Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 22 36
Rank change year-on-year -21 +14 +16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 49 26 19
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 6.47% 7.62% 4.29%
As % of the Applications category 60.49% 66.67% 41.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 20 17
10th Percentile £279 £143 £402
25th Percentile £304 £208 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £228 £587
Median % change year-on-year +58.24% -61.27% +60.95%
75th Percentile £418 £429 -
90th Percentile £521 £538 £588
Yorkshire median daily rate £365 £250 £469
% change year-on-year +46.00% -46.67% +110.67%

All Software Application Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 81 39 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 10.70% 11.44% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 29 27
10th Percentile £277 £143 £163
25th Percentile £314 £208 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £232 £438
Median % change year-on-year +72.41% -46.97% +19.86%
75th Percentile £466 £535 £587
90th Percentile £538 £580 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £369 £283 £404
% change year-on-year +30.62% -30.01% +17.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £18.10 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.25 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -48.18% +25.00% +1.15%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Sheffield -28 44 £355 +53.35% 10
Doncaster - 4 £445 - 7
Microsoft Excel
Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 12 (24.49%) Confluence
2 11 (22.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (32.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (14.29%) MS Visio
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 25 (51.02%) Power Platform
2 6 (12.24%) GitHub
3 5 (10.20%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.04%) Azure
4 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.04%) Collibra
4 1 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.04%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) Kerberos
1 1 (2.04%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (48.98%) Power BI
2 16 (32.65%) Power Query
3 6 (12.24%) PowerPivot
4 4 (8.16%) Data Mining
4 4 (8.16%) Relational Database
5 3 (6.12%) Tableau
6 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.04%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (20.41%) JIRA
2 6 (12.24%) Jenkins
2 6 (12.24%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (2.04%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.04%) Postman
General
1 35 (71.43%) Finance
1 35 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 22 (44.90%) Banking
3 19 (38.78%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (18.37%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (8.16%) Billing
6 2 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 42 (85.71%) Analyst
2 21 (42.86%) Data Analyst
3 13 (26.53%) Business Analyst
3 13 (26.53%) Technical Analyst
4 12 (24.49%) Technical Business Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) Report Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) Strategy Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Senior
6 4 (8.16%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Project Officer
8 2 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Data Modeller
8 2 (4.08%) PMO Analyst
9 1 (2.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 1 (2.04%) Finance Modeller
9 1 (2.04%) Financial Analyst
9 1 (2.04%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
9 1 (2.04%) Identity Management Analyst
9 1 (2.04%) IT Analyst
9 1 (2.04%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) LDAP
1 1 (2.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (26.53%) Data Centre
2 9 (18.37%) Mainframe
3 5 (10.20%) Public Cloud
4 3 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (6.12%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.04%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.82%) Business Intelligence
1 20 (40.82%) Data Analysis
2 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (30.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (28.57%) Analytics
4 14 (28.57%) Budgeting
4 14 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 12 (24.49%) Data Extraction
6 11 (22.45%) Cost Management
6 11 (22.45%) ITIL
6 11 (22.45%) Virtual Environments
7 10 (20.41%) Service Management
7 10 (20.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (20.41%) Strategic Planning
8 9 (18.37%) Data Modelling
8 9 (18.37%) DevOps
8 9 (18.37%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (18.37%) Use Case
8 9 (18.37%) Visualisation
9 8 (16.33%) Risk Analytics
Programming Languages
1 20 (40.82%) SQL
2 11 (22.45%) Python
3 10 (20.41%) VBA
4 1 (2.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 3 (6.12%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) Data Quality
1 4 (8.16%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (12.24%) Ansible
2 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (26.53%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) Sonatype
3 3 (6.12%) Workday
4 1 (2.04%) Genesys