MS Excel Contracts in the Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 15 27 26
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -1
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 9 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 5.294% 1.818% 2.882%
As % of the Applications category 75.00% 17.24% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
Average daily rate £338 - £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 - £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £348 - £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 12 29 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 7.059% 10.55% 9.798%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 8
Average daily rate £350 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 14
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -8.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
England

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 20 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 13 (46.43%) MS Office
3 12 (42.86%) SQL
4 8 (28.57%) C#
4 8 (28.57%) Windows
5 7 (25.00%) Windows 7
6 6 (21.43%) .NET Framework
6 6 (21.43%) Visual Studio
6 6 (21.43%) .NET
6 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
7 5 (17.86%) MS Exchange
7 5 (17.86%) Oracle
7 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
7 5 (17.86%) Migration
7 5 (17.86%) MS PowerPoint
7 5 (17.86%) SCCM
7 5 (17.86%) SCOM
7 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (17.86%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (14.29%) Expression Blend
8 4 (14.29%) MVVM
8 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
8 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
8 4 (14.29%) WPF
8 4 (14.29%) Silverlight
8 4 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (14.29%) Unit Testing
8 4 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (10.71%) MS Visio
9 3 (10.71%) ISO 9001

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 6 (21.43%) .NET
1 6 (21.43%) .NET Framework
2 4 (14.29%) WPF
2 4 (14.29%) Silverlight
3 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET
3 2 (7.143%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) MS Exchange
1 5 (17.86%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 13 (46.43%) MS Office
2 5 (17.86%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (10.71%) MS Visio
3 3 (10.71%) MS Project
4 1 (3.571%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) CA Clarity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (7.143%) Data Mining
4 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Visual Studio
2 4 (14.29%) Expression Blend
3 1 (3.571%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (7.143%) Games
1 2 (7.143%) Finance
2 1 (3.571%) Automotive
2 1 (3.571%) Retail
2 1 (3.571%) French Language
2 1 (3.571%) German Language
2 1 (3.571%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Business Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Developer
3 4 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 4 (14.29%) C# Developer
3 4 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Software Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Test Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Development Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Help Desk Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) UAT Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) UAT Test Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Development Project Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Software Design Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) IT Development Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Computer Science
1 2 (7.143%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
2 7 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.571%) UNIX
4 1 (3.571%) Linux
4 1 (3.571%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.86%) Migration
2 4 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (14.29%) Unit Testing
2 4 (14.29%) MVVM
3 3 (10.71%) Test Scripting
3 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
4 2 (7.143%) Automated Testing
4 2 (7.143%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (7.143%) UML
4 2 (7.143%) ERP
4 2 (7.143%) Code Coverage
4 2 (7.143%) Project Management
4 2 (7.143%) Game Development
4 2 (7.143%) Test Strategy
4 2 (7.143%) Programme Management
4 2 (7.143%) Test Management
4 2 (7.143%) Time Management
4 2 (7.143%) Test Automation
4 2 (7.143%) Software Architecture
4 2 (7.143%) Process Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (42.86%) SQL
2 8 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (7.143%) C++
3 2 (7.143%) C
4 1 (3.571%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 1 (3.571%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.571%) BC Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) ISO 9001
1 3 (10.71%) TickIT
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) SCCM
1 5 (17.86%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle
3 1 (3.571%) CA
Project Buyer (procurement)
Midlands
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