Microsoft Excel Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Excel
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 80 99
Rank change year-on-year -10 +19 +18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 349 647 1,162
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.38% 2.67% 2.63%
As % of the Applications category 35.47% 41.11% 41.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 479 858
10th Percentile £166 £250 £210
25th Percentile £284 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +25.00%
75th Percentile £548 £550 £538
90th Percentile £725 £678 £625
UK median daily rate £440 £428 £450
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.89% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 30 45
10th Percentile £12.14 £15.25 £10.49
25th Percentile £13.99 £16.25 £12.25
Median hourly rate £21.99 £22.53 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% +12.65% +15.54%
75th Percentile £27.25 £42.73 £27.63
90th Percentile £45.00 £57.50 £42.15
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £21.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year -31.77% +11.54% +11.43%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 984 1,574 2,823
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.72% 6.49% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 1,092 1,995
10th Percentile £179 £210 £200
25th Percentile £282 £331 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.78% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £544 £575 £549
90th Percentile £675 £700 £638
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £440
% change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 100 133
10th Percentile £12.89 £15.70 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.59 £21.19 £19.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £42.15 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.96% +29.69% +85.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £52.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.50 £67.63 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £27.83 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.68% +29.44% +21.13%

Microsoft Excel
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Excel trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Microsoft Excel daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Microsoft Excel hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 39 (11.17%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.44%) Confluence
3 3 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.86%) SAS
4 2 (0.57%) CMS
4 2 (0.57%) Documentum
4 2 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.29%) Drupal
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) JBoss
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.29%) Smallworld
Applications
1 146 (41.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 100 (28.65%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (10.60%) MS Visio
4 23 (6.59%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (6.02%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.57%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.57%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.57%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.57%) InDesign
6 2 (0.57%) Lectora
6 2 (0.57%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.57%) Revit
6 2 (0.57%) SPSS
7 1 (0.29%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.29%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) SmartPlant
2 4 (1.15%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.86%) SAP Hybris
3 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.57%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.29%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.29%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 64 (18.34%) Power Platform
2 24 (6.88%) Azure
3 17 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.30%) Google Workspace
4 15 (4.30%) SaaS
5 13 (3.72%) IaaS
5 13 (3.72%) PaaS
6 10 (2.87%) Power Automate
7 7 (2.01%) PowerApps
8 6 (1.72%) Google Sheets
8 6 (1.72%) OCI
9 4 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.15%) Collibra
9 4 (1.15%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.15%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 3 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.86%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 3 (0.86%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.86%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.86%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.01%) Internet
2 5 (1.43%) FIX Connectivity
2 5 (1.43%) Intranet
3 4 (1.15%) WAN
4 3 (0.86%) ADSL
4 3 (0.86%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.86%) MPLS
4 3 (0.86%) PSTN
5 2 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.29%) 4G
6 1 (0.29%) 5G
6 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.29%) DWDM
6 1 (0.29%) LAN
6 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) SDH
6 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.29%) WinSCP
6 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (18.05%) Power BI
2 26 (7.45%) SQL Server
3 18 (5.16%) Tableau
4 8 (2.29%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (2.01%) GIS
6 6 (1.72%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.72%) Power Query
6 6 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.43%) PowerPivot
7 5 (1.43%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.86%) Metadata
9 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.57%) Big Data
10 2 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Power View
10 2 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.57%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 28 (8.02%) JIRA
2 5 (1.43%) Git
2 5 (1.43%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.15%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.57%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.57%) ERwin
4 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.29%) NUnit
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.29%) RStudio
5 1 (0.29%) Toad
General
1 135 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 117 (33.52%) Finance
3 88 (25.21%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.60%) Public Sector
5 33 (9.46%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (7.74%) Banking
7 26 (7.45%) Telecoms
8 21 (6.02%) Retail
9 19 (5.44%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (5.16%) Front Office
10 18 (5.16%) Legal
11 15 (4.30%) Marketing
12 9 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.58%) Investment Banking
13 8 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (2.29%) Manufacturing
14 7 (2.01%) Billing
15 6 (1.72%) Automotive
15 6 (1.72%) Publishing
16 5 (1.43%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 118 (33.81%) Analyst
2 35 (10.03%) Business Analyst
3 30 (8.60%) Data Analyst
4 24 (6.88%) Developer
5 21 (6.02%) Administrator
6 18 (5.16%) Project Manager
7 17 (4.87%) Excel Analyst
8 15 (4.30%) Senior
9 13 (3.72%) Service Analyst
10 12 (3.44%) Consultant
10 12 (3.44%) Coordinator
10 12 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (3.15%) C# Developer
12 10 (2.87%) Lead
12 10 (2.87%) Support Officer
12 10 (2.87%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (2.58%) Data Business Analyst
13 9 (2.58%) Front Office Developer
13 9 (2.58%) Technical Business Analyst
14 8 (2.29%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.58%) XML
2 8 (2.29%) .NET
3 6 (1.72%) HTML
4 5 (1.43%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (1.15%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.15%) OpenID
5 4 (1.15%) SAML
6 3 (0.86%) ATL
6 3 (0.86%) CSS
6 3 (0.86%) JSON
6 3 (0.86%) Smart Contracts
7 2 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.57%) Flash
7 2 (0.57%) Lucene
8 1 (0.29%) Django
8 1 (0.29%) React
8 1 (0.29%) RESTful
8 1 (0.29%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.29%) WinForms
8 1 (0.29%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.46%) Management Information System
2 20 (5.73%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (4.87%) Virtual Team
4 14 (4.01%) Derivative
5 13 (3.72%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.87%) Fixed Income
7 9 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.58%) Equity Derivative
7 9 (2.58%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.43%) NHS
9 4 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.15%) Equities
9 4 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.15%) Wiki
10 3 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.86%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.86%) Life Science
10 3 (0.86%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.44%) Unix
2 10 (2.87%) Windows
3 7 (2.01%) Linux
4 4 (1.15%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.57%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (19.20%) Business Intelligence
2 58 (16.62%) Project Management
3 46 (13.18%) Data Analysis
4 45 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (12.03%) Agile
6 34 (9.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (8.31%) Decision-Making
7 29 (8.31%) Project Delivery
7 29 (8.31%) Risk Management
8 27 (7.74%) Customer Service
9 26 (7.45%) Change Management
10 25 (7.16%) Visualisation
11 22 (6.30%) Business Analysis
11 22 (6.30%) Customer Requirements
11 22 (6.30%) Data Modelling
11 22 (6.30%) Data Visualisation
12 19 (5.44%) Analytics
13 17 (4.87%) Data Management
14 16 (4.58%) CRM
15 15 (4.30%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 71 (20.34%) SQL
2 37 (10.60%) Python
3 22 (6.30%) C#
4 13 (3.72%) Java
4 13 (3.72%) VBA
5 9 (2.58%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.29%) PL/SQL
7 7 (2.01%) C++
7 7 (2.01%) R
7 7 (2.01%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (1.43%) Perl
9 5 (1.43%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.15%) VB
11 3 (0.86%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.57%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.29%) Bash
13 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 105 (30.09%) Degree
2 35 (10.03%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.88%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.16%) PMP
5 15 (4.30%) PMI Certification
6 14 (4.01%) APMP
7 8 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.29%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.72%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.43%) ACCA
9 5 (1.43%) CIMA
9 5 (1.43%) CISM
9 5 (1.43%) CISSP
9 5 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (1.15%) BC Cleared
11 3 (0.86%) CIPD
11 3 (0.86%) HNC
11 3 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.46%) PMO
2 28 (8.02%) QA
3 23 (6.59%) SLA
4 13 (3.72%) Data Quality
5 12 (3.44%) GDPR
6 7 (2.01%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.72%) Disclosure Scotland
8 5 (1.43%) NIST
8 5 (1.43%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.86%) P3O
10 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.57%) PSD2
11 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 5 (1.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 165 (47.28%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.32%) Oracle
3 24 (6.88%) SAP
4 21 (6.02%) Google
5 17 (4.87%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.72%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.01%) Adobe
8 6 (1.72%) Bloomberg
9 5 (1.43%) Workday
10 4 (1.15%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.15%) Cisco
10 4 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.15%) IFS
10 4 (1.15%) ION Trading
10 4 (1.15%) MarketAxess
10 4 (1.15%) NEC
10 4 (1.15%) Northgate
10 4 (1.15%) Okta
10 4 (1.15%) Tradeweb
10 4 (1.15%) Zscaler