Microsoft Excel Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 63 64
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 735 856 1,131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.57% 3.58% 3.66%
As % of the Applications category 36.24% 38.82% 37.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 516 745
10th Percentile £145 £178 £153
25th Percentile £205 £252 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £394 £390
Median % change year-on-year +1.65% +0.90% +18.18%
75th Percentile £522 £502 £488
90th Percentile £680 £610 £570
UK median daily rate £442 £425 £428
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.70% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 78 134
10th Percentile £11.07 £12.93 £10.32
25th Percentile £12.95 £15.31 £12.10
Median hourly rate £14.80 £21.25 £19.35
Median % change year-on-year -30.35% +9.80% +17.29%
75th Percentile £20.99 £50.00 £26.50
90th Percentile £32.74 £65.00 £43.29
UK median hourly rate £14.82 £21.83 £19.52
% change year-on-year -32.11% +11.83% +8.44%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,028 2,205 3,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.86% 9.23% 9.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 844 1,378 1,971
10th Percentile £148 £164 £140
25th Percentile £200 £235 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +8.30%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £482
90th Percentile £619 £600 £560
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 536 200 323
10th Percentile £11.10 £13.70 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.79 £17.00 £12.88
Median hourly rate £16.06 £29.58 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.71% +55.68% +5.56%
75th Percentile £38.75 £50.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £54.95
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -45.48% +51.16% +16.22%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
South East -2 165 £351 -15.42% 354
North of England +4 147 £475 +26.67% 372
Scotland +61 126 £375 +7.14% 94
East of England +18 122 £400 +10.34% 176
North West +21 112 £475 +20.70% 208
South West +25 80 £475 -5.00% 163
Midlands -14 79 £375 -6.25% 264
West Midlands -21 51 £425 +6.25% 143
East Midlands +6 28 £190 -53.94% 120
Yorkshire -26 27 £475 +26.67% 111
Northern Ireland -3 11 £168 -50.37% 24
North East +17 9 £230 -21.54% 58
Wales +13 6 £513 -6.82% 38
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 79 (10.75%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.31%) Confluence
3 6 (0.82%) Apache
3 6 (0.82%) IIS
3 6 (0.82%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (0.82%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (0.82%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.41%) SAS
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.27%) Moodle
6 2 (0.27%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Drupal
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 298 (40.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 259 (35.24%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (9.80%) Microsoft Project
4 59 (8.03%) Spreadsheet
5 48 (6.53%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.95%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.41%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.27%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.27%) Lectora
9 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.14%) Simulink
9 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.50%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (0.95%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.68%) SmartPlant
5 4 (0.54%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.14%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 104 (14.15%) Power Platform
2 55 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (4.76%) Azure
4 25 (3.40%) Entra ID
5 15 (2.04%) Yammer
6 13 (1.77%) OCI
7 11 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.36%) Google Workspace
8 10 (1.36%) SaaS
9 9 (1.22%) IaaS
9 9 (1.22%) PaaS
9 9 (1.22%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.68%) Google Sheets
10 5 (0.68%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.68%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 5 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (0.54%) Smartsheet
12 2 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.27%) SurveyMonkey
12 2 (0.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.09%) PSTN
3 7 (0.95%) HTTP
3 7 (0.95%) Intranet
4 6 (0.82%) 4G
4 6 (0.82%) 5G
4 6 (0.82%) H.323
4 6 (0.82%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.68%) 3G
5 5 (0.68%) Diameter Protocol
5 5 (0.68%) DNS
5 5 (0.68%) GGSN
5 5 (0.68%) LTE
5 5 (0.68%) Radio Access Network
5 5 (0.68%) RANAP
5 5 (0.68%) SGSN
5 5 (0.68%) Skype
5 5 (0.68%) VoLTE
5 5 (0.68%) Wireshark
6 4 (0.54%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (13.88%) Power BI
2 22 (2.99%) Tableau
3 16 (2.18%) Oracle Reports
4 14 (1.90%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.50%) PowerPivot
6 10 (1.36%) Metadata
7 9 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.22%) GIS
8 8 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.95%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 7 (0.95%) SAP HANA
10 6 (0.82%) Data Mining
10 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Power View
11 5 (0.68%) Big Data
11 5 (0.68%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.54%) Power Query
12 4 (0.54%) Spatial Data
12 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.41%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 55 (7.48%) JIRA
2 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.27%) ERwin
2 2 (0.27%) Git
2 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.14%) Hudson
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 366 (49.80%) Social Skills
2 208 (28.30%) Finance
3 189 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (11.56%) Organisational Skills
5 66 (8.98%) Public Sector
6 65 (8.84%) Presentation Skills
7 63 (8.57%) Telecoms
8 43 (5.85%) Legal
9 37 (5.03%) Banking
10 34 (4.63%) Mandarin Language
11 32 (4.35%) Manufacturing
12 26 (3.54%) Retail
13 22 (2.99%) Publishing
14 21 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (1.50%) German Language
16 11 (1.50%) Marketing
17 10 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.36%) Police
18 9 (1.22%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 218 (29.66%) Analyst
2 90 (12.24%) Administrator
3 56 (7.62%) Lead
4 43 (5.85%) Service Analyst
5 33 (4.49%) Business Analyst
6 30 (4.08%) Coordinator
7 29 (3.95%) Service Desk Analyst
8 28 (3.81%) Data Analyst
9 27 (3.67%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
10 24 (3.27%) Project Leader
11 23 (3.13%) IT Support
12 19 (2.59%) Project Manager
12 19 (2.59%) Security Analyst
13 18 (2.45%) Change Analyst
13 18 (2.45%) Senior
14 17 (2.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 17 (2.31%) Data Administrator
14 17 (2.31%) Financial Analyst
15 14 (1.90%) Customer Analyst
15 14 (1.90%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.31%) SailPoint
2 11 (1.50%) HTML
3 7 (0.95%) OpenID
3 7 (0.95%) SAML
4 6 (0.82%) .NET
4 6 (0.82%) CSS
4 6 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.68%) XML
6 3 (0.41%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.27%) ADO
7 2 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.27%) Flash
7 2 (0.27%) Lucene
7 2 (0.27%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.14%) COM
8 1 (0.14%) Google Maps API
8 1 (0.14%) HTML5
8 1 (0.14%) JSON
8 1 (0.14%) Series 60
Miscellaneous
1 73 (9.93%) Management Information System
2 34 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (2.72%) Virtual Team
4 18 (2.45%) Life Science
5 13 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.63%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.50%) NHS
8 10 (1.36%) Smartphone
9 9 (1.22%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (0.95%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.82%) Freedom of Information
11 6 (0.82%) IVR
12 5 (0.68%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.54%) CCTV
13 4 (0.54%) CMDB
13 4 (0.54%) DTCC
13 4 (0.54%) iPhone
13 4 (0.54%) Market Risk
14 3 (0.41%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.85%) Windows
2 21 (2.86%) Windows 10
3 10 (1.36%) Linux
4 6 (0.82%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (0.82%) Windows 7
5 4 (0.54%) Android
6 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.27%) Unix
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.27%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (25.03%) Problem-Solving
2 135 (18.37%) Project Management
3 117 (15.92%) Customer Service
4 110 (14.97%) Business Intelligence
5 93 (12.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 85 (11.56%) Agile
7 66 (8.98%) Data Analysis
8 59 (8.03%) Service Delivery
9 58 (7.89%) Project Delivery
10 57 (7.76%) Data Management
11 54 (7.35%) Time Management
12 53 (7.21%) Mathematics
13 50 (6.80%) Decision-Making
14 44 (5.99%) Change Management
14 44 (5.99%) Incident Management
15 43 (5.85%) PRINCE2
16 39 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (5.31%) ERP
17 38 (5.17%) Collaborative Working
18 37 (5.03%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 62 (8.44%) SQL
2 15 (2.04%) JavaScript
3 14 (1.90%) Python
4 11 (1.50%) VBA
5 8 (1.09%) PowerShell
6 7 (0.95%) C#
7 6 (0.82%) MATLAB
8 5 (0.68%) Java
9 4 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.41%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.27%) VB
12 1 (0.14%) C
12 1 (0.14%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.14%) Groovy
12 1 (0.14%) Perl
12 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.14%) R
12 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 157 (21.36%) Degree
2 109 (14.83%) Security Cleared
3 56 (7.62%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.17%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.63%) APMP
6 18 (2.45%) PMP
7 16 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.18%) PMI Certification
8 15 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.90%) A+ Certification
10 13 (1.77%) MCSA
11 12 (1.63%) ACCA
11 12 (1.63%) CIMA
12 10 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.54%) CISM
13 4 (0.54%) CISSP
13 4 (0.54%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.54%) HNC
13 4 (0.54%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (11.29%) PMO
2 59 (8.03%) QA
3 45 (6.12%) SLA
4 23 (3.13%) GDPR
5 22 (2.99%) Data Quality
6 21 (2.86%) Disclosure Scotland
7 19 (2.59%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.68%) GAMP
8 5 (0.68%) GMP
8 5 (0.68%) GxP
8 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 47 (6.39%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.54%) SCCM
2 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.54%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 443 (60.27%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.71%) SAP
3 41 (5.58%) Oracle
4 25 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.31%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.18%) CyberArk
6 16 (2.18%) Google
7 13 (1.77%) Citrix
8 11 (1.50%) Adobe
9 9 (1.22%) Workday
10 8 (1.09%) Cisco
10 8 (1.09%) IFS
10 8 (1.09%) MicroStrategy
11 7 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (0.95%) Okta
11 7 (0.95%) Zscaler
12 6 (0.82%) Avaya
12 6 (0.82%) Cadence
12 6 (0.82%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.82%) VMware