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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Staffordshire region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2114
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads713
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.013 %
As % of the category below21.21 %43.33 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£225£300
Average daily rate£225£325
% change on same period last year-30.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£225£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£274
% change on same period last year+5.82 %
Hourly rates quoted44
Average minimum hourly rate£13.50£15.25
Average hourly rate£14.13£15.75
% change on same period last year-10.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.75£16.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.93£18.70
% change on same period last year-4.12 %
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Staffordshire
Matching contract IT job ads3330
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.030 %
Daily rates quoted47
Average minimum daily rate£206£308
Average daily rate£218£329
% change on same period last year-33.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£229£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£292
% change on same period last year+0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted79
Average minimum hourly rate£12.92£12.58
Average hourly rate£13.73£13.55
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.54£14.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.45£19.58
% change on same period last year-5.78 %
MS Excel West MidlandsMS Excel
West Midlands

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.

MS Excel
Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire MS Excel Demand Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Excel across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Excel across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

Staffordshire MS Excel Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 8 September 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.

LocationRank 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
StaffordNo change01--
LichfieldNew entry-1--
MS Excel West MidlandsMS Excel
West Midlands

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

114 (70.00 %)Microsoft
210 (50.00 %)MS Office
210 (50.00 %)Windows
38 (40.00 %)Windows XP
47 (35.00 %)Active Directory
55 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
73 (15.00 %)SQL Server
73 (15.00 %)Manufacturing
73 (15.00 %)MS PowerPoint
82 (10.00 %)Project Management
82 (10.00 %)Education
82 (10.00 %)MySQL
82 (10.00 %)PHP
82 (10.00 %)VBScript
82 (10.00 %)ITIL
82 (10.00 %)ASP
82 (10.00 %)MS Access
82 (10.00 %)LAN
82 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
91 (5.000 %)VPN
91 (5.000 %)B2B
91 (5.000 %)B2C
91 (5.000 %)SLA
91 (5.000 %)WAN
91 (5.000 %)VMS
91 (5.000 %)ISO9001
91 (5.000 %)CRM
91 (5.000 %)E-Commerce
91 (5.000 %)ERP

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (10.00 %)ASP
21 (5.000 %)CSS
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.000 %)Apache
11 (5.000 %)MS Exchange
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (50.00 %)MS Office
23 (15.00 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (5.000 %)MS Project
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.00 %)LAN
12 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (5.000 %)VPN
21 (5.000 %)WAN
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.00 %)SQL Server
22 (10.00 %)MS Access
22 (10.00 %)MySQL
31 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.00 %)Manufacturing
22 (10.00 %)Education
31 (5.000 %)Automotive
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (35.00 %)2nd Line Support
23 (15.00 %)Developer
23 (15.00 %)Analyst
23 (15.00 %)Support Analyst
23 (15.00 %)1st Line Support
32 (10.00 %)Support Engineer
32 (10.00 %)Administrator
32 (10.00 %)Desktop Support Analyst
32 (10.00 %)Helpdesk Support
32 (10.00 %)Desktop Analyst
32 (10.00 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
32 (10.00 %)Desktop Support
41 (5.000 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Report Developer
41 (5.000 %)Project Administrator
41 (5.000 %)Project Engineer
41 (5.000 %)IT Administrator
41 (5.000 %)PHP Developer
41 (5.000 %)Web Applications Developer
41 (5.000 %)Technical Support
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)NHS
11 (5.000 %)Blackberry
11 (5.000 %)PDA
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (50.00 %)Windows
28 (40.00 %)Windows XP
35 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
51 (5.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (5.000 %)VMS
51 (5.000 %)Linux
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.00 %)ITIL
12 (10.00 %)Project Management
21 (5.000 %)Service Management
21 (5.000 %)ITSM
21 (5.000 %)Web Design
21 (5.000 %)Logistics
21 (5.000 %)Software Engineering
21 (5.000 %)Load Testing
21 (5.000 %)PRINCE2
21 (5.000 %)CRM
21 (5.000 %)E-Commerce
21 (5.000 %)ERP
21 (5.000 %)B2B
21 (5.000 %)B2C
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (10.00 %)VBScript
12 (10.00 %)PHP
21 (5.000 %)SQL
21 (5.000 %)C#
21 (5.000 %)VB
21 (5.000 %)PHP5
21 (5.000 %)PHP4
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.000 %)MCP
11 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (5.000 %)Degree
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.000 %)ISO9001
11 (5.000 %)SLA
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (35.00 %)Active Directory
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (70.00 %)Microsoft
21 (5.000 %)Citrix
21 (5.000 %)SAP