Microsoft Excel Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Excel
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 9 36
Rank change year-on-year +4 +27 +17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 61 86 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 21.94% 16.73% 4.18%
As % of the Applications category 76.25% 87.76% 40.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 10
10th Percentile - £181 £212
25th Percentile £195 £198 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £248 £225 £388
Median % change year-on-year +10.22% -41.94% +21.57%
75th Percentile £296 £263 £513
90th Percentile - £285 £538
East of England median daily rate £296 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -26.00% +6.67% +13.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 70 5
10th Percentile £14.84 - -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.29
Median hourly rate £15.14 £14.84 £13.58
Median % change year-on-year +2.02% +9.28% +4.46%
75th Percentile £16.85 £16.51 £13.87
90th Percentile £18.85 £16.85 £21.90
East of England median hourly rate £16.23 £14.92 £18.25
% change year-on-year +8.78% -18.22% -2.43%

All Software Application Skills
Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Excel falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 80 98 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 28.78% 19.07% 10.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 5 27
10th Percentile £193 £139 £178
25th Percentile £195 £170 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £296 £225 £325
Median % change year-on-year +31.56% -30.77% -
75th Percentile £338 £300 £428
90th Percentile £525 £345 £506
East of England median daily rate £296 £363 £325
% change year-on-year -18.34% +11.54% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 79 7
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.48 £13.29
Median hourly rate £15.44 £15.00 £13.58
Median % change year-on-year +2.93% +10.46% -6.34%
75th Percentile £18.85 £16.85 £20.75
90th Percentile £22.68 £27.00 £23.35
East of England median hourly rate £19.16 £15.76 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.54% -67.84% +104.17%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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
Peterborough +9 47 £200 -16.67% 36
Cambridge -3 8 £296 +31.56% 49
Microsoft Excel
East of England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 52 (85.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (29.51%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (29.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Power BI
General
1 25 (40.98%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.39%) German Language
3 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.84%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (9.84%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (4.92%) Hungarian Language
4 3 (4.92%) Spanish Language
5 2 (3.28%) Lithuanian Language
Job Titles
1 29 (47.54%) Analyst
2 28 (45.90%) Service Analyst
3 18 (29.51%) Service Desk Analyst
3 18 (29.51%) Technical Analyst
3 18 (29.51%) Technical Services Analyst
4 10 (16.39%) Customer Analyst
4 10 (16.39%) Customer Service Analyst
5 1 (1.64%) Business Analyst
5 1 (1.64%) Coordinator
5 1 (1.64%) Data Analytics Analyst
5 1 (1.64%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (1.64%) IT Manager
5 1 (1.64%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) CMDB
2 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
1 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (86.89%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (75.41%) Customer Service
2 46 (75.41%) Incident Management
2 46 (75.41%) Mathematics
2 46 (75.41%) Service Delivery
3 18 (29.51%) ITIL
4 8 (13.11%) Asset Management
5 7 (11.48%) Data Management
5 7 (11.48%) IT Asset Management
6 6 (9.84%) Configuration Management
6 6 (9.84%) Data Analysis
6 6 (9.84%) Data Entry
6 6 (9.84%) Inventory Management
6 6 (9.84%) ITSM
6 6 (9.84%) Service Management
6 6 (9.84%) Time Management
7 1 (1.64%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (1.64%) Process Improvement
7 1 (1.64%) Project Management
7 1 (1.64%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 18 (29.51%) A+ Certification
1 18 (29.51%) MCSA
1 18 (29.51%) Microsoft Certification
1 18 (29.51%) SC Cleared
1 18 (29.51%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.84%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (9.84%) Degree
System Software
1 18 (29.51%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 53 (86.89%) Microsoft
2 18 (29.51%) Citrix
2 18 (29.51%) ServiceNow