Microsoft Excel Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Excel
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Microsoft Excel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 91 70
Rank change year-on-year +18 -21 +21
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 82 78 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.59% 2.20% 3.27%
As % of the Applications category 32.28% 28.68% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 56 84
10th Percentile £135 £221 £203
25th Percentile £199 £309 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £484 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% +13.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £602 £558 £541
90th Percentile £750 £612 £600
England median daily rate £443 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +4.18% -5.56% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 8
10th Percentile £11.37 £11.99 £11.31
25th Percentile £14.00 £21.25 £18.85
Median hourly rate £14.54 £65.00 £29.63
Median % change year-on-year -77.63% +119.41% -18.28%
75th Percentile - - £43.36
90th Percentile £17.23 £68.00 £60.92
England median hourly rate £14.80 £23.54 £19.76
% change year-on-year -37.11% +19.10% +2.65%

All Software Application Skills
South West

Microsoft Excel is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 254 272 312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 8.01% 7.67% 8.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 180 216
10th Percentile £135 £188 £131
25th Percentile £200 £303 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £500
90th Percentile £697 £612 £561
England median daily rate £400 £438 £430
% change year-on-year -8.57% +1.74% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 25 16
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.35 £14.41
25th Percentile £14.54 £18.50 £24.72
Median hourly rate £45.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +57.14% +12.72%
75th Percentile £51.25 £65.00 £56.29
90th Percentile £56.45 £74.00 £64.99
England median hourly rate £16.23 £35.50 £21.75
% change year-on-year -54.28% +63.22% +14.47%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South West over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South West over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Gloucestershire +34 37 £388 +162.71% 27
Wiltshire +7 16 £540 +15.63% 20
Bristol -4 16 £413 -2.94% 38
Somerset +7 8 £369 +154.14% 35
Devon -5 4 - - 19
Cornwall - 1 - - 5
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (13.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 41 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (39.02%) Microsoft Project
3 29 (35.37%) Spreadsheet
4 21 (25.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (8.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.10%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.88%) Azure
2 4 (4.88%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.22%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.10%) Power BI
2 1 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (31.71%) JIRA
General
1 63 (76.83%) Social Skills
2 39 (47.56%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (47.56%) Finance
3 26 (31.71%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (12.20%) Telecoms
5 7 (8.54%) Manufacturing
5 7 (8.54%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.10%) Military
6 5 (6.10%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (6.10%) Police
7 4 (4.88%) Banking
7 4 (4.88%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.44%) Retail
9 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Electronics
9 1 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Local Government
9 1 (1.22%) Marketing
9 1 (1.22%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 28 (34.15%) Lead
2 24 (29.27%) Project Leader
3 12 (14.63%) Administrator
4 10 (12.20%) Analyst
5 4 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (4.88%) Data Administrator
5 4 (4.88%) Project Manager
5 4 (4.88%) QA Specialist
5 4 (4.88%) Security Analyst
6 3 (3.66%) Accounts Payable Administrator
6 3 (3.66%) Business Analyst
6 3 (3.66%) Development Specialist
6 3 (3.66%) Junior
6 3 (3.66%) Product Specialist
7 2 (2.44%) Coordinator
7 2 (2.44%) Data Analyst
7 2 (2.44%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.44%) IT Manager
7 2 (2.44%) Project Controller
7 2 (2.44%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.88%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.22%) Lucene
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.41%) Management Information System
2 9 (10.98%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.10%) Life Science
3 5 (6.10%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.66%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.44%) Blog
5 2 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.22%) Contactless
6 1 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.10%) Windows
2 4 (4.88%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.22%) Android
3 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (50.00%) Project Management
2 34 (41.46%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (36.59%) Project Delivery
4 29 (35.37%) Agile
5 28 (34.15%) Data Management
5 28 (34.15%) PRINCE2
5 28 (34.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (30.49%) Project Planning
7 24 (29.27%) Commercial Awareness
7 24 (29.27%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 24 (29.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 24 (29.27%) Workshop Facilitation
8 11 (13.41%) Decision-Making
9 9 (10.98%) Customer Service
10 7 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (8.54%) Validation
11 6 (7.32%) Document Management
11 6 (7.32%) Risk Assessment
12 5 (6.10%) Change Control
12 5 (6.10%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 36 (43.90%) Security Cleared
2 26 (31.71%) DV Cleared
3 25 (30.49%) APMP
4 10 (12.20%) Degree
5 6 (7.32%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.66%) AAT
7 2 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (39.02%) PMO
2 15 (18.29%) QA
3 4 (4.88%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.88%) GMP
System Software
1 4 (4.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 63 (76.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.10%) Adobe
3 4 (4.88%) CyberArk
4 3 (3.66%) SAP
5 2 (2.44%) Remedy
6 1 (1.22%) BT
6 1 (1.22%) Fujitsu