Microsoft Excel Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Excel
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 46 60
Rank change year-on-year +1 +14 +40
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 34 50 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.67% 3.30% 3.06%
As % of the Applications category 53.97% 35.46% 51.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 32
10th Percentile £156 £288 £178
25th Percentile £208 £343 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £325
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £456 £495 £445
90th Percentile £575 £750 £500
North West median daily rate £400 £475 £385
% change year-on-year -15.79% +23.30% +28.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 19 9
10th Percentile £15.90 £11.77 £11.35
25th Percentile £24.63 £12.00 £13.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £13.31 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +144.14% -79.52% -
75th Percentile £33.75 £24.15 -
90th Percentile - £26.50 £68.00
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
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 63 141 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 6.80% 9.29% 5.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 59 66
10th Percentile £156 £241 £188
25th Percentile £216 £343 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £425 £353
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% +20.40% +2.32%
75th Percentile £461 £491 £467
90th Percentile £549 £600 £545
North West median daily rate £431 £423 £400
% change year-on-year +2.07% +5.63% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 38 14
10th Percentile £17.48 £11.94 £11.85
25th Percentile £31.25 £12.96 £16.69
Median hourly rate £32.50 £20.91 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.43% -47.73% +100.00%
75th Percentile £53.44 £36.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £57.50 -
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 Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in Manchester

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Manchester

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Manchester

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Manchester

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Manchester

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester 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
Wigan +6 5 £163 +1.56% 1
Bolton -9 1 - - 16
Microsoft Excel
North West

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (8.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) NetSuite
1 2 (5.88%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (26.47%) Power Platform
2 6 (17.65%) Azure
2 6 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (5.88%) Azure Functions
3 2 (5.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (5.88%) PowerApps
3 2 (5.88%) Serverless
4 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) DHCP
1 1 (2.94%) DNS
1 1 (2.94%) Intranet
1 1 (2.94%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (26.47%) Power BI
2 4 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (11.76%) Tableau
3 3 (8.82%) SQL Server
4 2 (5.88%) MySQL
5 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) JIRA
2 5 (14.71%) Hudson
3 2 (5.88%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Public Sector
3 6 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.71%) Local Government
5 4 (11.76%) Finance
6 3 (8.82%) Marketing
6 3 (8.82%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.94%) Aviation
8 1 (2.94%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Analyst
2 5 (14.71%) Data Analyst
2 5 (14.71%) Facilities Manager
2 5 (14.71%) Facilities Project Manager
2 5 (14.71%) Project Manager
3 3 (8.82%) 1st Line Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (8.82%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Administrator
3 3 (8.82%) Business Analyst
3 3 (8.82%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Data Migration Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Migration Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Programme Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Programme Planner
4 2 (5.88%) Project Planner
4 2 (5.88%) Senior
5 1 (2.94%) Lead
5 1 (2.94%) Lead Data Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Service Delivery Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) LDAP
1 1 (2.94%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) NHS
2 1 (2.94%) Blog
2 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Windows
2 3 (8.82%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Project Management
2 9 (26.47%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (14.71%) Change Management
4 5 (14.71%) Contract Negotiation
4 5 (14.71%) ETL
4 5 (14.71%) Facilities Management
4 5 (14.71%) ITIL
4 5 (14.71%) Resource Management
5 3 (8.82%) Change Control
5 3 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (8.82%) Data Governance
5 3 (8.82%) Data Migration
5 3 (8.82%) Lean Six Sigma
5 3 (8.82%) Migration
5 3 (8.82%) PRINCE2
5 3 (8.82%) Proactive Maintenance
5 3 (8.82%) Process Management
5 3 (8.82%) Six Sigma
5 3 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (32.35%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) HNC
3 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) ACCA
5 1 (2.94%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 2 (5.88%) PMO
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (2.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Databricks
2 3 (8.82%) SAP
3 2 (5.88%) Brio
4 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow