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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Peterborough 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 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1114
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.010 %
As % of the category below57.89 %32.00 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£400£263
Average daily rate£425£316
% change on same period last year+34.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£279
% change on same period last year+6.42 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£15.25£19.33
Average hourly rate£15.50£19.67
% change on same period last year-21.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.75£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.37£17.03
% change on same period last year+7.89 %
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Peterborough
Matching contract IT job ads1925
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.031 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£280£250
Average daily rate£298£297
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£285
% change on same period last year+10.27 %
Hourly rates quoted86
Average minimum hourly rate£21.31£17.35
Average hourly rate£22.73£17.90
% change on same period last year+26.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.15£18.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.64£18.42
% change on same period last year+6.63 %
MS Excel CambridgeshireMS Excel
Cambridgeshire

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 Peterborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Peterborough MS Excel Demand Trend

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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Peterborough region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009.

Peterborough MS Excel Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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.

19 (60.00 %)MS Office
26 (40.00 %)Windows
26 (40.00 %)Microsoft
35 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
35 (33.33 %)MS Access
35 (33.33 %)MS PowerPoint
44 (26.67 %)Data Analysis
44 (26.67 %)Crystal Reports
44 (26.67 %)NetWare
44 (26.67 %)SLA
44 (26.67 %)Novell
44 (26.67 %)Internet
53 (20.00 %)Data Mining
53 (20.00 %)assyst
62 (13.33 %)Incident Management
62 (13.33 %)Finance
62 (13.33 %)MS Exchange
62 (13.33 %)VBA
71 (6.667 %)Oracle
71 (6.667 %)MS Project
71 (6.667 %)ERP
71 (6.667 %)Windows XP
71 (6.667 %)MS Visio
71 (6.667 %)ODBC
71 (6.667 %)IBM
71 (6.667 %)NDS
71 (6.667 %)VPN
71 (6.667 %)ISA Server
71 (6.667 %)GroupWise
71 (6.667 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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.

Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.667 %)ODBC
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)MS Exchange
21 (6.667 %)GroupWise
21 (6.667 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 5.5
21 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2007
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (60.00 %)MS Office
25 (33.33 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (6.667 %)MS Project
31 (6.667 %)MS Visio
31 (6.667 %)Acrobat
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (20.00 %)assyst
21 (6.667 %)Oracle ERP
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (26.67 %)Internet
21 (6.667 %)VPN
21 (6.667 %)SAN
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (33.33 %)MS Access
24 (26.67 %)Crystal Reports
33 (20.00 %)Data Mining
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (13.33 %)Finance
21 (6.667 %)Telecoms
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (33.33 %)Analyst
23 (20.00 %)Report Analyst
23 (20.00 %)Data Analyst
32 (13.33 %)VBA Developer
32 (13.33 %)Developer
41 (6.667 %)Coordinator
41 (6.667 %)Project Manager
41 (6.667 %)Consultant
41 (6.667 %)Systems Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Helpdesk Analyst
41 (6.667 %)SAN Consultant
41 (6.667 %)Project Officer
41 (6.667 %)Oracle Project Manager
41 (6.667 %)ERP Project Manager
41 (6.667 %)Virtualisation Consultant
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Thin Client
11 (6.667 %)Fat Client
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (40.00 %)Windows
25 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
34 (26.67 %)NetWare
41 (6.667 %)Windows XP
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)Data Analysis
22 (13.33 %)Incident Management
31 (6.667 %)Systems Analysis
31 (6.667 %)Business Analysis
31 (6.667 %)ERP
31 (6.667 %)Project Management
31 (6.667 %)Migration
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (13.33 %)VBA
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)Novell Certification
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (26.67 %)SLA
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)NDS
11 (6.667 %)Active Directory
11 (6.667 %)Terminal Services
11 (6.667 %)ISA Server
11 (6.667 %)VMware Infrastructure
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (40.00 %)Microsoft
24 (26.67 %)Novell
31 (6.667 %)VMware
31 (6.667 %)Kaspersky
31 (6.667 %)Oracle
31 (6.667 %)IBM
31 (6.667 %)Adobe
31 (6.667 %)HP
31 (6.667 %)Dell
31 (6.667 %)Citrix
31 (6.667 %)CommVault
31 (6.667 %)Hitachi