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The table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheets skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Spreadsheets
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank2843
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.009 %
As % of the category below6.667 %16.67 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£412
Average daily rate-£445
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£478
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£272
% change on same period last year+16.78 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.41£16.31
% change on same period last year-11.61 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads1542
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.052 %
Daily rates quoted222
Average minimum daily rate£375£330
Average daily rate£400£351
% change on same period last year+13.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£285
% change on same period last year+10.27 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£15.25
Average hourly rate£24.00£15.88
% change on same period last year+51.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00£16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.64£18.42
% change on same period last year+6.63 %
Spreadsheet LondonSpreadsheet
London

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.

Spreadsheet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Canary Wharf Spreadsheet Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Spreadsheet Daily Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet.

14 (100.00 %)Finance
22 (50.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)Front Office
31 (25.00 %)C#
31 (25.00 %)VBA
31 (25.00 %).NET
31 (25.00 %)MS Office
31 (25.00 %)ODBC
31 (25.00 %)ITIL
31 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
31 (25.00 %)UNIX
31 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)MS Excel
31 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (25.00 %)RDBMS
31 (25.00 %)SunGard
31 (25.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (25.00 %)WinRunner
31 (25.00 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (25.00 %)Reuters
31 (25.00 %)Bloomberg
31 (25.00 %)Project Management
31 (25.00 %)CQG
31 (25.00 %)Banking
31 (25.00 %)Adaptiv
31 (25.00 %)SunGard Panorama
31 (25.00 %)RMDS
31 (25.00 %)GL TRADE
31 (25.00 %)Derivative
31 (25.00 %)Equity Derivative

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %).NET
11 (25.00 %)ODBC
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (25.00 %)Adaptiv
11 (25.00 %)SunGard Panorama
11 (25.00 %)RMDS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)RDBMS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)WinRunner
11 (25.00 %)QuickTest Pro
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (100.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)Banking
21 (25.00 %)Front Office
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Developer
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Test Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Support Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Data Analyst
21 (25.00 %)C# Developer
21 (25.00 %)Project Coordinator
21 (25.00 %)VBA Developer
21 (25.00 %)Developer Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Excel Developer
21 (25.00 %)Excel VBA Developer
21 (25.00 %)Market Data Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Market Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Coordinator
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Derivative
11 (25.00 %)Equity Derivative
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)UNIX
11 (25.00 %)Windows
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)ITIL
11 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (25.00 %)Project Management
11 (25.00 %)Release Management
11 (25.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
11 (25.00 %)Financial Modelling
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)VBA
21 (25.00 %)C#
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (25.00 %)Degree
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)SunGard
11 (25.00 %)Reuters
11 (25.00 %)Bloomberg
11 (25.00 %)CQG
11 (25.00 %)GL TRADE
11 (25.00 %)Wall Street Systems