Kent MS Excel Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Kent 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Excel
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Aylesbury Ayrshire Barking Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Batley Beckenham Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Bingley Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clydebank Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Deeside Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorset Douglas Dover Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Flintshire Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grangemouth Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lichfield Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sherborne Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Weymouth Wiltshire Windlesham Windsor Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	19	36
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	27	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.036 %	0.019 %
As % of the category below	37.50 %	30.16 %
Daily rates quoted	5	3
Average minimum daily rate	£169	£250
Average daily rate	£179	£250
% change on same period last year	-28.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£189	£250
UK excluding London average daily rate	£291	£270
% change on same period last year	+7.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.92	£18.11
Average hourly rate	£27.12	£21.11
% change on same period last year	+28.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.33	£24.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.00	£18.60
% change on same period last year	-3.19 %
Applications Kent
Matching contract IT job ads	72	63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.096 %	0.063 %
Daily rates quoted	21	6
Average minimum daily rate	£191	£228
Average daily rate	£205	£231
% change on same period last year	-11.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£218	£233
UK excluding London average daily rate	£296	£289
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	19
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.60	£20.35
Average hourly rate	£23.68	£22.58
% change on same period last year	+4.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.77	£24.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.61	£19.51
% change on same period last year	-4.60 %
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 Kent 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 Kent region.

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Kent region over the 3 months to 29 August 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 Kent region.

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Kent region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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 Kent region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Maidstone	-	6	£225	-
Dover	-	3	£113	-
Chatham	-	2	-	-
Sandwich	-	2	-	-
Canterbury	+1	1	-	-
Sevenoaks	+10	1	£325	-

MS Excel South East

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 46 (75.41 %) Microsoft 2 24 (39.34 %) MS Office 3 23 (37.70 %) Windows 4 15 (24.59 %) MS PowerPoint 5 12 (19.67 %) UNIX 6 11 (18.03 %) Active Directory 6 11 (18.03 %) Windows Server 2003 7 10 (16.39 %) MS Exchange 8 9 (14.75 %) SQL 8 9 (14.75 %) NHS 8 9 (14.75 %) Exchange Server 2003 9 8 (13.11 %) VB 9 8 (13.11 %) XML 10 7 (11.48 %) GIS 10 7 (11.48 %) ESRI

10 7 (11.48 %) Service Delivery 10 7 (11.48 %) Finance 10 7 (11.48 %) AJAX 10 7 (11.48 %) MS Project 10 7 (11.48 %) ASP 10 7 (11.48 %) HTML 10 7 (11.48 %) .NET 10 7 (11.48 %) Oracle 10 7 (11.48 %) Windows XP 10 7 (11.48 %) Windows NT 10 7 (11.48 %) Windows 2000 10 7 (11.48 %) Internet 10 7 (11.48 %) Windows 2000 Server 10 7 (11.48 %) Exchange Server 5.5 10 7 (11.48 %) Exchange Server 2000

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 8 (13.11 %) XML 2 7 (11.48 %) AJAX 2 7 (11.48 %) ASP 2 7 (11.48 %) HTML 2 7 (11.48 %) .NET 2 7 (11.48 %) ArcObjects 3 6 (9.836 %) WebServices 4 1 (1.639 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 10 (16.39 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (14.75 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 7 (11.48 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 7 (11.48 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 6 (9.836 %) ArcIMS 5 2 (3.279 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 2 (3.279 %) SAS 5 2 (3.279 %) GroupWise 6 1 (1.639 %) CMS 6 1 (1.639 %) Documentum 6 1 (1.639 %) JBoss
Applications 1 24 (39.34 %) MS Office 2 15 (24.59 %) MS PowerPoint 3 7 (11.48 %) MS Project 4 3 (4.918 %) MS Visio 4 3 (4.918 %) Acrobat 5 1 (1.639 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 4 (6.557 %) Summit
Communications & Networking 1 7 (11.48 %) Internet 2 5 (8.197 %) Intranet 3 4 (6.557 %) SAN 4 3 (4.918 %) Firewall 4 3 (4.918 %) VPN 5 2 (3.279 %) DNS 5 2 (3.279 %) LAN 5 2 (3.279 %) WAN 5 2 (3.279 %) Wireless 6 1 (1.639 %) DHCP 6 1 (1.639 %) HTTP 6 1 (1.639 %) Network Security	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (11.48 %) GIS 2 6 (9.836 %) MS Access 2 6 (9.836 %) SQL Server 3 4 (6.557 %) RDBMS 3 4 (6.557 %) BusinessObjects 4 3 (4.918 %) Crystal Reports 4 3 (4.918 %) DTS 5 2 (3.279 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 2 (3.279 %) ETL 5 2 (3.279 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (1.639 %) Oracle 8/8i
General 1 7 (11.48 %) Finance 2 6 (9.836 %) Insurance 3 5 (8.197 %) Health 3 5 (8.197 %) Publishing 3 5 (8.197 %) Pharmaceutical 4 3 (4.918 %) Banking 5 2 (3.279 %) Telecoms 5 2 (3.279 %) Legal 6 1 (1.639 %) Local Government 6 1 (1.639 %) Manufacturing 6 1 (1.639 %) Education 6 1 (1.639 %) Government 6 1 (1.639 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 14 (22.95 %) Analyst 2 8 (13.11 %) Developer 2 8 (13.11 %) Administrator 3 6 (9.836 %) Support Engineer 3 6 (9.836 %) 2nd Line Support 4 5 (8.197 %) Applications Developer 4 5 (8.197 %) Information Analyst 4 5 (8.197 %) GIS Developer 4 5 (8.197 %) Data Analyst 5 4 (6.557 %) NHS Information Analyst 6 3 (4.918 %) IT Trainer 6 3 (4.918 %) Consultant 6 3 (4.918 %) Support Analyst 6 3 (4.918 %) Trainer 6 3 (4.918 %) Support Consultant 6 3 (4.918 %) 2nd Line Support Engineer 7 2 (3.279 %) Project Consultant 7 2 (3.279 %) 3rd Line Support 7 2 (3.279 %) Project Manager 7 2 (3.279 %) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous 1 9 (14.75 %) NHS 2 2 (3.279 %) Clustering 3 1 (1.639 %) French Language 3 1 (1.639 %) Spanish Language	Operating Systems 1 23 (37.70 %) Windows 2 12 (19.67 %) UNIX 3 11 (18.03 %) Windows Server 2003 4 7 (11.48 %) Windows XP 4 7 (11.48 %) Windows NT 4 7 (11.48 %) Windows 2000 4 7 (11.48 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 1 (1.639 %) AIX 5 1 (1.639 %) Linux 5 1 (1.639 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (11.48 %) Service Delivery 2 5 (8.197 %) Migration 2 5 (8.197 %) Data Migration 3 2 (3.279 %) Project Planning 3 2 (3.279 %) Project Management 3 2 (3.279 %) Business Intelligence 3 2 (3.279 %) ITIL 3 2 (3.279 %) PRINCE2 3 2 (3.279 %) Validation 4 1 (1.639 %) Data Analysis 4 1 (1.639 %) Logistics 4 1 (1.639 %) Supply Chain Management 4 1 (1.639 %) Stakeholder Management 4 1 (1.639 %) ERP 4 1 (1.639 %) CRM 4 1 (1.639 %) B2B 4 1 (1.639 %) B2C 4 1 (1.639 %) Web Development 4 1 (1.639 %) Statistical Analysis 4 1 (1.639 %) Resource Management	Programming Languages 1 9 (14.75 %) SQL 2 8 (13.11 %) VB 3 3 (4.918 %) C 3 3 (4.918 %) C# 4 2 (3.279 %) Transact-SQL
Qualifications 1 3 (4.918 %) ECDL 2 1 (1.639 %) MCSE 2 1 (1.639 %) MCSA 2 1 (1.639 %) CCNA 2 1 (1.639 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (1.639 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (1.639 %) ITIL Certification 2 1 (1.639 %) Degree 2 1 (1.639 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.639 %) QA
System Software 1 11 (18.03 %) Active Directory 2 2 (3.279 %) ISA Server 2 2 (3.279 %) NDS 2 2 (3.279 %) Backup Exec 3 1 (1.639 %) Terminal Services	Vendors 1 46 (75.41 %) Microsoft 2 7 (11.48 %) ESRI 2 7 (11.48 %) Oracle 3 5 (8.197 %) HP 4 4 (6.557 %) Business Objects 5 3 (4.918 %) Citrix 5 3 (4.918 %) Cisco 6 2 (3.279 %) Novell 6 2 (3.279 %) Intel 6 2 (3.279 %) IBM 7 1 (1.639 %) Ariba 7 1 (1.639 %) Symantec