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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 17 14 16
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +2
Permanent jobs citing MS Excel 27 28 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 10.34% 11.29% 9.778%
As % of the Applications category 81.82% 82.35% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 19 21 10
Average salary £24,500 £27,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.25% -6.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £14,144 £14,250 £21,950
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £40,000 £45,750
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Applications
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
33 34 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 12.64% 13.71% 10.67%
Number of salaries quoted 23 24 11
Average salary £29,750 £27,500 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.18% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Excel
UK

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland MS Excel Salary Trend

MS Excel
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 17 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
County Antrim -5 26 £24,500 -9.25%
County Londonderry - 1 - -
MS Excel
UK

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 31 (79.49%) Microsoft
2 17 (43.59%) SQL Server
3 14 (35.90%) Windows
4 12 (30.77%) C#
4 12 (30.77%) SQL
5 11 (28.21%) .NET
6 9 (23.08%) Finance
7 8 (20.51%) SQL Server 2005
7 8 (20.51%) Oracle
7 8 (20.51%) HP
7 8 (20.51%) SLA
7 8 (20.51%) SQL Server 2008
7 8 (20.51%) Customer Engagement
8 7 (17.95%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (17.95%) ASP.NET
8 7 (17.95%) MS Office
9 6 (15.38%) HTML
9 6 (15.38%) Citrix
9 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (12.82%) OO
10 5 (12.82%) Dutch Language
10 5 (12.82%) Turkish Language
10 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (12.82%) VMware
10 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
10 5 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (12.82%) Unit Testing
11 4 (10.26%) Fat Client
11 4 (10.26%) Network Security

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 11 (28.21%) .NET
2 7 (17.95%) ASP.NET
3 6 (15.38%) HTML
4 4 (10.26%) .NET Framework
5 3 (7.692%) CSS
6 2 (5.128%) Web Services
6 2 (5.128%) XML
6 2 (5.128%) Application Packaging
6 2 (5.128%) Silverlight
7 1 (2.564%) MDX
7 1 (2.564%) WCF
7 1 (2.564%) WPF
7 1 (2.564%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.26%) IIS
2 3 (7.692%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.692%) MS Exchange
2 3 (7.692%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (2.564%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (17.95%) MS Office
2 2 (5.128%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.128%) MS Project
2 2 (5.128%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.564%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.564%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) Network Security
2 1 (2.564%) LDAP
2 1 (2.564%) HTTP
2 1 (2.564%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (43.59%) SQL Server
2 8 (20.51%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (20.51%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (10.26%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (10.26%) GIS
5 3 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.564%) QlikView
6 1 (2.564%) Data Mining
6 1 (2.564%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.128%) Visual Studio
1 2 (5.128%) MSI
1 2 (5.128%) InstallShield
2 1 (2.564%) AdminStudio
2 1 (2.564%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 9 (23.08%) Finance
2 5 (12.82%) Dutch Language
2 5 (12.82%) Turkish Language
3 3 (7.692%) Finnish Language
4 2 (5.128%) Advertising
4 2 (5.128%) Banking
5 1 (2.564%) Retail
5 1 (2.564%) Local Government
5 1 (2.564%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.564%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Developer
2 5 (12.82%) C# Developer
3 4 (10.26%) Senior Developer
4 3 (7.692%) Support Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Analyst
5 2 (5.128%) Consultant
5 2 (5.128%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) SQL Developer
5 2 (5.128%) SQL Server Developer
5 2 (5.128%) Microsoft Developer
5 2 (5.128%) Designer
5 2 (5.128%) Senior Microsoft Developer
6 1 (2.564%) Financial Business Analyst
6 1 (2.564%) Senior SQL Server Developer
6 1 (2.564%) Senior Designer
6 1 (2.564%) Agile C# Developer
6 1 (2.564%) Senior SQL Developer
6 1 (2.564%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (2.564%) Dynamics AX Consultant
6 1 (2.564%) Service Desk Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Thin Client
1 4 (10.26%) Fat Client
2 3 (7.692%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.128%) Derivative
3 2 (5.128%) Open Source
3 2 (5.128%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.564%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.564%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.90%) Windows
2 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (5.128%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (5.128%) Windows NT
4 2 (5.128%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.564%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Customer Engagement
2 7 (17.95%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (12.82%) OO
3 5 (12.82%) Unit Testing
4 4 (10.26%) ITIL
5 3 (7.692%) Incident Management
6 2 (5.128%) Computer Architecture
6 2 (5.128%) Data Analysis
6 2 (5.128%) Software Deployment
6 2 (5.128%) MVC
6 2 (5.128%) Data Modelling
6 2 (5.128%) SOA
6 2 (5.128%) Asset Management
6 2 (5.128%) Data Management
7 1 (2.564%) Document Management
7 1 (2.564%) Risk Management
7 1 (2.564%) Workflow
7 1 (2.564%) Information Security
7 1 (2.564%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.564%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.77%) C#
1 12 (30.77%) SQL
2 3 (7.692%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.128%) C++
3 2 (5.128%) Python
4 1 (2.564%) VBScript
4 1 (2.564%) PHP
4 1 (2.564%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.692%) Degree
2 3 (7.692%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.128%) BC Cleared
3 2 (5.128%) CTC Cleared
3 2 (5.128%) MCP
3 2 (5.128%) MCSE
3 2 (5.128%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.564%) ACCA
4 1 (2.564%) CIMA
4 1 (2.564%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) SLA
2 1 (2.564%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (10.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (7.692%) Terminal Services
4 1 (2.564%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (2.564%) XenApp
4 1 (2.564%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (5.128%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (5.128%) Backup Exec
1 2 (5.128%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 31 (79.49%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.51%) HP
2 8 (20.51%) Oracle
3 6 (15.38%) Citrix
4 5 (12.82%) VMware
5 4 (10.26%) ESRI
6 2 (5.128%) Infragistics
6 2 (5.128%) Business Objects
6 2 (5.128%) Symantec
6 2 (5.128%) McAfee
6 2 (5.128%) DataSynapse
7 1 (2.564%) Confirmit
7 1 (2.564%) DevExpress
7 1 (2.564%) LogiXML
7 1 (2.564%) Altiris
7 1 (2.564%) Northgate
Belfast, County Antrim
Key skills required include, Windows 2000 - XP support skills. Windows 2000 - 2003 Server knowledge... Networking and TCP/IP experience as well as remote access technologies (incl RAS and...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £26000 - £28000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013