MS Excel Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 20 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 Berkshire 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 20 16 17
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 163 208 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 6.700% 6.786% 7.255%
As % of the Applications category 44.41% 50.73% 51.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 93 58
Average daily rate £325 £315 £294
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% +7.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £147 £206 £135
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 29
Average hourly rate £16.50 £12.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.05 £9.20 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £33.40 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 367 410 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 15.08% 13.38% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 163 131
Average daily rate £325 £350 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +23.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £157 £210 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 40 55
Average hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -11.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.37 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
South East

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Berkshire MS Excel Daily Rate Histogram

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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Berkshire MS Excel Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Excel
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Excel within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +2 71 £351 +0.35%
Slough -12 22 £450 -
Bracknell -18 14 £213 -22.37%
Maidenhead 0 10 £175 -
Newbury -8 2 £400 +128.57%
MS Excel
South East

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 229 (68.36%) Microsoft
2 98 (29.25%) SQL
3 89 (26.57%) MS Office
4 83 (24.78%) Project Management
5 81 (24.18%) Windows
6 72 (21.49%) SQL Server
7 70 (20.90%) Telecoms
8 69 (20.60%) Finance
9 64 (19.10%) MS PowerPoint
10 58 (17.31%) MS Project
11 57 (17.01%) .NET
12 49 (14.63%) C#
12 49 (14.63%) PRINCE2
13 47 (14.03%) Active Directory
14 40 (11.94%) SharePoint
15 38 (11.34%) HTML
16 37 (11.04%) ITIL
16 37 (11.04%) Windows Server 2003
17 35 (10.45%) MS Visio
18 34 (10.15%) Security Cleared
19 32 (9.552%) .NET Framework
20 30 (8.955%) CSS
20 30 (8.955%) JavaScript
21 29 (8.657%) Oracle
21 29 (8.657%) SLA
21 29 (8.657%) Windows Server 2008
22 25 (7.463%) Matrix Management
22 25 (7.463%) Degree
22 25 (7.463%) VMware
22 25 (7.463%) ASP.NET

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 57 (17.01%) .NET
2 38 (11.34%) HTML
3 32 (9.552%) .NET Framework
4 30 (8.955%) CSS
5 25 (7.463%) ASP.NET
5 25 (7.463%) XML
6 22 (6.567%) jQuery
7 20 (5.970%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 20 (5.970%) LINQ
7 20 (5.970%) Web Services
8 19 (5.672%) Ajax
9 10 (2.985%) Razor View Engine
9 10 (2.985%) ASP.NET MVC
10 8 (2.388%) WCF
10 8 (2.388%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 8 (2.388%) XSLT
10 8 (2.388%) J2EE
11 5 (1.493%) XHTML
11 5 (1.493%) Middleware
11 5 (1.493%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 40 (11.94%) SharePoint
2 24 (7.164%) IIS
3 19 (5.672%) Windows Azure
4 15 (4.478%) MS Exchange
5 9 (2.687%) SharePoint Server
6 8 (2.388%) MS Project Server
6 8 (2.388%) Lotus Notes
7 6 (1.791%) BizTalk Server
7 6 (1.791%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (1.791%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2007
8 5 (1.493%) SAS
8 5 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2003
9 4 (1.194%) ArcGIS
9 4 (1.194%) CMS
10 3 (0.896%) Lotus Domino
11 2 (0.597%) Documentum
12 1 (0.299%) Drupal
12 1 (0.299%) CM System
12 1 (0.299%) Lync
Applications
1 89 (26.57%) MS Office
2 64 (19.10%) MS PowerPoint
3 58 (17.31%) MS Project
4 35 (10.45%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.090%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.493%) SPSS
7 2 (0.597%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.597%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.597%) Open Workbench
8 1 (0.299%) Google Apps
8 1 (0.299%) Office 365
8 1 (0.299%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.299%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 11 (3.284%) Dynamics AX
2 10 (2.985%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (2.090%) Agresso
4 6 (1.791%) CODA-Financials
4 6 (1.791%) SAP Business One
5 5 (1.493%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (1.493%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.896%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.597%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.299%) SAP FI-GL
8 1 (0.299%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.299%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.970%) Internet
2 16 (4.776%) 3G
3 12 (3.582%) DNS
4 11 (3.284%) TCP/IP
4 11 (3.284%) WAN
4 11 (3.284%) DHCP
4 11 (3.284%) Wireless
5 10 (2.985%) VPN
6 9 (2.687%) LAN
7 8 (2.388%) GSM
8 7 (2.090%) 2G
8 7 (2.090%) SAN
9 6 (1.791%) Firewall
9 6 (1.791%) LDAP
9 6 (1.791%) Ethernet
10 5 (1.493%) MPLS
10 5 (1.493%) LTE
11 4 (1.194%) ADSL
12 3 (0.896%) OSPF
12 3 (0.896%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (21.49%) SQL Server
2 23 (6.866%) MS Access
3 20 (5.970%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (4.179%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (3.582%) OLAP
6 10 (2.985%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.791%) Oracle 8/8i
7 6 (1.791%) Data Mining
8 5 (1.493%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (1.493%) SQL Server 2008
9 4 (1.194%) GIS
9 4 (1.194%) IDOL
9 4 (1.194%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.194%) DTS
10 3 (0.896%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.597%) Oracle Discoverer
12 1 (0.299%) Oracle 10g
12 1 (0.299%) Data Mart
12 1 (0.299%) TOAD
12 1 (0.299%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 22 (6.567%) Visual Studio
2 8 (2.388%) StarTeam
3 5 (1.493%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (1.194%) MSI
4 4 (1.194%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.597%) Selenium
5 2 (0.597%) PVCS
5 2 (0.597%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.299%) GCC
6 1 (0.299%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.299%) Rhino Mocks
6 1 (0.299%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.299%) PeopleTools
6 1 (0.299%) Subversion
General
1 70 (20.90%) Telecoms
2 69 (20.60%) Finance
3 11 (3.284%) Marketing
4 10 (2.985%) Pharmaceutical
5 9 (2.687%) Banking
6 8 (2.388%) Publishing
6 8 (2.388%) Games
7 6 (1.791%) Retail
8 3 (0.896%) Billing
8 3 (0.896%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.597%) Automotive
9 2 (0.597%) German Language
10 1 (0.299%) Portuguese Language
10 1 (0.299%) Legal
10 1 (0.299%) Advertising
10 1 (0.299%) Front Office
10 1 (0.299%) Back Office
10 1 (0.299%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.299%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.299%) Music
Job Titles
1 70 (20.90%) Analyst
2 58 (17.31%) Developer
3 41 (12.24%) Project Manager
4 22 (6.567%) Support Engineer
4 22 (6.567%) .NET Developer
5 20 (5.970%) Coordinator
6 19 (5.672%) Business Analyst
7 18 (5.373%) Administrator
8 13 (3.881%) Consultant
9 12 (3.582%) Web Developer
10 11 (3.284%) Support Analyst
10 11 (3.284%) .NET Web Developer
11 10 (2.985%) 1st Line Support
12 9 (2.687%) Project Coordinator
12 9 (2.687%) Systems Analyst
13 8 (2.388%) Senior Developer
13 8 (2.388%) Report Analyst
14 7 (2.090%) Architect
14 7 (2.090%) Project Planner
14 7 (2.090%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.388%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.090%) Clustering
3 6 (1.791%) Statistics
4 5 (1.493%) Data Extraction
4 5 (1.493%) Computer Science
4 5 (1.493%) PMI
5 4 (1.194%) AS400
6 3 (0.896%) iSeries
6 3 (0.896%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.597%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.597%) Mathematics
7 2 (0.597%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.597%) Kinect
7 2 (0.597%) Thin Client
7 2 (0.597%) Blackberry
7 2 (0.597%) Fat Client
7 2 (0.597%) Handset
8 1 (0.299%) Replication
8 1 (0.299%) CLARiiON
8 1 (0.299%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 81 (24.18%) Windows
2 37 (11.04%) Windows Server 2003
3 29 (8.657%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (6.866%) Windows 7
5 21 (6.269%) Windows XP
6 13 (3.881%) UNIX
7 11 (3.284%) Linux
8 7 (2.090%) Windows 2000
9 3 (0.896%) Solaris
9 3 (0.896%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.597%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (0.597%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.597%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.597%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.597%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.299%) Android
11 1 (0.299%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (24.78%) Project Management
2 49 (14.63%) PRINCE2
3 37 (11.04%) ITIL
4 25 (7.463%) Matrix Management
5 24 (7.164%) Risk Analysis
6 21 (6.269%) CRM
7 20 (5.970%) MVC
8 16 (4.776%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (4.776%) Web Development
9 14 (4.179%) Project Planning
9 14 (4.179%) Agile Software Development
10 13 (3.881%) Incident Management
10 13 (3.881%) Analytics
11 12 (3.582%) Change Management
12 11 (3.284%) Migration
12 11 (3.284%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (3.284%) TDD
12 11 (3.284%) User Acceptance Testing
13 10 (2.985%) Programme Management
13 10 (2.985%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 98 (29.25%) SQL
2 49 (14.63%) C#
3 30 (8.955%) JavaScript
4 19 (5.672%) VBA
5 15 (4.478%) VB
6 13 (3.881%) T-SQL
7 12 (3.582%) VB.NET
8 7 (2.090%) C
9 6 (1.791%) Java
10 5 (1.493%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.194%) Ruby
11 4 (1.194%) VBScript
11 4 (1.194%) C++
12 3 (0.896%) Perl
12 3 (0.896%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.896%) RPG
13 1 (0.299%) PeopleCode
13 1 (0.299%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (10.15%) Security Cleared
2 25 (7.463%) Degree
3 24 (7.164%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 18 (5.373%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.881%) PMI Certification
6 11 (3.284%) CIMA
7 10 (2.985%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.687%) ACCA
8 9 (2.687%) PMP
9 7 (2.090%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.493%) MCSE
10 5 (1.493%) CCNP
10 5 (1.493%) CCNA
11 4 (1.194%) MCP
11 4 (1.194%) HNC
11 4 (1.194%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (0.896%) CCIE
12 3 (0.896%) ISEB
12 3 (0.896%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.597%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.657%) SLA
2 6 (1.791%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.194%) QA
3 4 (1.194%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.299%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 47 (14.03%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.075%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.687%) vSphere
4 7 (2.090%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (1.194%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 4 (1.194%) XenApp
6 3 (0.896%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.597%) NFS
7 2 (0.597%) vCloud
7 2 (0.597%) NLBS
7 2 (0.597%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.597%) MetaFrame
7 2 (0.597%) VMware ESX
7 2 (0.597%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.299%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.299%) Xen
8 1 (0.299%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 6 (1.791%) SCCM
2 5 (1.493%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 4 (1.194%) SCOM
4 2 (0.597%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.597%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.299%) WSUS
5 1 (0.299%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.299%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.299%) MIIS
5 1 (0.299%) Unicenter
5 1 (0.299%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 229 (68.36%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.657%) Oracle
3 25 (7.463%) VMware
4 19 (5.672%) Citrix
5 15 (4.478%) SAP
6 13 (3.881%) Business Objects
7 12 (3.582%) HP
8 11 (3.284%) Lotus
9 9 (2.687%) Cisco
10 8 (2.388%) Siebel
10 8 (2.388%) Remedy
11 6 (1.791%) CODA
11 6 (1.791%) Meridio
11 6 (1.791%) Cramer
12 4 (1.194%) Symantec
12 4 (1.194%) MicroStrategy
12 4 (1.194%) McAfee
12 4 (1.194%) Dell
13 3 (0.896%) Niku
13 3 (0.896%) Nokia
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