Microsoft Excel Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Microsoft Excel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 89 68
Rank change year-on-year +58 -21 +47
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 125 82 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 5.66% 2.87% 3.10%
As % of the Applications category 54.11% 30.60% 36.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 56 83
10th Percentile £156 £175 £169
25th Percentile £213 £247 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £338 £363
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.90% +4.32%
75th Percentile £525 £491 £438
90th Percentile £584 £597 £503
UK median daily rate £440 £425 £428
% change year-on-year +3.53% -0.70% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 2
10th Percentile £12.30 £13.41 £12.89
25th Percentile £15.42 £15.07 £14.99
Median hourly rate £19.50 £17.25 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +13.08% -8.00% +29.32%
75th Percentile £19.75 £20.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £21.64 £22.25 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £14.80 £22.75 £19.52
% change year-on-year -34.95% +16.55% +3.97%

All Software Application Skills
Scotland

Microsoft Excel is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 231 268 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.47% 9.39% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 207 217
10th Percentile £157 £163 £156
25th Percentile £206 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £385 £370
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +4.05% +18.40%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £450
90th Percentile £550 £550 £523
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 10
10th Percentile £11.50 £14.88 £11.48
25th Percentile £12.15 £17.29 £12.39
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.50 £18.41
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +11.34% -59.08%
75th Percentile £19.75 £56.06 £27.94
90th Percentile £21.76 £63.00 £29.66
UK median hourly rate £17.76 £36.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -51.34% +69.77% +13.16%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +15 51 £350 +25.56% 17
Edinburgh +49 46 £500 +5.26% 23
Renfrewshire +2 5 £195 - 2
Aberdeen - 5 £325 - 11
Highlands - 4 - - 3
South Lanarkshire 0 2 £575 -4.17% 2
Dundee - 1 - - 3
Fife - 1 - - 1
Perthshire - 1 £525 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £525 -
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 28 (22.40%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.00%) Confluence
3 2 (1.60%) CMS
3 2 (1.60%) Moodle
3 2 (1.60%) WordPress
4 1 (0.80%) Drupal
4 1 (0.80%) SAS
Applications
1 44 (35.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 22 (17.60%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (12.00%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (10.40%) MS Visio
5 4 (3.20%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.60%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (1.60%) Camtasia
6 2 (1.60%) Lectora
7 1 (0.80%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (4.80%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (3.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 2 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.80%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.80%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.40%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (15.20%) Power Platform
3 15 (12.00%) Yammer
4 8 (6.40%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.40%) OCI
5 4 (3.20%) Azure
6 2 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.60%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.60%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.20%) Power BI
2 7 (5.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (5.60%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (5.60%) Tableau
3 3 (2.40%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.60%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.60%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.80%) DTS
5 1 (0.80%) Metadata
5 1 (0.80%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.80%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.80%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (5.60%) JIRA
2 2 (1.60%) ER Studio
2 2 (1.60%) ERwin
General
1 72 (57.60%) Social Skills
2 56 (44.80%) Finance
3 38 (30.40%) Public Sector
4 31 (24.80%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (10.40%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (9.60%) Publishing
7 8 (6.40%) Banking
7 8 (6.40%) Legal
8 6 (4.80%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.20%) Back Office
10 4 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.20%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.40%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (1.60%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.80%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.80%) Law
13 1 (0.80%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 59 (47.20%) Analyst
2 15 (12.00%) Change Analyst
3 12 (9.60%) Data Analyst
4 9 (7.20%) Administrator
4 9 (7.20%) IT Support
5 8 (6.40%) Business Analyst
6 7 (5.60%) Financial Analyst
7 6 (4.80%) Project Manager
7 6 (4.80%) Support Officer
8 5 (4.00%) Architect
8 5 (4.00%) IT Analyst
8 5 (4.00%) Junior
8 5 (4.00%) Senior
9 4 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (3.20%) Junior Analyst
9 4 (3.20%) Junior Data Analyst
9 4 (3.20%) Operations Analyst
9 4 (3.20%) PMO Analyst
9 4 (3.20%) Security Analyst
9 4 (3.20%) Senior Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (3.20%) OpenID
2 4 (3.20%) SailPoint
2 4 (3.20%) SAML
3 2 (1.60%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.20%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.80%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.80%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (3.20%) DTCC
3 4 (3.20%) Market Risk
3 4 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.60%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.60%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.60%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.60%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.60%) Hedge funds
4 2 (1.60%) Learning Management System
4 2 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.60%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.60%) Video Editing
4 2 (1.60%) VLE
5 1 (0.80%) NHS
5 1 (0.80%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.20%) Windows
2 2 (1.60%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.80%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (18.40%) Business Intelligence
1 23 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
1 23 (18.40%) Project Management
2 20 (16.00%) Data Analysis
3 17 (13.60%) Agile
4 16 (12.80%) Change Management
5 14 (11.20%) Infographics
5 14 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (9.60%) ERP
7 10 (8.00%) Waterfall
8 9 (7.20%) Asset Management
8 9 (7.20%) Data Modelling
8 9 (7.20%) Visualisation
9 8 (6.40%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (6.40%) Workshop Facilitation
10 7 (5.60%) Analytics
10 7 (5.60%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (5.60%) Decision-Making
10 7 (5.60%) Process Improvement
10 7 (5.60%) Stakeholder Identification
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.60%) SQL
2 2 (1.60%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.80%) Java
3 1 (0.80%) Perl
3 1 (0.80%) Python
3 1 (0.80%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (27.20%) Degree
2 10 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.40%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.20%) CISM
4 4 (3.20%) CISSP
5 3 (2.40%) ACCA
5 3 (2.40%) CIMA
5 3 (2.40%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.60%) MCP
7 1 (0.80%) APMG
7 1 (0.80%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.80%) PMP
7 1 (0.80%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.40%) PMO
2 12 (9.60%) Disclosure Scotland
3 10 (8.00%) QA
4 4 (3.20%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.40%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.40%) SLA
6 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.60%) NIST
7 1 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.80%) GDPR
7 1 (0.80%) NCSC
7 1 (0.80%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 8 (6.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 77 (61.60%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.40%) Oracle
3 7 (5.60%) SAP
4 4 (3.20%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (3.20%) CyberArk
4 4 (3.20%) Okta
4 4 (3.20%) Qualys
4 4 (3.20%) Zscaler
5 3 (2.40%) Atlassian
5 3 (2.40%) Informatica
6 2 (1.60%) Adobe
6 2 (1.60%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.60%) Cadence
6 2 (1.60%) IDERA
6 2 (1.60%) Workday
7 1 (0.80%) Apple
7 1 (0.80%) Cisco
7 1 (0.80%) IFS
7 1 (0.80%) Mitel
7 1 (0.80%) Progress