Microsoft Excel Contracts in England

Microsoft Excel
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Excel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 69 85
Rank change year-on-year -2 +16 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 1,070 1,567 2,143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.91% 3.28% 3.01%
As % of the Applications category 39.01% 42.97% 39.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 1,056 1,462
10th Percentile £167 £201 £185
25th Percentile £267 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £429 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -4.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £549 £588 £575
90th Percentile £725 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £438 £428 £450
% change year-on-year +2.22% -4.89% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 77 129
10th Percentile £11.57 £13.29 £11.24
25th Percentile £13.48 £16.03 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.84 £22.53 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -34.13% +15.42% +9.97%
75th Percentile £22.63 £40.75 £28.92
90th Percentile £34.54 £55.56 £42.23
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £21.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year -31.77% +11.54% +11.43%

All Software Application Skills
England

Microsoft Excel is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,743 3,647 5,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.47% 7.64% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,410 2,400 3,607
10th Percentile £165 £190 £160
25th Percentile £213 £285 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £439 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.88% -2.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £445
% change year-on-year -5.88% -4.49% +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 581 219 377
10th Percentile £11.68 £14.34 £11.23
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.37 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.23 £27.50 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -40.98% +26.26% +14.63%
75th Percentile £34.75 £49.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £27.83 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.68% +29.44% +22.65%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the England region over the 6 months to 3 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -22 426 £450 -4.26% 640
South East -1 177 £350 -17.16% 345
North of England -3 144 £450 +18.25% 389
East of England +17 138 £400 +2.50% 171
North West +14 111 £475 +20.63% 233
Midlands -6 86 £400 -5.88% 293
South West +28 84 £406 -18.75% 179
West Midlands -14 55 £425 +6.25% 167
East Midlands +1 31 £235 -57.27% 127
Yorkshire -22 26 £306 -28.45% 112
North East +3 8 - - 51
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 109 (10.19%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.46%) Confluence
3 16 (1.50%) IIS
3 16 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.65%) Apache
5 6 (0.56%) SharePoint 2010
5 6 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.47%) SAS
7 4 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.37%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.37%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.28%) Documentum
9 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.093%) Smallworld
Applications
1 427 (39.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 361 (33.74%) Microsoft Office
3 93 (8.69%) MS Visio
4 88 (8.22%) Microsoft Project
5 84 (7.85%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.93%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.56%) SPSS
8 4 (0.37%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.37%) MicroStation
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.28%) InDesign
10 2 (0.19%) Revit
11 1 (0.093%) Autodesk Inventor
11 1 (0.093%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.65%) ION MarketView
3 7 (0.65%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.47%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.47%) SmartPlant
6 4 (0.37%) OPENHousing
6 4 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
8 2 (0.19%) Endur
8 2 (0.19%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.19%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.19%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.19%) WebTrends
9 1 (0.093%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 169 (15.79%) Power Platform
2 67 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (5.70%) Azure
4 18 (1.68%) Power Automate
5 17 (1.59%) Entra ID
5 17 (1.59%) Google Workspace
6 16 (1.50%) SaaS
7 14 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.31%) PaaS
8 13 (1.21%) AWS
8 13 (1.21%) IaaS
8 13 (1.21%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.12%) OneDrive
10 9 (0.84%) Collibra
11 8 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (0.65%) OCI
13 6 (0.56%) Yammer
14 5 (0.47%) Google Analytics
14 5 (0.47%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.87%) Internet
2 19 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (1.21%) WAN
4 12 (1.12%) LAN
5 10 (0.93%) FIX Connectivity
6 9 (0.84%) DNS
6 9 (0.84%) Wireless
7 8 (0.75%) 4G
7 8 (0.75%) 5G
7 8 (0.75%) Intranet
7 8 (0.75%) PSTN
8 7 (0.65%) Skype
9 6 (0.56%) Diameter Protocol
9 6 (0.56%) GGSN
9 6 (0.56%) LTE
9 6 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
9 6 (0.56%) RANAP
9 6 (0.56%) SGSN
9 6 (0.56%) VoLTE
9 6 (0.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (15.42%) Power BI
2 59 (5.51%) SQL Server
3 37 (3.46%) Tableau
4 31 (2.90%) Oracle Database
5 19 (1.78%) Metadata
6 18 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (1.59%) PowerPivot
7 17 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.31%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.21%) Big Data
10 11 (1.03%) Data Mining
10 11 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (0.93%) GIS
11 10 (0.93%) Power Query
11 10 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.75%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Power View
13 6 (0.56%) MS Access
14 4 (0.37%) RDBMS
15 3 (0.28%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 74 (6.92%) JIRA
2 11 (1.03%) Git
3 9 (0.84%) TeamCity
4 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.47%) Hudson
6 4 (0.37%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 2 (0.19%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.19%) JUnit
7 2 (0.19%) Mockito
7 2 (0.19%) ScalaTest
7 2 (0.19%) Subversion
7 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.093%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.093%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.093%) NUnit
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.093%) RStudio
8 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.093%) Toad
General
1 478 (44.67%) Social Skills
2 341 (31.87%) Finance
3 258 (24.11%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (9.25%) Presentation Skills
5 98 (9.16%) Organisational Skills
6 82 (7.66%) Banking
7 81 (7.57%) Telecoms
8 64 (5.98%) Public Sector
9 55 (5.14%) Legal
10 47 (4.39%) Retail
11 42 (3.93%) Marketing
12 39 (3.64%) Front Office
13 34 (3.18%) Manufacturing
14 30 (2.80%) Mandarin Language
15 26 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
16 23 (2.15%) Billing
17 21 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
18 19 (1.78%) German Language
19 18 (1.68%) Local Government
20 16 (1.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 311 (29.07%) Analyst
2 88 (8.22%) Administrator
3 77 (7.20%) Developer
4 74 (6.92%) Lead
5 67 (6.26%) Data Analyst
6 53 (4.95%) Senior
7 52 (4.86%) Business Analyst
8 51 (4.77%) Service Analyst
9 38 (3.55%) Coordinator
10 34 (3.18%) C# Developer
11 33 (3.08%) Service Desk Analyst
12 31 (2.90%) Project Manager
12 31 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
13 28 (2.62%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
14 26 (2.43%) Project Leader
15 21 (1.96%) IT Support
16 19 (1.78%) Consultant
16 19 (1.78%) Financial Analyst
16 19 (1.78%) Support Engineer
17 18 (1.68%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.64%) .NET
2 29 (2.71%) .NET Framework
3 19 (1.78%) SailPoint
4 16 (1.50%) HTML
4 16 (1.50%) XML
5 12 (1.12%) WinForms
5 12 (1.12%) WPF
6 11 (1.03%) CSS
6 11 (1.03%) WCF
7 10 (0.93%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (0.56%) JSON
9 4 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
10 3 (0.28%) ATL
11 2 (0.19%) ActiveX
11 2 (0.19%) ADO
11 2 (0.19%) Ajax
11 2 (0.19%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.19%) DOM
11 2 (0.19%) Lucene
11 2 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 101 (9.44%) Management Information System
2 55 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (2.62%) Virtual Team
4 26 (2.43%) Derivative
5 19 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.68%) Fixed Income
7 17 (1.59%) Life Science
8 16 (1.50%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.50%) Product Ownership
9 14 (1.31%) NHS
10 13 (1.21%) Smartphone
11 12 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.03%) Data Structures
13 10 (0.93%) Equity Derivative
13 10 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
14 9 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.75%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.75%) FMCG
16 7 (0.65%) PMI
17 6 (0.56%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 92 (8.60%) Windows
2 22 (2.06%) Windows 10
3 21 (1.96%) Unix
4 18 (1.68%) Linux
5 14 (1.31%) Android
5 14 (1.31%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.56%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.47%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.093%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
2 184 (17.20%) Project Management
3 169 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
4 151 (14.11%) Customer Service
5 126 (11.78%) Data Analysis
6 124 (11.59%) Agile
7 122 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 89 (8.32%) Mathematics
8 89 (8.32%) Service Delivery
9 87 (8.13%) Data Management
10 86 (8.04%) Decision-Making
11 77 (7.20%) Project Delivery
12 76 (7.10%) Time Management
13 73 (6.82%) Change Management
14 70 (6.54%) ITIL
15 65 (6.07%) Analytics
16 63 (5.89%) Risk Management
17 61 (5.70%) Incident Management
18 60 (5.61%) PRINCE2
19 56 (5.23%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 173 (16.17%) SQL
2 72 (6.73%) Python
3 71 (6.64%) VBA
4 51 (4.77%) C#
5 32 (2.99%) VB
6 29 (2.71%) PL/SQL
7 24 (2.24%) T-SQL
8 22 (2.06%) Java
9 19 (1.78%) JavaScript
10 18 (1.68%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.68%) VB.NET
11 13 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (1.12%) C++
13 10 (0.93%) R
14 6 (0.56%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.47%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.37%) Perl
16 4 (0.37%) Scala
17 1 (0.093%) Groovy
17 1 (0.093%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 253 (23.64%) Degree
2 135 (12.62%) Security Cleared
3 77 (7.20%) SC Cleared
4 43 (4.02%) DV Cleared
5 39 (3.64%) APMP
6 30 (2.80%) PMP
7 28 (2.62%) PMI Certification
8 21 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.40%) ACCA
11 14 (1.31%) A+ Certification
12 13 (1.21%) CIMA
12 13 (1.21%) MCSA
13 12 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.75%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 7 (0.65%) CCNA
16 7 (0.65%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (10.75%) PMO
2 92 (8.60%) QA
3 58 (5.42%) SLA
4 50 (4.67%) Data Quality
5 35 (3.27%) GDPR
6 19 (1.78%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.84%) Disclosure Scotland
8 7 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.65%) EMIR
8 7 (0.65%) GxP
9 5 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.47%) Dodd-Frank
9 5 (0.47%) GAMP
9 5 (0.47%) GMP
9 5 (0.47%) MiFID
10 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.28%) P3O
10 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 61 (5.70%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.093%) Cronacle
4 1 (0.093%) Firmware
4 1 (0.093%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (1.12%) SCCM
2 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
4 3 (0.28%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.19%) Control-M
5 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.19%) SCOM
6 1 (0.093%) Iperf
Vendors
1 571 (53.36%) Microsoft
2 88 (8.22%) Oracle
3 83 (7.76%) SAP
4 50 (4.67%) ServiceNow
5 40 (3.74%) Citrix
6 33 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 29 (2.71%) Google
8 25 (2.34%) Bloomberg
9 18 (1.68%) Adobe
10 17 (1.59%) Cisco
11 14 (1.31%) Apple
12 12 (1.12%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.93%) MicroStrategy
13 10 (0.93%) Northgate
13 10 (0.93%) Reuters
14 9 (0.84%) Databricks
14 9 (0.84%) ION Trading
14 9 (0.84%) MarketAxess
14 9 (0.84%) Tradeweb
15 8 (0.75%) IFS