The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 23 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 Bracknell 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 26 6 7
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +1
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 13 25 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 5.439% 16.45% 11.31%
As % of the Applications category 52.00% 64.10% 55.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 6
Average daily rate £213 £285 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.43% -15.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £240 £138
10% offered a daily rate of more than £291 £450 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £305
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
Average hourly rate £14.50 - £11.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -3.22%
All Applications
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
25 39 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 10.46% 25.66% 20.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 12
Average daily rate £310 £358 £203
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.28% +76.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £242 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 10
Average hourly rate £14.50 £11.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.08% -23.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Excel
Berkshire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 13 (48.15%) Security Cleared
3 12 (44.44%) ITIL
4 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
5 9 (33.33%) Incident Management
5 9 (33.33%) SLA
6 8 (29.63%) Internet
7 7 (25.93%) ITSM
8 6 (22.22%) MS Office
9 5 (18.52%) Windows
9 5 (18.52%) SQL
10 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (14.81%) Project Management
10 4 (14.81%) MS Visio
10 4 (14.81%) Migration
11 3 (11.11%) VMware
11 3 (11.11%) Service Management
11 3 (11.11%) Degree
11 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
11 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (11.11%) Firewall
11 3 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
11 3 (11.11%) Cisco
11 3 (11.11%) CCIE
11 3 (11.11%) CCNP
11 3 (11.11%) CCNA
11 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
11 3 (11.11%) IIS
11 3 (11.11%) MS Project

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 2 (7.407%) Web Services
2 1 (3.704%) XML
2 1 (3.704%) Flash
2 1 (3.704%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
1 3 (11.11%) IIS
2 2 (7.407%) Documentum
3 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (3.704%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (3.704%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.704%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) MS Office
2 4 (14.81%) MS Visio
3 3 (11.11%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) Internet
2 3 (11.11%) Firewall
2 3 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (11.11%) OSPF
2 3 (11.11%) BGP
3 1 (3.704%) DHCP
3 1 (3.704%) DNS
3 1 (3.704%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.407%) OLAP
2 2 (7.407%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (7.407%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.704%) EDRMS
General
1 1 (3.704%) Marketing
1 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.704%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) 1st Line Support
2 5 (18.52%) Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 3 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Support Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Architect
4 2 (7.407%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.407%) Junior
4 2 (7.407%) Developer
4 2 (7.407%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (3.704%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Web Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Server Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (3.704%) SQL Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (7.407%) Solaris
4 2 (7.407%) Linux
4 2 (7.407%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (7.407%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) ITIL
2 9 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 7 (25.93%) ITSM
4 4 (14.81%) Project Management
4 4 (14.81%) Migration
5 3 (11.11%) Service Management
6 2 (7.407%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.407%) ETL
6 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.407%) Asset Management
7 1 (3.704%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.704%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.704%) Change Control
7 1 (3.704%) Release Management
7 1 (3.704%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (3.704%) System Testing
7 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.704%) PRINCE
7 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
2 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) Security Cleared
2 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) Degree
3 3 (11.11%) CCIE
3 3 (11.11%) CCNP
3 3 (11.11%) CCNA
3 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (3.704%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.407%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.407%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (7.407%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (3.704%) vSphere
3 1 (3.704%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (3.704%) SCCM
2 1 (3.704%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) VMware
2 3 (11.11%) Cisco
3 2 (7.407%) Red Hat
3 2 (7.407%) Oracle
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