The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheet skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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.

Spreadsheets
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank575575394
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Down-181
Matching permanent IT job ads323299425
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.268 %0.244 %0.445 %
As % of the Applications category1.763 %1.593 %3.029 %
Number of salaries quoted276241360
Average salary£38,750£47,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.42 %-5.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£24,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£75,000£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£28,000
% change year-on-year
-+16.07 %
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryAll Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
183171876614030
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK15.19 %15.30 %14.69 %
Number of salaries quoted157571577511552
Average salary£37,500£37,500£35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.89 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£23,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£62,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %

Spreadsheet
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Spreadsheet Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK.

Spreadsheet Salary Trend

Spreadsheet
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Spreadsheet Salary Histogram

Spreadsheet
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandDown-1302£40,000-17.94 %
LondonDown-40168£45,000-25.00 %
South EastDown-1455£35,000+7.69 %
City of LondonDown-2830£47,500-20.83 %
YorkshireDown-722£24,000-36.00 %
SurreyDown-721£32,000-24.70 %
East of EnglandUp+1316£32,500+64.55 %
BerkshireDown-1615£44,000+60.00 %
West MidlandsDown-414£41,000+2.50 %
North WestDown-714£35,000+52.17 %
West YorkshireUp+212£22,500-26.22 %
GuildfordNew entry-12£23,500-
ScotlandUp+1411£28,250-5.83 %
LeedsDown-710£23,250-23.77 %
StaffordshireNew entry-10£42,500-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-9£28,500-
ManchesterDown-38£36,000+33.33 %
HampshireDown-158£33,750+3.84 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-8£28,500-
South WestDown-107£17,000-43.33 %
CannockNew entry-7£42,500-
East MidlandsDown-106£33,750-15.62 %
HertfordshireUp+165£26,250+54.41 %
CambridgeUp+55£41,250+17.85 %
CambridgeshireDown-25£41,250+17.85 %
AberdeenDown-35£21,500-46.91 %
LeicestershireDown-65£35,000-17.64 %
EssexDown-75£33,789-
CheshireDown-95£21,000+10.52 %
CardiffNew entry-5£50,000-

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1213 (37.50 %)Finance
2152 (26.76 %)VBA
2152 (26.76 %)Microsoft
3148 (26.06 %)MS Excel
4140 (24.65 %)SQL
5104 (18.31 %)SQL Server
696 (16.90 %)MS Office
784 (14.79 %).NET
877 (13.56 %)Degree
968 (11.97 %)Banking
968 (11.97 %)Project Management
1066 (11.62 %)Front Office
1156 (9.859 %)Derivative
1255 (9.683 %)Windows
1352 (9.155 %)C#
1451 (8.979 %)Marketing
1549 (8.627 %)Oracle
1647 (8.275 %)VB
1746 (8.099 %)ITIL
1845 (7.923 %)MS Access
1941 (7.218 %)Data Warehouse
2040 (7.042 %)Back Office
2139 (6.866 %)Business Intelligence
2139 (6.866 %)MS PowerPoint
2237 (6.514 %)Business Analysis
2237 (6.514 %)MS Project
2237 (6.514 %)HTML
2336 (6.338 %)Risk Management
2434 (5.986 %)MS Visio
2533 (5.810 %)Legal

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
184 (14.79 %).NET
237 (6.514 %)HTML
332 (5.634 %)XML
431 (5.458 %)ASP.NET
525 (4.401 %)ASP
619 (3.345 %)CSS
715 (2.641 %)Web Services
814 (2.465 %)jQuery
911 (1.937 %)DHTML
1010 (1.761 %)WinForms
115 (0.880 %)Spring
115 (0.880 %)Hibernate
115 (0.880 %)J2EE
115 (0.880 %)J2SE
124 (0.704 %)XML Messaging
124 (0.704 %)XSL
124 (0.704 %).NET Framework
124 (0.704 %)WPF
133 (0.528 %)D-Bus
133 (0.528 %)Gherkin
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
119 (3.345 %)SAS
212 (2.113 %)SharePoint
311 (1.937 %)Commerce Server
410 (1.761 %)MS Exchange
57 (1.232 %)Office Project Server
65 (0.880 %)Exchange Server 2003
65 (0.880 %)Exchange Server 2010
65 (0.880 %)Apache
65 (0.880 %)Exchange Server 2007
74 (0.704 %)CMS
83 (0.528 %)BizTalk Server
91 (0.176 %)TeamSite
91 (0.176 %)IIS
91 (0.176 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.176 %)Oracle Workflow
91 (0.176 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
91 (0.176 %)WordPress
91 (0.176 %)Magento
91 (0.176 %)SharePoint 2010
91 (0.176 %)WorkSite
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1148 (26.06 %)MS Excel
296 (16.90 %)MS Office
339 (6.866 %)MS PowerPoint
437 (6.514 %)MS Project
534 (5.986 %)MS Visio
617 (2.993 %)Photoshop
76 (1.056 %)MATLAB
84 (0.704 %)Acrobat
91 (0.176 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
120 (3.521 %)Visualfiles
26 (1.056 %)Aligne
35 (0.880 %)Advent Portfolio Exchange
35 (0.880 %)Line 500
35 (0.880 %)SalesLogix
44 (0.704 %)Endur
51 (0.176 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.176 %)Summit
51 (0.176 %)HFM
51 (0.176 %)Adaptiv
51 (0.176 %)Hyperion Enterprise
51 (0.176 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
51 (0.176 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.176 %)WebTrends
51 (0.176 %)Google Analytics
51 (0.176 %)Oracle EBS R12
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
130 (5.282 %)Internet
25 (0.880 %)SAN
25 (0.880 %)VPN
34 (0.704 %)GPRS
34 (0.704 %)WLAN
34 (0.704 %)SSL
34 (0.704 %)3G
42 (0.352 %)Intranet
42 (0.352 %)WAN
42 (0.352 %)LAN
42 (0.352 %)NFC
51 (0.176 %)VoIP
51 (0.176 %)HTTPS
51 (0.176 %)Ethernet
51 (0.176 %)FTP
51 (0.176 %)HTTP
51 (0.176 %)ATM
51 (0.176 %)Wireless
51 (0.176 %)VLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1104 (18.31 %)SQL Server
245 (7.923 %)MS Access
341 (7.218 %)Data Warehouse
423 (4.049 %)SQL Server 2005
521 (3.697 %)SQL Server 2008
617 (2.993 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
617 (2.993 %)Crystal Reports
716 (2.817 %)ETL
716 (2.817 %)SQL Server Integration Services
812 (2.113 %)ProClarity
911 (1.937 %)OLAP
911 (1.937 %)SQL Server 2000
1010 (1.761 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
118 (1.408 %)SQL Server 7
124 (0.704 %)Essbase
133 (0.528 %)QlikView
133 (0.528 %)Oracle BI EE
133 (0.528 %)SAP BI
142 (0.352 %)Star Schema
142 (0.352 %)SAP BW
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
120 (3.521 %)QuickTest Pro
211 (1.937 %)Subversion
39 (1.585 %)Visual Studio
44 (0.704 %)ERwin
53 (0.528 %)NUnit
53 (0.528 %)JUnit
53 (0.528 %)Selenium
53 (0.528 %)MSTest
53 (0.528 %)Rhino Mocks
53 (0.528 %)Cucumber
62 (0.352 %)Build Forge
62 (0.352 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
62 (0.352 %)Ant
62 (0.352 %)VSS/SourceSafe
62 (0.352 %)ClearCase
71 (0.176 %)Dreamweaver
71 (0.176 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.176 %)TestComplete
71 (0.176 %)Oracle APEX
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1213 (37.50 %)Finance
268 (11.97 %)Banking
366 (11.62 %)Front Office
451 (8.979 %)Marketing
540 (7.042 %)Back Office
633 (5.810 %)Legal
720 (3.521 %)Telecoms
818 (3.169 %)Investment Banking
917 (2.993 %)Retail
1013 (2.289 %)Financial Institution
116 (1.056 %)Publishing
116 (1.056 %)Law
124 (0.704 %)Billing
124 (0.704 %)Electronics
133 (0.528 %)Manufacturing
133 (0.528 %)Advertising
133 (0.528 %)Games
133 (0.528 %)German Language
142 (0.352 %)General Ledger
151 (0.176 %)French Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1194 (34.15 %)Analyst
2103 (18.13 %)Developer
339 (6.866 %)Business Analyst
432 (5.634 %)Support Analyst
531 (5.458 %)Consultant
628 (4.930 %)Excel Developer
727 (4.754 %)Project Manager
826 (4.577 %)Applications Support
920 (3.521 %)Senior Analyst
920 (3.521 %)Data Analyst
920 (3.521 %)VBA Developer
1019 (3.345 %)C# Developer
1019 (3.345 %)Test Analyst
1117 (2.993 %)Graduate
1117 (2.993 %)Excel VBA Developer
1215 (2.641 %)Junior
1314 (2.465 %)Technical Project Manager
1314 (2.465 %)Administrator
1314 (2.465 %)Junior Developer
1314 (2.465 %)Technical Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
156 (9.859 %)Derivative
228 (4.930 %)Mathematics
327 (4.754 %)Management Information System
424 (4.225 %)Computer Science
523 (4.049 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
621 (3.697 %)Fixed Income
720 (3.521 %)Equity Derivative
815 (2.641 %)Economics
910 (1.761 %)Statistics
910 (1.761 %)N-Tier
109 (1.585 %)Hedge funds
109 (1.585 %)SWIFT
118 (1.408 %)Blackberry
127 (1.232 %)NHS
127 (1.232 %)Equities
136 (1.056 %)Interest Rate Derivative
145 (0.880 %)Credit Derivative
145 (0.880 %)EPoS
145 (0.880 %)Credit Risk
145 (0.880 %)Data Integration
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
155 (9.683 %)Windows
218 (3.169 %)Linux
314 (2.465 %)UNIX
413 (2.289 %)Windows Server 2008
57 (1.232 %)Windows 7
57 (1.232 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (0.704 %)Embedded Linux
73 (0.528 %)Windows XP
73 (0.528 %)Windows CE
73 (0.528 %)Solaris
81 (0.176 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
168 (11.97 %)Project Management
246 (8.099 %)ITIL
339 (6.866 %)Business Intelligence
437 (6.514 %)Business Analysis
536 (6.338 %)Risk Management
627 (4.754 %)Workflow
627 (4.754 %)RAD
723 (4.049 %)CRM
723 (4.049 %)Service Delivery
821 (3.697 %)E-Commerce
920 (3.521 %)ERP
920 (3.521 %)Data Analysis
1018 (3.169 %)Multithreading
1018 (3.169 %)Waterfall
1117 (2.993 %)System Testing
1117 (2.993 %)Time Management
1117 (2.993 %)Software Testing
1117 (2.993 %)Data Modelling
1117 (2.993 %)PRINCE2
1117 (2.993 %)Service Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1152 (26.76 %)VBA
2140 (24.65 %)SQL
352 (9.155 %)C#
447 (8.275 %)VB
531 (5.458 %)T-SQL
630 (5.282 %)VB.NET
726 (4.577 %)JavaScript
824 (4.225 %)C++
922 (3.873 %)Python
1014 (2.465 %)Java
1112 (2.113 %)Perl
1211 (1.937 %)PL/SQL
1310 (1.761 %)VBScript
149 (1.585 %)Shell Script
158 (1.408 %)C
158 (1.408 %)Korn
158 (1.408 %)Bash shell
166 (1.056 %)Fortran
174 (0.704 %)PHP
174 (0.704 %)R
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
177 (13.56 %)Degree
217 (2.993 %)MCTS
217 (2.993 %)MOS
316 (2.817 %)ISEB
413 (2.289 %)MCP
413 (2.289 %)Microsoft Certification
57 (1.232 %)ACCA
57 (1.232 %)CIMA
64 (0.704 %)MBA
73 (0.528 %)PRINCE2 Certification
73 (0.528 %)ECDL
82 (0.352 %)SC Cleared
82 (0.352 %)Security Cleared
82 (0.352 %)HND
91 (0.176 %)Postgraduate
91 (0.176 %)MCSE
91 (0.176 %)PhD
91 (0.176 %)CCNA
91 (0.176 %)HNC
91 (0.176 %)Cisco Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
129 (5.106 %)QA
29 (1.585 %)SLA
35 (0.880 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.352 %)Solvency II
51 (0.176 %)BS7666
51 (0.176 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (1.408 %)Active Directory
25 (0.880 %)VMware ESX
25 (0.880 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (1.408 %)HP Quality Center
21 (0.176 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1152 (26.76 %)Microsoft
249 (8.627 %)Oracle
326 (4.577 %)SAP
415 (2.641 %)Business Objects
511 (1.937 %)Reuters
610 (1.761 %)Trayport
78 (1.408 %)VMware
87 (1.232 %)Sage
96 (1.056 %)Citrix
96 (1.056 %)Minitab
96 (1.056 %)Bloomberg
96 (1.056 %)Northgate
96 (1.056 %)JD Edwards
105 (0.880 %)Hyperion
105 (0.880 %)SunGard
114 (0.704 %)Unisys
114 (0.704 %)Fidessa
114 (0.704 %)Remedy
114 (0.704 %)Niku
114 (0.704 %)BT