Microsoft Excel Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Excel
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 48 61
Rank change year-on-year +12 +13 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 116 124 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.22% 3.83% 3.48%
As % of the Applications category 30.85% 48.82% 37.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 60 68
10th Percentile £293 £176 £132
25th Percentile £343 £250 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £394 £305
Median % change year-on-year +20.63% +29.10% +32.61%
75th Percentile £600 £438 £420
90th Percentile £730 £500 £563
England median daily rate £440 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +3.53% -5.56% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 20 40
10th Percentile £10.96 £11.43 £10.60
25th Percentile £11.77 £14.63 £13.25
Median hourly rate £13.78 £45.08 £23.52
Median % change year-on-year -69.44% +91.67% +5.71%
75th Percentile £26.50 £65.00 £43.00
90th Percentile £43.75 - £51.65
England median hourly rate £14.80 £25.25 £20.51
% change year-on-year -41.39% +23.11% +2.55%

All Software Application Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 376 254 367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.68% 7.84% 9.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 154 227
10th Percentile £158 £200 £145
25th Percentile £210 £300 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £400 £362
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% +10.50% +27.58%
75th Percentile £525 £475 £455
90th Percentile £630 £585 £538
England median daily rate £400 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 30 57
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.55 £10.99
25th Percentile £11.13 £17.78 £14.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.85% +90.48% -
75th Percentile £26.50 £57.23 £42.20
90th Percentile £45.76 £65.00 £47.53
England median hourly rate £17.72 £38.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -53.37% +76.74% +7.50%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the North West

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the North West

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the North West over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the North West

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the North West

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the North West over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the North West

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Manchester +12 51 £350 +7.69% 75
Cheshire -10 22 £500 +25.00% 42
Lancashire +9 15 £650 +62.50% 23
Cumbria -12 15 £575 - 10
Merseyside +14 10 £420 +5.00% 19
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 18 (15.52%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.17%) Apache
2 6 (5.17%) IIS
2 6 (5.17%) SharePoint 2010
2 6 (5.17%) SharePoint Server
2 6 (5.17%) Tomcat
3 3 (2.59%) Confluence
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 53 (45.69%) Microsoft Office
1 53 (45.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (8.62%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (6.90%) MS Visio
4 5 (4.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Hyperion Planning
1 1 (0.86%) SAP Retail
1 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.86%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.21%) Power Platform
2 5 (4.31%) Azure
3 4 (3.45%) Entra ID
3 4 (3.45%) Google Workspace
3 4 (3.45%) IaaS
3 4 (3.45%) PaaS
3 4 (3.45%) SaaS
4 2 (1.72%) GitHub
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.17%) H.323
1 6 (5.17%) HTTP
1 6 (5.17%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.59%) Skype
3 1 (0.86%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.21%) Power BI
2 6 (5.17%) Metadata
2 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Power View
2 6 (5.17%) PowerPivot
2 6 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (2.59%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.59%) Tableau
4 2 (1.72%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.72%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.86%) Essbase
5 1 (0.86%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.86%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.86%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (6.90%) JIRA
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.86%) Hudson
General
1 45 (38.79%) Social Skills
2 31 (26.72%) Finance
3 28 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (12.93%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (8.62%) Mandarin Language
5 10 (8.62%) Manufacturing
5 10 (8.62%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.76%) Telecoms
7 8 (6.90%) Banking
7 8 (6.90%) Legal
8 7 (6.03%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (5.17%) Publishing
10 5 (4.31%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (3.45%) Retail
12 3 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.59%) Police
13 2 (1.72%) Marketing
14 1 (0.86%) Electronics
14 1 (0.86%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 26 (22.41%) Analyst
2 15 (12.93%) Administrator
3 10 (8.62%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 10 (8.62%) Service Analyst
3 10 (8.62%) Service Desk Analyst
4 7 (6.03%) IT Support
5 6 (5.17%) Business Analyst
5 6 (5.17%) SharePoint Engineer
5 6 (5.17%) Support Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) 1st Line Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) IT Administrator
6 5 (4.31%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) Pega Business Analyst
7 4 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (3.45%) Security Analyst
7 4 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
8 3 (2.59%) Developer
8 3 (2.59%) IT Engineer
8 3 (2.59%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (2.59%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.17%) CSS
1 6 (5.17%) HTML
2 4 (3.45%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.72%) XML
4 1 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.86%) Google Maps API
4 1 (0.86%) Lucene
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.76%) Life Science
2 8 (6.90%) Virtual Team
3 7 (6.03%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.17%) IVR
4 6 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.86%) CCTV
6 1 (0.86%) CMDB
6 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.79%) Windows
2 9 (7.76%) Windows 10
3 7 (6.03%) Linux
4 6 (5.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.72%) Unix
6 1 (0.86%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (23.28%) Time Management
2 22 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (18.10%) Customer Service
4 18 (15.52%) Project Management
5 12 (10.34%) Agile
5 12 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (10.34%) Decision-Making
5 12 (10.34%) Validation
6 11 (9.48%) Change Management
7 9 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (6.90%) Data Analysis
9 7 (6.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (6.03%) ITIL
9 7 (6.03%) Proactive Maintenance
10 6 (5.17%) Analytics
10 6 (5.17%) Budget Management
10 6 (5.17%) Information Architecture
10 6 (5.17%) Mathematics
10 6 (5.17%) Process Improvement
10 6 (5.17%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.93%) SQL
2 7 (6.03%) JavaScript
2 7 (6.03%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.72%) Java
3 2 (1.72%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.72%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.86%) C
4 1 (0.86%) C#
4 1 (0.86%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.86%) Groovy
4 1 (0.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (19.83%) Degree
2 19 (16.38%) Security Cleared
3 11 (9.48%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.90%) PMI Certification
4 8 (6.90%) PMP
5 4 (3.45%) APMP
6 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (16.38%) SLA
2 12 (10.34%) QA
3 11 (9.48%) PMO
4 9 (7.76%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (4.31%) Accessibility
5 5 (4.31%) GAMP
5 5 (4.31%) GDPR
5 5 (4.31%) GxP
6 1 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.86%) GMP
System Software
1 6 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.31%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 72 (62.07%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.21%) SAP
3 8 (6.90%) Oracle
3 8 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 6 (5.17%) Avaya
4 6 (5.17%) Red Hat
4 6 (5.17%) VMware
5 5 (4.31%) Google
5 5 (4.31%) Pega
5 5 (4.31%) Verint
6 4 (3.45%) CyberArk
6 4 (3.45%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.59%) Cadence
8 2 (1.72%) Adobe
8 2 (1.72%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.86%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.86%) Hyperion
9 1 (0.86%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.86%) MicroStrategy