The first table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Wales 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spreadsheets
Rank 44 52 58
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +6
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 2 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.429% 0.673% 0.705%
As % of the Applications category 2.632% 5.479% 7.353%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £13.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £13.05 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+30.26% +4.40%
All Applications
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
76 73 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 16.31% 12.29% 9.591%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 31 31
Average daily rate £275 £285 £276
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.50% +3.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £162 £99
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 7
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.18 £10.80 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.60 £25.10 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
Spreadsheet
UK

Spreadsheet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 across the Wales region.

Wales Spreadsheet Daily Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Wales region.

Wales Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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 7 (87.50%) Project Management
1 7 (87.50%) Risk Management
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Change Control
2 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) RUP
3 4 (50.00%) Project Planning
4 3 (37.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 3 (37.50%) DSDM
4 3 (37.50%) SAS
4 3 (37.50%) MS Project
4 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
5 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) MS Office

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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 Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Project
2 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) SAS Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Change Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
1 7 (87.50%) Risk Management
1 7 (87.50%) Change Control
2 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
3 4 (50.00%) RUP
3 4 (50.00%) Project Planning
4 3 (37.50%) DSDM
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
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