Hybrid/Remote Excel Analyst Contract Job Trends

Excel Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Excel Analyst daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £428, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
13 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 329 400
Rank change year-on-year +24 +71 +178
Contract jobs requiring an Excel Analyst 6 4 10
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.063% 0.032% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.035% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £330 - £150
25th Percentile £370 £363 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% - -21.05%
75th Percentile £475 £388 £388
90th Percentile - - £408
UK median daily rate £387 £388 £375
% change year-on-year -0.26% +3.33% -11.76%
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 median hourly rate - - £19.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 8,984 11,567 18,120
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 93.47% 94.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,879 7,295 12,798
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 249 408
10th Percentile £14.00 £20.70 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.02 £30.75 £25.71
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £51.45
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -12.54% +7.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.75 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.81%

Excel Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Excel Analyst' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Excel Analyst job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Excel Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Excel Analyst job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Excel Analyst job vacancies

Excel Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Excel Analyst over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Excel Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Excel Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Excel Analyst job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Excel Analyst job vacancies

Excel Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 13 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Excel Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
4 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Application Rationalisation
4 2 (33.33%) PMO
5 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) P3O
5 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
5 1 (16.67%) QA
5 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
5 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) Banking
5 1 (16.67%) Poppulo
5 1 (16.67%) VBA
5 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (16.67%) Power BI

Excel Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Application Rationalisation
1 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) P3O
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Poppulo