Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Preston 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3934
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads148
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.003 %
As % of the category below11.29 %13.79 %
Salaries quoted127
Average minimum salary£15,000£25,000
Average salary£16,292£26,429
% change on same period last year-38.35 %
Average maximum salary£17,583£27,857
UK excluding London average salary£28,799£27,828
% change on same period last year+3.48 %
Preston IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Preston
Matching permanent IT job ads12458
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.072 %0.025 %
Salaries quoted12056
Average minimum salary£23,045£22,534
Average salary£26,694£25,513
% change on same period last year+4.63 %
Average maximum salary£30,343£28,492
UK excluding London average salary£33,370£33,501
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
MS Office LancashireMS Office
Lancashire

MS Office
Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Preston region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Preston MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Preston 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.

118 (69.23 %)Windows
213 (50.00 %)Microsoft
39 (34.62 %)Education
39 (34.62 %)EDI
47 (26.92 %)Pensions
56 (23.08 %)MS Excel
65 (19.23 %)Migration
65 (19.23 %)Windows Server 2003
74 (15.38 %)DNS
74 (15.38 %)Datawarehouse
74 (15.38 %)SQL
74 (15.38 %)Oracle
74 (15.38 %)Windows XP
74 (15.38 %)MS Exchange
74 (15.38 %)Telecoms
83 (11.54 %)WAN
83 (11.54 %)VPN
83 (11.54 %)XML
83 (11.54 %)ITIL
83 (11.54 %)MCSE
83 (11.54 %)MCSA
83 (11.54 %)Microsoft Certification
83 (11.54 %)MOS
83 (11.54 %)Windows 2000 Server
83 (11.54 %)Degree
92 (7.692 %)Windows Vista
92 (7.692 %)BusinessObjects XI
92 (7.692 %)Data Migration
92 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
92 (7.692 %)BusinessObjects

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Preston 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.

Preston IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (34.62 %)EDI
23 (11.54 %)XML
Preston IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (15.38 %)MS Exchange
22 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
Preston IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (23.08 %)MS Excel
Preston IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (15.38 %)DNS
23 (11.54 %)WAN
23 (11.54 %)VPN
32 (7.692 %)Broadband
32 (7.692 %)Internet
41 (3.846 %)Wireless
41 (3.846 %)SAN
41 (3.846 %)Intranet
41 (3.846 %)TCP/IP
Preston IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (15.38 %)Datawarehouse
22 (7.692 %)BusinessObjects
22 (7.692 %)BusinessObjects XI
Preston IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (34.62 %)Education
27 (26.92 %)Pensions
34 (15.38 %)Telecoms
42 (7.692 %)Health
42 (7.692 %)Billing
51 (3.846 %)Government
Preston IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (42.31 %)Helpdesk Support
26 (23.08 %)Analyst
26 (23.08 %)Support Analyst
35 (19.23 %)Helpdesk Analyst
35 (19.23 %)Applications Support
35 (19.23 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
44 (15.38 %)Technical Analyst
44 (15.38 %)Technical Support Analyst
44 (15.38 %)Technical Support
53 (11.54 %)Support Consultant
53 (11.54 %)Administrator
53 (11.54 %)Consultant
53 (11.54 %)Network Administrator
53 (11.54 %)Network Support
62 (7.692 %)Customer Support Engineer
62 (7.692 %)Telecoms Engineer
62 (7.692 %)Junior
62 (7.692 %)Customer Engineer
62 (7.692 %)Support Technician
62 (7.692 %)Junior Consultant
Preston IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (7.692 %)Client/Server
Preston IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (69.23 %)Windows
25 (19.23 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (15.38 %)Windows XP
43 (11.54 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (7.692 %)UNIX
52 (7.692 %)Windows Vista
Preston IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (19.23 %)Migration
23 (11.54 %)ITIL
32 (7.692 %)Service Management
32 (7.692 %)Data Migration
41 (3.846 %)Workflow
Preston IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (15.38 %)SQL
Preston IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (11.54 %)MCSE
13 (11.54 %)MCSA
13 (11.54 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (11.54 %)MOS
13 (11.54 %)Degree
Preston IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.846 %)Active Directory
Preston IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (3.846 %)Norton AntiVirus
Preston IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (50.00 %)Microsoft
24 (15.38 %)Oracle
32 (7.692 %)Business Objects
32 (7.692 %)VERITAS
41 (3.846 %)Symantec
41 (3.846 %)VMware
41 (3.846 %)Cisco
41 (3.846 %)Citrix