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The table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheets skills within the St Albans 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Spreadsheets
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank413
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.003 %
As % of the category below37.50 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£475-
Average daily rate£500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£525-
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£275
% change on same period last year+20.20 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.00
Average hourly rate-£12.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.31£16.31
% change on same period last year-12.26 %
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
St Albans
Matching contract IT job ads86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£463£240
Average daily rate£475£240
% change on same period last year+97.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£488£240
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£285
% change on same period last year+9.84 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.00
Average hourly rate-£12.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.72£18.49
% change on same period last year+6.66 %
Spreadsheet HertfordshireSpreadsheet
Hertfordshire

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 St Albans region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

St Albans Spreadsheet Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

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

St Albans Spreadsheet Daily Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet across the St Albans region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

St Albans Spreadsheet Daily Rate Histogram

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

St Albans Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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.

14 (100.00 %)Oracle
23 (75.00 %)Project Management
23 (75.00 %)Finance
32 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (50.00 %)Government
41 (25.00 %)Validation
41 (25.00 %)Criminal Justice
41 (25.00 %)Automotive
41 (25.00 %)Mainframe
41 (25.00 %)MS Office
41 (25.00 %)Oracle General Ledger
41 (25.00 %)SC Cleared

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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.

St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (25.00 %)Oracle General Ledger
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Finance
22 (50.00 %)Government
31 (25.00 %)Criminal Justice
31 (25.00 %)Automotive
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Finance Systems Manager
13 (75.00 %)Systems Manager
13 (75.00 %)Transition Manager
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Data Analyst
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Mainframe
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Project Management
21 (25.00 %)Validation
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Oracle