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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Suffolk 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1521
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads1312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.012 %
As % of the category below29.55 %26.67 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£243£300
Average daily rate£268£350
% change on same period last year-23.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£274
% change on same period last year+5.83 %
Hourly rates quoted73
Average minimum hourly rate£20.17£17.07
Average hourly rate£21.24£18.73
% change on same period last year+13.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.31£20.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.88£17.80
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads4445
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.046 %
Daily rates quoted1211
Average minimum daily rate£265£281
Average daily rate£289£299
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£285
% change on same period last year+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted1414
Average minimum hourly rate£14.84£19.98
Average hourly rate£16.23£20.57
% change on same period last year-21.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.63£21.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.01£18.99
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
MS Excel East of EnglandMS Excel
East of England

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Suffolk MS Excel Daily Rate Histogram

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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Suffolk MS Excel Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Excel
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Excel within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
IpswichUp+57£155-
Bury St EdmundsNew entry-3--
MS Excel East of EnglandMS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

115 (75.00 %)Microsoft
29 (45.00 %)MS Exchange
29 (45.00 %)SQL Server
36 (30.00 %)SharePoint
45 (25.00 %)Oracle
45 (25.00 %)ITIL
45 (25.00 %)EMC
45 (25.00 %)Blackberry
45 (25.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
45 (25.00 %)VMware
45 (25.00 %)VMware ESX
45 (25.00 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
45 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
45 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
45 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
54 (20.00 %)HP Data Protector
54 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (20.00 %)Brocade
54 (20.00 %)SNIA Certification
54 (20.00 %)NetBackup
54 (20.00 %)Cisco
54 (20.00 %)Citrix
54 (20.00 %)OpenView
54 (20.00 %)HP
54 (20.00 %)ITIL Certification
54 (20.00 %)SAN
54 (20.00 %)VERITAS
54 (20.00 %)Lotus
54 (20.00 %)Legato
54 (20.00 %)MS Office

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (15.00 %)HTML
13 (15.00 %).NET
13 (15.00 %)ASP
13 (15.00 %)ASP.NET
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (45.00 %)MS Exchange
26 (30.00 %)SharePoint
35 (25.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
35 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
35 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
44 (20.00 %)Lotus Domino
53 (15.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (5.000 %)IIS
61 (5.000 %)Office Project Server
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (20.00 %)MS Office
23 (15.00 %)MS PowerPoint
32 (10.00 %)CA Clarity
32 (10.00 %)MS Project
41 (5.000 %)Spreadsheet
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (20.00 %)SAN
21 (5.000 %)TCP/IP
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (45.00 %)SQL Server
24 (20.00 %)Informix
24 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (10.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
32 (10.00 %)ETL
32 (10.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.000 %)Electric
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (25.00 %)Analyst
15 (25.00 %)Support Analyst
24 (20.00 %)Storage Analyst
33 (15.00 %)IT Support Specialist
33 (15.00 %)Support Specialist
42 (10.00 %)Developer
42 (10.00 %)SQL Developer
51 (5.000 %)SQL DBA
51 (5.000 %)Helpdesk Analyst
51 (5.000 %)Project Manager
51 (5.000 %)DBA
51 (5.000 %)Administrator
51 (5.000 %)Test Engineer
51 (5.000 %)Helpdesk Support
51 (5.000 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (25.00 %)Blackberry
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (20.00 %)AIX
14 (20.00 %)HPUX
14 (20.00 %)Solaris
14 (20.00 %)Linux
22 (10.00 %)Windows
31 (5.000 %)UNIX
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (25.00 %)ITIL
22 (10.00 %)Data Modelling
22 (10.00 %)Business Intelligence
22 (10.00 %)Project Management
22 (10.00 %)Migration
31 (5.000 %)Programme Management
31 (5.000 %)Security Cleared
31 (5.000 %)CAD
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (15.00 %)SQL
13 (15.00 %)VBScript
13 (15.00 %)VB.NET
21 (5.000 %)C
21 (5.000 %)PL/SQL
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (25.00 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
24 (20.00 %)SNIA Certification
24 (20.00 %)ITIL Certification
33 (15.00 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (5.000 %)HNC
41 (5.000 %)HND
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (25.00 %)VMware ESX
15 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
24 (20.00 %)NetBackup
31 (5.000 %)Active Directory
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (20.00 %)OpenView
14 (20.00 %)Legato
14 (20.00 %)HP Data Protector
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (75.00 %)Microsoft
25 (25.00 %)Oracle
25 (25.00 %)EMC
25 (25.00 %)VMware
34 (20.00 %)Brocade
34 (20.00 %)Cisco
34 (20.00 %)Citrix
34 (20.00 %)VERITAS
34 (20.00 %)Lotus
34 (20.00 %)Sun
34 (20.00 %)HP
43 (15.00 %)SAP
51 (5.000 %)Peregrine
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