Microsoft Excel Contracts

Microsoft Excel
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 74 86
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 +19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 1,281 1,887 2,575
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.96% 3.16% 2.90%
As % of the Applications category 37.48% 42.81% 39.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 1,238 1,751
10th Percentile £170 £204 £200
25th Percentile £285 £312 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £425 £428
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% -0.70% +14.13%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £540
90th Percentile £725 £679 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £385 £390
% change year-on-year -2.66% -1.22% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 101 155
10th Percentile £11.41 £12.50 £10.49
25th Percentile £13.31 £15.50 £12.28
Median hourly rate £14.80 £22.75 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -34.95% +16.55% +3.97%
75th Percentile £23.59 £50.00 £31.63
90th Percentile £34.32 £65.00 £43.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.54 £22.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -35.38% +15.38% +18.09%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,418 4,408 6,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.89% 7.37% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,731 2,901 4,333
10th Percentile £161 £188 £160
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £390 £375
% change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% +10.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 634 264 438
10th Percentile £11.55 £13.91 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.48 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.76 £36.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.34% +69.77% +13.16%
75th Percentile £39.92 £53.45 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.75 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £32.30 £19.00
% change year-on-year -50.28% +70.00% -

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England -1 1,077 £443 +4.12% 1,631
UK excluding London +10 722 £375 -2.66% 1,218
London -5 476 £450 -4.26% 534
Work from Home 0 364 £450 +5.88% 574
South East +1 165 £350 -11.05% 328
North of England 0 149 £475 +28.38% 313
Scotland +58 125 £375 +11.11% 87
East of England +10 115 £350 -6.67% 152
North West +16 114 £475 +23.30% 185
Midlands -22 76 £413 +3.13% 228
South West +13 75 £500 +7.07% 120
West Midlands -15 49 £425 +6.92% 129
East Midlands +3 27 £180 -55.00% 98
Yorkshire -28 27 £500 +33.33% 85
Northern Ireland -3 11 £168 -50.37% 21
North East +19 8 £230 -21.54% 47
Wales +14 7 £513 +10.81% 31

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 138 (10.77%) SharePoint
2 52 (4.06%) Confluence
3 25 (1.95%) IIS
4 19 (1.48%) Apache
5 16 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.25%) Tomcat
6 6 (0.47%) SharePoint 2010
6 6 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.39%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.39%) SAS
8 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Documentum
10 2 (0.16%) Moodle
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.078%) Drupal
11 1 (0.078%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 499 (38.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 425 (33.18%) Microsoft Office
3 120 (9.37%) MS Visio
4 113 (8.82%) Microsoft Project
5 83 (6.48%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.78%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.39%) Camtasia
7 5 (0.39%) SPSS
8 3 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.23%) InDesign
8 3 (0.23%) MicroStation
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.16%) Lectora
9 2 (0.16%) Revit
10 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.078%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.078%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.62%) ION MarketView
4 7 (0.55%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.47%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.39%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.39%) OPENHousing
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.39%) SmartPlant
7 4 (0.31%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 4 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.16%) SAP PS
9 2 (0.16%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 198 (15.46%) Power Platform
2 100 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (6.17%) Azure
4 31 (2.42%) Power Automate
5 25 (1.95%) Entra ID
6 20 (1.56%) SaaS
6 20 (1.56%) Yammer
7 17 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.33%) Google Workspace
8 15 (1.17%) AWS
9 14 (1.09%) OCI
9 14 (1.09%) PaaS
10 13 (1.01%) Collibra
10 13 (1.01%) IaaS
10 13 (1.01%) PowerApps
11 11 (0.86%) OneDrive
12 9 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
13 6 (0.47%) Google Analytics
13 6 (0.47%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.48%) HTTP
2 18 (1.41%) Internet
3 17 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.25%) H.323
4 16 (1.25%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.25%) WAN
5 14 (1.09%) LAN
6 12 (0.94%) FIX Connectivity
7 10 (0.78%) Intranet
8 9 (0.70%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (0.70%) Wireless
9 8 (0.62%) PSTN
9 8 (0.62%) Skype
10 6 (0.47%) VoIP
11 5 (0.39%) 4G
11 5 (0.39%) 5G
11 5 (0.39%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.39%) VPN
12 4 (0.31%) Diameter Protocol
12 4 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (15.14%) Power BI
2 75 (5.85%) SQL Server
3 44 (3.43%) Tableau
4 34 (2.65%) Oracle Database
5 21 (1.64%) Metadata
6 18 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
9 14 (1.09%) PowerPivot
10 12 (0.94%) Power Query
11 11 (0.86%) Data Mining
11 11 (0.86%) Relational Database
12 10 (0.78%) Big Data
13 9 (0.70%) GIS
14 7 (0.55%) MS Access
14 7 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 7 (0.55%) SAP HANA
15 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Power View
16 5 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 99 (7.73%) JIRA
2 11 (0.86%) Git
2 11 (0.86%) TeamCity
3 7 (0.55%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.47%) Hudson
5 4 (0.31%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 2 (0.16%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.16%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.16%) ERwin
6 2 (0.16%) JUnit
6 2 (0.16%) Mockito
6 2 (0.16%) ScalaTest
6 2 (0.16%) Subversion
6 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.078%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.078%) NUnit
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.078%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.078%) Toad
General
1 575 (44.89%) Social Skills
2 450 (35.13%) Finance
3 325 (25.37%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.98%) Organisational Skills
5 110 (8.59%) Banking
6 100 (7.81%) Public Sector
7 97 (7.57%) Telecoms
8 95 (7.42%) Presentation Skills
9 81 (6.32%) Legal
10 57 (4.45%) Marketing
11 49 (3.83%) Retail
12 48 (3.75%) Front Office
13 43 (3.36%) Manufacturing
14 40 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
15 35 (2.73%) Mandarin Language
16 32 (2.50%) Billing
17 26 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
17 26 (2.03%) Publishing
18 25 (1.95%) Investment Banking
18 25 (1.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 391 (30.52%) Analyst
2 98 (7.65%) Administrator
3 84 (6.56%) Developer
4 82 (6.40%) Business Analyst
5 77 (6.01%) Data Analyst
6 70 (5.46%) Lead
7 66 (5.15%) Senior
8 59 (4.61%) Service Analyst
9 54 (4.22%) Project Manager
10 41 (3.20%) Coordinator
11 40 (3.12%) C# Developer
12 36 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
13 34 (2.65%) IT Support
14 31 (2.42%) Support Engineer
15 30 (2.34%) Service Desk Analyst
16 27 (2.11%) Financial Analyst
17 26 (2.03%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
18 22 (1.72%) Consultant
18 22 (1.72%) Junior
19 21 (1.64%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.12%) .NET
2 30 (2.34%) .NET Framework
3 25 (1.95%) SailPoint
4 19 (1.48%) HTML
4 19 (1.48%) XML
5 12 (0.94%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (0.86%) CSS
6 11 (0.86%) WPF
7 9 (0.70%) WinForms
8 8 (0.62%) WCF
9 7 (0.55%) JSON
10 6 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.39%) Lucene
12 4 (0.31%) OpenID
12 4 (0.31%) SAML
13 3 (0.23%) ADO
13 3 (0.23%) ASP.NET
13 3 (0.23%) ATL
13 3 (0.23%) Smart Contracts
14 2 (0.16%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 123 (9.60%) Management Information System
2 59 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (2.81%) Derivative
4 29 (2.26%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.11%) Fixed Income
5 27 (2.11%) Virtual Team
6 20 (1.56%) Life Science
7 19 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (1.33%) NHS
9 16 (1.25%) IVR
9 16 (1.25%) Smartphone
10 15 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
12 13 (1.01%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.01%) Equity Derivative
12 13 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 13 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
13 12 (0.94%) iPhone
13 12 (0.94%) Onboarding
14 10 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 120 (9.37%) Windows
2 33 (2.58%) Linux
3 29 (2.26%) Windows 10
4 23 (1.80%) Unix
5 18 (1.41%) Android
6 16 (1.25%) Mac OS
6 16 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (1.01%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.78%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.31%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.23%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.16%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
2 222 (17.33%) Project Management
3 199 (15.53%) Business Intelligence
4 160 (12.49%) Data Analysis
5 154 (12.02%) Agile
6 151 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 148 (11.55%) Customer Service
8 106 (8.27%) Decision-Making
9 103 (8.04%) Change Management
10 92 (7.18%) Data Management
11 85 (6.64%) Project Delivery
12 77 (6.01%) Time Management
13 72 (5.62%) Analytics
13 72 (5.62%) Mathematics
13 72 (5.62%) Risk Management
13 72 (5.62%) Service Delivery
14 69 (5.39%) ITIL
15 68 (5.31%) PRINCE2
16 66 (5.15%) Data Modelling
16 66 (5.15%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 195 (15.22%) SQL
2 72 (5.62%) VBA
3 62 (4.84%) Python
4 61 (4.76%) C#
5 35 (2.73%) PL/SQL
5 35 (2.73%) T-SQL
6 30 (2.34%) VB
7 28 (2.19%) Java
8 23 (1.80%) PowerShell
8 23 (1.80%) VB.NET
9 20 (1.56%) JavaScript
10 16 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.78%) C++
12 9 (0.70%) R
13 5 (0.39%) Perl
13 5 (0.39%) Scala
13 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.31%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.078%) C
15 1 (0.078%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 312 (24.36%) Degree
2 145 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 83 (6.48%) SC Cleared
4 42 (3.28%) DV Cleared
5 39 (3.04%) APMP
6 32 (2.50%) PMP
7 30 (2.34%) PMI Certification
8 20 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.48%) ACCA
10 18 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.33%) CIMA
12 13 (1.01%) A+ Certification
13 12 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (0.94%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.94%) MCSA
14 10 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.78%) CISM
14 10 (0.78%) CISSP
14 10 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (10.62%) PMO
2 112 (8.74%) QA
3 67 (5.23%) SLA
4 56 (4.37%) Data Quality
5 41 (3.20%) GDPR
6 23 (1.80%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.64%) Disclosure Scotland
8 9 (0.70%) EMIR
9 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.55%) Dodd-Frank
10 7 (0.55%) MiFID
11 6 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.47%) NIST
12 5 (0.39%) GAMP
12 5 (0.39%) GMP
12 5 (0.39%) GxP
12 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.31%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 70 (5.46%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.078%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.078%) Firmware
3 1 (0.078%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.078%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.078%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (1.25%) SCCM
2 12 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
4 3 (0.23%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (0.16%) Control-M
5 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.16%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.078%) Iperf
Vendors
1 691 (53.94%) Microsoft
2 105 (8.20%) Oracle
3 94 (7.34%) SAP
4 53 (4.14%) ServiceNow
5 44 (3.43%) Citrix
6 34 (2.65%) Salesforce
7 29 (2.26%) Google
8 27 (2.11%) Bloomberg
9 24 (1.87%) Cisco
10 21 (1.64%) Adobe
11 20 (1.56%) Avaya
12 18 (1.41%) Apple
13 16 (1.25%) CyberArk
13 16 (1.25%) Red Hat
14 13 (1.01%) Atlassian
14 13 (1.01%) Verint
15 11 (0.86%) ION Trading
15 11 (0.86%) MarketAxess
15 11 (0.86%) Northgate
15 11 (0.86%) Tradeweb