The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 63 79 61
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -18
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 200 159 189
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 3.785% 2.870% 3.249%
As % of the Applications category 24.42% 21.60% 23.48%
Number of salaries quoted 168 143 160
Average salary £27,500 £29,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.77% +11.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £18,500 £18,950
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £37,650
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.66%
All Applications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
819 736 805
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 15.50% 13.28% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 687 670 672
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bristol -7 52 £30,000 +15.38%
Wiltshire +21 40 £27,500 -6.77%
Dorset +16 40 £23,250 -22.50%
Somerset +2 19 £21,750 -8.42%
Devon +4 16 £29,813 +0.63%
Gloucestershire -14 13 £24,000 -36.00%
Cornwall +5 1 £19,500 -27.10%
MS Office
England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 247 (58.25%) Microsoft
2 184 (43.40%) Windows
3 156 (36.79%) MS Excel
4 104 (24.53%) SQL
5 82 (19.34%) Active Directory
6 75 (17.69%) ITIL
7 71 (16.75%) SQL Server
7 71 (16.75%) Windows 7
8 70 (16.51%) MS Exchange
9 69 (16.27%) Finance
9 69 (16.27%) Windows Server 2008
10 65 (15.33%) Windows Server 2003
11 59 (13.92%) Windows XP
12 53 (12.50%) MS Project
13 50 (11.79%) .NET
13 50 (11.79%) LAN
14 48 (11.32%) WAN
15 47 (11.08%) VMware
15 47 (11.08%) Degree
16 46 (10.85%) Security Cleared
17 44 (10.38%) Project Management
18 42 (9.906%) VB
19 41 (9.670%) Cisco
20 40 (9.434%) Firewall
21 38 (8.962%) Java
22 37 (8.726%) QA
23 36 (8.491%) Microsoft Certification
23 36 (8.491%) Management Information System
24 34 (8.019%) VMware Infrastructure
25 32 (7.547%) VPN

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 50 (11.79%) .NET
2 23 (5.425%) XML
3 14 (3.302%) .NET Framework
4 10 (2.358%) J2EE
5 8 (1.887%) WebSphere
5 8 (1.887%) Middleware
5 8 (1.887%) JDBC
5 8 (1.887%) ASP.NET
6 7 (1.651%) WPF
7 6 (1.415%) HTML
8 4 (0.943%) ASP
8 4 (0.943%) Web Services
8 4 (0.943%) COM
9 3 (0.708%) Application Packaging
10 2 (0.472%) WinForms
10 2 (0.472%) EDI
10 2 (0.472%) Flash
10 2 (0.472%) JSP
10 2 (0.472%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (0.236%) Spring.NET
Application Platforms
1 70 (16.51%) MS Exchange
2 29 (6.840%) Exchange Server 2010
3 28 (6.604%) Exchange Server 2003
4 24 (5.660%) SharePoint
5 23 (5.425%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 12 (2.830%) IIS
6 12 (2.830%) Apache
7 11 (2.594%) MS Project Server
7 11 (2.594%) Exchange Server 2007
8 8 (1.887%) IBM HTTP Server
8 8 (1.887%) MQSeries
8 8 (1.887%) Tomcat
8 8 (1.887%) WebSphere Application Server
9 7 (1.651%) SAS
10 5 (1.179%) Lotus Notes
11 4 (0.943%) SharePoint Server
12 3 (0.708%) SharePoint 2010
12 3 (0.708%) Lotus Domino
13 2 (0.472%) PegaRULES
13 2 (0.472%) WinCC
Applications
1 156 (36.79%) MS Excel
2 53 (12.50%) MS Project
3 24 (5.660%) MS Visio
4 23 (5.425%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (0.943%) InfoPath
5 4 (0.943%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.708%) Office 365
6 3 (0.708%) SPSS
7 1 (0.236%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.236%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 15 (3.538%) Visualfiles
2 5 (1.179%) SmartPlant
3 3 (0.708%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.708%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.472%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.472%) Google Analytics
4 2 (0.472%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.472%) WebTrends
5 1 (0.236%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.236%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.236%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.236%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 50 (11.79%) LAN
2 48 (11.32%) WAN
3 40 (9.434%) Firewall
4 32 (7.547%) VPN
5 31 (7.311%) TCP/IP
6 22 (5.189%) SAN
7 20 (4.717%) DNS
7 20 (4.717%) DHCP
7 20 (4.717%) MPLS
8 16 (3.774%) HTTP
9 13 (3.066%) Ethernet
9 13 (3.066%) FTP
10 11 (2.594%) Intranet
10 11 (2.594%) Internet
11 10 (2.358%) DSL
11 10 (2.358%) ADSL
12 9 (2.123%) 3G
13 8 (1.887%) VLAN
13 8 (1.887%) Wireless
14 7 (1.651%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (16.75%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.302%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (3.066%) MS Access
4 11 (2.594%) MySQL
4 11 (2.594%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (2.123%) SQL Server 2000
6 8 (1.887%) DB2
6 8 (1.887%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (0.943%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.943%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.708%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (0.472%) TOAD
9 2 (0.472%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.236%) Base SAS
10 1 (0.236%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 1 (0.236%) Oracle BI EE
10 1 (0.236%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (2.594%) JIRA
2 10 (2.358%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (0.708%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.708%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.708%) RequisitePro
4 1 (0.236%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
4 1 (0.236%) Moq
4 1 (0.236%) StyleCop
4 1 (0.236%) FogBugz
4 1 (0.236%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.236%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.236%) ReSharper
4 1 (0.236%) NUnit
General
1 69 (16.27%) Finance
2 30 (7.075%) Legal
3 21 (4.953%) Retail
4 19 (4.481%) Marketing
5 15 (3.538%) Law
5 15 (3.538%) Military
6 13 (3.066%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.594%) Electronics
8 9 (2.123%) Banking
9 8 (1.887%) Games
10 7 (1.651%) Back Office
11 6 (1.415%) Advertising
11 6 (1.415%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.708%) French Language
12 3 (0.708%) German Language
13 2 (0.472%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.472%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.236%) Front Office
14 1 (0.236%) Local Government
14 1 (0.236%) Billing
Job Titles
1 139 (32.78%) Analyst
2 44 (10.38%) Support Analyst
3 38 (8.962%) Developer
4 35 (8.255%) Support Engineer
5 29 (6.840%) IT Support
6 22 (5.189%) Project Manager
6 22 (5.189%) 2nd Line Support
6 22 (5.189%) Support Technician
7 20 (4.717%) Service Analyst
8 18 (4.245%) Service Desk Analyst
9 17 (4.009%) Test Analyst
9 17 (4.009%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (3.538%) Software Engineer
11 14 (3.302%) Desktop Support
12 13 (3.066%) Consultant
12 13 (3.066%) Infrastructure Manager
13 12 (2.830%) Tester
14 11 (2.594%) Junior
14 11 (2.594%) Test Engineer
14 11 (2.594%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.491%) Management Information System
2 26 (6.132%) Blackberry
3 20 (4.717%) Computer Science
4 14 (3.302%) Mathematics
5 11 (2.594%) Thin Client
5 11 (2.594%) Fat Client
6 6 (1.415%) iPhone
7 4 (0.943%) CMDB
7 4 (0.943%) Firmware
8 3 (0.708%) iPad
8 3 (0.708%) PMI
8 3 (0.708%) CCTV
9 2 (0.472%) Clustering
9 2 (0.472%) SCADA
9 2 (0.472%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.472%) Physics
9 2 (0.472%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.472%) NHS
9 2 (0.472%) Chip and PIN
9 2 (0.472%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 184 (43.40%) Windows
2 71 (16.75%) Windows 7
3 69 (16.27%) Windows Server 2008
4 65 (15.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 59 (13.92%) Windows XP
6 32 (7.547%) Linux
7 17 (4.009%) UNIX
8 16 (3.774%) Solaris
9 12 (2.830%) Windows Vista
10 10 (2.358%) Windows 2000
11 8 (1.887%) AIX
12 4 (0.943%) Fedora
12 4 (0.943%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.943%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.943%) CentOS
12 4 (0.943%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.708%) Android
13 3 (0.708%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.236%) Windows 2000 Server
14 1 (0.236%) BlackBerry OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (17.69%) ITIL
2 44 (10.38%) Project Management
3 25 (5.896%) Change Management
4 24 (5.660%) OO
5 23 (5.425%) PRINCE2
6 20 (4.717%) Service Management
7 18 (4.245%) Problem Management
7 18 (4.245%) Service Delivery
7 18 (4.245%) CRM
7 18 (4.245%) Performance Management
8 17 (4.009%) Risk Management
9 16 (3.774%) Scrum
10 15 (3.538%) OOP
10 15 (3.538%) Requirements Analysis
11 13 (3.066%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (3.066%) Data Analysis
11 13 (3.066%) Automated Testing
11 13 (3.066%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (2.830%) Time Management
12 12 (2.830%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 104 (24.53%) SQL
2 42 (9.906%) VB
3 38 (8.962%) Java
4 22 (5.189%) VBA
5 21 (4.953%) VBScript
6 20 (4.717%) T-SQL
6 20 (4.717%) C
7 13 (3.066%) Perl
8 12 (2.830%) C#
8 12 (2.830%) VB.NET
9 11 (2.594%) PHP
10 9 (2.123%) VB6
11 8 (1.887%) Bash shell
12 7 (1.651%) C++
13 6 (1.415%) JavaScript
14 5 (1.179%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.179%) Python
15 4 (0.943%) Fortran
16 2 (0.472%) PL/SQL
17 1 (0.236%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (11.08%) Degree
2 46 (10.85%) Security Cleared
3 36 (8.491%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (7.075%) SC Cleared
5 27 (6.368%) ISEB
6 21 (4.953%) MCP
6 21 (4.953%) MCSE
6 21 (4.953%) ISTQB
7 16 (3.774%) MCITP
7 16 (3.774%) ITIL Certification
8 14 (3.302%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (3.066%) CCNA
10 11 (2.594%) MCSA
11 10 (2.358%) MCTS
12 7 (1.651%) CCIP
13 6 (1.415%) APMP
14 5 (1.179%) CCNP
15 4 (0.943%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.943%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 3 (0.708%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.726%) QA
2 21 (4.953%) SLA
3 10 (2.358%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.179%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.708%) TickIT
6 2 (0.472%) HMG Infosec
6 2 (0.472%) JSP 440
System Software
1 82 (19.34%) Active Directory
2 34 (8.019%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.066%) Terminal Services
4 11 (2.594%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.179%) vSphere
5 5 (1.179%) NFS
6 4 (0.943%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 4 (0.943%) BlackBerry Internet Service
6 4 (0.943%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.472%) NLBS
7 2 (0.472%) Xen
8 1 (0.236%) XenApp
8 1 (0.236%) SpamAssassin
8 1 (0.236%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.236%) VMware ESX
8 1 (0.236%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (1.651%) Backup Exec
2 5 (1.179%) WSUS
3 4 (0.943%) Nagios
3 4 (0.943%) SCCM
3 4 (0.943%) Ganglia
4 3 (0.708%) Sysprep
4 3 (0.708%) DameWare
5 2 (0.472%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (0.472%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.236%) OpenView
6 1 (0.236%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.236%) OVSD
Vendors
1 247 (58.25%) Microsoft
2 47 (11.08%) VMware
3 41 (9.670%) Cisco
4 26 (6.132%) Citrix
5 22 (5.189%) HP
6 21 (4.953%) Oracle
7 16 (3.774%) IBM
8 12 (2.830%) Sage
9 10 (2.358%) Dell
10 8 (1.887%) Apple
11 6 (1.415%) Remedy
11 6 (1.415%) Lotus
11 6 (1.415%) NetApp
11 6 (1.415%) SAP
12 5 (1.179%) Adobe
12 5 (1.179%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.179%) McAfee
13 4 (0.943%) Avaya
14 3 (0.708%) Lumension
14 3 (0.708%) Twitter
Cirencester, South West
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Salary: £18000.00 - £22000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Gloucestershire
Experience of working in a similar role is a must and ideally experience of using CRM / Resource Scheduling systems (e.g Tesseract, HEAT, Sales Logix etc.) and Microsoft...
ITF Solutions
Salary: £17000 - £19500 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
IT Support Assistant - Urgent - Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, Dorset - Windows 7, Active Directory, MS Office - £14,000 - £17,000. A Windows, Server, Exchange, VMware IT Support Assistant is required...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £14000 - £17000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Salisbury, South West
Skills and experience required: Knowledge and experience of using Windows Server 2003/2008 Experience of providing support to Windows XP, 7 and Vista. Experience of using Active Directory...
Salary: £16000 per annum + Company Car, Laptop and Mobile Phone
Posted: 26 April 2013
Wiltshire
Configuration of SharePoint 2010 in a Microsoft Office 2010 environment * Experience of the integration of SharePoint with other back-office systems; particularly SAP * Formal Project Management experience (including...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £500000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
South West England
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Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £27000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
South West
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Streamline Connections
Salary: £25000 - £27000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
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OPUS
Salary: GBP25000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Bath, Avon
We are currently seeking candidates for an Approvals Engineer to work in a Mechanical Design division of a world leading Engineering business in Somerset. The Approvals Engineer is...
Intapeople
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + £41k plus benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
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LAN administration for NT 2000 2003 server - LAN WAN technology experience, in particular TCP IPA - Implementation of 3rd party software - client/server applications To be successful as IT...
JAM
Salary: £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
The ideal candidate will have: - Line Management experience within a small team - Extensive understanding of MS Office Support - IT hardware and Software troubleshooting - Full clean driving licence and...
Bournemouth Churches Housing Association
Salary: From £19,578 to £25,623 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Redruth, Cornwall
Be fully conversant with Microsoft office applications, email and Internet. Be a proficient user of Microsoft Word and Excel... Keywords: SEO, Internet, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Digital,...
Aim Hire Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £17,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wiltshire
You will be responsible for providing Service Desk/ Helpdesk and Desktop Support to end users across a challenging network (TCP/IP, Ethernet, DHCP, DNS, Firewalls, VPN, Cisco Wireless,...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £19000 - £23000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Somerset, South West
Our client, a household name in fashion, is developing its Project Management and PMO function across the business to support the organisation's business and strategy plan... Experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + plus benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
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Michael Page International
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wiltshire
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Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + car, bonus, benefits
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Gregory James
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum - excellent benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
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Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cribbs Causeway, Bristol
Proficient in use of Microsoft Office Applications including Microsoft Project and producing industry standard project documentation... - Experience of projects using an Agile Scrum framework. - Qualifications in Project Management...
Brightside Group
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 +
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
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Acorn
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, Avon
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Bluetownonline
Salary: Upto 16000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Great opportunity as a Lead PHP Developer for a company based in Swindon... The successful candidate will have a range of responsibilities which will include: Leading development and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wiltshire
The person fulfilling this role will: Provision of EPM : Cognos {TM1 & BI modules} based product expertise... Change control and environment management... Skills/Experience/Qualifications Knowledge a) Essential: Already...
Experis IT
Posted: 14 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
Performing regression testing using different environment configurations. *Reporting testing progress to the QA Manager... *ISEB/ISTQB Certification... *Experience of using MS Office and MS project... *Practical experience of...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + ben
Posted: 16 May 2013
South West
Key skills and experience: Experience of installing, configuring and troubleshooting of network systems such as HP, Aruba, HP, Mitel, Juniper, Brocade, etc... Aruba, HP, Wireless, LAN, WAN, STP,...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £50000.00
Posted: 17 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013