Microsoft Excel Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Excel
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 92 83
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 327 348 646
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.25% 2.37% 2.71%
As % of the Applications category 43.60% 35.15% 41.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 185 485
10th Percentile £235 £166 £250
25th Percentile £300 £281 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £522 £545 £550
90th Percentile £658 £729 £652
UK median daily rate £400 £421 £450
% change year-on-year -5.04% -6.39% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 67 35
10th Percentile £13.40 £11.76 £15.35
25th Percentile £14.20 £13.99 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.00 £23.22 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -26.77% +3.04% +7.29%
75th Percentile £23.69 £31.05 £42.07
90th Percentile £35.20 £45.00 £67.30
UK median hourly rate £18.85 £15.00 £20.57
% change year-on-year +25.67% -27.08% +6.28%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 750 990 1,544
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.46% 6.74% 6.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 476 1,067
10th Percentile £225 £178 £213
25th Percentile £313 £281 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £403 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.59% -10.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £649 £644 £684
UK median daily rate £421 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +5.19% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 174 104
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.06 £15.72
25th Percentile £14.20 £15.85 £21.19
Median hourly rate £22.04 £35.00 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -37.03% +6.87% +0.77%
75th Percentile £41.00 £57.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £63.40 £70.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £17.22 £25.71
% change year-on-year +43.21% -33.02% +15.34%

Microsoft Excel
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Excel trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Microsoft Excel daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Microsoft Excel hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 47 (14.37%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.98%) Confluence
3 3 (0.92%) Oracle Coherence
4 2 (0.61%) SAS
5 1 (0.31%) CICS
5 1 (0.31%) CMS
5 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 97 (29.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 61 (18.65%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (6.42%) MS Visio
4 15 (4.59%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (3.67%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.61%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Workfront
2 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.61%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.31%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.31%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.31%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.31%) SAP MDM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.31%) Shopify
3 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 83 (25.38%) Power Platform
2 19 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (4.89%) SaaS
4 15 (4.59%) Azure
5 6 (1.83%) AWS
5 6 (1.83%) Salsify
6 5 (1.53%) Google Sheets
6 5 (1.53%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.22%) Asana
7 4 (1.22%) Figma
7 4 (1.22%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.92%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.61%) GitHub
9 2 (0.61%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.61%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.61%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.61%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.14%) Internet
2 6 (1.83%) Firewall
2 6 (1.83%) Wireless
3 3 (0.92%) Intranet
3 3 (0.92%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.31%) DNS
4 1 (0.31%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.31%) HTTP
4 1 (0.31%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.31%) SAN
4 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (23.85%) Power BI
2 22 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.73%) Tableau
3 18 (5.50%) Power Query
4 13 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (3.06%) Data Mining
6 9 (2.75%) MS Access
7 6 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.53%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.92%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.92%) Big Data
10 3 (0.92%) PowerPivot
11 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.61%) Looker
11 2 (0.61%) Metadata
11 2 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.31%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.31%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 32 (9.79%) JIRA
2 3 (0.92%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.31%) GCC
3 1 (0.31%) Git
3 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.31%) JIRA Agile
3 1 (0.31%) Postman
3 1 (0.31%) Subversion
3 1 (0.31%) Toad
General
1 140 (42.81%) Social Skills
2 119 (36.39%) Finance
3 89 (27.22%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.62%) Banking
5 24 (7.34%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.20%) Investment Banking
7 17 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.59%) Marketing
8 15 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.59%) Retail
9 13 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (3.67%) Legal
11 8 (2.45%) Front Office
11 8 (2.45%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.83%) Back Office
12 6 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.83%) Local Government
13 5 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 114 (34.86%) Analyst
2 42 (12.84%) Data Analyst
3 29 (8.87%) Developer
4 28 (8.56%) Senior
5 25 (7.65%) Business Analyst
6 18 (5.50%) Project Manager
7 14 (4.28%) Consultant
8 13 (3.98%) Administrator
8 13 (3.98%) Support Assistant
9 11 (3.36%) Help Desk Support
10 9 (2.75%) Data Steward
10 9 (2.75%) Lead
10 9 (2.75%) PMO Analyst
11 8 (2.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 7 (2.14%) Financial Analyst
12 7 (2.14%) Report Analyst
12 7 (2.14%) Risk Consultant
12 7 (2.14%) Senior Consultant
13 6 (1.83%) Junior
13 6 (1.83%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.75%) .NET
2 3 (0.92%) .NET Core
2 3 (0.92%) Kafka
2 3 (0.92%) REST
3 2 (0.61%) ADO
3 2 (0.61%) DCOM
3 2 (0.61%) MDX
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.61%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.31%) CSS
4 1 (0.31%) HTML
4 1 (0.31%) ISPF
4 1 (0.31%) Middleware
4 1 (0.31%) OAuth
4 1 (0.31%) OpenID
4 1 (0.31%) SAML
4 1 (0.31%) VML
4 1 (0.31%) Web Services
4 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.03%) Management Information System
2 10 (3.06%) Market Risk
3 9 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.45%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.14%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.22%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.22%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.22%) Reference Data
8 3 (0.92%) AS400
8 3 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.92%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.92%) Digital Media
8 3 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (0.92%) Learning Management System
8 3 (0.92%) NHS
8 3 (0.92%) PMI
8 3 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.75%) Windows
2 3 (0.92%) Unix
3 2 (0.61%) Android
3 2 (0.61%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.31%) OS/2
4 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (25.99%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (24.46%) Business Intelligence
3 62 (18.96%) Project Management
4 59 (18.04%) Agile
5 52 (15.90%) Data Analysis
6 45 (13.76%) Analytics
7 39 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (10.40%) Decision-Making
9 28 (8.56%) Data Management
9 28 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (8.56%) Time Management
10 26 (7.95%) Change Management
11 25 (7.65%) Project Delivery
12 24 (7.34%) Data Governance
12 24 (7.34%) Requirements Gathering
13 23 (7.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (7.03%) Visualisation
14 22 (6.73%) Data Modelling
14 22 (6.73%) Scrum
15 21 (6.42%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 89 (27.22%) SQL
2 25 (7.65%) VBA
3 20 (6.12%) Python
4 10 (3.06%) C#
5 6 (1.83%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.53%) Java
7 4 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (1.22%) R
8 3 (0.92%) VB
9 2 (0.61%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.31%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.31%) CLIST
10 1 (0.31%) COBOL
10 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.31%) JCL
10 1 (0.31%) PL/1
10 1 (0.31%) REXX
10 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.31%) VB6
Qualifications
1 58 (17.74%) Degree
2 16 (4.89%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.59%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.45%) PMI Certification
5 6 (1.83%) PMP
6 5 (1.53%) APMP
7 4 (1.22%) CIMA
7 4 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.61%) ACCA
8 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.61%) CBAP
8 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.31%) ACSP
9 1 (0.31%) CIPD
9 1 (0.31%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.31%) CISM
9 1 (0.31%) IIBA
9 1 (0.31%) ISEB
9 1 (0.31%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.70%) PMO
2 26 (7.95%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.89%) QA
4 15 (4.59%) SLA
5 7 (2.14%) Basel II
6 6 (1.83%) P3O
7 5 (1.53%) GDPR
8 4 (1.22%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.22%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (1.22%) MiFID
8 4 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.92%) GAAP
9 3 (0.92%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.61%) EMIR
10 2 (0.61%) GMP
11 1 (0.31%) COBIT
11 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.31%) GxP
11 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (1.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.61%) Docker
3 1 (0.31%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 1 (0.31%) RACF
3 1 (0.31%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.31%) OMEGAMON
2 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.31%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 128 (39.14%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.81%) Oracle
3 17 (5.20%) SAP
4 11 (3.36%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.45%) Google
5 8 (2.45%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.14%) IFS
7 6 (1.83%) Adobe
7 6 (1.83%) Informatica
8 5 (1.53%) Workday
9 4 (1.22%) UiPath
10 3 (0.92%) Databricks
10 3 (0.92%) Wrike
11 2 (0.61%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.61%) Cognos
11 2 (0.61%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.61%) Duck Creek
11 2 (0.61%) IBM
12 1 (0.31%) Aveksa
12 1 (0.31%) Sitecore