Microsoft Excel Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 62 63
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 711 880 1,146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.42% 3.61% 3.66%
As % of the Applications category 35.37% 39.06% 37.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 532 756
10th Percentile £145 £180 £150
25th Percentile £211 £252 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £385 £395
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% -2.47% +13.26%
75th Percentile £523 £500 £488
90th Percentile £650 £600 £565
UK median daily rate £440 £425 £426
% change year-on-year +3.53% -0.29% +13.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 83 127
10th Percentile £11.07 £12.29 £10.00
25th Percentile £12.88 £14.50 £11.50
Median hourly rate £14.54 £22.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.38% +15.38% +14.71%
75th Percentile £21.89 £60.70 £26.98
90th Percentile £30.11 £65.60 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £14.80 £22.75 £19.52
% change year-on-year -34.95% +16.55% +2.74%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,010 2,253 3,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.67% 9.24% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 852 1,421 1,968
10th Percentile £150 £163 £140
25th Percentile £200 £230 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £390 £369
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +5.83% +9.02%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £481
90th Percentile £625 £600 £551
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £428
% change year-on-year -5.88% -0.58% +6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 532 204 333
10th Percentile £11.08 £13.13 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.79 £17.29 £13.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £32.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.96% +72.37% -
75th Percentile £39.19 £54.05 £32.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £54.95
UK median hourly rate £17.80 £37.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -51.89% +76.19% +9.01%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
South East -5 168 £351 -10.93% 322
North of England +6 150 £475 +41.79% 306
Scotland +55 122 £408 +12.41% 92
North West +20 115 £475 +22.58% 178
East of England +9 113 £350 -6.67% 134
Midlands -19 74 £425 +6.25% 221
South West +7 67 £475 +1.71% 124
West Midlands -22 47 £425 +7.59% 125
East Midlands 0 27 £176 -59.71% 96
Yorkshire -19 27 £500 +66.67% 84
Northern Ireland -6 11 £168 -46.40% 25
North East +22 8 £230 -21.54% 49
Wales +16 7 £513 +24.24% 29
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 74 (10.41%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.39%) Confluence
3 13 (1.83%) Apache
3 13 (1.83%) IIS
3 13 (1.83%) Tomcat
4 6 (0.84%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (0.84%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (0.70%) SAS
6 4 (0.56%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.28%) CMS
8 2 (0.28%) Moodle
8 2 (0.28%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 276 (38.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 251 (35.30%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (8.58%) Microsoft Project
4 49 (6.89%) Spreadsheet
5 48 (6.75%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.13%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.42%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.28%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.28%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.28%) Lectora
9 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 11 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (1.13%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.98%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.70%) SmartPlant
5 4 (0.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 4 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.28%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.14%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.14%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 95 (13.36%) Power Platform
2 48 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (4.50%) Azure
4 19 (2.67%) Entra ID
5 13 (1.83%) OCI
6 11 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (1.55%) Yammer
7 10 (1.41%) Google Workspace
7 10 (1.41%) Power Automate
7 10 (1.41%) SaaS
8 9 (1.27%) IaaS
8 9 (1.27%) PaaS
9 5 (0.70%) Google Sheets
9 5 (0.70%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 5 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (0.56%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.42%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.28%) AWS
12 2 (0.28%) GitHub
12 2 (0.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.97%) HTTP
2 13 (1.83%) H.323
2 13 (1.83%) TCP/IP
3 11 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (1.13%) PSTN
5 7 (0.98%) Intranet
6 5 (0.70%) Skype
7 4 (0.56%) 4G
7 4 (0.56%) 5G
7 4 (0.56%) Broadband
7 4 (0.56%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.56%) VoIP
7 4 (0.56%) WAN
8 3 (0.42%) 3G
8 3 (0.42%) ADSL
8 3 (0.42%) DNS
8 3 (0.42%) GGSN
8 3 (0.42%) Internet
8 3 (0.42%) LTE
8 3 (0.42%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (13.36%) Power BI
2 23 (3.23%) Tableau
3 16 (2.25%) Oracle Reports
4 15 (2.11%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.41%) GIS
5 10 (1.41%) Metadata
5 10 (1.41%) PowerPivot
6 9 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.27%) SAP HANA
7 7 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 7 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.84%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Power View
9 5 (0.70%) Big Data
9 5 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (0.70%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.56%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (0.56%) Power Query
10 4 (0.56%) Spatial Data
11 3 (0.42%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 43 (6.05%) JIRA
2 2 (0.28%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.28%) ERwin
2 2 (0.28%) Git
2 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.14%) Hudson
General
1 340 (47.82%) Social Skills
2 193 (27.14%) Finance
3 169 (23.77%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (11.25%) Organisational Skills
5 73 (10.27%) Telecoms
6 61 (8.58%) Public Sector
7 48 (6.75%) Legal
7 48 (6.75%) Presentation Skills
8 37 (5.20%) Banking
9 36 (5.06%) Mandarin Language
10 32 (4.50%) Manufacturing
11 25 (3.52%) Retail
12 21 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (2.81%) Publishing
14 14 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (1.83%) Marketing
16 10 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.41%) Police
17 9 (1.27%) Back Office
17 9 (1.27%) Billing
Job Titles
1 213 (29.96%) Analyst
2 91 (12.80%) Administrator
3 39 (5.49%) Service Analyst
4 36 (5.06%) Lead
5 32 (4.50%) Coordinator
6 31 (4.36%) Business Analyst
7 28 (3.94%) Data Analyst
8 27 (3.80%) Service Desk Analyst
9 25 (3.52%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
9 25 (3.52%) IT Support
10 24 (3.38%) Project Manager
11 19 (2.67%) Security Analyst
12 17 (2.39%) Data Administrator
12 17 (2.39%) Financial Analyst
13 16 (2.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 16 (2.25%) Senior
14 15 (2.11%) Change Analyst
15 13 (1.83%) Developer
15 13 (1.83%) Junior
16 12 (1.69%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.39%) SailPoint
2 12 (1.69%) HTML
3 7 (0.98%) CSS
3 7 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (0.84%) .NET
4 6 (0.84%) XML
5 3 (0.42%) OpenID
5 3 (0.42%) SAML
6 2 (0.28%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.28%) ADO
6 2 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.28%) Flash
6 2 (0.28%) Lucene
6 2 (0.28%) Smart Contracts
7 1 (0.14%) COM
7 1 (0.14%) Google Maps API
7 1 (0.14%) JSON
7 1 (0.14%) LDAP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.14%) Series 60
Miscellaneous
1 82 (11.53%) Management Information System
2 35 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (2.81%) Virtual Team
4 18 (2.53%) Life Science
5 14 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.83%) IVR
7 12 (1.69%) NHS
8 10 (1.41%) Smartphone
9 9 (1.27%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (1.13%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.84%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.84%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.56%) CCTV
12 4 (0.56%) CMDB
12 4 (0.56%) DTCC
12 4 (0.56%) Freedom of Information
12 4 (0.56%) iPhone
12 4 (0.56%) Market Risk
13 3 (0.42%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 53 (7.45%) Windows
2 19 (2.67%) Windows 10
3 18 (2.53%) Linux
4 14 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.84%) Windows 7
6 4 (0.56%) Android
6 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.56%) Unix
7 3 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.28%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (16.74%) Project Management
3 111 (15.61%) Customer Service
4 108 (15.19%) Business Intelligence
5 82 (11.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 70 (9.85%) Data Analysis
7 68 (9.56%) Agile
8 57 (8.02%) Time Management
9 51 (7.17%) Change Management
10 50 (7.03%) Decision-Making
11 48 (6.75%) Service Delivery
12 46 (6.47%) Mathematics
13 43 (6.05%) Project Delivery
14 41 (5.77%) Data Management
15 38 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (5.20%) ERP
17 35 (4.92%) Process Improvement
17 35 (4.92%) Validation
18 34 (4.78%) Collaborative Working
18 34 (4.78%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (9.28%) SQL
2 14 (1.97%) JavaScript
2 14 (1.97%) Python
3 9 (1.27%) PowerShell
3 9 (1.27%) VBA
4 6 (0.84%) C#
4 6 (0.84%) Java
5 4 (0.56%) MATLAB
5 4 (0.56%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.28%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.28%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.14%) C
8 1 (0.14%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.14%) Groovy
8 1 (0.14%) Perl
8 1 (0.14%) R
8 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 154 (21.66%) Degree
2 93 (13.08%) Security Cleared
3 53 (7.45%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.95%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.81%) APMP
5 20 (2.81%) PMP
6 16 (2.25%) PMI Certification
7 14 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.69%) A+ Certification
8 12 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.55%) MCSA
10 10 (1.41%) ACCA
10 10 (1.41%) CIMA
11 8 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.56%) CISM
12 4 (0.56%) CISSP
12 4 (0.56%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.56%) HNC
13 3 (0.42%) BC Cleared
13 3 (0.42%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.56%) PMO
2 59 (8.30%) QA
3 42 (5.91%) SLA
4 22 (3.09%) Data Quality
5 20 (2.81%) Disclosure Scotland
6 19 (2.67%) Accessibility
6 19 (2.67%) GDPR
7 5 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.70%) GAMP
7 5 (0.70%) GMP
7 5 (0.70%) GxP
7 5 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.28%) NIST
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 38 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.56%) WhatsUp Gold
3 2 (0.28%) SCCM
3 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 423 (59.49%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.30%) SAP
3 42 (5.91%) Oracle
4 22 (3.09%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.25%) CyberArk
6 16 (2.25%) Google
7 14 (1.97%) Red Hat
8 13 (1.83%) Avaya
9 12 (1.69%) Citrix
10 11 (1.55%) Adobe
11 10 (1.41%) Verint
12 9 (1.27%) Workday
13 8 (1.13%) MicroStrategy
14 7 (0.98%) Cisco
14 7 (0.98%) IFS
14 7 (0.98%) VMware
15 6 (0.84%) Autodesk
16 5 (0.70%) Cadence
16 5 (0.70%) Reuters