The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 24 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 50 42 46
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +4
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 43 57 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 3.482% 4.889% 3.831%
As % of the Applications category 20.57% 30.16% 39.22%
Number of salaries quoted 37 52 38
Average salary £28,000 £30,250 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.43% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,100 £20,100 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £42,500 £33,325
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
209 189 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 16.92% 16.21% 9.770%
Number of salaries quoted 194 164 99
Average salary £31,000 £32,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.61% +14.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,600 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £35,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,731 £33,500 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+3.67% -0.74%
MS Office
UK

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
South Wales +1 39 £28,250 -13.07%
West Wales -1 2 £28,500 +21.27%
North Wales - 2 £26,500 -
MS Office
UK

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 45 (61.64%) Microsoft
2 30 (41.10%) MS Excel
3 26 (35.62%) Windows
4 19 (26.03%) SQL
4 19 (26.03%) SQL Server
5 17 (23.29%) Active Directory
6 13 (17.81%) ISEB
6 13 (17.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (17.81%) ITIL
7 12 (16.44%) Project Management
7 12 (16.44%) Finance
7 12 (16.44%) Information Security
8 10 (13.70%) Management Information System
8 10 (13.70%) Oracle
8 10 (13.70%) XML
8 10 (13.70%) .NET
8 10 (13.70%) C#
9 9 (12.33%) SQL Server 2005
9 9 (12.33%) Incident Management
10 8 (10.96%) Windows 7
10 8 (10.96%) Internet
10 8 (10.96%) T-SQL
10 8 (10.96%) Web Services
11 7 (9.589%) Windows XP
11 7 (9.589%) SLA
11 7 (9.589%) Java
11 7 (9.589%) MySQL
11 7 (9.589%) SQL Server 2012
11 7 (9.589%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (9.589%) SQL Server 2008

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 10 (13.70%) XML
1 10 (13.70%) .NET
2 8 (10.96%) Web Services
3 5 (6.849%) SOAP
3 5 (6.849%) HTML
4 4 (5.479%) J2EE
5 3 (4.110%) ASP.NET
5 3 (4.110%) Struts
5 3 (4.110%) Hibernate
5 3 (4.110%) Java SE
5 3 (4.110%) WebSphere
5 3 (4.110%) Spring
6 2 (2.740%) WCF
6 2 (2.740%) WPF
6 2 (2.740%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 2 (2.740%) REST
6 2 (2.740%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (2.740%) Apache FOP
6 2 (2.740%) Java EE
6 2 (2.740%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.219%) MS Exchange
2 3 (4.110%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (4.110%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (2.740%) Apache
4 1 (1.370%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.370%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.370%) Lync
Applications
1 30 (41.10%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.740%) MS Project
3 1 (1.370%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.96%) Internet
2 6 (8.219%) Firewall
3 5 (6.849%) DHCP
4 4 (5.479%) LAN
5 3 (4.110%) DNS
5 3 (4.110%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.740%) Network Security
6 2 (2.740%) HSRP
6 2 (2.740%) IP Telephony
6 2 (2.740%) SSH
6 2 (2.740%) MPLS
6 2 (2.740%) BGP
6 2 (2.740%) TELNET
6 2 (2.740%) VPN
6 2 (2.740%) VoIP
6 2 (2.740%) WAN
6 2 (2.740%) Broadband
6 2 (2.740%) ISDN
7 1 (1.370%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (26.03%) SQL Server
2 9 (12.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (9.589%) MySQL
3 7 (9.589%) SQL Server 2012
3 7 (9.589%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (6.849%) Oracle 8/8i
4 5 (6.849%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (4.110%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (2.740%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.740%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.740%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.370%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.370%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (5.479%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.110%) JUnit
2 3 (4.110%) Subversion
2 3 (4.110%) Selenium
3 2 (2.740%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (16.44%) Finance
2 3 (4.110%) Telecoms
2 3 (4.110%) Advertising
2 3 (4.110%) Banking
3 2 (2.740%) Retail
3 2 (2.740%) Welsh Language
3 2 (2.740%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.740%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.370%) Back Office
4 1 (1.370%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (27.40%) Analyst
2 11 (15.07%) Administrator
3 9 (12.33%) DBA
4 8 (10.96%) Developer
5 7 (9.589%) Support Analyst
5 7 (9.589%) Java Developer
6 6 (8.219%) Security Officer
6 6 (8.219%) Information Security Officer
6 6 (8.219%) Service Analyst
7 5 (6.849%) 1st Line Support
7 5 (6.849%) Applications Support
7 5 (6.849%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (6.849%) Senior DBA
8 4 (5.479%) Applications Support Analyst
8 4 (5.479%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 3 (4.110%) SQL Server DBA
9 3 (4.110%) Support Engineer
9 3 (4.110%) Test Analyst
9 3 (4.110%) Tester
9 3 (4.110%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.70%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.219%) Freedom of Information
3 4 (5.479%) Clustering
4 3 (4.110%) Mainframe
4 3 (4.110%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (2.740%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.740%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.740%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.370%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 26 (35.62%) Windows
2 8 (10.96%) Windows 7
3 7 (9.589%) Windows XP
3 7 (9.589%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (6.849%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (4.110%) Windows Vista
5 3 (4.110%) VME
6 2 (2.740%) VxWorks
6 2 (2.740%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.370%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (17.81%) ITIL
2 12 (16.44%) Project Management
2 12 (16.44%) Information Security
3 9 (12.33%) Incident Management
4 6 (8.219%) Data Protection
4 6 (8.219%) Information Security Management
4 6 (8.219%) Security Management
5 5 (6.849%) Automated Testing
5 5 (6.849%) TDD
5 5 (6.849%) Test Scripting
6 4 (5.479%) Programme Management
7 3 (4.110%) Scrum
7 3 (4.110%) Logistics
7 3 (4.110%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (4.110%) Waterfall
7 3 (4.110%) Change Control
7 3 (4.110%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (2.740%) Manual Testing
8 2 (2.740%) Data Cleansing
8 2 (2.740%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (26.03%) SQL
2 10 (13.70%) C#
3 8 (10.96%) T-SQL
4 7 (9.589%) Java
5 5 (6.849%) VB
5 5 (6.849%) VB.NET
5 5 (6.849%) VB6
6 4 (5.479%) VBA
7 2 (2.740%) C
7 2 (2.740%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (17.81%) ISEB
1 13 (17.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (8.219%) SC Cleared
2 6 (8.219%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.219%) MCITP
2 6 (8.219%) MCSE
3 5 (6.849%) MCDBA
3 5 (6.849%) MCP
4 4 (5.479%) ISTQB
5 3 (4.110%) Degree
6 2 (2.740%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.740%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.740%) CCNP
6 2 (2.740%) CCIP
7 1 (1.370%) CCIE
7 1 (1.370%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.370%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.589%) SLA
2 4 (5.479%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.740%) QA
System Software
1 17 (23.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.110%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.740%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.370%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 3 (4.110%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (2.740%) SCCM
2 2 (2.740%) SCOM
3 1 (1.370%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 45 (61.64%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.70%) Oracle
3 6 (8.219%) VMware
4 5 (6.849%) Red Gate
5 4 (5.479%) Cisco
6 3 (4.110%) IBM
6 3 (4.110%) HP
7 2 (2.740%) Wind River
7 2 (2.740%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.740%) WatchGuard
7 2 (2.740%) Fujitsu
7 2 (2.740%) Juniper
7 2 (2.740%) Novell
8 1 (1.370%) Citrix
8 1 (1.370%) Business Objects
8 1 (1.370%) NetApp
8 1 (1.370%) Polycom
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