Microsoft Excel Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Excel
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 55 43
Rank change year-on-year +15 -12 +8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 58 56 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.23% 2.96% 4.77%
As % of the Applications category 42.65% 33.73% 49.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 31 59
10th Percentile £219 £133 £151
25th Percentile £235 £210 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £246 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -38.44% - -
75th Percentile £463 £569 £475
90th Percentile £533 £700 £538
England median daily rate £408 £443 £430
% change year-on-year -7.74% +2.91% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 6
10th Percentile £11.85 £10.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £12.25 £11.06 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.47 £13.50 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -23.94% +18.33%
75th Percentile £18.45 £26.50 £23.94
90th Percentile £21.48 £28.75 £24.94
England median hourly rate £16.44 £14.80 £22.64
% change year-on-year +11.05% -34.63% +10.39%

All Software Application Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 136 166 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.92% 8.78% 9.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 97 117
10th Percentile £209 £156 £162
25th Percentile £235 £213 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.52% -6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £526 £475
90th Percentile £598 £650 £538
England median daily rate £415 £400 £439
% change year-on-year +3.75% -8.88% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 31 14
10th Percentile £12.25 £10.93 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.09 £12.18 £14.91
Median hourly rate £33.91 £26.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.42% +18.18% +46.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £39.34 £38.16
90th Percentile - £58.75 £52.50
England median hourly rate £24.66 £16.23 £31.92
% change year-on-year +51.94% -49.15% +43.20%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the West Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the West Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the West Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the West Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
Warwickshire +9 27 £235 -64.53% 67
Birmingham -4 15 £468 +94.79% 78
Shropshire -1 5 £305 +136.96% 72
Staffordshire +8 4 £150 +11.11% 81
Worcestershire -5 1 - - 47
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.72%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) SAP BPC
1 2 (3.45%) SAP GRC
1 2 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.72%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.72%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (39.66%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.90%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (3.45%) OneDrive
3 2 (3.45%) PowerApps
3 2 (3.45%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) VPN
1 2 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.72%) Internet
2 1 (1.72%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (36.21%) Power BI
2 2 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.45%) Power Query
2 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.45%) SAP BW
2 2 (3.45%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.72%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.72%) Metadata
3 1 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Toad
General
1 25 (43.10%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.97%) Finance
3 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.07%) Public Sector
5 5 (8.62%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Law
6 3 (5.17%) Local Government
7 1 (1.72%) Games
7 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) Support Assistant
2 9 (15.52%) Analyst
3 5 (8.62%) Administrator
4 3 (5.17%) Customer Support Manager
4 3 (5.17%) Developer
4 3 (5.17%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (5.17%) Power BI Developer
4 3 (5.17%) Project Manager
4 3 (5.17%) Senior
4 3 (5.17%) Support Manager
5 2 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (3.45%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (3.45%) Resource Management Analyst
5 2 (3.45%) Risk Manager
5 2 (3.45%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (3.45%) SAP Security Consultant
5 2 (3.45%) Senior PMO
5 2 (3.45%) Senior PMO Analyst
5 2 (3.45%) Supply Chain Manager
5 2 (3.45%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (3.45%) SailPoint
1 2 (3.45%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.45%) SCADA
4 1 (1.72%) CCTV
4 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.72%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.72%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Windows
2 2 (3.45%) Mac OS
2 2 (3.45%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (39.66%) Customer Service
2 21 (36.21%) Business Intelligence
3 18 (31.03%) Test Scripting
4 14 (24.14%) Data Analysis
5 10 (17.24%) Decision-Making
6 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (10.34%) Project Management
8 6 (10.34%) Resource Management
8 6 (10.34%) Time Management
8 6 (10.34%) Visualisation
9 5 (8.62%) Agile
9 5 (8.62%) Data Visualisation
10 4 (6.90%) Change Management
10 4 (6.90%) Dashboard Development
10 4 (6.90%) ERP
10 4 (6.90%) Programme Management
10 4 (6.90%) Project Planning
10 4 (6.90%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (46.55%) SQL
2 4 (6.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 4 (6.90%) Python
3 1 (1.72%) Java
3 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) R
3 1 (1.72%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (15.52%) Degree
2 2 (3.45%) MCSE
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.72%) ACCA
3 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.72%) CBAP
3 1 (1.72%) CIMA
3 1 (1.72%) CIPFA
3 1 (1.72%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.72%) ICAEW
3 1 (1.72%) ISEB
3 1 (1.72%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (1.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (32.76%) SLA
2 5 (8.62%) PMO
3 2 (3.45%) GRC
3 2 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.72%) GAAP
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (53.45%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.62%) SAP
3 4 (6.90%) Oracle
4 2 (3.45%) Apple
4 2 (3.45%) Cisco
4 2 (3.45%) Concur
4 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.72%) Adobe
5 1 (1.72%) Civica
5 1 (1.72%) Databricks
5 1 (1.72%) OpenText
5 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.72%) webMethods