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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2519
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads209244
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.276 %0.259 %
As % of the category below33.39 %38.01 %
Daily rates quoted4579
Average minimum daily rate£257£297
Average daily rate£276£308
% change on same period last year-10.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£295£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£281£272
% change on same period last year+3.27 %
Hourly rates quoted4940
Average minimum hourly rate£16.96£15.57
Average hourly rate£18.02£17.30
% change on same period last year+4.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.08£19.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.78£17.44
% change on same period last year+1.97 %
Applications East of EnglandApplications
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads626642
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.825 %0.681 %
Daily rates quoted148205
Average minimum daily rate£256£270
Average daily rate£273£281
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£290£292
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£281
% change on same period last year+6.87 %
Hourly rates quoted157119
Average minimum hourly rate£19.42£17.68
Average hourly rate£20.56£18.97
% change on same period last year+8.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.69£20.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.92£19.17
% change on same period last year-6.53 %
MS Excel EnglandMS Excel
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MS Excel
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Excel across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

East of England MS Excel Demand Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Excel across the East of England region.

East of England MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

East of England MS Excel Daily Rate Histogram

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Excel across the East of England region.

East of England MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

East of England MS Excel Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Excel
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing MS Excel within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HertfordshireDown-1081£295+5.80 %
CambridgeshireDown-346£291-16.17 %
EssexDown-833£182-46.90 %
BedfordshireUp+1320--
NorfolkDown-1015£342-32.00 %
SuffolkDown-19£325-7.14 %
East AngliaDown-16£300-40.00 %
MS Excel EnglandMS Excel
England

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1223 (53.10 %)Microsoft
2160 (38.10 %)MS Office
3110 (26.19 %)Windows
483 (19.76 %)Finance
571 (16.90 %)SQL
656 (13.33 %)MS PowerPoint
755 (13.10 %)MS Project
850 (11.90 %)SQL Server
949 (11.67 %)MS Exchange
1047 (11.19 %).NET
1146 (10.95 %)PRINCE2
1146 (10.95 %)Windows XP
1146 (10.95 %)Project Management
1243 (10.24 %)Active Directory
1336 (8.571 %)C#
1433 (7.857 %)Lotus
1433 (7.857 %)SQL Server 2005
1532 (7.619 %)Microsoft Certification
1532 (7.619 %)MS Access
1631 (7.381 %)Windows 2000
1728 (6.667 %)Lotus Notes
1826 (6.190 %)NHS
1923 (5.476 %)Windows Server 2003
1923 (5.476 %)MCSE
1923 (5.476 %)ASP.NET
1923 (5.476 %)VPN
2021 (5.000 %)Project Planning
2021 (5.000 %)SharePoint
2120 (4.762 %)Exchange Server 2003
2120 (4.762 %)Retail

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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
147 (11.19 %).NET
223 (5.476 %)ASP.NET
318 (4.286 %)HTML
410 (2.381 %)XML
57 (1.667 %)ASP
57 (1.667 %)Middleware
57 (1.667 %)WebSphere
66 (1.429 %).NET Framework
66 (1.429 %)WPF
75 (1.190 %)ADO.NET
75 (1.190 %)J2EE
75 (1.190 %)CSS
84 (0.952 %)WebServices
84 (0.952 %)XSLT
93 (0.714 %)XHTML
102 (0.476 %)ASP.NET 2.0
102 (0.476 %)MFC
102 (0.476 %)XSL
111 (0.238 %)DOM
111 (0.238 %)WinForms
Application Platforms
149 (11.67 %)MS Exchange
228 (6.667 %)Lotus Notes
321 (5.000 %)SharePoint
420 (4.762 %)Exchange Server 2003
513 (3.095 %)Office Project Server
610 (2.381 %)Exchange Server 2007
79 (2.143 %)Exchange Server 2000
88 (1.905 %)BizTalk Server
97 (1.667 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
97 (1.667 %)Lotus Domino
105 (1.190 %)Exchange Server 5.5
114 (0.952 %)WebLogic
123 (0.714 %)IIS
123 (0.714 %)CMS
132 (0.476 %)GroupWise
132 (0.476 %)TeamSite
132 (0.476 %)SharePoint Server 2007
141 (0.238 %)SharePoint Portal Server
141 (0.238 %)CICS
141 (0.238 %)SAS
Applications
1160 (38.10 %)MS Office
256 (13.33 %)MS PowerPoint
355 (13.10 %)MS Project
415 (3.571 %)MS Visio
57 (1.667 %)Photoshop
57 (1.667 %)FrameMaker
65 (1.190 %)Adobe Illustrator
72 (0.476 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.238 %)AutoCAD
Business Applications
14 (0.952 %)Axapta
14 (0.952 %)Dynamics AX
23 (0.714 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
31 (0.238 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.238 %)assyst
31 (0.238 %)Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
123 (5.476 %)VPN
219 (4.524 %)LAN
316 (3.810 %)TCP/IP
413 (3.095 %)Firewall
511 (2.619 %)DNS
610 (2.381 %)WAN
79 (2.143 %)Internet
86 (1.429 %)VoIP
95 (1.190 %)MPLS
104 (0.952 %)SAN
104 (0.952 %)WLAN
104 (0.952 %)Wireless
104 (0.952 %)DVB
104 (0.952 %)Cisco PIX
113 (0.714 %)DAB
113 (0.714 %)VLAN
122 (0.476 %)ISDN
122 (0.476 %)SNMP
131 (0.238 %)Ethernet
131 (0.238 %)Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
150 (11.90 %)SQL Server
233 (7.857 %)SQL Server 2005
332 (7.619 %)MS Access
416 (3.810 %)Datawarehouse
515 (3.571 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
612 (2.857 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
710 (2.381 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
89 (2.143 %)SQL Server 2000
98 (1.905 %)SQL Server Integration Services
104 (0.952 %)SQL Server 7
104 (0.952 %)DTS
104 (0.952 %)ETL
104 (0.952 %)OLAP
104 (0.952 %)Crystal Reports
113 (0.714 %)Oracle 9i
113 (0.714 %)Oracle 10g
122 (0.476 %)BusinessObjects
131 (0.238 %)STATISTICA
131 (0.238 %)Oracle Discoverer
131 (0.238 %)RDBMS
Development Applications
114 (3.333 %)ClearCase
114 (3.333 %)ClearQuest
29 (2.143 %)Visual Studio
34 (0.952 %)MorphX
43 (0.714 %)FrontPage
43 (0.714 %)VSS/SourceSafe
43 (0.714 %)TestDirector
43 (0.714 %)PeopleTools
52 (0.476 %)Flash
52 (0.476 %)PVCS
61 (0.238 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.238 %)JUnit
61 (0.238 %)Selenium
61 (0.238 %)Firebug
61 (0.238 %)MSI
61 (0.238 %)InstallShield
61 (0.238 %)Bugzilla
General
183 (19.76 %)Finance
220 (4.762 %)Retail
317 (4.048 %)Health
414 (3.333 %)Telecoms
511 (2.619 %)Pharmaceutical
511 (2.619 %)Education
69 (2.143 %)Government
69 (2.143 %)Insurance
78 (1.905 %)Legal
85 (1.190 %)Financial Institution
85 (1.190 %)Local Government
94 (0.952 %)Manufacturing
94 (0.952 %)Military
94 (0.952 %)Law
103 (0.714 %)Games
103 (0.714 %)Automotive
103 (0.714 %)Pensions
103 (0.714 %)Marketing
112 (0.476 %)Back Office
112 (0.476 %)Banking
Job Titles
1142 (33.81 %)Analyst
254 (12.86 %)Support Analyst
353 (12.62 %)Developer
430 (7.143 %)Project Manager
525 (5.952 %)Desktop Support
623 (5.476 %)Support Engineer
623 (5.476 %)Service Analyst
623 (5.476 %)Service Desk Analyst
721 (5.000 %)Helpdesk Support
819 (4.524 %)Project Analyst
918 (4.286 %)Project Support Analyst
1016 (3.810 %)Administrator
1115 (3.571 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1213 (3.095 %)Coordinator
1312 (2.857 %)Business Analyst
1411 (2.619 %)Data Analyst
1411 (2.619 %).NET Developer
1510 (2.381 %)Desktop Engineer
169 (2.143 %)Desktop Support Engineer
178 (1.905 %)Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
126 (6.190 %)NHS
215 (3.571 %)Blackberry
312 (2.857 %)Informatics
49 (2.143 %)Mathematics
57 (1.667 %)PMI
66 (1.429 %)MPEG
66 (1.429 %)DTV
66 (1.429 %)IPTV
66 (1.429 %)PDA
66 (1.429 %)Statistics
66 (1.429 %)Video Conferencing
75 (1.190 %)Data Integration
75 (1.190 %)Management Information System
84 (0.952 %)Mainframe
84 (0.952 %)Client/Server
84 (0.952 %)French Language
93 (0.714 %)AS400
102 (0.476 %)Copywriting
111 (0.238 %)Fat Client
111 (0.238 %)IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1110 (26.19 %)Windows
246 (10.95 %)Windows XP
331 (7.381 %)Windows 2000
423 (5.476 %)Windows Server 2003
516 (3.810 %)Linux
615 (3.571 %)Unix
713 (3.095 %)Windows NT
88 (1.905 %)Solaris
96 (1.429 %)Embedded Linux
103 (0.714 %)Windows Mobile
112 (0.476 %)AIX
112 (0.476 %)HPUX
121 (0.238 %)VMS
121 (0.238 %)OS/2
121 (0.238 %)MVS
Processes & Methodologies
146 (10.95 %)PRINCE2
146 (10.95 %)Project Management
221 (5.000 %)Project Planning
319 (4.524 %)ITIL
416 (3.810 %)Time Management
512 (2.857 %)Data Analysis
512 (2.857 %)Business Development
512 (2.857 %)Service Delivery
610 (2.381 %)Data Modelling
79 (2.143 %)Content Management
79 (2.143 %)Information Management
87 (1.667 %)Migration
87 (1.667 %)Change Management
87 (1.667 %)UML
87 (1.667 %)Business Intelligence
87 (1.667 %)PRINCE
96 (1.429 %)Stakeholder Management
96 (1.429 %)Security Cleared
105 (1.190 %)Business Analysis
105 (1.190 %)Workflow
Programming Languages
171 (16.90 %)SQL
236 (8.571 %)C#
316 (3.810 %)VB.NET
316 (3.810 %)VBA
413 (3.095 %)C
512 (2.857 %)C++
512 (2.857 %)Transact-SQL
69 (2.143 %)VB
77 (1.667 %)VBScript
86 (1.429 %)Java
86 (1.429 %)JavaScript
86 (1.429 %)Embedded C
86 (1.429 %)Embedded C++
94 (0.952 %)VB6
94 (0.952 %)X++
94 (0.952 %)PL/SQL
103 (0.714 %)VC++
103 (0.714 %)DHTML
112 (0.476 %)Perl
112 (0.476 %)XPath
Qualifications
132 (7.619 %)Microsoft Certification
223 (5.476 %)MCSE
318 (4.286 %)Degree
49 (2.143 %)ISEB
49 (2.143 %)MCP
57 (1.667 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
64 (0.952 %)HNC
64 (0.952 %)ITIL Certification
73 (0.714 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
73 (0.714 %)HND
73 (0.714 %)MCSD
73 (0.714 %)PRINCE2 Certification
82 (0.476 %)Cisco Certification
82 (0.476 %)MCSA
82 (0.476 %)CCNA
82 (0.476 %)ISEB Practitioner
91 (0.238 %)PMI Certification
91 (0.238 %)CCVP
91 (0.238 %)MCAD
91 (0.238 %)OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
117 (4.048 %)SLA
210 (2.381 %)QA
32 (0.476 %)ISO9000
41 (0.238 %)GMP
System Software
143 (10.24 %)Active Directory
28 (1.905 %)VMware ESX
37 (1.667 %)VMware Infrastructure
45 (1.190 %)NDS
52 (0.476 %)Backup Exec
52 (0.476 %)VMware Workstation
61 (0.238 %)NetBackup
61 (0.238 %)Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
18 (1.905 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (0.952 %)Norton AntiVirus
33 (0.714 %)OpenView
42 (0.476 %)Tivoli
42 (0.476 %)ZENworks
42 (0.476 %)MOM
42 (0.476 %)SCOM
51 (0.238 %)HP Data Protector
51 (0.238 %)DameWare
51 (0.238 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
51 (0.238 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.238 %)Legato
Vendors
1223 (53.10 %)Microsoft
233 (7.857 %)Lotus
317 (4.048 %)IBM
416 (3.810 %)Dell
416 (3.810 %)Novell
514 (3.333 %)HP
514 (3.333 %)Oracle
514 (3.333 %)VMware
612 (2.857 %)Cisco
79 (2.143 %)Citrix
79 (2.143 %)Remedy
87 (1.667 %)SAP
95 (1.190 %)Intel
104 (0.952 %)Symantec
104 (0.952 %)PeopleSoft
104 (0.952 %)VERITAS
104 (0.952 %)EMC
113 (0.714 %)CheckPoint
113 (0.714 %)Sophos
113 (0.714 %)Teradata
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