The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 22 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 Somerset 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 27 17 27
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +10
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 9 18 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 4.891% 10.71% 4.908%
As % of the Applications category 32.14% 58.06% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £335 £240 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.58% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £300 £310
% change year-on-year
+5.91% -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 6
Average hourly rate £10.00 £10.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
28 31 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 15.22% 18.45% 14.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 6
Average daily rate £313 £333 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.01% -3.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £240 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £355 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 11
Average hourly rate £10.00 £11.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
MS Excel
South West

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 22 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
Taunton +2 7 - -
Bath -2 1 £335 -
MS Excel
South West

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 20 (95.24%) Microsoft
2 16 (76.19%) Active Directory
2 16 (76.19%) Windows
3 15 (71.43%) Blackberry
3 15 (71.43%) MS Office
3 15 (71.43%) Windows 7
4 14 (66.67%) Windows XP
5 13 (61.90%) VMware
5 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (57.14%) Kaspersky
6 12 (57.14%) SCCM
6 12 (57.14%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (57.14%) Cisco
6 12 (57.14%) Apple
7 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
7 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (14.29%) MS Visio
8 2 (9.524%) SQL
8 2 (9.524%) .NET
8 2 (9.524%) Citrix
8 2 (9.524%) Local Government
8 2 (9.524%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
9 1 (4.762%) XenApp
9 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (4.762%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 1 (4.762%) Data Management
9 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
9 1 (4.762%) Back Office
9 1 (4.762%) Finance

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 2 (9.524%) .NET
2 1 (4.762%) MDX
2 1 (4.762%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (4.762%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.762%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (4.762%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (4.762%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 15 (71.43%) MS Office
2 3 (14.29%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) Network Security
1 1 (4.762%) DHCP
1 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.762%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.762%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (9.524%) Local Government
2 1 (4.762%) Back Office
2 1 (4.762%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) 2nd Line Support
2 11 (52.38%) Help Desk Support
3 9 (42.86%) Support Technician
3 9 (42.86%) Helpdesk Technician
3 9 (42.86%) Service Desk Technician
3 9 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 9 (42.86%) Help Desk Support Technician
4 5 (23.81%) Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Business Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Support Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Technical Design Leader
6 1 (4.762%) 3rd Line Technical Support
6 1 (4.762%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (4.762%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (71.43%) Blackberry
2 12 (57.14%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.762%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 16 (76.19%) Windows
2 15 (71.43%) Windows 7
3 14 (66.67%) Windows XP
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.524%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (4.762%) Data Management
2 1 (4.762%) Performance Testing
2 1 (4.762%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (4.762%) ERP
2 1 (4.762%) ITIL
2 1 (4.762%) Data Modelling
2 1 (4.762%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) C#
2 1 (4.762%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (4.762%) MCSE
1 1 (4.762%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (76.19%) Active Directory
2 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.762%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (57.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (95.24%) Microsoft
2 13 (61.90%) VMware
3 12 (57.14%) Kaspersky
3 12 (57.14%) Cisco
3 12 (57.14%) Apple
4 2 (9.524%) Citrix
5 1 (4.762%) Reuters
5 1 (4.762%) Bloomberg