Microsoft Excel Contracts in Edinburgh

Microsoft Excel
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 35 26 75
Rank change year-on-year -9 +49 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 33 49 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 5.28% 6.01% 2.84%
As % of the Applications category 48.53% 61.25% 29.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 28 25
10th Percentile £221 £156 £175
25th Percentile £263 £202 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% +27.52%
75th Percentile £513 £556 £594
90th Percentile £574 £750 £625
Scotland median daily rate £375 £375 £338
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.32 - -
Median hourly rate £27.35 £22.87 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.59% - -
75th Percentile £28.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £23.72 £19.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year +21.64% +13.08% -8.00%

All Software Application Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 68 80 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.88% 9.82% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 40 91
10th Percentile £175 £156 £163
25th Percentile £201 £205 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £473 £550 £488
90th Percentile £533 £750 £594
Scotland median daily rate £375 £375 £384
% change year-on-year - -2.28% +4.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile - £18.11 -
25th Percentile £26.32 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £27.35 £18.27 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.70% -65.20% +101.92%
75th Percentile £49.19 £22.87 £53.75
90th Percentile £61.68 £42.15 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.29 £17.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year +15.94% -14.63% +11.34%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in Edinburgh

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Edinburgh

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Edinburgh

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Edinburgh

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 10 (30.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (12.12%) Oracle Smart View
4 3 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (9.09%) Google Analytics
3 3 (9.09%) Google Data Studio
3 3 (9.09%) OCI
4 2 (6.06%) Azure
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Internet
1 1 (3.03%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Tableau
2 6 (18.18%) Power BI
3 4 (12.12%) Power Query
4 3 (9.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (6.06%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
6 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (3.03%) MS Access
6 1 (3.03%) OLAP
6 1 (3.03%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
1 1 (3.03%) RStudio
General
1 16 (48.48%) Public Sector
2 15 (45.45%) Finance
3 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
4 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (15.15%) Banking
6 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Project Assistant
3 4 (12.12%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Insight Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Lead
4 3 (9.09%) Performance Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Performance Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Data Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Oracle Specialist
5 2 (6.06%) Support Officer
6 1 (3.03%) Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Banking Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (3.03%) Business IT Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Developer
6 1 (3.03%) Executive Assistant
6 1 (3.03%) Google Analytics Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.15%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.03%) CMDB
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.03%) NHS
3 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (24.24%) Data Analysis
4 6 (18.18%) Data Security
5 5 (15.15%) Change Management
5 5 (15.15%) Data Modelling
5 5 (15.15%) Data Visualisation
5 5 (15.15%) Decision-Making
5 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery
5 5 (15.15%) Project Management
5 5 (15.15%) Visualisation
6 4 (12.12%) Analytics
6 4 (12.12%) Budget Management
6 4 (12.12%) Budgeting
6 4 (12.12%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 4 (12.12%) Business Forecasting
6 4 (12.12%) Coaching
6 4 (12.12%) Data Architecture
6 4 (12.12%) Line Management
6 4 (12.12%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) SQL
1 5 (15.15%) VBA
2 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) CIMA
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (9.09%) GDPR
3 2 (6.06%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.03%) PMO
4 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (57.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.21%) Oracle
3 5 (15.15%) Adobe
4 3 (9.09%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) Alteryx
5 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow