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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2621
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads81109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.108 %0.110 %
As % of the category below36.49 %37.59 %
Daily rates quoted2855
Average minimum daily rate£310£276
Average daily rate£330£285
% change on same period last year+16.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£293
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£274
% change on same period last year+5.83 %
Hourly rates quoted177
Average minimum hourly rate£11.59£16.66
Average hourly rate£12.46£19.03
% change on same period last year-34.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.32£21.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.88£17.80
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads222290
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.296 %0.293 %
Daily rates quoted72131
Average minimum daily rate£268£260
Average daily rate£287£267
% change on same period last year+7.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£305£274
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£285
% change on same period last year+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted6042
Average minimum hourly rate£20.78£16.62
Average hourly rate£21.51£17.65
% change on same period last year+21.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.25£18.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.01£18.99
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
MS Excel East of EnglandMS Excel
East of 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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hertfordshire 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 jobs citing MS Excel within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 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
WatfordUp+114£313+37.65 %
St AlbansUp+34£275-
RickmansworthNew entry-3--
Bishop's StortfordNew entry-1--
StevenageDown-51--
MS Excel East of EnglandMS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

170 (50.00 %)Microsoft
247 (33.57 %)MS Office
335 (25.00 %)Finance
430 (21.43 %)Windows
529 (20.71 %)MS Project
625 (17.86 %)Retail
723 (16.43 %)SQL
822 (15.71 %)PRINCE2
920 (14.29 %)MS PowerPoint
1019 (13.57 %)Project Management
1118 (12.86 %)Project Planning
1216 (11.43 %).NET
1314 (10.00 %)QA
1412 (8.571 %)Internet
1511 (7.857 %)MS Exchange
1610 (7.143 %)Spreadsheet
179 (6.429 %)MS Access
179 (6.429 %)ClearCase
179 (6.429 %)VB
179 (6.429 %)SQL Server
179 (6.429 %)Configuration Management
179 (6.429 %)ClearQuest
188 (5.714 %)Pharmaceutical
188 (5.714 %)SLA
188 (5.714 %)Active Directory
188 (5.714 %)HP
188 (5.714 %)Microsoft Certification
188 (5.714 %)C#
188 (5.714 %)Time Management
188 (5.714 %)Degree

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (11.43 %).NET
24 (2.857 %)XML
24 (2.857 %).NET Framework
32 (1.429 %)HTML
32 (1.429 %)CSS
32 (1.429 %)WebServices
32 (1.429 %)Middleware
41 (0.714 %)WinForms
41 (0.714 %)ISPF
41 (0.714 %)XSL
41 (0.714 %)XSLT
41 (0.714 %)XHTML
41 (0.714 %)ASP
41 (0.714 %)ASP.NET
41 (0.714 %)COM
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (7.857 %)MS Exchange
28 (5.714 %)Office Project Server
34 (2.857 %)BizTalk Server
43 (2.143 %)WebLogic
43 (2.143 %)IIS
43 (2.143 %)Lotus Notes
51 (0.714 %)SAS
51 (0.714 %)CICS
51 (0.714 %)Exchange Server 2000
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
147 (33.57 %)MS Office
229 (20.71 %)MS Project
320 (14.29 %)MS PowerPoint
410 (7.143 %)Spreadsheet
57 (5.000 %)FrameMaker
65 (3.571 %)Adobe Illustrator
65 (3.571 %)Photoshop
74 (2.857 %)MS Visio
81 (0.714 %)AutoCAD
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.143 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (8.571 %)Internet
25 (3.571 %)VPN
33 (2.143 %)Firewall
42 (1.429 %)Wireless
42 (1.429 %)LAN
42 (1.429 %)WAN
42 (1.429 %)SNMP
51 (0.714 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.714 %)DNS
51 (0.714 %)SAN
51 (0.714 %)DMZ
51 (0.714 %)LLU
51 (0.714 %)Broadband
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (6.429 %)SQL Server
19 (6.429 %)MS Access
25 (3.571 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (2.857 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (2.857 %)Datawarehouse
42 (1.429 %)DTS
42 (1.429 %)Oracle 10g
42 (1.429 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (0.714 %)MySQL
51 (0.714 %)STATISTICA
51 (0.714 %)ETL
51 (0.714 %)RDBMS
51 (0.714 %)DB2
51 (0.714 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.714 %)Oracle 9i
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (6.429 %)ClearCase
19 (6.429 %)ClearQuest
27 (5.000 %)InstallShield
33 (2.143 %)PeopleTools
41 (0.714 %)Bugzilla
41 (0.714 %)TestDirector
41 (0.714 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.714 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (25.00 %)Finance
225 (17.86 %)Retail
38 (5.714 %)Pharmaceutical
46 (4.286 %)Telecoms
55 (3.571 %)Education
64 (2.857 %)Financial Institution
73 (2.143 %)Law
73 (2.143 %)Legal
73 (2.143 %)Banking
73 (2.143 %)Games
82 (1.429 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.714 %)Front Office
91 (0.714 %)Aerospace
91 (0.714 %)Automotive
91 (0.714 %)Military
91 (0.714 %)Multimedia
91 (0.714 %)Auditing
91 (0.714 %)Online Games
91 (0.714 %)FMCG
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
146 (32.86 %)Analyst
227 (19.29 %)Support Analyst
318 (12.86 %)Project Analyst
417 (12.14 %)Project Support Analyst
511 (7.857 %)Developer
69 (6.429 %)Project Manager
78 (5.714 %)Administrator
87 (5.000 %)Author
87 (5.000 %)Technical Author
87 (5.000 %)Desktop Support
96 (4.286 %)Coordinator
105 (3.571 %)Helpdesk Support
105 (3.571 %)Quality Analyst
105 (3.571 %)QA Analyst
105 (3.571 %)Project Office Analyst
114 (2.857 %)Data Analyst
114 (2.857 %)Project Office Support
114 (2.857 %)Helpdesk Analyst
123 (2.143 %)1st Line Support
123 (2.143 %)Support Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (2.857 %)NHS
23 (2.143 %)PMI
23 (2.143 %)Statistics
23 (2.143 %)Informatics
32 (1.429 %)Mathematics
32 (1.429 %)Danish Language
32 (1.429 %)Italian Language
32 (1.429 %)Polish Language
32 (1.429 %)Portuguese Language
32 (1.429 %)CMDB
41 (0.714 %)IBM Mainframe
41 (0.714 %)MPEG
41 (0.714 %)HACMP
41 (0.714 %)DTV
41 (0.714 %)Mainframe
41 (0.714 %)Replication
41 (0.714 %)IPTV
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (21.43 %)Windows
27 (5.000 %)Windows NT
27 (5.000 %)UNIX
36 (4.286 %)Windows 2000
36 (4.286 %)Solaris
45 (3.571 %)Windows XP
54 (2.857 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (2.143 %)Windows Mobile
63 (2.143 %)Linux
71 (0.714 %)AIX
71 (0.714 %)Embedded Linux
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (15.71 %)PRINCE2
219 (13.57 %)Project Management
318 (12.86 %)Project Planning
49 (6.429 %)Configuration Management
58 (5.714 %)Time Management
67 (5.000 %)Continuous Integration
76 (4.286 %)Business Development
76 (4.286 %)Service Delivery
76 (4.286 %)Data Analysis
85 (3.571 %)Supplier Management
85 (3.571 %)ITIL
94 (2.857 %)Quality Management
102 (1.429 %)Programme Management
102 (1.429 %)Change Management
102 (1.429 %)Migration
102 (1.429 %)Service Management
111 (0.714 %)UML
111 (0.714 %)CRM
111 (0.714 %)ERP
111 (0.714 %)Six Sigma
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (16.43 %)SQL
29 (6.429 %)VB
38 (5.714 %)C#
47 (5.000 %)Shell Script
47 (5.000 %)PowerShell
56 (4.286 %)VBA
64 (2.857 %)VB.NET
73 (2.143 %)C++
73 (2.143 %)C
73 (2.143 %)PL/SQL
82 (1.429 %)JavaScript
82 (1.429 %)Perl
82 (1.429 %)Transact-SQL
82 (1.429 %)VC++
82 (1.429 %)VB6
91 (0.714 %)XPath
91 (0.714 %)Embedded C
91 (0.714 %)Embedded C++
91 (0.714 %)PHP
91 (0.714 %)COBOL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (5.714 %)Microsoft Certification
18 (5.714 %)Degree
24 (2.857 %)MCSE
32 (1.429 %)MCP
32 (1.429 %)MCSD
41 (0.714 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (0.714 %)MCAD
41 (0.714 %)MCSA
41 (0.714 %)OCP
41 (0.714 %)Oracle Certification
41 (0.714 %)MCITP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (10.00 %)QA
28 (5.714 %)SLA
32 (1.429 %)ISO9000
41 (0.714 %)GMP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (5.714 %)Active Directory
22 (1.429 %)VMware Workstation
22 (1.429 %)Backup Exec
31 (0.714 %)Oracle RMAN
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (2.143 %)Norton AntiVirus
22 (1.429 %)OpenView
22 (1.429 %)Tivoli
22 (1.429 %)MOM
31 (0.714 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
31 (0.714 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.714 %)SCOM
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
170 (50.00 %)Microsoft
28 (5.714 %)HP
37 (5.000 %)Oracle
37 (5.000 %)Dell
46 (4.286 %)IBM
54 (2.857 %)SAP
54 (2.857 %)Cisco
63 (2.143 %)PeopleSoft
63 (2.143 %)Intel
63 (2.143 %)VERITAS
63 (2.143 %)Lotus
63 (2.143 %)CheckPoint
63 (2.143 %)Symantec
63 (2.143 %)Remedy
72 (1.429 %)Sophos
72 (1.429 %)VMware
72 (1.429 %)ProCurve
81 (0.714 %)Compaq
81 (0.714 %)Serena
81 (0.714 %)Citrix
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