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The table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheets skills across the UK with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Spreadsheets
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank236194
Rank change on same period last yearDown-42
Matching contract IT job ads425836
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.598 %0.845 %
As % of the category below5.017 %7.259 %
Daily rates quoted147387
Average minimum daily rate£334£407
Average daily rate£361£434
% change on same period last year-16.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£461
UK excluding London average daily rate£227£268
% change on same period last year-15.24 %
Hourly rates quoted6272
Average minimum hourly rate£13.85£15.28
Average hourly rate£15.09£16.58
% change on same period last year-8.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.33£17.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£12.99£15.50
% change on same period last year-16.17 %
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads847211516
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.93 %11.64 %
Daily rates quoted24603256
Average minimum daily rate£301£308
Average daily rate£320£327
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£280
% change on same period last year+4.53 %
Hourly rates quoted14541982
Average minimum hourly rate£17.65£18.36
Average hourly rate£18.87£19.82
% change on same period last year-4.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.09£21.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.53£19.52
% change on same period last year-5.07 %

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.

Spreadsheet
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Spreadsheet Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK.

Spreadsheet Daily Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Spreadsheet Daily Rate Histogram

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK.

Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Histogram

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK over the 3 months to 10 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
EnglandDown-47415£363-16.60 %
LondonDown-74220£409-15.69 %
South EastUp+2894£290+26.62 %
City of LondonDown-3276£387-11.16 %
BerkshireUp+3035£235+4.89 %
East of EnglandUp+2523£139-51.72 %
HampshireUp+2818£375+29.68 %
YorkshireUp+1517£103-48.75 %
East MidlandsUp+1516£250-
Docklands, LondonUp+1315£282-48.78 %
South WestDown-314£206-13.77 %
SurreyUp+2213--
North WestUp+812£350+35.92 %
HertfordshireUp+1911£139-46.88 %
EssexUp+1510--
West MidlandsDown-310£179-10.12 %
MiddlesexDown-710£235+28.51 %
West YorkshireUp+28--
NottinghamshireUp+98--
NottinghamUp+48--
BracknellUp+167--
North YorkshireNew entry-7£103-
ScotlandUp+237£188-8.53 %
MidlandsUp+186--
ManchesterDown-86£400-
OxfordshireUp+16£250-
BuckinghamshireUp+75£250-25.92 %
LeedsUp+35--
Milton KeynesNew entry-5£250-
PortsmouthDown-15--

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet.

1267 (29.28 %)Finance
2181 (19.85 %)MS Excel
3150 (16.45 %)VBA
4137 (15.02 %)Banking
5132 (14.47 %)SQL
6106 (11.62 %)MS Office
6106 (11.62 %)Derivative
795 (10.42 %)Microsoft
893 (10.20 %)Oracle
981 (8.882 %)Front Office
1075 (8.224 %)Investment Banking
1171 (7.785 %)SQL Server
1269 (7.566 %)C#
1368 (7.456 %)MS PowerPoint
1461 (6.689 %)SAP
1559 (6.469 %)NHS
1657 (6.250 %)Project Management
1657 (6.250 %)MS Access
1756 (6.140 %)Degree
1852 (5.702 %)Data Analysis
1949 (5.373 %)Windows
2047 (5.154 %)Telecoms
2146 (5.044 %)Government
2245 (4.934 %)MS Project
2343 (4.715 %).NET
2343 (4.715 %)Health
2343 (4.715 %)Migration
2441 (4.496 %)Fixed Income
2540 (4.386 %)Equity Derivative
2633 (3.618 %)Bloomberg

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
143 (4.715 %).NET
214 (1.535 %)XML
310 (1.096 %)HTML
310 (1.096 %)ASP.NET
47 (0.768 %)ODBC
47 (0.768 %)Application Packaging
56 (0.658 %)ATL
65 (0.548 %)COM
65 (0.548 %)J2EE
74 (0.439 %)WebServices
74 (0.439 %)XSL
74 (0.439 %)WinForms
83 (0.329 %)XHTML
83 (0.329 %)Middleware
83 (0.329 %)CSS
92 (0.219 %)ASP
92 (0.219 %)AJAX
92 (0.219 %).NET Framework
92 (0.219 %)WCF
92 (0.219 %)WPF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (1.864 %)Lotus Notes
214 (1.535 %)SharePoint
37 (0.768 %)SAS
45 (0.548 %)FormScape
54 (0.439 %)CMS
63 (0.329 %)Exchange Server 5.5
63 (0.329 %)Exchange Server 2003
63 (0.329 %)MS Exchange
72 (0.219 %)ArcGIS
72 (0.219 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.110 %)IIS
81 (0.110 %)Office Project Server
81 (0.110 %)Apache
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1181 (19.85 %)MS Excel
2106 (11.62 %)MS Office
368 (7.456 %)MS PowerPoint
445 (4.934 %)MS Project
515 (1.645 %)MS Visio
68 (0.877 %)SPSS
76 (0.658 %)Photoshop
85 (0.548 %)DOC1
93 (0.329 %)InfoPath
102 (0.219 %)ArcView
102 (0.219 %)AutoCAD
111 (0.110 %)Adobe Illustrator
111 (0.110 %)Acrobat
111 (0.110 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (1.535 %)SAP HR
211 (1.206 %)Endur
35 (0.548 %)Oracle HRMS
35 (0.548 %)RMDS
44 (0.439 %)Oracle Financials
53 (0.329 %)SAP Oil and Gas
62 (0.219 %)SAP CO
62 (0.219 %)SAP FI
62 (0.219 %)SAP FI/CO
62 (0.219 %)Siebel Analytics
71 (0.110 %)Oracle General Ledger
71 (0.110 %)Summit
71 (0.110 %)Oracle Applications
71 (0.110 %)BPCS
71 (0.110 %)Adaptiv
71 (0.110 %)SunGard Panorama
71 (0.110 %)ZaiNet
71 (0.110 %)assyst
71 (0.110 %)Thomson PORTIA
71 (0.110 %)Line 50
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (2.083 %)Internet
215 (1.645 %)3GPP
39 (0.987 %)3G
39 (0.987 %)Nokia DX200
47 (0.768 %)Intranet
55 (0.548 %)TCP/IP
55 (0.548 %)Wireless
63 (0.329 %)VoIP
63 (0.329 %)ATM
63 (0.329 %)LAN
63 (0.329 %)Firewall
63 (0.329 %)RNC
72 (0.219 %)Broadband
72 (0.219 %)WAN
72 (0.219 %)DNS
81 (0.110 %)VPN
81 (0.110 %)Frame Relay
81 (0.110 %)IPCC
81 (0.110 %)MPLS
81 (0.110 %)HTTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
171 (7.785 %)SQL Server
257 (6.250 %)MS Access
320 (2.193 %)GIS
417 (1.864 %)BusinessObjects
516 (1.754 %)Oracle Reports
611 (1.206 %)Crystal Reports
79 (0.987 %)Datawarehouse
88 (0.877 %)Oracle 9i
97 (0.768 %)OLAP
106 (0.658 %)Hyperion Essbase
106 (0.658 %)Reference Data
114 (0.439 %)Data Mart
114 (0.439 %)SQL Server 2005
114 (0.439 %)Oracle OLAP
114 (0.439 %)MySQL
114 (0.439 %)RDBMS
123 (0.329 %)Oracle 10g
123 (0.329 %)Data Mining
123 (0.329 %)Oracle 8/8i
123 (0.329 %)Data Cleansing
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (0.768 %)NUnit
26 (0.658 %)Subversion
26 (0.658 %)ClearCase
34 (0.439 %)Visual Studio
34 (0.439 %)Oracle APEX
43 (0.329 %)PowerBuilder
52 (0.219 %)TestDirector
61 (0.110 %)QuickTest Pro
61 (0.110 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.110 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.110 %)WinRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1267 (29.28 %)Finance
2137 (15.02 %)Banking
381 (8.882 %)Front Office
475 (8.224 %)Investment Banking
547 (5.154 %)Telecoms
646 (5.044 %)Government
743 (4.715 %)Health
820 (2.193 %)Financial Institution
915 (1.645 %)Back Office
915 (1.645 %)Billing
915 (1.645 %)Marketing
1013 (1.425 %)Auditing
1013 (1.425 %)Retail
1112 (1.316 %)Insurance
1112 (1.316 %)Pensions
128 (0.877 %)Local Government
128 (0.877 %)Multimedia
137 (0.768 %)Publishing
146 (0.658 %)Education
146 (0.658 %)Military
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1274 (30.04 %)Analyst
2173 (18.97 %)Developer
3113 (12.39 %)Administrator
489 (9.759 %)Data Analyst
583 (9.101 %)Excel Developer
662 (6.798 %)VBA Developer
752 (5.702 %)Excel VBA Developer
851 (5.592 %)Coordinator
941 (4.496 %)Business Analyst
1040 (4.386 %)Information Analyst
1137 (4.057 %)Consultant
1232 (3.509 %)Project Administrator
1324 (2.632 %)Support Analyst
1423 (2.522 %)Project Coordinator
1520 (2.193 %)C# Developer
1618 (1.974 %)Oracle Developer
1717 (1.864 %)Project Manager
1816 (1.754 %)Network Planner
1915 (1.645 %)Junior
2014 (1.535 %)Access Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1106 (11.62 %)Derivative
259 (6.469 %)NHS
341 (4.496 %)Fixed Income
440 (4.386 %)Equity Derivative
526 (2.851 %)Management Information System
526 (2.851 %)Equities
625 (2.741 %)Statistics
721 (2.303 %)Credit Derivative
813 (1.425 %)Data Conversion
910 (1.096 %)Computer Science
109 (0.987 %)Market Risk
118 (0.877 %)Credit Risk
118 (0.877 %)Mainframe
118 (0.877 %)Client/Server
118 (0.877 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
127 (0.768 %)Blackberry
135 (0.548 %)CMDB
144 (0.439 %)Economics
144 (0.439 %)Replication
144 (0.439 %)Italian Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
149 (5.373 %)Windows
222 (2.412 %)UNIX
314 (1.535 %)Windows XP
48 (0.877 %)Linux
48 (0.877 %)Windows 2000
52 (0.219 %)AIX
52 (0.219 %)Windows Mobile
52 (0.219 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.110 %)OS/2
61 (0.110 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.110 %)Windows NT
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
157 (6.250 %)Project Management
252 (5.702 %)Data Analysis
343 (4.715 %)Migration
433 (3.618 %)PRINCE2
525 (2.741 %)Risk Management
525 (2.741 %)Security Cleared
622 (2.412 %)Data Modelling
622 (2.412 %)Business Analysis
720 (2.193 %)Project Planning
819 (2.083 %)Validation
819 (2.083 %)Asset Management
917 (1.864 %)Statistical Analysis
917 (1.864 %)RAD
1016 (1.754 %)User Acceptance Testing
1114 (1.535 %)Data Management
1114 (1.535 %)Configuration Management
1213 (1.425 %)ITIL
1311 (1.206 %)Quality Management
1311 (1.206 %)SC Cleared
1311 (1.206 %)Data Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1150 (16.45 %)VBA
2132 (14.47 %)SQL
369 (7.566 %)C#
433 (3.618 %)C++
526 (2.851 %)VB
624 (2.632 %)Java
715 (1.645 %)PL/SQL
89 (0.987 %)Transact-SQL
98 (0.877 %)VC++
107 (0.768 %)VB.NET
116 (0.658 %)C
125 (0.548 %)JavaScript
134 (0.439 %)VBScript
143 (0.329 %)Perl
143 (0.329 %)XPath
152 (0.219 %)PHP
152 (0.219 %)COBOL
161 (0.110 %)Python
161 (0.110 %)FoxPro (VFP)
161 (0.110 %)Shell Script
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
156 (6.140 %)Degree
27 (0.768 %)PRINCE2 Certification
36 (0.658 %)ECDL
44 (0.439 %)CIMA
44 (0.439 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (0.439 %)MCSE
53 (0.329 %)HND
53 (0.329 %)CCAB
62 (0.219 %)ACCA
62 (0.219 %)ISEB
71 (0.110 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.110 %)CCNA
71 (0.110 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.110 %)CISA
71 (0.110 %)CISM
71 (0.110 %)MBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (0.768 %)QA
24 (0.439 %)SLA
33 (0.329 %)ISO9000
42 (0.219 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.110 %)Basel II
51 (0.110 %)ISO9001
51 (0.110 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.548 %)Active Directory
23 (0.329 %)MetaFrame
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.110 %)OpenView
11 (0.110 %)CiscoWorks
11 (0.110 %)Tivoli
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
195 (10.42 %)Microsoft
293 (10.20 %)Oracle
361 (6.689 %)SAP
433 (3.618 %)Bloomberg
532 (3.509 %)Sybase
628 (3.070 %)Reuters
725 (2.741 %)Cramer
818 (1.974 %)Lotus
917 (1.864 %)Business Objects
1014 (1.535 %)Nokia
1112 (1.316 %)OpenLink
1211 (1.206 %)PeopleSoft
139 (0.987 %)Siemens
139 (0.987 %)Remedy
148 (0.877 %)Cognos
157 (0.768 %)Citrix
157 (0.768 %)Hyperion
166 (0.658 %)Ericsson
166 (0.658 %)Adobe
166 (0.658 %)Casewise