The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the St Albans region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 17 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 St Albans 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 2 8 7
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -1
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 10 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in St Albans 32.26% 3.704% 9.677%
As % of the Applications category 100.00% 33.33% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
Average daily rate £408 - £340
90% offered a daily rate of more than £402 - £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £414 - £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
St Albans
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
10 3 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in St Albans 32.26% 11.11% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
Average daily rate £408 £190 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+114.60% -44.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £190 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £414 £190 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
Hertfordshire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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 8 (61.54%) ITIL
1 8 (61.54%) PRINCE2
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
1 8 (61.54%) Service Management
1 8 (61.54%) Change Management
1 8 (61.54%) Risk Management
1 8 (61.54%) Migration
1 8 (61.54%) ISEB
1 8 (61.54%) Remedy
1 8 (61.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) Business Objects
3 2 (15.38%) CRM
3 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (15.38%) Brio
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) QA
3 2 (15.38%) Time Management
3 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
3 2 (15.38%) ETL
4 1 (7.692%) Lync
4 1 (7.692%) Unified Communications
4 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (7.692%) Digital Media
4 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
4 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
4 1 (7.692%) MS Office
4 1 (7.692%) Windows

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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 Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
1 1 (7.692%) Lync
1 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (15.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Campaign Executive
3 1 (7.692%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) ITIL
1 8 (61.54%) PRINCE2
1 8 (61.54%) Service Management
1 8 (61.54%) Change Management
1 8 (61.54%) Risk Management
1 8 (61.54%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (15.38%) Time Management
2 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
2 2 (15.38%) CRM
2 2 (15.38%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) ISEB
1 8 (61.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
1 8 (61.54%) Remedy
2 2 (15.38%) Brio
2 2 (15.38%) Business Objects