Microsoft Excel Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 39 30 87
Rank change year-on-year -9 +57 -16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 90 129 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 5.54% 5.82% 2.87%
As % of the Applications category 48.65% 53.97% 30.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 76 56
10th Percentile £235 £156 £175
25th Percentile £313 £209 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £338
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.90%
75th Percentile £438 £528 £491
90th Percentile £518 £641 £597
UK median daily rate £400 £440 £425
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 4
10th Percentile £20.66 £12.30 £13.41
25th Percentile £20.94 £15.42 £15.07
Median hourly rate £23.72 £19.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.64% +13.08% -8.00%
75th Percentile £28.22 £19.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.38 £21.64 £22.25
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £14.80 £22.88
% change year-on-year +14.86% -35.30% +17.19%

All Software Application Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 185 239 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.38% 10.78% 9.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 129 206
10th Percentile £190 £157 £163
25th Percentile £263 £205 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £384
Median % change year-on-year - -2.28% +4.14%
75th Percentile £458 £488 £475
90th Percentile £566 £555 £550
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 20 8
10th Percentile £16.02 £11.50 £14.88
25th Percentile £16.75 £12.15 £17.29
Median hourly rate £20.29 £17.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% -14.63% +11.34%
75th Percentile £26.09 £19.75 £56.06
90th Percentile £28.38 £21.76 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow -5 44 £350 - 18
Edinburgh -9 33 £463 -7.50% 20
Aberdeen +2 6 £363 +11.54% 6
Dundee +2 2 £200 -
Perthshire +1 2 £375 -28.57%
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - - 1
Argyll and Bute - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 35 (38.89%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.33%) SAS
3 1 (1.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (46.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 16 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (7.78%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (5.56%) MS Visio
5 4 (4.44%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (1.11%) Acrobat
6 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.11%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 27 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (17.78%) Yammer
3 15 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 8 (8.89%) Azure
5 5 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.44%) PowerApps
7 3 (3.33%) Google Analytics
7 3 (3.33%) Google Data Studio
7 3 (3.33%) OCI
8 1 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.33%) Intranet
2 2 (2.22%) Internet
3 1 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.11%) VPN
3 1 (1.11%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (16.67%) Power BI
2 8 (8.89%) Tableau
3 4 (4.44%) Power Query
4 3 (3.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 3 (3.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.22%) EDRMS
5 2 (2.22%) OLAP
5 2 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.11%) DB2
6 1 (1.11%) MS Access
6 1 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.11%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 9 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.11%) RStudio
General
1 53 (58.89%) Social Skills
2 36 (40.00%) Finance
3 26 (28.89%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (24.44%) Public Sector
5 16 (17.78%) Banking
6 14 (15.56%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (8.89%) Investment Banking
8 6 (6.67%) Publishing
9 3 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.22%) Back Office
11 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.11%) Marketing
11 1 (1.11%) Retail
11 1 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (48.89%) Analyst
2 16 (17.78%) Change Analyst
3 6 (6.67%) Business Analyst
3 6 (6.67%) Business Change Analyst
3 6 (6.67%) Lead
4 5 (5.56%) Project Assistant
5 4 (4.44%) Administrator
5 4 (4.44%) PMO Analyst
5 4 (4.44%) Senior
6 3 (3.33%) Architect
6 3 (3.33%) Credit Analyst
6 3 (3.33%) Data Analyst
6 3 (3.33%) Data Architect
6 3 (3.33%) Data Engineer
6 3 (3.33%) Developer
6 3 (3.33%) Insight Manager
6 3 (3.33%) Performance Analyst
6 3 (3.33%) Performance Manager
6 3 (3.33%) Portfolio Analyst
6 3 (3.33%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.11%) CSS
2 1 (1.11%) J2EE
2 1 (1.11%) Kafka
2 1 (1.11%) REST
2 1 (1.11%) SOAP
2 1 (1.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.33%) CMDB
4 3 (3.33%) Credit Risk
4 3 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.22%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.11%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.11%) FMCG
6 1 (1.11%) NHS
6 1 (1.11%) PDA
6 1 (1.11%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.11%) Smart Meter
6 1 (1.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.33%) Windows
2 1 (1.11%) Linux
2 1 (1.11%) Unix
2 1 (1.11%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (41.11%) Agile
2 25 (27.78%) Project Management
3 22 (24.44%) Change Management
3 22 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 15 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 13 (14.44%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (13.33%) Project Delivery
8 11 (12.22%) Infographics
9 10 (11.11%) Data Security
9 10 (11.11%) Decision-Making
10 9 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (10.00%) Time Management
11 7 (7.78%) Data Modelling
11 7 (7.78%) Data Visualisation
11 7 (7.78%) Investment Management
11 7 (7.78%) Visualisation
11 7 (7.78%) Wealth Management
12 6 (6.67%) Data Architecture
12 6 (6.67%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.44%) SQL
2 8 (8.89%) VBA
3 5 (5.56%) Python
4 1 (1.11%) Java
4 1 (1.11%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (16.67%) Degree
2 4 (4.44%) CIMA
3 3 (3.33%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (2.22%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.11%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.11%) CISM
5 1 (1.11%) CISSP
5 1 (1.11%) ISACA
5 1 (1.11%) MCP
5 1 (1.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.67%) QA
2 5 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.56%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (5.56%) GDPR
2 5 (5.56%) PMO
3 2 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.22%) SLA
4 1 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (1.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.11%) ServiceCenter
1 1 (1.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 50 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.00%) Oracle
3 6 (6.67%) Adobe
4 4 (4.44%) Alteryx
4 4 (4.44%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.33%) Google
6 1 (1.11%) Bomgar
6 1 (1.11%) Cisco
6 1 (1.11%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.11%) HP
6 1 (1.11%) Peregrine
6 1 (1.11%) Qualys
6 1 (1.11%) Remedy
6 1 (1.11%) SAP