The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 16 20 16
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -4
Permanent jobs citing MS Excel 4 19 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 4.255% 8.297% 6.897%
As % of the Applications category 57.14% 40.43% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 1
Average salary £36,000 £37,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.63% +7.85%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Applications
Gatwick
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
7 47 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 7.447% 20.52% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7 32 11
Average salary £38,000 £45,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.55% +38.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £26,250 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £66,000 £35,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Excel
West Sussex

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Gatwick MS Excel Salary Trend

MS Excel
Salary Histogram

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

Gatwick MS Excel Salary Histogram

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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 14 (73.68%) ITIL
2 8 (42.11%) MS PowerPoint
3 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
4 6 (31.58%) MS Office
4 6 (31.58%) PRINCE2
4 6 (31.58%) VMware
4 6 (31.58%) SaaS
5 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (26.32%) Migration
5 5 (26.32%) Economics
5 5 (26.32%) Project Planning
5 5 (26.32%) Windows
5 5 (26.32%) PMP
5 5 (26.32%) PMI Certification
6 4 (21.05%) Citrix
6 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (21.05%) Cisco
6 4 (21.05%) MPLS
6 4 (21.05%) IaaS
7 3 (15.79%) Lync
7 3 (15.79%) Network Architecture
7 3 (15.79%) Degree
7 3 (15.79%) Wireless
7 3 (15.79%) Project Management
7 3 (15.79%) NetApp
7 3 (15.79%) VoIP
7 3 (15.79%) Juniper
8 2 (10.53%) WAN
8 2 (10.53%) BMC

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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 Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) Lync
2 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Azure
3 1 (5.263%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 8 (42.11%) MS PowerPoint
2 6 (31.58%) MS Office
3 2 (10.53%) MS Project
3 2 (10.53%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) MPLS
2 3 (15.79%) Wireless
2 3 (15.79%) VoIP
3 2 (10.53%) WAN
3 2 (10.53%) LAN
4 1 (5.263%) NetScaler
4 1 (5.263%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (5.263%) Network Security
4 1 (5.263%) Firewall
4 1 (5.263%) SNMP
4 1 (5.263%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (10.53%) Finance
1 2 (10.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure Manager
1 5 (26.32%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Network Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Support
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Network Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Team Leader
4 2 (10.53%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (10.53%) Data Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Support Team Leader
4 2 (10.53%) Programme Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Test Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) CRM Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Team Leader
4 2 (10.53%) Data Centre Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Data Centre Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) SaaS
2 5 (26.32%) Economics
3 4 (21.05%) IaaS
4 2 (10.53%) Firmware
4 2 (10.53%) CMDB
4 2 (10.53%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (10.53%) PaaS
5 1 (5.263%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 7
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.263%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) ITIL
2 6 (31.58%) PRINCE2
3 5 (26.32%) Migration
3 5 (26.32%) Project Planning
4 3 (15.79%) Network Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 2 (10.53%) CRM
5 2 (10.53%) Problem Management
5 2 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Test Management
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
5 2 (10.53%) Capacity Management
6 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.263%) ITSM
6 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 5 (26.32%) PMP
1 5 (26.32%) PMI Certification
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (15.79%) Degree
4 2 (10.53%) MCSE
4 2 (10.53%) MCSA
4 2 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (5.263%) MBA
5 1 (5.263%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.263%) vSphere
3 1 (5.263%) XenApp
3 1 (5.263%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
1 2 (10.53%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (5.263%) SCOM
2 1 (5.263%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) VMware
3 4 (21.05%) Citrix
3 4 (21.05%) Cisco
4 3 (15.79%) NetApp
4 3 (15.79%) Juniper
5 2 (10.53%) BMC
5 2 (10.53%) Symantec
5 2 (10.53%) Veeam
6 1 (5.263%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.263%) LANDesk
6 1 (5.263%) Altiris
6 1 (5.263%) Blue Coat
6 1 (5.263%) HP
6 1 (5.263%) Dell
6 1 (5.263%) Lotus