Microsoft Excel Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Excel
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 62 58 61
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 113 152 207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.43% 3.19% 3.55%
As % of the Applications category 37.92% 26.57% 46.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 47 121
10th Percentile £156 £223 £181
25th Percentile £257 £313 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £370
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +28.38% -7.50%
75th Percentile £497 £606 £475
90th Percentile £638 £750 £538
England median daily rate £413 £443 £425
% change year-on-year -6.88% +4.24% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 66 18
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.00 £12.90
25th Percentile £18.75 £11.77 £15.38
Median hourly rate £28.54 £13.78 £45.08
Median % change year-on-year +107.21% -69.44% +114.26%
75th Percentile £33.75 £25.92 £65.00
90th Percentile £34.31 £43.75 -
England median hourly rate £16.23 £14.80 £25.13
% change year-on-year +9.66% -41.09% +25.63%

All Software Application Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 298 572 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 9.04% 12.00% 7.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 194 301
10th Percentile £156 £137 £153
25th Percentile £223 £200 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £396 £375
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% +5.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £498 £513 £488
90th Percentile £573 £630 £580
England median daily rate £423 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 163 31
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £13.50
25th Percentile £18.76 £11.77 £20.68
Median hourly rate £27.13 £15.17 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.81% -62.08% +100.00%
75th Percentile £34.31 £26.39 £54.88
90th Percentile £59.30 £44.01 £65.00
England median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the North of England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the North of England

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the North of England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the North of England

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the North of England

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
North West -25 57 £400 -15.79% 215
Yorkshire +29 49 £406 -14.47% 131
North East -1 7 £625 +171.74% 38
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 14 (12.39%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.96%) Confluence
3 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.88%) SAS
Applications
1 48 (42.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 38 (33.63%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (13.27%) MS Visio
4 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.77%) NetSuite
1 2 (1.77%) Primavera
2 1 (0.88%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.88%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.88%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (22.12%) Power Platform
2 12 (10.62%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.96%) Azure
4 6 (5.31%) Lucidchart
5 4 (3.54%) GCP
6 2 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.77%) Azure Functions
6 2 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.77%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.77%) SaaS
6 2 (1.77%) Serverless
7 1 (0.88%) AWS
7 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.62%) Intranet
2 6 (5.31%) LAN
3 4 (3.54%) Kerberos
4 3 (2.65%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.65%) WAN
5 2 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.88%) DHCP
6 1 (0.88%) DNS
6 1 (0.88%) PSTN
6 1 (0.88%) Skype
6 1 (0.88%) VoIP
6 1 (0.88%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (22.12%) Power BI
2 15 (13.27%) Tableau
3 6 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.65%) Data Mining
4 3 (2.65%) QlikView
4 3 (2.65%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.77%) Big Data
5 2 (1.77%) MySQL
5 2 (1.77%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.88%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.88%) DB2
6 1 (0.88%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.88%) Easytrieve
6 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.88%) Parquet
6 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (14.16%) JIRA
2 5 (4.42%) Hudson
3 2 (1.77%) ERwin
3 2 (1.77%) PowerDesigner
3 2 (1.77%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 58 (51.33%) Social Skills
2 25 (22.12%) Finance
3 21 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (14.16%) Local Government
5 14 (12.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (11.50%) Public Sector
7 11 (9.73%) Banking
7 11 (9.73%) Public Speaking
8 10 (8.85%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (6.19%) Manufacturing
10 6 (5.31%) Retail
11 5 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (2.65%) Billing
13 3 (2.65%) Marketing
14 2 (1.77%) Italian Language
14 2 (1.77%) Legal
14 2 (1.77%) Military
14 2 (1.77%) Retail Banking
14 2 (1.77%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (34.51%) Analyst
2 11 (9.73%) Business Analyst
2 11 (9.73%) Communications Officer
3 10 (8.85%) Administrator
3 10 (8.85%) Senior
4 9 (7.96%) Data Analyst
5 6 (5.31%) Project Manager
6 5 (4.42%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 5 (4.42%) Coordinator
6 5 (4.42%) Facilities Manager
6 5 (4.42%) Facilities Project Manager
6 5 (4.42%) Lead
7 4 (3.54%) Support Engineer
7 4 (3.54%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (3.54%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (2.65%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (2.65%) Architect
8 3 (2.65%) Data Architect
8 3 (2.65%) Network Analyst
8 3 (2.65%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.54%) OAuth
1 4 (3.54%) OpenID
1 4 (3.54%) SAML
2 3 (2.65%) D3.js
3 1 (0.88%) JSON
3 1 (0.88%) LDAP
3 1 (0.88%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.88%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.19%) NHS
2 4 (3.54%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.65%) PMI
3 3 (2.65%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.77%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.88%) Blog
5 1 (0.88%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.88%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.42%) Windows
2 4 (3.54%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.88%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (22.12%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (18.58%) Project Management
4 15 (13.27%) Change Management
5 13 (11.50%) Decision-Making
5 13 (11.50%) Visualisation
6 11 (9.73%) Business Continuity
6 11 (9.73%) Business Development
7 10 (8.85%) Data Analysis
7 10 (8.85%) Data Visualisation
7 10 (8.85%) Migration
7 10 (8.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (7.96%) Analytics
8 9 (7.96%) Business Analysis
8 9 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (7.96%) Customer Service
8 9 (7.96%) PRINCE2
8 9 (7.96%) Time Management
9 8 (7.08%) Agile
9 8 (7.08%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (19.47%) SQL
2 3 (2.65%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.65%) T-SQL
2 3 (2.65%) VB
2 3 (2.65%) VBA
3 1 (0.88%) CLIST
3 1 (0.88%) COBOL
3 1 (0.88%) JCL
3 1 (0.88%) Python
3 1 (0.88%) R
3 1 (0.88%) REXX
Qualifications
1 32 (28.32%) Degree
2 5 (4.42%) HNC
3 4 (3.54%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.65%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.65%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.77%) PMP
6 1 (0.88%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.88%) ACCA
6 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.88%) CIMA
6 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.88%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.96%) PMO
2 8 (7.08%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.42%) GDPR
4 3 (2.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.65%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.88%) QA
5 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (8.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.77%) HP Data Protector
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.77%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.88%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (0.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 44 (38.94%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.31%) SAP
3 5 (4.42%) Databricks
4 4 (3.54%) Oracle
5 2 (1.77%) Brio
5 2 (1.77%) Dell
5 2 (1.77%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.77%) Veritas
6 1 (0.88%) Ariba
6 1 (0.88%) Bomgar
6 1 (0.88%) Google
6 1 (0.88%) IBM
6 1 (0.88%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.88%) Ping Identity
6 1 (0.88%) Salesforce