The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the High Wycombe region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 24 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 High Wycombe 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank - 8 7
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 0 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in High Wycombe - 14.58% 5.455%
As % of the Applications category - 63.64% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £245 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +4.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -1.63%
All Applications
High Wycombe
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
1 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in High Wycombe 2.564% 22.92% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £215 £95
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +126.31%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 7
Average hourly rate £11.00 £13.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.98% -1.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Excel
Buckinghamshire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the High Wycombe 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 4 (66.67%) MS Office
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Cognos
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (33.33%) Minitab
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Billing
3 1 (16.67%) Ajax
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) PHP
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) LAMP
3 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) SLA
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Internet

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the High Wycombe 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 1 (16.67%) jQuery
1 1 (16.67%) Ajax
1 1 (16.67%) LAMP
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
General
1 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (16.67%) Billing
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) LAMP Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
1 1 (16.67%) Time Management
1 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
1 1 (16.67%) ITSM
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) OOP
1 1 (16.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Cognos
2 2 (33.33%) Minitab