Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category for the Hertfordshire region.

 Microsoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank231617
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+1
Matching permanent IT job ads117188291
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire6.253 %8.847 %6.578 %
As % of the Applications category48.35 %52.66 %53.99 %
Salaries quoted103141247
Average salary£38,000£37,750£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.660 %+19.84 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,800£21,500£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£65,000£49,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,000£32,500£31,500
% change year-on-year
-1.530 %+3.170 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryAll Applications
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
242357539
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire12.93 %16.80 %12.18 %
Salaries quoted212284450
Average salary£37,500£37,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+25.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,300£20,500£20,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£55,000£49,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£30,000
MS Excel East of EnglandMS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Hertfordshire MS Excel Demand Trend

MS Excel
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire MS Excel Salary Trend

MS Excel
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

Hertfordshire MS Excel Salary Histogram

MS Excel
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Excel within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordNo change010£50,000+36.98 %
Welwyn Garden CityDown-178£36,250-39.58 %
St AlbansDown-55£40,000+106.45 %
RickmansworthNew entry-3£27,500-
StevenageUp+82£32,000-4.47 %
RoystonUp+72£25,000-3.84 %
TringUp+51£40,500+82.02 %
BaldockNew entry-1£34,000-
MS Excel East of EnglandMS Excel
East of England

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1171 (67.32 %)Microsoft
296 (37.80 %)Windows
381 (31.89 %)SQL Server
462 (24.41 %)SQL
553 (20.87 %)Windows Server 2003
651 (20.08 %)Active Directory
747 (18.50 %).NET
844 (17.32 %)Microsoft Certification
941 (16.14 %)VMware
1037 (14.57 %)MS Exchange
1135 (13.78 %)Finance
1234 (13.39 %)MS Office
1332 (12.60 %)MCSE
1332 (12.60 %)HP
1430 (11.81 %)SAN
1430 (11.81 %)VMware Infrastructure
1528 (11.02 %)Citrix
1626 (10.24 %)Exchange Server 2003
1723 (9.055 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1723 (9.055 %)Firewall
1723 (9.055 %)C#
1822 (8.661 %)ASP.NET
1822 (8.661 %)Pensions
1921 (8.268 %)Degree
1921 (8.268 %)SCCM
2020 (7.874 %)ITIL
2020 (7.874 %)Windows XP
2020 (7.874 %)Statistics
2020 (7.874 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2119 (7.480 %)Time Management

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
147 (18.50 %).NET
222 (8.661 %)ASP.NET
316 (6.299 %)XML
413 (5.118 %)HTML
511 (4.331 %)WCF
610 (3.937 %)CSS
79 (3.543 %)XHTML
79 (3.543 %)WF
88 (3.150 %)Flash
97 (2.756 %)J2EE
97 (2.756 %)ASP
106 (2.362 %)Application Packaging
106 (2.362 %)Google Maps API
106 (2.362 %)XSL
106 (2.362 %)COM
115 (1.969 %)Spring
124 (1.575 %)OpenGL
124 (1.575 %)DirectX
124 (1.575 %)MVC
133 (1.181 %)Web Services
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
137 (14.57 %)MS Exchange
226 (10.24 %)Exchange Server 2003
315 (5.906 %)SharePoint
411 (4.331 %)IIS
510 (3.937 %)BizTalk Server
68 (3.150 %)Exchange Server 2007
76 (2.362 %)Umbraco
84 (1.575 %)WebLogic
93 (1.181 %)CMS
93 (1.181 %)Tomcat
93 (1.181 %)EPiServer
101 (0.394 %)Apache
101 (0.394 %)Lotus Notes
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
134 (13.39 %)MS Office
215 (5.906 %)MS Visio
311 (4.331 %)MS Project
49 (3.543 %)SPSS
57 (2.756 %)Photoshop
64 (1.575 %)MS PowerPoint
73 (1.181 %)Spreadsheet
82 (0.787 %)RoboHelp
91 (0.394 %)Fireworks
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (5.118 %)Dynamics CRM
210 (3.937 %)Microsoft CRM
37 (2.756 %)Dynamics NAV
46 (2.362 %)SalesLogix
46 (2.362 %)Pivotal CRM
46 (2.362 %)Navision
55 (1.969 %)SoftGrid
62 (0.787 %)Google Analytics
71 (0.394 %)Oracle CRM
71 (0.394 %)Metrica
71 (0.394 %)SAP R/3
71 (0.394 %)Oracle Financials
71 (0.394 %)Dynamics AX
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
130 (11.81 %)SAN
223 (9.055 %)Firewall
310 (3.937 %)SMTP
48 (3.150 %)VoIP
48 (3.150 %)Internet
57 (2.756 %)VLAN
66 (2.362 %)WAN
66 (2.362 %)LAN
66 (2.362 %)MPLS
66 (2.362 %)Intranet
74 (1.575 %)ADSL
74 (1.575 %)Ethernet
74 (1.575 %)NetScreen
74 (1.575 %)Wireless
83 (1.181 %)Extranet
83 (1.181 %)DNS
83 (1.181 %)DHCP
83 (1.181 %)VPN
83 (1.181 %)Network Security
92 (0.787 %)BIG-IP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
181 (31.89 %)SQL Server
215 (5.906 %)MS Access
311 (4.331 %)SQL Server 2005
410 (3.937 %)Crystal Reports
59 (3.543 %)MySQL
59 (3.543 %)OLAP
59 (3.543 %)Datawarehouse
59 (3.543 %)Data Mining
65 (1.969 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (1.575 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
74 (1.575 %)DB2
83 (1.181 %)Oracle 10g
83 (1.181 %)SQL Server 2008
83 (1.181 %)Oracle 11g
92 (0.787 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (0.787 %)PostgreSQL
101 (0.394 %)SQLPlus
101 (0.394 %)RDBMS
101 (0.394 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
101 (0.394 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (3.150 %)NUnit
18 (3.150 %)WatiN
27 (2.756 %)Dreamweaver
32 (0.787 %)Maven
32 (0.787 %)CruiseControl
32 (0.787 %)JBuilder
32 (0.787 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
32 (0.787 %)Eclipse
32 (0.787 %)JDeveloper
32 (0.787 %)InstallShield
41 (0.394 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.394 %)Expression Blend
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
135 (13.78 %)Finance
222 (8.661 %)Pensions
319 (7.480 %)Health
414 (5.512 %)Retail
56 (2.362 %)Construction
65 (1.969 %)Marketing
74 (1.575 %)3D Graphics
74 (1.575 %)Education
74 (1.575 %)Electronics
83 (1.181 %)Legal
83 (1.181 %)Publishing
92 (0.787 %)Pharmaceutical
92 (0.787 %)Games
92 (0.787 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.394 %)Back Office
101 (0.394 %)Telecoms
101 (0.394 %)Advertising
101 (0.394 %)Law
101 (0.394 %)Billing
101 (0.394 %)Multimedia
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
159 (23.23 %)Analyst
245 (17.72 %)Developer
327 (10.63 %)Support Engineer
422 (8.661 %)Consultant
422 (8.661 %)Systems Engineer
521 (8.268 %)Applications Support Engineer
521 (8.268 %)Applications Support
617 (6.693 %)VMware Engineer
617 (6.693 %)Architect
713 (5.118 %)Support Analyst
812 (4.724 %)Infrastructure Analyst
812 (4.724 %)Project Manager
911 (4.331 %)Web Developer
911 (4.331 %)Technical Analyst
1010 (3.937 %)Messaging Architect
1010 (3.937 %)Junior
119 (3.543 %).NET Developer
128 (3.150 %)Junior Analyst
128 (3.150 %)Administrator
137 (2.756 %)C# Developer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
120 (7.874 %)Statistics
218 (7.087 %)Mathematics
313 (5.118 %)Computer Science
412 (4.724 %)Blackberry
56 (2.362 %)Firmware
56 (2.362 %)Management Information System
65 (1.969 %)EPoS
74 (1.575 %)Speech Recognition
83 (1.181 %)Thin Client
83 (1.181 %)Fat Client
83 (1.181 %)Physics
92 (0.787 %)Open Source
92 (0.787 %)Dependency Injection
92 (0.787 %)CMDB
92 (0.787 %)Client/Server
92 (0.787 %)Replication
92 (0.787 %)IVR
101 (0.394 %)Clustering
101 (0.394 %)PMI
101 (0.394 %)iSeries
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
196 (37.80 %)Windows
253 (20.87 %)Windows Server 2003
320 (7.874 %)Windows XP
418 (7.087 %)Windows Server 2008
516 (6.299 %)Linux
611 (4.331 %)UNIX
79 (3.543 %)Windows 2000 Server
87 (2.756 %)Windows 2000
95 (1.969 %)Windows Vista
103 (1.181 %)AIX
112 (0.787 %)Solaris
121 (0.394 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.394 %)OS/400
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
120 (7.874 %)ITIL
219 (7.480 %)Time Management
318 (7.087 %)Agile Software Development
417 (6.693 %)OO
516 (6.299 %)CRM
614 (5.512 %)PRINCE2
614 (5.512 %)SOA
614 (5.512 %)Business Analysis
713 (5.118 %)Business Desktop Deployment
713 (5.118 %)Project Management
812 (4.724 %)Workflow
812 (4.724 %)Change Management
911 (4.331 %)Service Delivery
911 (4.331 %)Business Intelligence
1010 (3.937 %)TDD
1010 (3.937 %)Enterprise Architecture
1010 (3.937 %)Information Security
119 (3.543 %)E-Commerce
119 (3.543 %)Software Architecture
119 (3.543 %)Automated Testing
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
162 (24.41 %)SQL
223 (9.055 %)C#
315 (5.906 %)VB
413 (5.118 %)Java
511 (4.331 %)JavaScript
511 (4.331 %)C
610 (3.937 %)C++
78 (3.150 %)VB.NET
87 (2.756 %)ActionScript
87 (2.756 %)ActionScript 3.0
96 (2.362 %)VB6
104 (1.575 %)T-SQL
113 (1.181 %)PL/SQL
122 (0.787 %)VBA
122 (0.787 %)Shell Script
131 (0.394 %)XAML
131 (0.394 %)Python
131 (0.394 %)VBScript
131 (0.394 %)RPG
131 (0.394 %)PHP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
144 (17.32 %)Microsoft Certification
232 (12.60 %)MCSE
321 (8.268 %)Degree
420 (7.874 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
517 (6.693 %)HP ASE
517 (6.693 %)HP MASE
610 (3.937 %)Cisco Certification
610 (3.937 %)CCNA
610 (3.937 %)ISEB
79 (3.543 %)MCP
85 (1.969 %)PRINCE2 Certification
94 (1.575 %)MCSA
102 (0.787 %)VCP4
102 (0.787 %)Security Cleared
102 (0.787 %)CCNP
102 (0.787 %)CCIP
102 (0.787 %)CCDA
102 (0.787 %)CCDP
102 (0.787 %)MBA
111 (0.394 %)Oracle Certification
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (3.150 %)QA
26 (2.362 %)ISO27001
33 (1.181 %)COBIT
41 (0.394 %)BS7799
41 (0.394 %)ISO17799
41 (0.394 %)ISO9000
41 (0.394 %)ISO9001
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
151 (20.08 %)Active Directory
230 (11.81 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (2.362 %)VMware ESX
43 (1.181 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
43 (1.181 %)vSphere
51 (0.394 %)Hyper-V
51 (0.394 %)XenServer
51 (0.394 %)Oracle RAC
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
123 (9.055 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
221 (8.268 %)SCCM
316 (6.299 %)WSUS
44 (1.575 %)MSI
53 (1.181 %)OpenView Configuration Management
62 (0.787 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
71 (0.394 %)NetBackup
71 (0.394 %)AutoSys
71 (0.394 %)Data Guard
71 (0.394 %)BMC Marimba
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1171 (67.32 %)Microsoft
241 (16.14 %)VMware
332 (12.60 %)HP
428 (11.02 %)Citrix
516 (6.299 %)Cisco
614 (5.512 %)Oracle
710 (3.937 %)IronPort
89 (3.543 %)Google
89 (3.543 %)Altiris
98 (3.150 %)Dell
98 (3.150 %)Symantec
106 (2.362 %)SAP
106 (2.362 %)Salesforce.com
114 (1.575 %)Symbian
114 (1.575 %)Juniper
114 (1.575 %)IBM
123 (1.181 %)CheckPoint
123 (1.181 %)Remedy
123 (1.181 %)LANDesk
132 (0.787 %)BladeLogic