Excel Analyst Contracts

Excel Analyst
UK

The median Excel Analyst daily rate in the UK is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 558 702
Rank change year-on-year +47 +144 +106
Contract jobs requiring an Excel Analyst 9 24 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.055% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.059% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 15
10th Percentile £308 £195 £322
25th Percentile £334 £281 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £515 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.48% +21.18% -8.60%
75th Percentile £484 £606 £500
90th Percentile £569 £648 £590
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £288 £425
% change year-on-year +56.52% -32.35% +17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £31.64 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.64 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Excel Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Excel Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Excel Analyst in the UK

Excel Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Excel Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Excel Analyst in the UK

Excel Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Excel Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Excel Analyst in the UK

Excel Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Excel Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Excel Analyst in the UK

Excel Analyst
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Excel Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +54 9 £425 -29.17% 6
UK excluding London +64 6 £450 +56.52% 3
London +33 3 £400 -33.33% 5
Work from Home +28 3 £400 +39.13% 2
Midlands - 3 £450 -
South East +45 2 £390 +35.65% 2
East Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 1 £450 -
East of England - 1 - - 1

Excel Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Excel Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Excel Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 6 (66.67%) Power BI
2 6 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 5 (55.56%) SQL
4 4 (44.44%) Analytics
5 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (33.33%) Finance
5 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 2 (22.22%) People Analytics
6 2 (22.22%) Python
6 2 (22.22%) Banking
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (22.22%) Data Privacy
6 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
7 1 (11.11%) Apache Hive
7 1 (11.11%) Trend Analysis
7 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
7 1 (11.11%) Hadoop
7 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
7 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (11.11%) Big Data
7 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
7 1 (11.11%) Test Planning
7 1 (11.11%) Impala
7 1 (11.11%) Apache Spark
7 1 (11.11%) Performance Metrics

Excel Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (11.11%) Apache Spark
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Google Ads
2 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Google Data Studio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Apache Hive
2 1 (11.11%) Big Data
2 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
2 1 (11.11%) Hadoop
2 1 (11.11%) Impala
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Data Privacy
3 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (22.22%) People Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Data Lineage
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Generation
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (11.11%) Scorecard
4 1 (11.11%) Test Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Google