Microsoft Excel Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Excel
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 59 55
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 98 78 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.09% 2.76% 3.42%
As % of the Applications category 36.70% 31.97% 40.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 46 80
10th Percentile £216 £139 £163
25th Percentile £235 £202 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £307 £363 £441
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% -17.85% +12.42%
75th Percentile £427 £494 £539
90th Percentile £506 £625 £628
England median daily rate £400 £400 £450
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 20 6
10th Percentile £12.25 £10.89 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.67 £12.37 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.44 £14.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -27.27% +17.88%
75th Percentile £28.27 £26.15 £23.94
90th Percentile £30.00 £26.73 £24.94
England median hourly rate £18.85 £15.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +25.67% -28.57% +7.69%

All Software Application Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 267 244 271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.13% 8.65% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 146 174
10th Percentile £200 £170 £164
25th Percentile £235 £215 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £396 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.07% -1.06% +11.50%
75th Percentile £528 £500 £496
90th Percentile £600 £575 £594
England median daily rate £425 £400 £428
% change year-on-year +6.25% -6.54% -4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 44 18
10th Percentile £15.03 £11.15 £12.50
25th Percentile £21.94 £12.94 £14.40
Median hourly rate £32.09 £14.64 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.23% -33.48% +35.38%
75th Percentile £50.00 £30.84 £26.33
90th Percentile - £53.92 £42.25
England median hourly rate £24.83 £16.65 £25.13
% change year-on-year +49.13% -33.73% +12.72%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
West Midlands +24 79 £300 -25.00% 190
East Midlands -5 19 £413 +44.74% 119
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 13 (13.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.02%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (26.53%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (22.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (3.06%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (2.04%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.02%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.02%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.02%) SAP BPC
2 1 (1.02%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.02%) SAP GRC
2 1 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (36.73%) Power Platform
2 7 (7.14%) PowerApps
3 5 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.06%) Azure
4 3 (3.06%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.04%) SaaS
5 2 (2.04%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.02%) AWS
6 1 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.02%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.02%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (33.67%) Power BI
2 11 (11.22%) Tableau
3 7 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (5.10%) Power Query
5 3 (3.06%) Metadata
6 2 (2.04%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.04%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.02%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.02%) SAP BW
7 1 (1.02%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (9.18%) JIRA
2 2 (2.04%) TestPartner
3 1 (1.02%) Toad
General
1 42 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (21.43%) Finance
3 15 (15.31%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.08%) Automotive
6 4 (4.08%) Law
6 4 (4.08%) Local Government
7 3 (3.06%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.06%) Retail
8 2 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Environmental Health
9 1 (1.02%) Games
9 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Legal
Job Titles
1 35 (35.71%) Analyst
2 16 (16.33%) Support Assistant
3 15 (15.31%) Data Analyst
4 6 (6.12%) Administrator
4 6 (6.12%) Lead
5 5 (5.10%) Developer
5 5 (5.10%) PMO Analyst
5 5 (5.10%) Power BI Developer
6 4 (4.08%) Excel Analyst
7 3 (3.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 3 (3.06%) Customer Support Manager
7 3 (3.06%) Lead Data Analyst
7 3 (3.06%) Performance Analyst
7 3 (3.06%) Support Manager
7 3 (3.06%) Support Officer
7 3 (3.06%) Test Analyst
8 2 (2.04%) QA Analyst
8 2 (2.04%) Resource Management Analyst
8 2 (2.04%) Risk Manager
8 2 (2.04%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.08%) SailPoint
2 2 (2.04%) Middleware
3 1 (1.02%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (4.08%) SCADA
3 3 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.04%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.04%) Pricing Data
4 2 (2.04%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.02%) CCTV
5 1 (1.02%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.02%) Derivative
5 1 (1.02%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.02%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.02%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.02%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.06%) Windows
2 1 (1.02%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (33.67%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (26.53%) Customer Service
3 24 (24.49%) Data Analysis
4 23 (23.47%) Decision-Making
5 20 (20.41%) Test Scripting
6 19 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (15.31%) Visualisation
9 11 (11.22%) Agile
9 11 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (10.20%) Analytics
11 9 (9.18%) Actionable Insight
11 9 (9.18%) Data Visualisation
11 9 (9.18%) Project Management
12 8 (8.16%) Data Management
13 7 (7.14%) Data Modelling
13 7 (7.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 7 (7.14%) Migration
13 7 (7.14%) Process Improvement
13 7 (7.14%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (32.65%) SQL
2 7 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (6.12%) Python
4 4 (4.08%) VBA
5 2 (2.04%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.02%) Java
6 1 (1.02%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (10.20%) Degree
2 3 (3.06%) CISA
2 3 (3.06%) CISM
2 3 (3.06%) CISSP
2 3 (3.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 3 (3.06%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.02%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.02%) ISEB
3 1 (1.02%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (1.02%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.02%) MBA
3 1 (1.02%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.02%) PMP
3 1 (1.02%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (17.35%) SLA
2 11 (11.22%) PMO
3 7 (7.14%) Data Quality
4 4 (4.08%) QA
5 3 (3.06%) COBIT
5 3 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (3.06%) NIST
5 3 (3.06%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.02%) COSHH
6 1 (1.02%) GAAP
6 1 (1.02%) GRC
6 1 (1.02%) ISO 14001
6 1 (1.02%) NEBOSH
6 1 (1.02%) P3O
6 1 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.02%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.06%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 48 (48.98%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.12%) SAP
3 5 (5.10%) Oracle
4 4 (4.08%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.06%) Alteryx
5 3 (3.06%) Rapid7
6 2 (2.04%) MuleSoft
6 2 (2.04%) OpenText
6 2 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.02%) Concur
7 1 (1.02%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.02%) Databricks
7 1 (1.02%) Genesys
7 1 (1.02%) Ivanti
7 1 (1.02%) webMethods