Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Excel
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 32 27
Rank change year-on-year -19 -5 +24
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 5 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.10% 2.35% 2.12%
As % of the Applications category 31.25% 35.29% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £371 - -
25th Percentile £383 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £500 £225
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +122.22% -27.94%
75th Percentile £450 £550 -
90th Percentile - £580 -
North East median daily rate £450 £600 £228
% change year-on-year -25.00% +163.74% -27.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £11.90
25th Percentile - - £13.24
Median hourly rate - - £13.99
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate - £46.18 £13.99
% change year-on-year - +230.09% -

All Software Application Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 16 17 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 3.52% 6.67% 15.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 6
10th Percentile - £150 £163
25th Percentile £170 £197 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £400 £193
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +107.79% -24.51%
75th Percentile £390 £500 £203
90th Percentile £444 £517 £214
North East median daily rate £340 £450 £193
% change year-on-year -24.44% +133.77% -24.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £21.75 - £11.92
25th Percentile £22.50 - £13.30
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £13.99
75th Percentile £27.50 - -
90th Percentile £28.25 - -
North East median hourly rate £25.00 £46.18 £13.99
% change year-on-year -45.86% +230.09% -

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 21 February 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -16 4 £450 - 7
Microsoft Excel
North East

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) French Language
2 1 (20.00%) German Language
2 1 (20.00%) Italian Language
2 1 (20.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Governance Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Privacy
2 2 (40.00%) Deadline-Driven
2 2 (40.00%) Due Diligence
2 2 (40.00%) Generative AI
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Kanban
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Management
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISA
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) COBIT
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 22301
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft