The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 20 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 East Midlands 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 15 31 27
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -4
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 98 58 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 7.790% 4.249% 4.818%
As % of the Applications category 52.41% 31.02% 39.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 22
Average daily rate £330 £238 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.94% -25.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £102 £161
10% offered a daily rate of more than £469 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 12
Average hourly rate £11.50 £24.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.08% +41.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.54 £10.15 £9.03
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.60 £39.50 £20.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
187 187 163
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 14.86% 13.70% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 81 73
Average daily rate £310 £250 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £110 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 36 28
Average hourly rate £12.00 £17.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.42% +9.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £9.50 £9.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £190.00 £20.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
England

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Nottinghamshire +7 21 £300 +9.09%
Northamptonshire +20 18 £425 +70.34%
Leicestershire -1 18 £463 -2.63%
Derbyshire +9 9 £115 -60.00%
Lincolnshire -1 4 £363 +229.54%
MS Excel
England

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 141 (72.68%) Microsoft
2 85 (43.81%) MS Office
3 66 (34.02%) Windows
4 61 (31.44%) Active Directory
5 53 (27.32%) MS PowerPoint
6 48 (24.74%) SQL
7 30 (15.46%) C#
7 30 (15.46%) Migration
8 29 (14.95%) .NET
8 29 (14.95%) SQL Server
8 29 (14.95%) Windows 7
9 26 (13.40%) Finance
10 24 (12.37%) MS Exchange
10 24 (12.37%) Windows Server 2008
11 20 (10.31%) TickIT
11 20 (10.31%) ISO 9001
12 19 (9.794%) Project Management
13 18 (9.278%) Visual Studio
13 18 (9.278%) ASP.NET
14 16 (8.247%) Web Services
14 16 (8.247%) Exchange Server 2010
15 15 (7.732%) UML
16 14 (7.216%) TCP/IP
16 14 (7.216%) MS Visio
16 14 (7.216%) MS Project
17 13 (6.701%) VMware
17 13 (6.701%) Citrix
18 12 (6.186%) IIS
18 12 (6.186%) PRINCE2
18 12 (6.186%) Oracle

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 29 (14.95%) .NET
2 18 (9.278%) ASP.NET
3 16 (8.247%) Web Services
4 11 (5.670%) .NET Framework
5 7 (3.608%) HTML
5 7 (3.608%) WPF
6 6 (3.093%) XML
7 5 (2.577%) Ajax
7 5 (2.577%) .NET Remoting
7 5 (2.577%) LINQ
7 5 (2.577%) jQuery
7 5 (2.577%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 5 (2.577%) Reactive Extensions
7 5 (2.577%) Managed Extensibility Framework
7 5 (2.577%) WCF
8 4 (2.062%) COM
9 2 (1.031%) Silverlight
10 1 (0.515%) Struts
10 1 (0.515%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.515%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 24 (12.37%) MS Exchange
2 16 (8.247%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (6.186%) IIS
4 9 (4.639%) SharePoint
5 4 (2.062%) Lync
6 3 (1.546%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (1.546%) ESB
6 3 (1.546%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (1.031%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (1.031%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (1.031%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (1.031%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.515%) WebSphere MQ
8 1 (0.515%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.515%) Papyrus
8 1 (0.515%) Tomcat
Applications
1 85 (43.81%) MS Office
2 53 (27.32%) MS PowerPoint
3 14 (7.216%) MS Visio
3 14 (7.216%) MS Project
4 4 (2.062%) Google Apps
5 3 (1.546%) SPSS
6 2 (1.031%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.515%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.515%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.031%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.515%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (0.515%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.515%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.216%) TCP/IP
2 7 (3.608%) Internet
3 6 (3.093%) NetScaler
4 5 (2.577%) SNMP
5 4 (2.062%) HTTP
6 3 (1.546%) LAN
6 3 (1.546%) WAN
6 3 (1.546%) DNS
6 3 (1.546%) Firewall
7 2 (1.031%) Wireless
7 2 (1.031%) HTTPS
7 2 (1.031%) VPN
7 2 (1.031%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.515%) DHCP
8 1 (0.515%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.515%) PBX
8 1 (0.515%) VoIP
8 1 (0.515%) CTI
8 1 (0.515%) 3G
8 1 (0.515%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (14.95%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.186%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (5.155%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (4.639%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.639%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (3.093%) OLAP
5 6 (3.093%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (2.577%) Star Schema
6 5 (2.577%) Oracle OLAP
6 5 (2.577%) SQL Server 2012
6 5 (2.577%) MS Access
6 5 (2.577%) Oracle BI EE
7 4 (2.062%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.031%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (1.031%) QlikView
8 2 (1.031%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.515%) IDMS
9 1 (0.515%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.515%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 18 (9.278%) Visual Studio
2 9 (4.639%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 7 (3.608%) Expression Blend
General
1 26 (13.40%) Finance
2 7 (3.608%) Retail
3 5 (2.577%) Banking
4 4 (2.062%) Games
5 3 (1.546%) Marketing
6 2 (1.031%) German Language
6 2 (1.031%) Back Office
6 2 (1.031%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.515%) Automotive
7 1 (0.515%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.515%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 39 (20.10%) Analyst
2 28 (14.43%) Project Manager
3 22 (11.34%) Developer
4 14 (7.216%) Support Engineer
5 12 (6.186%) Trainer
6 11 (5.670%) Administrator
7 10 (5.155%) IT Support
8 9 (4.639%) IT Trainer
8 9 (4.639%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (4.124%) Desktop Support
9 8 (4.124%) Software Engineer
10 7 (3.608%) Business Analyst
10 7 (3.608%) Development Manager
10 7 (3.608%) Help Desk Support
10 7 (3.608%) Development Project Manager
11 6 (3.093%) Desktop Engineer
11 6 (3.093%) Service Analyst
11 6 (3.093%) Systems Engineer
11 6 (3.093%) Help Desk Analyst
11 6 (3.093%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.186%) Computer Science
2 7 (3.608%) NHS
3 5 (2.577%) Clustering
3 5 (2.577%) Data Integration
4 4 (2.062%) PMI
4 4 (2.062%) Blackberry
5 3 (1.546%) SCADA
6 2 (1.031%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.031%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.031%) EPoS
7 1 (0.515%) IVR
7 1 (0.515%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.515%) Replication
7 1 (0.515%) Informatics
7 1 (0.515%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 66 (34.02%) Windows
2 29 (14.95%) Windows 7
3 24 (12.37%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (5.670%) Windows XP
5 9 (4.639%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (3.608%) Linux
7 5 (2.577%) UNIX
7 5 (2.577%) Windows 8
8 3 (1.546%) Windows NT
8 3 (1.546%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.515%) VME
9 1 (0.515%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.515%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (15.46%) Migration
2 19 (9.794%) Project Management
3 15 (7.732%) UML
4 12 (6.186%) PRINCE2
5 10 (5.155%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (4.639%) Change Management
6 9 (4.639%) Data Migration
7 8 (4.124%) Data Analysis
7 8 (4.124%) ITIL
8 7 (3.608%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (3.608%) Data Protection
8 7 (3.608%) MVVM
9 6 (3.093%) SOA
10 5 (2.577%) Data Modelling
10 5 (2.577%) Workflow
10 5 (2.577%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (2.577%) Multithreading
11 4 (2.062%) Test Automation
11 4 (2.062%) Data Entry
11 4 (2.062%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 48 (24.74%) SQL
2 30 (15.46%) C#
3 6 (3.093%) VBScript
3 6 (3.093%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.577%) C++
5 4 (2.062%) C
6 2 (1.031%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.031%) VB
7 1 (0.515%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.515%) VBA
7 1 (0.515%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.515%) VB6
7 1 (0.515%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.515%) COBOL
7 1 (0.515%) Java
7 1 (0.515%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (6.186%) Degree
2 10 (5.155%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.155%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (3.608%) MCSE
4 6 (3.093%) MCP
4 6 (3.093%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.062%) ISEB
5 4 (2.062%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (2.062%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.546%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.031%) PMP
7 2 (1.031%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.515%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.515%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.515%) MCDST
8 1 (0.515%) MCITP
8 1 (0.515%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.31%) ISO 9001
1 20 (10.31%) TickIT
2 9 (4.639%) SLA
3 4 (2.062%) QA
4 1 (0.515%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 61 (31.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.093%) vSphere
3 4 (2.062%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.546%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.515%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (5.670%) SCOM
2 7 (3.608%) SCCM
3 5 (2.577%) WMI
4 3 (1.546%) Data Guard
5 2 (1.031%) WSUS
6 1 (0.515%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.515%) ZENworks
6 1 (0.515%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 141 (72.68%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.701%) VMware
2 13 (6.701%) Citrix
3 12 (6.186%) Oracle
4 10 (5.155%) Remedy
5 6 (3.093%) Altiris
6 5 (2.577%) Google
6 5 (2.577%) Cisco
7 4 (2.062%) SAP
8 3 (1.546%) Business Objects
8 3 (1.546%) Lotus
9 2 (1.031%) HP
9 2 (1.031%) Intel
9 2 (1.031%) Infragistics
9 2 (1.031%) Telerik
9 2 (1.031%) IT2
9 2 (1.031%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.515%) ICL
10 1 (0.515%) Capita
10 1 (0.515%) LANDesk
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