The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 24 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 Tyne and Wear 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 17 17 29
Rank change year-on-year
0 +12
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 11 26 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 5.851% 7.761% 2.622%
As % of the Applications category 44.00% 65.00% 26.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 3
Average daily rate £325 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
Average hourly rate £10.50 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.50% +17.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -1.63%
All Applications
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
25 40 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 13.30% 11.94% 9.738%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 9
Average daily rate £325 £350 £303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +15.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £330 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £425 £387
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 7
Average hourly rate £10.50 £12.33 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.84% -5.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Excel
North East

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MS Excel across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +3 10 £325 -13.33%
Sunderland -5 1 - -
MS Excel
North East

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 26 (89.66%) Microsoft
2 19 (65.52%) MS Office
3 7 (24.14%) ITIL
3 7 (24.14%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (24.14%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (17.24%) Change Management
4 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (17.24%) MS Project
4 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2
4 5 (17.24%) SQL
5 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
5 4 (13.79%) Windows
5 4 (13.79%) Document Management
5 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
5 4 (13.79%) Finance
5 4 (13.79%) Legal
5 4 (13.79%) Migration
5 4 (13.79%) Degree
5 4 (13.79%) Time Management
6 3 (10.34%) Oracle BI EE
6 3 (10.34%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (10.34%) Asset Management
6 3 (10.34%) MOS
6 3 (10.34%) .NET
6 3 (10.34%) Oracle
6 3 (10.34%) HND
6 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
6 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (10.34%) EAM
6 3 (10.34%) ECDL

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 3 (10.34%) .NET
2 1 (3.448%) XML
2 1 (3.448%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) Oracle Spatial
2 1 (3.448%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 19 (65.52%) MS Office
2 7 (24.14%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (17.24%) MS Project
4 2 (6.897%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.34%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (6.897%) MS Access
3 2 (6.897%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (6.897%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (6.897%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (6.897%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (3.448%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) QADirector
General
1 4 (13.79%) Finance
1 4 (13.79%) Legal
2 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Project Manager
3 3 (10.34%) IT Technician
3 3 (10.34%) Administrator
3 3 (10.34%) Trainer
3 3 (10.34%) IT Trainer
3 3 (10.34%) Team Leader
4 2 (6.897%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) Migration Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Technical Administrator
4 2 (6.897%) Programme Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Service Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (6.897%) Data Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Data Consultant
5 1 (3.448%) Siebel Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Data Quality Consultant
5 1 (3.448%) Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Windows
2 2 (6.897%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) ITIL
1 7 (24.14%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (17.24%) Change Management
2 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2
3 4 (13.79%) Document Management
3 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
3 4 (13.79%) Migration
3 4 (13.79%) Time Management
4 3 (10.34%) Asset Management
4 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
4 3 (10.34%) EAM
5 2 (6.897%) CRM
5 2 (6.897%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (6.897%) Release Management
6 1 (3.448%) Matrix Management
6 1 (3.448%) Data Entry
6 1 (3.448%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.448%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.448%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) SQL
2 2 (6.897%) VBA
3 1 (3.448%) LotusScript
3 1 (3.448%) Formula Language
3 1 (3.448%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.448%) VB.NET
3 1 (3.448%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) MOS
2 3 (10.34%) HND
2 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (10.34%) ECDL
3 1 (3.448%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.448%) PMP
3 1 (3.448%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (89.66%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Oracle
3 1 (3.448%) Siebel
3 1 (3.448%) HP
3 1 (3.448%) Micro Focus
3 1 (3.448%) Lotus