Leeds MS Excel Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Excel
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Ascot Ashton-under-Lyne Audenshaw Aylesbury Banbury Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chalfont St Giles Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dover Dundee Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Gwent Hackney Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rotherham Rugby Ruislip Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sherborne Shrewsbury Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tamworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witney Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	16	24
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	102	55
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.135 %	0.058 %
As % of the category below	45.74 %	38.73 %
Daily rates quoted	29	12
Average minimum daily rate	£235	£230
Average daily rate	£252	£261
% change on same period last year	-3.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£269	£292
UK excluding London average daily rate	£281	£272
% change on same period last year	+3.27 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.93	£17.67
Average hourly rate	£17.41	£17.67
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.88	£17.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.78	£17.44
% change on same period last year	+1.97 %
Applications Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads	223	142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.294 %	0.151 %
Daily rates quoted	64	27
Average minimum daily rate	£247	£264
Average daily rate	£261	£287
% change on same period last year	-9.04 %
Average maximum daily rate	£274	£310
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£281
% change on same period last year	+6.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.49	£15.69
Average hourly rate	£16.92	£16.02
% change on same period last year	+5.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.35	£16.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.92	£19.17
% change on same period last year	-6.53 %
MS Excel West Yorkshire

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 Leeds 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 Leeds region.

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 Leeds region.

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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 92 (56.79 %) Microsoft 2 54 (33.33 %) MS Office 3 47 (29.01 %) NHS 4 44 (27.16 %) MS Access 5 43 (26.54 %) Health 6 37 (22.84 %) SQL Server 7 36 (22.22 %) Windows 8 31 (19.14 %) MS PowerPoint 9 30 (18.52 %) SQL 10 28 (17.28 %) Finance 11 27 (16.67 %) PRINCE2 12 23 (14.20 %) Active Directory 13 20 (12.35 %) MS Project 14 19 (11.73 %) SQL Server 2000 14 19 (11.73 %) Project Management

15 17 (10.49 %) MS Exchange 15 17 (10.49 %) SQL Server 2005 16 16 (9.877 %) ITIL 17 15 (9.259 %) ASP 18 13 (8.025 %) Windows XP 18 13 (8.025 %) MS Visio 19 11 (6.790 %) Exchange Server 2003 19 11 (6.790 %) Data Analysis 20 10 (6.173 %) Government 20 10 (6.173 %) VB 21 9 (5.556 %) VBScript 21 9 (5.556 %) .NET 21 9 (5.556 %) XML 21 9 (5.556 %) Firewall 21 9 (5.556 %) Primavera

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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 15 (9.259 %) ASP 2 9 (5.556 %) .NET 2 9 (5.556 %) XML 3 3 (1.852 %) ASP.NET 4 2 (1.235 %) SOAP 4 2 (1.235 %) XSD 4 2 (1.235 %) WSDL 4 2 (1.235 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 1 (0.617 %) Middleware 5 1 (0.617 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 17 (10.49 %) MS Exchange 2 11 (6.790 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 8 (4.938 %) SharePoint 4 5 (3.086 %) Lotus Notes 5 4 (2.469 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 3 (1.852 %) Lotus Domino 7 2 (1.235 %) SAS 8 1 (0.617 %) Oracle Application Server 8 1 (0.617 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 1 (0.617 %) IIS
Applications 1 54 (33.33 %) MS Office 2 31 (19.14 %) MS PowerPoint 3 20 (12.35 %) MS Project 4 13 (8.025 %) MS Visio 5 2 (1.235 %) SPSS 6 1 (0.617 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 1 (0.617 %) Microsoft CRM 1 1 (0.617 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 9 (5.556 %) Firewall 2 7 (4.321 %) WAN 2 7 (4.321 %) VPN 2 7 (4.321 %) SAN 2 7 (4.321 %) Internet 3 6 (3.704 %) MPLS 4 3 (1.852 %) DNS 5 2 (1.235 %) TCP/IP 6 1 (0.617 %) LDAP 6 1 (0.617 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 44 (27.16 %) MS Access 2 37 (22.84 %) SQL Server 3 19 (11.73 %) SQL Server 2000 4 17 (10.49 %) SQL Server 2005 5 4 (2.469 %) BusinessObjects 5 4 (2.469 %) OLAP 6 3 (1.852 %) Datawarehouse 6 3 (1.852 %) EDRMS 7 2 (1.235 %) SQL Server 7 7 2 (1.235 %) Reference Data 8 1 (0.617 %) Cognos Powerplay 8 1 (0.617 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 1 (0.617 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 1 (0.617 %) DTS 8 1 (0.617 %) TOAD 8 1 (0.617 %) Oracle Discoverer 8 1 (0.617 %) Oracle 10g 8 1 (0.617 %) Crystal Reports 8 1 (0.617 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 5 (3.086 %) Flash 2 2 (1.235 %) Visual Studio	General 1 43 (26.54 %) Health 2 28 (17.28 %) Finance 3 10 (6.173 %) Government 4 7 (4.321 %) Banking 5 6 (3.704 %) Law 6 4 (2.469 %) Telecoms 7 2 (1.235 %) Pharmaceutical 7 2 (1.235 %) Advertising 8 1 (0.617 %) Construction 8 1 (0.617 %) Education 8 1 (0.617 %) Insurance 8 1 (0.617 %) Local Government 8 1 (0.617 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 57 (35.19 %) Analyst 2 34 (20.99 %) Developer 3 13 (8.025 %) Data Analyst 4 11 (6.790 %) Information Analyst 5 9 (5.556 %) Support Analyst 6 7 (4.321 %) Service Analyst 6 7 (4.321 %) 2nd Line Support 6 7 (4.321 %) Project Manager 6 7 (4.321 %) Business Analyst 6 7 (4.321 %) Service Desk Analyst 6 7 (4.321 %) Project Engineer 7 6 (3.704 %) Desktop Support 8 5 (3.086 %) Technical Support 8 5 (3.086 %) Desktop Analyst 8 5 (3.086 %) Project Officer 8 5 (3.086 %) E-Learning Developer 9 4 (2.469 %) Project Support Officer 9 4 (2.469 %) Excel Developer 9 4 (2.469 %) Administrator 9 4 (2.469 %) Junior	Miscellaneous 1 47 (29.01 %) NHS 2 5 (3.086 %) E-Learning 2 5 (3.086 %) SCORM 3 4 (2.469 %) Freedom of Information 3 4 (2.469 %) Statistics 3 4 (2.469 %) Data Protection Act 3 4 (2.469 %) Freedom of Information Act 4 1 (0.617 %) PKI 4 1 (0.617 %) PDA 4 1 (0.617 %) PACS 4 1 (0.617 %) Smartcard 4 1 (0.617 %) Blackberry 4 1 (0.617 %) NPfIT 4 1 (0.617 %) Management Information System 4 1 (0.617 %) AS400
Operating Systems 1 36 (22.22 %) Windows 2 13 (8.025 %) Windows XP 3 5 (3.086 %) Windows Server 2003 3 5 (3.086 %) Windows 2000 4 4 (2.469 %) Unix 5 2 (1.235 %) Solaris 6 1 (0.617 %) Linux 6 1 (0.617 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 27 (16.67 %) PRINCE2 2 19 (11.73 %) Project Management 3 16 (9.877 %) ITIL 4 11 (6.790 %) Data Analysis 5 8 (4.938 %) Statistical Analysis 6 6 (3.704 %) Quality Management 7 5 (3.086 %) Service Management 8 4 (2.469 %) Migration 8 4 (2.469 %) Supplier Management 8 4 (2.469 %) Project Planning 8 4 (2.469 %) Data Migration 8 4 (2.469 %) Data Protection 9 3 (1.852 %) Time Management 9 3 (1.852 %) Business Analysis 9 3 (1.852 %) Programme Management 9 3 (1.852 %) Stakeholder Management 9 3 (1.852 %) Workflow 9 3 (1.852 %) Validation 9 3 (1.852 %) PRINCE 9 3 (1.852 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 30 (18.52 %) SQL 2 10 (6.173 %) VB 3 9 (5.556 %) VBScript 4 4 (2.469 %) C# 5 3 (1.852 %) VB.NET 5 3 (1.852 %) VBA 6 2 (1.235 %) C 7 1 (0.617 %) Shell Script 7 1 (0.617 %) VB6 7 1 (0.617 %) PL/SQL 7 1 (0.617 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 5 (3.086 %) Degree 2 4 (2.469 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (2.469 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 3 (1.852 %) MCSE 4 2 (1.235 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 1 (0.617 %) Network+ Certification 5 1 (0.617 %) CCNA 5 1 (0.617 %) ISEB 5 1 (0.617 %) Cisco Certification 5 1 (0.617 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (3.086 %) QA 2 1 (0.617 %) SLA 2 1 (0.617 %) BS15000	System Software 1 23 (14.20 %) Active Directory 2 6 (3.704 %) VMware ESX 3 2 (1.235 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (0.617 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 1 (0.617 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 92 (56.79 %) Microsoft 2 9 (5.556 %) Primavera 3 8 (4.938 %) Oracle 4 5 (3.086 %) Citrix 4 5 (3.086 %) Lotus 5 4 (2.469 %) Business Objects 5 4 (2.469 %) Cognos 6 2 (1.235 %) Sun 6 2 (1.235 %) VMware 7 1 (0.617 %) Wyse 7 1 (0.617 %) HP 7 1 (0.617 %) Dell 7 1 (0.617 %) VERITAS