Excel Analyst Contract Job Trends

Excel Analyst
UK

The median Excel Analyst daily rate in the UK is £387, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 541 608
Rank change year-on-year -5 +67 +188
Contract jobs requiring an Excel Analyst 11 15 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.040% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.043% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 13
10th Percentile £211 £306 £175
25th Percentile £320 £363 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £387 £388 £375
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +3.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £461 £400 £388
90th Percentile £475 £490 £488
UK excluding London median daily rate £405 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +8.00% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 29,900 35,114 44,998
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 92.98% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,884 21,208 30,756
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £412 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £747
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,644 1,450 1,519
10th Percentile £13.75 £15.00 £14.64
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +70.84%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.18 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.18% -4.49% +97.78%

Excel Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Excel Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Excel Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Excel Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Excel Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Excel Analyst over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Excel Analyst in the UK

Excel Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Excel Analyst
Top 10 Contract Job 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 12 October 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 +16 9 £405 +4.52% 2
UK excluding London -10 7 £405 +8.00% 2
Work from Home +21 6 £428 +14.00% 2
London +13 4 £368 -8.00%
Midlands - 2 £405 -
South West - 2 £450 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £405 -
South East - 1 £308 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £135 -
Scotland - 1 - -

Excel Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 October 2025, Excel Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Excel Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
3 6 (54.55%) Finance
4 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
6 3 (27.27%) PMO
6 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
7 2 (18.18%) Data Interpretation
7 2 (18.18%) Application Rationalisation
7 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
7 2 (18.18%) Power BI
7 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (18.18%) Banking
7 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
7 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (18.18%) Project Management
7 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
8 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
8 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
8 1 (9.09%) Python
8 1 (9.09%) SQL
8 1 (9.09%) VBA
8 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
8 1 (9.09%) P3O
8 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (9.09%) Data Protection

Excel Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
3 1 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Application Rationalisation
2 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (18.18%) Data Interpretation
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Budget Management
3 1 (9.09%) Budgeting
3 1 (9.09%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (9.09%) Data Mapping
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
3 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
3 1 (9.09%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
1 1 (9.09%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) PMO
2 1 (9.09%) P3O
2 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Poppulo