Hampshire MS Excel Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Hampshire 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 7 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Excel
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Ascot Ashton-under-Lyne Audenshaw Aylesbury Banbury Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chalfont St Giles Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dover Dundee Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Gwent Hackney Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rotherham Rugby Ruislip Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sherborne Shrewsbury Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tamworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witney Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	19	38
Rank change on same period last year	+19
Matching contract IT job ads	146	108
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.192 %	0.114 %
As % of the category below	43.07 %	25.96 %
Daily rates quoted	22	16
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£249
Average daily rate	£326	£258
% change on same period last year	+26.37 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£267
UK excluding London average daily rate	£279	£272
% change on same period last year	+2.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	34	45
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.30	£16.19
Average hourly rate	£17.79	£17.41
% change on same period last year	+2.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.28	£18.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.79	£17.49
% change on same period last year	+1.68 %
Applications Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	339	416
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.446 %	0.441 %
Daily rates quoted	50	61
Average minimum daily rate	£307	£228
Average daily rate	£329	£239
% change on same period last year	+37.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£351	£250
UK excluding London average daily rate	£299	£282
% change on same period last year	+6.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	124	181
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.21	£23.31
Average hourly rate	£18.32	£24.65
% change on same period last year	-25.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.44	£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.93	£19.13
% change on same period last year	-6.30 %
MS Excel South East

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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

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 Hampshire region.

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 July 2008.

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 Hampshire region.

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 July 2008.

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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 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.

Location	Rank 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
Basingstoke	+25	51	£361	+50.86 %
Southampton	+26	26	£326	-
Portsmouth	-7	12	-	-
Farnborough	+4	5	£200	-25.23 %
Havant	-6	4	-	-
Andover	-	3	£150	-
Petersfield	-	3	-	-
Winchester	+4	3	-	-
Fareham	+1	2	£150	-
Eastleigh	-	1	-	-

MS Excel South East

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 (48.96 %) Microsoft 2 103 (35.76 %) Windows 3 93 (32.29 %) MS Office 4 46 (15.97 %) MS Project 5 44 (15.28 %) Active Directory 6 39 (13.54 %) MS PowerPoint 7 38 (13.19 %) Windows XP 8 34 (11.81 %) Finance 9 31 (10.76 %) Windows 2000 10 27 (9.375 %) SQL 11 26 (9.028 %) Security Cleared 12 24 (8.333 %) .NET 13 23 (7.986 %) ITIL 13 23 (7.986 %) Telecoms 14 21 (7.292 %) SC Cleared

15 20 (6.944 %) PRINCE2 15 20 (6.944 %) Project Management 16 19 (6.597 %) Cisco 17 18 (6.250 %) MS Access 18 17 (5.903 %) MS Exchange 18 17 (5.903 %) VPN 18 17 (5.903 %) Degree 19 16 (5.556 %) Unix 19 16 (5.556 %) SQL Server 20 14 (4.861 %) Legal 21 13 (4.514 %) Government 21 13 (4.514 %) Firewall 21 13 (4.514 %) HP 21 13 (4.514 %) Lotus 21 13 (4.514 %) Content Management

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 24 (8.333 %) .NET 2 12 (4.167 %) HTML 2 12 (4.167 %) ASP.NET 3 9 (3.125 %) CSS 3 9 (3.125 %) XHTML 4 8 (2.778 %) XML 4 8 (2.778 %) ASP 5 7 (2.431 %) .NET Framework 6 2 (0.694 %) Middleware 6 2 (0.694 %) SOAP 6 2 (0.694 %) WebServices 6 2 (0.694 %) AJAX 7 1 (0.347 %) ATL 7 1 (0.347 %) COM 7 1 (0.347 %) MFC 7 1 (0.347 %) ADO.NET 7 1 (0.347 %) Series 60 7 1 (0.347 %) MDX 7 1 (0.347 %) WCF 7 1 (0.347 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 17 (5.903 %) MS Exchange 2 11 (3.819 %) Lotus Notes 3 9 (3.125 %) CMS 4 8 (2.778 %) SharePoint 5 7 (2.431 %) IIS 5 7 (2.431 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 4 (1.389 %) MTS 7 3 (1.042 %) SAS 7 3 (1.042 %) BizTalk Server 7 3 (1.042 %) Exchange Server 2000 8 2 (0.694 %) Content Management Server 9 1 (0.347 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 1 (0.347 %) Office Communications Server
Applications 1 93 (32.29 %) MS Office 2 46 (15.97 %) MS Project 3 39 (13.54 %) MS PowerPoint 4 12 (4.167 %) MS Visio 5 9 (3.125 %) Photoshop 5 9 (3.125 %) Open Workbench 6 1 (0.347 %) InfoPath 6 1 (0.347 %) AutoCAD 6 1 (0.347 %) MATLAB 6 1 (0.347 %) 3ds Max	Business Applications 1 1 (0.347 %) SAP FI 1 1 (0.347 %) SAP FI/CO 1 1 (0.347 %) SAP CO
Communications & Networking 1 17 (5.903 %) VPN 2 13 (4.514 %) Firewall 3 10 (3.472 %) Internet 4 9 (3.125 %) Cisco PIX 5 7 (2.431 %) Intranet 6 6 (2.083 %) SAN 6 6 (2.083 %) DNS 6 6 (2.083 %) Intrusion Detection 7 5 (1.736 %) Network Security 8 4 (1.389 %) WINS 8 4 (1.389 %) DHCP 9 3 (1.042 %) 3GPP 10 2 (0.694 %) TCP/IP 10 2 (0.694 %) SSL 10 2 (0.694 %) Wireless 10 2 (0.694 %) 3G 10 2 (0.694 %) SSH 11 1 (0.347 %) RNC 11 1 (0.347 %) UTRAN 11 1 (0.347 %) NetScreen	Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (6.250 %) MS Access 2 16 (5.556 %) SQL Server 3 8 (2.778 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (1.389 %) SQL Server 2000 5 3 (1.042 %) Oracle 10g 5 3 (1.042 %) Oracle 9i 5 3 (1.042 %) RDBMS 6 2 (0.694 %) Crystal Reports 6 2 (0.694 %) BusinessObjects 7 1 (0.347 %) SQL Server 7 7 1 (0.347 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 1 (0.347 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 1 (0.347 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 1 (0.347 %) MySQL 7 1 (0.347 %) ROLAP 7 1 (0.347 %) Star Schema 7 1 (0.347 %) ETL 7 1 (0.347 %) MOLAP
Development Applications 1 7 (2.431 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (0.347 %) MSI	General 1 34 (11.81 %) Finance 2 23 (7.986 %) Telecoms 3 14 (4.861 %) Legal 4 13 (4.514 %) Government 5 12 (4.167 %) Insurance 6 10 (3.472 %) Aerospace 7 8 (2.778 %) Health 8 7 (2.431 %) Electric 8 7 (2.431 %) Banking 9 6 (2.083 %) Automotive 10 5 (1.736 %) Military 10 5 (1.736 %) Auditing 11 4 (1.389 %) Manufacturing 11 4 (1.389 %) Publishing 12 3 (1.042 %) Police 13 2 (0.694 %) Retail 13 2 (0.694 %) Education 13 2 (0.694 %) Electronics 13 2 (0.694 %) Marketing 14 1 (0.347 %) Online Games
Job Titles 1 68 (23.61 %) Analyst 2 27 (9.375 %) Administrator 3 22 (7.639 %) Developer 4 20 (6.944 %) Coordinator 5 18 (6.250 %) Support Analyst 6 15 (5.208 %) 2nd Line Support 6 15 (5.208 %) Project Coordinator 7 12 (4.167 %) Helpdesk Support 8 11 (3.819 %) 1st Line Support 9 10 (3.472 %) Consultant 9 10 (3.472 %) Project Manager 9 10 (3.472 %) Helpdesk Analyst 10 9 (3.125 %) Project Administrator 10 9 (3.125 %) Web Editor 11 8 (2.778 %) Service Desk Analyst 11 8 (2.778 %) Service Analyst 11 8 (2.778 %) Data Analyst 12 7 (2.431 %) Programme Manager 12 7 (2.431 %) Desktop Support 12 7 (2.431 %) Project Planner	Miscellaneous 1 8 (2.778 %) NHS 2 6 (2.083 %) Client/Server 2 6 (2.083 %) Data Extraction 3 4 (1.389 %) Blackberry 3 4 (1.389 %) PKI 3 4 (1.389 %) PDA 3 4 (1.389 %) Mathematics 3 4 (1.389 %) Physics 4 3 (1.042 %) Clustering 4 3 (1.042 %) Mainframe 5 2 (0.694 %) Management Information System 5 2 (0.694 %) Asset Management 5 2 (0.694 %) Informatics 6 1 (0.347 %) Computer Science 6 1 (0.347 %) Fat Client 6 1 (0.347 %) AS400 6 1 (0.347 %) CLARiiON 6 1 (0.347 %) N-Tier 6 1 (0.347 %) PMI 6 1 (0.347 %) Thin Client
Operating Systems 1 103 (35.76 %) Windows 2 38 (13.19 %) Windows XP 3 31 (10.76 %) Windows 2000 4 16 (5.556 %) Unix 5 10 (3.472 %) Solaris 5 10 (3.472 %) Linux 6 6 (2.083 %) Windows NT 7 3 (1.042 %) Windows Server 2003 7 3 (1.042 %) AIX 8 2 (0.694 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (9.028 %) Security Cleared 2 23 (7.986 %) ITIL 3 21 (7.292 %) SC Cleared 4 20 (6.944 %) PRINCE2 4 20 (6.944 %) Project Management 5 13 (4.514 %) Content Management 6 10 (3.472 %) Risk Management 7 9 (3.125 %) Migration 8 8 (2.778 %) Web Development 9 7 (2.431 %) Change Management 9 7 (2.431 %) Project Planning 10 6 (2.083 %) Time Management 11 5 (1.736 %) ERP 11 5 (1.736 %) Requirements Management 12 4 (1.389 %) Software Testing 12 4 (1.389 %) Quality Management 12 4 (1.389 %) Configuration Management 13 3 (1.042 %) Six Sigma 13 3 (1.042 %) Automated Testing 13 3 (1.042 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 27 (9.375 %) SQL 2 11 (3.819 %) VB 3 7 (2.431 %) VB.NET 4 6 (2.083 %) VBScript 4 6 (2.083 %) C# 5 4 (1.389 %) Java 5 4 (1.389 %) JavaScript 5 4 (1.389 %) C 5 4 (1.389 %) Transact-SQL 6 3 (1.042 %) C++ 6 3 (1.042 %) VBA 7 2 (0.694 %) DHTML 8 1 (0.347 %) Perl 8 1 (0.347 %) Fortran	Qualifications 1 17 (5.903 %) Degree 2 11 (3.819 %) MCSE 2 11 (3.819 %) Microsoft Certification 3 6 (2.083 %) ISEB 3 6 (2.083 %) MCP 4 3 (1.042 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 2 (0.694 %) ITIL Certification 5 2 (0.694 %) Citrix Certification 5 2 (0.694 %) CISSP 6 1 (0.347 %) CISM 6 1 (0.347 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 6 1 (0.347 %) CCA 6 1 (0.347 %) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.042 %) ISO9000 1 3 (1.042 %) SLA 1 3 (1.042 %) QA 2 2 (0.694 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 44 (15.28 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.694 %) ISA Server 3 1 (0.347 %) VMware ESX 3 1 (0.347 %) VMware Server 3 1 (0.347 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 7 (2.431 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 4 (1.389 %) MOM 3 3 (1.042 %) SCCM 4 2 (0.694 %) OpenView 5 1 (0.347 %) CiscoWorks 5 1 (0.347 %) Tivoli NetView 5 1 (0.347 %) Netcool	Vendors 1 141 (48.96 %) Microsoft 2 19 (6.597 %) Cisco 3 13 (4.514 %) HP 3 13 (4.514 %) Lotus 4 11 (3.819 %) CheckPoint 5 10 (3.472 %) SAP 6 9 (3.125 %) Sun 7 8 (2.778 %) Novell 8 6 (2.083 %) Oracle 9 5 (1.736 %) Citrix 10 4 (1.389 %) Ericsson 11 3 (1.042 %) Nokia 11 3 (1.042 %) Dell 11 3 (1.042 %) IBM 11 3 (1.042 %) OPNET 12 2 (0.694 %) VMware 12 2 (0.694 %) Altiris 12 2 (0.694 %) McAfee Security 12 2 (0.694 %) Business Objects 13 1 (0.347 %) Symbian