London Spreadsheet Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Spreadsheets skills within the London region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Spreadsheets
Location Abingdon Andover Aylesbury Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bracknell Bradford Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dover East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Glasgow Guildford Gwent Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hertfordshire Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Preston Reading Rickmansworth Rotherham Rugby Scotland Shrewsbury Shropshire Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans Staines Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	208	150
Rank change on same period last year	-58
Matching contract IT job ads	235	521
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.310 %	0.519 %
As % of the category below	6.099 %	9.788 %
Daily rates quoted	132	280
Average minimum daily rate	£403	£464
Average daily rate	£433	£497
% change on same period last year	-12.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£464	£531
UK excluding London average daily rate	£232	£305
% change on same period last year	-23.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.31	£21.09
Average hourly rate	£23.25	£23.89
% change on same period last year	-2.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.19	£26.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£13.17	£13.23
% change on same period last year	-0.45 %
Applications London
Matching contract IT job ads	3853	5323
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.085 %	5.302 %
Daily rates quoted	1542	1879
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£343
Average daily rate	£343	£362
% change on same period last year	-5.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£297	£284
% change on same period last year	+4.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	471	612
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.64	£19.18
Average hourly rate	£20.13	£20.51
% change on same period last year	-1.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.63	£21.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.62	£19.30
% change on same period last year	-3.53 %
Spreadsheet England

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.

Spreadsheet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Spreadsheet across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Spreadsheet across the London region.

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet across the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Spreadsheet across the London region.

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet across the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London	-18	84	£422	-1.13 %
Docklands, London	-6	15	£396	-30.21 %
Canary Wharf	+2	6	£525	+3.74 %
Bromley	-1	1	-	-
Croydon	+7	1	£450	-
Southwark	-	1	-	-

Spreadsheet England

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet.

1 174 (37.91 %) VBA 2 163 (35.51 %) Finance 3 126 (27.45 %) Banking 4 123 (26.80 %) Derivative 5 101 (22.00 %) SQL 6 96 (20.92 %) MS Excel 7 95 (20.70 %) Front Office 8 81 (17.65 %) C# 8 81 (17.65 %) Oracle 9 77 (16.78 %) Investment Banking 10 58 (12.64 %) Fixed Income 11 56 (12.20 %) SQL Server 12 45 (9.804 %) Microsoft 13 44 (9.586 %) Equity Derivative 14 43 (9.368 %) MS Office

15 36 (7.843 %) .NET 16 35 (7.625 %) Sybase 16 35 (7.625 %) Project Management 17 32 (6.972 %) Windows 18 31 (6.754 %) MS Access 19 30 (6.536 %) C++ 20 29 (6.318 %) Degree 20 29 (6.318 %) Data Analysis 21 27 (5.882 %) Risk Management 22 24 (5.229 %) Java 23 22 (4.793 %) MS Project 23 22 (4.793 %) Equities 24 21 (4.575 %) PL/SQL 24 21 (4.575 %) UNIX 25 20 (4.357 %) Government

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 36 (7.843 %) .NET 2 12 (2.614 %) HTML 3 11 (2.397 %) XML 4 6 (1.307 %) ASP.NET 5 5 (1.089 %) ATL 5 5 (1.089 %) J2EE 6 4 (0.871 %) WebServices 6 4 (0.871 %) XSL 6 4 (0.871 %) COM 7 3 (0.654 %) ODBC 7 3 (0.654 %) ActiveX 7 3 (0.654 %) WinForms 7 3 (0.654 %) Application Packaging 8 2 (0.436 %) WCF 8 2 (0.436 %) WPF 8 2 (0.436 %) .NET Framework 8 2 (0.436 %) XHTML 8 2 (0.436 %) CSS 9 1 (0.218 %) Middleware 9 1 (0.218 %) JDBC	Application Platforms 1 7 (1.525 %) SharePoint 2 5 (1.089 %) FormScape 3 3 (0.654 %) Lotus Notes 4 2 (0.436 %) SAS 5 1 (0.218 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (0.218 %) IIS 5 1 (0.218 %) CMS 5 1 (0.218 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 1 (0.218 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 96 (20.92 %) MS Excel 2 43 (9.368 %) MS Office 3 22 (4.793 %) MS Project 4 16 (3.486 %) MS PowerPoint 5 14 (3.050 %) MS Visio 6 5 (1.089 %) DOC1 7 4 (0.871 %) SPSS 8 2 (0.436 %) InfoPath 9 1 (0.218 %) AutoCAD 9 1 (0.218 %) MATLAB 9 1 (0.218 %) Photoshop 9 1 (0.218 %) Adobe Illustrator	Business Applications 1 12 (2.614 %) Endur 2 4 (0.871 %) RMDS 2 4 (0.871 %) Oracle Financials 3 3 (0.654 %) VisionPLUS 4 1 (0.218 %) Navision 4 1 (0.218 %) Thomson PORTIA 4 1 (0.218 %) Siebel Analytics
Communications & Networking 1 10 (2.179 %) Internet 2 5 (1.089 %) Intranet 3 3 (0.654 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (0.436 %) Firewall 4 2 (0.436 %) Broadband 5 1 (0.218 %) LAN 5 1 (0.218 %) PBX 5 1 (0.218 %) WAN 5 1 (0.218 %) HTTP 5 1 (0.218 %) Cisco IOS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 56 (12.20 %) SQL Server 2 31 (6.754 %) MS Access 3 18 (3.922 %) Oracle Reports 3 18 (3.922 %) Oracle 9i 4 11 (2.397 %) Datawarehouse 5 6 (1.307 %) Reference Data 6 5 (1.089 %) Data Mining 7 4 (0.871 %) Data Cleansing 7 4 (0.871 %) BusinessObjects 7 4 (0.871 %) Oracle 10g 8 3 (0.654 %) Oracle Discoverer 8 3 (0.654 %) SQL Server 2000 8 3 (0.654 %) OLAP 8 3 (0.654 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 3 (0.654 %) Oracle OWB 8 3 (0.654 %) Data Mart 8 3 (0.654 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 9 2 (0.436 %) SQL Server 2005 9 2 (0.436 %) SQLPlus 9 2 (0.436 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 10 (2.179 %) Oracle APEX 2 7 (1.525 %) NUnit 3 6 (1.307 %) Subversion 4 5 (1.089 %) ClearCase 5 3 (0.654 %) TestDirector 5 3 (0.654 %) Visual Studio 6 2 (0.436 %) Oracle Forms 7 1 (0.218 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 163 (35.51 %) Finance 2 126 (27.45 %) Banking 3 95 (20.70 %) Front Office 4 77 (16.78 %) Investment Banking 5 20 (4.357 %) Government 6 18 (3.922 %) Health 7 12 (2.614 %) Back Office 8 8 (1.743 %) Financial Institution 9 7 (1.525 %) Insurance 10 6 (1.307 %) Marketing 10 6 (1.307 %) Law 11 5 (1.089 %) Police 12 4 (0.871 %) General Ledger 12 4 (0.871 %) Auditing 12 4 (0.871 %) Legal 12 4 (0.871 %) Telecoms 13 3 (0.654 %) Billing 13 3 (0.654 %) Retail 14 2 (0.436 %) Graphic Design 14 2 (0.436 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 172 (37.47 %) Developer 2 125 (27.23 %) Analyst 3 93 (20.26 %) Excel Developer 4 83 (18.08 %) VBA Developer 5 73 (15.90 %) Excel VBA Developer 6 42 (9.150 %) Data Analyst 7 37 (8.061 %) Administrator 8 29 (6.318 %) Front Office Developer 8 29 (6.318 %) Oracle Developer 9 26 (5.664 %) Business Analyst 10 19 (4.139 %) Support Analyst 10 19 (4.139 %) C# Developer 11 17 (3.704 %) Access Developer 12 15 (3.268 %) Information Analyst 13 13 (2.832 %) Consultant 14 11 (2.397 %) Project Administrator 15 10 (2.179 %) Coordinator 16 9 (1.961 %) Junior 17 8 (1.743 %) Excel Specialist 17 8 (1.743 %) SQL Developer	Miscellaneous 1 123 (26.80 %) Derivative 2 58 (12.64 %) Fixed Income 3 44 (9.586 %) Equity Derivative 4 22 (4.793 %) Equities 5 19 (4.139 %) Credit Derivative 6 18 (3.922 %) NHS 7 14 (3.050 %) Management Information System 8 11 (2.397 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 8 11 (2.397 %) Statistics 9 8 (1.743 %) Computer Science 10 7 (1.525 %) Client/Server 10 7 (1.525 %) Mathematics 11 5 (1.089 %) Physics 12 4 (0.871 %) Hybrid Derivative 12 4 (0.871 %) CMDB 12 4 (0.871 %) Credit Risk 13 3 (0.654 %) Blackberry 14 2 (0.436 %) Exotic Derivative 14 2 (0.436 %) Interest Rate Derivative 14 2 (0.436 %) Firmware
Operating Systems 1 32 (6.972 %) Windows 2 21 (4.575 %) UNIX 3 9 (1.961 %) Windows 2000 4 7 (1.525 %) Windows XP 5 6 (1.307 %) Linux 6 2 (0.436 %) AIX 7 1 (0.218 %) Windows Vista 7 1 (0.218 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 35 (7.625 %) Project Management 2 29 (6.318 %) Data Analysis 3 27 (5.882 %) Risk Management 4 19 (4.139 %) RAD 5 15 (3.268 %) Migration 6 13 (2.832 %) ITIL 6 13 (2.832 %) PRINCE2 7 11 (2.397 %) Release Management 8 10 (2.179 %) Business Analysis 9 9 (1.961 %) Asset Management 10 8 (1.743 %) OO 10 8 (1.743 %) Data Modelling 11 7 (1.525 %) Configuration Management 11 7 (1.525 %) Service Management 11 7 (1.525 %) Statistical Analysis 11 7 (1.525 %) Performance Management 11 7 (1.525 %) Data Migration 12 6 (1.307 %) ERD 12 6 (1.307 %) User Acceptance Testing 12 6 (1.307 %) Programme Management
Programming Languages 1 174 (37.91 %) VBA 2 101 (22.00 %) SQL 3 81 (17.65 %) C# 4 30 (6.536 %) C++ 5 24 (5.229 %) Java 6 21 (4.575 %) PL/SQL 7 16 (3.486 %) VB 8 6 (1.307 %) VC++ 9 5 (1.089 %) Transact-SQL 10 4 (0.871 %) VB.NET 11 3 (0.654 %) XPath 12 2 (0.436 %) C 13 1 (0.218 %) DHTML 13 1 (0.218 %) JavaScript 13 1 (0.218 %) Perl 13 1 (0.218 %) Python	Qualifications 1 29 (6.318 %) Degree 2 5 (1.089 %) ITIL Certification 2 5 (1.089 %) PhD 3 3 (0.654 %) ISEB 3 3 (0.654 %) ISTQB 4 1 (0.218 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 1 (0.218 %) ACCA 4 1 (0.218 %) CIMA 4 1 (0.218 %) CISA 4 1 (0.218 %) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (1.089 %) QA 2 4 (0.871 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 2 (0.436 %) SLA 3 2 (0.436 %) ISO9000 4 1 (0.218 %) Basel II	System Software 1 4 (0.871 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (0.218 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 81 (17.65 %) Oracle 2 45 (9.804 %) Microsoft 3 35 (7.625 %) Sybase 4 19 (4.139 %) Reuters 4 19 (4.139 %) Bloomberg 5 13 (2.832 %) OpenLink 6 9 (1.961 %) Remedy 7 6 (1.307 %) Citrix 8 5 (1.089 %) SAP 9 4 (0.871 %) Mantas 9 4 (0.871 %) Business Objects 10 3 (0.654 %) Cisco 10 3 (0.654 %) CQG 10 3 (0.654 %) Lotus 10 3 (0.654 %) GL TRADE 10 3 (0.654 %) Wall Street Systems 11 2 (0.436 %) GoldenSource 11 2 (0.436 %) Cognos 11 2 (0.436 %) Peregrine 11 2 (0.436 %) Adobe