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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 71 89
Rank change year-on-year +2 +18 +16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 1,274 1,800 2,536
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.99% 3.14% 2.89%
As % of the Applications category 39.01% 42.36% 38.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 1,185 1,735
10th Percentile £165 £204 £200
25th Percentile £278 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £430 £438
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -1.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £544 £575 £550
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £400 £386
% change year-on-year -6.25% +3.69% +18.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 96 151
10th Percentile £11.45 £13.29 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.31 £15.50 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.84 £21.83 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -32.02% +11.83% +11.54%
75th Percentile £23.21 £43.10 £28.75
90th Percentile £34.04 £65.00 £44.69
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.80 £21.83 £19.50
% change year-on-year -32.20% +11.95% +18.18%

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 3,266 4,249 6,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.67% 7.42% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,675 2,770 4,358
10th Percentile £165 £186 £162
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 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £395 £375
% change year-on-year -11.39% +5.33% +8.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 628 268 422
10th Percentile £11.50 £14.33 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.11 £32.11 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.71% +49.35% +19.44%
75th Percentile £38.51 £52.50 £47.19
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £27.25 £19.35
% change year-on-year -41.06% +40.81% +8.27%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 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
England -1 1,072 £443 +3.26% 2,060
UK excluding London +12 749 £375 -6.25% 1,498
London -14 444 £450 -5.26% 678
Work from Home -1 356 £450 +5.88% 710
South East +1 175 £350 -17.65% 328
North of England +1 141 £475 +26.67% 420
East of England +23 129 £421 +16.21% 176
Scotland +61 128 £375 +3.45% 93
North West +14 107 £475 +20.70% 238
Midlands -14 82 £310 -23.46% 292
South West +19 80 £475 +1.71% 177
West Midlands -15 55 £425 +6.25% 161
East Midlands +6 27 £190 -65.30% 132
Yorkshire -24 27 £475 +22.09% 137
Northern Ireland -8 9 £200 -52.94% 15
North East +9 8 - - 51
Wales +17 6 £513 -6.82% 51

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
1 139 (10.91%) SharePoint
2 54 (4.24%) Confluence
3 15 (1.18%) IIS
3 15 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.63%) Apache
5 6 (0.47%) SAS
5 6 (0.47%) SharePoint 2010
5 6 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.39%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) Documentum
9 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.078%) Drupal
10 1 (0.078%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 510 (40.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 406 (31.87%) Microsoft Office
3 118 (9.26%) MS Visio
4 109 (8.56%) Microsoft Project
5 86 (6.75%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.86%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.47%) SPSS
8 3 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.24%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.24%) InDesign
8 3 (0.24%) MicroStation
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.16%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.16%) Lectora
9 2 (0.16%) Revit
9 2 (0.16%) Trello
10 1 (0.078%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.078%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.63%) ION MarketView
4 7 (0.55%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.39%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.39%) Loan IQ
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%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (0.16%) Endur
9 2 (0.16%) SAP PS
9 2 (0.16%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 204 (16.01%) Power Platform
2 92 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
3 75 (5.89%) Azure
4 27 (2.12%) Entra ID
5 26 (2.04%) Power Automate
6 20 (1.57%) Yammer
7 19 (1.49%) SaaS
8 17 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (1.26%) AWS
9 16 (1.26%) Google Workspace
9 16 (1.26%) PaaS
10 14 (1.10%) OCI
11 13 (1.02%) Collibra
11 13 (1.02%) IaaS
11 13 (1.02%) PowerApps
12 10 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (0.78%) OneDrive
13 9 (0.71%) Google Sheets
14 8 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (0.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.49%) Internet
2 18 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (1.18%) WAN
4 14 (1.10%) LAN
5 12 (0.94%) FIX Connectivity
6 10 (0.78%) Intranet
7 8 (0.63%) HTTP
7 8 (0.63%) PSTN
7 8 (0.63%) Wireless
8 7 (0.55%) 4G
8 7 (0.55%) 5G
8 7 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (0.55%) Skype
9 6 (0.47%) Diameter Protocol
9 6 (0.47%) GGSN
9 6 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
9 6 (0.47%) RANAP
9 6 (0.47%) SGSN
9 6 (0.47%) VoLTE
9 6 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (15.70%) Power BI
2 67 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 48 (3.77%) Tableau
4 28 (2.20%) Oracle Database
5 22 (1.73%) Metadata
6 19 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
8 17 (1.33%) PowerPivot
9 13 (1.02%) Big Data
9 13 (1.02%) Data Mining
9 13 (1.02%) Power Query
10 11 (0.86%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.71%) GIS
11 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.55%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Power View
13 6 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 5 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (0.31%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 99 (7.77%) JIRA
2 11 (0.86%) Git
2 11 (0.86%) TeamCity
3 9 (0.71%) 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%) NUnit
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.078%) RStudio
7 1 (0.078%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.078%) Toad
General
1 591 (46.39%) Social Skills
2 439 (34.46%) Finance
3 318 (24.96%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (9.34%) Organisational Skills
5 109 (8.56%) Banking
5 109 (8.56%) Public Sector
6 102 (8.01%) Presentation Skills
7 88 (6.91%) Telecoms
8 74 (5.81%) Legal
9 57 (4.47%) Marketing
10 49 (3.85%) Retail
11 45 (3.53%) Front Office
12 39 (3.06%) Manufacturing
13 36 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
14 35 (2.75%) Mandarin Language
15 29 (2.28%) Billing
16 27 (2.12%) Publishing
17 24 (1.88%) Law
17 24 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
18 23 (1.81%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 398 (31.24%) Analyst
2 100 (7.85%) Administrator
3 86 (6.75%) Data Analyst
4 81 (6.36%) Business Analyst
5 76 (5.97%) Developer
6 75 (5.89%) Lead
7 62 (4.87%) Senior
8 61 (4.79%) Service Analyst
9 47 (3.69%) Project Manager
10 38 (2.98%) Coordinator
11 36 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
12 32 (2.51%) C# Developer
12 32 (2.51%) IT Support
12 32 (2.51%) Service Desk Analyst
13 28 (2.20%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
14 27 (2.12%) Financial Analyst
14 27 (2.12%) Support Engineer
15 26 (2.04%) Project Leader
16 22 (1.73%) Consultant
17 21 (1.65%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.83%) .NET
2 25 (1.96%) .NET Framework
3 24 (1.88%) SailPoint
4 19 (1.49%) XML
5 18 (1.41%) HTML
6 12 (0.94%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (0.86%) CSS
8 10 (0.78%) WinForms
8 10 (0.78%) WPF
9 9 (0.71%) WCF
10 8 (0.63%) JSON
11 7 (0.55%) OpenID
11 7 (0.55%) SAML
12 6 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
13 3 (0.24%) ADO
13 3 (0.24%) ASP.NET
13 3 (0.24%) ATL
13 3 (0.24%) Lucene
13 3 (0.24%) SAP Fiori
13 3 (0.24%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 111 (8.71%) Management Information System
2 61 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (2.67%) Product Ownership
4 32 (2.51%) Derivative
5 30 (2.35%) Virtual Team
6 23 (1.81%) Fixed Income
7 20 (1.57%) Life Science
8 19 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.33%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.26%) Smartphone
11 15 (1.18%) NHS
12 13 (1.02%) Data Structures
13 12 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 12 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
14 11 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.86%) Equity Derivative
14 11 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
15 9 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (0.71%) iPhone
16 8 (0.63%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 102 (8.01%) Windows
2 25 (1.96%) Windows 10
3 23 (1.81%) Unix
4 20 (1.57%) Linux
5 16 (1.26%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.02%) Android
7 10 (0.78%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.63%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server
11 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.16%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
2 221 (17.35%) Project Management
3 206 (16.17%) Business Intelligence
4 155 (12.17%) Customer Service
5 153 (12.01%) Data Analysis
6 151 (11.85%) Agile
7 150 (11.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 104 (8.16%) Decision-Making
9 99 (7.77%) Change Management
10 97 (7.61%) Data Management
11 89 (6.99%) Project Delivery
12 87 (6.83%) Mathematics
13 86 (6.75%) Service Delivery
14 79 (6.20%) Analytics
15 78 (6.12%) Time Management
16 74 (5.81%) ITIL
17 73 (5.73%) Risk Management
18 71 (5.57%) PRINCE2
19 66 (5.18%) Data Modelling
19 66 (5.18%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 188 (14.76%) SQL
2 68 (5.34%) VBA
3 67 (5.26%) Python
4 53 (4.16%) C#
5 30 (2.35%) PL/SQL
6 28 (2.20%) T-SQL
7 27 (2.12%) VB
8 26 (2.04%) Java
9 21 (1.65%) JavaScript
9 21 (1.65%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 17 (1.33%) VB.NET
12 12 (0.94%) C++
13 7 (0.55%) R
14 6 (0.47%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.39%) Perl
15 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.31%) Scala
17 1 (0.078%) Groovy
17 1 (0.078%) XPath
Qualifications
1 312 (24.49%) Degree
2 154 (12.09%) Security Cleared
3 93 (7.30%) SC Cleared
4 46 (3.61%) DV Cleared
5 42 (3.30%) APMP
6 32 (2.51%) PMP
7 30 (2.35%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.49%) ACCA
9 19 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (1.33%) CIMA
12 16 (1.26%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.10%) A+ Certification
14 13 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
14 13 (1.02%) MCSA
15 11 (0.86%) CISM
15 11 (0.86%) CISSP
16 10 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (10.52%) PMO
2 103 (8.08%) QA
3 66 (5.18%) SLA
4 57 (4.47%) Data Quality
5 42 (3.30%) GDPR
6 22 (1.73%) Disclosure Scotland
7 21 (1.65%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.71%) EMIR
9 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.55%) Dodd-Frank
10 7 (0.55%) MiFID
10 7 (0.55%) NIST
11 5 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.39%) GAMP
11 5 (0.39%) GMP
11 5 (0.39%) GxP
11 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.39%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 72 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.078%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.078%) Firmware
3 1 (0.078%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.078%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (1.10%) SCCM
2 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
4 3 (0.24%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.16%) Control-M
5 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.078%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.078%) Iperf
6 1 (0.078%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 682 (53.53%) Microsoft
2 102 (8.01%) Oracle
3 98 (7.69%) SAP
4 50 (3.92%) ServiceNow
5 36 (2.83%) Citrix
6 35 (2.75%) Salesforce
7 32 (2.51%) Google
8 28 (2.20%) Bloomberg
9 22 (1.73%) Adobe
10 21 (1.65%) Cisco
11 16 (1.26%) Apple
11 16 (1.26%) CyberArk
12 14 (1.10%) Atlassian
13 11 (0.86%) ION Trading
13 11 (0.86%) MarketAxess
13 11 (0.86%) MicroStrategy
13 11 (0.86%) Northgate
13 11 (0.86%) Tradeweb
14 10 (0.78%) Qualys
14 10 (0.78%) Workday