The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel 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 of the Applications category for the Docklands, 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
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 16 16 29
Rank change year-on-year
0 +13
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 13 17 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 7.784% 7.692% 6.187%
As % of the Applications category 41.94% 44.74% 63.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 19
Average daily rate £400 £400 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £136 £350 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £480 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
31 38 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 18.56% 17.19% 9.699%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 27 23
Average daily rate £400 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £219 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £625 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £27.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +83.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
London

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 13 (56.52%) MS Office
1 13 (56.52%) Finance
2 12 (52.17%) PRINCE2
2 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
3 10 (43.48%) MS Access
4 9 (39.13%) MS Visio
4 9 (39.13%) Project Management
4 9 (39.13%) MS PowerPoint
5 8 (34.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 8 (34.78%) MS Project
5 8 (34.78%) ITIL
5 8 (34.78%) SQL
6 5 (21.74%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (21.74%) Management Information System
6 5 (21.74%) Release Management
7 4 (17.39%) VBA
8 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
8 3 (13.04%) Sybase
8 3 (13.04%) UNIX
8 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
8 3 (13.04%) Citrix
8 3 (13.04%) Blackberry
8 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
8 3 (13.04%) ITIL V3
9 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (8.696%) New Media
9 2 (8.696%) QA
9 2 (8.696%) QlikView
9 2 (8.696%) Credit Risk
9 2 (8.696%) Derivative

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 (4.348%) .NET
1 1 (4.348%) SOAP
1 1 (4.348%) Web Services
1 1 (4.348%) XML
1 1 (4.348%) XML Messaging
1 1 (4.348%) JSON
1 1 (4.348%) REST
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
1 2 (8.696%) Documentum
1 2 (8.696%) CMS
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (4.348%) GemFire
Applications
1 13 (56.52%) MS Office
2 9 (39.13%) MS Visio
2 9 (39.13%) MS PowerPoint
3 8 (34.78%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) Intranet
2 1 (4.348%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (43.48%) MS Access
2 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
3 2 (8.696%) QlikView
3 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) ClearQuest
General
1 13 (56.52%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Banking
2 2 (8.696%) Investment Banking
2 2 (8.696%) Front Office
3 1 (4.348%) Back Office
3 1 (4.348%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Project Manager
2 6 (26.09%) Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (13.04%) VBA Developer
5 2 (8.696%) Access Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Junior
6 1 (4.348%) QA Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Excel Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Excel VBA Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Junior Project Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Project Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Front Office Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.04%) Blackberry
3 2 (8.696%) Derivative
3 2 (8.696%) Credit Risk
3 2 (8.696%) New Media
4 1 (4.348%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) UNIX
2 1 (4.348%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) PRINCE2
2 9 (39.13%) Project Management
3 8 (34.78%) ITIL
4 5 (21.74%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (21.74%) Release Management
5 3 (13.04%) ITIL V3
5 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.696%) OO
6 2 (8.696%) RUP
6 2 (8.696%) Risk Management
6 2 (8.696%) Workflow
6 2 (8.696%) Web Design
7 1 (4.348%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (4.348%) Programme Management
7 1 (4.348%) Service Management
7 1 (4.348%) Supplier Management
7 1 (4.348%) Project Planning
7 1 (4.348%) Data Analysis
7 1 (4.348%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) VBA
3 1 (4.348%) C#
3 1 (4.348%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Citrix
2 3 (13.04%) Sybase
3 2 (8.696%) EMC
4 1 (4.348%) DataSynapse
4 1 (4.348%) Planview