The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 20 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 Wolverhampton 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 6 7 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing MS Excel 3 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 9.677% 6.667% -
As % of the Applications category 50.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Applications
Wolverhampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 19.35% 6.667% 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £248 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Excel
West Midlands

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton MS Excel Jobs Demand Trend

MS Excel
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Excel across the Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton MS Excel Daily Rate Trend

MS Excel
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wolverhampton MS Excel Hourly Rate Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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.

1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
3 4 (57.14%) MS Office
3 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
5 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (14.29%) DameWare
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) VMware
5 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) VMware Server
5 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 1 (14.29%) xDSL
5 1 (14.29%) iPad
5 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
5 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) LAN
5 1 (14.29%) WAN
5 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Avaya
5 1 (14.29%) Symantec
5 1 (14.29%) Blackberry

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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.

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) xDSL
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Graduate
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Project Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Graduate Developer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
1 1 (14.29%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
2 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) DameWare
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Avaya
2 1 (14.29%) Symantec
2 1 (14.29%) Primavera
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco