The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT jobs advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 17 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 Canary Wharf region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 38 23 10
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -13
Permanent jobs citing MS Excel 10 21 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 3.322% 6.325% 12.06%
As % of the Applications category 50.00% 63.64% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 15
Average salary £80,000 £58,750 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.17% -9.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £61,600 £31,450 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £75,000 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Applications
Canary Wharf
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
20 33 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 6.645% 9.940% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 13 28 17
Average salary £77,500 £50,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+55.00% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £49,400 £35,000 £35,500
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £90,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Excel
London

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf MS Excel Salary Trend

MS Excel
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Canary Wharf MS Excel Salary Histogram

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 18 (66.67%) Banking
2 17 (62.96%) Finance
3 14 (51.85%) Degree
4 13 (48.15%) SQL
5 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
5 8 (29.63%) Project Management
6 7 (25.93%) MS PowerPoint
7 6 (22.22%) Market Risk
7 6 (22.22%) VB6
7 6 (22.22%) Business Analysis
7 6 (22.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (22.22%) MS Access
7 6 (22.22%) VBScript
7 6 (22.22%) VB
7 6 (22.22%) VBA
7 6 (22.22%) C#
7 6 (22.22%) HTML
7 6 (22.22%) MS Project
7 6 (22.22%) PRINCE2
7 6 (22.22%) Windows
7 6 (22.22%) RAD
8 5 (18.52%) ITIL
8 5 (18.52%) MS Office
8 5 (18.52%) Equities
8 5 (18.52%) Derivative
8 5 (18.52%) CFA
8 5 (18.52%) Credit Risk
9 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (14.81%) Change Management
10 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Application Development
1 6 (22.22%) HTML
2 1 (3.704%) Web Services
2 1 (3.704%) XMPP
2 1 (3.704%) Java SE
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) SharePoint
1 2 (7.407%) IIS
2 1 (3.704%) Apache
2 1 (3.704%) Tomcat
2 1 (3.704%) MindAlign
2 1 (3.704%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (3.704%) Lync
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) MS PowerPoint
2 6 (22.22%) MS Project
3 5 (18.52%) MS Office
4 1 (3.704%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.704%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) DHCP
1 2 (7.407%) VPN
1 2 (7.407%) DNS
1 2 (7.407%) SAN
1 2 (7.407%) Firewall
2 1 (3.704%) Softphone
2 1 (3.704%) SSL
2 1 (3.704%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.704%) LAN
2 1 (3.704%) PBX
2 1 (3.704%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) MS Access
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.704%) JIRA
General
1 18 (66.67%) Banking
2 17 (62.96%) Finance
3 2 (7.407%) Investment Banking
3 2 (7.407%) Back Office
4 1 (3.704%) Front Office
4 1 (3.704%) Law
4 1 (3.704%) Legal
4 1 (3.704%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) C# Developer
2 6 (22.22%) VBA Developer
2 6 (22.22%) Excel Developer
2 6 (22.22%) Excel VBA Developer
2 6 (22.22%) Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Banking Business Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Business Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Applications Support
4 3 (11.11%) Service Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Change Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Programme Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Support Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) CRM Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Graduate Support Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Senior IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 6 (22.22%) Market Risk
2 5 (18.52%) Derivative
2 5 (18.52%) Credit Risk
2 5 (18.52%) Equities
3 1 (3.704%) CCTV
3 1 (3.704%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (11.11%) Linux
3 3 (11.11%) Windows XP
3 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (7.407%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (7.407%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Project Management
2 6 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 6 (22.22%) RAD
2 6 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 5 (18.52%) ITIL
4 4 (14.81%) Change Management
5 3 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
6 2 (7.407%) Scrum
6 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.407%) CRM
6 2 (7.407%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.704%) RDF
7 1 (3.704%) Benchmarking
7 1 (3.704%) ITIL V3
7 1 (3.704%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (3.704%) Incident Management
7 1 (3.704%) Problem Management
7 1 (3.704%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (48.15%) SQL
2 6 (22.22%) VBScript
2 6 (22.22%) VB
2 6 (22.22%) VBA
2 6 (22.22%) VB6
2 6 (22.22%) C#
3 2 (7.407%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.704%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) CFA
3 2 (7.407%) MCSE
3 2 (7.407%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (7.407%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (3.704%) MCP
4 1 (3.704%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.407%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.407%) vSphere
3 1 (3.704%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) WSUS
1 1 (3.704%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) VMware
3 2 (7.407%) Bloomberg
4 1 (3.704%) Caplin
4 1 (3.704%) Kalahari
4 1 (3.704%) HP
4 1 (3.704%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.704%) Reuters