The first table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 19 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 Reading 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spreadsheets
Rank 71 73 73
Rank change year-on-year
+2 0
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 2 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.227% 0.695% 0.494%
As % of the Applications category 1.316% 4.469% 2.907%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £275 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £13.05 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+30.26% +4.40%
All Applications
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
152 179 172
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 17.27% 15.55% 17.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 70 56
Average daily rate £313 £360 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.19% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £127 £235 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 21 15
Average hourly rate £21.50 £15.25 £11.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.98% +29.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.00 £9.45 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.50 £25.25 £17.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
Spreadsheet
Berkshire

Spreadsheet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) ATM
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) WCF
2 1 (20.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) WCF
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) ATM
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Administrator
2 2 (40.00%) Coordinator
2 2 (40.00%) Project Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Project Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification