The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 22 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 Bristol 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 19 15 19
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +4
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 36 70 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 6.857% 8.206% 6.080%
As % of the Applications category 44.44% 48.61% 45.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 42 19
Average daily rate £315 £252 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.80% +0.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £112 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £387 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £300 £310
% change year-on-year
+5.91% -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 6
Average hourly rate £28.25 £23.00 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.82% +87.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.05 £15.20 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.45 £35.00 £13.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
81 144 84
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 15.43% 16.88% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 94 39
Average daily rate £320 £275 £281
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -2.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £120 £140
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £390 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 10
Average hourly rate £18.25 £23.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.65% +84.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £16.00 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £36.50 £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
MS Excel
South West

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bristol MS Excel Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 49 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 27 (29.67%) SQL Server
3 24 (26.37%) Finance
3 24 (26.37%) MS Office
4 21 (23.08%) SQL
5 17 (18.68%) Windows
6 16 (17.58%) VBA
7 15 (16.48%) Banking
7 15 (16.48%) Business Analysis
7 15 (16.48%) MS PowerPoint
8 12 (13.19%) Active Directory
9 11 (12.09%) Project Management
9 11 (12.09%) C#
9 11 (12.09%) MS Visio
9 11 (12.09%) SQL Server 2008
10 10 (10.99%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (10.99%) LAN
10 10 (10.99%) WAN
10 10 (10.99%) .NET
10 10 (10.99%) MS Project
10 10 (10.99%) VB
10 10 (10.99%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (9.890%) ASP.NET
11 9 (9.890%) DNS
11 9 (9.890%) TCP/IP
11 9 (9.890%) Windows Server 2003
11 9 (9.890%) VMware
11 9 (9.890%) QA
12 8 (8.791%) Legal
12 8 (8.791%) Firewall

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 10 (10.99%) .NET
2 9 (9.890%) ASP.NET
3 7 (7.692%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.198%) COM
5 1 (1.099%) ASP
5 1 (1.099%) MDX
5 1 (1.099%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.099%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.791%) SharePoint
2 7 (7.692%) MS Exchange
3 6 (6.593%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (5.495%) IIS
5 3 (3.297%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (2.198%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (2.198%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (2.198%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (26.37%) MS Office
2 15 (16.48%) MS PowerPoint
3 11 (12.09%) MS Visio
4 10 (10.99%) MS Project
5 5 (5.495%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.099%) SAP HR
1 1 (1.099%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.99%) LAN
1 10 (10.99%) WAN
2 9 (9.890%) DNS
2 9 (9.890%) TCP/IP
3 8 (8.791%) Firewall
4 7 (7.692%) VPN
5 4 (4.396%) DHCP
5 4 (4.396%) Internet
6 3 (3.297%) Network Security
7 1 (1.099%) ATM
7 1 (1.099%) HTTP
7 1 (1.099%) Wireless
7 1 (1.099%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (29.67%) SQL Server
2 11 (12.09%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (10.99%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (6.593%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (6.593%) MS Access
6 5 (5.495%) Oracle 10g
6 5 (5.495%) Oracle 11g
7 4 (4.396%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 4 (4.396%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (4.396%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (3.297%) OLAP
9 2 (2.198%) Base SAS
9 2 (2.198%) DTS
10 1 (1.099%) Data Mining
10 1 (1.099%) Star Schema
10 1 (1.099%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.396%) Subversion
2 2 (2.198%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (2.198%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.099%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (26.37%) Finance
2 15 (16.48%) Banking
3 8 (8.791%) Legal
4 7 (7.692%) Retail
5 5 (5.495%) Retail Banking
6 3 (3.297%) Wholesale Banking
7 2 (2.198%) Law
8 1 (1.099%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (28.57%) Analyst
2 24 (26.37%) Developer
3 12 (13.19%) Business Analyst
4 8 (8.791%) Microsoft Developer
4 8 (8.791%) Network Engineer
4 8 (8.791%) Project Manager
5 7 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (5.495%) SQL Developer
7 4 (4.396%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.297%) .NET Developer
8 3 (3.297%) Support Engineer
8 3 (3.297%) Architect
8 3 (3.297%) Analyst Developer
8 3 (3.297%) MI Analyst
8 3 (3.297%) PMO Analyst
9 2 (2.198%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (2.198%) IT Assistant
9 2 (2.198%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (2.198%) Help Desk Assistant
9 2 (2.198%) SharePoint Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.495%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.396%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.198%) SWIFT
3 2 (2.198%) EFT
4 1 (1.099%) NHS
4 1 (1.099%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.099%) PMI
4 1 (1.099%) Data Extraction
4 1 (1.099%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.099%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 17 (18.68%) Windows
2 10 (10.99%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (9.890%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (5.495%) Windows XP
5 4 (4.396%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (16.48%) Business Analysis
2 11 (12.09%) Project Management
3 7 (7.692%) ETL
3 7 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (7.692%) Change Management
3 7 (7.692%) Change Control
4 6 (6.593%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (6.593%) Data Analysis
4 6 (6.593%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (5.495%) OO
6 4 (4.396%) Refactoring
6 4 (4.396%) Time Management
6 4 (4.396%) Data Cleansing
6 4 (4.396%) Programme Management
6 4 (4.396%) PRINCE2
6 4 (4.396%) UML
7 3 (3.297%) Migration
7 3 (3.297%) Data Security
7 3 (3.297%) Project Planning
7 3 (3.297%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 21 (23.08%) SQL
2 16 (17.58%) VBA
3 11 (12.09%) C#
4 10 (10.99%) VB
5 5 (5.495%) Delphi
5 5 (5.495%) VB6
6 3 (3.297%) PHP
7 2 (2.198%) MATLAB
7 2 (2.198%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.198%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.099%) C++
8 1 (1.099%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (7.692%) Degree
2 6 (6.593%) MCSE
2 6 (6.593%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (5.495%) MCSA
3 5 (5.495%) MCITP
3 5 (5.495%) MCTS
4 2 (2.198%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.198%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.099%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.099%) PMP
5 1 (1.099%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.890%) QA
2 2 (2.198%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.198%) SLA
3 1 (1.099%) Basel II
3 1 (1.099%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.099%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (13.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.099%) Terminal Server
2 1 (1.099%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.099%) DameWare
1 1 (1.099%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.890%) VMware
3 7 (7.692%) Oracle
4 4 (4.396%) Business Objects
5 3 (3.297%) SAP
5 3 (3.297%) Citrix
6 2 (2.198%) Fundtech
6 2 (2.198%) Teradata
7 1 (1.099%) IBM
7 1 (1.099%) Cognos
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