The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 19 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 Hertfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 12 21 21
Rank change year-on-year
+9 0
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 61 71 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 9.546% 7.129% 6.304%
As % of the Applications category 59.22% 54.62% 44.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 24 18
Average daily rate £308 £250 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.10% -12.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £153 £164
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £396 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.58% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 13
Average hourly rate £17.50 £11.72 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+49.38% -13.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £10.30 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £15.75 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% -3.12%
All Applications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
103 130 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 16.12% 13.05% 14.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 43 41
Average daily rate £250 £288 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +0.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £143 £163 £157
10% offered a daily rate of more than £406 £388 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 28 46
Average hourly rate £19.50 £12.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.50% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.38 £10.34 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £31.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
St Albans +10 16 £401 +345.00% 2
Watford +8 5 £325 - 4
Rickmansworth +1 5 £225 - 1
Hitchin -3 1 - -
Hemel Hempstead -4 1 - - 4
Letchworth - 1 - - 3
Royston - - - -
Sawbridgeworth - - - -
Hertford - - - -
Bishop's Stortford - - - -
Borehamwood - - - -
Harpenden - - - -
Welwyn Garden City - - - - 2
Stevenage - - - - 2
Tring - - - -
MS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 65 (75.58%) Microsoft
2 25 (29.07%) SQL Server
3 24 (27.91%) MS Office
3 24 (27.91%) SQL
4 22 (25.58%) PRINCE2
5 21 (24.42%) Windows
6 20 (23.26%) Project Management
6 20 (23.26%) Change Management
7 17 (19.77%) Risk Management
7 17 (19.77%) ITIL
8 16 (18.60%) Finance
8 16 (18.60%) Migration
9 15 (17.44%) Service Management
9 15 (17.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 14 (16.28%) Remedy
11 13 (15.12%) MS Project
11 13 (15.12%) ISEB
11 13 (15.12%) Active Directory
11 13 (15.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (15.12%) MS PowerPoint
11 13 (15.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (13.95%) Windows 7
12 12 (13.95%) XML
13 11 (12.79%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (11.63%) .NET
15 9 (10.47%) SQL Server 2008
16 8 (9.302%) VBA
16 8 (9.302%) C#
17 7 (8.140%) Oracle

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 12 (13.95%) XML
2 10 (11.63%) .NET
3 5 (5.814%) Web Services
4 4 (4.651%) HTML
5 2 (2.326%) Flash
5 2 (2.326%) XHTML
5 2 (2.326%) CSS
6 1 (1.163%) COM
6 1 (1.163%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.814%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.651%) IBM Notes
2 4 (4.651%) MS Exchange
3 3 (3.488%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (3.488%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (3.488%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.326%) IIS
5 1 (1.163%) SAS
5 1 (1.163%) CMS
5 1 (1.163%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 24 (27.91%) MS Office
2 13 (15.12%) MS Project
2 13 (15.12%) MS PowerPoint
3 6 (6.977%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.326%) Office 365
5 1 (1.163%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (4.651%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.163%) Agresso
2 1 (1.163%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.163%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.163%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.163%) Google Analytics
2 1 (1.163%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.140%) Internet
2 4 (4.651%) DNS
3 3 (3.488%) DHCP
4 2 (2.326%) LTE
4 2 (2.326%) 2G
4 2 (2.326%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.326%) Firewall
4 2 (2.326%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.163%) VPN
5 1 (1.163%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.163%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (29.07%) SQL Server
2 13 (15.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 13 (15.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (12.79%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (10.47%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (8.140%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (2.326%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (2.326%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (2.326%) OLAP
7 1 (1.163%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.163%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.163%) MS Access
7 1 (1.163%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (1.163%) QlikView
7 1 (1.163%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 3 (3.488%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (2.326%) JIRA
General
1 16 (18.60%) Finance
2 5 (5.814%) Telecoms
2 5 (5.814%) Retail
2 5 (5.814%) Marketing
3 4 (4.651%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (3.488%) Legal
4 3 (3.488%) French Language
5 2 (2.326%) Spanish Language
5 2 (2.326%) Billing
5 2 (2.326%) Games
6 1 (1.163%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 28 (32.56%) Analyst
2 23 (26.74%) Project Manager
3 10 (11.63%) Developer
4 9 (10.47%) Business Analyst
5 8 (9.302%) Support Analyst
6 4 (4.651%) Project Support Analyst
6 4 (4.651%) Project Analyst
6 4 (4.651%) Project Officer
6 4 (4.651%) Data Analyst
6 4 (4.651%) Architect
6 4 (4.651%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (3.488%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (3.488%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.488%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.488%) Consultant
7 3 (3.488%) SQL Developer
7 3 (3.488%) Navision Developer
8 2 (2.326%) Agile Business Analyst
8 2 (2.326%) Microsoft Developer
8 2 (2.326%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.488%) N-Tier
1 3 (3.488%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.326%) RIA
2 2 (2.326%) Mathematics
2 2 (2.326%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.326%) Clustering
2 2 (2.326%) Blackberry
2 2 (2.326%) PMI
3 1 (1.163%) NHS
3 1 (1.163%) Informatics
3 1 (1.163%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.163%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.163%) New Media
3 1 (1.163%) Social Media
3 1 (1.163%) iPad
3 1 (1.163%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 21 (24.42%) Windows
2 12 (13.95%) Windows 7
3 7 (8.140%) Windows XP
4 6 (6.977%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (3.488%) Linux
5 3 (3.488%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (2.326%) Windows Mobile
6 2 (2.326%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.163%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.163%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.163%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.58%) PRINCE2
2 20 (23.26%) Project Management
2 20 (23.26%) Change Management
3 17 (19.77%) Risk Management
3 17 (19.77%) ITIL
4 16 (18.60%) Migration
5 15 (17.44%) Service Management
6 11 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (8.140%) ETL
8 6 (6.977%) Business Analysis
8 6 (6.977%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (5.814%) SOA
9 5 (5.814%) Waterfall
10 4 (4.651%) Kimball Methodology
10 4 (4.651%) Change Control
10 4 (4.651%) Data Analysis
10 4 (4.651%) Scrum
10 4 (4.651%) Quality Management
11 3 (3.488%) E-Commerce
11 3 (3.488%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 24 (27.91%) SQL
2 8 (9.302%) VBA
2 8 (9.302%) C#
3 5 (5.814%) T-SQL
4 4 (4.651%) C
5 1 (1.163%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.163%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 15 (17.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 13 (15.12%) ISEB
3 4 (4.651%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.651%) MCP
3 4 (4.651%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.488%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.326%) CISM
5 2 (2.326%) MCSE
5 2 (2.326%) PMP
5 2 (2.326%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.326%) CISSP
6 1 (1.163%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.163%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.163%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.163%) CCNP
6 1 (1.163%) MCDST
6 1 (1.163%) Degree
6 1 (1.163%) MCITP
6 1 (1.163%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.488%) QA
2 2 (2.326%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (15.12%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.488%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.326%) vSphere
3 2 (2.326%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.163%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.326%) SCCM
1 2 (2.326%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (1.163%) OpenView
2 1 (1.163%) OVSD
2 1 (1.163%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.163%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 65 (75.58%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.28%) Remedy
3 7 (8.140%) Oracle
4 5 (5.814%) VMware
5 4 (4.651%) Citrix
5 4 (4.651%) Lotus
6 3 (3.488%) Cisco
6 3 (3.488%) SAP
6 3 (3.488%) Business Objects
6 3 (3.488%) Cognos
7 2 (2.326%) Acronis
7 2 (2.326%) Brio
7 2 (2.326%) HP
7 2 (2.326%) Sophos
7 2 (2.326%) Symantec
7 2 (2.326%) Ericsson
8 1 (1.163%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.163%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.163%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (1.163%) Omniture
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