Microsoft Excel Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Excel
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 90 69
Rank change year-on-year +10 -21 +23
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 73 88 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.29% 2.40% 3.28%
As % of the Applications category 29.55% 31.54% 39.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 61 89
10th Percentile £134 £236 £208
25th Percentile £195 £325 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £467 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% +9.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £606 £550 £538
90th Percentile £750 £612 £600
England median daily rate £442 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.56% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 7
10th Percentile £11.61 £12.12 £11.19
25th Percentile £14.00 £29.69 £16.45
Median hourly rate £14.45 £65.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -77.77% +100.00% -23.53%
75th Percentile £14.54 - £49.21
90th Percentile £17.01 £66.50 £60.92
England median hourly rate £14.80 £25.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year -40.80% +21.89% +3.85%

All Software Application Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 247 279 310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 7.75% 7.61% 8.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 184 216
10th Percentile £135 £185 £131
25th Percentile £185 £300 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £429 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +7.31% +6.67%
75th Percentile £563 £545 £513
90th Percentile £710 £612 £569
England median daily rate £400 £430 £425
% change year-on-year -6.98% +1.18% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 27 18
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £13.47
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.72 £18.44
Median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +85.71% -0.14%
75th Percentile £51.25 - £54.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £71.00 £63.37
England median hourly rate £17.66 £37.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -52.27% +72.09% +7.50%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Gloucestershire +35 30 £388 +134.85% 18
Wiltshire +4 16 £590 +28.68% 21
Bristol -9 14 £500 +25.00% 26
Somerset +7 7 £205 +41.38% 33
Devon -1 4 - - 8
Cornwall - 1 - - 3
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 9 (12.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (47.95%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (34.25%) Microsoft Project
3 23 (31.51%) Spreadsheet
4 18 (24.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (9.59%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.48%) Azure
1 4 (5.48%) Entra ID
2 3 (4.11%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.37%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.11%) Power BI
2 1 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (26.03%) JIRA
General
1 55 (75.34%) Social Skills
2 31 (42.47%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (42.47%) Finance
3 19 (26.03%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (15.07%) Telecoms
5 8 (10.96%) Manufacturing
6 6 (8.22%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (6.85%) Military
7 5 (6.85%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (6.85%) Police
8 4 (5.48%) Banking
9 3 (4.11%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.74%) Electronics
10 2 (2.74%) Marketing
10 2 (2.74%) Retail
11 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.37%) Local Government
11 1 (1.37%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 21 (28.77%) Lead
2 17 (23.29%) Project Leader
3 11 (15.07%) Administrator
4 10 (13.70%) Analyst
5 4 (5.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (5.48%) Data Administrator
5 4 (5.48%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.48%) QA Specialist
5 4 (5.48%) Security Analyst
6 3 (4.11%) Accounts Payable Administrator
6 3 (4.11%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.11%) Development Specialist
6 3 (4.11%) Junior
6 3 (4.11%) Product Specialist
7 2 (2.74%) Coordinator
7 2 (2.74%) Data Analyst
7 2 (2.74%) IT Manager
7 2 (2.74%) Junior Project Manager
7 2 (2.74%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (2.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.48%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.37%) Lucene
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.07%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.96%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.85%) Life Science
3 5 (6.85%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.74%) Blog
5 1 (1.37%) Contactless
5 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.22%) Windows
2 4 (5.48%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.37%) Android
3 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (42.47%) Project Management
2 28 (38.36%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (30.14%) Project Delivery
4 21 (28.77%) Agile
4 21 (28.77%) Data Management
4 21 (28.77%) PRINCE2
4 21 (28.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (24.66%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 18 (24.66%) Project Planning
6 17 (23.29%) Commercial Awareness
6 17 (23.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 17 (23.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 11 (15.07%) Decision-Making
8 9 (12.33%) Customer Service
9 5 (6.85%) Change Control
9 5 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (6.85%) Data Entry
9 5 (6.85%) Document Management
9 5 (6.85%) Programme Management
9 5 (6.85%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 27 (36.99%) Security Cleared
2 19 (26.03%) DV Cleared
3 18 (24.66%) APMP
4 9 (12.33%) Degree
5 4 (5.48%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.11%) AAT
7 2 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (32.88%) PMO
2 15 (20.55%) QA
3 4 (5.48%) Accessibility
3 4 (5.48%) GMP
System Software
1 4 (5.48%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 57 (78.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.85%) Adobe
3 4 (5.48%) CyberArk
4 3 (4.11%) SAP
5 1 (1.37%) BT
5 1 (1.37%) Fujitsu