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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Chelmsford region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank98
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.010 %
As % of the category below50.00 %45.45 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£300£228
Average daily rate£350£228
% change on same period last year+53.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£228
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£271
% change on same period last year+5.91 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£13.00£12.50
Average hourly rate£18.00£13.00
% change on same period last year+38.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.00£13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.86£19.46
% change on same period last year-13.38 %
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Chelmsford
Matching contract IT job ads622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.022 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£232£253
Average daily rate£269£258
% change on same period last year+4.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£307£263
UK excluding London average daily rate£292£280
% change on same period last year+4.17 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£12.40£12.00
Average hourly rate£14.90£12.90
% change on same period last year+15.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.40£13.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.55£19.44
% change on same period last year-4.57 %
MS Excel EssexMS Excel
Essex

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.

MS Excel
Demand Trend

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

Chelmsford MS Excel Demand Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Excel across the Chelmsford region.

Chelmsford MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Excel across the Chelmsford region.

Chelmsford MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chelmsford 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.

13 (42.86 %)Cisco
13 (42.86 %)Microsoft
22 (28.57 %)Windows
22 (28.57 %)MS Access
22 (28.57 %)ISDN
22 (28.57 %)Project Management
22 (28.57 %)Tandberg
22 (28.57 %)Video Conferencing
31 (14.29 %)Government
31 (14.29 %)Health
31 (14.29 %)Local Government
31 (14.29 %)ISEB
31 (14.29 %)Novell
31 (14.29 %)VERITAS
31 (14.29 %)NHS
31 (14.29 %)Remedy
31 (14.29 %)SQL
31 (14.29 %)VB
31 (14.29 %)MS Project
31 (14.29 %)MS Office
31 (14.29 %)PRINCE2

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chelmsford 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.

Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)MS Project
11 (14.29 %)MS Office
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)ISDN
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)MS Access
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Government
11 (14.29 %)Health
11 (14.29 %)Local Government
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Analyst
22 (28.57 %)2nd Line Support
31 (14.29 %)Administrator
31 (14.29 %)Information Analyst
31 (14.29 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
31 (14.29 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
31 (14.29 %)DBA
31 (14.29 %)Database Specialist
31 (14.29 %)Support Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Project Manager
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (28.57 %)Video Conferencing
21 (14.29 %)NHS
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (28.57 %)Windows
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)Project Management
21 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)SQL
11 (14.29 %)VB
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)ISEB
Chelmsford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (42.86 %)Cisco
13 (42.86 %)Microsoft
22 (28.57 %)Tandberg
31 (14.29 %)Novell
31 (14.29 %)VERITAS
31 (14.29 %)Remedy