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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 59 32 53
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +21
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 19 32 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 2.746% 5.808% 3.328%
As % of the Applications category 29.23% 43.24% 20.95%
Number of salaries quoted 16 27 22
Average salary £26,750 £40,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.12% +77.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,250 £24,400 £17,200
10% offered a salary of more than £38,750 £45,000 £39,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
65 74 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 9.393% 13.43% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 58 60 92
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,750 £60,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.98% -1.47%
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 23 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
Ipswich -12 12 £23,375 -37.66%
Stowmarket -1 1 £32,500 -18.75%
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 22 (70.97%) Windows
2 15 (48.39%) Microsoft
3 14 (45.16%) Active Directory
4 10 (32.26%) MS Excel
5 9 (29.03%) Windows XP
6 8 (25.81%) VPN
7 7 (22.58%) MS Exchange
7 7 (22.58%) SQL
7 7 (22.58%) ITIL
7 7 (22.58%) Firewall
7 7 (22.58%) VMware
7 7 (22.58%) Windows Vista
8 6 (19.35%) Windows 7
8 6 (19.35%) Replication
8 6 (19.35%) ISEB
8 6 (19.35%) Service Management
9 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (16.13%) Oracle
9 5 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (12.90%) QA
10 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (12.90%) Data Protection
10 4 (12.90%) Test Automation
10 4 (12.90%) vSphere
10 4 (12.90%) Automation Testing
10 4 (12.90%) MS PowerPoint
10 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
10 4 (12.90%) MCP
10 4 (12.90%) Client/Server
10 4 (12.90%) SAN

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 (6.452%) HTML
2 1 (3.226%) .NET
2 1 (3.226%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 7 (22.58%) MS Exchange
2 3 (9.677%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (9.677%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (6.452%) SAS
3 2 (6.452%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.226%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 10 (32.26%) MS Excel
2 4 (12.90%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (3.226%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.81%) VPN
2 7 (22.58%) Firewall
3 4 (12.90%) SAN
4 3 (9.677%) DNS
4 3 (9.677%) LAN
4 3 (9.677%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (6.452%) WAN
5 2 (6.452%) DHCP
5 2 (6.452%) Internet
6 1 (3.226%) ADSL
6 1 (3.226%) Broadband
6 1 (3.226%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.226%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (6.452%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (6.452%) DTS
3 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Selenium
General
1 2 (6.452%) Finance
2 1 (3.226%) Marketing
2 1 (3.226%) Advertising
2 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (58.06%) Analyst
2 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (12.90%) Support Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Test Analyst
4 3 (9.677%) Service Analyst
4 3 (9.677%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (9.677%) IT Support
4 3 (9.677%) IT Technician
5 2 (6.452%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 2 (6.452%) Desktop Technician
5 2 (6.452%) Report Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) MI Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (6.452%) Desktop Support Technician
5 2 (6.452%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.452%) Support Technician
5 2 (6.452%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Tester
5 2 (6.452%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Replication
2 4 (12.90%) Client/Server
3 3 (9.677%) Blackberry
3 3 (9.677%) iPad
4 2 (6.452%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (6.452%) Mathematics
4 2 (6.452%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.226%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 22 (70.97%) Windows
2 9 (29.03%) Windows XP
3 7 (22.58%) Windows Vista
4 6 (19.35%) Windows 7
5 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (3.226%) Linux
6 1 (3.226%) Windows 2000
6 1 (3.226%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) ITIL
2 6 (19.35%) Service Management
3 4 (12.90%) Data Protection
3 4 (12.90%) Test Automation
3 4 (12.90%) Automation Testing
3 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
4 3 (9.677%) Change Management
5 2 (6.452%) Waterfall
5 2 (6.452%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (6.452%) Manual Testing
5 2 (6.452%) Asset Management
5 2 (6.452%) Automated Testing
6 1 (3.226%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.226%) Project Management
6 1 (3.226%) UML
6 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.226%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.226%) Business Analysis
6 1 (3.226%) Network Design
6 1 (3.226%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) SQL
2 2 (6.452%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) ISEB
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (12.90%) MCP
4 2 (6.452%) CCNA
4 2 (6.452%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.226%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.226%) MCSA
5 1 (3.226%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) QA
2 1 (3.226%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (45.16%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (12.90%) vSphere
4 1 (3.226%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) VMware
3 5 (16.13%) Oracle
4 3 (9.677%) Dell
5 2 (6.452%) Business Objects
5 2 (6.452%) EMC
6 1 (3.226%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.226%) Citrix
6 1 (3.226%) Cisco
6 1 (3.226%) NETGEAR
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