The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 21 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 Coventry 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 13 16 10
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -6
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 15 12 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 7.075% 4.669% 8.152%
As % of the Applications category 34.88% 40.00% 44.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 8
Average daily rate £100 £250 £168
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% +49.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £94 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £325 £417
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £15.50 £12.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -56.89%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
43 30 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 20.28% 11.67% 18.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 15
Average daily rate £150 £250 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -14.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £99 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £323 £469
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 2
Average hourly rate £37.80 £12.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+215.00% -38.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Excel
West Midlands

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 18 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 11 (34.38%) Windows
3 10 (31.25%) MS Access
3 10 (31.25%) Telecoms
4 9 (28.13%) MS Office
4 9 (28.13%) SQL
5 7 (21.88%) VB
5 7 (21.88%) Windows 7
6 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
6 6 (18.75%) Windows XP
6 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
6 6 (18.75%) SLA
7 5 (15.63%) VBA
7 5 (15.63%) Business Analysis
8 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
8 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (9.375%) Project Management
9 3 (9.375%) .NET
9 3 (9.375%) T-SQL
9 3 (9.375%) MS Project
9 3 (9.375%) SAP
9 3 (9.375%) ITIL
9 3 (9.375%) PRINCE2
9 3 (9.375%) Citrix
9 3 (9.375%) SharePoint
9 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (9.375%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (9.375%) Data Management
10 2 (6.250%) Document Management

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 (9.375%) .NET
2 2 (6.250%) CSS
2 2 (6.250%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.125%) Site Server
Applications
1 9 (28.13%) MS Office
2 3 (9.375%) MS Project
3 2 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (3.125%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.250%) CA Clarity
2 1 (3.125%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.250%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (6.250%) TCP/IP
1 2 (6.250%) DNS
2 1 (3.125%) SMTP
2 1 (3.125%) DHCP
2 1 (3.125%) FTP
2 1 (3.125%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (31.25%) MS Access
2 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
3 3 (9.375%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (6.250%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.125%) MSI
General
1 10 (31.25%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.125%) Electronics
2 1 (3.125%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Developer
2 5 (15.63%) Analyst
2 5 (15.63%) SQL Developer
3 4 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Technical Support
4 3 (9.375%) Business Developer
4 3 (9.375%) Junior
4 3 (9.375%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (9.375%) Junior Developer
4 3 (9.375%) MI Developer
4 3 (9.375%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (6.250%) VBA Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Access Developer
5 2 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (3.125%) Coordinator
6 1 (3.125%) Architect
6 1 (3.125%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Trainer
6 1 (3.125%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.250%) PMI
2 1 (3.125%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.125%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 11 (34.38%) Windows
2 7 (21.88%) Windows 7
3 6 (18.75%) Windows XP
4 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.125%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.63%) Business Analysis
2 3 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (9.375%) Project Management
2 3 (9.375%) ITIL
2 3 (9.375%) PRINCE2
2 3 (9.375%) Data Management
3 2 (6.250%) Document Management
3 2 (6.250%) Programme Management
3 2 (6.250%) Time Management
3 2 (6.250%) Incident Management
3 2 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (6.250%) Change Control
3 2 (6.250%) Service Management
3 2 (6.250%) Change Management
3 2 (6.250%) Risk Management
4 1 (3.125%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.125%) ERP
4 1 (3.125%) TOGAF
4 1 (3.125%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 9 (28.13%) SQL
2 7 (21.88%) VB
3 5 (15.63%) VBA
4 3 (9.375%) T-SQL
5 2 (6.250%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.250%) APMP
2 2 (6.250%) PgMP
2 2 (6.250%) PMP
2 2 (6.250%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.125%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.250%) SCCM
2 1 (3.125%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (3.125%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 18 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.375%) SAP
2 3 (9.375%) Citrix
3 2 (6.250%) CA
3 2 (6.250%) Oracle
3 2 (6.250%) Primavera
4 1 (3.125%) Symantec
4 1 (3.125%) VMware
4 1 (3.125%) Twitter