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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 48 46 28
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -18
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 23 19 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.846% 3.333% 5.614%
As % of the Applications category 21.10% 17.59% 35.56%
Number of salaries quoted 21 16 25
Average salary £31,000 £27,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.72% -15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £18,250 £18,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £43,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.66%
All Applications
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
109 108 90
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 18.23% 18.95% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 97 99 71
Average salary £34,050 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.20% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,700 £20,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £42,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Office
West Midlands

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Burton-upon-Trent -8 4 £31,000 +14.81%
Stoke-on-Trent 0 3 £32,500 +75.67%
Tamworth +2 1 £17,500 -45.31%
Uttoxeter - 1 £45,000 -
MS Office
West Midlands

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 37 (72.55%) Microsoft
2 30 (58.82%) Windows
3 21 (41.18%) Active Directory
4 16 (31.37%) MS Excel
5 15 (29.41%) SQL Server
5 15 (29.41%) Windows 7
6 14 (27.45%) QA
7 11 (21.57%) Windows XP
7 11 (21.57%) MS Visio
8 10 (19.61%) PRINCE2
8 10 (19.61%) MS Project
8 10 (19.61%) Finance
8 10 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (19.61%) Retail
8 10 (19.61%) Windows Vista
9 9 (17.65%) Change Management
9 9 (17.65%) Citrix
10 8 (15.69%) LAN
10 8 (15.69%) WAN
10 8 (15.69%) ISEB
10 8 (15.69%) ITIL
10 8 (15.69%) .NET
10 8 (15.69%) SQL
10 8 (15.69%) CRM
11 7 (13.73%) VMware
11 7 (13.73%) MS Exchange
12 6 (11.76%) XML
12 6 (11.76%) Blackberry
12 6 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (11.76%) ERP

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 8 (15.69%) .NET
2 6 (11.76%) XML
3 4 (7.843%) ASP.NET
3 4 (7.843%) HTML
3 4 (7.843%) MDX
4 3 (5.882%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.961%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (13.73%) MS Exchange
2 5 (9.804%) Lotus Notes
2 5 (9.804%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.843%) IIS
3 4 (7.843%) SharePoint Server
3 4 (7.843%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.961%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.961%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 16 (31.37%) MS Excel
2 11 (21.57%) MS Visio
3 10 (19.61%) MS Project
4 3 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.843%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (7.843%) Line 500
2 3 (5.882%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.961%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.69%) LAN
1 8 (15.69%) WAN
2 6 (11.76%) DNS
3 5 (9.804%) DHCP
3 5 (9.804%) VPN
4 4 (7.843%) LDAP
4 4 (7.843%) TCP/IP
4 4 (7.843%) VoIP
4 4 (7.843%) SAN
4 4 (7.843%) MPLS
5 1 (1.961%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (29.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.843%) OLAP
2 4 (7.843%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (7.843%) SQL Server 2000
2 4 (7.843%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 4 (7.843%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (7.843%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (7.843%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (5.882%) QlikView
3 3 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (5.882%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.961%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (7.843%) Visual Studio
1 4 (7.843%) SilkTest
1 4 (7.843%) Selenium
1 4 (7.843%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 10 (19.61%) Finance
1 10 (19.61%) Retail
2 4 (7.843%) Billing
3 1 (1.961%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (27.45%) Analyst
2 13 (25.49%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (15.69%) Support Technician
4 7 (13.73%) Support Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) Project Manager
5 6 (11.76%) Business Analyst
5 6 (11.76%) Business Manager
5 6 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 6 (11.76%) IT Support
6 5 (9.804%) Help Desk Engineer
7 4 (7.843%) Business Project Manager
7 4 (7.843%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (7.843%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (7.843%) QA Engineer
8 3 (5.882%) Change Manager
8 3 (5.882%) Business Change Manager
8 3 (5.882%) Change Analyst
8 3 (5.882%) Help Desk Support
8 3 (5.882%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 3 (5.882%) Business Change Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Blackberry
1 6 (11.76%) iPad
2 4 (7.843%) CMDB
3 2 (3.922%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 30 (58.82%) Windows
2 15 (29.41%) Windows 7
3 11 (21.57%) Windows XP
4 10 (19.61%) Windows Vista
5 6 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (9.804%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (3.922%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (3.922%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.961%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.961%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (19.61%) PRINCE2
1 10 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (17.65%) Change Management
3 8 (15.69%) ITIL
3 8 (15.69%) CRM
4 6 (11.76%) ERP
5 5 (9.804%) E-Commerce
5 5 (9.804%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (9.804%) Data Analysis
5 5 (9.804%) Project Planning
6 4 (7.843%) Software Testing
6 4 (7.843%) Scrum
6 4 (7.843%) Programme Management
6 4 (7.843%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (7.843%) Software Engineering
6 4 (7.843%) Supplier Management
6 4 (7.843%) Multidimensional Analysis
6 4 (7.843%) ETL
6 4 (7.843%) Configuration Management
6 4 (7.843%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.69%) SQL
2 4 (7.843%) VB
2 4 (7.843%) VB.NET
2 4 (7.843%) VB6
2 4 (7.843%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.961%) X++
Qualifications
1 8 (15.69%) ISEB
2 6 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (7.843%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (7.843%) Degree
4 3 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (5.882%) MCP
4 3 (5.882%) MCITP
5 1 (1.961%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (27.45%) QA
System Software
1 21 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 37 (72.55%) Microsoft
2 9 (17.65%) Citrix
3 7 (13.73%) VMware
4 5 (9.804%) Sage
4 5 (9.804%) Lotus
5 4 (7.843%) LogiXML
6 1 (1.961%) Altiris
6 1 (1.961%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.961%) Avaya
6 1 (1.961%) Epicor
6 1 (1.961%) Nortel
6 1 (1.961%) Oracle
6 1 (1.961%) SAP
6 1 (1.961%) Cisco
Cannock, Staffordshire
A Windows XP / 7, CRM, SQL, Networking, MS Office Technical Support, IT Technician is required to join this long standing organisation... The Windows XP / 7, CRM, SQL, Networking,...
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