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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Abingdon region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank85
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below30.00 %50.00 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£100-
Average daily rate£100-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£100-
UK excluding London average daily rate£289£273
% change on same period last year+5.88 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£13.50£8.00
Average hourly rate£15.00£8.50
% change on same period last year+76.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.50£9.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.03£19.72
% change on same period last year-13.61 %
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Abingdon
Matching contract IT job ads104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.004 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£112-
Average daily rate£114-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£115-
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£283
% change on same period last year+4.03 %
Hourly rates quoted52
Average minimum hourly rate£9.57£8.00
Average hourly rate£10.55£8.50
% change on same period last year+24.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£11.52£9.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.39£19.59
% change on same period last year-6.13 %
MS Excel OxfordshireMS Excel
Oxfordshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MS Excel
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Excel across the Abingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Abingdon MS Excel Demand Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Excel across the Abingdon region.

Abingdon MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Abingdon region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Abingdon MS Excel Daily Rate Histogram

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Excel across the Abingdon region.

Abingdon MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Abingdon region citing MS Excel 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited MS Excel.

17 (77.78 %)Windows
17 (77.78 %)Microsoft
25 (55.56 %)Windows Server 2003
25 (55.56 %)Windows 2000
34 (44.44 %)Service Delivery
34 (44.44 %)Education
43 (33.33 %)MS Office
43 (33.33 %)Windows XP
52 (22.22 %)Internet
52 (22.22 %)Active Directory
52 (22.22 %)Lotus
52 (22.22 %)ITIL
52 (22.22 %)Lotus Notes
61 (11.11 %)Windows NT
61 (11.11 %)UNIX
61 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
61 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
61 (11.11 %)Intranet
61 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
61 (11.11 %)Validation

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Abingdon region citing MS Excel also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MS Excel. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (22.22 %)Lotus Notes
21 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (33.33 %)MS Office
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)Internet
21 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
21 (11.11 %)Intranet
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (44.44 %)Education
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Administrator
14 (44.44 %)Network Administrator
14 (44.44 %)Network Support
23 (33.33 %)Support Technician
32 (22.22 %)Support Engineer
32 (22.22 %)Desktop Support
41 (11.11 %)Desktop Engineer
41 (11.11 %)Desktop Support Technician
41 (11.11 %)Desktop Support Engineer
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (77.78 %)Windows
25 (55.56 %)Windows 2000
25 (55.56 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (33.33 %)Windows XP
41 (11.11 %)UNIX
41 (11.11 %)Windows NT
41 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (44.44 %)Service Delivery
22 (22.22 %)ITIL
31 (11.11 %)Validation
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (22.22 %)Active Directory
Abingdon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (77.78 %)Microsoft
22 (22.22 %)Lotus