The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 21 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 Bath region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 9 8 11
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +3
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 1 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 2.381% 10.87% 8.889%
As % of the Applications category 16.67% 62.50% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £335 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 4
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Bath
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6 8 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 14.29% 17.39% 17.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £335 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 7
Average hourly rate £17.50 £11.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+59.09% -26.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Excel
Somerset

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath MS Excel Jobs Demand Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bath MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bath MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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.

1 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Local Government
2 2 (66.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (33.33%) EDI
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (33.33%) MDX
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) EDI
1 1 (33.33%) MDX
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (66.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft