The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS PowerPoint over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category.

Microsoft PowerPoint
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank268218196
Rank change year-on-year
Down-50Down-22
Matching permanent IT job ads111713611036
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.926 %1.110 %1.085 %
As % of the Applications category6.098 %7.252 %7.384 %
Number of salaries quoted8701103818
Average salary£37,500£40,000£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25 %+5.26 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£24,250£22,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£33,750£35,000
% change year-on-year
-3.70 %-3.57 %
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryAll Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
183171876614030
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK15.19 %15.30 %14.69 %
Number of salaries quoted157571577511552
Average salary£37,500£37,500£35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.89 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£23,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£62,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %

MS PowerPoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

MS PowerPoint Demand Trend

MS PowerPoint
Salary Trend

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

MS PowerPoint Salary Trend

MS PowerPoint
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

MS PowerPoint Salary Histogram

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-541072£37,500-6.25 %
LondonDown-28623£45,000+5.88 %
South EastDown-61248£35,000+7.69 %
City of LondonUp+56193£50,000-
SurreyDown-4964£33,250+7.25 %
East of EnglandDown-654£28,500-18.57 %
BerkshireDown-2649£35,000+7.69 %
HampshireDown-2946£37,500-16.66 %
South WestDown-3244£30,000-5.18 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1239£40,000+37.93 %
Milton KeynesUp+2531£40,000+37.93 %
ScotlandUp+1631£35,000-6.66 %
YorkshireDown-1729£28,000-12.50 %
West MidlandsDown-4426£26,500-28.37 %
North WestDown-5226£32,500-33.33 %
ReadingDown-1925£26,000-20.00 %
HertfordshireUp+824£35,500-6.57 %
WiltshireDown-521£37,500-
East MidlandsNo change020£22,335-34.30 %
West SussexUp+315£47,500+58.33 %
EdinburghUp+1714£41,000-3.52 %
North YorkshireUp+1314£29,500-2.47 %
NorthamptonshireUp+814£22,335-34.30 %
BedfordshireDown-113£21,500-30.08 %
ManchesterDown-4713£32,500-45.83 %
SouthamptonDown-2312£28,750-42.50 %
BristolUp+211£25,000-15.96 %
West YorkshireDown-2011£28,000-11.11 %
HarrogateNew entry-11£28,000-
EssexDown-69£47,500+18.75 %

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint.

11515 (68.99 %)MS Excel
2982 (44.72 %)Microsoft
3933 (42.49 %)MS Office
4758 (34.52 %)Finance
5533 (24.27 %)MS Visio
6459 (20.90 %)Project Management
7382 (17.40 %)Windows
8369 (16.80 %)Degree
9341 (15.53 %)SQL
10335 (15.26 %)MS Project
11269 (12.25 %)Marketing
12247 (11.25 %)PRINCE2
13218 (9.927 %)Banking
14192 (8.743 %)Active Directory
15177 (8.060 %)Telecoms
16175 (7.969 %)ITIL
16175 (7.969 %)SharePoint
17167 (7.605 %)SQL Server
18157 (7.149 %)HTML
19155 (7.058 %)Windows XP
20150 (6.831 %)Windows 7
21138 (6.284 %)Cisco
22136 (6.193 %)Change Management
23135 (6.148 %)Oracle
24131 (5.965 %)Retail
25129 (5.874 %)Legal
26123 (5.601 %)Windows Server 2003
27117 (5.328 %)Internet
28116 (5.282 %)CRM
29111 (5.055 %)SAP

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1157 (7.149 %)HTML
2107 (4.872 %).NET
387 (3.962 %)CSS
471 (3.233 %)XML
537 (1.685 %)ASP.NET
635 (1.594 %)Flash
725 (1.138 %)XSLT
824 (1.093 %)jQuery
914 (0.638 %)ASP
1013 (0.592 %)ATL
1013 (0.592 %)COM
1013 (0.592 %)Web Services
1112 (0.546 %)Ajax
1112 (0.546 %)ODBC
1211 (0.501 %)XHTML
1211 (0.501 %)EDI
1310 (0.455 %)XSL
1310 (0.455 %)JSP
1310 (0.455 %)J2EE
149 (0.410 %)HTML5
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1175 (7.969 %)SharePoint
289 (4.053 %)MS Exchange
357 (2.596 %)Exchange Server 2003
455 (2.505 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
537 (1.685 %)CMS
636 (1.639 %)SAS
735 (1.594 %)IIS
829 (1.321 %)Exchange Server 2010
922 (1.002 %)Exchange Server 2007
1020 (0.911 %)Office Project Server
1118 (0.820 %)Lotus Notes
1213 (0.592 %)Apache
1311 (0.501 %)Drupal
1410 (0.455 %)SharePoint Server
1410 (0.455 %)SharePoint 2010
159 (0.410 %)Lync
159 (0.410 %)WordPress
159 (0.410 %)Tomcat
167 (0.319 %)Office Communications Server
167 (0.319 %)Resin
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11515 (68.99 %)MS Excel
2933 (42.49 %)MS Office
3533 (24.27 %)MS Visio
4335 (15.26 %)MS Project
552 (2.368 %)Photoshop
647 (2.140 %)Acrobat
739 (1.776 %)Spreadsheet
822 (1.002 %)Adobe Illustrator
914 (0.638 %)InDesign
1010 (0.455 %)SPSS
119 (0.410 %)Fireworks
127 (0.319 %)CATIA
127 (0.319 %)Vectorworks
127 (0.319 %)Adobe Captivate
136 (0.273 %)OmniGraffle
144 (0.182 %)SketchUp
144 (0.182 %)MicroStation
144 (0.182 %)AutoCAD
153 (0.137 %)DeltaView
153 (0.137 %)RoboHelp
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
126 (1.184 %)Google Analytics
220 (0.911 %)Visualfiles
318 (0.820 %)Oracle EBS R12
413 (0.592 %)Oracle CRM
511 (0.501 %)LatentZero
511 (0.501 %)Dynamics CRM
610 (0.455 %)Oracle iRecruitment
79 (0.410 %)SAP CO
79 (0.410 %)SAP FI
79 (0.410 %)SAP FI/CO
88 (0.364 %)Remedy ITSM
97 (0.319 %)Oracle EBS
106 (0.273 %)Oracle Financials
106 (0.273 %)SAP HR
106 (0.273 %)Dynamics NAV
115 (0.228 %)Oracle iProcurement
115 (0.228 %)SAP HCM
124 (0.182 %)CA Clarity
124 (0.182 %)Dynamics AX
124 (0.182 %)Global One
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1117 (5.328 %)Internet
279 (3.597 %)WAN
377 (3.506 %)LAN
470 (3.188 %)TCP/IP
564 (2.914 %)VPN
655 (2.505 %)SAN
749 (2.231 %)Firewall
846 (2.095 %)Intranet
942 (1.913 %)DHCP
1041 (1.867 %)DNS
1137 (1.685 %)Wireless
1236 (1.639 %)Unified Communications
1334 (1.548 %)Wi-Fi
1432 (1.457 %)GSM
1528 (1.275 %)Ethernet
1627 (1.230 %)VoIP
1724 (1.093 %)ATM
1821 (0.956 %)MPLS
1920 (0.911 %)3G
1920 (0.911 %)Broadband
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1167 (7.605 %)SQL Server
266 (3.005 %)MS Access
348 (2.186 %)Crystal Reports
443 (1.958 %)SQL Server Integration Services
532 (1.457 %)Data Warehouse
629 (1.321 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
726 (1.184 %)Data Mining
819 (0.865 %)Oracle Reports
918 (0.820 %)MySQL
1014 (0.638 %)TOAD
1113 (0.592 %)BusinessObjects
1113 (0.592 %)Oracle BI EE
1211 (0.501 %)SQL Server 2008
139 (0.410 %)SQL Server 2000
139 (0.410 %)SQLPlus
139 (0.410 %)SQL Server 2005
147 (0.319 %)OLAP
156 (0.273 %)Oracle Discoverer
156 (0.273 %)Oracle OWB
165 (0.228 %)Essbase
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
142 (1.913 %)Dreamweaver
233 (1.503 %)Visual Studio
233 (1.503 %)RequisitePro
324 (1.093 %)FrontPage
423 (1.047 %)CaliberRM
515 (0.683 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
614 (0.638 %)Subversion
710 (0.455 %)JIRA
86 (0.273 %)Selenium
86 (0.273 %)QuickTest Pro
95 (0.228 %)Oracle Forms
95 (0.228 %)Rational DOORS
104 (0.182 %)Appcelerator Titanium
104 (0.182 %)Axure RP
113 (0.137 %)Eclipse
113 (0.137 %)JDeveloper
113 (0.137 %)WebDriver
113 (0.137 %)Balsamiq Mockups
122 (0.091 %)Rational Rose
131 (0.046 %)IntelliJ
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1758 (34.52 %)Finance
2269 (12.25 %)Marketing
3218 (9.927 %)Banking
4177 (8.060 %)Telecoms
5131 (5.965 %)Retail
6129 (5.874 %)Legal
782 (3.734 %)Investment Banking
881 (3.689 %)Law
972 (3.279 %)Back Office
1054 (2.459 %)French Language
1149 (2.231 %)Advertising
1238 (1.730 %)Front Office
1335 (1.594 %)Automotive
1434 (1.548 %)Manufacturing
1528 (1.275 %)Spanish Language
1626 (1.184 %)German Language
1725 (1.138 %)Publishing
1823 (1.047 %)Electronics
1920 (0.911 %)Billing
2019 (0.865 %)Portuguese Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1751 (34.20 %)Analyst
2226 (10.29 %)Business Analyst
3204 (9.290 %)Consultant
4155 (7.058 %)Support Analyst
5144 (6.557 %)Project Manager
6129 (5.874 %)Developer
782 (3.734 %)Trainer
860 (2.732 %)Support Engineer
958 (2.641 %)Architect
958 (2.641 %)Systems Analyst
1054 (2.459 %)Administrator
1150 (2.277 %)Senior Analyst
1244 (2.004 %)Coordinator
1341 (1.867 %)Service Analyst
1341 (1.867 %)Data Analyst
1439 (1.776 %)Junior
1439 (1.776 %)PMO Analyst
1538 (1.730 %)Programme Manager
1637 (1.685 %)Senior Consultant
1637 (1.685 %)Service Desk Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1111 (5.055 %)Blackberry
282 (3.734 %)Derivative
282 (3.734 %)Computer Science
363 (2.869 %)iSeries
459 (2.687 %)Management Information System
550 (2.277 %)Social Media
644 (2.004 %)E-Learning
738 (1.730 %)Equities
837 (1.685 %)Hedge funds
933 (1.503 %)Statistics
933 (1.503 %)Mathematics
1032 (1.457 %)PDA
1129 (1.321 %)Visualisation
1228 (1.275 %)Copywriting
1327 (1.230 %)Fixed Income
1327 (1.230 %)AS400
1422 (1.002 %)Credit Risk
1521 (0.956 %)SaaS
1619 (0.865 %)Economics
1717 (0.774 %)Cloud Computing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1382 (17.40 %)Windows
2155 (7.058 %)Windows XP
3150 (6.831 %)Windows 7
4123 (5.601 %)Windows Server 2003
574 (3.370 %)Windows Server 2008
670 (3.188 %)Linux
764 (2.914 %)Windows Vista
863 (2.869 %)UNIX
930 (1.366 %)Windows 2000
1028 (1.275 %)Solaris
1028 (1.275 %)AIX
1116 (0.729 %)Android
1215 (0.683 %)HPUX
1314 (0.638 %)Apple iOS
1413 (0.592 %)Windows 2000 Server
159 (0.410 %)Mac OS X
166 (0.273 %)VMS
173 (0.137 %)zOS
173 (0.137 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
181 (0.046 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1459 (20.90 %)Project Management
2247 (11.25 %)PRINCE2
3175 (7.969 %)ITIL
4136 (6.193 %)Change Management
5116 (5.282 %)CRM
6110 (5.009 %)Agile Software Development
7105 (4.781 %)Business Analysis
8101 (4.599 %)E-Commerce
997 (4.417 %)Stakeholder Management
1096 (4.372 %)Risk Management
1194 (4.281 %)Time Management
1289 (4.053 %)Data Analysis
1385 (3.871 %)Business Development
1479 (3.597 %)Document Management
1479 (3.597 %)Business Intelligence
1577 (3.506 %)User Acceptance Testing
1675 (3.415 %)Service Delivery
1770 (3.188 %)Programme Management
1861 (2.778 %)Resource Management
1960 (2.732 %)Scrum
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1341 (15.53 %)SQL
2108 (4.918 %)JavaScript
392 (4.189 %)VBA
485 (3.871 %)Java
553 (2.413 %)C#
651 (2.322 %)T-SQL
738 (1.730 %)VB
834 (1.548 %)VB.NET
933 (1.503 %)RPG
933 (1.503 %)RPG IV
1031 (1.412 %)PHP
1123 (1.047 %)PL/SQL
1221 (0.956 %)C++
1318 (0.820 %)Perl
1416 (0.729 %)C
1511 (0.501 %)Shell Script
1610 (0.455 %)VB6
178 (0.364 %)Tcl
187 (0.319 %)Python
196 (0.273 %)PowerShell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1369 (16.80 %)Degree
284 (3.825 %)Microsoft Certification
359 (2.687 %)Cisco Certification
457 (2.596 %)MOS
542 (1.913 %)PRINCE2 Certification
632 (1.457 %)PMI Certification
731 (1.412 %)CCNA
824 (1.093 %)PhD
824 (1.093 %)MCP
923 (1.047 %)MCSA
923 (1.047 %)CISSP
923 (1.047 %)PMP
923 (1.047 %)MCDST
923 (1.047 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1022 (1.002 %)CISM
1022 (1.002 %)ITIL Certification
1121 (0.956 %)MCSE
1121 (0.956 %)CISA
1218 (0.820 %)MCTS
1218 (0.820 %)Security Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
173 (3.324 %)QA
241 (1.867 %)SLA
332 (1.457 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
422 (1.002 %)ISO/IEC 27001
514 (0.638 %)ISO 9001
66 (0.273 %)Basel III
75 (0.228 %)COBIT
84 (0.182 %)MiFID
84 (0.182 %)ISO 9000
93 (0.137 %)ISO 14001
102 (0.091 %)BS7799
111 (0.046 %)21 CFR Part 11
111 (0.046 %)WAI
111 (0.046 %)Data Quality
111 (0.046 %)BS25999
111 (0.046 %)PCI DSS
111 (0.046 %)IEC 61508
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1192 (8.743 %)Active Directory
242 (1.913 %)VMware Infrastructure
327 (1.230 %)VMware ESX
411 (0.501 %)Hyper-V
59 (0.410 %)Terminal Services
68 (0.364 %)XenApp
68 (0.364 %)XenDesktop
75 (0.228 %)Kerio MailServer
84 (0.182 %)vSphere
92 (0.091 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
92 (0.091 %)Novell eDirectory
101 (0.046 %)Oracle RAC
101 (0.046 %)Varnish
101 (0.046 %)VMware ESXi
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
127 (1.230 %)SCCM
221 (0.956 %)Cisco CUCM
319 (0.865 %)Tivoli
418 (0.820 %)Backup Exec
513 (0.592 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
610 (0.455 %)WMI
610 (0.455 %)ServiceCenter
610 (0.455 %)vCenter
79 (0.410 %)Ionix
79 (0.410 %)BladeLogic
79 (0.410 %)Netcool
79 (0.410 %)Unicenter
88 (0.364 %)SCOM
97 (0.319 %)OpenView
106 (0.273 %)Opalis
106 (0.273 %)SCVMM
115 (0.228 %)NetBackup
115 (0.228 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
123 (0.137 %)CiscoWorks
132 (0.091 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1982 (44.72 %)Microsoft
2138 (6.284 %)Cisco
3135 (6.148 %)Oracle
4111 (5.055 %)SAP
566 (3.005 %)Citrix
662 (2.823 %)Business Objects
662 (2.823 %)Adobe
662 (2.823 %)HP
747 (2.140 %)VMware
837 (1.685 %)Bloomberg
933 (1.503 %)Cognos
1032 (1.457 %)Reuters
1131 (1.412 %)Google
1229 (1.321 %)BT
1229 (1.321 %)Siebel
1327 (1.230 %)Avaya
1327 (1.230 %)BMC
1424 (1.093 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
1523 (1.047 %)iRise
1523 (1.047 %)Telelogic