South East Spreadsheet Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheets skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Spreadsheets
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Barking Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Canary Wharf Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Clevedon Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Dudley East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Ipswich Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Rugby Scotland Sheffield Solihull Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Taunton Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	163	177
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	88	117
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.125 %	0.121 %
As % of the category below	5.429 %	5.614 %
Daily rates quoted	11	37
Average minimum daily rate	£254	£219
Average daily rate	£290	£228
% change on same period last year	+27.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£326	£237
UK excluding London average daily rate	£232	£251
% change on same period last year	-7.27 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	24
Average minimum hourly rate	£11.91	£15.22
Average hourly rate	£12.82	£16.40
% change on same period last year	-21.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£13.74	£17.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£13.79	£16.29
% change on same period last year	-15.33 %
Applications South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1621	2084
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.310 %	2.155 %
Daily rates quoted	339	450
Average minimum daily rate	£280	£264
Average daily rate	£297	£277
% change on same period last year	+7.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£315	£290
UK excluding London average daily rate	£292	£278
% change on same period last year	+5.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	294	496
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.61	£17.78
Average hourly rate	£17.91	£19.09
% change on same period last year	-6.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.21	£20.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.52	£19.38
% change on same period last year	-4.42 %
Spreadsheet England

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.

Spreadsheet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Spreadsheet across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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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 South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+34	30	£235	+4.55 %
Hampshire	+29	18	£375	+32.40 %
Surrey	+12	13	-	-
Middlesex	-12	10	£235	+31.46 %
Oxfordshire	-1	5	£250	-
Buckinghamshire	+5	5	£250	-25.92 %
East Sussex	+10	3	£375	+97.36 %

Spreadsheet England

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 43 (21.61 %) Finance 2 28 (14.07 %) SAP 2 28 (14.07 %) MS Excel 3 24 (12.06 %) MS Office 3 24 (12.06 %) Telecoms 4 23 (11.56 %) Cramer 5 19 (9.548 %) Microsoft 6 18 (9.045 %) Oracle 6 18 (9.045 %) MS PowerPoint 7 16 (8.040 %) SQL 8 15 (7.538 %) Migration 9 13 (6.533 %) 3GPP 10 12 (6.030 %) Nokia 10 12 (6.030 %) SAP HR 10 12 (6.030 %) Data Conversion

11 11 (5.528 %) Degree 11 11 (5.528 %) PeopleSoft 12 10 (5.025 %) MS Access 12 10 (5.025 %) Project Planning 13 9 (4.523 %) Data Analysis 13 9 (4.523 %) Nokia DX200 13 9 (4.523 %) PRINCE2 13 9 (4.523 %) SQL Server 13 9 (4.523 %) 3G 13 9 (4.523 %) Validation 14 8 (4.020 %) Windows 14 8 (4.020 %) Siemens 14 8 (4.020 %) Lotus 14 8 (4.020 %) Multimedia 15 7 (3.518 %) Billing

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 3 (1.508 %) ODBC 2 1 (0.503 %) OLE 2 1 (0.503 %) LAMP 2 1 (0.503 %) AJAX 2 1 (0.503 %) .NET 2 1 (0.503 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 7 (3.518 %) Lotus Notes 2 2 (1.005 %) SAS 3 1 (0.503 %) Apache
Applications 1 28 (14.07 %) MS Excel 2 24 (12.06 %) MS Office 3 18 (9.045 %) MS PowerPoint 4 7 (3.518 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.503 %) MS Visio 5 1 (0.503 %) SPSS	Business Applications 1 12 (6.030 %) SAP HR 2 3 (1.508 %) SAP Oil and Gas 3 1 (0.503 %) BPCS
Communications & Networking 1 13 (6.533 %) 3GPP 2 9 (4.523 %) 3G 2 9 (4.523 %) Nokia DX200 3 4 (2.010 %) Internet 4 3 (1.508 %) Wireless 5 2 (1.005 %) RNC 5 2 (1.005 %) Intranet 5 2 (1.005 %) ATM 6 1 (0.503 %) ISDN 6 1 (0.503 %) LAN 6 1 (0.503 %) SDH 6 1 (0.503 %) VoIP 6 1 (0.503 %) WAN 6 1 (0.503 %) VPN 6 1 (0.503 %) MPLS 6 1 (0.503 %) Firewall 6 1 (0.503 %) Frame Relay	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (5.025 %) MS Access 2 9 (4.523 %) SQL Server 3 7 (3.518 %) BusinessObjects 4 3 (1.508 %) Oracle Reports 4 3 (1.508 %) Hyperion Essbase 4 3 (1.508 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (0.503 %) ETL 5 1 (0.503 %) Oracle Discoverer 5 1 (0.503 %) DB2 5 1 (0.503 %) OLAP 5 1 (0.503 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (0.503 %) Oracle OLAP 5 1 (0.503 %) SQL Server 2008 5 1 (0.503 %) MySQL 5 1 (0.503 %) DataStage 5 1 (0.503 %) FileMaker
General 1 43 (21.61 %) Finance 2 24 (12.06 %) Telecoms 3 8 (4.020 %) Multimedia 4 7 (3.518 %) Billing 5 6 (3.015 %) Auditing 6 5 (2.513 %) Pensions 6 5 (2.513 %) Pharmaceutical 6 5 (2.513 %) Government 7 4 (2.010 %) Health 7 4 (2.010 %) Marketing 8 3 (1.508 %) Military 9 2 (1.005 %) Banking 9 2 (1.005 %) Financial Institution 10 1 (0.503 %) Education 10 1 (0.503 %) Legal 10 1 (0.503 %) Manufacturing 10 1 (0.503 %) FMCG	Job Titles 1 50 (25.13 %) Analyst 2 32 (16.08 %) Administrator 3 24 (12.06 %) Coordinator 4 21 (10.55 %) Data Analyst 5 16 (8.040 %) Network Planner 6 13 (6.533 %) Project Coordinator 6 13 (6.533 %) Developer 7 12 (6.030 %) Project Administrator 8 11 (5.528 %) Consultant 9 8 (4.020 %) Network Engineer 10 7 (3.518 %) Data Conversion Analyst 11 6 (3.015 %) Information Analyst 11 6 (3.015 %) Database Developer 12 5 (2.513 %) Project Support Officer 12 5 (2.513 %) Project Officer 13 4 (2.010 %) Junior 14 3 (1.508 %) Programmer 14 3 (1.508 %) Systems Accountant 14 3 (1.508 %) Billing Analyst 14 3 (1.508 %) Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 12 (6.030 %) Data Conversion 2 6 (3.015 %) NHS 3 4 (2.010 %) Mainframe 4 3 (1.508 %) Management Information System 5 2 (1.005 %) Computer Science 6 1 (0.503 %) Dutch Language 6 1 (0.503 %) French Language 6 1 (0.503 %) Italian Language 6 1 (0.503 %) Spanish Language 6 1 (0.503 %) Credit Risk 6 1 (0.503 %) e-Health 6 1 (0.503 %) PDA	Operating Systems 1 8 (4.020 %) Windows 2 3 (1.508 %) Windows XP 3 2 (1.005 %) UNIX 4 1 (0.503 %) OS/2 4 1 (0.503 %) Linux 4 1 (0.503 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (7.538 %) Migration 2 10 (5.025 %) Project Planning 3 9 (4.523 %) Data Analysis 3 9 (4.523 %) Validation 3 9 (4.523 %) PRINCE2 4 7 (3.518 %) Configuration Management 5 6 (3.015 %) Security Cleared 6 5 (2.513 %) Data Management 6 5 (2.513 %) Project Management 7 4 (2.010 %) Quality Management 7 4 (2.010 %) Service Delivery 7 4 (2.010 %) QMS 8 3 (1.508 %) SC Cleared 8 3 (1.508 %) Business Intelligence 8 3 (1.508 %) PRINCE 9 2 (1.005 %) CRM 9 2 (1.005 %) ERP 9 2 (1.005 %) Change Management 9 2 (1.005 %) Time Management 9 2 (1.005 %) Data Migration	Programming Languages 1 16 (8.040 %) SQL 2 7 (3.518 %) VBA 3 3 (1.508 %) VB 4 2 (1.005 %) Perl 5 1 (0.503 %) PHP 5 1 (0.503 %) C# 5 1 (0.503 %) C++ 5 1 (0.503 %) Java 5 1 (0.503 %) Shell Script 5 1 (0.503 %) Clipper 5 1 (0.503 %) VBScript
Qualifications 1 11 (5.528 %) Degree 2 3 (1.508 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (0.503 %) ACCA 3 1 (0.503 %) CIMA 3 1 (0.503 %) CCAB 3 1 (0.503 %) MBA 3 1 (0.503 %) CCNA 3 1 (0.503 %) ISEB 3 1 (0.503 %) Cisco Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.005 %) QA
System Software 1 1 (0.503 %) Active Directory 1 1 (0.503 %) MetaFrame	Systems Management 1 1 (0.503 %) CiscoWorks
Vendors 1 28 (14.07 %) SAP 2 23 (11.56 %) Cramer 3 19 (9.548 %) Microsoft 4 18 (9.045 %) Oracle 5 12 (6.030 %) Nokia 6 11 (5.528 %) PeopleSoft 7 8 (4.020 %) Siemens 7 8 (4.020 %) Lotus 8 7 (3.518 %) Business Objects 9 5 (2.513 %) Ericsson 10 3 (1.508 %) Hyperion 10 3 (1.508 %) Netezza 10 3 (1.508 %) CODA 10 3 (1.508 %) Alcatel 11 1 (0.503 %) Ariba 11 1 (0.503 %) Nortel 11 1 (0.503 %) Cognos 11 1 (0.503 %) Cisco 11 1 (0.503 %) Remedy