The first table below looks at the demand for the Excel Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Excel Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the City of London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Excel Developer
Rank 174 193 177
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -16
Contract jobs requiring an Excel Developer 27 20 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.429% 0.257% 0.701%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.463% 0.281% 0.763%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 55
Average daily rate £475 £450 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% -21.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £395 £443
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £605 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £300 £250
% change year-on-year
+9.16% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £27.63 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-36.66% -14.98%
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5827 7127 9041
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.57% 91.61% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4285 5101 6595
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 180 188
Average hourly rate £19.44 £19.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.31% -2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £41.50 £40.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Excel Developer
London

Excel Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Excel Developer across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Excel Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Excel Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Excel Developer across the City of London region.

City of London Excel Developer Daily Rate Trend

Excel Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Excel Developer across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Excel Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Excel Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Excel Developer across the City of London region.

City of London Excel Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Excel Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Excel Developer in their job title 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 with Excel Developer in their job title.

1 71 (91.03%) VBA
2 32 (41.03%) C#
2 32 (41.03%) SQL
3 27 (34.62%) SQL Server
4 26 (33.33%) Banking
5 24 (30.77%) RAD
5 24 (30.77%) Front Office
6 19 (24.36%) MS Excel
7 17 (21.79%) Investment Banking
8 15 (19.23%) .NET
8 15 (19.23%) Finance
9 13 (16.67%) C++
9 13 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
10 11 (14.10%) MS Access
10 11 (14.10%) OO
11 9 (11.54%) Microsoft
11 9 (11.54%) VB
11 9 (11.54%) Derivative
12 8 (10.26%) Market Risk
12 8 (10.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (8.974%) Java
13 7 (8.974%) SQL Server 2005
13 7 (8.974%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (7.692%) Retail
14 6 (7.692%) Asset Management
14 6 (7.692%) Data Analysis
14 6 (7.692%) Rapid Prototyping
14 6 (7.692%) T-SQL
14 6 (7.692%) ASP.NET
15 5 (6.410%) Business Objects

Excel Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Excel Developer in their job title 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 with Excel Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (19.23%) .NET
2 6 (7.692%) ASP.NET
3 5 (6.410%) XML
4 3 (3.846%) WCF
5 1 (1.282%) COM
5 1 (1.282%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.282%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (24.36%) MS Excel
2 13 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.564%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.564%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.846%) HTTP
2 2 (2.564%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (34.62%) SQL Server
2 11 (14.10%) MS Access
3 7 (8.974%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (8.974%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (6.410%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (5.128%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.282%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (1.282%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (1.282%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.282%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.282%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (5.128%) JIRA
1 4 (5.128%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.282%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
2 1 (1.282%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (33.33%) Banking
2 24 (30.77%) Front Office
3 17 (21.79%) Investment Banking
4 15 (19.23%) Finance
5 6 (7.692%) Retail
6 1 (1.282%) Back Office
6 1 (1.282%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Derivative
2 8 (10.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (10.26%) Market Risk
3 5 (6.410%) Fixed Income
4 3 (3.846%) Credit Derivative
5 2 (2.564%) Grid Computing
5 2 (2.564%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.282%) Equities
6 1 (1.282%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (1.282%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.282%) Physics
6 1 (1.282%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.282%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.77%) RAD
2 11 (14.10%) OO
3 6 (7.692%) Asset Management
3 6 (7.692%) Data Analysis
3 6 (7.692%) Rapid Prototyping
4 5 (6.410%) Business Analysis
4 5 (6.410%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (6.410%) Investment Management
4 5 (6.410%) TDD
5 4 (5.128%) ETL
5 4 (5.128%) Risk Management
5 4 (5.128%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (5.128%) Build Automation
6 3 (3.846%) Analytics
7 2 (2.564%) Data Validation
7 2 (2.564%) Fund Management
7 2 (2.564%) Problem Management
7 2 (2.564%) Project Management
7 2 (2.564%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (2.564%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 71 (91.03%) VBA
2 32 (41.03%) C#
2 32 (41.03%) SQL
3 13 (16.67%) C++
4 9 (11.54%) VB
5 7 (8.974%) Java
6 6 (7.692%) T-SQL
7 4 (5.128%) PHP
8 2 (2.564%) VB.NET
9 1 (1.282%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (2.564%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.410%) Business Objects
3 4 (5.128%) Oracle
4 3 (3.846%) Bloomberg
5 2 (2.564%) Reuters
6 1 (1.282%) Sybase
City, London
A leading investment bank requires a RAD Access VBA/ Excel VBA developer to work in the front office risk area. The successful candidate will be required to; 1]...
iKas International
Rate: £450 - £530 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013