Bristol MS Excel Contracts

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

Microsoft Office Excel
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Aylesbury Banbury Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bingley Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Clapham Clydebank Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Deeside Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorset Douglas Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Filton Flintshire Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Grangemouth Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Inverness Inverurie Ipswich Isle of Man Johnstone Kent Kidderminster King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Sidmouth Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Windlesham Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	26	24
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	38	49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.053 %	0.050 %
As % of the category below	34.23 %	26.34 %
Daily rates quoted	8	16
Average minimum daily rate	£271	£257
Average daily rate	£294	£267
% change on same period last year	+10.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£318	£277
UK excluding London average daily rate	£288	£270
% change on same period last year	+6.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.60	£24.33
Average hourly rate	£20.37	£26.23
% change on same period last year	-22.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.13	£28.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.91	£19.49
% change on same period last year	-13.23 %
Applications Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	111	186
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.155 %	0.191 %
Daily rates quoted	24	55
Average minimum daily rate	£271	£272
Average daily rate	£293	£284
% change on same period last year	+3.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£314	£296
UK excluding London average daily rate	£294	£280
% change on same period last year	+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	41
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.46	£21.28
Average hourly rate	£25.67	£24.06
% change on same period last year	+6.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.88	£26.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.59	£19.51
% change on same period last year	-4.72 %
MS Excel South West

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

MS Excel
Daily Rate Trend

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

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

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 Bristol region.

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 41 (56.16 %) MS Office 2 34 (46.58 %) Microsoft 3 30 (41.10 %) Finance 4 18 (24.66 %) MS PowerPoint 5 16 (21.92 %) MS Project 6 11 (15.07 %) Windows 7 10 (13.70 %) VBA 8 7 (9.589 %) SQL 8 7 (9.589 %) MS Access 9 6 (8.219 %) Change Management 9 6 (8.219 %) Migration 9 6 (8.219 %) SAP 9 6 (8.219 %) Microsoft Certification 9 6 (8.219 %) Project Management 10 5 (6.849 %) Windows XP

10 5 (6.849 %) VB 10 5 (6.849 %) MCSE 10 5 (6.849 %) Pensions 11 4 (5.479 %) Spreadsheet 11 4 (5.479 %) MCSA 11 4 (5.479 %) MCP 11 4 (5.479 %) PRINCE2 11 4 (5.479 %) .NET 11 4 (5.479 %) SQL Server 11 4 (5.479 %) Windows Server 2003 12 3 (4.110 %) Lotus 12 3 (4.110 %) MATLAB 12 3 (4.110 %) MS Exchange 12 3 (4.110 %) Crystal Reports 12 3 (4.110 %) C#

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 4 (5.479 %) .NET 2 2 (2.740 %) WebServices 3 1 (1.370 %) AJAX 3 1 (1.370 %) ASP 3 1 (1.370 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 3 (4.110 %) Lotus Notes 1 3 (4.110 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (2.740 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (1.370 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 1 (1.370 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 1 (1.370 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 41 (56.16 %) MS Office 2 18 (24.66 %) MS PowerPoint 3 16 (21.92 %) MS Project 4 4 (5.479 %) Spreadsheet 5 3 (4.110 %) MATLAB 6 2 (2.740 %) MS Visio 7 1 (1.370 %) Simulink	Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.370 %) SMTP 1 1 (1.370 %) DHCP 1 1 (1.370 %) Ethernet 1 1 (1.370 %) VPN 1 1 (1.370 %) DNS 1 1 (1.370 %) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (9.589 %) MS Access 2 4 (5.479 %) SQL Server 3 3 (4.110 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (2.740 %) Data Mining 4 2 (2.740 %) Datawarehouse 4 2 (2.740 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (2.740 %) SQL Server 2005 5 1 (1.370 %) GIS 5 1 (1.370 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 1 (1.370 %) DTS 5 1 (1.370 %) Oracle Discoverer 5 1 (1.370 %) RDBMS 5 1 (1.370 %) BusinessObjects 5 1 (1.370 %) Oracle Reports 5 1 (1.370 %) OLAP	Development Applications 1 2 (2.740 %) QuickTest Pro 2 1 (1.370 %) LoadRunner 2 1 (1.370 %) QARun
General 1 30 (41.10 %) Finance 2 5 (6.849 %) Pensions 3 3 (4.110 %) Telecoms 3 3 (4.110 %) Electric 3 3 (4.110 %) Government 3 3 (4.110 %) Banking 4 2 (2.740 %) Military 5 1 (1.370 %) Insurance 5 1 (1.370 %) Front Office 5 1 (1.370 %) Back Office 5 1 (1.370 %) Marketing 5 1 (1.370 %) Auditing 5 1 (1.370 %) Avionics	Job Titles 1 24 (32.88 %) Analyst 2 7 (9.589 %) Administrator 3 6 (8.219 %) Developer 3 6 (8.219 %) 2nd Line Support 4 5 (6.849 %) Systems Engineer 4 5 (6.849 %) Business Analyst 5 4 (5.479 %) Data Analyst 5 4 (5.479 %) Change Analyst 6 3 (4.110 %) Performance Engineer 6 3 (4.110 %) Project Officer 6 3 (4.110 %) Management Information Analyst 6 3 (4.110 %) Project Coordinator 6 3 (4.110 %) Information Analyst 6 3 (4.110 %) Project Support Officer 6 3 (4.110 %) Coordinator 7 2 (2.740 %) Technical Support 7 2 (2.740 %) 3rd Line Support 7 2 (2.740 %) Support Engineer 7 2 (2.740 %) Project Analyst 7 2 (2.740 %) Access Developer
Miscellaneous 1 3 (4.110 %) Physics 2 1 (1.370 %) Data Conversion 2 1 (1.370 %) Client/Server 2 1 (1.370 %) LLPG	Operating Systems 1 11 (15.07 %) Windows 2 5 (6.849 %) Windows XP 3 4 (5.479 %) Windows Server 2003 4 2 (2.740 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (1.370 %) NetWare 5 1 (1.370 %) VxWorks 5 1 (1.370 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (8.219 %) Project Management 1 6 (8.219 %) Change Management 1 6 (8.219 %) Migration 2 4 (5.479 %) PRINCE2 3 3 (4.110 %) Time Management 3 3 (4.110 %) Data Migration 4 2 (2.740 %) Agile Software Development 4 2 (2.740 %) SC Cleared 4 2 (2.740 %) Security Cleared 4 2 (2.740 %) Data Analysis 4 2 (2.740 %) Project Planning 5 1 (1.370 %) Performance Testing 5 1 (1.370 %) Integration Testing 5 1 (1.370 %) Test Scripting 5 1 (1.370 %) Manual Testing 5 1 (1.370 %) Automated Testing 5 1 (1.370 %) Business Analysis 5 1 (1.370 %) Requirements Analysis 5 1 (1.370 %) CRM 5 1 (1.370 %) Stakeholder Management	Programming Languages 1 10 (13.70 %) VBA 2 7 (9.589 %) SQL 3 5 (6.849 %) VB 4 3 (4.110 %) C# 5 2 (2.740 %) C 6 1 (1.370 %) Tcl 6 1 (1.370 %) C++ 6 1 (1.370 %) Transact-SQL
Qualifications 1 6 (8.219 %) Microsoft Certification 2 5 (6.849 %) MCSE 3 4 (5.479 %) MCSA 3 4 (5.479 %) MCP 4 3 (4.110 %) MCDST 5 2 (2.740 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 1 (1.370 %) CCSA 6 1 (1.370 %) CCSE 6 1 (1.370 %) CCNA 6 1 (1.370 %) CCA 6 1 (1.370 %) Citrix Certification 6 1 (1.370 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (1.370 %) MCTS 6 1 (1.370 %) MCITP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.370 %) SLA 1 1 (1.370 %) QA
System Software 1 2 (2.740 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.370 %) VMware GSX 2 1 (1.370 %) VMware ESX	Vendors 1 34 (46.58 %) Microsoft 2 6 (8.219 %) SAP 3 3 (4.110 %) Lotus 4 1 (1.370 %) CheckPoint 4 1 (1.370 %) VMware 4 1 (1.370 %) Teradata 4 1 (1.370 %) Oracle 4 1 (1.370 %) Business Objects 4 1 (1.370 %) Cognos 4 1 (1.370 %) Cisco 4 1 (1.370 %) IBM 4 1 (1.370 %) Compuware 4 1 (1.370 %) Citrix 4 1 (1.370 %) Novell