Excel Analyst Contracts

Excel Analyst
UK

The median Excel Analyst daily rate in the UK is £565 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 676 802
Rank change year-on-year +115 +126 -146
Contract jobs requiring an Excel Analyst 24 17 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.029% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.031% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 43
10th Percentile £281 £323 £229
25th Percentile £309 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £418 £475
Median % change year-on-year +35.33% -12.11% +57.02%
75th Percentile £625 £500 £630
90th Percentile £648 £573 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £288 £400 £363
% change year-on-year -28.13% +10.34% +35.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

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 7 May 2024.

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 6 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 7 May 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
Work from Home +131 16 £288 -23.33% 2
England +101 13 £600 +41.18% 2
London +90 9 £600 +43.71%
UK excluding London +64 4 £288 -28.13% 3
South East +22 3 £288 -42.50% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £338 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 18 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (66.67%) Finance
3 12 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
5 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (20.83%) SQL
5 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (16.67%) Python
6 4 (16.67%) Banking
6 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
6 4 (16.67%) Power BI
7 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (12.50%) Power Query
8 2 (8.33%) Data Management
8 2 (8.33%) Data Migration
8 2 (8.33%) Apache Hive
8 2 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
8 2 (8.33%) Apache Spark
8 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
8 2 (8.33%) Impala
8 2 (8.33%) Hadoop
8 2 (8.33%) Visualisation
8 2 (8.33%) PowerPivot
8 2 (8.33%) Big Data
8 2 (8.33%) Investment Banking
8 2 (8.33%) Business Analysis
8 2 (8.33%) Degree

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 2 (8.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 18 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Power BI
2 3 (12.50%) Power Query
3 2 (8.33%) Apache Hive
3 2 (8.33%) Big Data
3 2 (8.33%) Hadoop
3 2 (8.33%) Impala
3 2 (8.33%) PowerPivot
4 1 (4.17%) Tableau
General
1 16 (66.67%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Banking
4 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.17%) Billing
6 1 (4.17%) Electronics
6 1 (4.17%) Front Office
6 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.17%) Fixed Income
2 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.17%) Hedge funds
2 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (8.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (8.33%) Business Case
3 2 (8.33%) Change Management
3 2 (8.33%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (8.33%) Data Management
3 2 (8.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (8.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (8.33%) ERP
3 2 (8.33%) Migration
3 2 (8.33%) Visualisation
3 2 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (4.17%) CRM
4 1 (4.17%) Risk Management
4 1 (4.17%) Validation
4 1 (4.17%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 4 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
1 2 (8.33%) Workday