The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 24 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 44 35 50
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +15
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 27 38 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 3.913% 4.413% 2.596%
As % of the Applications category 21.95% 30.16% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 24 36 19
Average salary £21,250 £23,000 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.60% +9.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,500 £17,375 £16,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £65,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
123 126 121
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 17.83% 14.63% 16.53%
Number of salaries quoted 114 115 111
Average salary £30,000 £31,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £20,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £38,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,731 £33,500 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+3.67% -0.74%
MS Office
England

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Tyne and Wear -7 21 £20,750 -9.78%
Durham +7 5 £32,500 +56.62%
Northumberland - 1 - -
MS Office
England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 37 (66.07%) Microsoft
2 31 (55.36%) Windows
3 26 (46.43%) Active Directory
4 22 (39.29%) MS Excel
5 17 (30.36%) ITIL
6 14 (25.00%) SLA
6 14 (25.00%) Degree
7 12 (21.43%) MS Exchange
8 11 (19.64%) Windows 7
9 10 (17.86%) LAN
9 10 (17.86%) WAN
9 10 (17.86%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (16.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (16.07%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (14.29%) SQL
12 6 (10.71%) MCDST
12 6 (10.71%) MCP
12 6 (10.71%) MCSE
12 6 (10.71%) Windows XP
12 6 (10.71%) TCP/IP
13 5 (8.929%) CRM
13 5 (8.929%) MS Project
13 5 (8.929%) C
13 5 (8.929%) Cisco
13 5 (8.929%) Citrix
13 5 (8.929%) Firewall
14 4 (7.143%) VMware
14 4 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
14 4 (7.143%) VLAN
14 4 (7.143%) Fat Client

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 4 (7.143%) .NET
2 2 (3.571%) Qt
3 1 (1.786%) HTML
3 1 (1.786%) COM
Application Platforms
1 12 (21.43%) MS Exchange
2 2 (3.571%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (3.571%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.571%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (3.571%) Lync
3 1 (1.786%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.786%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 22 (39.29%) MS Excel
2 5 (8.929%) MS Project
3 4 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (7.143%) MS Visio
4 3 (5.357%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (5.357%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (5.357%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.86%) LAN
1 10 (17.86%) WAN
2 6 (10.71%) TCP/IP
3 5 (8.929%) Firewall
4 4 (7.143%) VLAN
4 4 (7.143%) Internet
4 4 (7.143%) VPN
5 3 (5.357%) IP Telephony
6 2 (3.571%) MPLS
6 2 (3.571%) DSL
7 1 (1.786%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.786%) DHCP
7 1 (1.786%) HTTP
7 1 (1.786%) DNS
7 1 (1.786%) Wireless
General
1 2 (3.571%) Finance
1 2 (3.571%) Retail
2 1 (1.786%) Billing
2 1 (1.786%) Law
2 1 (1.786%) Legal
2 1 (1.786%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (37.50%) Analyst
2 12 (21.43%) Service Analyst
3 11 (19.64%) Service Desk Analyst
4 9 (16.07%) Desktop Support
4 9 (16.07%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (12.50%) Support Analyst
5 7 (12.50%) Technical Support
5 7 (12.50%) Support Engineer
6 6 (10.71%) 1st Line Support
7 5 (8.929%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (8.929%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (8.929%) Help Desk Analyst
8 4 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (5.357%) IT Support
9 3 (5.357%) Desktop Technician
9 3 (5.357%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 3 (5.357%) Consultant
9 3 (5.357%) Support Technician
9 3 (5.357%) Help Desk Support
9 3 (5.357%) Desktop Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.143%) Fat Client
1 4 (7.143%) Thin Client
2 3 (5.357%) Statistics
3 2 (3.571%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.786%) Social Media
4 1 (1.786%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.786%) PMI
4 1 (1.786%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.786%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.786%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 31 (55.36%) Windows
2 11 (19.64%) Windows 7
3 10 (17.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (16.07%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (10.71%) Windows XP
6 3 (5.357%) Windows 8
7 2 (3.571%) UNIX
7 2 (3.571%) Linux
8 1 (1.786%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.786%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.36%) ITIL
2 5 (8.929%) CRM
3 3 (5.357%) ITIL V3
3 3 (5.357%) E-Commerce
4 2 (3.571%) Service Management
4 2 (3.571%) Data Analysis
4 2 (3.571%) Software Engineering
4 2 (3.571%) Configuration Management
4 2 (3.571%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (3.571%) OOP
4 2 (3.571%) OO
4 2 (3.571%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (3.571%) Incident Management
4 2 (3.571%) Data Protection
5 1 (1.786%) Market Research
5 1 (1.786%) Capacity Management
5 1 (1.786%) PRINCE2
5 1 (1.786%) PRINCE
5 1 (1.786%) Problem Management
5 1 (1.786%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.29%) SQL
2 5 (8.929%) C
3 2 (3.571%) C#
3 2 (3.571%) C++
3 2 (3.571%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (25.00%) Degree
2 9 (16.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (10.71%) MCDST
3 6 (10.71%) MCP
3 6 (10.71%) MCSE
4 2 (3.571%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (3.571%) MCTS
4 2 (3.571%) CCENT
5 1 (1.786%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.786%) MCSA
5 1 (1.786%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.786%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.786%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.786%) CCNA
5 1 (1.786%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (3.571%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 26 (46.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.143%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (3.571%) WSUS
Vendors
1 37 (66.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.929%) Cisco
2 5 (8.929%) Citrix
3 4 (7.143%) VMware
4 3 (5.357%) Verint
4 3 (5.357%) Genesys
4 3 (5.357%) Nortel
5 1 (1.786%) Remedy
5 1 (1.786%) Peregrine
5 1 (1.786%) Lotus
5 1 (1.786%) HP
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