The first table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 21 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spreadsheets
Rank 178 169 171
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 11 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.268% 0.192% 0.128%
As % of the Applications category 1.754% 1.609% 0.862%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 5
Average salary £20,000 £36,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-44.44% +30.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,250 £35,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,061 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+10.95% -7.14%
All Applications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
627 435 580
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 15.30% 11.95% 14.88%
Number of salaries quoted 533 390 529
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £20,050 £21,300 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,563 £51,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -
Spreadsheet
North West

Spreadsheet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Spreadsheet Jobs Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Manchester region.

Manchester Spreadsheet Salary Trend

Spreadsheet
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Manchester Spreadsheet Salary Histogram

Spreadsheet
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheadle - 3 - -
Salford - 2 £19,250 -
Bolton - 1 £42,500 -
Spreadsheet
North West

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet.

1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) Finance
3 6 (37.50%) MS Office
4 5 (31.25%) C
5 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
5 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
6 3 (18.75%) Validation
6 3 (18.75%) Mathematics
7 2 (12.50%) QA
7 2 (12.50%) Credit Risk
7 2 (12.50%) Windows Vista
7 2 (12.50%) Time Management
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
7 2 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
7 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (12.50%) Analytics
7 2 (12.50%) Retail
7 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
7 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 2 (12.50%) Windows
7 2 (12.50%) Benchmarking
7 2 (12.50%) Project Management
7 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
7 2 (12.50%) SAS
7 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (12.50%) Intranet
7 2 (12.50%) Internet
7 2 (12.50%) SQL
7 2 (12.50%) VBA

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Spreadsheet 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 Spreadsheet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) MS Office
2 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Intranet
1 2 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (6.250%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (12.50%) MySQL
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (6.250%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Database Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Project Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Customer Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Customer Support
2 2 (12.50%) Customer Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Support
2 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Graduate
3 1 (6.250%) Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) Coordinator
3 1 (6.250%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Network Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Cisco Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) MI Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (18.75%) Mathematics
3 2 (12.50%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Vista
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Validation
2 2 (12.50%) Time Management
2 2 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (12.50%) Analytics
2 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
2 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
2 2 (12.50%) Benchmarking
2 2 (12.50%) Project Management
2 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.250%) ITIL
3 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
3 1 (6.250%) Content Management
3 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
3 1 (6.250%) Supplier Management
3 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.250%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) C
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Remedy
2 1 (6.250%) HP
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco