MS Excel Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 23 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 Lancashire 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 15 33 20
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -13
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 16 12 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 7.692% 2.878% 5.106%
As % of the Applications category 50.00% 30.77% 70.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 4
Average daily rate £300 £450 £294
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +53.19%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £305
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 4
Average hourly rate £22.00 £25.75 £38.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.56% -33.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £21.50 £27.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -3.22%
All Applications
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 32 39 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 15.38% 9.353% 7.234%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 8
Average daily rate £300 £388 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.58% +34.78%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 5
Average hourly rate £21.25 £20.00 £38.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -48.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £20.00 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £29.15 £160.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Excel
North West

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Preston +18 8 £300 -38.20%
Blackpool +2 2 - -
Blackburn +1 1 - -
MS Excel
North West

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 16 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (34.78%) MS Office
3 6 (26.09%) Windows
3 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
4 4 (17.39%) Windows 7
4 4 (17.39%) .NET Framework
4 4 (17.39%) SCCM
4 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2012
4 4 (17.39%) Windows XP
4 4 (17.39%) Visual Studio
4 4 (17.39%) C#
4 4 (17.39%) .NET
4 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
4 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
4 4 (17.39%) Finance
5 3 (13.04%) Citrix
5 3 (13.04%) MS Visio
5 3 (13.04%) ITIL
5 3 (13.04%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (13.04%) Local Government
6 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
6 2 (8.696%) Military
6 2 (8.696%) AppSense
6 2 (8.696%) Windows Vista
6 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (8.696%) SC Cleared
6 2 (8.696%) Lumension

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 4 (17.39%) .NET Framework
1 4 (17.39%) .NET
2 1 (4.348%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
1 2 (8.696%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (4.348%) IIS
2 1 (4.348%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.348%) Lync
2 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) MS Office
2 3 (13.04%) MS Visio
3 2 (8.696%) FrameMaker
4 1 (4.348%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) Firewall
1 1 (4.348%) DHCP
1 1 (4.348%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2012
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.348%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (17.39%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Local Government
3 2 (8.696%) Military
3 2 (8.696%) Avionics
3 2 (8.696%) Automotive
3 2 (8.696%) Electronics
4 1 (4.348%) Publishing
4 1 (4.348%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Software Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) C# Software Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Migration Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Designer
4 2 (8.696%) Author
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Author
4 2 (8.696%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Analyst Programmer
5 1 (4.348%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Server Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Windows Server Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Web Project Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Programmer
5 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Blackberry
1 2 (8.696%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.348%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Windows 7
2 4 (17.39%) Windows XP
3 2 (8.696%) Windows Vista
3 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) ITIL
2 2 (8.696%) Software Deployment
2 2 (8.696%) Quality Management
2 2 (8.696%) Migration
3 1 (4.348%) Workflow
3 1 (4.348%) Business Analysis
3 1 (4.348%) Service Management
3 1 (4.348%) Change Management
3 1 (4.348%) BPR
3 1 (4.348%) Project Management
3 1 (4.348%) CRM
3 1 (4.348%) Database Security
3 1 (4.348%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (4.348%) Security Architecture
3 1 (4.348%) Information Architecture
3 1 (4.348%) Use Case
3 1 (4.348%) Test Scripting
3 1 (4.348%) System Testing
3 1 (4.348%) Time Management
3 1 (4.348%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) C#
2 2 (8.696%) VBA
3 1 (4.348%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.696%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.348%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (8.696%) GAAP
1 2 (8.696%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (4.348%) Terminal Server
3 1 (4.348%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) SCCM
2 1 (4.348%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (4.348%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Citrix
3 2 (8.696%) AppSense
3 2 (8.696%) Lumension
3 2 (8.696%) SAP
3 2 (8.696%) McAfee
3 2 (8.696%) CA
4 1 (4.348%) Sage
4 1 (4.348%) Cisco
4 1 (4.348%) HP
C# Software Engineer
Preston, North West
Our client is an £80m revenue business looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join an established but ambitious business. The successful candidate will have in excess of...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 per day + Contract - 3 Months
Posted: 2 May 2013
SCCM SUPPORT ENGINEER - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER / 2ND LINE SUPPORT - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
Application Packager App-V, 4.5, 4.6 (wise msi)
Preston, Lancashire
Skills: Wise, MSI, APPV, ORCA, Packaging, Enterprise Desktop Deployment, AdminStudio, InstallSheild, Windows 7, SCCM, SCOM... * Good knowledge of VB Scripting and Citrix... * MCDST qualification essential, MCITP / MCSE qualification...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Rate: From £250 to £300 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
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