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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Stevenage 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank12-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below17.65 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£286£279
% change on same period last year+2.43 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.56£19.25
% change on same period last year-8.82 %
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.009 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£320
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£302£278
% change on same period last year+8.46 %
Hourly rates quoted114
Average minimum hourly rate£30.32£20.63
Average hourly rate£31.39£20.88
% change on same period last year+50.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.45£21.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.11£19.56
% change on same period last year-2.32 %
MS Excel HertfordshireMS Excel
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.

MS Excel
Demand Trend

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

Stevenage MS Excel Demand 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

12 (66.67 %)UNIX
12 (66.67 %)Oracle 9i
12 (66.67 %)MS Access
12 (66.67 %)HTML
12 (66.67 %)Java
12 (66.67 %)JavaScript
12 (66.67 %)PL/SQL
12 (66.67 %)SQL
12 (66.67 %)Oracle
12 (66.67 %)Teamcenter
12 (66.67 %)WebSphere
12 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
12 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
21 (33.33 %)Physics
21 (33.33 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (33.33 %)MS Office
21 (33.33 %)VB
21 (33.33 %)FTP
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)MATLAB
21 (33.33 %)Electric
21 (33.33 %)Hummingbird

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)HTML
12 (66.67 %)WebSphere
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)MS Office
11 (33.33 %)MATLAB
11 (33.33 %)MS PowerPoint
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (66.67 %)Teamcenter
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)FTP
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)Oracle 9i
12 (66.67 %)MS Access
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Electric
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Developer
11 (33.33 %)Systems Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Performance Engineer
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Physics
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (66.67 %)UNIX
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
12 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)Java
12 (66.67 %)JavaScript
12 (66.67 %)PL/SQL
12 (66.67 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %)VB
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)Hummingbird