Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Excel
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 53 72
Rank change year-on-year -45 +19 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 86 87 44
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.17% 3.95% 1.81%
As % of the Applications category 39.27% 42.44% 33.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 37 20
10th Percentile £270 £262 £148
25th Percentile £349 £313 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £425 £223
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% +90.58% -40.53%
75th Percentile £597 £475 £434
90th Percentile £694 £500 £553
England median daily rate £420 £418 £390
% change year-on-year +0.60% +7.05% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 28 8
10th Percentile £13.11 £19.07 £26.75
25th Percentile £14.06 £19.58 £31.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.32 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% -33.88% +63.99%
75th Percentile £29.50 £33.06 £46.18
90th Percentile £30.81 £60.53 £56.08
England median hourly rate £17.50 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year -7.16% +16.14% -22.71%

All Software Application Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 219 205 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 5.52% 9.31% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 116 67
10th Percentile £163 £200 £175
25th Percentile £300 £313 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £431 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% +7.63% +48.15%
75th Percentile £588 £475 £509
90th Percentile £700 £518 £576
England median daily rate £443 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.24% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 36 18
10th Percentile £13.28 £18.97 £19.61
25th Percentile £14.90 £19.58 £25.54
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.63 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.04% -30.37% +60.26%
75th Percentile £30.90 £35.50 £53.38
90th Percentile £51.00 £63.40 £85.42
England median hourly rate £17.93 £24.31 £18.88
% change year-on-year -26.25% +28.79% -26.58%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the North West

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the North West over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the North West

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the North West over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the North West

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 9 October 2026. 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
Manchester -42 42 £594 +53.23% 126
Cheshire -4 19 £400 -8.57% 37
Lancashire -15 15 £413 +5.10% 34
Merseyside -6 9 £103 -78.97% 24
Cumbria - 4 - - 18
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 19 (22.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (38.37%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (27.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (10.47%) MS Visio
4 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.16%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 6 (6.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.65%) Primavera
2 4 (4.65%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (32.56%) Power Platform
2 6 (6.98%) Azure
2 6 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.81%) Power Automate
3 5 (5.81%) PowerApps
4 4 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.33%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (2.33%) Viva Engage
6 1 (1.16%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.16%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.81%) LAN
2 3 (3.49%) WAN
3 2 (2.33%) DHCP
3 2 (2.33%) DNS
3 2 (2.33%) Firewall
3 2 (2.33%) PABX
3 2 (2.33%) VLAN
3 2 (2.33%) VoIP
3 2 (2.33%) VPN
3 2 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (32.56%) Power BI
2 4 (4.65%) Tableau
3 3 (3.49%) Power Query
4 2 (2.33%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.16%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (9.30%) JIRA
2 2 (2.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 52 (60.47%) Social Skills
2 28 (32.56%) Finance
3 24 (27.91%) Manufacturing
4 23 (26.74%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (26.74%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.81%) Banking
6 4 (4.65%) Retail
7 3 (3.49%) Marketing
7 3 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Agriculture
8 2 (2.33%) Aviation
8 2 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.16%) Back Office
9 1 (1.16%) Cantonese Language
9 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.16%) Legal
9 1 (1.16%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (1.16%) Military
9 1 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (22.09%) Analyst
2 18 (20.93%) Coordinator
3 10 (11.63%) Administrator
4 8 (9.30%) Data Analyst
4 8 (9.30%) Project Coordinator
5 5 (5.81%) Technical Administrator
6 4 (4.65%) Lead
6 4 (4.65%) Support Officer
7 3 (3.49%) Automation Specialist
7 3 (3.49%) Compliance Specialist
7 3 (3.49%) Consultant
7 3 (3.49%) Data Consultant
7 3 (3.49%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (3.49%) LAN Specialist
7 3 (3.49%) Network Specialist
7 3 (3.49%) Process Analyst
7 3 (3.49%) Technical Consultant
7 3 (3.49%) WAN Specialist
8 2 (2.33%) Support Analyst
8 2 (2.33%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.77%) Management Information System
2 8 (9.30%) Driving Licence
3 4 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.65%) CMDB
3 4 (4.65%) Digital Media
3 4 (4.65%) Life Science
4 3 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.33%) e-Learning
5 2 (2.33%) FMCG
5 2 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.33%) Handset
5 2 (2.33%) Social Media
5 2 (2.33%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.16%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.65%) Windows
2 2 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (44.19%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (32.56%) Business Intelligence
3 26 (30.23%) Data Analysis
4 21 (24.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (22.09%) Decision-Making
7 17 (19.77%) Analytics
7 17 (19.77%) ERP
8 13 (15.12%) Agile
8 13 (15.12%) Mathematics
9 12 (13.95%) Process Improvement
9 12 (13.95%) Visualisation
10 10 (11.63%) Customer Service
11 9 (10.47%) AI
11 9 (10.47%) Data Visualisation
11 9 (10.47%) Generative AI
11 9 (10.47%) Project Management
11 9 (10.47%) Workflow
12 8 (9.30%) Business Analysis
12 8 (9.30%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.95%) SQL
2 6 (6.98%) Python
3 2 (2.33%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 22 (25.58%) Degree
2 5 (5.81%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.16%) CIPD
5 1 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.16%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.44%) Data Quality
2 9 (10.47%) PMO
3 7 (8.14%) GRC
4 4 (4.65%) GDPR
5 2 (2.33%) P3O
5 2 (2.33%) QA
6 1 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.16%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 47 (54.65%) Microsoft
2 19 (22.09%) SAP
3 6 (6.98%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.81%) UiPath
5 4 (4.65%) Databricks
6 2 (2.33%) Google
6 2 (2.33%) Oracle
6 2 (2.33%) Workday
7 1 (1.16%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.16%) Planon
7 1 (1.16%) Salesforce