The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Slough 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 Slough 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 17 9 16
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +7
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 22 21 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 9.016% 10.29% 6.583%
As % of the Applications category 32.35% 45.65% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 9
Average daily rate £450 £450 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +100.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 6
Average hourly rate - £14.50 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +26.08%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -1.63%
All Applications
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
68 46 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 27.87% 22.55% 15.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 31 29
Average daily rate £350 £450 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% +29.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £177 £289 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 7
Average hourly rate £35.00 £14.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+141.37% +16.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Excel
Berkshire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 44 (86.27%) Microsoft
2 33 (64.71%) Project Management
3 32 (62.75%) Finance
4 31 (60.78%) PRINCE2
5 29 (56.86%) MS PowerPoint
6 26 (50.98%) MS Project
7 24 (47.06%) Risk Analysis
7 24 (47.06%) Matrix Management
7 24 (47.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 13 (25.49%) .NET
9 12 (23.53%) SQL Server
10 10 (19.61%) C#
10 10 (19.61%) ASP.NET
11 9 (17.65%) Oracle
11 9 (17.65%) VB.NET
12 8 (15.69%) Siebel
13 7 (13.73%) SQL
13 7 (13.73%) Banking
14 6 (11.76%) T-SQL
14 6 (11.76%) ITIL
14 6 (11.76%) Windows
15 5 (9.804%) CSS
15 5 (9.804%) XML
15 5 (9.804%) XSLT
15 5 (9.804%) XHTML
15 5 (9.804%) HTML
15 5 (9.804%) Java
15 5 (9.804%) JavaScript
15 5 (9.804%) Visual Studio
15 5 (9.804%) Windows Server 2003

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 13 (25.49%) .NET
2 10 (19.61%) ASP.NET
3 5 (9.804%) CSS
3 5 (9.804%) XML
3 5 (9.804%) XSLT
3 5 (9.804%) XHTML
3 5 (9.804%) HTML
3 5 (9.804%) .NET Framework
3 5 (9.804%) Ajax
3 5 (9.804%) LINQ
3 5 (9.804%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 4 (7.843%) jQuery
4 4 (7.843%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (1.961%) ASP
5 1 (1.961%) WCF
5 1 (1.961%) JSON
5 1 (1.961%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.882%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (1.961%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (1.961%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (56.86%) MS PowerPoint
2 26 (50.98%) MS Project
3 3 (5.882%) MS Office
4 2 (3.922%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.961%) HFM
1 1 (1.961%) SAP FI-GL
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.922%) LLU
2 1 (1.961%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (3.922%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (9.804%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (62.75%) Finance
2 7 (13.73%) Banking
3 4 (7.843%) Retail
4 3 (5.882%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.961%) Marketing
5 1 (1.961%) General Ledger
5 1 (1.961%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (49.02%) Project Manager
2 9 (17.65%) Developer
2 9 (17.65%) .NET Developer
3 5 (9.804%) Analyst
3 5 (9.804%) Web Developer
3 5 (9.804%) .NET Web Developer
4 4 (7.843%) Senior .NET Developer
4 4 (7.843%) Senior Web Developer
4 4 (7.843%) Team Leader
4 4 (7.843%) .NET Team Leader
4 4 (7.843%) Senior .NET Web Developer
4 4 (7.843%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 4 (7.843%) Senior Developer
5 3 (5.882%) Test Analyst
5 3 (5.882%) Administrator
6 2 (3.922%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) Lead Developer
6 2 (3.922%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) Project Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.882%) AS400
1 3 (5.882%) iSeries
2 1 (1.961%) Statistics
2 1 (1.961%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.961%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.961%) Replication
2 1 (1.961%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Windows
2 5 (9.804%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (9.804%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (5.882%) Windows XP
4 2 (3.922%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.961%) Windows 8
5 1 (1.961%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (64.71%) Project Management
2 31 (60.78%) PRINCE2
3 24 (47.06%) Risk Analysis
3 24 (47.06%) Matrix Management
4 6 (11.76%) ITIL
5 5 (9.804%) Web Development
5 5 (9.804%) MVC
5 5 (9.804%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (9.804%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (9.804%) System Testing
6 4 (7.843%) CRM
7 2 (3.922%) Validation
7 2 (3.922%) Service Delivery
8 1 (1.961%) Change Management
8 1 (1.961%) PRINCE
8 1 (1.961%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (1.961%) E-Commerce
8 1 (1.961%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (1.961%) Project Planning
8 1 (1.961%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) C#
2 9 (17.65%) VB.NET
3 7 (13.73%) SQL
4 6 (11.76%) T-SQL
5 5 (9.804%) Java
5 5 (9.804%) JavaScript
6 4 (7.843%) Ruby
7 3 (5.882%) RPG
8 1 (1.961%) VBScript
8 1 (1.961%) VB
8 1 (1.961%) C
8 1 (1.961%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (47.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (5.882%) MCSE
2 3 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.922%) Degree
3 2 (3.922%) MCITP
4 1 (1.961%) CIMA
4 1 (1.961%) ACCA
4 1 (1.961%) MCP
4 1 (1.961%) MCDST
4 1 (1.961%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.843%) PCI DSS
1 4 (7.843%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (5.882%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.961%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.961%) VMware ESX
2 1 (1.961%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.922%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (3.922%) WSUS
2 1 (1.961%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.961%) SCCM
2 1 (1.961%) SCOM
2 1 (1.961%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 44 (86.27%) Microsoft
2 9 (17.65%) Oracle
3 8 (15.69%) Siebel
4 4 (7.843%) Lotus
5 3 (5.882%) SAP
6 2 (3.922%) Cisco
7 1 (1.961%) Symantec
7 1 (1.961%) McAfee
7 1 (1.961%) Primavera
7 1 (1.961%) Empirix
7 1 (1.961%) EMC
7 1 (1.961%) VMware