The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Glasgow 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 24 24 25
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 73 39 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 8.084% 4.821% 5.242%
As % of the Applications category 54.89% 46.43% 59.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 10 17
Average daily rate £310 £225 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.77% -30.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £134 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £316 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.58% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 1
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.38 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.94% -3.90%
All Applications
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
133 84 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 14.73% 10.38% 8.781%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 36 39
Average daily rate £288 £225 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.77% -35.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £132 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £350 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £304 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.88% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 2
Average hourly rate £14.25 £12.70 £11.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.24% +12.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.20 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.30 £34.40 £12.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Excel
Scotland

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 78 (67.24%) Microsoft
2 41 (35.34%) Finance
3 36 (31.03%) MS Office
4 32 (27.59%) Windows
5 28 (24.14%) .NET
6 27 (23.28%) SQL Server
7 21 (18.10%) SQL
8 20 (17.24%) C#
9 19 (16.38%) XML
9 19 (16.38%) Windows XP
9 19 (16.38%) MS PowerPoint
10 17 (14.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (13.79%) ASP.NET
12 15 (12.93%) MS Project
12 15 (12.93%) SharePoint
13 14 (12.07%) VBA
13 14 (12.07%) Windows 7
14 13 (11.21%) Security Cleared
14 13 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
15 12 (10.34%) Project Management
15 12 (10.34%) JavaScript
15 12 (10.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 11 (9.483%) MCP
17 10 (8.621%) Workflow
18 9 (7.759%) Management Information System
18 9 (7.759%) Front Office
18 9 (7.759%) Banking
18 9 (7.759%) PRINCE2
18 9 (7.759%) UNIX
18 9 (7.759%) ITIL

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 28 (24.14%) .NET
2 19 (16.38%) XML
3 16 (13.79%) ASP.NET
4 9 (7.759%) WPF
5 7 (6.034%) .NET Framework
6 5 (4.310%) jQuery
6 5 (4.310%) WCF
6 5 (4.310%) Web Services
6 5 (4.310%) WinForms
7 4 (3.448%) HTML
7 4 (3.448%) CSS
8 3 (2.586%) Ajax
8 3 (2.586%) WebSphere
8 3 (2.586%) XML Schema
8 3 (2.586%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (2.586%) XSLT
9 2 (1.724%) Hibernate
10 1 (0.862%) Flash
10 1 (0.862%) JMS
10 1 (0.862%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 15 (12.93%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.448%) SharePoint 2010
2 4 (3.448%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (2.586%) MQSeries
3 3 (2.586%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (2.586%) ArcGIS
3 3 (2.586%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (1.724%) TIBCO EMS
4 2 (1.724%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.862%) Apache
5 1 (0.862%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.862%) IIS
5 1 (0.862%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.862%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 36 (31.03%) MS Office
2 19 (16.38%) MS PowerPoint
3 15 (12.93%) MS Project
4 9 (7.759%) MS Visio
5 5 (4.310%) InfoPath
6 4 (3.448%) Photoshop
7 2 (1.724%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.862%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.862%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (1.724%) Agresso
2 1 (0.862%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.310%) Internet
2 4 (3.448%) LAN
2 4 (3.448%) Intranet
3 1 (0.862%) LDAP
3 1 (0.862%) WAN
3 1 (0.862%) SNMP
3 1 (0.862%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.862%) VPN
3 1 (0.862%) DNS
3 1 (0.862%) SAN
3 1 (0.862%) Extranet
3 1 (0.862%) Firewall
3 1 (0.862%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (23.28%) SQL Server
2 12 (10.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (6.897%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (6.897%) MS Access
4 7 (6.034%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (5.172%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (4.310%) GIS
7 4 (3.448%) DB2
7 4 (3.448%) QlikView
7 4 (3.448%) Data Mart
8 3 (2.586%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (2.586%) BusinessObjects XI
8 3 (2.586%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 3 (2.586%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (2.586%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.586%) DTS
8 3 (2.586%) SQL Server 2012
9 2 (1.724%) OLTP
9 2 (1.724%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.724%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 7 (6.034%) Subversion
2 5 (4.310%) JIRA
3 4 (3.448%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.586%) Dreamweaver
4 3 (2.586%) MSBuild
5 2 (1.724%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.724%) MSTest
5 2 (1.724%) Ant
5 2 (1.724%) CruiseControl
6 1 (0.862%) Microsoft Blend
6 1 (0.862%) MSI
6 1 (0.862%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.862%) NUnit
6 1 (0.862%) MbUnit
General
1 41 (35.34%) Finance
2 9 (7.759%) Front Office
2 9 (7.759%) Banking
3 5 (4.310%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.586%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.586%) Billing
4 3 (2.586%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.862%) Retail Banking
5 1 (0.862%) Marketing
5 1 (0.862%) German Language
5 1 (0.862%) Publishing
5 1 (0.862%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (24.14%) Developer
2 23 (19.83%) Analyst
3 7 (6.034%) Business Analyst
4 6 (5.172%) Architect
4 6 (5.172%) Project Manager
4 6 (5.172%) .NET Developer
4 6 (5.172%) C# Developer
5 5 (4.310%) Desktop Support
5 5 (4.310%) Consultant
5 5 (4.310%) Technical Specialist
5 5 (4.310%) GIS Technician
5 5 (4.310%) Desktop Technician
5 5 (4.310%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (3.448%) Designer
6 4 (3.448%) .NET Software Engineer
6 4 (3.448%) SharePoint Developer
6 4 (3.448%) C# Software Engineer
6 4 (3.448%) Senior Developer
6 4 (3.448%) Software Engineer
6 4 (3.448%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.759%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.586%) Cryptography
2 3 (2.586%) Credit Risk
2 3 (2.586%) W3C
3 2 (1.724%) N-Tier
3 2 (1.724%) Taxonomies
3 2 (1.724%) Fixed Income
3 2 (1.724%) E-Learning
4 1 (0.862%) Equities
4 1 (0.862%) Economics
4 1 (0.862%) PKI
4 1 (0.862%) PDA
4 1 (0.862%) Statistics
4 1 (0.862%) Mathematics
4 1 (0.862%) NHS
4 1 (0.862%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.862%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 32 (27.59%) Windows
2 19 (16.38%) Windows XP
3 14 (12.07%) Windows 7
4 9 (7.759%) Linux
4 9 (7.759%) UNIX
5 8 (6.897%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (4.310%) Solaris
6 5 (4.310%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (3.448%) AIX
8 3 (2.586%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.862%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (10.34%) Project Management
3 10 (8.621%) Workflow
4 9 (7.759%) ITIL
4 9 (7.759%) PRINCE2
5 8 (6.897%) Time Management
5 8 (6.897%) Security Architecture
6 7 (6.034%) Service Management
7 6 (5.172%) UML
7 6 (5.172%) Migration
7 6 (5.172%) Data Analysis
7 6 (5.172%) Business Analysis
8 5 (4.310%) Workflow Management
8 5 (4.310%) OO
8 5 (4.310%) ERP
8 5 (4.310%) CAD
8 5 (4.310%) Change Management
8 5 (4.310%) Network Planning
8 5 (4.310%) Data Entry
9 4 (3.448%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.10%) SQL
2 20 (17.24%) C#
3 14 (12.07%) VBA
4 12 (10.34%) JavaScript
5 8 (6.897%) Java
5 8 (6.897%) VBScript
5 8 (6.897%) VB
5 8 (6.897%) PowerShell
6 6 (5.172%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.586%) Perl
8 2 (1.724%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.724%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.862%) Bourne shell
9 1 (0.862%) C
9 1 (0.862%) XAML
9 1 (0.862%) VB6
9 1 (0.862%) Korn
Qualifications
1 17 (14.66%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (11.21%) Security Cleared
3 11 (9.483%) MCP
4 8 (6.897%) HND
5 7 (6.034%) MCSE
5 7 (6.034%) SC Cleared
6 6 (5.172%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (4.310%) MCSA
8 4 (3.448%) Degree
9 3 (2.586%) PMP
9 3 (2.586%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.724%) CISA
10 2 (1.724%) CISSP
10 2 (1.724%) MCDST
10 2 (1.724%) CRISC
11 1 (0.862%) CGEIT
11 1 (0.862%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.862%) CISM
11 1 (0.862%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.448%) SLA
2 1 (0.862%) COBIT
2 1 (0.862%) QA
2 1 (0.862%) JSP 440
System Software
1 7 (6.034%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.586%) VMware ESX
2 3 (2.586%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.586%) XenDesktop
3 2 (1.724%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.862%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (0.862%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (3.448%) SCCM
2 2 (1.724%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (0.862%) WMI
3 1 (0.862%) WSUS
3 1 (0.862%) SCOM
3 1 (0.862%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (0.862%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.862%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.862%) Netcool
3 1 (0.862%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 78 (67.24%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.897%) Oracle
2 8 (6.897%) Sybase
3 7 (6.034%) Adobe
4 6 (5.172%) Business Objects
5 5 (4.310%) VMware
6 4 (3.448%) IBM
6 4 (3.448%) EMC
6 4 (3.448%) Citrix
7 3 (2.586%) Dell
7 3 (2.586%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.586%) TIBCO
7 3 (2.586%) Symantec
7 3 (2.586%) HP
7 3 (2.586%) Cramer
8 2 (1.724%) Lumension
8 2 (1.724%) Remedy
8 2 (1.724%) McAfee
8 2 (1.724%) Lotus
9 1 (0.862%) Sophos
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