The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 24 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 Northamptonshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 13 33 14
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -19
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 19 12 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 7.540% 2.885% 7.299%
As % of the Applications category 40.43% 26.09% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 6
Average daily rate £425 £284 £165
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+49.91% +71.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -1.63%
All Applications
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
47 46 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 18.65% 11.06% 18.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 31 25
Average daily rate £425 £350 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +79.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £175 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 9
Average hourly rate £13.50 £15.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +36.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.20 £8.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £18.00 £17.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Excel
East Midlands

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Excel within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Northampton +16 15 £425 +70.00%
MS Excel
East Midlands

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 11 (45.83%) Finance
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 9 (37.50%) MS Office
3 7 (29.17%) SQL
4 5 (20.83%) Google
4 5 (20.83%) Windows
5 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 4 (16.67%) SLA
5 4 (16.67%) MS Visio
5 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (16.67%) Google Apps
5 4 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) Banking
6 3 (12.50%) ERP
6 3 (12.50%) BPR
6 3 (12.50%) Project Management
6 3 (12.50%) ITIL
6 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 3 (12.50%) .NET
6 3 (12.50%) IIS
7 2 (8.333%) SAP
7 2 (8.333%) UML
7 2 (8.333%) Lotus
7 2 (8.333%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (8.333%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (8.333%) CRM
7 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
7 2 (8.333%) Retail
7 2 (8.333%) Information Security

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (4.167%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) IIS
2 2 (8.333%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.167%) Papyrus
3 1 (4.167%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (37.50%) MS Office
2 4 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 4 (16.67%) Google Apps
2 4 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (4.167%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (8.333%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (4.167%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) Firewall
1 1 (4.167%) HTTP
1 1 (4.167%) DNS
General
1 11 (45.83%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (8.333%) Retail
3 2 (8.333%) Back Office
4 1 (4.167%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
3 4 (16.67%) Service Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Help Desk Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Project Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Risk Manager
5 2 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (4.167%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 1 (4.167%) Governance Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Quality Manager
6 1 (4.167%) QA Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Desktop Support
6 1 (4.167%) Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Support Technician
6 1 (4.167%) Support Specialist
6 1 (4.167%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Test Team Leader
6 1 (4.167%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 1 (4.167%) Windows XP
2 1 (4.167%) Linux
2 1 (4.167%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
2 3 (12.50%) ERP
2 3 (12.50%) BPR
2 3 (12.50%) Project Management
2 3 (12.50%) ITIL
2 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 2 (8.333%) UML
3 2 (8.333%) CRM
3 2 (8.333%) Information Security
3 2 (8.333%) Change Management
3 2 (8.333%) Migration
4 1 (4.167%) Project Planning
4 1 (4.167%) Web Development
4 1 (4.167%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (4.167%) ISMS
4 1 (4.167%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.167%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (4.167%) Risk Management
4 1 (4.167%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) SQL
2 1 (4.167%) Shell Script
2 1 (4.167%) C++
2 1 (4.167%) Java
2 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.167%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (4.167%) QA
2 1 (4.167%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.167%) WSUS
1 1 (4.167%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Google
3 2 (8.333%) SAP
3 2 (8.333%) Lotus
3 2 (8.333%) IT2
4 1 (4.167%) Capita