The first table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spreadsheets
Rank 29 - 20
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 1 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 0.500% - 3.846%
As % of the Applications category 2.564% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
Average daily rate - - £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £215 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
-28.33% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £13.00 £13.64
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -4.69%
All Applications
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
39 27 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 19.50% 10.51% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 14
Average daily rate £150 £263 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £93 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £325 £464
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 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%
Spreadsheet
West Midlands

Spreadsheet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry Spreadsheet Jobs Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Coventry region.

Coventry Spreadsheet Daily Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Coventry region.

Coventry Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet.

1 2 (100.00%) SAS
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VBA
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Degree

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SAS Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Development Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA