The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 31 14 20
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +6
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 46 66 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 6.174% 7.416% 6.230%
As % of the Applications category 47.42% 58.93% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 26 13
Average daily rate £323 £338 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +19.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £167 £88 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £396 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 3
Average hourly rate £16.50 £11.50 £9.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.47% +27.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
97 112 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 13.02% 12.58% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 48 21
Average daily rate £310 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.12% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £108 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £411 £380 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 24 11
Average hourly rate £15.00 £12.00 £11.78
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +1.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.62 £11.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.10 £30.00 £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
West Yorkshire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds MS Excel Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 74 (67.89%) Microsoft
2 38 (34.86%) Windows
3 25 (22.94%) MS Office
4 24 (22.02%) MS Project
5 23 (21.10%) SQL
6 21 (19.27%) .NET
6 21 (19.27%) Finance
7 19 (17.43%) Windows 7
8 18 (16.51%) SQL Server
9 16 (14.68%) Active Directory
10 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (11.93%) SharePoint
10 13 (11.93%) MS PowerPoint
11 12 (11.01%) PRINCE2
11 12 (11.01%) Project Management
12 11 (10.09%) Windows Server 2003
12 11 (10.09%) C#
12 11 (10.09%) Project Planning
13 10 (9.174%) MS Exchange
14 9 (8.257%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (8.257%) ASP.NET
14 9 (8.257%) SAN
14 9 (8.257%) Migration
15 8 (7.339%) Retail
15 8 (7.339%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (7.339%) ITIL
15 8 (7.339%) Oracle
15 8 (7.339%) Windows XP
16 7 (6.422%) E-Commerce
16 7 (6.422%) SAS

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 21 (19.27%) .NET
2 9 (8.257%) ASP.NET
3 4 (3.670%) ASP
3 4 (3.670%) HTML
3 4 (3.670%) WinForms
4 3 (2.752%) MDX
4 3 (2.752%) WCF
4 3 (2.752%) XML
5 2 (1.835%) XSLT
5 2 (1.835%) Web Services
5 2 (1.835%) WPF
5 2 (1.835%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.917%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 1 (0.917%) REST
6 1 (0.917%) Ajax
6 1 (0.917%) Application Packaging
6 1 (0.917%) jQuery
6 1 (0.917%) Middleware
6 1 (0.917%) COM
Application Platforms
1 13 (11.93%) SharePoint
2 10 (9.174%) MS Exchange
3 7 (6.422%) SAS
4 5 (4.587%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (3.670%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (2.752%) IIS
7 2 (1.835%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (1.835%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (1.835%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.917%) Lync
8 1 (0.917%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.917%) Lotus Domino
8 1 (0.917%) WorkSite
8 1 (0.917%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (22.94%) MS Office
2 24 (22.02%) MS Project
3 13 (11.93%) MS PowerPoint
4 6 (5.505%) MS Visio
5 4 (3.670%) SPSS
5 4 (3.670%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (4.587%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.257%) SAN
2 6 (5.505%) GPRS
3 5 (4.587%) Internet
4 3 (2.752%) DNS
5 2 (1.835%) DHCP
5 2 (1.835%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.917%) VPN
6 1 (0.917%) LAN
6 1 (0.917%) WAN
6 1 (0.917%) Firewall
6 1 (0.917%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.917%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.917%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (16.51%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.505%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (3.670%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (3.670%) OLAP
3 4 (3.670%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (3.670%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.752%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.752%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (2.752%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.917%) Base SAS
5 1 (0.917%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.917%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.917%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.917%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (3.670%) JIRA
2 2 (1.835%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (1.835%) Subversion
3 1 (0.917%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (19.27%) Finance
2 8 (7.339%) Retail
3 7 (6.422%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.505%) Legal
5 5 (4.587%) Banking
6 4 (3.670%) Law
7 3 (2.752%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.917%) Private Banking
8 1 (0.917%) Advertising
8 1 (0.917%) Publishing
8 1 (0.917%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (26.61%) Analyst
2 18 (16.51%) Developer
3 15 (13.76%) Project Manager
4 11 (10.09%) Technical Support
5 8 (7.339%) 1st Line Support
5 8 (7.339%) Service Analyst
5 8 (7.339%) Service Desk Analyst
6 7 (6.422%) .NET Developer
7 5 (4.587%) Administrator
7 5 (4.587%) VB.NET Developer
7 5 (4.587%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (4.587%) Support Analyst
7 5 (4.587%) Blackberry Support
7 5 (4.587%) Technical Advisor
8 4 (3.670%) Technical Services Analyst
8 4 (3.670%) Help Desk Support
8 4 (3.670%) Programme Planner
8 4 (3.670%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (3.670%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.670%) Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.422%) Blackberry
2 5 (4.587%) NHS
3 4 (3.670%) Reference Data
4 1 (0.917%) iPhone
4 1 (0.917%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.917%) iPad
4 1 (0.917%) Hedge funds
4 1 (0.917%) Grid Computing
4 1 (0.917%) E-Learning
4 1 (0.917%) Beowulf
4 1 (0.917%) Statistics
4 1 (0.917%) Informatics
4 1 (0.917%) Mathematics
4 1 (0.917%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 38 (34.86%) Windows
2 19 (17.43%) Windows 7
3 11 (10.09%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (7.339%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (7.339%) Windows XP
5 6 (5.505%) Windows 2000
6 5 (4.587%) UNIX
7 2 (1.835%) Linux
8 1 (0.917%) Solaris
8 1 (0.917%) CentOS
8 1 (0.917%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.917%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (11.01%) PRINCE2
2 12 (11.01%) Project Management
3 11 (10.09%) Project Planning
4 9 (8.257%) Migration
5 8 (7.339%) ITIL
6 7 (6.422%) E-Commerce
6 7 (6.422%) Risk Management
6 7 (6.422%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (5.505%) CRM
7 6 (5.505%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (4.587%) Data Modelling
8 5 (4.587%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (4.587%) Data Management
8 5 (4.587%) Data Analysis
8 5 (4.587%) Resource Management
8 5 (4.587%) Network Architecture
9 4 (3.670%) UML
10 3 (2.752%) Change Management
10 3 (2.752%) Critical Path Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.10%) SQL
2 11 (10.09%) C#
3 7 (6.422%) VB.NET
4 3 (2.752%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.835%) VBScript
5 2 (1.835%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.917%) C
6 1 (0.917%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.917%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (8.257%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (5.505%) Degree
3 5 (4.587%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 5 (4.587%) MCP
4 4 (3.670%) ISEB
5 3 (2.752%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.835%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.835%) APMP
6 2 (1.835%) MCSE
6 2 (1.835%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.917%) PMP
7 1 (0.917%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.917%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.917%) MOS
7 1 (0.917%) MCDST
7 1 (0.917%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.917%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.670%) SLA
2 3 (2.752%) QA
3 2 (1.835%) Data Quality
System Software
1 16 (14.68%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.835%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.835%) vSphere
3 1 (0.917%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (3.670%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.835%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 74 (67.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.339%) Oracle
3 6 (5.505%) SAP
4 4 (3.670%) Cisco
4 4 (3.670%) Citrix
5 3 (2.752%) Perforce
5 3 (2.752%) Google
6 2 (1.835%) VMware
6 2 (1.835%) Teradata
6 2 (1.835%) HP
6 2 (1.835%) Remedy
6 2 (1.835%) Lotus
7 1 (0.917%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.917%) Apple
7 1 (0.917%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.917%) Sun
7 1 (0.917%) NetApp
7 1 (0.917%) F5
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