The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheltenham 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 14 37 9
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -28
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 3 12 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 4.110% 4.563% 14.14%
As % of the Applications category 60.00% 63.16% 48.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 5
Average daily rate £250 £270 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% -12.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
5 19 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 6.849% 7.224% 29.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 10
Average daily rate £250 £300 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -10.44%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 7
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +44.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
Gloucestershire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 3 (60.00%) MS Project
2 2 (40.00%) MS Office
2 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Dreamweaver
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) MVC
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (40.00%) MS Project Server
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (40.00%) jQuery
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
1 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (40.00%) MS Project Server
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Project
2 2 (40.00%) MS Office
3 1 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (40.00%) Dreamweaver
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Web Developer
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (20.00%) PC Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Mac Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) PC Support
2 1 (20.00%) PC Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (40.00%) MVC
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle