Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the West Yorkshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank5955
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads167198
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.088 %
As % of the category below23.86 %25.22 %
Salaries quoted137179
Average minimum salary£27,106£23,557
Average salary£29,463£25,235
% change on same period last year+16.75 %
Average maximum salary£31,819£26,912
UK excluding London average salary£29,129£28,110
% change on same period last year+3.62 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads700785
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.468 %0.350 %
Salaries quoted619701
Average minimum salary£29,101£25,859
Average salary£31,483£27,797
% change on same period last year+13.26 %
Average maximum salary£33,865£29,735
UK excluding London average salary£33,685£33,725
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
MS Office YorkshireMS Office
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
LeedsUp+21109£33,806+50.24 %
BradfordDown-219£20,313-3.70 %
WakefieldUp+15£17,250-29.04 %
HalifaxDown-64£27,625+53.47 %
HuddersfieldNew entry-4£19,250-
WetherbyUp+53£17,000-20.93 %
LiversedgeNew entry-1£29,000-
MS Office YorkshireMS Office
Yorkshire

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1286 (65.30 %)Microsoft
2231 (52.74 %)MS Excel
3145 (33.11 %)Windows
489 (20.32 %)SQL Server
584 (19.18 %)Finance
683 (18.95 %)Windows XP
775 (17.12 %)Active Directory
870 (15.98 %)Windows Server 2003
870 (15.98 %)SharePoint
967 (15.30 %).NET
1064 (14.61 %)SQL Server 2005
1162 (14.16 %)MS Exchange
1260 (13.70 %)ASP.NET
1353 (12.10 %)Windows 2000
1451 (11.64 %)HTML
1550 (11.42 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1649 (11.19 %)C#
1649 (11.19 %)ITIL
1747 (10.73 %)Time Management
1844 (10.05 %)SQL
1941 (9.361 %)SLA
2040 (9.132 %)CSS
2040 (9.132 %)MS Project
2135 (7.991 %)Exchange Server 2003
2135 (7.991 %)Publishing
2135 (7.991 %)Microsoft Certification
2233 (7.534 %)Lotus
2233 (7.534 %)Project Management
2233 (7.534 %)IIS
2233 (7.534 %)Lotus Notes

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
167 (15.30 %).NET
260 (13.70 %)ASP.NET
351 (11.64 %)HTML
440 (9.132 %)CSS
533 (7.534 %).NET Framework
628 (6.393 %)XHTML
628 (6.393 %)Windows SharePoint Services
717 (3.881 %)XSLT
815 (3.425 %)XML
911 (2.511 %)ASP.NET 2.0
108 (1.826 %)Application Packaging
116 (1.370 %)ASP
124 (0.913 %)WebServices
133 (0.685 %)Symfony
133 (0.685 %)jQuery
133 (0.685 %)MVC
133 (0.685 %)AJAX
142 (0.457 %)SOAP
151 (0.228 %)EDI
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
170 (15.98 %)SharePoint
262 (14.16 %)MS Exchange
350 (11.42 %)SharePoint Server 2007
435 (7.991 %)Exchange Server 2003
533 (7.534 %)IIS
533 (7.534 %)Lotus Notes
623 (5.251 %)CMS
623 (5.251 %)Exchange Server 2000
721 (4.795 %)Exchange Server 5.5
820 (4.566 %)SAS
93 (0.685 %)Apache
93 (0.685 %)SharePoint Portal Server
102 (0.457 %)Exchange Server 2007
102 (0.457 %)Oracle Workflow
111 (0.228 %)GroupWise
111 (0.228 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1231 (52.74 %)MS Excel
240 (9.132 %)MS Project
323 (5.251 %)MS Visio
48 (1.826 %)SPSS
57 (1.598 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.685 %)InfoPath
63 (0.685 %)Fireworks
71 (0.228 %)AutoCAD
71 (0.228 %)FrameMaker
71 (0.228 %)Paint Shop Pro
71 (0.228 %)Acrobat
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.685 %)Microsoft CRM
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (4.110 %)WAN
217 (3.881 %)TCP/IP
217 (3.881 %)Internet
315 (3.425 %)DNS
414 (3.196 %)VPN
414 (3.196 %)LAN
512 (2.740 %)DHCP
69 (2.055 %)Extranet
69 (2.055 %)Firewall
76 (1.370 %)Intranet
76 (1.370 %)C7
83 (0.685 %)Wireless
83 (0.685 %)VoIP
92 (0.457 %)ADSL
92 (0.457 %)Broadband
92 (0.457 %)FTP
101 (0.228 %)SAN
101 (0.228 %)Ethernet
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
189 (20.32 %)SQL Server
264 (14.61 %)SQL Server 2005
322 (5.023 %)Crystal Reports
416 (3.653 %)MS Access
514 (3.196 %)SQL Server 2000
69 (2.055 %)BusinessObjects
77 (1.598 %)DTS
86 (1.370 %)AnswerTree
95 (1.142 %)MySQL
103 (0.685 %)Database Marketing
103 (0.685 %)SAS Enterprise Miner
112 (0.457 %)Cognos Impromptu
112 (0.457 %)Datawarehouse
121 (0.228 %)ETL
121 (0.228 %)Oracle 10g
121 (0.228 %)Oracle 8/8i
121 (0.228 %)DB2
121 (0.228 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
121 (0.228 %)WebFOCUS
121 (0.228 %)BODI
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
128 (6.393 %)Visual Studio
23 (0.685 %)Flash
23 (0.685 %)Dreamweaver
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
184 (19.18 %)Finance
235 (7.991 %)Publishing
324 (5.479 %)Pensions
422 (5.023 %)Retail
519 (4.338 %)Marketing
617 (3.881 %)Health
715 (3.425 %)Legal
813 (2.968 %)Manufacturing
99 (2.055 %)Graphic Design
106 (1.370 %)Law
114 (0.913 %)Auditing
123 (0.685 %)Telemarketing
123 (0.685 %)Billing
123 (0.685 %)Electronics
123 (0.685 %)Education
132 (0.457 %)Government
132 (0.457 %)Construction
132 (0.457 %)Local Government
132 (0.457 %)Banking
141 (0.228 %)Advertising
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1139 (31.74 %)Analyst
263 (14.38 %)Developer
358 (13.24 %)Support Analyst
441 (9.361 %)Support Engineer
538 (8.676 %)Team Leader
636 (8.219 %)SharePoint Developer
728 (6.393 %)Helpdesk Support
823 (5.251 %)Technical Support
823 (5.251 %)Helpdesk Analyst
823 (5.251 %)Desktop Support
920 (4.566 %)2nd Line Support
1018 (4.110 %)Administrator
1114 (3.196 %)Programmer
1213 (2.968 %)1st Line Support
1213 (2.968 %)Consultant
1312 (2.740 %)Analyst Programmer
1312 (2.740 %)Senior Analyst
1312 (2.740 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
1312 (2.740 %)IT Support Engineer
1312 (2.740 %)Resource Manager
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (3.196 %)Mainframe
211 (2.511 %)Management Information System
211 (2.511 %)Blackberry
37 (1.598 %)Statistics
46 (1.370 %)Credit Risk
55 (1.142 %)Computer Science
55 (1.142 %)NHS
62 (0.457 %)N-Tier
62 (0.457 %)Replication
62 (0.457 %)E-Learning
71 (0.228 %)AS400
71 (0.228 %)PMI
71 (0.228 %)EPoS
71 (0.228 %)iSeries
71 (0.228 %)Mathematics
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1145 (33.11 %)Windows
283 (18.95 %)Windows XP
370 (15.98 %)Windows Server 2003
453 (12.10 %)Windows 2000
531 (7.078 %)Windows Vista
626 (5.936 %)Windows 2000 Server
75 (1.142 %)Linux
84 (0.913 %)UNIX
92 (0.457 %)Red Hat Linux
101 (0.228 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (0.228 %)VMS
101 (0.228 %)Mac OS X
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
149 (11.19 %)ITIL
247 (10.73 %)Time Management
333 (7.534 %)Project Management
426 (5.936 %)CRM
518 (4.110 %)PRINCE2
617 (3.881 %)Information Security
715 (3.425 %)OO
715 (3.425 %)Service Management
814 (3.196 %)Penetration Testing
913 (2.968 %)Six Sigma
913 (2.968 %)ERP
1011 (2.511 %)Process Management
1011 (2.511 %)Data Analysis
1011 (2.511 %)Project Planning
1110 (2.283 %)Risk Assessment
1110 (2.283 %)Workflow
129 (2.055 %)Resource Management
138 (1.826 %)Data Security
138 (1.826 %)Document Management
138 (1.826 %)Asset Management
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
149 (11.19 %)C#
244 (10.05 %)SQL
315 (3.425 %)VB.NET
414 (3.196 %)VBA
513 (2.968 %)VB
612 (2.740 %)VB6
711 (2.511 %)Transact-SQL
711 (2.511 %)Java
86 (1.370 %)JavaScript
95 (1.142 %)PHP
103 (0.685 %)PHP5
103 (0.685 %)C
112 (0.457 %)Delphi
121 (0.228 %)PL/SQL
121 (0.228 %)RPG
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
135 (7.991 %)Microsoft Certification
233 (7.534 %)Degree
316 (3.653 %)MCSE
414 (3.196 %)CCNA
414 (3.196 %)CISSP
414 (3.196 %)Cisco Certification
510 (2.283 %)MCP
65 (1.142 %)ISEB
74 (0.913 %)MCSA
83 (0.685 %)MCAD
83 (0.685 %)MCSD
83 (0.685 %)CISM
83 (0.685 %)PRINCE2 Certification
83 (0.685 %)CEH
83 (0.685 %)MCDST
83 (0.685 %)MCTS
83 (0.685 %)MCITP
92 (0.457 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
92 (0.457 %)A+ Certification
92 (0.457 %)ECDL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
141 (9.361 %)SLA
211 (2.511 %)ISO9000
34 (0.913 %)ISO27001
34 (0.913 %)COBIT
41 (0.228 %)QA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
175 (17.12 %)Active Directory
219 (4.338 %)Backup Exec
33 (0.685 %)Terminal Server
42 (0.457 %)Terminal Services
42 (0.457 %)ISA Server
42 (0.457 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (0.228 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.228 %)MetaFrame
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (3.196 %)ARCserve
27 (1.598 %)Norton AntiVirus
33 (0.685 %)ServiceCenter
41 (0.228 %)SCOM
41 (0.228 %)DameWare
41 (0.228 %)WSUS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1286 (65.30 %)Microsoft
233 (7.534 %)Lotus
327 (6.164 %)Citrix
424 (5.479 %)Cisco
511 (2.511 %)Oracle
511 (2.511 %)HP
69 (2.055 %)Business Objects
78 (1.826 %)Symantec
87 (1.598 %)Primavera
87 (1.598 %)LANDesk
96 (1.370 %)VMware
96 (1.370 %)Dell
96 (1.370 %)Avaya
104 (0.913 %)VERITAS
104 (0.913 %)SAP
104 (0.913 %)IBM
113 (0.685 %)Adobe
113 (0.685 %)Peregrine
113 (0.685 %)Mitel
113 (0.685 %)Sage