The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 17 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 Cambridgeshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 21 43 25
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -18
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 31 19 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 5.647% 2.750% 5.534%
As % of the Applications category 43.66% 31.15% 35.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 7
Average daily rate £225 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £93 £228 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £410 £414
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 8
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.18 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.73% -16.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.72 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.10 £12.64 £18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
71 61 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 12.93% 8.828% 15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 26 25
Average daily rate £250 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £213 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £528 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 30
Average hourly rate £22.45 £11.60 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+93.53% -15.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.15 £10.72 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.40 £12.52 £31.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire MS Excel Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Excel
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Excel within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +11 11 £250 -13.04%
Peterborough +8 9 £95 -60.00%
MS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 45 (73.77%) Microsoft
2 30 (49.18%) Windows
3 21 (34.43%) MS Office
4 18 (29.51%) Active Directory
5 14 (22.95%) MS Exchange
6 13 (21.31%) Windows XP
7 10 (16.39%) Security Cleared
7 10 (16.39%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (16.39%) Windows 7
8 8 (13.11%) Exchange Server 2010
8 8 (13.11%) Citrix
9 7 (11.48%) Windows Server 2003
9 7 (11.48%) .NET
9 7 (11.48%) C#
9 7 (11.48%) SQL
10 6 (9.836%) LAN
10 6 (9.836%) TCP/IP
10 6 (9.836%) Finance
11 5 (8.197%) VMware
11 5 (8.197%) Project Management
11 5 (8.197%) DNS
11 5 (8.197%) WAN
11 5 (8.197%) DHCP
11 5 (8.197%) C
11 5 (8.197%) SQL Server
11 5 (8.197%) MS Project
11 5 (8.197%) MS PowerPoint
11 5 (8.197%) Degree
12 4 (6.557%) Exchange Server 2003
12 4 (6.557%) WCF

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 7 (11.48%) .NET
2 4 (6.557%) WCF
3 3 (4.918%) ASP.NET
3 3 (4.918%) CSS
4 2 (3.279%) COM
4 2 (3.279%) HTML5
5 1 (1.639%) HTML
5 1 (1.639%) Silverlight
5 1 (1.639%) Web Services
5 1 (1.639%) WinForms
5 1 (1.639%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 14 (22.95%) MS Exchange
2 8 (13.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (6.557%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.557%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (3.279%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (3.279%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.639%) Lync
5 1 (1.639%) GroupWise
5 1 (1.639%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.639%) CMS
5 1 (1.639%) Mathematica
5 1 (1.639%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 21 (34.43%) MS Office
2 5 (8.197%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (8.197%) MS Project
3 2 (3.279%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.279%) CODA-Financials
1 2 (3.279%) Changepoint
2 1 (1.639%) Google Analytics
2 1 (1.639%) Adaptiv
2 1 (1.639%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.836%) LAN
1 6 (9.836%) TCP/IP
2 5 (8.197%) WAN
2 5 (8.197%) DHCP
2 5 (8.197%) DNS
3 3 (4.918%) Firewall
4 2 (3.279%) Wireless
4 2 (3.279%) VLAN
4 2 (3.279%) VoIP
5 1 (1.639%) HTTP
5 1 (1.639%) SAN
5 1 (1.639%) DMZ
5 1 (1.639%) Intranet
5 1 (1.639%) Internet
5 1 (1.639%) Extranet
5 1 (1.639%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.639%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.639%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.639%) VPN
5 1 (1.639%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.197%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.918%) MS Access
3 2 (3.279%) MySQL
4 1 (1.639%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.639%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.639%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.918%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.639%) MSI
2 1 (1.639%) Subversion
2 1 (1.639%) Git (software)
General
1 6 (9.836%) Finance
2 3 (4.918%) Marketing
3 2 (3.279%) Publishing
4 1 (1.639%) Banking
4 1 (1.639%) Local Government
4 1 (1.639%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.639%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (32.79%) Analyst
2 8 (13.11%) Support Analyst
3 7 (11.48%) Administrator
4 6 (9.836%) Developer
5 5 (8.197%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (6.557%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (4.918%) Service Analyst
7 3 (4.918%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.918%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (4.918%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (4.918%) .NET Developer
7 3 (4.918%) Project Analyst
7 3 (4.918%) Project Support Analyst
7 3 (4.918%) Desktop Analyst
7 3 (4.918%) Wintel Engineer
8 2 (3.279%) PMO Analyst
8 2 (3.279%) PMO Administrator
8 2 (3.279%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 2 (3.279%) IT Support
8 2 (3.279%) Project Support Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.279%) Blackberry
1 2 (3.279%) PDA
1 2 (3.279%) Graphic Design
1 2 (3.279%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.639%) CMDB
2 1 (1.639%) Market Risk
2 1 (1.639%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (1.639%) Hedge funds
2 1 (1.639%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.639%) Physics
2 1 (1.639%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.639%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.639%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 30 (49.18%) Windows
2 13 (21.31%) Windows XP
3 10 (16.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (16.39%) Windows 7
4 7 (11.48%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (3.279%) Windows Vista
6 1 (1.639%) Solaris
6 1 (1.639%) Linux
6 1 (1.639%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (8.197%) Project Management
2 4 (6.557%) ITIL
3 3 (4.918%) OO
3 3 (4.918%) Data Analysis
3 3 (4.918%) Project Planning
3 3 (4.918%) Incident Management
3 3 (4.918%) MVVM
4 2 (3.279%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (3.279%) Software Engineering
4 2 (3.279%) PRINCE2
4 2 (3.279%) Data Modelling
4 2 (3.279%) MVC
4 2 (3.279%) Business Continuity
4 2 (3.279%) System Testing
4 2 (3.279%) Time Management
4 2 (3.279%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (1.639%) IC Design
5 1 (1.639%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (1.639%) Asset Management
5 1 (1.639%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.48%) C#
1 7 (11.48%) SQL
2 5 (8.197%) C
3 2 (3.279%) C++
3 2 (3.279%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.639%) Lisp
4 1 (1.639%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.639%) Haskell
4 1 (1.639%) Erlang
4 1 (1.639%) F#
4 1 (1.639%) R
4 1 (1.639%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.639%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (16.39%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.197%) Degree
3 4 (6.557%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.639%) MOS
4 1 (1.639%) MCDST
4 1 (1.639%) MCTS
4 1 (1.639%) MCITP
4 1 (1.639%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.639%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.639%) MCP
4 1 (1.639%) MCSE
4 1 (1.639%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.918%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (29.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.557%) XenApp
3 2 (3.279%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (3.279%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.639%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.639%) VMware Server
4 1 (1.639%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.639%) Samba
4 1 (1.639%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.639%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (1.639%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (4.918%) SCCM
2 2 (3.279%) SCOM
2 2 (3.279%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (3.279%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.639%) ARCserve
3 1 (1.639%) AppManager
3 1 (1.639%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 45 (73.77%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.11%) Citrix
3 5 (8.197%) VMware
4 4 (6.557%) Cisco
5 3 (4.918%) HP
6 2 (3.279%) CODA
6 2 (3.279%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.279%) Symantec
7 1 (1.639%) Primavera
7 1 (1.639%) Perforce
7 1 (1.639%) Cadence
7 1 (1.639%) Google
7 1 (1.639%) Twitter
7 1 (1.639%) Dell
7 1 (1.639%) Intel
7 1 (1.639%) CommVault
7 1 (1.639%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.639%) SAP
7 1 (1.639%) Sun
7 1 (1.639%) SunGard
Cambridgeshire
This role will be based at multiple client sites so a full UK driving licence and your own transport are essential as are excellent communication and presentation skills...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £15 - £20 per hour
Posted: 13 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Blackberry and mobile support and performing routine security checks. Responsibilities: - Provide a first class service, showing professional and enthusiastic customer focused support - Rapid real time logging of all...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £70 - £100 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Tracking support calls to ensure that they are resolved within the agreed Service Level Agreement... - Be process driven.- Experience with creating flow charts and writing documentation - Confident and...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £65 - £80 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013