The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 39 54 40
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -14
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 25 30 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 5.155% 4.464% 5.394%
As % of the Applications category 24.27% 24.59% 29.21%
Number of salaries quoted 16 28 17
Average salary £28,750 £27,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.48% +3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £16,000 £21,800
10% offered a salary of more than £35,750 £35,750 £31,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,875
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.25%
All Applications
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
103 122 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 21.24% 18.15% 18.46%
Number of salaries quoted 88 117 57
Average salary £38,250 £32,528 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.59% +3.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,750 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,800 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+3.55% -0.58%
MS Office
North West

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Merseyside MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Liverpool +6 19 £30,750 -5.38% 4
MS Office
North West

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 38 (76.00%) Microsoft
2 26 (52.00%) MS Excel
3 18 (36.00%) SQL Server
4 17 (34.00%) SQL
5 16 (32.00%) Windows
6 15 (30.00%) Degree
7 9 (18.00%) Analytics
7 9 (18.00%) Windows XP
8 8 (16.00%) Oracle
8 8 (16.00%) .NET
8 8 (16.00%) Windows 7
9 7 (14.00%) MS Access
9 7 (14.00%) MS Exchange
9 7 (14.00%) Project Management
10 6 (12.00%) Management Information System
10 6 (12.00%) Finance
10 6 (12.00%) Active Directory
10 6 (12.00%) Problem Management
11 5 (10.00%) Statistics
11 5 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (10.00%) Time Management
11 5 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (10.00%) SQL Server 2000
11 5 (10.00%) MS Visio
11 5 (10.00%) DHCP
11 5 (10.00%) DNS
11 5 (10.00%) ITIL
11 5 (10.00%) MySQL
11 5 (10.00%) VB
11 5 (10.00%) VB.NET

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 8 (16.00%) .NET
2 4 (8.000%) HTML
3 3 (6.000%) CSS
3 3 (6.000%) SOAP
4 2 (4.000%) Web Services
4 2 (4.000%) ASP
4 2 (4.000%) COM
4 2 (4.000%) MAPI
5 1 (2.000%) WebSphere
5 1 (2.000%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 1 (2.000%) WCF
5 1 (2.000%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.000%) WebSphere MQ
Application Platforms
1 7 (14.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (8.000%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (6.000%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (6.000%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (4.000%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (2.000%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (2.000%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (2.000%) Lync
5 1 (2.000%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (2.000%) Apache
5 1 (2.000%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (52.00%) MS Excel
2 5 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 5 (10.00%) MS Project
3 3 (6.000%) Office 365
4 2 (4.000%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (4.000%) Google Apps
5 1 (2.000%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (2.000%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.000%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.00%) DHCP
1 5 (10.00%) DNS
2 4 (8.000%) VPN
3 2 (4.000%) DMZ
3 2 (4.000%) SMTP
3 2 (4.000%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.000%) IMAP
3 2 (4.000%) VLAN
4 1 (2.000%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.000%) Intranet
4 1 (2.000%) Internet
4 1 (2.000%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.000%) LAN
4 1 (2.000%) VoIP
4 1 (2.000%) WAN
4 1 (2.000%) Wireless
4 1 (2.000%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (36.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.00%) MS Access
3 5 (10.00%) SQL Server 2000
3 5 (10.00%) MySQL
4 4 (8.000%) DB2
4 4 (8.000%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (2.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (8.000%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (2.000%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 6 (12.00%) Finance
2 4 (8.000%) Games
2 4 (8.000%) Banking
2 4 (8.000%) Retail
3 1 (2.000%) Marketing
3 1 (2.000%) Multimedia
3 1 (2.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Analyst
2 7 (14.00%) Developer
3 6 (12.00%) Report Analyst
4 5 (10.00%) VB Developer
4 5 (10.00%) VB6 Developer
4 5 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 4 (8.000%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (8.000%) Performance Analyst
5 4 (8.000%) Team Leader
5 4 (8.000%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (8.000%) Service Desk Team Leader
6 3 (6.000%) Web Support Analyst
6 3 (6.000%) IT Support
6 3 (6.000%) Web Analyst
6 3 (6.000%) Support Engineer
6 3 (6.000%) Systems Support
6 3 (6.000%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.000%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.000%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.000%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.00%) Statistics
3 4 (8.000%) Mathematics
4 3 (6.000%) Computer Science
5 2 (4.000%) Blackberry
6 1 (2.000%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.000%) SaaS
6 1 (2.000%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (2.000%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (32.00%) Windows
2 9 (18.00%) Windows XP
3 8 (16.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (4.000%) Windows Vista
6 1 (2.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.00%) Analytics
2 7 (14.00%) Project Management
3 6 (12.00%) Problem Management
4 5 (10.00%) Time Management
4 5 (10.00%) ITIL
5 4 (8.000%) Software Testing
5 4 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (8.000%) PRINCE2
5 4 (8.000%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (8.000%) Investment Management
5 4 (8.000%) Test Automation
6 3 (6.000%) Project Planning
6 3 (6.000%) Manual Testing
6 3 (6.000%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (6.000%) Web Design
7 2 (4.000%) Service Management
7 2 (4.000%) ITSM
7 2 (4.000%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (4.000%) Automation Testing
8 1 (2.000%) Pay per click
Programming Languages
1 17 (34.00%) SQL
2 5 (10.00%) VB
2 5 (10.00%) VB.NET
2 5 (10.00%) VBA
2 5 (10.00%) PHP
2 5 (10.00%) C#
2 5 (10.00%) VB6
3 4 (8.000%) C++
3 4 (8.000%) Java
3 4 (8.000%) JavaScript
3 4 (8.000%) Perl
3 4 (8.000%) PL/SQL
3 4 (8.000%) Python
4 1 (2.000%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.000%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (30.00%) Degree
2 4 (8.000%) CFA
3 3 (6.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.000%) MCSE
4 2 (4.000%) MCP
4 2 (4.000%) CCNA
4 2 (4.000%) ISEB
4 2 (4.000%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.000%) MCTS
4 2 (4.000%) MCITP
4 2 (4.000%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.000%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.000%) MCSA
5 1 (2.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.000%) QA
2 3 (6.000%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.000%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.000%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (2.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 38 (76.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.00%) Oracle
3 4 (8.000%) VMware
3 4 (8.000%) Vermilion
4 3 (6.000%) Cisco
4 3 (6.000%) Google
5 2 (4.000%) Apple
5 2 (4.000%) Citrix
5 2 (4.000%) NETGEAR
5 2 (4.000%) Kaseya
5 2 (4.000%) Draytek
6 1 (2.000%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.000%) IBM
6 1 (2.000%) SAP
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