The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 15 18 31
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +13
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 5 19 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 5.747% 8.636% 4.286%
As % of the Applications category 45.45% 82.61% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 0
Average daily rate £425 £330 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.78% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £300 £310
% change year-on-year
+5.91% -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Average hourly rate £11.13 £17.18 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.23% +80.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
11 23 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 12.64% 10.45% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 12
Average daily rate £135 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-59.09% +1.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 2
Average hourly rate £13.17 £17.50 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.77% +84.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
MS Excel
West Midlands

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Staffordshire MS Excel Daily Rate Histogram

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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Burton-upon-Trent - 2 £425 -
Stoke-on-Trent -1 1 - -
MS Excel
West Midlands

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) SQL
3 4 (36.36%) .NET
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
3 4 (36.36%) MS Office
3 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
3 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (36.36%) NHS
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (27.27%) T-SQL
4 3 (27.27%) Windows
5 2 (18.18%) UML
5 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (18.18%) ERP
5 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle
5 2 (18.18%) SAP
5 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
5 2 (18.18%) RDBMS
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (18.18%) Extranet
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (18.18%) CRM
5 2 (18.18%) LAN
5 2 (18.18%) WAN
5 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
5 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 4 (36.36%) .NET
2 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
2 2 (18.18%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
1 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange
1 1 (9.091%) SAS
1 1 (9.091%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (9.091%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (9.091%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Extranet
1 2 (18.18%) LAN
1 2 (18.18%) WAN
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.091%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (18.18%) RDBMS
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (18.18%) GIS
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 1 (9.091%) Base SAS
General
1 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) SQL Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (9.091%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Report Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Desktop Support
4 1 (9.091%) Software Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Support
4 1 (9.091%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Report Developer
4 1 (9.091%) MI Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) UML Business Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) NHS
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (18.18%) UML
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) CRM
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Process Management
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (18.18%) Business Transformation
3 1 (9.091%) Analytics
3 1 (9.091%) Time Management
3 1 (9.091%) Change Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Workflow
3 1 (9.091%) Document Management
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) T-SQL
3 2 (18.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (18.18%) MCITP
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 1 (9.091%) VMware
3 1 (9.091%) Altiris
3 1 (9.091%) Dell
3 1 (9.091%) Nortel
3 1 (9.091%) Citrix
3 1 (9.091%) Symantec
3 1 (9.091%) Avaya
3 1 (9.091%) Lotus