The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 23 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 Milton Keynes 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 8 18 12
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -6
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 62 55 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 11.70% 7.779% 8.660%
As % of the Applications category 57.41% 50.93% 46.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 19 15
Average daily rate £238 £201 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.15% +34.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £160 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £300 £334
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £305
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 17
Average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -3.22%
All Applications
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
108 108 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 20.38% 15.28% 18.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 34 35
Average daily rate £260 £210 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.80% -38.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £160 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £360 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 35
Average hourly rate £13.75 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -10.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.04 £11.15 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £17.00 £26.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Excel
Buckinghamshire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Milton Keynes MS Excel Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 64 (57.66%) Microsoft
2 36 (32.43%) Security Cleared
3 35 (31.53%) Windows
4 33 (29.73%) Active Directory
5 31 (27.93%) MS Office
6 29 (26.13%) MS PowerPoint
7 25 (22.52%) SC Cleared
8 24 (21.62%) Finance
9 23 (20.72%) Oracle
10 21 (18.92%) SharePoint
11 19 (17.12%) Remedy
11 19 (17.12%) DV Cleared
12 18 (16.22%) MS Project
13 17 (15.32%) MS Access
14 16 (14.41%) Citrix
14 16 (14.41%) Windows Server 2008
15 15 (13.51%) ITIL
16 14 (12.61%) SQL
17 13 (11.71%) SQL Server
17 13 (11.71%) VMware
17 13 (11.71%) VMware Infrastructure
17 13 (11.71%) Data Analysis
18 12 (10.81%) PRINCE2
19 11 (9.910%) MS Exchange
19 11 (9.910%) VBA
19 11 (9.910%) Windows Server 2003
20 10 (9.009%) Windows XP
21 9 (8.108%) MS Visio
21 9 (8.108%) Microsoft Certification
21 9 (8.108%) Exchange Server 2003

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 3 (2.703%) .NET
2 1 (0.901%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.901%) COM
2 1 (0.901%) CSS
2 1 (0.901%) Web Services
2 1 (0.901%) XML
2 1 (0.901%) HTML
2 1 (0.901%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 21 (18.92%) SharePoint
2 11 (9.910%) MS Exchange
3 9 (8.108%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (4.505%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 5 (4.505%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (3.604%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (2.703%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (1.802%) Lync
7 2 (1.802%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (1.802%) IIS
8 1 (0.901%) CMS
8 1 (0.901%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 31 (27.93%) MS Office
2 29 (26.13%) MS PowerPoint
3 18 (16.22%) MS Project
4 9 (8.108%) MS Visio
5 7 (6.306%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.901%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.207%) SAN
2 5 (4.505%) WAN
3 4 (3.604%) DHCP
3 4 (3.604%) LAN
3 4 (3.604%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.604%) DNS
3 4 (3.604%) Firewall
4 2 (1.802%) NAS
5 1 (0.901%) MPLS
5 1 (0.901%) Internet
5 1 (0.901%) ADSL
5 1 (0.901%) Broadband
5 1 (0.901%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.901%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (15.32%) MS Access
2 13 (11.71%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.405%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (2.703%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.802%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.802%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (0.901%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.901%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.901%) OLTP
6 1 (0.901%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (1.802%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.901%) MSI
2 1 (0.901%) AdminStudio
2 1 (0.901%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (0.901%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 24 (21.62%) Finance
2 1 (0.901%) Banking
2 1 (0.901%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 53 (47.75%) Analyst
2 12 (10.81%) Service Desk Analyst
2 12 (10.81%) Administrator
2 12 (10.81%) Service Analyst
3 11 (9.910%) Data Analyst
4 7 (6.306%) Project Administrator
4 7 (6.306%) Project Support Officer
4 7 (6.306%) Project Officer
5 6 (5.405%) Developer
6 5 (4.505%) Support Assistant
7 4 (3.604%) Project Support Assistant
7 4 (3.604%) Integration Engineer
7 4 (3.604%) Support Analyst
8 3 (2.703%) Report Analyst
8 3 (2.703%) Project Analyst
8 3 (2.703%) Desktop Support
8 3 (2.703%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (2.703%) Coordinator
8 3 (2.703%) Architect
8 3 (2.703%) Programme Office Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.207%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.505%) Blackberry
3 4 (3.604%) Mathematics
3 4 (3.604%) Clustering
4 2 (1.802%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.901%) Replication
5 1 (0.901%) IVR
5 1 (0.901%) PMI
5 1 (0.901%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.901%) PDA
5 1 (0.901%) e-Health
5 1 (0.901%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.901%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.901%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 35 (31.53%) Windows
2 16 (14.41%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (9.910%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (9.009%) Windows XP
5 9 (8.108%) Windows 7
6 6 (5.405%) Windows Vista
7 4 (3.604%) UNIX
7 4 (3.604%) Windows NT
8 3 (2.703%) Linux
8 3 (2.703%) Windows 2000
8 3 (2.703%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.901%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.901%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (13.51%) ITIL
2 13 (11.71%) Data Analysis
3 12 (10.81%) PRINCE2
4 8 (7.207%) Content Management
4 8 (7.207%) Project Management
4 8 (7.207%) Service Delivery
5 6 (5.405%) Validation
5 6 (5.405%) Service Management
6 4 (3.604%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (3.604%) Integration Testing
6 4 (3.604%) Test Scripting
6 4 (3.604%) Project Planning
6 4 (3.604%) Configuration Management
7 3 (2.703%) Migration
7 3 (2.703%) Change Management
7 3 (2.703%) Asset Management
7 3 (2.703%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (2.703%) Incident Management
7 3 (2.703%) Business Development
7 3 (2.703%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.61%) SQL
2 11 (9.910%) VBA
3 2 (1.802%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.901%) VB
4 1 (0.901%) C#
4 1 (0.901%) VB6
4 1 (0.901%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (32.43%) Security Cleared
2 25 (22.52%) SC Cleared
3 19 (17.12%) DV Cleared
4 9 (8.108%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (6.306%) MCSE
6 5 (4.505%) MCP
7 4 (3.604%) Degree
8 1 (0.901%) MCAD
8 1 (0.901%) PMP
8 1 (0.901%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.901%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (0.901%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.901%) CCNA
8 1 (0.901%) CIPD
8 1 (0.901%) MCPD
8 1 (0.901%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.703%) SLA
1 3 (2.703%) QA
System Software
1 33 (29.73%) Active Directory
2 13 (11.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.405%) VMware ESX
4 3 (2.703%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.802%) XenApp
5 2 (1.802%) vSphere
5 2 (1.802%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (1.802%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.802%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.901%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.901%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (0.901%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (4.505%) SCOM
2 4 (3.604%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.802%) SCCM
3 2 (1.802%) BladeLogic
3 2 (1.802%) OpenView
4 1 (0.901%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 1 (0.901%) Unicenter
4 1 (0.901%) OVSD
4 1 (0.901%) Opalis
4 1 (0.901%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.901%) AppDNA
4 1 (0.901%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 64 (57.66%) Microsoft
2 23 (20.72%) Oracle
3 19 (17.12%) Remedy
4 16 (14.41%) Citrix
5 13 (11.71%) VMware
6 8 (7.207%) HP
7 4 (3.604%) Intel
8 2 (1.802%) Cisco
8 2 (1.802%) NetApp
8 2 (1.802%) Compaq
9 1 (0.901%) AppSense
9 1 (0.901%) Symantec
9 1 (0.901%) Primavera
9 1 (0.901%) Business Objects
9 1 (0.901%) Avaya
9 1 (0.901%) Genesys
9 1 (0.901%) CA
9 1 (0.901%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.901%) F5
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Creation and maintenance of schedule of additional revenue opportunities for Service Delivery work stream, liaison between work stream and invoicing team... *Ability to work well without detailed supervision,...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013