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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.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1830
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads1620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.020 %
As % of the category below32.00 %42.55 %
Daily rates quoted68
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 quoted45
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 %
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Tyne and Wear
Matching contract IT job ads5047
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.070 %0.047 %
Daily rates quoted816
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 quoted1012
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 EastMS 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.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Tyne and Wear MS Excel Hourly Rate Histogram

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.

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
NewcastleUp+46--
Newcastle Upon TyneUp+34£251-8.84 %
SunderlandUp+23£350-
MS Excel North EastMS 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.

121 (60.00 %)Microsoft
215 (42.86 %)Windows
310 (28.57 %)MS Office
49 (25.71 %)Active Directory
58 (22.86 %)Security Cleared
67 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
67 (20.00 %)Government
76 (17.14 %)SQL Server
76 (17.14 %).NET
76 (17.14 %)Windows XP
76 (17.14 %)Windows Server 2003
76 (17.14 %)SC Cleared
85 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
85 (14.29 %)VB
85 (14.29 %)SQL
85 (14.29 %)Finance
85 (14.29 %)MS PowerPoint
94 (11.43 %)Service Management
94 (11.43 %)Telecoms
94 (11.43 %)Legal
94 (11.43 %)MCSE
94 (11.43 %)MS Exchange
94 (11.43 %)Project Management
103 (8.571 %)SQL Server 2000
103 (8.571 %)Cisco
103 (8.571 %)MS Visio
103 (8.571 %)Datawarehouse
103 (8.571 %)Data Modelling
103 (8.571 %)Data Mining
103 (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.

Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (17.14 %).NET
22 (5.714 %)ASP
31 (2.857 %)WAP
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (11.43 %)MS Exchange
22 (5.714 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
22 (5.714 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (2.857 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (2.857 %)IIS
31 (2.857 %)Lotus Notes
31 (2.857 %)Lotus Domino
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (28.57 %)MS Office
25 (14.29 %)MS PowerPoint
33 (8.571 %)MS Visio
33 (8.571 %)MS Project
41 (2.857 %)Spreadsheet
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (5.714 %)TCP/IP
12 (5.714 %)DNS
12 (5.714 %)DHCP
21 (2.857 %)SNMP
21 (2.857 %)SAN
21 (2.857 %)X.400
21 (2.857 %)X.500
21 (2.857 %)Firewall
21 (2.857 %)Wi-Fi
21 (2.857 %)HSDPA
21 (2.857 %)IPCC
21 (2.857 %)Intrusion Detection
21 (2.857 %)LDAP
21 (2.857 %)ADSL
21 (2.857 %)GPRS
21 (2.857 %)GSM
21 (2.857 %)LAN
21 (2.857 %)UMTS
21 (2.857 %)VoIP
21 (2.857 %)WAN
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (17.14 %)SQL Server
23 (8.571 %)MS Access
23 (8.571 %)Datawarehouse
23 (8.571 %)Data Mining
23 (8.571 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (5.714 %)BusinessObjects
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (20.00 %)Government
25 (14.29 %)Finance
34 (11.43 %)Legal
34 (11.43 %)Telecoms
43 (8.571 %)Banking
51 (2.857 %)Billing
51 (2.857 %)Education
51 (2.857 %)Health
51 (2.857 %)Law
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (14.29 %)Administrator
24 (11.43 %)Developer
24 (11.43 %)Analyst
24 (11.43 %)Systems Administrator
33 (8.571 %)Trainer
33 (8.571 %)SQL Developer
42 (5.714 %)IT Trainer
42 (5.714 %)Risk Manager
42 (5.714 %)Security Manager
42 (5.714 %)SQL DBA
42 (5.714 %)Server Engineer
42 (5.714 %)Datawarehouse Developer
42 (5.714 %)DBA
51 (2.857 %)Solutions Architect
51 (2.857 %)Senior Developer
51 (2.857 %)Support Technician
51 (2.857 %)Helpdesk Analyst
51 (2.857 %)Support Specialist
51 (2.857 %)3rd Line Support
51 (2.857 %)2nd Line Support
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (8.571 %)RMADS
22 (5.714 %)Blackberry
31 (2.857 %)CLARiiON
31 (2.857 %)E-Learning
31 (2.857 %)PKI
31 (2.857 %)IPTV
31 (2.857 %)Dutch Language
31 (2.857 %)French Language
31 (2.857 %)German Language
31 (2.857 %)NHS
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (42.86 %)Windows
27 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
36 (17.14 %)Windows XP
36 (17.14 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (5.714 %)Windows Vista
42 (5.714 %)Solaris
42 (5.714 %)Windows NT
51 (2.857 %)UNIX
51 (2.857 %)HPUX
51 (2.857 %)Windows Server 2008
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (22.86 %)Security Cleared
26 (17.14 %)SC Cleared
34 (11.43 %)Project Management
34 (11.43 %)Service Management
43 (8.571 %)Risk Management
43 (8.571 %)Data Modelling
52 (5.714 %)ERD
52 (5.714 %)Information Security
52 (5.714 %)Supplier Management
52 (5.714 %)Workflow
52 (5.714 %)Validation
52 (5.714 %)Stakeholder Management
52 (5.714 %)ITSM
52 (5.714 %)ITIL
61 (2.857 %)PRINCE2
61 (2.857 %)Risk Assessment
61 (2.857 %)Project Planning
61 (2.857 %)Technical Architecture
61 (2.857 %)Test Scripting
61 (2.857 %)Document Management
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (14.29 %)SQL
15 (14.29 %)VB
23 (8.571 %)Transact-SQL
23 (8.571 %)C#
32 (5.714 %)PL/SQL
41 (2.857 %)VBA
41 (2.857 %)Shell Script
41 (2.857 %)Perl
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (11.43 %)MCSE
33 (8.571 %)MOS
42 (5.714 %)Cisco Certification
51 (2.857 %)MCP
51 (2.857 %)CCA
51 (2.857 %)Citrix Certification
51 (2.857 %)Degree
51 (2.857 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (8.571 %)ISO27001
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (25.71 %)Active Directory
21 (2.857 %)Backup Exec
21 (2.857 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.857 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (60.00 %)Microsoft
23 (8.571 %)Oracle
23 (8.571 %)Cisco
32 (5.714 %)Business Objects
32 (5.714 %)Citrix
32 (5.714 %)Lotus
41 (2.857 %)Symantec
41 (2.857 %)IronPort