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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank - 18 8
Permanent jobs citing MS Excel 0 10 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire - 13.16% 11.54%
As % of the Applications category - 62.50% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 3
Average salary - £28,750 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +15.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Applications
Herefordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
9 16 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire 29.03% 21.05% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 6
Average salary £27,500 £28,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.50% +14.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,500 £29,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Excel
West Midlands

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire MS Excel Salary Trend

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) MCSE
3 4 (40.00%) ISEB
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
4 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (30.00%) MS Access
4 3 (30.00%) Linux
4 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
4 3 (30.00%) MS Office
5 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (20.00%) IIS
5 2 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (20.00%) Lotus
5 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 2 (20.00%) MSTest
5 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
6 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (10.00%) Lumension
6 1 (10.00%) Mobile Payment

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 (30.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (20.00%) IIS
2 2 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
1 1 (10.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) MS Access
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (20.00%) MSTest
General
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Test Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Software Tester
3 3 (30.00%) Tester
4 2 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Software Test Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) IT Support
4 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (10.00%) Field Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Account Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Tester
5 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Training Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
3 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Release Management
3 1 (10.00%) Test Management
3 1 (10.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) MCSE
1 4 (40.00%) ISEB
1 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (10.00%) HND
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Lotus
3 1 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Lumension
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco