The first table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spreadsheets
Rank 49 49 55
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 2 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 0.518% 0.265% 1.165%
As % of the Applications category 3.922% 1.429% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
Average daily rate £250 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.18% -7.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £220 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
-26.66% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £13.00 £13.64
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -4.69%
All Applications
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
51 70 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 13.21% 18.52% 9.320%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 42 36
Average daily rate £330 £550 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £400 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
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 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
Spreadsheet
London

Spreadsheet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (66.67%) WPF
2 2 (66.67%) OpenGL
2 2 (66.67%) DirectX
2 2 (66.67%) TIBCO
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) WebGL
3 1 (33.33%) GPGPU
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) HTTP
3 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (33.33%) SAP BW
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience Design
3 1 (33.33%) RESTful

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) WPF
1 2 (66.67%) OpenGL
1 2 (66.67%) DirectX
1 2 (66.67%) WebGL
2 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BW
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Market Data Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) GPGPU
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ETL
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) TIBCO
2 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) SAP