The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 21 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 Halifax 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 15 15 8
Rank change year-on-year
0 -7
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 6 15 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 5.128% 6.550% 12.17%
As % of the Applications category 31.58% 53.57% 77.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 9
Average daily rate £310 £380 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.42% -3.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £321 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £326 £420 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
19 28 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 16.24% 12.23% 15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 26 13
Average daily rate £320 £380 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% -3.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £291 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £331 £426 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Excel
West Yorkshire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

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 Halifax region.

Halifax MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 9 (64.29%) MS Office
2 8 (57.14%) Banking
3 7 (50.00%) MS Project
4 6 (42.86%) Finance
5 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
6 4 (28.57%) Project Management
6 4 (28.57%) Retail
7 3 (21.43%) Use Case
7 3 (21.43%) Retail Banking
7 3 (21.43%) Windows
8 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
8 2 (14.29%) HTML
8 2 (14.29%) Java
8 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
8 2 (14.29%) SQL
8 2 (14.29%) .NET
8 2 (14.29%) Workflow
8 2 (14.29%) StreamWeaver
8 2 (14.29%) Change Management
8 2 (14.29%) Opalis
8 2 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
9 1 (7.143%) Resource Management
9 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (7.143%) Data Migration
9 1 (7.143%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (7.143%) Financial Institution
9 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
9 1 (7.143%) Programme Management

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 2 (14.29%) HTML
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) StreamWeaver
2 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (64.29%) MS Office
2 7 (50.00%) MS Project
3 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
3 2 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (7.143%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Intranet
General
1 8 (57.14%) Banking
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Retail
4 3 (21.43%) Retail Banking
5 1 (7.143%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Documentation Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Web Tester
4 1 (7.143%) Tester
4 1 (7.143%) Report Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.143%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) Use Case
4 2 (14.29%) Workflow
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (7.143%) Resource Management
5 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Data Migration
5 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.143%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.143%) Migration
5 1 (7.143%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Java
1 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Opalis
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
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