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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 51 58
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +36
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 22 44 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.44% 3.05% 2.68%
As % of the Applications category 38.60% 37.29% 44.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 31
10th Percentile £184 £175 £200
25th Percentile £219 £250 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £345 £350
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.43% -5.41%
75th Percentile £481 £619 £453
90th Percentile £575 £750 £500
North West median daily rate £425 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -10.53% +18.75% +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 20 4
10th Percentile - £11.78 £31.13
25th Percentile - £12.00 £52.91
Median hourly rate £12.76 £13.54 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% -79.16% +233.33%
75th Percentile - £24.77 £68.75
90th Percentile - £26.50 £75.50
North West median hourly rate £21.27 £13.78 £40.59
% change year-on-year +54.41% -66.06% +110.91%

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 57 118 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 6.31% 8.18% 5.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 52 63
10th Percentile £202 £210 £176
25th Percentile £313 £343 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £429 £375
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% +14.33% -
75th Percentile £465 £488 £475
90th Percentile £568 £600 £536
North West median daily rate £447 £433 £400
% change year-on-year +3.35% +8.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 35 14
10th Percentile £26.25 £11.87 £15.99
25th Percentile £46.48 £12.84 £17.71
Median hourly rate £60.00 £24.19 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +148.04% -39.53% +100.00%
75th Percentile - £36.25 £43.44
90th Percentile - £57.50 £65.00
North West median hourly rate £27.25 £16.06 £40.00
% change year-on-year +69.68% -59.85% +100.00%

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 31 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
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 31 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 +5 2 - - 1
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 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (13.64%) MS Visio
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) NetSuite
1 2 (9.09%) Primavera
2 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Power BI
2 2 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (9.09%) Tableau
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
2 2 (9.09%) Hudson
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.64%) Marketing
5 2 (9.09%) Banking
5 2 (9.09%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (9.09%) Investment Banking
5 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Retail
5 2 (9.09%) Retail Banking
6 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.55%) Games
6 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Italian Language
6 1 (4.55%) Legal
6 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Business Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Data Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Administrator
3 2 (9.09%) Data Migration Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Migration Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Programme Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Programme Planner
3 2 (9.09%) Project Planner
3 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Business Change Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Business Process Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Administrator
4 1 (4.55%) HR Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Lead
4 1 (4.55%) Lead Data Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Process Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Test Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (27.27%) Project Management
3 4 (18.18%) Change Management
3 4 (18.18%) ITIL
3 4 (18.18%) Six Sigma
4 3 (13.64%) Agile
4 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (13.64%) Data Governance
4 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
4 3 (13.64%) ETL
4 3 (13.64%) Lean Six Sigma
4 3 (13.64%) Migration
4 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
4 3 (13.64%) Process Management
4 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (9.09%) Business Case
5 2 (9.09%) Epics
5 2 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) ACCA
3 1 (4.55%) CIMA
3 1 (4.55%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 2 (9.09%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) Databricks
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow