The first table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spreadsheets
Rank 49 49 52
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.418% 0.354% 0.206%
As % of the Applications category 2.985% 4.000% 1.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £150 £365 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-58.90% +82.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-11.29% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.32 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £13.05 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+30.26% +4.40%
All Applications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
67 50 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 14.02% 8.850% 19.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 9 36
Average daily rate £275 £330 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +83.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £146 £135 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £362 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £301 £315
% change year-on-year
+3.16% -4.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 18
Average hourly rate £13.90 £11.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.86% -34.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.79 £9.35 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.85 £24.50 £27.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
Spreadsheet
South East

Spreadsheet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Spreadsheet Jobs Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Spreadsheet Daily Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxford 0 1 - -
Witney - - - -
Spreadsheet
South East

Spreadsheet
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet.

1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) Mathematics
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) CAD
3 1 (12.50%) C

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
General
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft