Microsoft Excel Contracts

Microsoft Excel
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 76 88
Rank change year-on-year +7 +12 +16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 1,286 1,868 2,552
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.98% 3.16% 2.88%
As % of the Applications category 37.82% 42.75% 39.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 638 1,226 1,723
10th Percentile £170 £204 £200
25th Percentile £284 £313 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £425 £428
Median % change year-on-year +3.76% -0.58% +14.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £540
90th Percentile £725 £676 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £392 £400
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.06% +20.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 96 160
10th Percentile £11.45 £13.29 £10.49
25th Percentile £13.31 £15.50 £12.31
Median hourly rate £14.82 £22.33 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -33.63% +14.40% +7.43%
75th Percentile £23.54 £49.06 £30.00
90th Percentile £34.32 £65.00 £43.84
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.80 £21.83 £19.50
% change year-on-year -32.20% +11.95% +18.18%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,400 4,370 6,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.88% 7.39% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 2,860 4,325
10th Percentile £161 £188 £163
25th Percentile £213 £285 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +8.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 635 266 435
10th Percentile £11.57 £14.22 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £32.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.89% +52.33% +16.22%
75th Percentile £39.44 £52.50 £44.85
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.38 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £31.14 £19.25
% change year-on-year -48.42% +61.78% +6.92%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
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 4 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
England -4 1,081 £443 +4.24% 1,891
UK excluding London +11 736 £400 +2.11% 1,415
London -9 466 £450 -4.76% 591
Work from Home +5 368 £450 +5.88% 653
South East -4 165 £351 -12.25% 340
North of England +5 148 £475 +26.67% 377
Scotland +59 126 £375 +7.14% 91
East of England +15 122 £400 +14.29% 172
North West +19 113 £475 +18.75% 207
South West +21 80 £475 -5.00% 166
Midlands -13 79 £375 -6.25% 266
West Midlands -20 51 £425 +6.25% 145
East Midlands +9 28 £190 -52.50% 120
Yorkshire -26 27 £475 +26.67% 116
Northern Ireland -4 11 £168 -50.37% 23
North East +19 9 £230 -21.54% 59
Wales +13 6 £513 -6.82% 35

Microsoft Excel
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
1 139 (10.81%) SharePoint
2 51 (3.97%) Confluence
3 18 (1.40%) IIS
4 14 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.93%) Apache
6 9 (0.70%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.47%) SAS
7 6 (0.47%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.39%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.16%) CMS
11 2 (0.16%) Documentum
11 2 (0.16%) Moodle
11 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.16%) WordPress
12 1 (0.078%) Drupal
12 1 (0.078%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 512 (39.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 420 (32.66%) Microsoft Office
3 123 (9.56%) MS Visio
4 113 (8.79%) Microsoft Project
5 85 (6.61%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.78%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.39%) Camtasia
7 5 (0.39%) SPSS
8 3 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.23%) InDesign
8 3 (0.23%) MicroStation
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.16%) Lectora
9 2 (0.16%) Revit
10 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.078%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.078%) Simulink
10 1 (0.078%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.62%) ION MarketView
4 7 (0.54%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.47%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.39%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.39%) OPENHousing
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.39%) SmartPlant
7 4 (0.31%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 4 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.16%) SAP PS
9 2 (0.16%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 198 (15.40%) Power Platform
2 98 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (6.07%) Azure
4 28 (2.18%) Power Automate
5 27 (2.10%) Entra ID
6 20 (1.56%) Yammer
7 19 (1.48%) SaaS
8 17 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.32%) Google Workspace
9 15 (1.17%) AWS
10 14 (1.09%) OCI
10 14 (1.09%) PaaS
11 13 (1.01%) Collibra
11 13 (1.01%) IaaS
11 13 (1.01%) PowerApps
12 10 (0.78%) OneDrive
13 9 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
14 6 (0.47%) Google Analytics
14 6 (0.47%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.40%) Internet
1 18 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (1.24%) WAN
3 14 (1.09%) LAN
4 12 (0.93%) FIX Connectivity
4 12 (0.93%) HTTP
5 10 (0.78%) Intranet
6 9 (0.70%) H.323
6 9 (0.70%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
7 8 (0.62%) PSTN
7 8 (0.62%) Wireless
8 7 (0.54%) Skype
9 6 (0.47%) 4G
9 6 (0.47%) 5G
9 6 (0.47%) VoIP
10 5 (0.39%) 3G
10 5 (0.39%) DNS
10 5 (0.39%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (15.09%) Power BI
2 73 (5.68%) SQL Server
3 47 (3.65%) Tableau
4 32 (2.49%) Oracle Database
5 21 (1.63%) Metadata
6 18 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
8 16 (1.24%) PowerPivot
9 12 (0.93%) Data Mining
9 12 (0.93%) Power Query
10 11 (0.86%) Big Data
10 11 (0.86%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.70%) GIS
12 7 (0.54%) MS Access
12 7 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 7 (0.54%) SAP HANA
12 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Power View
14 4 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 102 (7.93%) JIRA
2 11 (0.86%) Git
2 11 (0.86%) TeamCity
3 7 (0.54%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.47%) Hudson
5 4 (0.31%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 2 (0.16%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.16%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.16%) ERwin
6 2 (0.16%) JUnit
6 2 (0.16%) Mockito
6 2 (0.16%) ScalaTest
6 2 (0.16%) Subversion
6 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.078%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.078%) NUnit
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.078%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.078%) Toad
General
1 588 (45.72%) Social Skills
2 453 (35.23%) Finance
3 331 (25.74%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (9.18%) Organisational Skills
5 111 (8.63%) Banking
6 102 (7.93%) Presentation Skills
6 102 (7.93%) Public Sector
7 89 (6.92%) Telecoms
8 77 (5.99%) Legal
9 55 (4.28%) Marketing
10 51 (3.97%) Retail
11 49 (3.81%) Front Office
12 42 (3.27%) Manufacturing
13 40 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
14 34 (2.64%) Mandarin Language
15 31 (2.41%) Billing
16 26 (2.02%) Investment Banking
16 26 (2.02%) Law
16 26 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
16 26 (2.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 395 (30.72%) Analyst
2 98 (7.62%) Administrator
3 84 (6.53%) Business Analyst
4 83 (6.45%) Developer
5 80 (6.22%) Data Analyst
6 77 (5.99%) Lead
7 64 (4.98%) Senior
8 61 (4.74%) Service Analyst
9 50 (3.89%) Project Manager
10 40 (3.11%) Coordinator
11 38 (2.95%) C# Developer
12 34 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
13 31 (2.41%) Service Desk Analyst
13 31 (2.41%) Support Engineer
14 30 (2.33%) IT Support
15 27 (2.10%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
16 26 (2.02%) Financial Analyst
16 26 (2.02%) Project Leader
17 22 (1.71%) Consultant
18 21 (1.63%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.03%) .NET
2 29 (2.26%) .NET Framework
3 24 (1.87%) SailPoint
4 19 (1.48%) HTML
4 19 (1.48%) XML
5 12 (0.93%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (0.86%) CSS
7 10 (0.78%) WPF
8 9 (0.70%) WinForms
9 8 (0.62%) WCF
10 7 (0.54%) JSON
10 7 (0.54%) OpenID
10 7 (0.54%) SAML
11 6 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
12 4 (0.31%) Lucene
13 3 (0.23%) ADO
13 3 (0.23%) ASP.NET
13 3 (0.23%) ATL
13 3 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
13 3 (0.23%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 110 (8.55%) Management Information System
2 60 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (2.80%) Derivative
4 33 (2.57%) Product Ownership
5 29 (2.26%) Virtual Team
6 27 (2.10%) Fixed Income
7 20 (1.56%) Life Science
8 19 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (1.24%) Smartphone
10 15 (1.17%) NHS
10 15 (1.17%) Onboarding
11 14 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
12 13 (1.01%) Equity Derivative
13 12 (0.93%) Data Structures
13 12 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 12 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (0.78%) iPhone
15 9 (0.70%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 109 (8.48%) Windows
2 28 (2.18%) Windows 10
3 25 (1.94%) Linux
4 23 (1.79%) Unix
5 16 (1.24%) Android
5 16 (1.24%) Mac OS
6 11 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.70%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.31%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.16%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
2 227 (17.65%) Project Management
3 198 (15.40%) Business Intelligence
4 160 (12.44%) Agile
5 158 (12.29%) Data Analysis
6 152 (11.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 151 (11.74%) Customer Service
8 103 (8.01%) Decision-Making
9 100 (7.78%) Change Management
10 98 (7.62%) Data Management
11 91 (7.08%) Project Delivery
12 82 (6.38%) Mathematics
13 79 (6.14%) Service Delivery
14 76 (5.91%) Analytics
15 75 (5.83%) Time Management
16 74 (5.75%) Risk Management
17 72 (5.60%) ITIL
18 71 (5.52%) PRINCE2
19 66 (5.13%) Data Modelling
19 66 (5.13%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 190 (14.77%) SQL
2 72 (5.60%) VBA
3 67 (5.21%) Python
4 60 (4.67%) C#
5 33 (2.57%) PL/SQL
6 32 (2.49%) T-SQL
7 30 (2.33%) VB
8 27 (2.10%) Java
9 23 (1.79%) PowerShell
10 22 (1.71%) VB.NET
11 21 (1.63%) JavaScript
12 17 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 12 (0.93%) C++
14 7 (0.54%) R
15 6 (0.47%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.39%) Perl
16 5 (0.39%) Scala
16 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.078%) Groovy
17 1 (0.078%) XPath
Qualifications
1 313 (24.34%) Degree
2 149 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 87 (6.77%) SC Cleared
4 47 (3.65%) DV Cleared
5 43 (3.34%) APMP
6 32 (2.49%) PMP
7 30 (2.33%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.48%) ACCA
9 19 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.32%) CIMA
11 15 (1.17%) Master's Degree
12 14 (1.09%) A+ Certification
13 13 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
13 13 (1.01%) MCSA
14 10 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.78%) CISM
14 10 (0.78%) CISSP
14 10 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (10.96%) PMO
2 112 (8.71%) QA
3 66 (5.13%) SLA
4 58 (4.51%) Data Quality
5 44 (3.42%) GDPR
6 23 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.63%) Disclosure Scotland
8 9 (0.70%) EMIR
9 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.54%) Dodd-Frank
10 7 (0.54%) MiFID
11 6 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.47%) NIST
12 5 (0.39%) GAMP
12 5 (0.39%) GMP
12 5 (0.39%) GxP
12 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.31%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 71 (5.52%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.078%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.078%) Firmware
3 1 (0.078%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.078%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.078%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (1.09%) SCCM
2 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
4 3 (0.23%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (0.16%) Control-M
5 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.16%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.078%) Iperf
Vendors
1 689 (53.58%) Microsoft
2 104 (8.09%) Oracle
3 96 (7.47%) SAP
4 51 (3.97%) ServiceNow
5 41 (3.19%) Citrix
6 36 (2.80%) Salesforce
7 29 (2.26%) Google
8 27 (2.10%) Bloomberg
9 23 (1.79%) Cisco
10 21 (1.63%) Adobe
11 16 (1.24%) Apple
11 16 (1.24%) CyberArk
12 13 (1.01%) Atlassian
13 12 (0.93%) Avaya
14 11 (0.86%) ION Trading
14 11 (0.86%) MarketAxess
14 11 (0.86%) Northgate
14 11 (0.86%) Tradeweb
15 10 (0.78%) MicroStrategy
15 10 (0.78%) Qualys