Microsoft Excel Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Excel
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 39 44
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 126 146 159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.57% 4.90% 4.53%
As % of the Applications category 43.60% 52.71% 37.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 89 102
10th Percentile £114 £241 £153
25th Percentile £182 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £378 £362
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +4.41% -9.49%
75th Percentile £458 £475 £486
90th Percentile £519 £625 £549
South East median daily rate £351 £394 £400
% change year-on-year -10.93% -1.63% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 9
10th Percentile £11.79 £12.06 £10.00
25th Percentile £13.68 £16.58 £10.75
Median hourly rate £23.22 £25.00 £12.05
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +107.47% -20.48%
75th Percentile £30.00 £28.84 £12.31
90th Percentile £51.05 £30.86 £16.36
South East median hourly rate £15.00 £23.54 £19.52
% change year-on-year -36.27% +20.57% +11.54%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 289 277 419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.49% 9.30% 11.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 174 244
10th Percentile £134 £203 £150
25th Percentile £200 £286 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £242 £400 £376
Median % change year-on-year -39.50% +6.27% -0.29%
75th Percentile £438 £519 £476
90th Percentile £525 £668 £550
South East median daily rate £281 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 14 26
10th Percentile £12.12 £13.05 £10.10
25th Percentile £15.85 £17.92 -
Median hourly rate £23.22 £22.50 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +108.91% -50.55%
75th Percentile £43.75 £27.78 £13.96
90th Percentile £60.22 £31.68 £40.88
South East median hourly rate £17.60 £40.00 £19.51
% change year-on-year -56.00% +105.02% -9.26%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 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
Berkshire 0 99 £290 -27.50% 49
Buckinghamshire +10 27 £360 +7.40% 38
Microsoft Excel
South East

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (6.35%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.38%) SAS
3 2 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 49 (38.89%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (36.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (6.35%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (4.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (1.59%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.08%) Power Platform
2 13 (10.32%) Azure
3 10 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.56%) Power Automate
5 4 (3.17%) Smartsheet
5 4 (3.17%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.59%) SurveyMonkey
8 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.17%) 4G
1 4 (3.17%) 5G
2 3 (2.38%) 3G
2 3 (2.38%) Diameter Protocol
2 3 (2.38%) DNS
2 3 (2.38%) GGSN
2 3 (2.38%) LTE
2 3 (2.38%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (2.38%) RANAP
2 3 (2.38%) SGSN
2 3 (2.38%) VoLTE
2 3 (2.38%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.59%) Broadband
4 1 (0.79%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.79%) LAN
4 1 (0.79%) Network Security
4 1 (0.79%) Nokia DX220
4 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.08%) Power BI
2 4 (3.17%) Big Data
2 4 (3.17%) PowerPivot
3 3 (2.38%) Data Mining
3 3 (2.38%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 2 (1.59%) Power Query
5 1 (0.79%) DTS
5 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (32.54%) Finance
1 41 (32.54%) Social Skills
2 32 (25.40%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (13.49%) Telecoms
4 16 (12.70%) Legal
4 16 (12.70%) Presentation Skills
5 14 (11.11%) Mandarin Language
5 14 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (6.35%) Banking
7 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.56%) Wholesale Banking
8 5 (3.97%) Billing
8 5 (3.97%) Law
9 4 (3.17%) Retail
10 3 (2.38%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.59%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.79%) Games
12 1 (0.79%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 39 (30.95%) Analyst
2 10 (7.94%) Coordinator
3 8 (6.35%) Lead
4 7 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 7 (5.56%) Financial Analyst
4 7 (5.56%) Test Analyst
5 6 (4.76%) Administrator
5 6 (4.76%) Business Analyst
5 6 (4.76%) QA Analyst
5 6 (4.76%) QA Test Analyst
6 5 (3.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 5 (3.97%) Commercial Analyst
6 5 (3.97%) Developer
6 5 (3.97%) Development Manager
6 5 (3.97%) Operations Manager
6 5 (3.97%) PMO Lead
6 5 (3.97%) Power BI Developer
6 5 (3.97%) Systems Development Manager
7 4 (3.17%) HR Manager
7 4 (3.17%) Pricing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.59%) Smart Contracts
1 2 (1.59%) XML
2 1 (0.79%) .NET
2 1 (0.79%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.17%) Life Science
3 3 (2.38%) CCTV
3 3 (2.38%) Wiki
4 2 (1.59%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.59%) NHS
4 2 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.79%) Handset
5 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.79%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) Windows
1 1 (0.79%) Windows 7
1 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (26.19%) Project Management
2 19 (15.08%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (15.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (11.11%) Time Management
4 13 (10.32%) Agile
4 13 (10.32%) Data Analysis
5 12 (9.52%) Risk Management
6 11 (8.73%) DevOps
6 11 (8.73%) Workflow
7 10 (7.94%) Project Delivery
8 9 (7.14%) Logistics
8 9 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (6.35%) Change Management
9 8 (6.35%) Customer Service
9 8 (6.35%) Financial Analysis
9 8 (6.35%) Information Security
9 8 (6.35%) Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (6.35%) Roadmaps
10 7 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.52%) SQL
2 4 (3.17%) VBA
3 2 (1.59%) Python
4 1 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 33 (26.19%) Degree
2 18 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.76%) ACCA
4 6 (4.76%) CIMA
4 6 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.17%) PMP
6 3 (2.38%) CIPD
6 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.79%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.79%) HNC
8 1 (0.79%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.87%) PMO
2 8 (6.35%) QA
3 6 (4.76%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 58 (46.03%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.56%) MicroStrategy
2 7 (5.56%) Oracle
3 6 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.76%) Workday
4 5 (3.97%) Reuters
5 3 (2.38%) Empirix
5 3 (2.38%) Ericsson
5 3 (2.38%) NetScout
6 2 (1.59%) Ariba
6 2 (1.59%) Cisco
6 2 (1.59%) Databricks
6 2 (1.59%) Nokia
6 2 (1.59%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.79%) Huawei
7 1 (0.79%) Mavenir
7 1 (0.79%) Remedy
7 1 (0.79%) Ribbon
7 1 (0.79%) VMware