Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 50 31
Rank change year-on-year -20 -19 +40
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 61 78 113
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 2.74% 4.65% 6.00%
As % of the Applications category 41.78% 52.35% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 45 64
10th Percentile £276 £234 £150
25th Percentile £325 £275 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £428 £500 £500
90th Percentile £575 £525 £673
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -6.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 5
10th Percentile £12.83 £18.23 -
25th Percentile £13.00 £19.62 £12.30
Median hourly rate £15.81 £20.80 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.97% +63.10% +4.08%
75th Percentile - £22.99 £14.50
90th Percentile £15.83 £26.22 £32.22
UK median hourly rate £19.03 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year +0.95% +16.14% -21.14%

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 146 149 226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 6.56% 8.88% 12.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 82 130
10th Percentile £150 £187 £150
25th Percentile £263 £275 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £400 £256
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% +55.90% -31.67%
75th Percentile £463 £497 £435
90th Percentile £575 £570 £538
UK median daily rate £440 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +3.53% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 14
10th Percentile £12.97 - £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.02 £12.58
Median hourly rate £15.81 £18.45 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.51% -8.30%
75th Percentile £15.95 £19.97 £18.49
90th Percentile £35.98 £21.19 £36.71
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £22.63 £17.80
% change year-on-year - +27.13% -28.80%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Scotland over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Excel

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 7 August 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
Edinburgh -9 25 £400 -16.67% 10
Glasgow -14 25 £354 +4.89% 22
Dunbartonshire - 3 - -
Renfrewshire - 3 - - 3
Highlands - 2 - - 1
Stirling - 2 - - 1
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 15
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 9 (14.75%) Confluence
2 4 (6.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.64%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (44.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 22 (36.07%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (16.39%) MS Visio
4 5 (8.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Primavera
2 2 (3.28%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (3.28%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 18 (29.51%) Power Platform
2 12 (19.67%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (13.11%) Azure
4 5 (8.20%) Figma
5 2 (3.28%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.28%) SaaS
5 2 (3.28%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.64%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) 4G
1 1 (1.64%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (1.64%) Internet
1 1 (1.64%) Intranet
1 1 (1.64%) LAN
1 1 (1.64%) SDH
1 1 (1.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (29.51%) Power BI
2 8 (13.11%) DynamoDB
2 8 (13.11%) MongoDB
3 6 (9.84%) Tableau
4 4 (6.56%) Power Query
5 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.64%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 9 (14.75%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) Git
General
1 35 (57.38%) Social Skills
2 28 (45.90%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (42.62%) Finance
4 9 (14.75%) Banking
4 9 (14.75%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.84%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (6.56%) Legal
6 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.92%) Military
8 2 (3.28%) Law
8 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.64%) Back Office
9 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (63.93%) Analyst
2 8 (13.11%) Business Systems Analyst
2 8 (13.11%) Systems Analyst
3 7 (11.48%) Data Analyst
3 7 (11.48%) IT Analyst
3 7 (11.48%) Service Analyst
4 6 (9.84%) Support Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Administrator
5 5 (8.20%) Business Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Designer
5 5 (8.20%) IT Support
5 5 (8.20%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) PMO Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Senior
5 5 (8.20%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Service Desk Support
5 5 (8.20%) Service Desk Support Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Visual Designer
6 4 (6.56%) Senior Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.75%) JSON
2 5 (8.20%) Web Services
3 1 (1.64%) .NET
3 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.64%) HTML
3 1 (1.64%) WinForms
3 1 (1.64%) XML
3 1 (1.64%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Product Ownership
2 5 (8.20%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.64%) PMI
5 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (50.82%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (31.15%) Agile
3 17 (27.87%) Data Analysis
3 17 (27.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 15 (24.59%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (22.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (18.03%) Decision-Making
7 10 (16.39%) Migration
7 10 (16.39%) Scrum
7 10 (16.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (14.75%) Visualisation
9 8 (13.11%) AI
9 8 (13.11%) Customer Service
9 8 (13.11%) Generative AI
9 8 (13.11%) Sequence Diagram
10 7 (11.48%) Asset Management
10 7 (11.48%) Business Analysis
10 7 (11.48%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (11.48%) Dashboard Development
11 6 (9.84%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 13 (21.31%) SQL
2 9 (14.75%) PL/SQL
3 5 (8.20%) Python
4 1 (1.64%) C#
4 1 (1.64%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.64%) VB
4 1 (1.64%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.64%) VBA
4 1 (1.64%) XPath
Qualifications
1 12 (19.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (13.11%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.20%) Degree
4 3 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.92%) HNC
4 3 (4.92%) HND
4 3 (4.92%) Postgraduate
5 2 (3.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.64%) ACCA
6 1 (1.64%) CCDA
6 1 (1.64%) CCDP
6 1 (1.64%) CCNA
6 1 (1.64%) CCNP
6 1 (1.64%) CIMA
6 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) Accessibility
1 6 (9.84%) PMO
2 4 (6.56%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.56%) QA
3 2 (3.28%) ISO 20022
3 2 (3.28%) ISO 8583
3 2 (3.28%) SLA
4 1 (1.64%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (8.20%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 30 (49.18%) Microsoft
2 13 (21.31%) Oracle
3 7 (11.48%) MuleSoft
4 5 (8.20%) Adobe
5 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.28%) Alteryx
6 2 (3.28%) FIS
6 2 (3.28%) Fiserv
6 2 (3.28%) SmartStream
7 1 (1.64%) Cisco
7 1 (1.64%) Google
7 1 (1.64%) SAP
7 1 (1.64%) Teradata