The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 22 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 Derbyshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 11 23 13
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -10
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 9 13 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 6.716% 5.778% 8.392%
As % of the Applications category 64.29% 27.08% 51.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 10
Average daily rate £115 £288 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% -17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £75 £118 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £458 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £300 £310
% change year-on-year
+5.91% -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 2
Average hourly rate £9.60 £32.00 £13.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.00% +129.59%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.83 £10.10 £8.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.92 £36.50 £19.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Derbyshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
14 48 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 10.45% 21.33% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 19 25
Average daily rate £155 £250 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.00% -23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £65 £78 £88
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £456 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 7
Average hourly rate £9.60 £31.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-69.03% +158.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.64 £10.50 £6.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £55.00 £50.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
MS Excel
East Midlands

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Excel within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Derby +12 5 £208 -
Chesterfield -4 3 £65 -13.69%
MS Excel
East Midlands

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) MS Office
3 6 (37.50%) Windows
4 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (18.75%) Windows 7
6 2 (12.50%) Project Management
6 2 (12.50%) MS Project
6 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
6 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
6 2 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 2 (12.50%) Migration
7 1 (6.250%) ICL
7 1 (6.250%) Software Engineering
7 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (6.250%) Scrum
7 1 (6.250%) Information Security
7 1 (6.250%) BC Cleared
7 1 (6.250%) DV Cleared
7 1 (6.250%) MCDST
7 1 (6.250%) Degree
7 1 (6.250%) SCADA
7 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
7 1 (6.250%) IDMS
7 1 (6.250%) VME
7 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
7 1 (6.250%) HTTP
7 1 (6.250%) SLA

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 1 (6.250%) X-Windows
1 1 (6.250%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) MS Office
2 2 (12.50%) MS Project
2 2 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) IDMS
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Administrator
1 3 (18.75%) Coordinator
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support
2 2 (12.50%) Support Technician
2 2 (12.50%) Project Administrator
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
2 2 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Help Desk Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Rollout Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (6.250%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Service Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Help Desk Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Security Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) SCADA
1 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
1 1 (6.250%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows 7
3 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
4 1 (6.250%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Project Management
1 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
1 2 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (6.250%) Software Engineering
2 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (6.250%) Scrum
2 1 (6.250%) Information Security
2 1 (6.250%) PRINCE
2 1 (6.250%) ITIL
2 1 (6.250%) Change Management
2 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) COBOL
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) BC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) MCDST
3 1 (6.250%) Degree
3 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.250%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) ICL
2 1 (6.250%) Remedy