Excel Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Excel Analyst
UK > England

The median Excel Analyst daily rate in England is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 517 581
Rank change year-on-year +16 +64 +168
Contract jobs requiring an Excel Analyst 9 12 15
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.032% 0.037% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.040% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 10
10th Percentile £329 £306 £159
25th Percentile £368 £363 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £388 £310
Median % change year-on-year +4.52% +25.00% -27.06%
75th Percentile £475 £400 £425
90th Percentile - £490 £513
UK median daily rate £387 £388 £375
% change year-on-year -0.26% +3.33% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £19.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,419 29,977 38,417
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 93.08% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,363 18,317 26,774
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,438 1,263 1,398
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.01 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.31 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +71.16%
75th Percentile £50.94 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +70.84%

Excel Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Excel Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Excel Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Excel Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in England

Excel Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Excel Analyst in England over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Excel Analyst in England

Excel Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in England

Excel Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Excel Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
London +13 4 £368 -8.00%
Midlands - 2 £405 -
South West - 2 £450 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £405 -
South East - 1 £308 - 1
Excel Analyst
UK

Excel Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 October 2025, Excel Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Excel Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (33.33%) PMO
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Data Interpretation
5 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (22.22%) Application Rationalisation
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (11.11%) QA
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Banking
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 1 (11.11%) Python
6 1 (11.11%) SQL
6 1 (11.11%) VBA
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project

Excel Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Application Rationalisation
2 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Data Interpretation
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) P3O
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Poppulo