The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 31 50 57
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +7
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 21 16 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 7.266% 4.520% 3.002%
As % of the Applications category 29.58% 28.57% 24.62%
Number of salaries quoted 21 3 15
Average salary £34,500 £27,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.45% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,500 £26,300 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £37,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,875
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.25%
All Applications
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
71 56 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 24.57% 15.82% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 60 34 59
Average salary £42,500 £31,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.85% -9.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,600 £21,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,800 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+3.55% -0.58%
MS Office
Hertfordshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Watford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Watford MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 25 (59.52%) Microsoft
2 20 (47.62%) Windows
3 15 (35.71%) Finance
4 14 (33.33%) Retail
5 13 (30.95%) SQL
6 11 (26.19%) MS Excel
6 11 (26.19%) E-Commerce
6 11 (26.19%) TCP/IP
7 10 (23.81%) Project Management
8 9 (21.43%) Magento
8 9 (21.43%) Analytics
9 8 (19.05%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (19.05%) SEO
9 8 (19.05%) LAN
9 8 (19.05%) Oracle
10 7 (16.67%) WAN
10 7 (16.67%) Service Management
10 7 (16.67%) Windows 7
11 6 (14.29%) VMware
11 6 (14.29%) Linux
12 5 (11.90%) Tomcat
12 5 (11.90%) AIX
12 5 (11.90%) Solaris
12 5 (11.90%) JDBC
12 5 (11.90%) UNIX
12 5 (11.90%) MQSeries
12 5 (11.90%) DB2
12 5 (11.90%) J2EE
12 5 (11.90%) Java

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 5 (11.90%) JDBC
1 5 (11.90%) J2EE
1 5 (11.90%) Middleware
1 5 (11.90%) WebSphere
2 4 (9.524%) Web Services
3 2 (4.762%) HTML
3 2 (4.762%) XML
4 1 (2.381%) .NET
4 1 (2.381%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 9 (21.43%) Magento
2 5 (11.90%) Tomcat
2 5 (11.90%) MQSeries
2 5 (11.90%) WebSphere Application Server
2 5 (11.90%) IIS
2 5 (11.90%) IBM HTTP Server
3 3 (7.143%) MS Exchange
4 2 (4.762%) Windows Azure
4 2 (4.762%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (2.381%) CMS
5 1 (2.381%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 11 (26.19%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.143%) MS Visio
3 2 (4.762%) Office 365
4 1 (2.381%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.381%) Photoshop
4 1 (2.381%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.381%) SAP FS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.19%) TCP/IP
2 8 (19.05%) LAN
3 7 (16.67%) WAN
4 5 (11.90%) FTP
4 5 (11.90%) HTTP
4 5 (11.90%) VoIP
5 3 (7.143%) 3G
5 3 (7.143%) VPN
5 3 (7.143%) PBX
5 3 (7.143%) PSTN
6 2 (4.762%) Internet
6 2 (4.762%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.381%) SAN
7 1 (2.381%) DNS
7 1 (2.381%) WLAN
7 1 (2.381%) DHCP
7 1 (2.381%) NAS
7 1 (2.381%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) DB2
2 1 (2.381%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 15 (35.71%) Finance
2 14 (33.33%) Retail
3 5 (11.90%) Games
4 4 (9.524%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.762%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.762%) Marketing
6 1 (2.381%) German Language
6 1 (2.381%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Analyst
2 14 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 8 (19.05%) Product Manager
4 6 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 6 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (11.90%) Operations Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Operations Support Analyst
6 4 (9.524%) Applications Support Analyst
6 4 (9.524%) Applications Support
7 3 (7.143%) Telephony Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) CRM Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) Business Systems Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) Software Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) CRM Business Analyst
9 1 (2.381%) IT Graduate
9 1 (2.381%) Junior Web Designer
9 1 (2.381%) Senior SAP Business Analyst
9 1 (2.381%) Software Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (11.90%) Thin Client
2 5 (11.90%) Blackberry
2 5 (11.90%) Fat Client
2 5 (11.90%) iPad
3 2 (4.762%) Mainframe
3 2 (4.762%) Mathematics
3 2 (4.762%) E-Learning
4 1 (2.381%) Pocket PC
4 1 (2.381%) CMDB
4 1 (2.381%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.381%) NHS
4 1 (2.381%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.381%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 20 (47.62%) Windows
2 7 (16.67%) Windows 7
3 6 (14.29%) Linux
4 5 (11.90%) AIX
4 5 (11.90%) Solaris
4 5 (11.90%) UNIX
4 5 (11.90%) Windows 8
5 2 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (2.381%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (2.381%) Windows Vista
6 1 (2.381%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.381%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.19%) E-Commerce
2 10 (23.81%) Project Management
3 9 (21.43%) Analytics
4 8 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (19.05%) SEO
5 7 (16.67%) Service Management
6 4 (9.524%) ITIL
7 2 (4.762%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.762%) Waterfall
7 2 (4.762%) CRM
7 2 (4.762%) Change Management
7 2 (4.762%) Problem Management
7 2 (4.762%) Requirements Management
7 2 (4.762%) Asset Management
7 2 (4.762%) Business Analysis
8 1 (2.381%) Knowledge Management
8 1 (2.381%) Web Analytics
8 1 (2.381%) Project Planning
8 1 (2.381%) Validation
8 1 (2.381%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.95%) SQL
2 5 (11.90%) Java
2 5 (11.90%) Perl
2 5 (11.90%) Bash shell
3 1 (2.381%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (9.524%) Degree
1 4 (9.524%) CCNA
1 4 (9.524%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (9.524%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (9.524%) MCP
1 4 (9.524%) MCSE
1 4 (9.524%) MCSA
2 2 (4.762%) MCTS
2 2 (4.762%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.762%) SLA
2 1 (2.381%) QA
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.143%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.762%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (4.762%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.381%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (59.52%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.05%) Oracle
3 6 (14.29%) VMware
4 5 (11.90%) Cisco
4 5 (11.90%) IBM
4 5 (11.90%) Citrix
4 5 (11.90%) Apple
4 5 (11.90%) Wyse
5 3 (7.143%) SAP
6 2 (4.762%) Adobe
6 2 (4.762%) Symantec
6 2 (4.762%) HP
6 2 (4.762%) Avaya
6 2 (4.762%) ComArch
6 2 (4.762%) Altiris
7 1 (2.381%) Capita
7 1 (2.381%) Google
7 1 (2.381%) Sage
7 1 (2.381%) Sun
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