The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 22 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 34 51 25
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -26
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 35 18 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 5.208% 2.655% 6.911%
As % of the Applications category 46.67% 22.22% 40.48%
Number of salaries quoted 29 15 31
Average salary £40,000 £27,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.45% -26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £26,000 £18,750
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
75 81 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 11.16% 11.95% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 62 74 67
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £27,500 £18,750
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Office
Berkshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Slough region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Slough MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 42 (62.69%) HP Quality Center
2 40 (59.70%) Finance
2 40 (59.70%) Oracle
2 40 (59.70%) Client/Server
3 38 (56.72%) SQL Server
3 38 (56.72%) MS Project
3 38 (56.72%) Workflow
4 37 (55.22%) Document Management
4 37 (55.22%) Oracle Workflow
5 35 (52.24%) Change Management
6 34 (50.75%) Regression Testing
6 34 (50.75%) User Acceptance Testing
7 32 (47.76%) Microsoft
8 26 (38.81%) Business Analysis
9 25 (37.31%) Management Information System
9 25 (37.31%) MS Excel
10 14 (20.90%) SSADM
11 12 (17.91%) Lotus Notes
11 12 (17.91%) Lotus
12 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (13.43%) Remedy
13 8 (11.94%) MCSE
14 7 (10.45%) MCP
15 6 (8.955%) Replication
15 6 (8.955%) MCSA
15 6 (8.955%) MCDST
16 4 (5.970%) Automotive
16 4 (5.970%) Cognos
17 3 (4.478%) Windows
17 3 (4.478%) Project Management

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 1 (1.493%) .NET
1 1 (1.493%) COM
1 1 (1.493%) XML
1 1 (1.493%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 37 (55.22%) Oracle Workflow
2 12 (17.91%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (1.493%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.493%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.493%) Lync
3 1 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 38 (56.72%) MS Project
2 25 (37.31%) MS Excel
3 3 (4.478%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.493%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.493%) SDH
1 1 (1.493%) DHCP
1 1 (1.493%) DNS
1 1 (1.493%) Firewall
1 1 (1.493%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (56.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.985%) TestDirector
General
1 40 (59.70%) Finance
2 4 (5.970%) Automotive
3 3 (4.478%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.478%) French Language
3 3 (4.478%) German Language
4 2 (2.985%) Greek Language
4 2 (2.985%) Hindi Language
4 2 (2.985%) Italian Language
4 2 (2.985%) Japanese Language
4 2 (2.985%) Korean Language
4 2 (2.985%) Norwegian Language
4 2 (2.985%) Polish Language
4 2 (2.985%) Portuguese Language
4 2 (2.985%) Russian Language
4 2 (2.985%) Spanish Language
4 2 (2.985%) Swedish Language
4 2 (2.985%) Turkish Language
4 2 (2.985%) Mandarin Language
4 2 (2.985%) Arabic Language
4 2 (2.985%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 44 (65.67%) Analyst
2 42 (62.69%) Business Analyst
3 16 (23.88%) Systems Analyst
4 14 (20.90%) Business Systems Analyst
5 8 (11.94%) Data Centre Operator
6 7 (10.45%) Support Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Field Engineer
7 6 (8.955%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 6 (8.955%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (8.955%) Field Service Engineer
7 6 (8.955%) Desktop Support
8 5 (7.463%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (7.463%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (4.478%) Content Manager
9 3 (4.478%) Financial Analyst
10 2 (2.985%) Financial Business Analyst
10 2 (2.985%) Manual Test Analyst
10 2 (2.985%) Project Manager
10 2 (2.985%) Test Analyst
11 1 (1.493%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 40 (59.70%) Client/Server
2 25 (37.31%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.955%) Replication
4 3 (4.478%) Statistics
5 1 (1.493%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.478%) Windows
2 2 (2.985%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (2.985%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.493%) Mac OS X
3 1 (1.493%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.493%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (56.72%) Workflow
2 37 (55.22%) Document Management
3 35 (52.24%) Change Management
4 34 (50.75%) Regression Testing
4 34 (50.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 26 (38.81%) Business Analysis
6 14 (20.90%) SSADM
7 3 (4.478%) Project Management
7 3 (4.478%) Market Research
7 3 (4.478%) Analytics
7 3 (4.478%) Data Analysis
8 2 (2.985%) Test Scripting
8 2 (2.985%) PRINCE
9 1 (1.493%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.493%) ERP
9 1 (1.493%) PRINCE2
9 1 (1.493%) CRM
9 1 (1.493%) Time Management
9 1 (1.493%) Software Deployment
9 1 (1.493%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.985%) SQL
2 1 (1.493%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (11.94%) MCSE
3 7 (10.45%) MCP
4 6 (8.955%) MCSA
4 6 (8.955%) MCDST
5 2 (2.985%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.985%) ISEB
6 1 (1.493%) PMP
6 1 (1.493%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.493%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.493%) Degree
6 1 (1.493%) MCTS
6 1 (1.493%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (2.985%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 42 (62.69%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.493%) Netcool
Vendors
1 40 (59.70%) Oracle
2 32 (47.76%) Microsoft
3 12 (17.91%) Lotus
4 9 (13.43%) Remedy
5 4 (5.970%) Cognos
6 1 (1.493%) Apple
6 1 (1.493%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.493%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (1.493%) SAP
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