The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT jobs advertised for the Blackburn region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 23 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 Blackburn region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 22 16 21
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +5
Permanent jobs citing MS Excel 2 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 2.941% 10.53% 4.348%
As % of the Applications category 66.67% 36.36% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 4
Average salary £21,250 £27,500 £32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.72% -16.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,250 £16,750 £24,550
10% offered a salary of more than £22,250 £36,250 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Applications
Blackburn
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
3 22 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 4.412% 28.95% 6.522%
Number of salaries quoted 3 22 6
Average salary £20,000 £30,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% +1.69%
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.98% -1.47%
MS Excel
Lancashire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Blackburn MS Excel Jobs Demand Trend

MS Excel
Salary Trend

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

Blackburn MS Excel Salary Trend

MS Excel
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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.

1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Firmware
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Advertising
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Business Development
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Sun
3 1 (25.00%) CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (25.00%) VTSP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Account Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Sales Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Graduate
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) VTSP
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Sun
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco