The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 23 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 69 59 46
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -13
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 17 30 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 2.043% 3.254% 4.286%
As % of the Applications category 14.29% 23.26% 29.67%
Number of salaries quoted 14 30 25
Average salary £21,500 £22,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.27% -32.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,150 £17,000 £17,900
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,550 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
119 129 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 14.30% 13.99% 14.44%
Number of salaries quoted 105 114 83
Average salary £31,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £19,000 £19,800
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.98% -1.47%
MS Office
Hampshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Southampton MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 47 (64.38%) Windows
2 43 (58.90%) Microsoft
3 41 (56.16%) MS Excel
4 30 (41.10%) TCP/IP
5 29 (39.73%) Active Directory
6 26 (35.62%) MS Exchange
7 22 (30.14%) Windows XP
8 20 (27.40%) Degree
9 18 (24.66%) Windows Vista
9 18 (24.66%) SLA
9 18 (24.66%) Windows Server 2008
10 15 (20.55%) Windows 7
10 15 (20.55%) ISO 9001
10 15 (20.55%) VPN
10 15 (20.55%) Windows Server 2003
11 13 (17.81%) Firewall
11 13 (17.81%) Blackberry
11 13 (17.81%) Linux
12 12 (16.44%) DNS
13 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (13.70%) A+ Certification
13 10 (13.70%) SQL
14 9 (12.33%) Service Delivery
15 8 (10.96%) Telecoms
15 8 (10.96%) MS PowerPoint
15 8 (10.96%) UNIX
16 7 (9.589%) MCSE
16 7 (9.589%) Windows 2000
16 7 (9.589%) Manufacturing
17 6 (8.219%) Security Cleared

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 2 (2.740%) .NET
2 1 (1.370%) COM
2 1 (1.370%) CSS
2 1 (1.370%) Web Services
2 1 (1.370%) HTML
2 1 (1.370%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 26 (35.62%) MS Exchange
2 3 (4.110%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (4.110%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (2.740%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (2.740%) Sitefinity
3 2 (2.740%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (2.740%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.740%) IIS
4 1 (1.370%) Site Server
Applications
1 41 (56.16%) MS Excel
2 8 (10.96%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (2.740%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (2.740%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 30 (41.10%) TCP/IP
2 15 (20.55%) VPN
3 13 (17.81%) Firewall
4 12 (16.44%) DNS
5 5 (6.849%) LAN
5 5 (6.849%) DHCP
6 3 (4.110%) VoIP
6 3 (4.110%) WAN
7 2 (2.740%) Wireless
7 2 (2.740%) VLAN
7 2 (2.740%) ISDN
7 2 (2.740%) SNMP
8 1 (1.370%) SAN
8 1 (1.370%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.479%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.370%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (1.370%) MySQL
2 1 (1.370%) Cognos Impromptu
2 1 (1.370%) FileMaker
2 1 (1.370%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (4.110%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.740%) Git (software)
2 2 (2.740%) Subversion
General
1 8 (10.96%) Telecoms
2 7 (9.589%) Manufacturing
3 4 (5.479%) Marketing
4 3 (4.110%) Retail
5 2 (2.740%) Finance
5 2 (2.740%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 21 (28.77%) Analyst
2 15 (20.55%) Support Engineer
3 12 (16.44%) Support Analyst
4 10 (13.70%) Junior
5 9 (12.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (12.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 8 (10.96%) Graduate
7 7 (9.589%) Help Desk Support
7 7 (9.589%) Network Support Engineer
7 7 (9.589%) Help Desk Support Analyst
7 7 (9.589%) Network Support
7 7 (9.589%) Service Analyst
7 7 (9.589%) Help Desk Analyst
7 7 (9.589%) Network Engineer
7 7 (9.589%) IT Support
8 6 (8.219%) IT Graduate
9 5 (6.849%) Service Desk Analyst
9 5 (6.849%) Support Technician
9 5 (6.849%) Junior Support Engineer
10 4 (5.479%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.81%) Blackberry
2 5 (6.849%) SaaS
3 4 (5.479%) EPoS
4 2 (2.740%) Visualisation
4 2 (2.740%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.740%) Statistics
4 2 (2.740%) EMV
5 1 (1.370%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.370%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.370%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.370%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 47 (64.38%) Windows
2 22 (30.14%) Windows XP
3 18 (24.66%) Windows Vista
3 18 (24.66%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (20.55%) Windows 7
4 15 (20.55%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (17.81%) Linux
6 8 (10.96%) UNIX
7 7 (9.589%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.370%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (12.33%) Service Delivery
2 6 (8.219%) ERP
2 6 (8.219%) ITIL
3 3 (4.110%) Business Development
3 3 (4.110%) Time Management
4 2 (2.740%) Network Management
4 2 (2.740%) Software Distribution
4 2 (2.740%) Migration
4 2 (2.740%) Service Management
4 2 (2.740%) Network Load Balancing
4 2 (2.740%) Software Engineering
4 2 (2.740%) Project Management
5 1 (1.370%) PRINCE2
5 1 (1.370%) OOP
5 1 (1.370%) Asset Management
5 1 (1.370%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.70%) SQL
2 4 (5.479%) C
3 3 (4.110%) C++
4 2 (2.740%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.740%) VBA
5 1 (1.370%) Java
5 1 (1.370%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (27.40%) Degree
2 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (13.70%) A+ Certification
3 7 (9.589%) MCSE
4 6 (8.219%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.110%) HND
5 3 (4.110%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.740%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.740%) CCNA
6 2 (2.740%) HNC
7 1 (1.370%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (24.66%) SLA
2 15 (20.55%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (39.73%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.110%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.370%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.849%) SCCM
2 2 (2.740%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.370%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 43 (58.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.849%) SAP
3 3 (4.110%) Cisco
3 3 (4.110%) Dell
4 2 (2.740%) VMware
4 2 (2.740%) Mitel
4 2 (2.740%) Intel
4 2 (2.740%) Citrix
4 2 (2.740%) Avaya
5 1 (1.370%) Cognos
5 1 (1.370%) Apple