The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 38 37 63
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +26
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 47 26 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 4.635% 4.050% 1.377%
As % of the Applications category 35.07% 34.21% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 45 23 10
Average salary £32,500 £27,500 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.18% +7.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,700 £25,100 £22,100
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £31,700 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.66%
All Applications
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
134 76 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 13.21% 11.84% 10.26%
Number of salaries quoted 125 73 72
Average salary £35,000 £30,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.75% -23.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Office
Oxfordshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxford MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 68 (76.40%) Microsoft
2 55 (61.80%) Windows
3 38 (42.70%) MS Excel
4 25 (28.09%) SQL Server
5 24 (26.97%) .NET
6 23 (25.84%) Oracle
7 21 (23.60%) SQL
7 21 (23.60%) VB
8 19 (21.35%) MS Exchange
9 17 (19.10%) Active Directory
10 16 (17.98%) Apple
10 16 (17.98%) Windows 7
11 13 (14.61%) Publishing
11 13 (14.61%) VMware
11 13 (14.61%) Windows XP
11 13 (14.61%) MS Access
11 13 (14.61%) Crystal Reports
11 13 (14.61%) VBA
11 13 (14.61%) XML
11 13 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (13.48%) Data Analysis
12 12 (13.48%) Oracle Reports
12 12 (13.48%) VB.NET
12 12 (13.48%) SAN
13 11 (12.36%) Linux
13 11 (12.36%) MS Project
14 10 (11.24%) Music
14 10 (11.24%) Degree
14 10 (11.24%) Exchange Server 2007
14 10 (11.24%) Java

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 24 (26.97%) .NET
2 13 (14.61%) XML
3 6 (6.742%) HTML
4 5 (5.618%) CSS
4 5 (5.618%) SGML
5 4 (4.494%) ASP.NET
6 3 (3.371%) Web Services
6 3 (3.371%) WCF
7 2 (2.247%) JSF
7 2 (2.247%) J2EE
7 2 (2.247%) JSP
7 2 (2.247%) Struts
8 1 (1.124%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 19 (21.35%) MS Exchange
2 10 (11.24%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (5.618%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (4.494%) IIS
4 4 (4.494%) Lync
5 3 (3.371%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (3.371%) SharePoint
5 3 (3.371%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (2.247%) WebLogic
Applications
1 38 (42.70%) MS Excel
2 11 (12.36%) MS Project
3 5 (5.618%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (3.371%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.124%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.247%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.48%) SAN
2 8 (8.989%) VoIP
3 7 (7.865%) DHCP
3 7 (7.865%) VPN
3 7 (7.865%) DNS
4 5 (5.618%) TCP/IP
4 5 (5.618%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (4.494%) Internet
5 4 (4.494%) Firewall
6 3 (3.371%) iSCSI
6 3 (3.371%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (3.371%) PBX
7 1 (1.124%) LAN
7 1 (1.124%) WAN
7 1 (1.124%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (28.09%) SQL Server
2 13 (14.61%) Crystal Reports
2 13 (14.61%) MS Access
3 12 (13.48%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (4.494%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (3.371%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.371%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (2.247%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (1.124%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.124%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (1.124%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.124%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (14.61%) Publishing
2 10 (11.24%) Music
3 2 (2.247%) Finance
4 1 (1.124%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.124%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.124%) Billing
Job Titles
1 26 (29.21%) Analyst
2 15 (16.85%) Support Engineer
3 14 (15.73%) 2nd Line Support
4 12 (13.48%) Developer
4 12 (13.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 11 (12.36%) IT Support
6 9 (10.11%) Systems Support
6 9 (10.11%) Support Analyst
7 8 (8.989%) Service Desk Analyst
7 8 (8.989%) Service Analyst
8 7 (7.865%) IT Manager
9 6 (6.742%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (5.618%) Analyst Developer
10 5 (5.618%) Desktop Support
11 4 (4.494%) Desktop Support Analyst
11 4 (4.494%) Desktop Analyst
11 4 (4.494%) Capacity Analyst
11 4 (4.494%) Forecast Analyst
12 3 (3.371%) MI Analyst
12 3 (3.371%) Trainee Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.24%) Blackberry
2 7 (7.865%) Client/Server
3 6 (6.742%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.742%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 55 (61.80%) Windows
2 16 (17.98%) Windows 7
3 13 (14.61%) Windows XP
4 11 (12.36%) Linux
5 9 (10.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (6.742%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (2.247%) UNIX
8 1 (1.124%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.124%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (13.48%) Data Analysis
3 9 (10.11%) ITIL
4 8 (8.989%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (6.742%) Performance Improvement
5 6 (6.742%) Capacity Planning
5 6 (6.742%) OOP
5 6 (6.742%) OO
5 6 (6.742%) Information Security
6 5 (5.618%) Content Management
6 5 (5.618%) Project Management
7 4 (4.494%) Service Management
7 4 (4.494%) Operations Management
8 3 (3.371%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (3.371%) Scrum
9 2 (2.247%) Change Management
9 2 (2.247%) UML
9 2 (2.247%) Software Architecture
10 1 (1.124%) Web Application Development
10 1 (1.124%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (23.60%) SQL
1 21 (23.60%) VB
2 13 (14.61%) VBA
3 12 (13.48%) VB.NET
4 10 (11.24%) Java
5 8 (8.989%) VB6
6 5 (5.618%) XPath
7 3 (3.371%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.247%) Perl
8 2 (2.247%) PL/SQL
8 2 (2.247%) C++
9 1 (1.124%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (11.24%) Degree
2 6 (6.742%) SC Cleared
2 6 (6.742%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.494%) MCITP
3 4 (4.494%) MCSE
3 4 (4.494%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.371%) CCNP
4 3 (3.371%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.124%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.247%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (19.10%) Active Directory
2 9 (10.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (7.865%) WSUS
2 5 (5.618%) NetBackup
3 4 (4.494%) Backup Exec
3 4 (4.494%) SCCM
4 2 (2.247%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 68 (76.40%) Microsoft
2 23 (25.84%) Oracle
3 16 (17.98%) Apple
4 13 (14.61%) VMware
5 10 (11.24%) Citrix
6 8 (8.989%) Cisco
7 6 (6.742%) Avaya
8 5 (5.618%) HP
8 5 (5.618%) WatchGuard
9 4 (4.494%) McAfee
10 3 (3.371%) Veeam
11 2 (2.247%) SAP
11 2 (2.247%) TIBCO
11 2 (2.247%) IBM
12 1 (1.124%) Business Objects
12 1 (1.124%) Symantec
12 1 (1.124%) Primavera
Oxford, Oxfordshire
BSc Computer Science, MCSE, MCITP, CCNP) the successful IT Manager must have an excellent understanding of a variety of technologies including: * Windows Server 2008 R2 , Active Directory, Exchange...
Reed Technology
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Maintain complete adherence of all sites to current and future Quality Management System standards... KEY ATTRIBUTES *Understanding of ISO9001 Quality Management Systems. *Good working knowledge of MS Office...
Roc Search
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 12 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Maintain complete adherence of all sites to current and future Quality Management System standards... KEY ATTRIBUTES *Understanding of ISO9001 Quality Management Systems. *Good working knowledge of MS Office...
Roc Search
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 12 May 2013