Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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 19 March 2010 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.

LinkMicrosoft PowerPoint
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank289309293
Rank change year-on-year
Up+20Down-16
Matching permanent IT job ads5264591234
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.612 %0.541 %0.605 %
As % of the Applications category5.036 %3.992 %4.581 %
Salaries quoted433382968
Average salary£34,000£32,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.610 %+8.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,000£22,000£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£52,050£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£29,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.690 %
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryAll Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
104451149926935
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK12.16 %13.56 %13.20 %
Salaries quoted8809972122841
Average salary£34,804£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.080 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£21,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£30,000

MS PowerPoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 19 March 2010 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 19 March 2010. 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
EnglandUp+18517£34,000+4.61 %
LondonUp+32298£41,500+18.57 %
South EastDown-10104£30,000-
City of LondonDown-2278£40,000-11.11 %
SurreyUp+3136£31,500+36.95 %
East of EnglandDown-333£35,000+5.26 %
BerkshireUp+429£34,000+6.25 %
South WestUp+926£23,000-8.00 %
HampshireUp+2819£26,500+8.16 %
North WestDown-718£22,500-40.00 %
SloughUp+817£34,000+9.67 %
CambridgeshireDown-614£30,000-
CambridgeUp+213£31,250+4.16 %
WiltshireDown-312£22,500-2.17 %
East MidlandsUp+911£25,000-24.31 %
HertfordshireUp+210£55,000+15.78 %
ManchesterDown-110£21,000-35.38 %
YorkshireDown-1310£33,750+35.00 %
EssexUp+278£37,500-
West MidlandsUp+228£32,000+6.66 %
West YorkshireDown-78£40,000+60.00 %
HammersmithNew entry-8£55,000-
MiddlesexUp+117£21,000-50.58 %
LeedsUp+176£40,000+29.55 %
CheshireUp+46£29,250-8.59 %
OxfordshireDown-16£30,000+20.00 %
BristolNew entry-6£30,000-
BrentfordNew entry-6£35,000-
ScotlandUp+155£28,750+43.75 %
BuckinghamshireDown-155£27,500-5.17 %

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1677 (67.97 %)MS Excel
2411 (41.27 %)MS Office
3344 (34.54 %)Microsoft
4307 (30.82 %)Finance
5265 (26.61 %)MS Visio
6192 (19.28 %)Project Management
7160 (16.06 %)MS Project
8139 (13.96 %)SQL
9126 (12.65 %)Windows
10114 (11.45 %)Banking
11100 (10.04 %)Degree
1297 (9.739 %)Marketing
1391 (9.137 %)ITIL
1480 (8.032 %)Windows XP
1578 (7.831 %)Business Analysis
1675 (7.530 %)SAP
1773 (7.329 %)PRINCE2
1862 (6.225 %)Data Analysis
1960 (6.024 %)Active Directory
2055 (5.522 %)CRM
2055 (5.522 %)SQL Server
2153 (5.321 %)Oracle
2251 (5.120 %)User Acceptance Testing
2347 (4.719 %)SharePoint
2347 (4.719 %)Investment Banking
2446 (4.618 %)Law
2545 (4.518 %)Retail
2643 (4.317 %)Insurance
2741 (4.116 %)VBA
2839 (3.916 %)PL/SQL

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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
125 (2.510 %)HTML
215 (1.506 %)XML
313 (1.305 %).NET
410 (1.004 %)Middleware
59 (0.904 %)WebSphere
68 (0.803 %)Flash
68 (0.803 %)ASP
68 (0.803 %)Web Services
76 (0.602 %)ASP.NET
85 (0.502 %)JavaBeans
94 (0.402 %)CSS
103 (0.301 %)SOAP
103 (0.301 %)WSDL
112 (0.201 %)EDI
112 (0.201 %)XHTML
112 (0.201 %).NET Framework
121 (0.100 %)script.aculo.us
121 (0.100 %)RSS
121 (0.100 %)XSLT
121 (0.100 %)AJAX
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
147 (4.719 %)SharePoint
236 (3.614 %)SAS
324 (2.410 %)MS Exchange
413 (1.305 %)Lotus Notes
510 (1.004 %)Exchange Server 2003
68 (0.803 %)WebLogic
76 (0.602 %)SharePoint Server 2007
76 (0.602 %)Oracle Workflow
85 (0.502 %)BizTalk Server
94 (0.402 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
94 (0.402 %)WorkSite
94 (0.402 %)IIS
94 (0.402 %)Documentum
103 (0.301 %)CMS
112 (0.201 %)Exchange Server 2007
112 (0.201 %)Apache
121 (0.100 %)Oracle HTTP Server
121 (0.100 %)Office Communications Server
121 (0.100 %)Sitecore CMS
121 (0.100 %)Progress Apama
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1677 (67.97 %)MS Excel
2411 (41.27 %)MS Office
3265 (26.61 %)MS Visio
4160 (16.06 %)MS Project
525 (2.510 %)Photoshop
617 (1.707 %)Acrobat
711 (1.104 %)MATLAB
711 (1.104 %)Spreadsheet
89 (0.904 %)Fireworks
97 (0.703 %)SPSS
97 (0.703 %)Simulink
106 (0.602 %)Adobe Illustrator
114 (0.402 %)FrameMaker
114 (0.402 %)AutoCAD
114 (0.402 %)CA Clarity
123 (0.301 %)DeltaView
123 (0.301 %)InDesign
132 (0.201 %)Adobe After Effects
132 (0.201 %)QuarkXPress
141 (0.100 %)Adobe Premiere
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
115 (1.506 %)SAP SD
213 (1.305 %)SAP CRM
38 (0.803 %)SAP FI/CO
38 (0.803 %)SAP FI
38 (0.803 %)SAP CO
38 (0.803 %)Dynamics AX
47 (0.703 %)SAP PS
56 (0.602 %)Dynamics CRM
65 (0.502 %)Microsoft CRM
65 (0.502 %)Axapta
74 (0.402 %)SAP HR
74 (0.402 %)Oracle Applications
83 (0.301 %)Oracle Financials
83 (0.301 %)Oracle 11i
83 (0.301 %)SAP APO
83 (0.301 %)WebTrends
83 (0.301 %)Oracle EBS R12
83 (0.301 %)GoldMine
92 (0.201 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
92 (0.201 %)Maximo
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (2.410 %)Intranet
223 (2.309 %)Internet
223 (2.309 %)TCP/IP
318 (1.807 %)LAN
417 (1.707 %)WAN
516 (1.606 %)VPN
610 (1.004 %)Firewall
79 (0.904 %)DNS
79 (0.904 %)DHCP
79 (0.904 %)VoIP
84 (0.402 %)Wireless
93 (0.301 %)MPLS
93 (0.301 %)OSPF
93 (0.301 %)BGP
93 (0.301 %)EIGRP
93 (0.301 %)VPLS
93 (0.301 %)Cisco PIX
93 (0.301 %)PBX
93 (0.301 %)ADSL
93 (0.301 %)RIP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
155 (5.522 %)SQL Server
231 (3.112 %)MS Access
321 (2.108 %)BusinessObjects
416 (1.606 %)Datawarehouse
515 (1.506 %)Base SAS
613 (1.305 %)SQL Server Integration Services
613 (1.305 %)Crystal Reports
711 (1.104 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
89 (0.904 %)Oracle Discoverer
97 (0.703 %)Oracle Reports
106 (0.602 %)Oracle 10g
106 (0.602 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
115 (0.502 %)SAP BW
115 (0.502 %)Data Mining
115 (0.502 %)DB2
124 (0.402 %)RDBMS
133 (0.301 %)TOAD
142 (0.201 %)Crystal Enterprise
142 (0.201 %)OLAP
142 (0.201 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (0.703 %)Dreamweaver
26 (0.602 %)TestDirector
35 (0.502 %)Oracle Forms
44 (0.402 %)LSMW
44 (0.402 %)FrontPage
44 (0.402 %)eCATT
52 (0.201 %)ClearQuest
61 (0.100 %)Subversion
61 (0.100 %)WebLogic Workshop
61 (0.100 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.100 %)PVCS
61 (0.100 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.100 %)Team Foundation Server
61 (0.100 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1307 (30.82 %)Finance
2114 (11.45 %)Banking
397 (9.739 %)Marketing
447 (4.719 %)Investment Banking
546 (4.618 %)Law
645 (4.518 %)Retail
743 (4.317 %)Insurance
835 (3.514 %)Telecoms
934 (3.414 %)Legal
934 (3.414 %)Government
1028 (2.811 %)Health
1124 (2.410 %)Front Office
1124 (2.410 %)Back Office
1223 (2.309 %)Education
1321 (2.108 %)Pensions
1417 (1.707 %)Publishing
1512 (1.205 %)Retail Banking
1512 (1.205 %)Manufacturing
1610 (1.004 %)Music
179 (0.904 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1384 (38.55 %)Analyst
2138 (13.86 %)Business Analyst
361 (6.124 %)Support Analyst
457 (5.723 %)Administrator
544 (4.418 %)Project Manager
639 (3.916 %)Consultant
639 (3.916 %)Data Analyst
738 (3.815 %)Trainer
738 (3.815 %)Coordinator
833 (3.313 %)Architect
930 (3.012 %)Applications Support
930 (3.012 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1029 (2.912 %)Desktop Support
1128 (2.811 %)Developer
1225 (2.510 %)Senior Analyst
1324 (2.410 %)Service Desk Analyst
1423 (2.309 %)Service Analyst
1522 (2.209 %)Support Engineer
1522 (2.209 %)Junior
1620 (2.008 %)SAP Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
132 (3.213 %)Blackberry
223 (2.309 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
320 (2.008 %)Management Information System
418 (1.807 %)Statistics
517 (1.707 %)Derivative
517 (1.707 %)Video Conferencing
615 (1.506 %)Fixed Income
713 (1.305 %)Mathematics
812 (1.205 %)Mainframe
911 (1.104 %)Data Integration
1010 (1.004 %)Photography
118 (0.803 %)Thin Client
118 (0.803 %)Fat Client
118 (0.803 %)Copywriting
127 (0.703 %)Client/Server
127 (0.703 %)French Language
127 (0.703 %)German Language
136 (0.602 %)Computer Science
136 (0.602 %)PDA
136 (0.602 %)Credit Risk
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1126 (12.65 %)Windows
280 (8.032 %)Windows XP
333 (3.313 %)Windows Server 2003
429 (2.912 %)Windows Vista
523 (2.309 %)Windows 2000
622 (2.209 %)Linux
716 (1.606 %)UNIX
810 (1.004 %)Windows 2000 Server
96 (0.602 %)Red Hat Linux
96 (0.602 %)SUSE
96 (0.602 %)AIX
105 (0.502 %)Windows NT
105 (0.502 %)Windows Server 2008
114 (0.402 %)zOS
114 (0.402 %)OpenVMS
123 (0.301 %)Solaris
123 (0.301 %)Windows 7
132 (0.201 %)HPUX
132 (0.201 %)Mac OS X
141 (0.100 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1192 (19.28 %)Project Management
291 (9.137 %)ITIL
378 (7.831 %)Business Analysis
473 (7.329 %)PRINCE2
562 (6.225 %)Data Analysis
655 (5.522 %)CRM
751 (5.120 %)User Acceptance Testing
839 (3.916 %)Change Management
933 (3.313 %)Service Delivery
933 (3.313 %)Business Intelligence
1031 (3.112 %)Workflow
1130 (3.012 %)Data Management
1228 (2.811 %)UML
1326 (2.610 %)Service Management
1425 (2.510 %)ERP
1523 (2.309 %)Migration
1523 (2.309 %)Project Planning
1622 (2.209 %)Business Development
1622 (2.209 %)Document Management
1721 (2.108 %)Validation
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1139 (13.96 %)SQL
241 (4.116 %)VBA
339 (3.916 %)PL/SQL
428 (2.811 %)Java
524 (2.410 %)C
618 (1.807 %)ABAP
717 (1.707 %)VB
86 (0.602 %)JavaScript
86 (0.602 %)PHP
95 (0.502 %)C++
104 (0.402 %)C#
104 (0.402 %)Perl
113 (0.301 %)T-SQL
113 (0.301 %)Python
122 (0.201 %)Shell Script
122 (0.201 %)ActionScript
122 (0.201 %)COBOL
122 (0.201 %)X++
131 (0.100 %)PowerShell
131 (0.100 %)JCL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1100 (10.04 %)Degree
232 (3.213 %)Microsoft Certification
328 (2.811 %)Security Cleared
417 (1.707 %)SC Cleared
417 (1.707 %)MCP
515 (1.506 %)MOS
614 (1.406 %)PRINCE2 Certification
713 (1.305 %)MCSE
89 (0.904 %)A+ Certification
89 (0.904 %)ISEB
89 (0.904 %)Cisco Certification
89 (0.904 %)Network+ Certification
96 (0.602 %)ITIL Certification
105 (0.502 %)CCNA
105 (0.502 %)MCITP
114 (0.402 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
114 (0.402 %)CIMA
114 (0.402 %)MCT
114 (0.402 %)HNC
114 (0.402 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (3.815 %)SLA
231 (3.112 %)QA
35 (0.502 %)ISO9000
44 (0.402 %)ISO9001
53 (0.301 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
53 (0.301 %)TickIT
61 (0.100 %)Basel II
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
160 (6.024 %)Active Directory
26 (0.602 %)Terminal Services
34 (0.402 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.201 %)VMware Server
42 (0.201 %)MetaFrame
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (0.803 %)Backup Exec
24 (0.402 %)Tivoli
32 (0.201 %)Norton AntiVirus
32 (0.201 %)HP Quality Center
41 (0.100 %)Cacti
41 (0.100 %)ZENworks
41 (0.100 %)CiscoWorks
41 (0.100 %)Unicenter
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1344 (34.54 %)Microsoft
275 (7.530 %)SAP
353 (5.321 %)Oracle
436 (3.614 %)Citrix
525 (2.510 %)Adobe
621 (2.108 %)Siebel
621 (2.108 %)Business Objects
716 (1.606 %)Ariba
815 (1.506 %)Cisco
815 (1.506 %)Interwoven
914 (1.406 %)Lotus
914 (1.406 %)Remedy
1010 (1.004 %)Sybase
118 (0.803 %)Salesforce.com
127 (0.703 %)HP
127 (0.703 %)EMC
136 (0.602 %)Red Hat
136 (0.602 %)Sage
136 (0.602 %)Cognos
136 (0.602 %)Bloomberg