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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 13 32 28
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -4
Permanent jobs citing MS Excel 41 32 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 14.24% 8.964% 9.813%
As % of the Applications category 62.12% 60.38% 71.19%
Number of salaries quoted 41 20 40
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,350 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £44,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Applications
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
66 53 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 22.92% 14.85% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 61 37 53
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £21,150 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £43,750 £43,600
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Excel
Hertfordshire

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford MS Excel Salary Trend

MS Excel
Salary Histogram

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

Watford MS Excel Salary Histogram

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 40 (43.96%) Windows
2 36 (39.56%) Microsoft
3 30 (32.97%) MS Project
4 27 (29.67%) ISEB
4 27 (29.67%) LAN
5 26 (28.57%) MS Visio
6 25 (27.47%) User Acceptance Testing
6 25 (27.47%) HP Quality Center
7 24 (26.37%) SQL Server
7 24 (26.37%) SAN
8 23 (25.27%) Test Scripting
9 21 (23.08%) SQL
9 21 (23.08%) Integration Testing
9 21 (23.08%) VMware
10 20 (21.98%) SAP
11 19 (20.88%) Retail
12 18 (19.78%) SQL Server 2008
12 18 (19.78%) Finance
12 18 (19.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (19.78%) Active Directory
13 17 (18.68%) MS Exchange
13 17 (18.68%) VMware Infrastructure
13 17 (18.68%) Test Management
13 17 (18.68%) QA
14 16 (17.58%) Windows 7
15 15 (16.48%) E-Commerce
15 15 (16.48%) MCSE
15 15 (16.48%) C#
15 15 (16.48%) .NET
16 14 (15.38%) Windows XP

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 15 (16.48%) .NET
2 10 (10.99%) ASP.NET
3 9 (9.890%) HTML
3 9 (9.890%) CSS
4 8 (8.791%) XML
5 6 (6.593%) XSL
6 5 (5.495%) Ajax
6 5 (5.495%) jQuery
6 5 (5.495%) HTML5
7 4 (4.396%) CSS3
7 4 (4.396%) SOAP
7 4 (4.396%) Web Services
8 2 (2.198%) WinForms
8 2 (2.198%) COM
8 2 (2.198%) .NET Framework
8 2 (2.198%) WCF
9 1 (1.099%) WPF
9 1 (1.099%) WF
9 1 (1.099%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (1.099%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 17 (18.68%) MS Exchange
2 5 (5.495%) Lync
3 3 (3.297%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.198%) IIS
4 2 (2.198%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.099%) Magento
5 1 (1.099%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.099%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.099%) CMS
5 1 (1.099%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.099%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.099%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 30 (32.97%) MS Project
2 26 (28.57%) MS Visio
3 9 (9.890%) MS Office
4 5 (5.495%) FastStats
5 2 (2.198%) Office 365
5 2 (2.198%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (1.099%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (14.29%) SAP FI
1 13 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
1 13 (14.29%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.198%) SalesLogix
2 2 (2.198%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.099%) SAP FS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (29.67%) LAN
2 24 (26.37%) SAN
3 13 (14.29%) VPN
4 12 (13.19%) VoIP
4 12 (13.19%) WAN
5 11 (12.09%) Internet
5 11 (12.09%) Firewall
6 5 (5.495%) TCP/IP
7 4 (4.396%) Unified Communications
8 2 (2.198%) NetScaler
8 2 (2.198%) DNS
8 2 (2.198%) DHCP
8 2 (2.198%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.099%) Wireless
9 1 (1.099%) IP Telephony
9 1 (1.099%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (1.099%) NAS
9 1 (1.099%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (26.37%) SQL Server
2 18 (19.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (6.593%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (5.495%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.198%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.099%) MySQL
7 1 (1.099%) DB2
7 1 (1.099%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (1.099%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 7 (7.692%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.198%) Visual Studio Team System
2 2 (2.198%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 19 (20.88%) Retail
2 18 (19.78%) Finance
3 6 (6.593%) Marketing
4 5 (5.495%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.297%) Legal
5 3 (3.297%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.198%) Advertising
7 1 (1.099%) German Language
7 1 (1.099%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (24.18%) Analyst
2 19 (20.88%) Developer
3 14 (15.38%) Test Analyst
4 13 (14.29%) Test Leader
5 10 (10.99%) Consultant
5 10 (10.99%) IT Manager
6 8 (8.791%) Technical Analyst
7 7 (7.692%) Software Developer
7 7 (7.692%) SAP Analyst
8 6 (6.593%) SAP Test Analyst
8 6 (6.593%) Project Manager
8 6 (6.593%) C# Developer
8 6 (6.593%) Technical Test Analyst
9 5 (5.495%) Support Analyst
9 5 (5.495%) DBA
10 4 (4.396%) Development Manager
10 4 (4.396%) SQL Developer
10 4 (4.396%) SQL DBA
10 4 (4.396%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (4.396%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.297%) Computer Science
1 3 (3.297%) EPoS
1 3 (3.297%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.198%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.099%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.099%) CMDB
3 1 (1.099%) RIA
3 1 (1.099%) Celerra
3 1 (1.099%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.099%) SaaS
3 1 (1.099%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 40 (43.96%) Windows
2 16 (17.58%) Windows 7
3 14 (15.38%) Windows XP
4 11 (12.09%) UNIX
5 6 (6.593%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (4.396%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.099%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (27.47%) User Acceptance Testing
2 23 (25.27%) Test Scripting
3 21 (23.08%) Integration Testing
4 17 (18.68%) Test Management
5 15 (16.48%) E-Commerce
6 11 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (12.09%) Test Strategy
7 8 (8.791%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (7.692%) PRINCE2
8 7 (7.692%) Software Engineering
9 6 (6.593%) Data Analysis
10 5 (5.495%) Data Management
10 5 (5.495%) Database Marketing
10 5 (5.495%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (5.495%) ETL
10 5 (5.495%) Project Management
10 5 (5.495%) MVC
11 4 (4.396%) OO
11 4 (4.396%) ITIL
11 4 (4.396%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (23.08%) SQL
2 15 (16.48%) C#
3 8 (8.791%) C++
3 8 (8.791%) JavaScript
4 7 (7.692%) T-SQL
5 4 (4.396%) C
5 4 (4.396%) VB.NET
6 3 (3.297%) Java
6 3 (3.297%) VB
7 1 (1.099%) ABAP
7 1 (1.099%) FoxPro (VFP)
7 1 (1.099%) VB6
Qualifications
1 27 (29.67%) ISEB
2 18 (19.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (16.48%) MCSE
4 14 (15.38%) MCITP
5 13 (14.29%) ISTQB
5 13 (14.29%) MCTS
6 12 (13.19%) MCP
7 10 (10.99%) Degree
8 4 (4.396%) Citrix Certification
9 3 (3.297%) CCA
9 3 (3.297%) CCNA
9 3 (3.297%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (3.297%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (2.198%) CCEE
10 2 (2.198%) Security Cleared
10 2 (2.198%) CCIA
10 2 (2.198%) MCSA
11 1 (1.099%) CCNP
11 1 (1.099%) HND
11 1 (1.099%) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.68%) QA
2 3 (3.297%) SLA
3 1 (1.099%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.099%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 18 (19.78%) Active Directory
2 17 (18.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (14.29%) vSphere
4 10 (10.99%) VMware Server
5 4 (4.396%) XenApp
6 3 (3.297%) XenDesktop
6 3 (3.297%) Hyper-V
7 2 (2.198%) Terminal Server
7 2 (2.198%) VMware ESX
8 1 (1.099%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 25 (27.47%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (3.297%) SCCM
3 2 (2.198%) SCOM
3 2 (2.198%) SCVMM
3 2 (2.198%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 36 (39.56%) Microsoft
2 21 (23.08%) VMware
3 20 (21.98%) SAP
4 12 (13.19%) Citrix
4 12 (13.19%) Avaya
5 10 (10.99%) CheckPoint
5 10 (10.99%) Remedy
6 5 (5.495%) Cisco
7 3 (3.297%) HP
8 2 (2.198%) Oracle
8 2 (2.198%) EMC
8 2 (2.198%) Salesforce.com
8 2 (2.198%) Symantec
8 2 (2.198%) AppSense
8 2 (2.198%) Altiris
8 2 (2.198%) DevExpress
9 1 (1.099%) Capita
9 1 (1.099%) NetApp
9 1 (1.099%) Dell
9 1 (1.099%) Adobe
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