The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 Cardiff 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 15 23 21
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -2
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 14 10 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 7.527% 4.405% 6.276%
As % of the Applications category 35.00% 34.48% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 11
Average daily rate £305 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.17% -3.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £300 £310
% change year-on-year
+5.91% -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £12.50 - £12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
40 29 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 21.51% 12.78% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 26
Average daily rate £350 £325 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +36.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £103
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £12.50 - £12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
MS Excel
South Wales

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (50.00%) Windows
3 8 (40.00%) MS Office
4 6 (30.00%) Finance
4 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (30.00%) MS Project
4 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
5 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
6 3 (15.00%) Migration
6 3 (15.00%) Project Management
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.00%) Programme Management
7 2 (10.00%) Supplier Management
7 2 (10.00%) Citrix
7 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
7 2 (10.00%) SQL
7 2 (10.00%) SAP
7 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
7 2 (10.00%) Degree
7 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (5.000%) HP SIM
8 1 (5.000%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (5.000%) Change Control
8 1 (5.000%) Test Strategy
8 1 (5.000%) Analytics

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 1 (5.000%) DWR
Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
1 5 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.000%) GroupWise
2 1 (5.000%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (40.00%) MS Office
2 6 (30.00%) MS Project
3 1 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) SAP ERP
1 1 (5.000%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) Internet
1 1 (5.000%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.000%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.000%) MS Access
2 1 (5.000%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (5.000%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (5.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (30.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Welsh Language
2 1 (5.000%) Banking
2 1 (5.000%) Retail
2 1 (5.000%) Billing
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) IT Assistant
4 1 (5.000%) Salesforce.com Developer
4 1 (5.000%) SharePoint Architect
4 1 (5.000%) ETL Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.000%) Architect
4 1 (5.000%) Integration Architect
4 1 (5.000%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Data Extraction
1 1 (5.000%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.000%) UNIX
4 1 (5.000%) Linux
4 1 (5.000%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.00%) Migration
1 3 (15.00%) Project Management
2 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (10.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (10.00%) Supplier Management
2 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (5.000%) Change Control
3 1 (5.000%) Test Strategy
3 1 (5.000%) Analytics
3 1 (5.000%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (5.000%) Data Mapping
3 1 (5.000%) ITIL
3 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.000%) RUP
3 1 (5.000%) CRM
3 1 (5.000%) ERP
3 1 (5.000%) ETL
3 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.000%) LINC
2 1 (5.000%) VB
2 1 (5.000%) C
2 1 (5.000%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.000%) ISEB
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.000%) XenApp
2 1 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Citrix
2 2 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.000%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.000%) Business Objects
3 1 (5.000%) Novell
3 1 (5.000%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (5.000%) Sophos
3 1 (5.000%) HP
3 1 (5.000%) Dell
3 1 (5.000%) VMware
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