Microsoft Excel Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 63 64
Rank change year-on-year +13 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 740 838 1,118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.61% 3.58% 3.68%
As % of the Applications category 36.54% 38.81% 37.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 504 740
10th Percentile £141 £177 £153
25th Percentile £200 £252 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £394 £389
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +1.41% +19.62%
75th Percentile £522 £511 £488
90th Percentile £675 £612 £571
UK median daily rate £440 £425 £431
% change year-on-year +3.53% -1.39% +14.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 78 136
10th Percentile £11.07 £12.93 £10.45
25th Percentile £12.99 £15.25 £12.25
Median hourly rate £14.80 £21.25 £18.97
Median % change year-on-year -30.35% +12.05% +14.94%
75th Percentile £20.77 £50.00 £25.75
90th Percentile £32.06 £65.00 £41.19
UK median hourly rate £14.80 £21.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.35% +8.97% +7.32%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,025 2,159 2,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.89% 9.23% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1,337 1,968
10th Percentile £150 £168 £143
25th Percentile £200 £235 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +9.57%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £488
90th Percentile £617 £600 £563
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 532 201 321
10th Percentile £11.08 £13.91 £10.66
25th Percentile £13.64 £17.00 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £31.27 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.64% +64.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £38.75 £50.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £53.00
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £35.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -50.70% +65.12% +16.22%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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
South East +2 168 £351 -17.53% 315
North of England +5 142 £475 +28.38% 368
Scotland +60 128 £375 +3.45% 82
East of England +19 124 £400 +14.29% 161
North West +17 108 £475 +23.36% 205
South West +24 82 £475 -1.76% 176
Midlands -15 81 £350 -12.50% 269
West Midlands -20 54 £425 +6.25% 149
East Midlands +9 27 £190 -55.29% 120
Yorkshire -24 27 £475 +26.67% 121
Northern Ireland -5 10 £210 -40.00% 23
North East +15 8 - - 48
Wales +15 6 £513 -6.82% 36
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 80 (10.81%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.30%) Confluence
3 6 (0.81%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (0.81%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (0.68%) Apache
4 5 (0.68%) IIS
4 5 (0.68%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.41%) SAS
7 2 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.27%) CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 299 (40.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 256 (34.59%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (9.86%) Microsoft Project
4 60 (8.11%) Spreadsheet
5 44 (5.95%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.08%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.41%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.27%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.27%) Lectora
9 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.14%) Simulink
9 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.95%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.68%) SmartPlant
5 4 (0.54%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 3 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.14%) Epicor Tropos
8 1 (0.14%) Hyperion Planning
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.14%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 107 (14.46%) Power Platform
2 56 (7.57%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (4.73%) Azure
4 25 (3.38%) Entra ID
5 15 (2.03%) Yammer
6 12 (1.62%) OCI
7 11 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.35%) Google Workspace
8 10 (1.35%) SaaS
9 9 (1.22%) IaaS
9 9 (1.22%) PaaS
9 9 (1.22%) Power Automate
10 7 (0.95%) Google Sheets
11 6 (0.81%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.68%) Oracle Service Cloud
12 5 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.54%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (0.27%) Google Data Studio
14 2 (0.27%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.08%) PSTN
3 7 (0.95%) 4G
3 7 (0.95%) 5G
3 7 (0.95%) Intranet
4 6 (0.81%) 3G
4 6 (0.81%) Diameter Protocol
4 6 (0.81%) DNS
4 6 (0.81%) GGSN
4 6 (0.81%) HTTP
4 6 (0.81%) LTE
4 6 (0.81%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (0.81%) RANAP
4 6 (0.81%) SGSN
4 6 (0.81%) VoLTE
4 6 (0.81%) Wireshark
5 5 (0.68%) H.323
5 5 (0.68%) Skype
5 5 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.54%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (14.19%) Power BI
2 23 (3.11%) Tableau
3 15 (2.03%) Oracle Reports
4 13 (1.76%) SQL Server
5 12 (1.62%) PowerPivot
6 10 (1.35%) Metadata
7 9 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.22%) GIS
8 7 (0.95%) SAP HANA
8 7 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.81%) Big Data
9 6 (0.81%) Data Mining
9 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Power View
9 6 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 5 (0.68%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.54%) Power Query
11 4 (0.54%) Spatial Data
11 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.41%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 51 (6.89%) JIRA
2 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.27%) ERwin
3 2 (0.27%) Git
4 1 (0.14%) Hudson
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 372 (50.27%) Social Skills
2 208 (28.11%) Finance
3 185 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 68 (9.19%) Public Sector
6 65 (8.78%) Presentation Skills
7 64 (8.65%) Telecoms
8 43 (5.81%) Legal
9 36 (4.86%) Banking
10 35 (4.73%) Mandarin Language
11 30 (4.05%) Manufacturing
12 26 (3.51%) Retail
13 22 (2.97%) Publishing
14 20 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.62%) German Language
16 12 (1.62%) Marketing
17 11 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.35%) Police
19 9 (1.22%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 216 (29.19%) Analyst
2 91 (12.30%) Administrator
3 55 (7.43%) Lead
4 44 (5.95%) Service Analyst
5 30 (4.05%) Service Desk Analyst
6 29 (3.92%) Business Analyst
6 29 (3.92%) Coordinator
6 29 (3.92%) Data Analyst
7 28 (3.78%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 24 (3.24%) IT Support
8 24 (3.24%) Project Leader
9 19 (2.57%) Change Analyst
9 19 (2.57%) Project Manager
9 19 (2.57%) Security Analyst
10 18 (2.43%) Senior
11 17 (2.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 17 (2.30%) Financial Analyst
12 16 (2.16%) Data Administrator
13 15 (2.03%) Architect
13 15 (2.03%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.30%) SailPoint
2 11 (1.49%) HTML
3 7 (0.95%) OpenID
3 7 (0.95%) SAML
4 6 (0.81%) .NET
4 6 (0.81%) CSS
5 5 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.68%) XML
6 3 (0.41%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.27%) ADO
7 2 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.27%) Flash
7 2 (0.27%) Lucene
7 2 (0.27%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.14%) COM
8 1 (0.14%) Google Maps API
8 1 (0.14%) HTML5
8 1 (0.14%) JSON
8 1 (0.14%) Series 60
Miscellaneous
1 75 (10.14%) Management Information System
2 35 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (2.84%) Virtual Team
4 18 (2.43%) Life Science
5 13 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (1.76%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.49%) NHS
6 11 (1.49%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.35%) Smartphone
8 8 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (0.95%) Data Structures
10 6 (0.81%) Freedom of Information
11 5 (0.68%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.68%) DTCC
11 5 (0.68%) IVR
11 5 (0.68%) Market Risk
12 4 (0.54%) CCTV
12 4 (0.54%) CMDB
12 4 (0.54%) iPhone
13 3 (0.41%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.41%) Windows
2 19 (2.57%) Windows 10
3 9 (1.22%) Linux
4 6 (0.81%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.68%) Windows 7
6 4 (0.54%) Android
7 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.27%) Unix
8 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.27%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
2 137 (18.51%) Project Management
3 117 (15.81%) Customer Service
4 114 (15.41%) Business Intelligence
5 93 (12.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 82 (11.08%) Agile
7 64 (8.65%) Data Analysis
8 63 (8.51%) Service Delivery
9 60 (8.11%) Project Delivery
10 57 (7.70%) Data Management
11 56 (7.57%) Mathematics
11 56 (7.57%) Time Management
12 51 (6.89%) Decision-Making
13 47 (6.35%) Incident Management
14 45 (6.08%) Change Management
15 43 (5.81%) PRINCE2
16 41 (5.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 38 (5.14%) Collaborative Working
18 37 (5.00%) ERP
18 37 (5.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 63 (8.51%) SQL
2 16 (2.16%) Python
3 15 (2.03%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.49%) VBA
5 8 (1.08%) PowerShell
6 7 (0.95%) C#
7 6 (0.81%) MATLAB
8 5 (0.68%) Java
9 4 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.41%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.41%) VB
10 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.14%) C
12 1 (0.14%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.14%) Groovy
12 1 (0.14%) Perl
12 1 (0.14%) R
12 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 160 (21.62%) Degree
2 112 (15.14%) Security Cleared
3 59 (7.97%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.14%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.59%) APMP
6 18 (2.43%) PMP
7 16 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.16%) PMI Certification
8 14 (1.89%) A+ Certification
8 14 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.76%) MCSA
10 12 (1.62%) ACCA
10 12 (1.62%) CIMA
11 11 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.54%) CIPD
12 4 (0.54%) CISM
12 4 (0.54%) CISSP
12 4 (0.54%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.54%) HNC
12 4 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (11.35%) PMO
2 53 (7.16%) QA
3 44 (5.95%) SLA
4 23 (3.11%) GDPR
5 22 (2.97%) Disclosure Scotland
6 21 (2.84%) Data Quality
7 18 (2.43%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.68%) GAMP
8 5 (0.68%) GMP
8 5 (0.68%) GxP
8 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 48 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.54%) SCCM
2 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.54%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 442 (59.73%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.78%) SAP
3 41 (5.54%) Oracle
4 25 (3.38%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.43%) Google
6 17 (2.30%) Salesforce
7 16 (2.16%) CyberArk
8 13 (1.76%) Citrix
9 11 (1.49%) Adobe
10 9 (1.22%) Workday
11 8 (1.08%) Cisco
11 8 (1.08%) IFS
11 8 (1.08%) MicroStrategy
12 7 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (0.95%) Okta
12 7 (0.95%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.81%) Cadence
13 6 (0.81%) Empirix
13 6 (0.81%) Twitter
13 6 (0.81%) VMware