The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newbury region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 18 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 Newbury 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 14 12 10
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -2
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 5 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 4.464% 6.452% 4.854%
As % of the Applications category 62.50% 66.67% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
Average daily rate £243 £175 £165
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.57% +6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £117 £119 £137
10% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £195 £193
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.58% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Average hourly rate £24.50 £23.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.37% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.38 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.94% -3.90%
All Applications
Newbury
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
8 12 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 7.143% 9.677% 11.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 7
Average daily rate £363 £200 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+81.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £85 £105 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £430 £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £304 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.88% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
Average hourly rate £24.50 £35.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +75.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Excel
Berkshire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury 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 Newbury region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) MPLS
3 3 (37.50%) Remedy
3 3 (37.50%) MS Project
3 3 (37.50%) MS Office
3 3 (37.50%) ADSL
3 3 (37.50%) LAN
3 3 (37.50%) VoIP
3 3 (37.50%) WAN
3 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 3 (37.50%) Lync
3 3 (37.50%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (25.00%) ISDN
4 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) MTS
5 1 (12.50%) MS Access
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (12.50%) PMI
5 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
5 1 (12.50%) PRINCE
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) PBX

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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 Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Lync
2 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (12.50%) MTS
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Project
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
1 3 (37.50%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) MPLS
2 3 (37.50%) VoIP
2 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 3 (37.50%) ADSL
2 3 (37.50%) LAN
3 2 (25.00%) ISDN
4 1 (12.50%) PBX
4 1 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MS Access
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Project Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Network Support
2 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Document Controller
2 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
1 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) Matrix Management
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CCNA
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Remedy
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