The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford 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 Bradford 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 22 16 16
Rank change year-on-year
-6 0
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 4 13 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 2.581% 8.125% 6.838%
As % of the Applications category 36.36% 46.43% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £245 £168 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.26% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £9.53 £21.75 £7.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.18% +205.26%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
11 28 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 7.097% 17.50% 18.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 3
Average daily rate £245 £160 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+53.12% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £160 £106
10% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £425 £207
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
Average hourly rate £9.53 £11.00 £7.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.36% +54.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
West Yorkshire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (36.67%) Oracle
3 10 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
4 9 (30.00%) MS Office
5 8 (26.67%) SQL Server
5 8 (26.67%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (26.67%) Data Modelling
6 7 (23.33%) SharePoint
6 7 (23.33%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
7 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing
7 6 (20.00%) Banking
7 6 (20.00%) Retail
7 6 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (20.00%) Informatica
7 6 (20.00%) ETL
7 6 (20.00%) Oracle 10g
7 6 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
7 6 (20.00%) Oracle 9i
8 5 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
9 4 (13.33%) WFM
9 4 (13.33%) Lotus Notes
9 4 (13.33%) CRM
9 4 (13.33%) Windows
9 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
9 4 (13.33%) Genesys
9 4 (13.33%) Lotus
10 3 (10.00%) VBA
10 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
10 3 (10.00%) Remedy

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 Platforms
1 7 (23.33%) SharePoint
2 4 (13.33%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (3.333%) MS Exchange
3 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
2 9 (30.00%) MS Office
3 2 (6.667%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.333%) Wireless
2 1 (3.333%) LAN
2 1 (3.333%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (26.67%) SQL Server
1 8 (26.67%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (23.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
3 6 (20.00%) Oracle 10g
3 6 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 6 (20.00%) Oracle 9i
4 5 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (6.667%) MS Access
5 2 (6.667%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (3.333%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (6.667%) ERwin
General
1 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 6 (20.00%) Banking
1 6 (20.00%) Retail
2 3 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (3.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Analyst
2 7 (23.33%) Architect
3 6 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Project Support Officer
4 3 (10.00%) Project Officer
5 2 (6.667%) Quality Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Data Quality Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (6.667%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Desktop Support
6 1 (3.333%) Junior
6 1 (3.333%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (3.333%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Service Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.667%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Windows
2 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.333%) Linux
3 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Data Modelling
2 6 (20.00%) ETL
2 6 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (13.33%) CRM
3 4 (13.33%) WFM
4 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (6.667%) Data Governance
5 2 (6.667%) Master Data Management
5 2 (6.667%) Metadata Management
5 2 (6.667%) Time Management
5 2 (6.667%) Data Management
5 2 (6.667%) Data Analysis
5 2 (6.667%) Quality Management
6 1 (3.333%) Migration
6 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.333%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.333%) ITIL
6 1 (3.333%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.333%) Network Management
6 1 (3.333%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) VBA
2 2 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.333%) ACCA
1 1 (3.333%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) Basel II
1 2 (6.667%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (36.67%) Oracle
3 6 (20.00%) Informatica
4 4 (13.33%) Lotus
4 4 (13.33%) Genesys
5 3 (10.00%) Remedy
6 2 (6.667%) Business Objects
6 2 (6.667%) Siebel
6 2 (6.667%) DataFlux
7 1 (3.333%) SAP
7 1 (3.333%) VMware