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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the West Sussex region 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 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1736
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads9393
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.039 %
As % of the category below41.52 %32.07 %
Salaries quoted7785
Average minimum salary£25,649£29,040
Average salary£27,019£30,813
% change on same period last year-12.31 %
Average maximum salary£28,390£32,586
UK excluding London average salary£28,376£27,895
% change on same period last year+1.72 %
West Sussex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
West Sussex
Matching permanent IT job ads224290
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.124 %0.122 %
Salaries quoted183250
Average minimum salary£31,528£30,945
Average salary£33,094£33,078
% change on same period last year+0.05 %
Average maximum salary£34,660£35,210
UK excluding London average salary£33,308£33,351
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
MS Office South EastMS Office
South East

MS Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MS Office across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

West Sussex MS Office Demand Trend

MS Office
Salary Trend

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

West Sussex MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CrawleyUp+3231£25,274-20.68 %
HorshamUp+1720£26,650-15.84 %
East GrinsteadDown-511£34,818+3.16 %
GatwickUp+85£29,875-14.64 %
WorthingDown-65£30,625-23.43 %
ChichesterUp+33£31,000-
Burgess HillUp+32£18,000-35.71 %
Haywards HeathNew entry-1£24,000-
MS Office South EastMS Office
South East

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1100 (54.64 %)Windows
290 (49.18 %)Microsoft
364 (34.97 %)MS Excel
452 (28.42 %)Windows XP
538 (20.77 %)LAN
538 (20.77 %)SQL Server
634 (18.58 %)WAN
634 (18.58 %)Windows Server 2003
733 (18.03 %)Active Directory
832 (17.49 %)Degree
930 (16.39 %)Windows 2000 Server
930 (16.39 %)SQL
1029 (15.85 %)MS Exchange
1125 (13.66 %).NET
1223 (12.57 %)Microsoft Certification
1322 (12.02 %)HTML
1419 (10.38 %)Windows Vista
1517 (9.290 %)Pensions
1517 (9.290 %)Citrix
1616 (8.743 %)VB
1616 (8.743 %)MCP
1616 (8.743 %)DTS
1715 (8.197 %)Linux
1715 (8.197 %)ASP.NET
1715 (8.197 %)WebServices
1715 (8.197 %)XML
1814 (7.650 %)Windows 2000
1814 (7.650 %)Internet
1913 (7.104 %)C#
1913 (7.104 %)ITIL

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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.

West Sussex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (13.66 %).NET
222 (12.02 %)HTML
315 (8.197 %)ASP.NET
315 (8.197 %)WebServices
315 (8.197 %)XML
49 (4.918 %)CSS
49 (4.918 %)ASP
53 (1.639 %)XSLT
62 (1.093 %)XHTML
71 (0.546 %)SGML
71 (0.546 %)AJAX
West Sussex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
129 (15.85 %)MS Exchange
211 (6.011 %)Exchange Server 2003
35 (2.732 %)SharePoint
44 (2.186 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (1.093 %)CMS
61 (0.546 %)Exchange Server 5.5
61 (0.546 %)Exchange Server 2000
61 (0.546 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.546 %)GroupWise
West Sussex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
164 (34.97 %)MS Excel
28 (4.372 %)MS PowerPoint
36 (3.279 %)AutoCAD
42 (1.093 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (1.093 %)ImageReady
42 (1.093 %)FreeHand
42 (1.093 %)Photoshop
42 (1.093 %)MS Project
West Sussex IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.093 %)WebTrends
West Sussex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
138 (20.77 %)LAN
234 (18.58 %)WAN
314 (7.650 %)Internet
413 (7.104 %)TCP/IP
58 (4.372 %)DHCP
58 (4.372 %)DNS
66 (3.279 %)Wireless
75 (2.732 %)VoIP
84 (2.186 %)GSM
93 (1.639 %)Network Security
102 (1.093 %)Firewall
102 (1.093 %)Broadband
111 (0.546 %)ADSL
111 (0.546 %)VPN
111 (0.546 %)SAN
West Sussex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
138 (20.77 %)SQL Server
216 (8.743 %)DTS
38 (4.372 %)Crystal Reports
42 (1.093 %)MySQL
51 (0.546 %)GIS
51 (0.546 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.546 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.546 %)DB2
West Sussex IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (2.732 %)Flash
24 (2.186 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.546 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.546 %)Rational Rose
West Sussex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (9.290 %)Pensions
213 (7.104 %)Health
39 (4.918 %)Manufacturing
39 (4.918 %)Marketing
48 (4.372 %)Finance
56 (3.279 %)Telecoms
65 (2.732 %)Pharmaceutical
65 (2.732 %)Law
74 (2.186 %)Legal
74 (2.186 %)Military
74 (2.186 %)Electronics
74 (2.186 %)Electric
83 (1.639 %)Back Office
83 (1.639 %)Auditing
83 (1.639 %)Avionics
83 (1.639 %)Insurance
92 (1.093 %)Government
92 (1.093 %)Education
92 (1.093 %)Retail
92 (1.093 %)Telemarketing
West Sussex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
155 (30.05 %)Analyst
232 (17.49 %)Support Analyst
323 (12.57 %)Support Engineer
422 (12.02 %)Desktop Support
520 (10.93 %)Developer
616 (8.743 %)Team Leader
715 (8.197 %)Helpdesk Team Leader
813 (7.104 %)Support Technician
911 (6.011 %)Helpdesk Analyst
911 (6.011 %)Desktop Support Analyst
911 (6.011 %)Desktop Analyst
1010 (5.464 %)Senior Analyst
119 (4.918 %)2nd Line Support
128 (4.372 %)Field Engineer
128 (4.372 %)IT Support Analyst
137 (3.825 %)Helpdesk Support
137 (3.825 %)1st Line Support
146 (3.279 %)IT Manager
146 (3.279 %)Desktop Support Engineer
146 (3.279 %)Desktop Engineer
West Sussex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (4.918 %)Computer Science
28 (4.372 %)German Language
32 (1.093 %)Data Extraction
32 (1.093 %)W3C
41 (0.546 %)Blackberry
41 (0.546 %)Mainframe
41 (0.546 %)Clustering
41 (0.546 %)PDA
41 (0.546 %)Client/Server
West Sussex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1100 (54.64 %)Windows
252 (28.42 %)Windows XP
334 (18.58 %)Windows Server 2003
430 (16.39 %)Windows 2000 Server
519 (10.38 %)Windows Vista
615 (8.197 %)Linux
714 (7.650 %)Windows 2000
86 (3.279 %)Windows NT
94 (2.186 %)Red Hat Linux
94 (2.186 %)Ubuntu
West Sussex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (7.104 %)ITIL
212 (6.557 %)OO
35 (2.732 %)CRM
44 (2.186 %)PRINCE2
44 (2.186 %)UML
44 (2.186 %)Security Cleared
53 (1.639 %)Internet Marketing
53 (1.639 %)Service Management
62 (1.093 %)Service Delivery
62 (1.093 %)E-Commerce
62 (1.093 %)B2C
62 (1.093 %)Data Analysis
62 (1.093 %)Web Analytics
62 (1.093 %)Project Planning
71 (0.546 %)Web Development
71 (0.546 %)Business Development
71 (0.546 %)Pay per click
71 (0.546 %)Software Engineering
71 (0.546 %)Change Management
71 (0.546 %)Disaster Recovery
West Sussex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (16.39 %)SQL
216 (8.743 %)VB
313 (7.104 %)C#
48 (4.372 %)VBA
55 (2.732 %)VB.NET
55 (2.732 %)VB6
62 (1.093 %)Transact-SQL
62 (1.093 %)Java
71 (0.546 %)C
71 (0.546 %)VBScript
71 (0.546 %)C++
71 (0.546 %)COBOL
71 (0.546 %)Delphi
71 (0.546 %)VC++
71 (0.546 %)JCL
West Sussex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
132 (17.49 %)Degree
223 (12.57 %)Microsoft Certification
316 (8.743 %)MCP
412 (6.557 %)MCSA
58 (4.372 %)MCSE
64 (2.186 %)ITIL Certification
64 (2.186 %)CIPD
73 (1.639 %)HNC
82 (1.093 %)HND
82 (1.093 %)CCNA
82 (1.093 %)Cisco Certification
82 (1.093 %)A+ Certification
82 (1.093 %)MCDST
91 (0.546 %)MOS
91 (0.546 %)CNE
91 (0.546 %)Novell Certification
West Sussex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (4.372 %)SLA
West Sussex IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
133 (18.03 %)Active Directory
26 (3.279 %)Backup Exec
31 (0.546 %)Terminal Services
West Sussex IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (4.372 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (2.186 %)MIMEsweeper
31 (0.546 %)OVSD
31 (0.546 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.546 %)OpenView
31 (0.546 %)Legato
West Sussex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
190 (49.18 %)Microsoft
217 (9.290 %)Citrix
312 (6.557 %)HP
410 (5.464 %)Dell
58 (4.372 %)Oracle
67 (3.825 %)VMware
76 (3.279 %)VERITAS
76 (3.279 %)Interwoven
85 (2.732 %)Cisco
85 (2.732 %)Lotus
94 (2.186 %)Red Hat
102 (1.093 %)Primavera
111 (0.546 %)3Com
111 (0.546 %)Apple
111 (0.546 %)Sage
111 (0.546 %)Symantec
111 (0.546 %)Remedy
111 (0.546 %)Avaya
111 (0.546 %)CA
111 (0.546 %)Peregrine