The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf 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 25 15 27
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +12
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 30 43 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 7.792% 11.62% 6.200%
As % of the Applications category 61.22% 64.18% 64.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 22
Average daily rate £365 £550 £520
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.63% +5.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £403 £386
10% offered a daily rate of more than £597 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +133.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
49 67 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 12.73% 18.11% 9.600%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 41 36
Average daily rate £364 £550 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.86% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £400 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £573 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +133.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
London

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 40 (68.97%) Finance
2 15 (25.86%) SharePoint
2 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
3 14 (24.14%) SQL
3 14 (24.14%) MS Office
3 14 (24.14%) Degree
4 13 (22.41%) Banking
5 12 (20.69%) C#
6 11 (18.97%) VBA
7 10 (17.24%) MS Project
7 10 (17.24%) Market Risk
8 9 (15.52%) MS PowerPoint
8 9 (15.52%) Project Management
8 9 (15.52%) MS Access
9 8 (13.79%) Risk Management
10 7 (12.07%) Business Analysis
10 7 (12.07%) Retail
10 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (12.07%) HTML
11 6 (10.34%) VBScript
11 6 (10.34%) VB
11 6 (10.34%) UML
11 6 (10.34%) Legal
11 6 (10.34%) VB6
11 6 (10.34%) Agile Software Development
11 6 (10.34%) SharePoint 2010
12 5 (8.621%) Management Information System
12 5 (8.621%) Change Management
12 5 (8.621%) Reuters
12 5 (8.621%) Bloomberg

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 (12.07%) HTML
2 5 (8.621%) Web Services
3 4 (6.897%) .NET
4 3 (5.172%) WebSphere
4 3 (5.172%) Java SE
5 2 (3.448%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.724%) JSP
6 1 (1.724%) SOAP
6 1 (1.724%) Struts
6 1 (1.724%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.724%) XML
6 1 (1.724%) JSON
6 1 (1.724%) MDX
6 1 (1.724%) WCF
6 1 (1.724%) WPF
6 1 (1.724%) Silverlight
6 1 (1.724%) REST
Application Platforms
1 15 (25.86%) SharePoint
2 6 (10.34%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (6.897%) MS Exchange
4 3 (5.172%) ColdFusion
4 3 (5.172%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.724%) GemFire
5 1 (1.724%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (1.724%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (1.724%) SAS
5 1 (1.724%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (24.14%) MS Office
2 10 (17.24%) MS Project
3 9 (15.52%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (6.897%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (6.897%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (5.172%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.172%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.172%) Intranet
1 3 (5.172%) Internet
1 3 (5.172%) Firewall
2 1 (1.724%) HTTP
2 1 (1.724%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.52%) MS Access
2 5 (8.621%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.724%) OLAP
3 1 (1.724%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.724%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.724%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.724%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.724%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.724%) QlikView
3 1 (1.724%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.724%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.724%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 3 (5.172%) Rational Rose
1 3 (5.172%) ClearQuest
2 1 (1.724%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.724%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
2 1 (1.724%) Hudson
2 1 (1.724%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.724%) Ant
2 1 (1.724%) JUnit
General
1 40 (68.97%) Finance
2 13 (22.41%) Banking
3 7 (12.07%) Retail
4 6 (10.34%) Legal
5 4 (6.897%) Front Office
6 3 (5.172%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.724%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (53.45%) Analyst
2 14 (24.14%) Project Manager
3 11 (18.97%) Business Analyst
3 11 (18.97%) Developer
4 8 (13.79%) Technical Analyst
4 8 (13.79%) Excel Developer
5 6 (10.34%) Junior Project Manager
5 6 (10.34%) Junior
6 5 (8.621%) C# Developer
6 5 (8.621%) VBA Developer
6 5 (8.621%) Excel VBA Developer
7 4 (6.897%) Junior Analyst
7 4 (6.897%) Technical Business Analyst
7 4 (6.897%) PMO Analyst
8 3 (5.172%) Market Risk Business Analyst
8 3 (5.172%) Applications Support Analyst
8 3 (5.172%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.172%) Applications Support
8 3 (5.172%) Market Risk Analyst
9 2 (3.448%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) Market Risk
2 5 (8.621%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.172%) Telematics
3 3 (5.172%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.448%) Derivative
5 1 (1.724%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.724%) Grid Computing
5 1 (1.724%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.621%) Windows
2 3 (5.172%) Linux
2 3 (5.172%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (15.52%) Project Management
2 8 (13.79%) Risk Management
3 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (12.07%) Business Analysis
4 6 (10.34%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (10.34%) UML
5 5 (8.621%) RAD
5 5 (8.621%) Change Management
6 4 (6.897%) Workflow
6 4 (6.897%) Data Modelling
6 4 (6.897%) Document Management
6 4 (6.897%) Stress Testing
6 4 (6.897%) Data Architecture
6 4 (6.897%) Change Control
7 3 (5.172%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (5.172%) OO
7 3 (5.172%) Project Governance
7 3 (5.172%) Problem Management
7 3 (5.172%) Use Case
7 3 (5.172%) MODAF
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.14%) SQL
2 12 (20.69%) C#
3 11 (18.97%) VBA
4 6 (10.34%) VBScript
4 6 (10.34%) VB
4 6 (10.34%) VB6
5 3 (5.172%) Shell Script
6 2 (3.448%) C++
6 2 (3.448%) Java
7 1 (1.724%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (24.14%) Degree
2 3 (5.172%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.448%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.724%) ISEB
4 1 (1.724%) MCTS
4 1 (1.724%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.897%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (5.172%) SLA
2 3 (5.172%) FATCA
3 2 (3.448%) COBIT
4 1 (1.724%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.724%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.172%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.621%) Reuters
2 5 (8.621%) Bloomberg
3 4 (6.897%) SAP
3 4 (6.897%) IBM
4 3 (5.172%) Kalahari
4 3 (5.172%) Oracle
4 3 (5.172%) Caplin
5 1 (1.724%) DataSynapse
5 1 (1.724%) Sybase
5 1 (1.724%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.724%) JBoss
5 1 (1.724%) Cognos
5 1 (1.724%) Trayport