Tyne and Wear MS Excel Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Tyne and Wear 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Excel
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Aylesbury Ayrshire Banbury Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bingley Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Clapham Clydebank Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Deeside Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorset Douglas Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Filton Flintshire Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Grangemouth Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Inverness Inverurie Ipswich Isle of Man Johnstone Kent Kidderminster King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Sidmouth Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Windlesham Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	18	30
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	16	20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.022 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	32.00 %	42.55 %
Daily rates quoted	6	8
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£253
Average daily rate	£300	£253
% change on same period last year	+18.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£253
UK excluding London average daily rate	£289	£273
% change on same period last year	+5.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.00	£34.67
Average hourly rate	£27.00	£38.92
% change on same period last year	-30.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.00	£43.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.03	£19.72
% change on same period last year	-13.61 %
Applications Tyne and Wear
Matching contract IT job ads	50	47
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.070 %	0.047 %
Daily rates quoted	8	16
Average minimum daily rate	£266	£280
Average daily rate	£269	£285
% change on same period last year	-5.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£272	£289
UK excluding London average daily rate	£294	£283
% change on same period last year	+4.03 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.90	£28.41
Average hourly rate	£20.15	£31.63
% change on same period last year	-36.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.40	£34.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.39	£19.59
% change on same period last year	-6.13 %
MS Excel North East

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 Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

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 Tyne and Wear region.

MS Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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 Tyne and Wear region.

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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 6 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
Newcastle	+4	6	-	-
Newcastle Upon Tyne	+3	4	£251	-8.84 %
Sunderland	+2	3	£350	-

MS Excel North East

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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 21 (60.00 %) Microsoft 2 15 (42.86 %) Windows 3 10 (28.57 %) MS Office 4 9 (25.71 %) Active Directory 5 8 (22.86 %) Security Cleared 6 7 (20.00 %) Windows 2000 6 7 (20.00 %) Government 7 6 (17.14 %) SQL Server 7 6 (17.14 %) .NET 7 6 (17.14 %) Windows XP 7 6 (17.14 %) Windows Server 2003 7 6 (17.14 %) SC Cleared 8 5 (14.29 %) Microsoft Certification 8 5 (14.29 %) VB 8 5 (14.29 %) SQL

8 5 (14.29 %) Finance 8 5 (14.29 %) MS PowerPoint 9 4 (11.43 %) Service Management 9 4 (11.43 %) Telecoms 9 4 (11.43 %) Legal 9 4 (11.43 %) MCSE 9 4 (11.43 %) MS Exchange 9 4 (11.43 %) Project Management 10 3 (8.571 %) SQL Server 2000 10 3 (8.571 %) Cisco 10 3 (8.571 %) MS Visio 10 3 (8.571 %) Datawarehouse 10 3 (8.571 %) Data Modelling 10 3 (8.571 %) Data Mining 10 3 (8.571 %) MS Access

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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 6 (17.14 %) .NET 2 2 (5.714 %) ASP 3 1 (2.857 %) WAP	Application Platforms 1 4 (11.43 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (5.714 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 2 2 (5.714 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (2.857 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 1 (2.857 %) IIS 3 1 (2.857 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (2.857 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 10 (28.57 %) MS Office 2 5 (14.29 %) MS PowerPoint 3 3 (8.571 %) MS Visio 3 3 (8.571 %) MS Project 4 1 (2.857 %) Spreadsheet	Communications & Networking 1 2 (5.714 %) TCP/IP 1 2 (5.714 %) DNS 1 2 (5.714 %) DHCP 2 1 (2.857 %) SNMP 2 1 (2.857 %) SAN 2 1 (2.857 %) X.400 2 1 (2.857 %) X.500 2 1 (2.857 %) Firewall 2 1 (2.857 %) Wi-Fi 2 1 (2.857 %) HSDPA 2 1 (2.857 %) IPCC 2 1 (2.857 %) Intrusion Detection 2 1 (2.857 %) LDAP 2 1 (2.857 %) ADSL 2 1 (2.857 %) GPRS 2 1 (2.857 %) GSM 2 1 (2.857 %) LAN 2 1 (2.857 %) UMTS 2 1 (2.857 %) VoIP 2 1 (2.857 %) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (17.14 %) SQL Server 2 3 (8.571 %) MS Access 2 3 (8.571 %) Datawarehouse 2 3 (8.571 %) Data Mining 2 3 (8.571 %) SQL Server 2000 3 2 (5.714 %) BusinessObjects	General 1 7 (20.00 %) Government 2 5 (14.29 %) Finance 3 4 (11.43 %) Legal 3 4 (11.43 %) Telecoms 4 3 (8.571 %) Banking 5 1 (2.857 %) Billing 5 1 (2.857 %) Education 5 1 (2.857 %) Health 5 1 (2.857 %) Law
Job Titles 1 5 (14.29 %) Administrator 2 4 (11.43 %) Developer 2 4 (11.43 %) Analyst 2 4 (11.43 %) Systems Administrator 3 3 (8.571 %) Trainer 3 3 (8.571 %) SQL Developer 4 2 (5.714 %) IT Trainer 4 2 (5.714 %) Risk Manager 4 2 (5.714 %) Security Manager 4 2 (5.714 %) SQL DBA 4 2 (5.714 %) Server Engineer 4 2 (5.714 %) Datawarehouse Developer 4 2 (5.714 %) DBA 5 1 (2.857 %) Solutions Architect 5 1 (2.857 %) Senior Developer 5 1 (2.857 %) Support Technician 5 1 (2.857 %) Helpdesk Analyst 5 1 (2.857 %) Support Specialist 5 1 (2.857 %) 3rd Line Support 5 1 (2.857 %) 2nd Line Support	Miscellaneous 1 3 (8.571 %) RMADS 2 2 (5.714 %) Blackberry 3 1 (2.857 %) CLARiiON 3 1 (2.857 %) E-Learning 3 1 (2.857 %) PKI 3 1 (2.857 %) IPTV 3 1 (2.857 %) Dutch Language 3 1 (2.857 %) French Language 3 1 (2.857 %) German Language 3 1 (2.857 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 15 (42.86 %) Windows 2 7 (20.00 %) Windows 2000 3 6 (17.14 %) Windows XP 3 6 (17.14 %) Windows Server 2003 4 2 (5.714 %) Windows Vista 4 2 (5.714 %) Solaris 4 2 (5.714 %) Windows NT 5 1 (2.857 %) UNIX 5 1 (2.857 %) HPUX 5 1 (2.857 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (22.86 %) Security Cleared 2 6 (17.14 %) SC Cleared 3 4 (11.43 %) Project Management 3 4 (11.43 %) Service Management 4 3 (8.571 %) Risk Management 4 3 (8.571 %) Data Modelling 5 2 (5.714 %) ERD 5 2 (5.714 %) Information Security 5 2 (5.714 %) Supplier Management 5 2 (5.714 %) Workflow 5 2 (5.714 %) Validation 5 2 (5.714 %) Stakeholder Management 5 2 (5.714 %) ITSM 5 2 (5.714 %) ITIL 6 1 (2.857 %) PRINCE2 6 1 (2.857 %) Risk Assessment 6 1 (2.857 %) Project Planning 6 1 (2.857 %) Technical Architecture 6 1 (2.857 %) Test Scripting 6 1 (2.857 %) Document Management
Programming Languages 1 5 (14.29 %) SQL 1 5 (14.29 %) VB 2 3 (8.571 %) Transact-SQL 2 3 (8.571 %) C# 3 2 (5.714 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (2.857 %) VBA 4 1 (2.857 %) Shell Script 4 1 (2.857 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 5 (14.29 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (11.43 %) MCSE 3 3 (8.571 %) MOS 4 2 (5.714 %) Cisco Certification 5 1 (2.857 %) MCP 5 1 (2.857 %) CCA 5 1 (2.857 %) Citrix Certification 5 1 (2.857 %) Degree 5 1 (2.857 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (8.571 %) ISO27001	System Software 1 9 (25.71 %) Active Directory 2 1 (2.857 %) Backup Exec 2 1 (2.857 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 1 (2.857 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 21 (60.00 %) Microsoft 2 3 (8.571 %) Oracle 2 3 (8.571 %) Cisco 3 2 (5.714 %) Business Objects 3 2 (5.714 %) Citrix 3 2 (5.714 %) Lotus 4 1 (2.857 %) Symantec 4 1 (2.857 %) IronPort