The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 22 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 9 16 44
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +28
Permanent jobs citing MS Excel 90 38 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 15.96% 8.656% 4.317%
As % of the Applications category 74.38% 50.67% 55.81%
Number of salaries quoted 83 35 24
Average salary £39,000 £36,500 £26,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.84% +36.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,500 £19,375
10% offered a salary of more than £44,800 £50,000 £30,700
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Applications
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
121 75 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 21.45% 17.08% 7.734%
Number of salaries quoted 111 71 41
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +25.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,043 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,600 £32,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Excel
South Wales

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff MS Excel Salary Trend

MS Excel
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cardiff MS Excel Salary Histogram

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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.

1 124 (82.67%) Microsoft
2 91 (60.67%) SQL Server
3 71 (47.33%) .NET
4 68 (45.33%) C#
5 55 (36.67%) .NET Framework
5 55 (36.67%) ASP.NET
6 51 (34.00%) Visual Studio
7 47 (31.33%) SharePoint
8 46 (30.67%) Finance
9 39 (26.00%) OO
10 36 (24.00%) Windows
11 33 (22.00%) Active Directory
11 33 (22.00%) Scrum
12 28 (18.67%) MS Exchange
12 28 (18.67%) ITIL
13 27 (18.00%) SAN
14 24 (16.00%) Windows Server 2003
14 24 (16.00%) CRM
14 24 (16.00%) ASP.NET MVC
15 23 (15.33%) Windows Server 2008
15 23 (15.33%) Dynamics CRM
15 23 (15.33%) Advertising
15 23 (15.33%) Exchange Server 2010
16 21 (14.00%) BizTalk Server
16 21 (14.00%) IIS
16 21 (14.00%) TDD
17 20 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2007
17 20 (13.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
18 19 (12.67%) Cisco
19 18 (12.00%) Incident Management

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 71 (47.33%) .NET
2 55 (36.67%) .NET Framework
2 55 (36.67%) ASP.NET
3 24 (16.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 20 (13.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 15 (10.00%) WCF
6 14 (9.333%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 12 (8.000%) CSS
8 11 (7.333%) Razor View Engine
9 10 (6.667%) HTML
10 9 (6.000%) XML
11 8 (5.333%) Castle Windsor
12 7 (4.667%) jQuery
13 5 (3.333%) MDX
14 4 (2.667%) Flash
14 4 (2.667%) XHTML
14 4 (2.667%) Web Services
15 2 (1.333%) J2SE
15 2 (1.333%) Swing
15 2 (1.333%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 47 (31.33%) SharePoint
2 28 (18.67%) MS Exchange
3 23 (15.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 21 (14.00%) BizTalk Server
4 21 (14.00%) IIS
5 20 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 13 (8.667%) Sitecore CMS
6 13 (8.667%) CMS
7 8 (5.333%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (5.333%) Lync
8 6 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2003
9 5 (3.333%) SAS
10 4 (2.667%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (1.333%) Apache
11 2 (1.333%) Tomcat
11 2 (1.333%) Umbraco
11 2 (1.333%) Office Communications Server
12 1 (0.667%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.667%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.667%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 13 (8.667%) MS Project
2 6 (4.000%) MS Office
3 1 (0.667%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 23 (15.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.667%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.667%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 27 (18.00%) SAN
2 14 (9.333%) DNS
3 12 (8.000%) WAN
4 10 (6.667%) Unified Communications
4 10 (6.667%) DHCP
5 8 (5.333%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (4.000%) Frame Relay
6 6 (4.000%) MPLS
6 6 (4.000%) OSPF
6 6 (4.000%) BGP
6 6 (4.000%) EIGRP
6 6 (4.000%) VRRP
6 6 (4.000%) Ethernet
6 6 (4.000%) PPP
6 6 (4.000%) RIP
6 6 (4.000%) SNMP
6 6 (4.000%) LAN
6 6 (4.000%) VoIP
6 6 (4.000%) VPLS
6 6 (4.000%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (60.67%) SQL Server
2 12 (8.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 12 (8.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (7.333%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (5.333%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (3.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (3.333%) MySQL
5 5 (3.333%) MS Access
5 5 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.333%) SQL Server 2000
6 4 (2.667%) OLAP
7 3 (2.000%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (1.333%) SQL Server 7
9 1 (0.667%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.667%) PerformancePoint
9 1 (0.667%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 51 (34.00%) Visual Studio
2 16 (10.67%) Team Foundation Server
3 8 (5.333%) ReSharper
4 5 (3.333%) Visual Studio Team System
5 2 (1.333%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.667%) MorphX
General
1 46 (30.67%) Finance
2 23 (15.33%) Advertising
3 15 (10.00%) Legal
4 10 (6.667%) Retail
5 5 (3.333%) Welsh Language
6 4 (2.667%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.000%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.333%) Games
9 1 (0.667%) Banking
Job Titles
1 78 (52.00%) Developer
2 60 (40.00%) .NET Developer
3 19 (12.67%) Analyst
4 17 (11.33%) BizTalk Developer
5 13 (8.667%) Lead .NET Developer
5 13 (8.667%) Lead Developer
6 10 (6.667%) Microsoft Developer
7 8 (5.333%) Data Centre Engineer
8 7 (4.667%) Support Engineer
9 6 (4.000%) Administrator
9 6 (4.000%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 5 (3.333%) Server Engineer
10 5 (3.333%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.667%) 3rd Line Support
11 4 (2.667%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 4 (2.667%) Java Developer
11 4 (2.667%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (2.667%) Network Administrator
11 4 (2.667%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 4 (2.667%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.000%) Blog
2 5 (3.333%) Telematics
2 5 (3.333%) Blackberry
3 4 (2.667%) Open Source
3 4 (2.667%) EqualLogic
4 3 (2.000%) Replication
5 2 (1.333%) iPhone
5 2 (1.333%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.667%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.667%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (0.667%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.667%) Human Factors
6 1 (0.667%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.667%) EPoS
6 1 (0.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 36 (24.00%) Windows
2 24 (16.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 23 (15.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (11.33%) Windows 2000
5 5 (3.333%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (2.667%) Linux
6 4 (2.667%) Android
7 3 (2.000%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.333%) VxWorks
8 2 (1.333%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.667%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.667%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.667%) Windows Phone 8
9 1 (0.667%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.667%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.667%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.00%) OO
2 33 (22.00%) Scrum
3 28 (18.67%) ITIL
4 24 (16.00%) CRM
5 21 (14.00%) TDD
6 18 (12.00%) Incident Management
7 17 (11.33%) MVC
8 14 (9.333%) Agile Software Development
9 10 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (6.000%) Unit Testing
10 9 (6.000%) Continuous Integration
11 8 (5.333%) Content Management
12 6 (4.000%) Network Design
12 6 (4.000%) Network Management
13 5 (3.333%) Migration
14 4 (2.667%) Communications Security
14 4 (2.667%) Kanban
14 4 (2.667%) Kimball Methodology
15 3 (2.000%) Analytics
15 3 (2.000%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 68 (45.33%) C#
2 16 (10.67%) SQL
3 11 (7.333%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.333%) VBA
5 4 (2.667%) ActionScript
5 4 (2.667%) Java
6 3 (2.000%) C++
6 3 (2.000%) C
6 3 (2.000%) VB
7 2 (1.333%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.333%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.667%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.667%) X++
Qualifications
1 12 (8.000%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (6.000%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (4.667%) Degree
4 6 (4.000%) CCNP
5 3 (2.000%) MCSE
5 3 (2.000%) CCNA
6 2 (1.333%) MCSA
6 2 (1.333%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.333%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.333%) MCITP
7 1 (0.667%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.667%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.667%) SLA
2 2 (1.333%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.667%) QA
System Software
1 33 (22.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.333%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.333%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.667%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.000%) VMware ESX
6 2 (1.333%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.667%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.667%) vSphere
7 1 (0.667%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.333%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (1.333%) WSUS
1 2 (1.333%) NetBackup
1 2 (1.333%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 124 (82.67%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.67%) Cisco
3 17 (11.33%) VMware
4 16 (10.67%) Sitecore
5 8 (5.333%) Dell
6 6 (4.000%) Juniper
7 5 (3.333%) HP
8 4 (2.667%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (1.333%) BT
9 2 (1.333%) Symantec
9 2 (1.333%) Citrix
9 2 (1.333%) Veritas
9 2 (1.333%) Wind River
10 1 (0.667%) IBM
10 1 (0.667%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.667%) Apple
10 1 (0.667%) Salesforce.com
10 1 (0.667%) NetApp
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Salary: £38000 - £44000 per annum + Pension, Health, 20% bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: £42,000 depending on skills
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Salary: £34,590 per annum
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