The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 17 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 Suffolk 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 27 26 32
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +6
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 3 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.863% 4.400% 1.685%
As % of the Applications category 20.00% 61.11% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
Average daily rate £189 £325 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.92% +103.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £325 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £325 £212
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £11.00 £21.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.61% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
15 18 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 9.317% 7.200% 1.685%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
Average daily rate £365 £388 £135
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.80% +187.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £206 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £450 £206
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
Average hourly rate £11.50 £16.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.30% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 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
Ipswich +7 2 £113 -
Bury St Edmunds -1 1 £265 -18.46%
MS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) SCCM
2 2 (33.33%) Kaspersky
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Image Processing
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL V3
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) VC++
3 1 (16.67%) PMP
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (16.67%) MFC
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (16.67%) MS Office
3 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) QA

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Report Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Test Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Team Lead
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
1 1 (16.67%) DMAIC
1 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Image Processing
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C++
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
1 1 (16.67%) VC++
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Kaspersky