Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Microsoft Excel
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 27 52
Rank change year-on-year -21 +25 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 26 23 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 3.96% 5.19% 1.49%
As % of the Applications category 44.07% 40.35% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 1
10th Percentile £258 £356 -
25th Percentile £363 £419 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £454 £350
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% +29.57% -24.32%
75th Percentile £500 £517 £363
90th Percentile £551 £550 -
North West median daily rate £400 £333 £350
% change year-on-year +20.12% -4.86% -15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £13.11 £17.08 -
25th Percentile £14.01 £18.31 £25.50
Median hourly rate £15.88 £22.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.82% -15.38% +57.58%
75th Percentile £17.88 £24.05 £26.50
90th Percentile £18.85 £24.13 -
North West median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £20.58
% change year-on-year -31.34% +57.92% +3.52%

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 59 57 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.99% 12.87% 12.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 26 27
10th Percentile £267 £303 £65
25th Percentile £338 £408 £94
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £483 £200
Median % change year-on-year -8.39% +141.38% -52.94%
75th Percentile £500 £547 £463
90th Percentile £603 £599 £500
North West median daily rate £381 £363 £261
% change year-on-year +5.17% +38.76% -38.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 6
10th Percentile £14.46 £18.18 £16.84
25th Percentile £17.38 £20.53 £17.14
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.05 £17.32
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +33.05% +33.95%
75th Percentile £19.50 £24.18 £17.74
90th Percentile £26.70 £24.18 £22.13
North West median hourly rate £22.32 £30.00 £20.58
% change year-on-year -25.62% +45.77% -14.25%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Cheshire over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Cheshire

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Microsoft Excel

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 15 December 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 -2 13 £475 +5.56% 2
Knutsford -12 10 £468 -5.77%
Warrington -7 2 £155 - 8
Microsoft Excel
North West

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (34.62%) SharePoint
2 7 (26.92%) Exchange Server 2013
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (26.92%) Skype for Business
3 6 (23.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (80.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (42.31%) MS Visio
3 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (26.92%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) Skype
2 4 (15.38%) LAN
2 4 (15.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) Tableau
2 4 (15.38%) MS Access
3 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 17 (65.38%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (46.15%) Banking
2 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 8 (30.77%) Finance
4 4 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Operational Support Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Operations Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Operations Support Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Support Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Architect
3 6 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Risk Management Specialist
5 2 (7.69%) Business Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Governance Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Programme Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Administrator
6 1 (3.85%) Coordinator
6 1 (3.85%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Junior
6 1 (3.85%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Junior Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Payments Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (26.92%) ITIL
3 7 (26.92%) Migration
3 7 (26.92%) Problem Management
3 7 (26.92%) Project Management
3 7 (26.92%) Six Sigma
3 7 (26.92%) Validation
4 6 (23.08%) Architectural Design
4 6 (23.08%) DevOps
4 6 (23.08%) Records Management
4 6 (23.08%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
5 5 (19.23%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
6 4 (15.38%) Analytics
6 4 (15.38%) Compliance Audit
6 4 (15.38%) Data Analytics
6 4 (15.38%) Network Architecture
6 4 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) BC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (26.92%) SCCM
2 1 (3.85%) Autotask
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) SAP