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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 40 34 44
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +10
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 23 26 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 4.100% 4.333% 2.515%
As % of the Applications category 21.70% 29.89% 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 22 24 13
Average salary £21,500 £23,000 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.52% +9.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,500 £17,500 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £38,700 £62,000 £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
106 87 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 18.89% 14.50% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 98 80 75
Average salary £30,000 £31,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £20,100 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £37,750 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Office
North East

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 22 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -3 20 £21,500 -4.44%
Sunderland -8 2 £39,000 +4.00%
Tyneside - 2 £18,200 -
MS Office
North East

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 26 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (57.50%) Windows
3 21 (52.50%) Active Directory
4 20 (50.00%) MS Excel
5 14 (35.00%) ITIL
6 11 (27.50%) SLA
7 10 (25.00%) Degree
8 9 (22.50%) Windows Server 2003
9 8 (20.00%) MS Exchange
9 8 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (20.00%) Windows 7
10 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (15.00%) Windows XP
11 6 (15.00%) LAN
11 6 (15.00%) WAN
11 6 (15.00%) MCSE
11 6 (15.00%) MCP
11 6 (15.00%) MCDST
12 5 (12.50%) CRM
12 5 (12.50%) Cisco
13 4 (10.00%) Citrix
14 3 (7.500%) Dynamics CRM
14 3 (7.500%) Dynamics GP
14 3 (7.500%) Office 365
14 3 (7.500%) Windows 8
14 3 (7.500%) E-Commerce
14 3 (7.500%) Internet
14 3 (7.500%) C
15 2 (5.000%) C#
15 2 (5.000%) .NET

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 (5.000%) .NET
2 1 (2.500%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (5.000%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (5.000%) Lync
3 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.500%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (2.500%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 20 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.500%) Office 365
3 2 (5.000%) MS Visio
3 2 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.500%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (7.500%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (7.500%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) LAN
1 6 (15.00%) WAN
2 3 (7.500%) Internet
3 2 (5.000%) MPLS
3 2 (5.000%) DSL
4 1 (2.500%) IP Telephony
4 1 (2.500%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.500%) Wireless
4 1 (2.500%) HTTP
4 1 (2.500%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (5.000%) Finance
2 1 (2.500%) Billing
2 1 (2.500%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.500%) Law
2 1 (2.500%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Analyst
2 11 (27.50%) Service Analyst
3 10 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 8 (20.00%) Desktop Support
5 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (7.500%) Desktop Support Technician
7 3 (7.500%) IT Support
7 3 (7.500%) Desktop Technician
7 3 (7.500%) Consultant
7 3 (7.500%) Support Technician
7 3 (7.500%) Support Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) Support Analyst
7 3 (7.500%) Technical Support
8 2 (5.000%) Author
8 2 (5.000%) Technical Author
8 2 (5.000%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
8 2 (5.000%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.000%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.500%) Statistics
2 1 (2.500%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.500%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.500%) Social Media
2 1 (2.500%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 23 (57.50%) Windows
2 9 (22.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 6 (15.00%) Windows XP
5 3 (7.500%) Windows 8
6 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.500%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.00%) ITIL
2 5 (12.50%) CRM
3 3 (7.500%) E-Commerce
4 2 (5.000%) Service Management
4 2 (5.000%) Configuration Management
4 2 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (5.000%) Data Protection
4 2 (5.000%) Software Engineering
5 1 (2.500%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.500%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (2.500%) Business Development
5 1 (2.500%) Programme Management
5 1 (2.500%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.500%) Data Management
5 1 (2.500%) Data Migration
5 1 (2.500%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.500%) Performance Management
5 1 (2.500%) Market Research
5 1 (2.500%) ITIL V3
5 1 (2.500%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.500%) C
2 2 (5.000%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (15.00%) MCSE
3 6 (15.00%) MCP
3 6 (15.00%) MCDST
4 2 (5.000%) CCENT
4 2 (5.000%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (5.000%) MCTS
5 1 (2.500%) MCITP
5 1 (2.500%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.500%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.500%) CCNA
5 1 (2.500%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.500%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.500%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (27.50%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (52.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.000%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) Cisco
3 4 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (2.500%) Verint
4 1 (2.500%) Remedy
4 1 (2.500%) HP
4 1 (2.500%) Nortel
4 1 (2.500%) Genesys
4 1 (2.500%) Peregrine
4 1 (2.500%) Lotus
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Skill Set: Windows XP / 7 Server 2003 / 2008 Exchange 2003 / 2007 Active Directory MS Office This is an excellent opportunity where you will work on a number of...
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