Microsoft Excel Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Excel
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 35 33
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 13 23 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.90% 4.56% 5.66%
As % of the Applications category 29.55% 26.14% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 15
10th Percentile £361 £393 £183
25th Percentile £400 £438 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +21.88% +10.50%
75th Percentile £510 £506 £475
90th Percentile £550 £518 -
North West median daily rate £400 £475 £385
% change year-on-year -15.79% +23.30% +28.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile - £26.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £19.00 £41.25 £14.38
Median hourly rate £20.00 £42.50 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% +178.69% +10.01%
75th Percentile £22.60 £43.75 £16.38
90th Percentile £23.55 - £16.60
North West median hourly rate £24.39 £13.78 £45.08
% change year-on-year +77.04% -69.44% +114.46%

All Software Application Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 44 88 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 9.80% 17.46% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 47 23
10th Percentile £240 £65 £200
25th Percentile £323 £158 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £405 £383
Median % change year-on-year +12.59% +5.74% +21.59%
75th Percentile £518 £610 £446
90th Percentile £551 £689 £475
North West median daily rate £431 £423 £400
% change year-on-year +2.07% +5.63% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 4
10th Percentile - £11.00 £14.40
25th Percentile £19.00 £14.64 £14.63
Median hourly rate £22.10 £17.72 £25.88
Median % change year-on-year +24.69% -31.52% +42.52%
75th Percentile £27.64 £39.48 £36.00
90th Percentile £33.86 £43.75 -
North West median hourly rate £27.13 £16.06 £40.00
% change year-on-year +68.90% -59.85% +90.48%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in Cheshire

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Cheshire

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Cheshire

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Cheshire

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Chester -4 7 £450 - 27
Macclesfield +13 2 £550 +12.82% 1
Knutsford -3 2 £426 - 1
Northwich +8 1 - - 1
Microsoft Excel
North West

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 7 (53.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) Tableau
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Finance
3 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Banking
4 4 (30.77%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (15.38%) Italian Language
6 2 (15.38%) Spanish Language
7 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
7 1 (7.69%) Legal
7 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (7.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Network Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Risk Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Service Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Commercial Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Commercial Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.69%) PMO Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) PMI
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Analytics
1 5 (38.46%) Data Analytics
1 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
2 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
2 3 (23.08%) Internal Audit
2 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Supply Chain Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.69%) Change Control
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security
4 1 (7.69%) PRINCE
4 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2
4 1 (7.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
1 1 (7.69%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Ping Identity
2 1 (7.69%) SAP