The first table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Manchester 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spreadsheets
Rank 68 76 61
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -15
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 7 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.730% 0.405% 0.959%
As % of the Applications category 4.605% 3.731% 8.772%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £85 £169
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -49.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £17.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £13.05 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+30.26% +4.40%
All Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
152 134 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 15.85% 10.86% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 53 43
Average daily rate £325 £220 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £113 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £355 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 30 20
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +45.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.71 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £103.50 £21.75 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
Spreadsheet
North West

Spreadsheet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Spreadsheet Jobs Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Spreadsheet Daily Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
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Spreadsheet
North West

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) NHS
3 2 (15.38%) Windows
3 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
3 2 (15.38%) C
3 2 (15.38%) MS Office
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Solvency II
3 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
3 2 (15.38%) Information Governance
3 2 (15.38%) Data Transformation
4 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
4 1 (7.692%) Retail Banking
4 1 (7.692%) Mathematics
4 1 (7.692%) Time Management
4 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (7.692%) SAP Security
4 1 (7.692%) Data Entry
4 1 (7.692%) Banking
4 1 (7.692%) Retail
4 1 (7.692%) SSH
4 1 (7.692%) SAP
4 1 (7.692%) COM
4 1 (7.692%) XML
4 1 (7.692%) ITIL
4 1 (7.692%) MCP
4 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
4 1 (7.692%) SQL

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (7.692%) COM
1 1 (7.692%) XML
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) SSH
1 1 (7.692%) FTP
1 1 (7.692%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) Crystal Reports
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Retail Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Project Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Solvency II Business Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) MI Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) PC Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Data Entry Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Project Support Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Project Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Project Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Rollout Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Data Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.692%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (7.692%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) NHS
2 1 (7.692%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (7.692%) NetWare
2 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
2 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
2 2 (15.38%) Information Governance
2 2 (15.38%) Data Transformation
3 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.692%) Time Management
3 1 (7.692%) SAP Security
3 1 (7.692%) Data Entry
3 1 (7.692%) ITIL
3 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) C
2 1 (7.692%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) VB
2 1 (7.692%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) MCP
1 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.692%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) SAP
2 1 (7.692%) Business Objects
2 1 (7.692%) HP
2 1 (7.692%) Novell
2 1 (7.692%) Remedy
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