The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 20 23 9
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -14
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 31 37 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 6.874% 5.949% 11.85%
As % of the Applications category 52.54% 55.22% 54.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 15
Average daily rate £188 £253 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.74% +40.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £141 £135 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £353 £251
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £305
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 16
Average hourly rate £13.20 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.57% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.38 £22.50 £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -3.22%
All Applications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
59 67 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 13.08% 10.77% 21.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 23 37
Average daily rate £205 £253 £183
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.81% +38.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £135 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £350 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 23 18
Average hourly rate £13.90 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.57% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.80 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.40 £30.00 £26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Excel
South East

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Oxford +4 11 £170 -5.55%
Abingdon +2 4 £140 +3.70%
Kidlington +1 1 - -
Witney - 1 - -
MS Excel
South East

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 34 (64.15%) Microsoft
2 25 (47.17%) MS Office
3 18 (33.96%) Windows
4 15 (28.30%) Active Directory
5 11 (20.75%) SQL Server
6 9 (16.98%) .NET
6 9 (16.98%) Windows XP
6 9 (16.98%) Windows 7
7 8 (15.09%) PRINCE2
8 7 (13.21%) SharePoint
8 7 (13.21%) XML
8 7 (13.21%) MS Exchange
8 7 (13.21%) Project Management
8 7 (13.21%) MS PowerPoint
9 6 (11.32%) Project Planning
9 6 (11.32%) Web Services
9 6 (11.32%) VB.NET
10 5 (9.434%) VBA
10 5 (9.434%) Oracle
10 5 (9.434%) MS Project
10 5 (9.434%) ITIL
10 5 (9.434%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (9.434%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (9.434%) Citrix
10 5 (9.434%) Hyperion
10 5 (9.434%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (7.547%) SQL Server 2008
11 4 (7.547%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
11 4 (7.547%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (7.547%) XPath

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 9 (16.98%) .NET
2 7 (13.21%) XML
3 6 (11.32%) Web Services
4 4 (7.547%) HTML
5 2 (3.774%) WCF
5 2 (3.774%) .NET Framework
5 2 (3.774%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.887%) ODBC
6 1 (1.887%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (1.887%) jQuery
6 1 (1.887%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.887%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 7 (13.21%) SharePoint
1 7 (13.21%) MS Exchange
2 3 (5.660%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (3.774%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (3.774%) MS Project Server
3 2 (3.774%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (3.774%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.887%) QuickPlace
4 1 (1.887%) IIS
4 1 (1.887%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (1.887%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (1.887%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.887%) WebSphere Portal
4 1 (1.887%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 25 (47.17%) MS Office
2 7 (13.21%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (9.434%) MS Project
4 2 (3.774%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.774%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.887%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (7.547%) HFM
2 1 (1.887%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.887%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.887%) Epicor iScala
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.547%) VoIP
2 3 (5.660%) WAN
2 3 (5.660%) LAN
3 2 (3.774%) Internet
4 1 (1.887%) Wireless
4 1 (1.887%) Firewall
4 1 (1.887%) LDAP
4 1 (1.887%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.75%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.547%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (5.660%) MS Access
4 2 (3.774%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (3.774%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.887%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.887%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.887%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.887%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.887%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (7.547%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
1 4 (7.547%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.887%) JIRA
General
1 2 (3.774%) Finance
1 2 (3.774%) Publishing
1 2 (3.774%) Retail
2 1 (1.887%) Billing
2 1 (1.887%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 15 (28.30%) Analyst
2 9 (16.98%) Support Analyst
3 6 (11.32%) Programmer
4 5 (9.434%) Support Engineer
4 5 (9.434%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (9.434%) Administrator
4 5 (9.434%) Developer
5 4 (7.547%) VB.NET Programmer
5 4 (7.547%) .NET Programmer
6 3 (5.660%) IT Trainer
6 3 (5.660%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (5.660%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.660%) Trainer
6 3 (5.660%) Desktop Support
6 3 (5.660%) Help Desk Engineer
6 3 (5.660%) SharePoint Developer
6 3 (5.660%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (3.774%) Microsoft Trainer
7 2 (3.774%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (3.774%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.774%) Computer Science
1 2 (3.774%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.887%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.887%) PMI
2 1 (1.887%) Copywriting
2 1 (1.887%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 18 (33.96%) Windows
2 9 (16.98%) Windows XP
2 9 (16.98%) Windows 7
3 5 (9.434%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (9.434%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.887%) UNIX
4 1 (1.887%) AIX
4 1 (1.887%) Windows 2000
4 1 (1.887%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (15.09%) PRINCE2
2 7 (13.21%) Project Management
3 6 (11.32%) Project Planning
4 5 (9.434%) ITIL
4 5 (9.434%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (7.547%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (7.547%) Content Management
5 4 (7.547%) Migration
6 3 (5.660%) Time Management
7 2 (3.774%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (3.774%) Incident Management
7 2 (3.774%) E-Commerce
7 2 (3.774%) ERP
7 2 (3.774%) CRM
7 2 (3.774%) Service Management
7 2 (3.774%) Change Management
7 2 (3.774%) ITSM
7 2 (3.774%) Risk Management
7 2 (3.774%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (3.774%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.32%) VB.NET
2 5 (9.434%) VBA
3 4 (7.547%) XPath
3 4 (7.547%) C#
3 4 (7.547%) SQL
4 3 (5.660%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.774%) Java
6 1 (1.887%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 3 (5.660%) Degree
1 3 (5.660%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (3.774%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (3.774%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.774%) CCNA
3 1 (1.887%) MCP
3 1 (1.887%) MCSE
3 1 (1.887%) ISEB
3 1 (1.887%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.887%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.887%) SLA
1 1 (1.887%) QA
System Software
1 15 (28.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.887%) VMware ESX
2 1 (1.887%) XenApp
2 1 (1.887%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (1.887%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.887%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.774%) SCCM
1 2 (3.774%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.887%) Foglight
2 1 (1.887%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.887%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 34 (64.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.434%) Oracle
2 5 (9.434%) Citrix
2 5 (9.434%) Hyperion
3 4 (7.547%) VMware
4 3 (5.660%) Apple
5 2 (3.774%) NetApp
5 2 (3.774%) Cisco
6 1 (1.887%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.887%) SAP
6 1 (1.887%) Cognos
6 1 (1.887%) Siebel
6 1 (1.887%) HP
6 1 (1.887%) Lotus
6 1 (1.887%) Sage
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