Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

Microsoft Excel
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 10 20
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 22.22% 11.54% 1.08%
As % of the Applications category 80.00% 100.00% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £103 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £105 £500
Median % change year-on-year +376.19% -79.00% -
75th Percentile £531 £108 £525
90th Percentile £543 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £320 £380
% change year-on-year +48.44% -15.79% +21.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £38.75 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £30.00 £20.71
% change year-on-year - +44.89% -

All Software Application Skills
Wakefield

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 in Wakefield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 5 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield 27.78% 11.54% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £317 - -
25th Percentile £463 £103 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £105 £500
Median % change year-on-year +352.38% -79.00% +214.96%
75th Percentile £525 £108 £525
90th Percentile £540 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £440 £293 £450
% change year-on-year +50.43% -35.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £38.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +29.17% -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £30.00 £21.31
% change year-on-year - +40.78% +35.30%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Operations
1 2 (50.00%) Cost Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 2 (50.00%) FinOps
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow