The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Crawley region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 24 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 Crawley 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 8 13 9
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 18 23 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 12.08% 8.303% 14.75%
As % of the Applications category 50.00% 46.94% 62.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 4
Average daily rate £390 £325 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -9.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £200 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £381
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £24.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -1.63%
All Applications
Crawley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
36 49 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 24.16% 17.69% 23.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 5
Average daily rate £375 £350 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £200 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £500 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 5
Average hourly rate £26.00 £18.31 £50.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+41.97% -63.37%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Excel
West Sussex

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Crawley region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Crawley MS Excel Daily Rate Histogram

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 Crawley region.

Crawley MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 13 (40.63%) SQL Server
3 12 (37.50%) MS Office
4 9 (28.13%) MS Visio
5 8 (25.00%) SAP
5 8 (25.00%) SQL
6 6 (18.75%) Business Objects
6 6 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (18.75%) Data Architecture
6 6 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (15.63%) Smart Meter
7 5 (15.63%) MS PowerPoint
7 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
7 5 (15.63%) .NET
7 5 (15.63%) MS Project
8 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
8 4 (12.50%) PRINCE2
8 4 (12.50%) Windows
8 4 (12.50%) SOA
8 4 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (12.50%) Finance
9 3 (9.375%) Validation
9 3 (9.375%) VMware
9 3 (9.375%) VMware ESX
9 3 (9.375%) Project Management
9 3 (9.375%) Data Analysis
9 3 (9.375%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (9.375%) ETL
9 3 (9.375%) LAN

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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 5 (15.63%) .NET
2 2 (6.250%) Web Services
2 2 (6.250%) XML
2 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.125%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.375%) MS Exchange
2 3 (9.375%) Apache
3 2 (6.250%) Zimbra
3 2 (6.250%) IIS
3 2 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (3.125%) Umbraco
4 1 (3.125%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (37.50%) MS Office
2 9 (28.13%) MS Visio
3 5 (15.63%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (15.63%) MS Project
4 1 (3.125%) Pro/ENGINEER
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.375%) LAN
1 3 (9.375%) WAN
2 2 (6.250%) SSL
2 2 (6.250%) DHCP
2 2 (6.250%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.250%) VPN
2 2 (6.250%) DNS
2 2 (6.250%) ADSL
2 2 (6.250%) Broadband
2 2 (6.250%) SAN
2 2 (6.250%) IP Telephony
2 2 (6.250%) Firewall
3 1 (3.125%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (40.63%) SQL Server
2 6 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (6.250%) MySQL
4 2 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (6.250%) SAP BI
4 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (3.125%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (3.125%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 4 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (3.125%) Banking
2 1 (3.125%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Architect
1 6 (18.75%) Analyst
2 4 (12.50%) Systems Architect
2 4 (12.50%) Developer
3 3 (9.375%) Support Engineer
3 3 (9.375%) Data Analyst
3 3 (9.375%) Project Manager
3 3 (9.375%) IT Support
4 2 (6.250%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (6.250%) .NET Technical Architect
4 2 (6.250%) .NET Architect
4 2 (6.250%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (6.250%) Technical Architect
5 1 (3.125%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (3.125%) Administrator
5 1 (3.125%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (3.125%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Smart Meter
2 2 (6.250%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
2 3 (9.375%) Linux
2 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.125%) Windows Vista
3 1 (3.125%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.125%) Solaris
3 1 (3.125%) Windows XP
3 1 (3.125%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.125%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) Data Architecture
2 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
3 4 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 4 (12.50%) SOA
4 3 (9.375%) Validation
4 3 (9.375%) Project Management
4 3 (9.375%) Data Analysis
4 3 (9.375%) ETL
5 2 (6.250%) Risk Management
5 2 (6.250%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (6.250%) Logistics
5 2 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.125%) Data Security
6 1 (3.125%) Migration
6 1 (3.125%) Change Management
6 1 (3.125%) Scrum
6 1 (3.125%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.125%) Web Testing
6 1 (3.125%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (9.375%) C
2 3 (9.375%) VBA
3 2 (6.250%) C#
4 1 (3.125%) Java
4 1 (3.125%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (9.375%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (9.375%) MCP
2 2 (6.250%) MCSD
3 1 (3.125%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.125%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.125%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.375%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.125%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (9.375%) VMware ESX
1 3 (9.375%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.250%) Postfix
2 2 (6.250%) XenApp
2 2 (6.250%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.250%) FortiGate
1 2 (6.250%) ZENworks
2 1 (3.125%) Backup Exec
2 1 (3.125%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (3.125%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.00%) SAP
3 6 (18.75%) Business Objects
4 3 (9.375%) VMware
4 3 (9.375%) HP
5 2 (6.250%) Cisco
5 2 (6.250%) Avaya
5 2 (6.250%) Juniper
5 2 (6.250%) CommVault
5 2 (6.250%) Novell
5 2 (6.250%) Citrix
5 2 (6.250%) Sophos
6 1 (3.125%) McAfee
6 1 (3.125%) Symantec
6 1 (3.125%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.125%) NetApp
6 1 (3.125%) EMC
6 1 (3.125%) Cognos
6 1 (3.125%) Oracle
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