The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 June 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 Chester 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 23 11 9
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -2
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 2 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 1.527% 9.821% 7.087%
As % of the Applications category 25.00% 64.71% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 7
Average daily rate £123 £475 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-74.21% +58.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £300 £301
% change year-on-year
+6.33% -0.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% -3.12%
All Applications
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
8 17 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 6.107% 15.18% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 10
Average daily rate £123 £425 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-71.17% +28.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £301 £315
% change year-on-year
+3.16% -4.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Excel
Cheshire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 6 (85.71%) MS Office
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) CSS
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (42.86%) CMS
3 3 (42.86%) Intranet
3 3 (42.86%) Digital Media
4 2 (28.57%) XenApp
4 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Citrix
4 2 (28.57%) MS Project
5 1 (14.29%) COM
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 1 (14.29%) CRM
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
5 1 (14.29%) CCNA
5 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
5 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco
5 1 (14.29%) Law
5 1 (14.29%) Legal
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 3 (42.86%) CSS
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
1 3 (42.86%) CMS
2 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) MS Office
2 2 (28.57%) MS Project
3 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Intranet
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Web Content Editor
1 3 (42.86%) Content Editor
1 3 (42.86%) Web Editor
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Services Delivery Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
1 1 (14.29%) CRM
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
1 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
1 1 (14.29%) Migration
1 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
1 1 (14.29%) Critical Path Analysis
1 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
1 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) CCNA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) XenApp
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) AppDNA
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Remedy
3 1 (14.29%) VMware