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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills across the UK with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank4755
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching permanent IT job ads81087214
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.952 %3.224 %
As % of the category below29.85 %28.67 %
Salaries quoted68815757
Average minimum salary£28,472£29,079
Average salary£30,714£31,108
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Average maximum salary£32,956£33,137
UK excluding London average salary£28,081£27,616
% change on same period last year+1.68 %
Applications UKApplications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads2716625162
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled13.24 %11.24 %
Salaries quoted2285620376
Average minimum salary£32,702£34,366
Average salary£35,543£37,029
% change on same period last year-4.01 %
Average maximum salary£38,384£39,692
UK excluding London average salary£32,684£34,112
% change on same period last year-4.18 %

MS Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing MS Office across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

MS Office Demand Trend

MS Office
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing MS Office across the UK.

MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the UK over the past 3 months.

MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+87866£30,723-1.71 %
2LondonUp+113365£34,642-2.10 %
3South EastUp+101698£29,460+1.89 %
4City of LondonUp+9921£34,451-10.19 %
5East of EnglandUp+3640£28,491+1.46 %
6YorkshireUp+10512£26,606-1.72 %
7North WestUp+5490£25,854+2.56 %
8BerkshireUp+17462£30,740+1.01 %
9South WestDown-6422£27,865-5.26 %
10West MidlandsUp+6387£26,528+2.08 %
11SurreyUp+11384£29,146-2.70 %
12East MidlandsUp+33333£25,446+7.46 %
13HampshireDown-2324£29,095+1.81 %
14West YorkshireDown-4252£25,493+2.12 %
15CambridgeshireUp+5217£27,731-4.66 %
16HertfordshireUp+7212£27,888-4.97 %
17BuckinghamshireUp+8186£30,870+21.42 %
18ManchesterUp+8185£26,118+10.08 %
19CheshireUp+14174£24,928-11.00 %
20LeedsUp+4172£25,383-1.69 %
21WiltshireUp+9164£25,476-23.43 %
22CambridgeUp+12159£27,332-9.33 %
23OxfordshireUp+23149£28,396+7.50 %
24ReadingUp+10143£30,850+2.12 %
25ScotlandUp+10134£27,824+14.06 %
26EssexUp+13124£31,467+20.07 %
27BirminghamUp+4123£26,214-2.05 %
28North YorkshireUp+13112£31,882+23.26 %
29NottinghamshireUp+3499£26,205+26.83 %
29South YorkshireUp+1399£23,134-15.21 %

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing MS Office also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MS Office.

17950 (49.16 %)Microsoft
27578 (46.86 %)Windows
37267 (44.94 %)MS Excel
43369 (20.83 %)Active Directory
53293 (20.36 %)MS Exchange
63050 (18.86 %)Finance
72888 (17.86 %)Windows XP
82482 (15.35 %)SQL
92329 (14.40 %)SQL Server
102132 (13.18 %)Windows 2000
111904 (11.77 %)Microsoft Certification
121787 (11.05 %).NET
131702 (10.53 %)TCP/IP
141415 (8.750 %)Exchange Server 2003
151321 (8.169 %)Degree
161293 (7.996 %)ITIL
171268 (7.841 %)Citrix
181237 (7.649 %)Project Management
191107 (6.846 %)Law
201088 (6.728 %)C#
211056 (6.530 %)Windows Server 2003
221054 (6.518 %)LAN
231038 (6.419 %)MCSE
241025 (6.339 %)MS Project
251017 (6.289 %)Internet
261008 (6.233 %)MCP
27931 (5.757 %)WAN
28927 (5.732 %)SharePoint
29924 (5.714 %)Windows NT
30922 (5.702 %)Legal

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing MS Office also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MS Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11787 (11.05 %).NET
2832 (5.145 %)ASP.NET
3753 (4.656 %)XML
4682 (4.217 %)HTML
5488 (3.018 %)ASP
6270 (1.670 %)CSS
7204 (1.262 %)Windows SharePoint Services
8162 (1.002 %)SOAP
9146 (0.903 %)J2EE
10142 (0.878 %).NET Framework
11137 (0.847 %)XHTML
12133 (0.822 %)WebServices
13107 (0.662 %)XSLT
1491 (0.563 %)WebSphere
1579 (0.489 %)COM+
1671 (0.439 %)AJAX
1750 (0.309 %)XSL
1847 (0.291 %)Middleware
1847 (0.291 %)WF
1945 (0.278 %)JSP
Application Platforms
13293 (20.36 %)MS Exchange
21415 (8.750 %)Exchange Server 2003
3927 (5.732 %)SharePoint
4835 (5.164 %)Exchange Server 2000
5801 (4.953 %)Lotus Notes
6617 (3.815 %)IIS
7588 (3.636 %)SharePoint Server 2007
8242 (1.497 %)Exchange Server 2007
9178 (1.101 %)BizTalk Server
10167 (1.033 %)CMS
11149 (0.921 %)SAS
12126 (0.779 %)Exchange Server 5.5
13123 (0.761 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1498 (0.606 %)Apache
1596 (0.594 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1690 (0.557 %)WorkSite
1785 (0.526 %)Lotus Domino
1879 (0.489 %)GroupWise
1974 (0.458 %)Office Project Server
2056 (0.346 %)Documentum
Applications
17267 (44.94 %)MS Excel
21025 (6.339 %)MS Project
3899 (5.559 %)MS PowerPoint
4833 (5.151 %)MS Visio
5221 (1.367 %)Photoshop
6106 (0.655 %)Acrobat
768 (0.421 %)SPSS
866 (0.408 %)Adobe Illustrator
961 (0.377 %)AutoCAD
1060 (0.371 %)InfoPath
1155 (0.340 %)DeltaView
1253 (0.328 %)Paint Shop Pro
1347 (0.291 %)QuarkXPress
1443 (0.266 %)RoboHelp
1541 (0.254 %)Fireworks
1626 (0.161 %)FrameMaker
1724 (0.148 %)InDesign
1813 (0.080 %)ImageReady
1910 (0.062 %)CA Clarity
209 (0.056 %)SmartSuite
Business Applications
1149 (0.921 %)Microsoft CRM
2125 (0.773 %)Axapta
3120 (0.742 %)Dynamics AX
458 (0.359 %)Summit
538 (0.235 %)Navision
636 (0.223 %)SalesLogix
734 (0.210 %)Line 500
827 (0.167 %)assyst
926 (0.161 %)Dynamics CRM
1023 (0.142 %)RMDS
1023 (0.142 %)WebTrends
1023 (0.142 %)HiPortfolio
1122 (0.136 %)Oracle EBS
1221 (0.130 %)SAP Business One
1320 (0.124 %)Line 50
1419 (0.117 %)Line 100
1518 (0.111 %)GoldMine
1518 (0.111 %)Oracle Applications
1615 (0.093 %)SageCRM MME
1615 (0.093 %)Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
11702 (10.53 %)TCP/IP
21054 (6.518 %)LAN
31017 (6.289 %)Internet
4931 (5.757 %)WAN
5708 (4.378 %)VPN
6634 (3.921 %)DNS
7568 (3.512 %)Firewall
8376 (2.325 %)DHCP
9362 (2.239 %)Intranet
10220 (1.360 %)VoIP
11217 (1.342 %)Wireless
12191 (1.181 %)SAN
13144 (0.890 %)WINS
14116 (0.717 %)Ethernet
15115 (0.711 %)ADSL
1696 (0.594 %)FTP
1793 (0.575 %)Broadband
1880 (0.495 %)IP Telephony
1971 (0.439 %)SMTP
2058 (0.359 %)Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
12329 (14.40 %)SQL Server
2607 (3.754 %)SQL Server 2005
3604 (3.735 %)SQL Server 2000
4400 (2.474 %)SQL Server 7
5311 (1.923 %)Crystal Reports
6288 (1.781 %)MS Access
7222 (1.373 %)BusinessObjects
8196 (1.212 %)RDBMS
9169 (1.045 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10150 (0.928 %)Datawarehouse
11118 (0.730 %)DTS
12103 (0.637 %)MySQL
1390 (0.557 %)DB2
1477 (0.476 %)ETL
1563 (0.390 %)Oracle 10g
1662 (0.383 %)OLAP
1761 (0.377 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1855 (0.340 %)Cognos Impromptu
1950 (0.309 %)Oracle Reports
2047 (0.291 %)TOAD
Development Applications
1438 (2.709 %)Visual Studio
2171 (1.057 %)Dreamweaver
3164 (1.014 %)Flash
470 (0.433 %)VSS/SourceSafe
558 (0.359 %)TestDirector
656 (0.346 %)Rational Rose
745 (0.278 %)LoadRunner
838 (0.235 %)MSI
937 (0.229 %)PVCS
1030 (0.186 %)QuickTest Pro
1128 (0.173 %)NUnit
1227 (0.167 %)FrontPage
1324 (0.148 %)Oracle Forms
1422 (0.136 %)Eclipse
1521 (0.130 %)ClearCase
1619 (0.117 %)JIRA
1718 (0.111 %)Subversion
1815 (0.093 %)WinRunner
1914 (0.087 %)ClearQuest
2010 (0.062 %)Ant
General
13050 (18.86 %)Finance
21107 (6.846 %)Law
3922 (5.702 %)Legal
4869 (5.374 %)Banking
5862 (5.331 %)Pensions
6703 (4.347 %)Health
7691 (4.273 %)Insurance
8602 (3.723 %)Marketing
9566 (3.500 %)Telecoms
10412 (2.548 %)Retail
11398 (2.461 %)Education
12382 (2.362 %)Investment Banking
13240 (1.484 %)Financial Institution
14214 (1.323 %)Manufacturing
15192 (1.187 %)Back Office
16182 (1.125 %)Government
17151 (0.934 %)Front Office
18143 (0.884 %)Publishing
19125 (0.773 %)Pharmaceutical
20120 (0.742 %)Advertising
Job Titles
15627 (34.80 %)Analyst
22617 (16.18 %)Support Analyst
31296 (8.014 %)Developer
41267 (7.835 %)Desktop Support
51055 (6.524 %)Helpdesk Analyst
6994 (6.147 %)Support Engineer
7967 (5.980 %)Helpdesk Support
8816 (5.046 %)2nd Line Support
9806 (4.984 %)Consultant
10754 (4.663 %)Trainer
11739 (4.570 %)Administrator
12615 (3.803 %)IT Trainer
13578 (3.574 %)Business Analyst
14567 (3.506 %)1st Line Support
15516 (3.191 %)Service Analyst
16515 (3.185 %)Desktop Analyst
17496 (3.067 %)Technical Support
18487 (3.012 %)Desktop Support Analyst
19477 (2.950 %)IT Support Analyst
20472 (2.919 %)Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1806 (4.984 %)Blackberry
2217 (1.342 %)Asset Management
3191 (1.181 %)Management Information System
4186 (1.150 %)Client/Server
5182 (1.125 %)PDA
6150 (0.928 %)Derivative
7137 (0.847 %)Mainframe
8136 (0.841 %)Mathematics
9132 (0.816 %)E-Learning
10125 (0.773 %)Computer Science
11118 (0.730 %)German Language
12112 (0.693 %)Equities
13102 (0.631 %)Statistics
1498 (0.606 %)French Language
1597 (0.600 %)Clustering
1682 (0.507 %)AS400
1778 (0.482 %)Fund Management
1875 (0.464 %)PMI
1973 (0.451 %)NHS
1973 (0.451 %)Fixed Income
Operating Systems
17578 (46.86 %)Windows
22888 (17.86 %)Windows XP
32132 (13.18 %)Windows 2000
41056 (6.530 %)Windows Server 2003
5924 (5.714 %)Windows NT
6758 (4.687 %)Unix
7557 (3.444 %)Linux
8236 (1.459 %)Mac OS X
9171 (1.057 %)Solaris
10122 (0.754 %)NetWare
1155 (0.340 %)AIX
1237 (0.229 %)Windows Vista
1331 (0.192 %)MVS
1331 (0.192 %)VMS
1428 (0.173 %)Mac OS X Server
1525 (0.155 %)OS/400
1615 (0.093 %)Windows Mobile
1711 (0.068 %)Fedora
1711 (0.068 %)HPUX
1810 (0.062 %)Slackware
Processes & Methodologies
11293 (7.996 %)ITIL
21237 (7.649 %)Project Management
3643 (3.976 %)PRINCE2
4561 (3.469 %)Document Management
5492 (3.042 %)CRM
6459 (2.838 %)Business Analysis
7365 (2.257 %)Project Planning
8343 (2.121 %)OO
9301 (1.861 %)ERP
10288 (1.781 %)UML
11282 (1.744 %)Workflow
12256 (1.583 %)Time Management
13235 (1.453 %)Service Delivery
14212 (1.311 %)User Acceptance Testing
15208 (1.286 %)Change Management
16206 (1.274 %)Migration
17201 (1.243 %)E-Commerce
18196 (1.212 %)Web Development
19193 (1.193 %)Business Intelligence
20174 (1.076 %)Incident Management
Programming Languages
12482 (15.35 %)SQL
21088 (6.728 %)C#
3832 (5.145 %)VB
4668 (4.131 %)VBA
5502 (3.104 %)VB.NET
6453 (2.801 %)Java
7417 (2.579 %)JavaScript
8368 (2.276 %)C
9290 (1.793 %)C++
10193 (1.193 %)VBScript
11184 (1.138 %)Transact-SQL
12159 (0.983 %)VB6
13134 (0.829 %)PHP
14112 (0.693 %)VC++
15109 (0.674 %)PL/SQL
1691 (0.563 %)Perl
1786 (0.532 %)Shell Script
1851 (0.315 %)COBOL
1943 (0.266 %)DHTML
2040 (0.247 %)Delphi
Qualifications
11904 (11.77 %)Microsoft Certification
21321 (8.169 %)Degree
31038 (6.419 %)MCSE
41008 (6.233 %)MCP
5313 (1.936 %)MOS
6310 (1.917 %)MCSA
7221 (1.367 %)Cisco Certification
8216 (1.336 %)ISEB
9204 (1.262 %)CCNA
10185 (1.144 %)ITIL Certification
11137 (0.847 %)A+ Certification
12129 (0.798 %)PRINCE2 Certification
13117 (0.724 %)HND
14107 (0.662 %)MCSD
1585 (0.526 %)MCDST
1655 (0.340 %)Citrix Certification
1749 (0.303 %)CCA
1846 (0.284 %)Novell Certification
1941 (0.254 %)CNE
1941 (0.254 %)HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1782 (4.836 %)SLA
2302 (1.868 %)QA
351 (0.315 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
448 (0.297 %)ISO9000
538 (0.235 %)ISO9001
635 (0.216 %)ISO27001
733 (0.204 %)ISO/IEC 20000
827 (0.167 %)COBIT
918 (0.111 %)WAI
1014 (0.087 %)Basel II
1110 (0.062 %)ISO17799
126 (0.037 %)JSP 440
135 (0.031 %)WCAG
143 (0.019 %)BS7799
143 (0.019 %)HL7
143 (0.019 %)CESG Infosec
152 (0.012 %)BS25999
161 (0.006 %)GAMP
161 (0.006 %)BS15000
161 (0.006 %)EFQM
System Software
13369 (20.83 %)Active Directory
2339 (2.096 %)Backup Exec
3194 (1.200 %)Terminal Services
4122 (0.754 %)MetaFrame
590 (0.557 %)NetBackup
674 (0.458 %)Terminal Server
771 (0.439 %)Citrix Presentation Server
870 (0.433 %)ISA Server
960 (0.371 %)VMware ESX
1022 (0.136 %)NDS
1121 (0.130 %)VMware Server
1216 (0.099 %)MailMarshal
1216 (0.099 %)VMware Workstation
1312 (0.074 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1410 (0.062 %)Novell eDirectory
1410 (0.062 %)NFS
155 (0.031 %)RACF
164 (0.025 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
164 (0.025 %)AquaLogic
164 (0.025 %)Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1206 (1.274 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2100 (0.618 %)Norton AntiVirus
380 (0.495 %)DameWare
465 (0.402 %)OpenView
559 (0.365 %)Tivoli
657 (0.352 %)CONTROL-M
754 (0.334 %)MOM
850 (0.309 %)ZENworks
940 (0.247 %)ARCserve
1036 (0.223 %)BMC PATROL
1036 (0.223 %)ServiceCenter
1126 (0.161 %)WSUS
1222 (0.136 %)AutoSys
1320 (0.124 %)OMEGAMON
1320 (0.124 %)Foglight
1320 (0.124 %)MIMEsweeper
1417 (0.105 %)Legato
1513 (0.080 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1612 (0.074 %)Unicenter
1711 (0.068 %)BMC Marimba
Vendors
17950 (49.16 %)Microsoft
21268 (7.841 %)Citrix
3868 (5.368 %)Oracle
4845 (5.225 %)Lotus
5647 (4.001 %)Cisco
6495 (3.061 %)HP
7348 (2.152 %)Remedy
8314 (1.942 %)SAP
9293 (1.812 %)VMware
10292 (1.806 %)VERITAS
11268 (1.657 %)Adobe
12260 (1.608 %)Reuters
13254 (1.571 %)Dell
13254 (1.571 %)Novell
14244 (1.509 %)Bloomberg
15222 (1.373 %)Business Objects
16216 (1.336 %)IBM
17201 (1.243 %)Interwoven
18187 (1.156 %)Symantec
19157 (0.971 %)Apple
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