Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills within the Bedfordshire region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank820
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads6556
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.029 %
As % of the category below60.19 %54.37 %
Salaries quoted6352
Average minimum salary£27,397£28,462
Average salary£29,762£30,663
% change on same period last year-2.94 %
Average maximum salary£32,127£32,865
UK excluding London average salary£34,074£33,559
% change on same period last year+1.53 %
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Bedfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads108103
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.093 %0.053 %
Salaries quoted10494
Average minimum salary£28,330£28,966
Average salary£31,008£30,872
% change on same period last year+0.44 %
Average maximum salary£33,687£32,778
UK excluding London average salary£33,580£33,601
% change on same period last year-0.05 %
MS Excel East of EnglandMS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Bedfordshire MS Excel Demand Trend

MS Excel
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire MS Excel Salary Trend

MS Excel
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Bedfordshire MS Excel Salary Histogram

MS Excel
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Excel within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BedfordUp+318£26,853-24.91 %
DunstableUp+77£28,929+13.44 %
Leighton BuzzardNew entry-1--
MS Excel East of EnglandMS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MS Excel.

188 (62.86 %)Microsoft
272 (51.43 %)Windows
354 (38.57 %)SQL Server
442 (30.00 %)Oracle
538 (27.14 %)MS Office
632 (22.86 %)Microsoft Certification
731 (22.14 %)SQL
830 (21.43 %)Windows Server 2003
927 (19.29 %)MS Exchange
1026 (18.57 %)Exchange Server 2003
1123 (16.43 %)IIS
1123 (16.43 %)UNIX
1221 (15.00 %)VMware
1320 (14.29 %)Finance
1320 (14.29 %)WebServices
1320 (14.29 %).NET
1320 (14.29 %)SharePoint
1416 (11.43 %)HTML
1416 (11.43 %)GIS
1515 (10.71 %)MCP
1515 (10.71 %)CSS
1515 (10.71 %)Degree
1614 (10.00 %)SLA
1713 (9.286 %)C#
1713 (9.286 %)Intranet
1713 (9.286 %)Pensions
1713 (9.286 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1811 (7.857 %)Visual Studio
1811 (7.857 %)Windows XP
1811 (7.857 %)Windows 2000

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MS Excel. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (14.29 %).NET
120 (14.29 %)WebServices
216 (11.43 %)HTML
315 (10.71 %)CSS
45 (3.571 %)ASP
45 (3.571 %)ASP.NET
54 (2.857 %)Middleware
62 (1.429 %)LINQ
62 (1.429 %)MFC
62 (1.429 %)STL
71 (0.714 %)SOAP
71 (0.714 %).NET Framework
71 (0.714 %)Application Packaging
71 (0.714 %)XML
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
127 (19.29 %)MS Exchange
226 (18.57 %)Exchange Server 2003
323 (16.43 %)IIS
420 (14.29 %)SharePoint
513 (9.286 %)SharePoint Server 2007
64 (2.857 %)BizTalk Server
72 (1.429 %)CMS
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
138 (27.14 %)MS Office
26 (4.286 %)MS PowerPoint
35 (3.571 %)MS Project
35 (3.571 %)MS Visio
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (4.286 %)Oracle Financials
16 (4.286 %)Oracle 11i
16 (4.286 %)Oracle EBS
16 (4.286 %)Oracle EBS R12
21 (0.714 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (9.286 %)Intranet
29 (6.429 %)Internet
37 (5.000 %)LAN
37 (5.000 %)WAN
45 (3.571 %)TCP/IP
54 (2.857 %)VPN
54 (2.857 %)SAN
61 (0.714 %)VoIP
61 (0.714 %)Wireless
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
154 (38.57 %)SQL Server
216 (11.43 %)GIS
310 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (5.714 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (4.286 %)TOAD
56 (4.286 %)Oracle Discoverer
64 (2.857 %)SQLPlus
64 (2.857 %)SQL Server Integration Services
73 (2.143 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
82 (1.429 %)Informix
82 (1.429 %)MS Access
91 (0.714 %)DTS
91 (0.714 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
91 (0.714 %)MySQL
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (7.857 %)Visual Studio
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (14.29 %)Finance
213 (9.286 %)Pensions
37 (5.000 %)Education
37 (5.000 %)Telecoms
46 (4.286 %)Health
54 (2.857 %)Marketing
62 (1.429 %)Pharmaceutical
62 (1.429 %)Retail
71 (0.714 %)Back Office
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
132 (22.86 %)Analyst
226 (18.57 %)Developer
315 (10.71 %)Administrator
413 (9.286 %)Helpdesk Analyst
413 (9.286 %)Support Engineer
413 (9.286 %)SharePoint Developer
511 (7.857 %)Consultant
511 (7.857 %)Support Analyst
511 (7.857 %)Technical Support
610 (7.143 %)Technical Manager
78 (5.714 %)Team Leader
87 (5.000 %)Technical Engineer
87 (5.000 %)Network Administrator
87 (5.000 %)Systems Administrator
87 (5.000 %)Technical Support Engineer
96 (4.286 %)Functional Consultant
96 (4.286 %)1st Line Support
96 (4.286 %)Coordinator
96 (4.286 %)Trainer
96 (4.286 %)Helpdesk Support
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (5.714 %)Management Information System
24 (2.857 %)Data Protection Act
32 (1.429 %)Mathematics
32 (1.429 %)Blackberry
32 (1.429 %)Computer Science
41 (0.714 %)Physics
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
172 (51.43 %)Windows
230 (21.43 %)Windows Server 2003
323 (16.43 %)UNIX
411 (7.857 %)Windows 2000
411 (7.857 %)Windows XP
56 (4.286 %)Windows 2000 Server
65 (3.571 %)Linux
72 (1.429 %)Solaris
72 (1.429 %)Windows NT
81 (0.714 %)Windows Vista
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (4.286 %)ITIL
16 (4.286 %)Configuration Management
16 (4.286 %)Asset Management
25 (3.571 %)Disaster Recovery
34 (2.857 %)Business Analysis
34 (2.857 %)Internet Marketing
34 (2.857 %)Data Protection
43 (2.143 %)Migration
43 (2.143 %)Project Management
43 (2.143 %)OO
43 (2.143 %)Business Intelligence
52 (1.429 %)SOA
52 (1.429 %)PRINCE2
52 (1.429 %)UML
52 (1.429 %)Project Planning
52 (1.429 %)TOGAF
52 (1.429 %)Time Management
61 (0.714 %)Fault Management
61 (0.714 %)Web Development
61 (0.714 %)OOP
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (22.14 %)SQL
213 (9.286 %)C#
38 (5.714 %)C
38 (5.714 %)VB.NET
47 (5.000 %)VB
55 (3.571 %)PL/SQL
55 (3.571 %)C++
64 (2.857 %)VBA
73 (2.143 %)JavaScript
82 (1.429 %)VBScript
91 (0.714 %)PHP
91 (0.714 %)Java
91 (0.714 %)Transact-SQL
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
132 (22.86 %)Microsoft Certification
215 (10.71 %)Degree
215 (10.71 %)MCP
39 (6.429 %)MCSE
43 (2.143 %)MCSA
52 (1.429 %)Security Cleared
52 (1.429 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.714 %)CCVP
61 (0.714 %)CCIE
61 (0.714 %)CCSP
61 (0.714 %)CCNP
61 (0.714 %)Cisco Certification
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (10.00 %)SLA
29 (6.429 %)QA
34 (2.857 %)ISO27001
42 (1.429 %)21 CFR Part 11
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (2.857 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (2.143 %)Backup Exec
32 (1.429 %)Active Directory
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (2.857 %)SCOM
21 (0.714 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
188 (62.86 %)Microsoft
242 (30.00 %)Oracle
321 (15.00 %)VMware
410 (7.143 %)Cisco
55 (3.571 %)Symantec
64 (2.857 %)Citrix
64 (2.857 %)Altiris
64 (2.857 %)SAP
73 (2.143 %)Cognos
82 (1.429 %)Intel