The first table below looks at the demand for MS Excel skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Excel over the 3 months to 23 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 Wolverhampton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Excel
Rank 6 13 18
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +5
Permanent jobs citing MS Excel 17 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 26.98% 9.722% 4.918%
As % of the Applications category 62.96% 63.64% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 17 7 3
Average salary £37,500 £31,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.96% -6.06%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Applications
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
27 11 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 42.86% 15.28% 24.59%
Number of salaries quoted 27 11 13
Average salary £35,750 £31,750 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.59% +47.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,850 £21,400 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,235 £34,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.98% -1.47%
MS Excel
West Midlands

MS Excel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton MS Excel Salary Trend

MS Excel
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Excel across the Wolverhampton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wolverhampton MS Excel Salary Histogram

MS Excel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 17 (70.83%) Windows
2 15 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 13 (54.17%) SQL Server
4 12 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 12 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 11 (45.83%) SQL
6 9 (37.50%) .NET
7 7 (29.17%) MS Exchange
7 7 (29.17%) SAN
7 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (29.17%) vSphere
7 7 (29.17%) VMware
7 7 (29.17%) VMware ESX
7 7 (29.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (25.00%) MCITP
8 6 (25.00%) Finance
8 6 (25.00%) T-SQL
8 6 (25.00%) ASP.NET
9 5 (20.83%) VB.NET
9 5 (20.83%) XML
9 5 (20.83%) Cisco
9 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2000
9 5 (20.83%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (20.83%) Citrix
9 5 (20.83%) Advertising
9 5 (20.83%) Firewall
9 5 (20.83%) Asset Management
9 5 (20.83%) XenApp

MS Excel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 9 (37.50%) .NET
2 6 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 5 (20.83%) XML
4 2 (8.333%) XSL
4 2 (8.333%) COM+
4 2 (8.333%) DCOM
5 1 (4.167%) HTML
5 1 (4.167%) CSS
5 1 (4.167%) ASP
5 1 (4.167%) Ajax
5 1 (4.167%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.167%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (29.17%) MS Exchange
2 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (8.333%) MTS
3 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
3 2 (8.333%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Office
1 1 (4.167%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) SAN
2 5 (20.83%) Firewall
3 4 (16.67%) iSCSI
3 4 (16.67%) Fibre Channel
4 3 (12.50%) Intranet
4 3 (12.50%) Internet
4 3 (12.50%) NAS
5 2 (8.333%) LAN
5 2 (8.333%) WAN
5 2 (8.333%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (54.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2000
2 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (8.333%) DTS
5 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (25.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.83%) Advertising
3 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Technical Support
3 5 (20.83%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Technical Support Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 4 (16.67%) C# Developer
4 4 (16.67%) Developer
5 3 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (8.333%) Virtualisation Specialist
6 2 (8.333%) Pre Sales Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
6 2 (8.333%) Pre Sales Consultant
6 2 (8.333%) Sales Consultant
Operating Systems
1 17 (70.83%) Windows
2 12 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (16.67%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (8.333%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.167%) UNIX
5 1 (4.167%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Asset Management
1 5 (20.83%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (16.67%) ITIL
3 3 (12.50%) CRM
4 2 (8.333%) Web Development
4 2 (8.333%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
5 1 (4.167%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (4.167%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) SQL
2 6 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 5 (20.83%) VB.NET
4 4 (16.67%) C#
5 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 2 (8.333%) VB6
6 2 (8.333%) MUMPS
6 2 (8.333%) C
6 2 (8.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (25.00%) MCITP
3 5 (20.83%) Citrix Certification
3 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (20.83%) CCEE
3 5 (20.83%) CCAA
4 4 (16.67%) Degree
4 4 (16.67%) MCSE
5 3 (12.50%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (12.50%) MCTS
6 1 (4.167%) CCNA
6 1 (4.167%) CCA
6 1 (4.167%) A+ Certification
6 1 (4.167%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.167%) CCIA
System Software
1 12 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (29.17%) vSphere
2 7 (29.17%) VMware ESX
3 5 (20.83%) XenApp
3 5 (20.83%) XenServer
3 5 (20.83%) XenDesktop
4 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
5 1 (4.167%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) ARCserve
1 3 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) VMware
3 5 (20.83%) Cisco
3 5 (20.83%) Citrix
4 4 (16.67%) HP
4 4 (16.67%) Dell
5 3 (12.50%) Symantec
5 3 (12.50%) McAfee
5 3 (12.50%) Veritas
5 3 (12.50%) Telerik