North East MS Excel Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the North East region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Excel
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Ascot Audenshaw Aylesbury Ayrshire Banbury Barking Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Batley Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Douglas Dover Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Fife Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Gwent Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Musselburgh New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Ruislip Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sherborne Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Witney Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	26	43
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	34	31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.045 %	0.031 %
As % of the category below	37.78 %	34.83 %
Daily rates quoted	8	14
Average minimum daily rate	£352	£265
Average daily rate	£370	£269
% change on same period last year	+37.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£273
UK excluding London average daily rate	£290	£274
% change on same period last year	+5.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.29	£9.03
Average hourly rate	£18.50	£9.03
% change on same period last year	+104.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.71	£9.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.88	£17.80
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Applications North East
Matching contract IT job ads	90	89
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.120 %	0.090 %
Daily rates quoted	20	19
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£248
Average daily rate	£332	£255
% change on same period last year	+30.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£262
UK excluding London average daily rate	£299	£285
% change on same period last year	+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	19	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.88	£10.47
Average hourly rate	£16.70	£11.27
% change on same period last year	+48.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.52	£12.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.01	£18.99
% change on same period last year	-5.13 %
MS Excel 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.

MS Excel
Demand Trend

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

MS Excel
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Excel across the North East region.

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the North East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Excel across the North East region.

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the North East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

MS Excel
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Excel within the North East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Tyne and Wear	+4	19	£393	+44.33 %
Durham	-	8	£400	-
Teesside	-	1	-	-

MS Excel England

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 37 (56.92 %) Microsoft 2 22 (33.85 %) Windows 3 17 (26.15 %) MS Office 4 15 (23.08 %) Active Directory 5 11 (16.92 %) Security Cleared 6 10 (15.38 %) MS Project 7 9 (13.85 %) SharePoint 8 8 (12.31 %) Windows XP 8 8 (12.31 %) .NET 8 8 (12.31 %) Microsoft Certification 8 8 (12.31 %) Telecoms 8 8 (12.31 %) MS PowerPoint 8 8 (12.31 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 8 (12.31 %) SC Cleared 9 7 (10.77 %) ITIL

10 6 (9.231 %) C# 10 6 (9.231 %) Government 11 5 (7.692 %) Cisco 11 5 (7.692 %) Project Management 11 5 (7.692 %) SQL Server 11 5 (7.692 %) ASP.NET 11 5 (7.692 %) XML 11 5 (7.692 %) Windows 2000 11 5 (7.692 %) DHCP 11 5 (7.692 %) DNS 11 5 (7.692 %) MS Exchange 11 5 (7.692 %) ASP.NET 2.0 12 4 (6.154 %) Applix 12 4 (6.154 %) MS Access 12 4 (6.154 %) TCP/IP

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 8 (12.31 %) .NET 2 5 (7.692 %) ASP.NET 2 5 (7.692 %) XML 2 5 (7.692 %) ASP.NET 2.0 3 2 (3.077 %) XHTML 3 2 (3.077 %) CSS 4 1 (1.538 %) ASP 4 1 (1.538 %) WAP 4 1 (1.538 %) ISPF 4 1 (1.538 %) .NET Framework 4 1 (1.538 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 9 (13.85 %) SharePoint 2 8 (12.31 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 5 (7.692 %) MS Exchange 4 3 (4.615 %) IIS 4 3 (4.615 %) Lotus Notes 5 2 (3.077 %) SAS 6 1 (1.538 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 1 (1.538 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 1 (1.538 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 1 (1.538 %) Lotus Domino 6 1 (1.538 %) Apache 6 1 (1.538 %) TPMS
Applications 1 17 (26.15 %) MS Office 2 10 (15.38 %) MS Project 3 8 (12.31 %) MS PowerPoint 4 3 (4.615 %) MS Visio 5 1 (1.538 %) Fireworks 5 1 (1.538 %) Paint Shop Pro 5 1 (1.538 %) Spreadsheet 5 1 (1.538 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 3 (4.615 %) Dynamics AX 2 2 (3.077 %) Staffware 3 1 (1.538 %) Axapta
Communications & Networking 1 5 (7.692 %) DHCP 1 5 (7.692 %) DNS 2 4 (6.154 %) TCP/IP 3 2 (3.077 %) VPN 3 2 (3.077 %) VoIP 3 2 (3.077 %) Firewall 3 2 (3.077 %) SNMP 4 1 (1.538 %) Wi-Fi 4 1 (1.538 %) HSDPA 4 1 (1.538 %) IPCC 4 1 (1.538 %) Intrusion Detection 4 1 (1.538 %) VLAN 4 1 (1.538 %) WLAN 4 1 (1.538 %) WAN 4 1 (1.538 %) SMTP 4 1 (1.538 %) LDAP 4 1 (1.538 %) ADSL 4 1 (1.538 %) GPRS 4 1 (1.538 %) GSM 4 1 (1.538 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (7.692 %) SQL Server 2 4 (6.154 %) MS Access 3 2 (3.077 %) Datawarehouse 4 1 (1.538 %) BusinessObjects 4 1 (1.538 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (1.538 %) GIS 4 1 (1.538 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (1.538 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 4 (6.154 %) PVCS 2 3 (4.615 %) ClearCase 3 1 (1.538 %) Dreamweaver 3 1 (1.538 %) Telon 3 1 (1.538 %) Visual Studio	General 1 8 (12.31 %) Telecoms 2 6 (9.231 %) Government 3 3 (4.615 %) Finance 4 1 (1.538 %) Health 4 1 (1.538 %) Law 4 1 (1.538 %) Legal 4 1 (1.538 %) Retail 4 1 (1.538 %) Billing 4 1 (1.538 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 8 (12.31 %) Analyst 2 6 (9.231 %) Developer 2 6 (9.231 %) 2nd Line Support 3 5 (7.692 %) Support Engineer 3 5 (7.692 %) Desktop Support 4 4 (6.154 %) Desktop Support Engineer 4 4 (6.154 %) Administrator 4 4 (6.154 %) Desktop Engineer 4 4 (6.154 %) Server Engineer 4 4 (6.154 %) Architect 4 4 (6.154 %) Systems Administrator 5 3 (4.615 %) Release Manager 6 2 (3.077 %) Trainer 6 2 (3.077 %) Web Developer 6 2 (3.077 %) Security Manager 6 2 (3.077 %) Risk Manager 6 2 (3.077 %) Dynamics AX Developer 6 2 (3.077 %) Microsoft Developer 6 2 (3.077 %) Report Writer 7 1 (1.538 %) Dynamics AX Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 3 (4.615 %) NHS 1 3 (4.615 %) RMADS 2 1 (1.538 %) Thin Client 2 1 (1.538 %) Blackberry 2 1 (1.538 %) CLARiiON 2 1 (1.538 %) PKI 2 1 (1.538 %) IPTV 2 1 (1.538 %) Fat Client
Operating Systems 1 22 (33.85 %) Windows 2 8 (12.31 %) Windows XP 3 5 (7.692 %) Windows 2000 4 4 (6.154 %) UNIX 5 3 (4.615 %) Windows NT 5 3 (4.615 %) Windows Server 2003 5 3 (4.615 %) VME 6 2 (3.077 %) Solaris 7 1 (1.538 %) HPUX 7 1 (1.538 %) NetWare 7 1 (1.538 %) MVS 7 1 (1.538 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (16.92 %) Security Cleared 2 8 (12.31 %) SC Cleared 3 7 (10.77 %) ITIL 4 5 (7.692 %) Project Management 5 4 (6.154 %) Service Management 5 4 (6.154 %) Configuration Management 6 3 (4.615 %) Risk Management 6 3 (4.615 %) PRINCE2 6 3 (4.615 %) ERP 6 3 (4.615 %) Validation 6 3 (4.615 %) Release Management 7 2 (3.077 %) Information Security 7 2 (3.077 %) Six Sigma 7 2 (3.077 %) Workflow 7 2 (3.077 %) Change Management 7 2 (3.077 %) Data Analysis 7 2 (3.077 %) Project Planning 8 1 (1.538 %) Technical Architecture 8 1 (1.538 %) Programme Management 8 1 (1.538 %) Migration
Programming Languages 1 6 (9.231 %) C# 2 2 (3.077 %) JavaScript 2 2 (3.077 %) SQL 3 1 (1.538 %) VB 3 1 (1.538 %) VBA 3 1 (1.538 %) Shell Script 3 1 (1.538 %) JCL 3 1 (1.538 %) Perl 3 1 (1.538 %) PHP 3 1 (1.538 %) PL/SQL 3 1 (1.538 %) COBOL 3 1 (1.538 %) C	Qualifications 1 8 (12.31 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (6.154 %) MCP 2 4 (6.154 %) MCSE 3 3 (4.615 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (3.077 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 1 (1.538 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (1.538 %) CCNA 5 1 (1.538 %) CCA 5 1 (1.538 %) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (4.615 %) ISO27001 2 2 (3.077 %) ISO9001 3 1 (1.538 %) WCAG 3 1 (1.538 %) WAI	System Software 1 15 (23.08 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.538 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 1 (1.538 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 1 (1.538 %) OpenView Configuration Management 1 1 (1.538 %) CONTROL-M	Vendors 1 37 (56.92 %) Microsoft 2 5 (7.692 %) Cisco 3 4 (6.154 %) Applix 3 4 (6.154 %) Oracle 3 4 (6.154 %) Lotus 4 3 (4.615 %) Citrix 5 2 (3.077 %) ICL 6 1 (1.538 %) Northgate 6 1 (1.538 %) WatchGuard 6 1 (1.538 %) Novell 6 1 (1.538 %) Mapinfo 6 1 (1.538 %) Symantec 6 1 (1.538 %) VMware 6 1 (1.538 %) Business Objects 6 1 (1.538 %) Adobe 6 1 (1.538 %) Macromedia