The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 18 20 27
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +7
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 159 209 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 7.433% 7.073% 5.749%
As % of the Applications category 48.18% 53.59% 46.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 66 57
Average daily rate £300 £244 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £128 £141
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £394 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 34 29
Average hourly rate £21.50 £14.28 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.56% +2.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.65 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £19.55 £37.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -1.63%
All Applications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
330 390 326
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 15.43% 13.20% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 126 110
Average daily rate £275 £275 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £110 £149
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £416
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 73 101
Average hourly rate £21.50 £16.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.37% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.09 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £31.10 £36.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

This 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 24 May 2013.

East of England MS Excel Hourly Rate Histogram

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 of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hertfordshire +1 49 £360 +60.00%
Essex -11 32 £265 +32.50%
Cambridgeshire +20 30 £225 -28.00%
Norfolk +7 23 £100 -66.66%
Bedfordshire -5 18 £325 -7.14%
East Anglia - 4 £375 -
Suffolk +5 3 £189 -41.92%
MS Excel
England

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 180 (62.72%) Microsoft
2 107 (37.28%) Windows
3 100 (34.84%) MS Office
4 73 (25.44%) Active Directory
5 53 (18.47%) Windows XP
6 51 (17.77%) SQL
7 48 (16.72%) Windows 7
8 46 (16.03%) SQL Server
9 45 (15.68%) ITIL
10 43 (14.98%) Finance
11 40 (13.94%) .NET
12 34 (11.85%) C#
12 34 (11.85%) Project Management
13 33 (11.50%) MS Project
14 30 (10.45%) Change Management
15 29 (10.10%) MS Visio
16 27 (9.408%) Security Cleared
17 26 (9.059%) MS PowerPoint
17 26 (9.059%) MS Exchange
18 25 (8.711%) Migration
19 24 (8.362%) PRINCE2
20 22 (7.666%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 22 (7.666%) Windows Server 2008
21 20 (6.969%) HP
21 20 (6.969%) Windows Server 2003
22 19 (6.620%) Business Analysis
23 18 (6.272%) Degree
23 18 (6.272%) Citrix
24 17 (5.923%) SLA
24 17 (5.923%) SharePoint

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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
1 40 (13.94%) .NET
2 16 (5.575%) XML
3 13 (4.530%) Web Services
4 9 (3.136%) COM
4 9 (3.136%) .NET Framework
5 6 (2.091%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.742%) WCF
7 4 (1.394%) CSS
8 3 (1.045%) HTML
9 2 (0.697%) HTML5
9 2 (0.697%) jQuery
10 1 (0.348%) WinForms
10 1 (0.348%) J2EE
10 1 (0.348%) MFC
10 1 (0.348%) ASP
10 1 (0.348%) Ajax
10 1 (0.348%) WF
10 1 (0.348%) Silverlight
10 1 (0.348%) LINQ
10 1 (0.348%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 26 (9.059%) MS Exchange
2 17 (5.923%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.833%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.136%) BizTalk Server
5 8 (2.787%) IIS
6 7 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (1.742%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 5 (1.742%) Lotus Notes
8 4 (1.394%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (1.045%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.697%) Lync
10 2 (0.697%) CMS
11 1 (0.348%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.348%) SAS
11 1 (0.348%) MSMQ
11 1 (0.348%) GroupWise
11 1 (0.348%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.348%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.348%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 100 (34.84%) MS Office
2 33 (11.50%) MS Project
3 29 (10.10%) MS Visio
4 26 (9.059%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (1.045%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.697%) Office 365
6 2 (0.697%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.348%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 6 (2.091%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.742%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.697%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.697%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.697%) Changepoint
3 2 (0.697%) Agresso
3 2 (0.697%) CODA-Financials
4 1 (0.348%) Adaptiv
4 1 (0.348%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.348%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.530%) DNS
1 13 (4.530%) LAN
1 13 (4.530%) DHCP
2 11 (3.833%) Internet
3 10 (3.484%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.091%) WAN
4 6 (2.091%) FTP
5 5 (1.742%) Firewall
5 5 (1.742%) HTTP
6 4 (1.394%) 2G
7 3 (1.045%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.045%) Wireless
7 3 (1.045%) VPN
7 3 (1.045%) LTE
8 2 (0.697%) VLAN
8 2 (0.697%) CTI
8 2 (0.697%) Intranet
8 2 (0.697%) SAN
8 2 (0.697%) VoIP
9 1 (0.348%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (16.03%) SQL Server
2 22 (7.666%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 17 (5.923%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (5.923%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 15 (5.226%) MS Access
5 11 (3.833%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (3.484%) SQL Server 2008
7 7 (2.439%) SQL Server 2005
8 5 (1.742%) SQL Server 2000
9 4 (1.394%) OLAP
10 3 (1.045%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (1.045%) QlikView
11 2 (0.697%) MySQL
12 1 (0.348%) GIS
12 1 (0.348%) Oracle 8/8i
12 1 (0.348%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.348%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 1 (0.348%) PerformancePoint
12 1 (0.348%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 6 (2.091%) Visual Studio
2 5 (1.742%) MSI
2 5 (1.742%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (1.045%) JIRA
3 3 (1.045%) SpecFlow
3 3 (1.045%) WatiN
4 2 (0.697%) Selenium
5 1 (0.348%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.348%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.348%) Subversion
5 1 (0.348%) NUnit
5 1 (0.348%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.348%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.348%) WebDriver
General
1 43 (14.98%) Finance
2 12 (4.181%) Telecoms
3 10 (3.484%) Marketing
4 7 (2.439%) Legal
4 7 (2.439%) Publishing
4 7 (2.439%) Retail
5 4 (1.394%) Billing
6 3 (1.045%) Automotive
6 3 (1.045%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.045%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (1.045%) Banking
7 2 (0.697%) French Language
7 2 (0.697%) Spanish Language
7 2 (0.697%) Financial Institution
7 2 (0.697%) Games
8 1 (0.348%) Law
8 1 (0.348%) Back Office
8 1 (0.348%) Local Government
8 1 (0.348%) German Language
8 1 (0.348%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 97 (33.80%) Analyst
2 34 (11.85%) Developer
3 30 (10.45%) Project Manager
4 29 (10.10%) Support Analyst
5 25 (8.711%) Business Analyst
6 17 (5.923%) Service Analyst
7 16 (5.575%) Help Desk Support
7 16 (5.575%) Service Desk Analyst
8 12 (4.181%) Help Desk Analyst
8 12 (4.181%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (3.833%) Administrator
9 11 (3.833%) Support Engineer
10 10 (3.484%) Trainer
10 10 (3.484%) Software Developer
11 9 (3.136%) Desktop Support
11 9 (3.136%) 1st Line Support
12 8 (2.787%) Desktop Analyst
12 8 (2.787%) 3rd Line Support
12 8 (2.787%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (2.439%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.226%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (4.878%) NHS
3 10 (3.484%) Blackberry
4 8 (2.787%) Open Source
5 7 (2.439%) N-Tier
6 6 (2.091%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.394%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.045%) PMI
8 3 (1.045%) Mathematics
8 3 (1.045%) Computer Science
9 2 (0.697%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.697%) RIA
9 2 (0.697%) Online Games
9 2 (0.697%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.697%) PDA
9 2 (0.697%) Freedom of Information
9 2 (0.697%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.697%) Clustering
9 2 (0.697%) E-Learning
10 1 (0.348%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 107 (37.28%) Windows
2 53 (18.47%) Windows XP
3 48 (16.72%) Windows 7
4 22 (7.666%) Windows Server 2008
5 20 (6.969%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.742%) Linux
6 5 (1.742%) Windows 2000
7 3 (1.045%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.697%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.348%) UNIX
9 1 (0.348%) Solaris
9 1 (0.348%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.348%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.348%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (15.68%) ITIL
2 34 (11.85%) Project Management
3 30 (10.45%) Change Management
4 25 (8.711%) Migration
5 24 (8.362%) PRINCE2
6 19 (6.620%) Business Analysis
7 16 (5.575%) OO
8 14 (4.878%) E-Commerce
8 14 (4.878%) Risk Management
9 12 (4.181%) Unit Testing
9 12 (4.181%) Project Planning
9 12 (4.181%) ETL
9 12 (4.181%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (4.181%) Service Management
10 11 (3.833%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (3.833%) Time Management
11 10 (3.484%) Data Analysis
11 10 (3.484%) CRM
11 10 (3.484%) SOA
12 9 (3.136%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.77%) SQL
2 34 (11.85%) C#
3 10 (3.484%) C
3 10 (3.484%) T-SQL
4 8 (2.787%) VBA
5 7 (2.439%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.742%) VB
7 4 (1.394%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.394%) C++
8 3 (1.045%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.697%) F#
9 2 (0.697%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.697%) VBScript
10 1 (0.348%) VC++
10 1 (0.348%) Java
10 1 (0.348%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.348%) Lisp
10 1 (0.348%) Haskell
10 1 (0.348%) Erlang
10 1 (0.348%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (9.408%) Security Cleared
2 18 (6.272%) Degree
3 14 (4.878%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (4.530%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 12 (4.181%) ISEB
6 10 (3.484%) MCP
7 9 (3.136%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.439%) MCDST
9 6 (2.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.394%) PMP
10 4 (1.394%) MCSE
11 3 (1.045%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.697%) MCITP
12 2 (0.697%) CISSP
12 2 (0.697%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.697%) CCNP
12 2 (0.697%) CISM
13 1 (0.348%) PhD
13 1 (0.348%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.348%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.923%) SLA
2 9 (3.136%) QA
3 3 (1.045%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.348%) DICOM
4 1 (0.348%) Data Quality
System Software
1 73 (25.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.439%) XenApp
3 6 (2.091%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.045%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.045%) VMware ESX
5 2 (0.697%) vSphere
5 2 (0.697%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.348%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.348%) Samba
6 1 (0.348%) NFS
6 1 (0.348%) MetaFrame
6 1 (0.348%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.348%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.348%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.348%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 13 (4.530%) SCCM
2 6 (2.091%) OVSD
2 6 (2.091%) OpenView
3 5 (1.742%) SCOM
4 2 (0.697%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (0.697%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.348%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.348%) AppManager
5 1 (0.348%) ZENworks
5 1 (0.348%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 1 (0.348%) ARCserve
5 1 (0.348%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.348%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.348%) AppDNA
5 1 (0.348%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 180 (62.72%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.969%) HP
3 18 (6.272%) Citrix
4 13 (4.530%) Cisco
4 13 (4.530%) Oracle
5 12 (4.181%) Remedy
6 11 (3.833%) VMware
7 8 (2.787%) Business Objects
8 7 (2.439%) Dell
9 5 (1.742%) Symantec
9 5 (1.742%) Lotus
10 4 (1.394%) Cognos
10 4 (1.394%) McAfee
11 3 (1.045%) ATG
11 3 (1.045%) SAP
11 3 (1.045%) Ericsson
11 3 (1.045%) Guidewire
12 2 (0.697%) Acronis
12 2 (0.697%) Kaspersky
12 2 (0.697%) Siemens
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