The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 21 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 18 29 48
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +19
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 42 26 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 10.66% 5.664% 2.985%
As % of the Applications category 43.75% 41.94% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 33 26 14
Average salary £27,500 £30,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,100 £20,500 £21,150
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £37,000 £51,400
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.66%
All Applications
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
96 62 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 24.37% 13.51% 17.91%
Number of salaries quoted 81 60 76
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,335 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £55,000 £46,700
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -
MS Office
Northamptonshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Northampton MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 (55.22%) Windows
1 37 (55.22%) MS Excel
2 21 (31.34%) Microsoft
3 20 (29.85%) Finance
4 19 (28.36%) SQL Server
5 18 (26.87%) .NET
6 16 (23.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (23.88%) Windows Server 2008
7 15 (22.39%) Windows Server 2003
7 15 (22.39%) Project Management
8 14 (20.90%) SLA
8 14 (20.90%) Crystal Reports
8 14 (20.90%) VB
8 14 (20.90%) MCP
9 13 (19.40%) Oracle
9 13 (19.40%) Oracle Reports
9 13 (19.40%) VBA
9 13 (19.40%) Banking
9 13 (19.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (17.91%) Data Analysis
10 12 (17.91%) VB.NET
10 12 (17.91%) MS Access
10 12 (17.91%) Citrix
11 11 (16.42%) Cisco
11 11 (16.42%) Active Directory
11 11 (16.42%) VMware
12 10 (14.93%) IP Telephony
13 9 (13.43%) MS Project
14 7 (10.45%) Security Cleared
14 7 (10.45%) Windows 7

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 18 (26.87%) .NET
2 3 (4.478%) HTML
3 2 (2.985%) ASP.NET
3 2 (2.985%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.955%) MS Exchange
2 5 (7.463%) CMS
3 3 (4.478%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (4.478%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (4.478%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.985%) SAS
4 2 (2.985%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.493%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.493%) IIS
Applications
1 37 (55.22%) MS Excel
2 9 (13.43%) MS Project
3 6 (8.955%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.985%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.493%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.493%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.93%) IP Telephony
2 3 (4.478%) TCP/IP
2 3 (4.478%) LAN
3 2 (2.985%) Firewall
3 2 (2.985%) PBX
3 2 (2.985%) WAN
3 2 (2.985%) Intranet
4 1 (1.493%) NAS
4 1 (1.493%) SAN
4 1 (1.493%) DNS
4 1 (1.493%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (28.36%) SQL Server
2 14 (20.90%) Crystal Reports
3 13 (19.40%) Oracle Reports
4 12 (17.91%) MS Access
5 3 (4.478%) MySQL
6 2 (2.985%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (2.985%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (1.493%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (1.493%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.493%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
7 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (1.493%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.493%) DTS
7 1 (1.493%) CorVu
7 1 (1.493%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (1.493%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.493%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (29.85%) Finance
2 13 (19.40%) Banking
3 3 (4.478%) Retail
4 2 (2.985%) Marketing
5 1 (1.493%) Local Government
5 1 (1.493%) Automotive
5 1 (1.493%) Law
5 1 (1.493%) Advertising
5 1 (1.493%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (44.78%) Analyst
2 14 (20.90%) Project Manager
3 13 (19.40%) Support Analyst
4 9 (13.43%) Business Manager
5 8 (11.94%) Business Project Manager
5 8 (11.94%) Change Manager
5 8 (11.94%) Business Change Manager
5 8 (11.94%) Change Project Manager
5 8 (11.94%) Business Change Project Manager
6 7 (10.45%) Service Desk Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) Service Analyst
7 5 (7.463%) Senior Manager
7 5 (7.463%) Service Manager
8 4 (5.970%) Senior Project Manager
8 4 (5.970%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (5.970%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (5.970%) Forecast Analyst
8 4 (5.970%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 4 (5.970%) Capacity Analyst
9 3 (4.478%) Software Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.985%) E-Learning
1 2 (2.985%) Learning Management System
1 2 (2.985%) New Media
1 2 (2.985%) iPhone
1 2 (2.985%) Credit Risk
2 1 (1.493%) Handset
2 1 (1.493%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 37 (55.22%) Windows
2 16 (23.88%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (22.39%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (10.45%) Windows 7
4 7 (10.45%) Windows XP
5 5 (7.463%) Windows 8
6 2 (2.985%) Linux
6 2 (2.985%) Windows Vista
6 2 (2.985%) Android
7 1 (1.493%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.493%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.39%) Project Management
2 13 (19.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (17.91%) Data Analysis
4 6 (8.955%) Capacity Planning
4 6 (8.955%) Performance Improvement
5 5 (7.463%) PRINCE2
6 4 (5.970%) ITIL
6 4 (5.970%) Project Planning
7 3 (4.478%) Time Management
7 3 (4.478%) Risk Management
8 2 (2.985%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (2.985%) Performance Management
9 1 (1.493%) Business Development
9 1 (1.493%) Software Testing
9 1 (1.493%) Business Analysis
9 1 (1.493%) Waterfall
9 1 (1.493%) Root Cause Analysis
9 1 (1.493%) CAD
9 1 (1.493%) ITSM
9 1 (1.493%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.90%) VB
2 13 (19.40%) VBA
3 12 (17.91%) VB.NET
4 5 (7.463%) SQL
5 3 (4.478%) C#
6 2 (2.985%) Objective-C
6 2 (2.985%) C
6 2 (2.985%) Java
6 2 (2.985%) PHP
7 1 (1.493%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.493%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.493%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (23.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (20.90%) MCP
3 7 (10.45%) Security Cleared
4 5 (7.463%) Degree
5 3 (4.478%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.985%) MCSE
6 2 (2.985%) MCSA
6 2 (2.985%) MCITP
7 1 (1.493%) MCTS
7 1 (1.493%) ACCA
7 1 (1.493%) EMC Certification
7 1 (1.493%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.493%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.493%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.493%) CCNA
7 1 (1.493%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.90%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (16.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.493%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.493%) XenApp
2 1 (1.493%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.493%) WSUS
1 1 (1.493%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 21 (31.34%) Microsoft
2 13 (19.40%) Oracle
3 12 (17.91%) Citrix
4 11 (16.42%) Cisco
4 11 (16.42%) VMware
5 5 (7.463%) Avaya
6 4 (5.970%) Adobe
7 2 (2.985%) Business Objects
8 1 (1.493%) Webroot
8 1 (1.493%) Symantec
8 1 (1.493%) Remedy
8 1 (1.493%) BMC
8 1 (1.493%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (1.493%) Nokia
8 1 (1.493%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.493%) EMC
8 1 (1.493%) Cognos
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