Microsoft Excel
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 70 | 69 | 74 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | +5 | +15 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel | 1,022 | 1,275 | 1,787 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.47% | 2.99% | 3.14% |
| As % of the Applications category | 41.41% | 38.31% | 42.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 578 | 629 | 1,174 |
| 10th Percentile | £209 | £165 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £295 | £280 | £313 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £440 | £427 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +3.17% | -2.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £545 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £725 | £675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £353 | £375 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.87% | -6.25% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 125 | 286 | 94 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £11.45 | £13.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.99 | £13.31 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.44 | £14.84 | £21.83 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.75% | -32.02% | +11.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £28.38 | £23.21 | £43.29 |
| 90th Percentile | £45.24 | £34.04 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £16.23 | £14.80 | £21.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.66% | -31.16% | +13.92% |
All Software Application Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills | 2,468 | 3,328 | 4,219 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 8.38% | 7.81% | 7.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,446 | 1,677 | 2,745 |
| 10th Percentile | £188 | £165 | £188 |
| 25th Percentile | £263 | £213 | £281 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £413 | £400 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -5.88% | -1.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £539 | £538 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £684 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £375 | £350 | £395 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -11.39% | +5.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 258 | 628 | 263 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £11.50 | £14.27 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.62 | £14.00 | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.50 | £17.11 | £32.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +31.50% | -47.03% | +50.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £44.31 | £38.51 | £52.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.13 | £57.50 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.00 | £16.06 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.99% | -41.60% | +42.10% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel.
Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.
Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 18 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 | +6 | 882 | £402 | -9.34% | 2,698 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 527 | £353 | -5.87% | 1,763 |
| London | +22 | 445 | £425 | -5.56% | 1,229 |
| Work from Home | +5 | 304 | £400 | -11.11% | 1,035 |
| East of England | +6 | 107 | £296 | -29.73% | 186 |
| North of England | -4 | 106 | £400 | -15.79% | 399 |
| South East | -8 | 94 | £300 | -14.29% | 613 |
| Scotland | -11 | 87 | £350 | -6.67% | 67 |
| Midlands | 0 | 68 | £258 | -16.94% | 323 |
| West Midlands | +7 | 58 | £258 | -39.41% | 191 |
| Yorkshire | +41 | 55 | £400 | -15.79% | 140 |
| North West | -39 | 47 | £400 | -15.83% | 214 |
| South West | +3 | 40 | £300 | -36.84% | 167 |
| Northern Ireland | +5 | 24 | £425 | +112.50% | 43 |
| East Midlands | -5 | 10 | - | - | 115 |
| North East | -7 | 6 | £110 | - | 50 |
| Wales | 0 | 3 | £180 | -64.88% | 33 |
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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:
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