Spreadsheet Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 22 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.

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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spreadsheets
Rank 334 344 266
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -78
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 211 262 387
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.448% 0.442% 0.643%
As % of the Applications category 3.407% 3.562% 5.414%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 158 261
Average daily rate £350 £435 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -13.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £197 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £536 £558 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £220 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
-26.66% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 34
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% +7.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.83 £10.70 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.15 £53.00 £27.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £13.75 £13.64
% change year-on-year
+12.72% +0.80%
All Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 6193 7356 7148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 13.14% 12.41% 11.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3213 3764 3556
Average daily rate £338 £350 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -5.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £169 £175 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £512 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 705 761 860
Average hourly rate £16.00 £16.00 £16.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -

Spreadsheet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Spreadsheet Jobs Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Spreadsheet Daily Rate Histogram

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 22 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
England +6 197 £350 -21.78%
London -30 83 £488 +8.93%
South East +35 54 £161 -43.91%
Surrey +28 15 £500 +42.85%
East of England +26 15 £213 +41.66%
City of London -11 15 £350 -16.66%
Yorkshire +5 14 £150 -58.79%
Berkshire +7 13 £160 -41.81%
North West +11 11 £275 -23.07%
Buckinghamshire +13 10 £160 -
Milton Keynes +15 9 £160 -
Cambridgeshire +20 8 £171 -
South West +13 8 £258 -4.62%
Hampshire +5 8 - -
West Yorkshire -2 8 £150 -58.79%
West Midlands +11 7 £325 -23.52%
Manchester +14 6 - -
Guildford - 6 £140 -
Wiltshire +12 5 £258 -10.43%
Scotland -14 5 £198 -16.40%
Essex - 5 £250 -
Leeds +2 4 £129 -
Cheshire - 4 £275 -
Oxford +6 3 - -
Oxfordshire +3 3 - -
Bristol +2 3 £199 -20.50%
Kent +1 3 £285 -22.97%
Nottinghamshire 0 3 £363 -
Nottingham -5 3 £363 -
East Midlands -11 3 £363 -0.68%

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 136 (31.70%) Finance
2 114 (26.57%) SQL
3 105 (24.48%) MS Excel
4 80 (18.65%) Microsoft
5 70 (16.32%) C#
6 69 (16.08%) MS Office
7 61 (14.22%) SQL Server
8 59 (13.75%) VBA
9 55 (12.82%) Banking
10 49 (11.42%) Windows
11 48 (11.19%) .NET
12 45 (10.49%) Project Management
13 42 (9.790%) Investment Banking
13 42 (9.790%) Fixed Income
14 41 (9.557%) Telecoms
15 40 (9.324%) Front Office
15 40 (9.324%) C++
15 40 (9.324%) Derivative
16 37 (8.625%) Risk Management
17 35 (8.159%) Oracle
18 34 (7.925%) XML
18 34 (7.925%) Security Cleared
19 33 (7.692%) PRINCE2
20 29 (6.760%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 29 (6.760%) SharePoint
21 28 (6.527%) Degree
22 27 (6.294%) Windows 7
23 26 (6.061%) Visualisation
24 25 (5.828%) MS PowerPoint
25 24 (5.594%) SC Cleared

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 48 (11.19%) .NET
2 34 (7.925%) XML
3 20 (4.662%) STL
3 20 (4.662%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 14 (3.263%) WPF
5 11 (2.564%) Silverlight
6 8 (1.865%) OpenGL
6 8 (1.865%) WCF
6 8 (1.865%) WebGL
7 6 (1.399%) Web Services
7 6 (1.399%) DirectX
7 6 (1.399%) OOXML
7 6 (1.399%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.932%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.932%) jQuery
9 3 (0.699%) LINQ
9 3 (0.699%) RESTful
9 3 (0.699%) HTML
9 3 (0.699%) J2EE
10 2 (0.466%) ADO
Application Platforms
1 29 (6.760%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.662%) CMS
3 15 (3.497%) SAS
4 1 (0.233%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.233%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.233%) Oracle 10gAS
4 1 (0.233%) WorkSite
4 1 (0.233%) eRoom
4 1 (0.233%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.233%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (0.233%) Apache
4 1 (0.233%) Documentum
Applications
1 105 (24.48%) MS Excel
2 69 (16.08%) MS Office
3 25 (5.828%) MS PowerPoint
4 15 (3.497%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.865%) MS Project
6 3 (0.699%) SPSS
7 1 (0.233%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (0.699%) Maximo
1 3 (0.699%) CODA-Financials
2 2 (0.466%) SAP HR
2 2 (0.466%) Endur
2 2 (0.466%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.233%) HFM
3 1 (0.233%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.233%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.233%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.632%) Internet
1 7 (1.632%) HTTP
2 4 (0.932%) ATM
2 4 (0.932%) DNS
2 4 (0.932%) LAN
2 4 (0.932%) Wireless
3 3 (0.699%) 3G
3 3 (0.699%) Frame Relay
3 3 (0.699%) 2G
3 3 (0.699%) VoIP
3 3 (0.699%) WAN
3 3 (0.699%) DHCP
4 2 (0.466%) WCDMA
4 2 (0.466%) 3GPP
4 2 (0.466%) GPRS
4 2 (0.466%) GSM
4 2 (0.466%) VPN
4 2 (0.466%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.466%) Firewall
4 2 (0.466%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (14.22%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.662%) Oracle 8/8i
3 19 (4.429%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 18 (4.196%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 16 (3.730%) MS Access
5 16 (3.730%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 15 (3.497%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (3.263%) SQL Server 2008
8 8 (1.865%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.632%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 7 (1.632%) BusinessObjects
10 5 (1.166%) SQL Server 2005
10 5 (1.166%) DataStage
11 4 (0.932%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.932%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.699%) Sybase ASE
12 3 (0.699%) SQL Server 2000
13 2 (0.466%) MySQL
13 2 (0.466%) GIS
13 2 (0.466%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 18 (4.196%) Oracle Forms
2 11 (2.564%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.399%) Expression Blend
4 5 (1.166%) TortoiseSVN
4 5 (1.166%) Subversion
5 3 (0.699%) FinalBuilder
5 3 (0.699%) InstallShield
5 3 (0.699%) ClearQuest
5 3 (0.699%) LabVIEW
5 3 (0.699%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.233%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.233%) Selenium
6 1 (0.233%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.233%) Log4j
6 1 (0.233%) Ant
6 1 (0.233%) JUnit
6 1 (0.233%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.233%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 136 (31.70%) Finance
2 55 (12.82%) Banking
3 42 (9.790%) Investment Banking
4 41 (9.557%) Telecoms
5 40 (9.324%) Front Office
6 20 (4.662%) Financial Institution
7 11 (2.564%) Marketing
8 5 (1.166%) Retail
8 5 (1.166%) Legal
8 5 (1.166%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.166%) Publishing
9 4 (0.932%) Games
10 2 (0.466%) Czech Language
10 2 (0.466%) Wholesale Banking
10 2 (0.466%) Local Government
10 2 (0.466%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.233%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.233%) German Language
11 1 (0.233%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.233%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 114 (26.57%) Analyst
2 111 (25.87%) Developer
3 61 (14.22%) Administrator
4 44 (10.26%) C# Developer
5 32 (7.459%) Excel Developer
6 31 (7.226%) Business Analyst
7 24 (5.594%) Data Analyst
8 20 (4.662%) VBA Developer
9 19 (4.429%) C++ Developer
9 19 (4.429%) Project Administrator
9 19 (4.429%) MI Analyst
9 19 (4.429%) Coordinator
9 19 (4.429%) Consultant
10 18 (4.196%) C++/C# Developer
10 18 (4.196%) Systems Developer
11 17 (3.963%) Excel VBA Developer
12 15 (3.497%) Project Manager
13 10 (2.331%) Silverlight Developer
14 9 (2.098%) SQL Developer
14 9 (2.098%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.790%) Fixed Income
2 40 (9.324%) Derivative
3 29 (6.760%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 26 (6.061%) Visualisation
5 18 (4.196%) Exotic Derivative
5 18 (4.196%) Swaptions
5 18 (4.196%) Credit Derivative
5 18 (4.196%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 13 (3.030%) NHS
7 10 (2.331%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.632%) PMI
9 6 (1.399%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (1.399%) Data Extraction
9 6 (1.399%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.399%) Mathematics
10 5 (1.166%) RIA
11 4 (0.932%) Statistics
11 4 (0.932%) GPGPU
12 3 (0.699%) iPad
12 3 (0.699%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 49 (11.42%) Windows
2 27 (6.294%) Windows 7
3 21 (4.895%) Windows XP
4 4 (0.932%) UNIX
4 4 (0.932%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.699%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.466%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.466%) HPUX
6 2 (0.466%) Linux
6 2 (0.466%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.233%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.233%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.233%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (10.49%) Project Management
2 37 (8.625%) Risk Management
3 33 (7.692%) PRINCE2
4 23 (5.361%) Change Control
5 20 (4.662%) Multithreading
6 19 (4.429%) Document Management
6 19 (4.429%) Validation
6 19 (4.429%) ITIL
6 19 (4.429%) Analytics
7 18 (4.196%) Migration
7 18 (4.196%) Risk Analysis
7 18 (4.196%) Data Analysis
8 16 (3.730%) Project Planning
8 16 (3.730%) Time Management
9 14 (3.263%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (3.263%) OO
9 14 (3.263%) User Acceptance Testing
10 13 (3.030%) Asset Management
10 13 (3.030%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (2.797%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (26.57%) SQL
2 70 (16.32%) C#
3 59 (13.75%) VBA
4 40 (9.324%) C++
5 23 (5.361%) Python
6 17 (3.963%) VB
7 15 (3.497%) C
7 15 (3.497%) JavaScript
8 12 (2.797%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.399%) VB.NET
9 6 (1.399%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.399%) VB6
10 5 (1.166%) Java
11 3 (0.699%) PHP
11 3 (0.699%) FoxPro (VFP)
12 1 (0.233%) R
12 1 (0.233%) Ruby
12 1 (0.233%) XPath
12 1 (0.233%) SAS Macro
12 1 (0.233%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 34 (7.925%) Security Cleared
2 28 (6.527%) Degree
3 24 (5.594%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.263%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 7 (1.632%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.166%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.932%) ISEB
7 4 (0.932%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (0.699%) NVQ Level 4
8 3 (0.699%) CCAB
8 3 (0.699%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.466%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.466%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.233%) ECDL
10 1 (0.233%) ACCA
10 1 (0.233%) CIMA
10 1 (0.233%) MBA
10 1 (0.233%) MCP
10 1 (0.233%) HNC
10 1 (0.233%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.564%) QA
2 6 (1.399%) SLA
3 4 (0.932%) Solvency II
4 2 (0.466%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.233%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.699%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.466%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.466%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (0.932%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.466%) BMC PATROL
2 2 (0.466%) SCCM
3 1 (0.233%) HP NNM
3 1 (0.233%) OpenView
Vendors
1 80 (18.65%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.159%) Oracle
3 18 (4.196%) SAP
4 16 (3.730%) Primavera
5 14 (3.263%) Business Objects
6 9 (2.098%) Cisco
7 7 (1.632%) Bloomberg
7 7 (1.632%) TIBCO
7 7 (1.632%) Sybase
8 5 (1.166%) VMware
8 5 (1.166%) IBM
9 4 (0.932%) HP
9 4 (0.932%) CODA
10 3 (0.699%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.699%) Cognos
10 3 (0.699%) Citrix
10 3 (0.699%) Dell
11 2 (0.466%) EMC
11 2 (0.466%) Adobe
11 2 (0.466%) Red Hat
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