The first table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 24 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 for the West Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spreadsheets
Rank 89 96 84
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -12
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 6 7 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.367% 0.312% 0.951%
As % of the Applications category 2.400% 2.280% 6.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 10
Average daily rate £325 £425 £482
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% -11.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £425 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £349 £425 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £220 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
-26.66% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £11.85 £13.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £13.00 £13.64
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -4.69%
All Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
250 307 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.31% 13.69% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 115 110
Average daily rate £275 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £150 £123
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £437 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 60 58
Average hourly rate £15.10 £14.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.87% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £10.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £32.20 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
Spreadsheet
England

Spreadsheet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Warwickshire - 3 £319 -
Birmingham +10 1 £355 -16.47%
Coventry - 1 - -
Spreadsheet
England

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
1 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
2 4 (21.05%) VBA
3 3 (15.79%) QA
3 3 (15.79%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (15.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 3 (15.79%) MS Office
3 3 (15.79%) SAP
3 3 (15.79%) Web Services
3 3 (15.79%) SAS
4 2 (10.53%) CCAB
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 2 (10.53%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) XML
4 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
4 2 (10.53%) C#
4 2 (10.53%) SQL
4 2 (10.53%) VB
4 2 (10.53%) Data Mapping
4 2 (10.53%) Degree
5 1 (5.263%) Time Management
5 1 (5.263%) Performance Management
5 1 (5.263%) Google
5 1 (5.263%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (5.263%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) Change Control
5 1 (5.263%) Analytics
5 1 (5.263%) Windows
5 1 (5.263%) VoIP
5 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 3 (15.79%) Web Services
2 2 (10.53%) XML
3 1 (5.263%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
2 3 (15.79%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (15.79%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
1 2 (10.53%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Development Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) SAS Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) Auditor
4 2 (10.53%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.263%) VB Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Project Administrator
5 1 (5.263%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Service Manager
5 1 (5.263%) VBA Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Excel Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Excel VBA Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.53%) Data Mapping
2 1 (5.263%) Time Management
2 1 (5.263%) Performance Management
2 1 (5.263%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (5.263%) Change Control
2 1 (5.263%) Analytics
2 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
2 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
2 1 (5.263%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) VBA
2 2 (10.53%) C#
2 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) VB
3 1 (5.263%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) CCAB
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) SAP
3 1 (5.263%) Google