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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Bolton 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank76
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below66.67 %100.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£274
% change on same period last year+5.82 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.93£18.70
% change on same period last year-4.12 %
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Bolton
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£292
% change on same period last year+0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.45£19.58
% change on same period last year-5.78 %
MS Excel ManchesterMS Excel
Manchester

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

Bolton MS Excel Demand Trend

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 Bolton region.

Bolton MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bolton 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.

14 (100.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)Active Directory
22 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (50.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
22 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
22 (50.00 %).NET
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server
22 (50.00 %)OLAP
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (50.00 %)MCP
22 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)MCSE
22 (50.00 %)SharePoint
22 (50.00 %)Datawarehouse
22 (50.00 %)Windows XP
22 (50.00 %)Data Modelling

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bolton 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.

Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %).NET
12 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)SharePoint
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server
12 (50.00 %)OLAP
12 (50.00 %)Datawarehouse
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Junior
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Helpdesk Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Junior Analyst
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %)Windows XP
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Data Modelling
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)SQL
12 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)MCP
12 (50.00 %)MCSE
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Microsoft