lotus Notes
5273 (4.323 %)IIS
6205 (3.246 %)SharePoint Server 2007
7166 (2.629 %)Exchange Server 2000
897 (1.536 %)BizTalk Server
990 (1.425 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
990 (1.425 %)CMS
1084 (1.330 %)WorkSite
1181 (1.283 %)Exchange Server 2007
1263 (0.998 %)Lotus Domino
1342 (0.665 %)SAS
1425 (0.396 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1524 (0.380 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1621 (0.333 %)Documentum
1720 (0.317 %)Content Management Server
1817 (0.269 %)Apache
1915 (0.238 %)Office Communications Server
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12930 (46.40 %)MS Excel
2452 (7.158 %)MS Project
3398 (6.302 %)MS PowerPoint
4315 (4.988 %)MS Visio
576 (1.203 %)Photoshop
669 (1.093 %)DeltaView
741 (0.649 %)Acrobat
836 (0.570 %)Spreadsheet
921 (0.333 %)CA Clarity
1020 (0.317 %)SPSS
1117 (0.269 %)Adobe Illustrator
1117 (0.269 %)InfoPath
1211 (0.174 %)FrameMaker
1211 (0.174 %)QuarkXPress
139 (0.143 %)AutoCAD
139 (0.143 %)InDesign
148 (0.127 %)Fireworks
154 (0.063 %)SmartSuite
163 (0.048 %)PageMaker
172 (0.032 %)RoboHelp
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
179 (1.251 %)Microsoft CRM
272 (1.140 %)Dynamics AX
346 (0.728 %)Axapta
420 (0.317 %)assyst
515 (0.238 %)Remedy AR System
614 (0.222 %)HiPortfolio
713 (0.206 %)SalesLogix
811 (0.174 %)Great Plains
811 (0.174 %)Summit
910 (0.158 %)Oracle EBS
108 (0.127 %)Oracle 11i
108 (0.127 %)Oracle HRMS
108 (0.127 %)Oracle Applications
108 (0.127 %)Oracle Payroll
108 (0.127 %)Dynamics CRM
117 (0.111 %)Line 500
117 (0.111 %)SAP Business One
117 (0.111 %)HFM
126 (0.095 %)Kondor+
126 (0.095 %)Sage MMS
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1661 (10.47 %)TCP/IP
2390 (6.176 %)LAN
3343 (5.432 %)WAN
4335 (5.305 %)Internet
5300 (4.751 %)VPN
6277 (4.386 %)Firewall
7266 (4.212 %)DNS
8170 (2.692 %)DHCP
9147 (2.328 %)Intranet
10136 (2.154 %)VoIP
11105 (1.663 %)SAN
1287 (1.378 %)Wireless
1347 (0.744 %)IP Telephony
1432 (0.507 %)Extranet
1432 (0.507 %)FTP
1529 (0.459 %)Ethernet
1626 (0.412 %)SMTP
1626 (0.412 %)VLAN
1723 (0.364 %)ADSL
1822 (0.348 %)3G
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1839 (13.29 %)SQL Server
2160 (2.534 %)SQL Server 2005
3127 (2.011 %)SQL Server 2000
497 (1.536 %)Crystal Reports
592 (1.457 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
679 (1.251 %)BusinessObjects
775 (1.188 %)MS Access
860 (0.950 %)OLAP
957 (0.903 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1050 (0.792 %)DTS
1143 (0.681 %)Datawarehouse
1143 (0.681 %)RDBMS
1237 (0.586 %)ETL
1330 (0.475 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1428 (0.443 %)Oracle Reports
1527 (0.428 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1626 (0.412 %)MySQL
1721 (0.333 %)Oracle 10g
1816 (0.253 %)Oracle 9i
1914 (0.222 %)BusinessObjects XI
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1154 (2.439 %)Visual Studio
247 (0.744 %)Dreamweaver
339 (0.618 %)Flash
429 (0.459 %)VSS/SourceSafe
528 (0.443 %)LoadRunner
627 (0.428 %)QuickTest Pro
718 (0.285 %)MSI
814 (0.222 %)ClearCase
912 (0.190 %)TestDirector
1011 (0.174 %)JIRA
1110 (0.158 %)NUnit
128 (0.127 %)InstallShield
128 (0.127 %)RequisitePro
137 (0.111 %)Subversion
137 (0.111 %)FrontPage
146 (0.095 %)ERwin
155 (0.079 %)SilkPerformer
164 (0.063 %)SilkTest
164 (0.063 %)WinRunner
164 (0.063 %)Rational Rose
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11549 (24.53 %)Finance
2816 (12.92 %)Law
3753 (11.92 %)Legal
4664 (10.51 %)Banking
5320 (5.067 %)Marketing
6312 (4.941 %)Insurance
7301 (4.766 %)Investment Banking
8205 (3.246 %)Telecoms
9199 (3.151 %)Health
10190 (3.009 %)Pensions
11161 (2.549 %)Retail
12136 (2.154 %)Back Office
13114 (1.805 %)Education
14103 (1.631 %)Advertising
1578 (1.235 %)Front Office
1671 (1.124 %)Financial Institution
1757 (0.903 %)Publishing
1848 (0.760 %)Government
1934 (0.538 %)Music
2032 (0.507 %)Billing
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12222 (35.19 %)Analyst
21088 (17.23 %)Support Analyst
3616 (9.755 %)Desktop Support
4534 (8.456 %)Trainer
5463 (7.332 %)Support Engineer
6443 (7.015 %)IT Trainer
7388 (6.144 %)Helpdesk Analyst
8347 (5.495 %)Administrator
9345 (5.463 %)Developer
10318 (5.036 %)Helpdesk Support
11317 (5.020 %)Consultant
12291 (4.608 %)2nd Line Support
13264 (4.181 %)Desktop Analyst
14255 (4.038 %)Desktop Support Analyst
15246 (3.895 %)1st Line Support
16228 (3.610 %)IT Support Analyst
17222 (3.515 %)Business Analyst
18189 (2.993 %)Service Analyst
19179 (2.835 %)Project Manager
20172 (2.724 %)Junior
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1628 (9.945 %)Blackberry
2125 (1.979 %)PDA
3109 (1.726 %)E-Learning
487 (1.378 %)Client/Server
577 (1.219 %)Derivative
669 (1.093 %)Management Information System
755 (0.871 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
755 (0.871 %)Statistics
852 (0.823 %)Mathematics
852 (0.823 %)Equities
945 (0.713 %)Video Conferencing
1041 (0.649 %)German Language
1140 (0.633 %)Clustering
1239 (0.618 %)Replication
1338 (0.602 %)Computer Science
1437 (0.586 %)Fixed Income
1532 (0.507 %)French Language
1625 (0.396 %)AS400
1724 (0.380 %)Thin Client
1724 (0.380 %)Japanese Language
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13158 (50.01 %)Windows
21744 (27.62 %)Windows XP
31178 (18.65 %)Windows Server 2003
4724 (11.46 %)Windows 2000
5351 (5.558 %)Windows 2000 Server
6341 (5.400 %)Windows Vista
7252 (3.990 %)UNIX
8198 (3.135 %)Linux
9148 (2.344 %)Mac OS X
10139 (2.201 %)Windows NT
1162 (0.982 %)NetWare
1256 (0.887 %)Solaris
1354 (0.855 %)Red Hat Linux
1437 (0.586 %)Windows Server 2008
1515 (0.238 %)Mac OS X Server
168 (0.127 %)Windows Mobile
177 (0.111 %)AIX
183 (0.048 %)FreeBSD
192 (0.032 %)HPUX
192 (0.032 %)SUSE
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1488 (7.728 %)Project Management
2432 (6.841 %)ITIL
3367 (5.812 %)Document Management
4273 (4.323 %)PRINCE2
5235 (3.721 %)CRM
6189 (2.993 %)Business Analysis
7124 (1.964 %)Asset Management
8116 (1.837 %)UML
9115 (1.821 %)Investment Management
10113 (1.789 %)E-Commerce
11105 (1.663 %)Time Management
12103 (1.631 %)Project Planning
1395 (1.504 %)Test Scripting
1476 (1.203 %)Web Development
1476 (1.203 %)Business Intelligence
1573 (1.156 %)Workflow
1573 (1.156 %)Migration
1672 (1.140 %)Service Delivery
1769 (1.093 %)ERP
1868 (1.077 %)Data Modelling
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11074 (17.01 %)SQL
2353 (5.590 %)VBA
3327 (5.178 %)C#
4252 (3.990 %)VB
5142 (2.249 %)Java
6109 (1.726 %)JavaScript
6109 (1.726 %)C
799 (1.568 %)VB.NET
898 (1.552 %)Transact-SQL
988 (1.394 %)C++
1084 (1.330 %)Perl
1164 (1.013 %)VBScript
1250 (0.792 %)PHP
1346 (0.728 %)VB6
1439 (0.618 %)VC++
1524 (0.380 %)PL/SQL
1524 (0.380 %)Shell Script
1615 (0.238 %)COBOL
1711 (0.174 %)SAS Macro
189 (0.143 %)DHTML
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1657 (10.40 %)Microsoft Certification
2574 (9.089 %)Degree
3397 (6.287 %)MCSE
4325 (5.146 %)MCP
5272 (4.307 %)MOS
6130 (2.059 %)MCSA
7110 (1.742 %)Cisco Certification
8105 (1.663 %)CCNA
982 (1.298 %)ISEB
1080 (1.267 %)ITIL Certification
1164 (1.013 %)A+ Certification
1262 (0.982 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1355 (0.871 %)MCDST
1441 (0.649 %)MCSD
1530 (0.475 %)CCNP
1629 (0.459 %)MCDBA
1629 (0.459 %)Network+ Certification
1725 (0.396 %)HND
1725 (0.396 %)PMI Certification
1817 (0.269 %)Novell Certification
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1170 (2.692 %)SLA
2120 (1.900 %)QA
319 (0.301 %)ISO9000
416 (0.253 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
513 (0.206 %)ISO27001
513 (0.206 %)ISO17799
69 (0.143 %)Basel II
76 (0.095 %)ISO9001
85 (0.079 %)COBIT
91 (0.016 %)CESG Infosec
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11573 (24.91 %)Active Directory
2146 (2.312 %)Backup Exec
3111 (1.758 %)VMware Infrastructure
468 (1.077 %)Terminal Services
556 (0.887 %)Citrix Presentation Server
655 (0.871 %)NetBackup
734 (0.538 %)MetaFrame
833 (0.523 %)VMware ESX
930 (0.475 %)ISA Server
1028 (0.443 %)NDS
1112 (0.190 %)NFS
126 (0.095 %)Terminal Server
135 (0.079 %)MailMarshal
144 (0.063 %)Oracle RMAN
144 (0.063 %)AquaLogic
144 (0.063 %)Oracle RAC
153 (0.048 %)MSMQ
162 (0.032 %)VMware Workstation
162 (0.032 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
171 (0.016 %)PowerConvert
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
150 (0.792 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
247 (0.744 %)Norton AntiVirus
331 (0.491 %)ZENworks
422 (0.348 %)CONTROL-M
519 (0.301 %)DameWare
616 (0.253 %)ARCserve
616 (0.253 %)MOM
714 (0.222 %)WSUS
714 (0.222 %)ServiceCenter
812 (0.190 %)OpenView
99 (0.143 %)Tivoli
108 (0.127 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
116 (0.095 %)OpenView Configuration Management
116 (0.095 %)SCCM
125 (0.079 %)MIMEsweeper
134 (0.063 %)SCOM
143 (0.048 %)OVSD
143 (0.048 %)AutoSys
143 (0.048 %)Legato
152 (0.032 %)BMC PATROL
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13019 (47.81 %)Microsoft
2500 (7.918 %)Citrix
3371 (5.875 %)Lotus
4321 (5.083 %)Oracle
5226 (3.579 %)Cisco
6198 (3.135 %)HP
7196 (3.104 %)Bloomberg
8195 (3.088 %)Interwoven
9184 (2.914 %)Adobe
10183 (2.898 %)VMware
11179 (2.835 %)Reuters
12172 (2.724 %)Remedy
13144 (2.280 %)VERITAS
14139 (2.201 %)Dell
15129 (2.043 %)SAP
16113 (1.789 %)Symantec
17107 (1.694 %)Hummingbird
18101 (1.599 %)Apple
1990 (1.425 %)Novell
2079 (1.251 %)Business Objects