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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Excel skills across the UK with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Excel
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank2125
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads1421613300
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.929 %5.943 %
As % of the category below52.33 %52.86 %
Salaries quoted1214010823
Average minimum salary£33,207£34,627
Average salary£36,097£37,323
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Average maximum salary£38,987£40,019
UK excluding London average salary£33,419£34,098
% change on same period last year-1.99 %
Applications UKApplications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads2716625162
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled13.24 %11.24 %
Salaries quoted2285620376
Average minimum salary£32,702£34,366
Average salary£35,543£37,029
% change on same period last year-4.01 %
Average maximum salary£38,384£39,692
UK excluding London average salary£32,684£34,112
% change on same period last year-4.18 %

MS Excel
Demand Trend

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

MS Excel Demand Trend

MS Excel
Salary Trend

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

MS Excel Salary Trend

MS Excel
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Excel across the UK over the past 3 months.

MS Excel Salary Histogram

MS Excel
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Excel within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+713603£36,072-3.50 %
2LondonUp+65396£40,714-4.71 %
3South EastUp+23286£34,897-5.97 %
4City of LondonUp+111303£40,995-12.88 %
5North WestUp+61099£30,408+1.07 %
6East of EnglandUp+21033£34,120-2.00 %
7YorkshireUp+4931£30,911+7.60 %
8BerkshireUp+4861£35,947-10.39 %
9SurreyUp+7759£33,429-10.29 %
10South WestUp+1704£33,639+12.27 %
11West MidlandsDown-4621£29,292-2.25 %
12HampshireUp+2609£34,874+2.25 %
13West YorkshireUp+1552£30,779+11.77 %
14ManchesterUp+5488£33,971+0.80 %
15East MidlandsUp+1413£31,074+0.58 %
16HertfordshireUp+3385£36,206+4.17 %
17ScotlandDown-3361£30,920-3.64 %
18LeedsUp+1359£31,529+16.28 %
19CambridgeshireUp+7331£33,695-0.25 %
20OxfordshireDown-2329£34,136+4.39 %
21CheshireUp+9322£28,659+0.72 %
22BuckinghamshireUp+8311£34,037-0.96 %
23ReadingUp+7264£37,021+0.33 %
24CambridgeUp+23222£33,154-4.24 %
25North YorkshireUp+5219£32,413+3.50 %
25BirminghamDown-3219£29,163-2.07 %
26WiltshireUp+12213£34,667+5.48 %
27EssexDown-3189£33,391-13.43 %
28South YorkshireUp+15181£29,576+3.95 %
29BristolUp+11170£31,830+0.14 %

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing MS Excel also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MS Excel.

118259 (64.60 %)Microsoft
29367 (33.14 %)Windows
38082 (28.59 %)SQL Server
47267 (25.71 %)MS Office
57136 (25.25 %)SQL
66810 (24.09 %).NET
75044 (17.84 %)MS Exchange
84881 (17.27 %)Finance
94677 (16.55 %)C#
104389 (15.53 %)Active Directory
114188 (14.82 %)Microsoft Certification
123614 (12.79 %)ASP.NET
132752 (9.736 %)Degree
142585 (9.145 %)MCSE
152571 (9.096 %)XML
162487 (8.799 %)Windows 2000
172464 (8.717 %)Oracle
182337 (8.268 %)Exchange Server 2003
192322 (8.215 %)Pensions
202232 (7.896 %)Project Management
212141 (7.574 %)SharePoint
222086 (7.380 %)TCP/IP
232048 (7.245 %)Windows XP
242033 (7.192 %)SQL Server 2005
251949 (6.895 %)Citrix
261929 (6.824 %)VB
271858 (6.573 %)VB.NET
281822 (6.446 %)SQL Server 2000
291785 (6.315 %)Health
301749 (6.188 %)HTML

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing MS Excel also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MS Excel. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
16810 (24.09 %).NET
23614 (12.79 %)ASP.NET
32571 (9.096 %)XML
41749 (6.188 %)HTML
51187 (4.199 %)ASP
61009 (3.570 %)CSS
7972 (3.439 %)WebServices
8865 (3.060 %).NET Framework
9493 (1.744 %)XSLT
10482 (1.705 %)J2EE
11441 (1.560 %)AJAX
12436 (1.542 %)XHTML
13351 (1.242 %)WinForms
14312 (1.104 %)COM
15295 (1.044 %)WebSphere
16204 (0.722 %)ADO.NET
17203 (0.718 %)Middleware
18201 (0.711 %)XSL
19174 (0.616 %)JSP
20173 (0.612 %)MFC
Application Platforms
15044 (17.84 %)MS Exchange
22337 (8.268 %)Exchange Server 2003
32141 (7.574 %)SharePoint
41590 (5.625 %)IIS
51470 (5.201 %)Exchange Server 2000
6879 (3.110 %)BizTalk Server
7644 (2.278 %)SharePoint Server 2007
8592 (2.094 %)Lotus Notes
9542 (1.917 %)Exchange Server 2007
10284 (1.005 %)CMS
11268 (0.948 %)SAS
12252 (0.892 %)Apache
13228 (0.807 %)Exchange Server 5.5
14182 (0.644 %)WebLogic
15158 (0.559 %)Tomcat
16130 (0.460 %)SharePoint Portal Server
17129 (0.456 %)JBoss
18122 (0.432 %)Content Management Server
19111 (0.393 %)Commerce Server
20101 (0.357 %)ColdFusion
Applications
17267 (25.71 %)MS Office
21591 (5.629 %)MS PowerPoint
31573 (5.565 %)MS Project
4875 (3.096 %)MS Visio
5240 (0.849 %)Photoshop
6116 (0.410 %)Acrobat
7113 (0.400 %)SPSS
890 (0.318 %)InfoPath
972 (0.255 %)RoboHelp
1068 (0.241 %)Adobe Illustrator
1154 (0.191 %)FrameMaker
1247 (0.166 %)AutoCAD
1343 (0.152 %)Fireworks
1430 (0.106 %)MATLAB
1529 (0.103 %)QuarkXPress
1624 (0.085 %)Paint Shop Pro
1723 (0.081 %)DeltaView
1814 (0.050 %)ArcView
1911 (0.039 %)CA Clarity
1911 (0.039 %)InDesign
Business Applications
1652 (2.307 %)Axapta
2556 (1.967 %)Microsoft CRM
3513 (1.815 %)Dynamics AX
4499 (1.765 %)Navision
5487 (1.723 %)Dynamics CRM
6425 (1.504 %)Dynamics NAV
7149 (0.527 %)Great Plains
8120 (0.425 %)Dynamics GP
964 (0.226 %)SalesLogix
1054 (0.191 %)GoldMine
1151 (0.180 %)Summit
1249 (0.173 %)Oracle Applications
1345 (0.159 %)Movex
1345 (0.159 %)Line 500
1441 (0.145 %)SAP CRM
1537 (0.131 %)Oracle Financials
1634 (0.120 %)SoftGrid
1634 (0.120 %)SAP Business One
1732 (0.113 %)HiPortfolio
1732 (0.113 %)Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
12086 (7.380 %)TCP/IP
21599 (5.657 %)Internet
31284 (4.543 %)LAN
41257 (4.447 %)WAN
51081 (3.824 %)Firewall
61057 (3.739 %)DNS
7842 (2.979 %)VPN
8743 (2.629 %)SAN
9523 (1.850 %)DHCP
10397 (1.405 %)Intranet
11336 (1.189 %)WINS
12335 (1.185 %)VoIP
13215 (0.761 %)Wireless
14166 (0.587 %)SMTP
15162 (0.573 %)Network Security
16136 (0.481 %)HTTP
17127 (0.449 %)FTP
18121 (0.428 %)VLAN
19117 (0.414 %)Ethernet
20102 (0.361 %)Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
18082 (28.59 %)SQL Server
22033 (7.192 %)SQL Server 2005
31822 (6.446 %)SQL Server 2000
41218 (4.309 %)MS Access
5692 (2.448 %)SQL Server 7
6668 (2.363 %)Crystal Reports
7622 (2.201 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8551 (1.949 %)Datawarehouse
9543 (1.921 %)BusinessObjects
10507 (1.794 %)DTS
11395 (1.397 %)RDBMS
12386 (1.366 %)MySQL
13319 (1.129 %)SQL Server Integration Services
14258 (0.913 %)ETL
15243 (0.860 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
16240 (0.849 %)DB2
17226 (0.800 %)OLAP
18207 (0.732 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
19194 (0.686 %)Oracle 10g
20164 (0.580 %)Oracle 9i
Development Applications
11246 (4.408 %)Visual Studio
2215 (0.761 %)Flash
3186 (0.658 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4169 (0.598 %)Dreamweaver
5161 (0.570 %)MorphX
6115 (0.407 %)TestDirector
797 (0.343 %)Subversion
896 (0.340 %)NUnit
987 (0.308 %)Eclipse
1084 (0.297 %)QuickTest Pro
1179 (0.279 %)FrontPage
1271 (0.251 %)LoadRunner
1367 (0.237 %)WinRunner
1454 (0.191 %)MSI
1546 (0.163 %)InstallShield
1546 (0.163 %)Ant
1643 (0.152 %)Oracle Forms
1742 (0.149 %)ClearCase
1839 (0.138 %)JUnit
1932 (0.113 %)Rational Rose
General
14881 (17.27 %)Finance
22322 (8.215 %)Pensions
31785 (6.315 %)Health
41485 (5.254 %)Banking
51008 (3.566 %)Marketing
6967 (3.421 %)Insurance
7783 (2.770 %)Law
8779 (2.756 %)Telecoms
9771 (2.728 %)Retail
10731 (2.586 %)Legal
11685 (2.423 %)Investment Banking
12594 (2.101 %)Education
13432 (1.528 %)Manufacturing
14409 (1.447 %)Front Office
15355 (1.256 %)Government
16353 (1.249 %)Back Office
17327 (1.157 %)Publishing
18238 (0.842 %)Financial Institution
19191 (0.676 %)Billing
20170 (0.601 %)Construction
Job Titles
16256 (22.13 %)Analyst
25766 (20.40 %)Developer
33080 (10.90 %)Consultant
42327 (8.233 %)Support Analyst
51912 (6.764 %).NET Developer
61328 (4.698 %)Administrator
71321 (4.673 %)Support Engineer
81186 (4.196 %)C# Developer
91086 (3.842 %)Project Manager
10857 (3.032 %)Architect
11854 (3.021 %)Desktop Support
12837 (2.961 %)Web Developer
13813 (2.876 %)DBA
14718 (2.540 %)2nd Line Support
15710 (2.512 %)Helpdesk Support
16694 (2.455 %)Helpdesk Analyst
17677 (2.395 %)Technical Support
18649 (2.296 %)Business Analyst
19602 (2.130 %)Software Developer
20598 (2.116 %)Junior
Miscellaneous
1577 (2.041 %)Blackberry
2516 (1.826 %)Computer Science
3406 (1.436 %)Clustering
4387 (1.369 %)Derivative
5380 (1.344 %)Management Information System
6313 (1.107 %)Mathematics
7302 (1.068 %)Asset Management
8270 (0.955 %)Client/Server
9216 (0.764 %)Equities
10198 (0.700 %)Fixed Income
11195 (0.690 %)N-Tier
12192 (0.679 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
13186 (0.658 %)German Language
14182 (0.644 %)Replication
15174 (0.616 %)NHS
16163 (0.577 %)French Language
17156 (0.552 %)Mainframe
18144 (0.509 %)PDA
19141 (0.499 %)AS400
20140 (0.495 %)EPoS
Operating Systems
19367 (33.14 %)Windows
22487 (8.799 %)Windows 2000
32048 (7.245 %)Windows XP
41547 (5.473 %)Unix
51433 (5.070 %)Windows Server 2003
61228 (4.344 %)Linux
7964 (3.410 %)Windows NT
8439 (1.553 %)Solaris
9150 (0.531 %)AIX
10149 (0.527 %)Mac OS X
1198 (0.347 %)NetWare
1268 (0.241 %)HPUX
1347 (0.166 %)VMS
1441 (0.145 %)Windows Vista
1538 (0.134 %)Windows Mobile
1538 (0.134 %)MVS
1633 (0.117 %)OpenVMS
1731 (0.110 %)Debian
1826 (0.092 %)Windows CE
1924 (0.085 %)SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
12232 (7.896 %)Project Management
21468 (5.194 %)ITIL
31321 (4.673 %)CRM
41204 (4.260 %)PRINCE2
51115 (3.945 %)OO
6890 (3.149 %)ERP
7752 (2.660 %)Business Intelligence
8729 (2.579 %)E-Commerce
9700 (2.476 %)Web Development
10689 (2.438 %)UML
11539 (1.907 %)Business Analysis
12536 (1.896 %)Migration
13464 (1.642 %)Service Delivery
14428 (1.514 %)Time Management
15389 (1.376 %)Data Analysis
16375 (1.327 %)Project Planning
17353 (1.249 %)Document Management
18336 (1.189 %)Change Management
19329 (1.164 %)Agile Software Development
20303 (1.072 %)Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
17136 (25.25 %)SQL
24677 (16.55 %)C#
31929 (6.824 %)VB
41858 (6.573 %)VB.NET
51446 (5.116 %)JavaScript
61360 (4.811 %)Java
71217 (4.306 %)VBA
81087 (3.846 %)Transact-SQL
91022 (3.616 %)C++
10705 (2.494 %)C
11540 (1.910 %)VB6
12465 (1.645 %)VBScript
13347 (1.228 %)Perl
14289 (1.022 %)PHP
15268 (0.948 %)VC++
16247 (0.874 %)PL/SQL
17220 (0.778 %)Shell Script
17220 (0.778 %)X++
18154 (0.545 %)DHTML
19145 (0.513 %)Delphi
Qualifications
14188 (14.82 %)Microsoft Certification
22752 (9.736 %)Degree
32585 (9.145 %)MCSE
41360 (4.811 %)MCP
5753 (2.664 %)MCSA
6672 (2.377 %)Cisco Certification
7538 (1.903 %)CCNA
8351 (1.242 %)PRINCE2 Certification
9299 (1.058 %)ISEB
10294 (1.040 %)MCSD
11288 (1.019 %)Citrix Certification
12191 (0.676 %)MOS
13187 (0.662 %)CCEA
14184 (0.651 %)ITIL Certification
15166 (0.587 %)MCAD
16152 (0.538 %)ACCA
17151 (0.534 %)CCNP
18146 (0.517 %)CCA
19134 (0.474 %)HND
20133 (0.471 %)MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1773 (2.735 %)SLA
2446 (1.578 %)QA
350 (0.177 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
448 (0.170 %)Basel II
545 (0.159 %)ISO9001
637 (0.131 %)COBIT
722 (0.078 %)WAI
722 (0.078 %)ISO27001
820 (0.071 %)ISO9000
910 (0.035 %)ISO17799
107 (0.025 %)EFQM
107 (0.025 %)DICOM
116 (0.021 %)WCAG
125 (0.018 %)21 CFR Part 11
125 (0.018 %)GLP
134 (0.014 %)BS7799
134 (0.014 %)TickIT
134 (0.014 %)ISO12207
134 (0.014 %)HL7
142 (0.007 %)IAS 39
System Software
14389 (15.53 %)Active Directory
2394 (1.394 %)ISA Server
3308 (1.090 %)Backup Exec
4212 (0.750 %)NetBackup
5204 (0.722 %)Terminal Services
6143 (0.506 %)VMware ESX
7140 (0.495 %)MetaFrame
8138 (0.488 %)Citrix Presentation Server
9115 (0.407 %)Terminal Server
1071 (0.251 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1149 (0.173 %)NFS
1246 (0.163 %)Oracle RAC
1323 (0.081 %)Novell eDirectory
1421 (0.074 %)Oracle RMAN
1518 (0.064 %)VMware Server
1616 (0.057 %)MailMarshal
1616 (0.057 %)AquaLogic
1616 (0.057 %)NDS
1715 (0.053 %)Squid
1814 (0.050 %)VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1636 (2.250 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2330 (1.167 %)MOM
3116 (0.410 %)SCOM
494 (0.333 %)OpenView
592 (0.325 %)Norton AntiVirus
672 (0.255 %)Tivoli
761 (0.216 %)DameWare
858 (0.205 %)SCCM
957 (0.202 %)ARCserve
1051 (0.180 %)CONTROL-M
1143 (0.152 %)Unicenter
1240 (0.142 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1240 (0.142 %)MAILsweeper
1240 (0.142 %)ServiceCenter
1337 (0.131 %)BMC PATROL
1435 (0.124 %)WSUS
1532 (0.113 %)EMC NetWorker
1532 (0.113 %)HP Data Protector
1532 (0.113 %)MIMEsweeper
1631 (0.110 %)MIIS
Vendors
118259 (64.60 %)Microsoft
22464 (8.717 %)Oracle
31949 (6.895 %)Citrix
41503 (5.317 %)Cisco
5988 (3.495 %)VMware
6859 (3.039 %)HP
7651 (2.303 %)SAP
8630 (2.229 %)Lotus
9543 (1.921 %)Business Objects
10442 (1.564 %)IBM
11409 (1.447 %)VERITAS
12333 (1.178 %)Remedy
13329 (1.164 %)Sage
14326 (1.153 %)Sybase
15266 (0.941 %)Cognos
16260 (0.920 %)Sun
16260 (0.920 %)Novell
17255 (0.902 %)Symantec
18252 (0.892 %)Adobe
19243 (0.860 %)Reuters
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