Microsoft Excel Contracts in England

Microsoft Excel
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 69 85
Rank change year-on-year -2 +16 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 1,093 1,533 2,115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.92% 3.26% 3.01%
As % of the Applications category 39.15% 42.88% 39.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 1,036 1,445
10th Percentile £166 £204 £185
25th Percentile £268 £324 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £430 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -4.44% +20.00%
75th Percentile £545 £588 £575
90th Percentile £725 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £435 £428 £450
% change year-on-year +1.64% -4.89% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 75 122
10th Percentile £11.68 £13.29 £11.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £15.50 £12.62
Median hourly rate £15.00 £22.00 £19.76
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +11.34% +7.74%
75th Percentile £21.77 £32.67 £28.88
90th Percentile £34.32 £53.59 £44.37
UK median hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% +11.43%

All Software Application Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,792 3,575 5,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.45% 7.60% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,440 2,348 3,553
10th Percentile £166 £190 £160
25th Percentile £220 £286 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -2.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £445
% change year-on-year -5.88% -4.49% +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 589 216 368
10th Percentile £11.71 £14.31 £11.25
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.23 £26.49 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -38.73% +18.26% +17.89%
75th Percentile £34.32 £48.19 £47.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £64.38 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £27.25 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.44% +26.74% +21.13%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
London -25 432 £450 -5.26% 571
South East +4 184 £351 -16.92% 339
North of England +5 146 £435 +15.52% 394
East of England +22 145 £400 +2.50% 166
North West +14 110 £475 +22.58% 232
Midlands -6 89 £400 -11.11% 298
South West +22 82 £350 -33.33% 193
West Midlands -14 56 £413 -2.94% 166
East Midlands +2 33 £235 -57.27% 133
Yorkshire -29 28 £288 -32.59% 122
North East +3 9 - - 46
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 114 (10.43%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.93%) Confluence
3 17 (1.56%) IIS
4 15 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.64%) Apache
6 6 (0.55%) SharePoint 2010
6 6 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.46%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.46%) SAS
8 4 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.37%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.37%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.27%) Documentum
10 2 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.18%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.091%) Smallworld
Applications
1 433 (39.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 370 (33.85%) Microsoft Office
3 95 (8.69%) MS Visio
4 90 (8.23%) Spreadsheet
5 81 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.91%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.55%) SPSS
8 4 (0.37%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.37%) MicroStation
9 3 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.27%) InDesign
10 2 (0.18%) Revit
11 1 (0.091%) Autodesk Inventor
11 1 (0.091%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.64%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.55%) ION MarketView
4 6 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.46%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.46%) SmartPlant
6 4 (0.37%) Endur
6 4 (0.37%) OPENHousing
6 4 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
8 2 (0.18%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.18%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.18%) WebTrends
9 1 (0.091%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.091%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 171 (15.65%) Power Platform
2 70 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (5.76%) Azure
4 19 (1.74%) Power Automate
5 17 (1.56%) Entra ID
6 16 (1.46%) AWS
6 16 (1.46%) Google Workspace
6 16 (1.46%) SaaS
7 14 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.19%) OneDrive
8 13 (1.19%) PaaS
8 13 (1.19%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.10%) IaaS
10 8 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (0.73%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (0.64%) OCI
12 6 (0.55%) Collibra
12 6 (0.55%) Smartsheet
12 6 (0.55%) Yammer
13 5 (0.46%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.92%) Internet
2 20 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (1.10%) WAN
4 11 (1.01%) LAN
5 9 (0.82%) DNS
5 9 (0.82%) FIX Connectivity
6 8 (0.73%) 4G
6 8 (0.73%) 5G
6 8 (0.73%) Intranet
6 8 (0.73%) PSTN
6 8 (0.73%) Wireless
7 7 (0.64%) Skype
8 6 (0.55%) Diameter Protocol
8 6 (0.55%) GGSN
8 6 (0.55%) LTE
8 6 (0.55%) Radio Access Network
8 6 (0.55%) RANAP
8 6 (0.55%) SGSN
8 6 (0.55%) VoLTE
8 6 (0.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (15.28%) Power BI
2 59 (5.40%) SQL Server
3 39 (3.57%) Tableau
4 34 (3.11%) Oracle Database
5 20 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (1.56%) Metadata
7 17 (1.56%) PowerPivot
8 14 (1.28%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.10%) Big Data
10 11 (1.01%) Data Mining
10 11 (1.01%) GIS
10 11 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.91%) Power Query
12 8 (0.73%) MS Access
12 8 (0.73%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Power View
14 4 (0.37%) RDBMS
15 3 (0.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 80 (7.32%) JIRA
2 11 (1.01%) Git
3 8 (0.73%) TeamCity
3 8 (0.73%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.37%) Hudson
4 4 (0.37%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 2 (0.18%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.18%) JUnit
5 2 (0.18%) Mockito
5 2 (0.18%) ScalaTest
5 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.18%) Subversion
5 2 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.091%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.091%) NUnit
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.091%) Rational DOORS
General
1 492 (45.01%) Social Skills
2 340 (31.11%) Finance
3 255 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (9.15%) Organisational Skills
5 95 (8.69%) Presentation Skills
6 81 (7.41%) Telecoms
7 80 (7.32%) Banking
8 66 (6.04%) Public Sector
9 57 (5.22%) Legal
10 47 (4.30%) Retail
11 45 (4.12%) Marketing
12 38 (3.48%) Front Office
13 34 (3.11%) Manufacturing
14 30 (2.74%) Mandarin Language
15 28 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
16 23 (2.10%) Billing
17 20 (1.83%) German Language
18 18 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
19 16 (1.46%) Law
19 16 (1.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 321 (29.37%) Analyst
2 89 (8.14%) Administrator
3 82 (7.50%) Developer
4 72 (6.59%) Lead
5 64 (5.86%) Data Analyst
6 58 (5.31%) Senior
7 53 (4.85%) Business Analyst
8 50 (4.57%) Service Analyst
9 41 (3.75%) Coordinator
10 36 (3.29%) C# Developer
11 33 (3.02%) Service Desk Analyst
12 32 (2.93%) Project Manager
12 32 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
13 28 (2.56%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
14 26 (2.38%) Project Leader
15 21 (1.92%) IT Support
16 20 (1.83%) Consultant
17 19 (1.74%) Financial Analyst
18 18 (1.65%) Data Manager
18 18 (1.65%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (4.21%) .NET
2 32 (2.93%) .NET Framework
3 19 (1.74%) SailPoint
4 17 (1.56%) XML
5 16 (1.46%) HTML
6 13 (1.19%) WinForms
6 13 (1.19%) WPF
7 12 (1.10%) WCF
8 11 (1.01%) CSS
9 9 (0.82%) FIX Protocol
10 8 (0.73%) JSON
11 4 (0.37%) Kafka
11 4 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
12 3 (0.27%) ATL
12 3 (0.27%) RESTful
13 2 (0.18%) ActiveX
13 2 (0.18%) ADO
13 2 (0.18%) ASP.NET
13 2 (0.18%) DOM
13 2 (0.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 104 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 58 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (2.47%) Virtual Team
4 22 (2.01%) Derivative
5 19 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (1.56%) Life Science
6 17 (1.56%) Onboarding
6 17 (1.56%) Product Ownership
7 16 (1.46%) Fixed Income
8 15 (1.37%) NHS
9 13 (1.19%) Smartphone
10 11 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
12 9 (0.82%) Equity Derivative
13 8 (0.73%) Data Centre
13 8 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (0.73%) FMCG
14 7 (0.64%) PMI
15 6 (0.55%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 92 (8.42%) Windows
2 23 (2.10%) Windows 10
3 21 (1.92%) Unix
4 18 (1.65%) Linux
5 15 (1.37%) Android
6 13 (1.19%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.82%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.55%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.46%) Windows Server
10 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.18%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.091%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
2 182 (16.65%) Project Management
3 173 (15.83%) Business Intelligence
4 159 (14.55%) Customer Service
5 130 (11.89%) Data Analysis
6 126 (11.53%) Agile
7 121 (11.07%) Stakeholder Management
8 95 (8.69%) Service Delivery
9 94 (8.60%) Mathematics
10 87 (7.96%) Decision-Making
11 85 (7.78%) Data Management
12 80 (7.32%) Time Management
13 76 (6.95%) Project Delivery
14 71 (6.50%) Change Management
15 69 (6.31%) ITIL
16 66 (6.04%) Analytics
16 66 (6.04%) Incident Management
17 59 (5.40%) Risk Management
18 58 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
18 58 (5.31%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 179 (16.38%) SQL
2 76 (6.95%) VBA
3 73 (6.68%) Python
4 52 (4.76%) C#
5 34 (3.11%) VB
6 31 (2.84%) PL/SQL
7 25 (2.29%) T-SQL
8 21 (1.92%) Java
9 20 (1.83%) VB.NET
10 19 (1.74%) JavaScript
11 17 (1.56%) PowerShell
12 13 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 12 (1.10%) C++
14 8 (0.73%) R
15 6 (0.55%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.46%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.37%) Perl
17 4 (0.37%) Scala
18 1 (0.091%) Groovy
18 1 (0.091%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 256 (23.42%) Degree
2 141 (12.90%) Security Cleared
3 83 (7.59%) SC Cleared
4 43 (3.93%) DV Cleared
5 37 (3.39%) APMP
6 29 (2.65%) PMP
7 27 (2.47%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (1.46%) ACCA
11 15 (1.37%) A+ Certification
12 14 (1.28%) CIMA
13 13 (1.19%) MCSA
14 12 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.82%) Master's Degree
17 7 (0.64%) CCNA
17 7 (0.64%) CIPD
17 7 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (10.16%) PMO
2 95 (8.69%) QA
3 57 (5.22%) SLA
4 48 (4.39%) Data Quality
5 34 (3.11%) GDPR
6 19 (1.74%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
8 7 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.64%) GxP
9 6 (0.55%) EMIR
10 5 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.46%) GAMP
10 5 (0.46%) GMP
11 4 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
11 4 (0.37%) MiFID
12 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.27%) P3O
12 3 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.37%) Firmware
4 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.091%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.091%) Cronacle
5 1 (0.091%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (1.10%) SCCM
2 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
4 3 (0.27%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.18%) Control-M
5 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.18%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.18%) SCOM
6 1 (0.091%) Iperf
6 1 (0.091%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 583 (53.34%) Microsoft
2 89 (8.14%) Oracle
3 82 (7.50%) SAP
4 50 (4.57%) ServiceNow
5 41 (3.75%) Citrix
6 34 (3.11%) Salesforce
7 28 (2.56%) Google
8 25 (2.29%) Bloomberg
9 19 (1.74%) Adobe
10 18 (1.65%) Cisco
11 13 (1.19%) Apple
11 13 (1.19%) Atlassian
12 12 (1.10%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.91%) MicroStrategy
13 10 (0.91%) Northgate
13 10 (0.91%) Reuters
14 9 (0.82%) Databricks
15 8 (0.73%) IFS
15 8 (0.73%) ION Trading
15 8 (0.73%) VMware