Microsoft Excel Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 65 67
Rank change year-on-year +15 +2 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 786 777 1,068
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.69% 3.42% 3.51%
As % of the Applications category 39.70% 38.28% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 480 713
10th Percentile £145 £181 £153
25th Percentile £198 £275 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% - +29.24%
75th Percentile £517 £513 £488
90th Percentile £679 £623 £575
UK median daily rate £425 £429 £450
% change year-on-year -0.93% -4.67% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 63 116
10th Percentile £11.22 £13.29 £10.56
25th Percentile £13.25 £15.50 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.80 £21.00 £18.20
Median % change year-on-year -29.52% +15.38% +10.30%
75th Percentile £20.00 £29.50 £26.62
90th Percentile £30.89 £53.28 £39.56
UK median hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% +11.43%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,980 2,030 2,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.28% 8.95% 9.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 1,264 1,931
10th Percentile £156 £163 £145
25th Percentile £205 £227 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £388 £375
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.70%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £488
90th Percentile £613 £600 £571
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £445
% change year-on-year -5.88% -4.49% +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 544 177 303
10th Percentile £11.13 £13.96 £10.77
25th Percentile £13.85 £16.70 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £25.25 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year -36.40% +32.27% +9.09%
75th Percentile £35.00 £47.50 £33.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £63.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £16.65 £27.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -39.45% +27.91% +21.13%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -1 186 £351 -16.92% 326
East of England +22 146 £400 +2.50% 153
North of England -3 146 £435 +16.00% 380
Scotland +64 124 £350 -6.67% 79
North West +18 110 £475 +22.58% 229
Midlands -5 88 £400 -11.11% 296
South West +18 83 £388 -26.19% 188
West Midlands -8 55 £413 -3.79% 159
East Midlands +1 33 £235 -57.27% 138
Yorkshire -22 28 £288 -32.35% 111
North East +1 9 - - 45
Northern Ireland -13 7 £113 -70.00% 11
Wales +20 6 £513 -6.82% 30
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 89 (11.32%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.80%) Confluence
3 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.76%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (0.76%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (0.51%) Apache
4 4 (0.51%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.51%) IIS
4 4 (0.51%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.38%) SAS
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.25%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Documentum
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 313 (39.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 261 (33.21%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (9.03%) Spreadsheet
4 68 (8.65%) Microsoft Project
5 42 (5.34%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.02%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.51%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.25%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.25%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.25%) Lectora
9 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.13%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.13%) Simulink
9 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.40%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.64%) SmartPlant
5 4 (0.51%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.25%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.25%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.25%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.13%) Epicor Tropos
8 1 (0.13%) Lorenzo
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 111 (14.12%) Power Platform
2 63 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (4.58%) Azure
4 26 (3.31%) Entra ID
5 15 (1.91%) Yammer
6 11 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (1.40%) Google Workspace
6 11 (1.40%) OCI
6 11 (1.40%) SaaS
7 9 (1.15%) IaaS
7 9 (1.15%) OneDrive
7 9 (1.15%) PaaS
7 9 (1.15%) Power Automate
8 8 (1.02%) Google Sheets
9 6 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (0.64%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 4 (0.51%) GCP
11 4 (0.51%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.51%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.38%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.02%) DNS
2 8 (1.02%) Intranet
3 7 (0.89%) 4G
3 7 (0.89%) 5G
3 7 (0.89%) PSTN
4 6 (0.76%) 3G
4 6 (0.76%) Diameter Protocol
4 6 (0.76%) GGSN
4 6 (0.76%) LTE
4 6 (0.76%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (0.76%) RANAP
4 6 (0.76%) SGSN
4 6 (0.76%) VoLTE
4 6 (0.76%) Wireshark
5 5 (0.64%) HTTP
5 5 (0.64%) Skype
6 4 (0.51%) H.323
6 4 (0.51%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (13.87%) Power BI
2 26 (3.31%) Tableau
3 14 (1.78%) Oracle Reports
4 13 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.65%) SQL Server
5 12 (1.53%) PowerPivot
6 10 (1.27%) GIS
6 10 (1.27%) Metadata
6 10 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (1.02%) SAP HANA
8 7 (0.89%) Data Mining
8 7 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.76%) Big Data
9 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Power View
9 6 (0.76%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.64%) MS Access
10 5 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.51%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.51%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 55 (7.00%) JIRA
2 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.25%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.25%) ERwin
3 2 (0.25%) Git
3 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.13%) Hudson
4 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 391 (49.75%) Social Skills
2 207 (26.34%) Finance
3 188 (23.92%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (10.56%) Organisational Skills
5 75 (9.54%) Public Sector
6 70 (8.91%) Telecoms
7 67 (8.52%) Presentation Skills
8 45 (5.73%) Legal
9 37 (4.71%) Banking
10 33 (4.20%) Mandarin Language
11 30 (3.82%) Manufacturing
12 27 (3.44%) Retail
13 22 (2.80%) Publishing
14 17 (2.16%) Marketing
15 16 (2.04%) German Language
15 16 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.53%) Back Office
17 12 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 232 (29.52%) Analyst
2 89 (11.32%) Administrator
3 54 (6.87%) Lead
4 44 (5.60%) Service Analyst
5 38 (4.83%) Data Analyst
6 33 (4.20%) Coordinator
7 30 (3.82%) Service Desk Analyst
8 28 (3.56%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
9 25 (3.18%) IT Support
10 24 (3.05%) Project Leader
11 22 (2.80%) Business Analyst
11 22 (2.80%) Senior
12 21 (2.67%) Change Analyst
13 20 (2.54%) Architect
13 20 (2.54%) Security Analyst
14 19 (2.42%) Project Manager
15 18 (2.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 17 (2.16%) Financial Analyst
17 16 (2.04%) Junior
17 16 (2.04%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.29%) SailPoint
2 12 (1.53%) HTML
3 7 (0.89%) .NET
3 7 (0.89%) CSS
3 7 (0.89%) OpenID
3 7 (0.89%) SAML
4 4 (0.51%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (0.51%) XML
5 3 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.25%) ADO
6 2 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.25%) Flash
6 2 (0.25%) Lucene
6 2 (0.25%) Regular Expression
6 2 (0.25%) Smart Contracts
7 1 (0.13%) COM
7 1 (0.13%) Google Maps API
7 1 (0.13%) HTML5
7 1 (0.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 85 (10.81%) Management Information System
2 36 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (2.54%) Virtual Team
4 17 (2.16%) Life Science
5 13 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.53%) Onboarding
6 12 (1.53%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.40%) NHS
8 10 (1.27%) Smartphone
9 7 (0.89%) Data Structures
9 7 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (0.76%) Wiki
11 5 (0.64%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.64%) DTCC
11 5 (0.64%) Market Risk
12 4 (0.51%) CCTV
12 4 (0.51%) Freedom of Information
12 4 (0.51%) IVR
12 4 (0.51%) Social Media
13 3 (0.38%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.96%) Windows
2 20 (2.54%) Windows 10
3 8 (1.02%) Linux
4 6 (0.76%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.64%) Android
5 5 (0.64%) Windows 7
6 4 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.38%) Unix
7 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.25%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
2 136 (17.30%) Customer Service
3 134 (17.05%) Project Management
4 118 (15.01%) Business Intelligence
5 89 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 79 (10.05%) Service Delivery
7 76 (9.67%) Agile
7 76 (9.67%) Data Analysis
8 75 (9.54%) Mathematics
9 66 (8.40%) Incident Management
10 62 (7.89%) Time Management
11 59 (7.51%) Data Management
12 56 (7.12%) Project Delivery
13 53 (6.74%) Decision-Making
14 47 (5.98%) Continuous Improvement
15 44 (5.60%) Change Management
15 44 (5.60%) PRINCE2
16 40 (5.09%) Analytics
16 40 (5.09%) Collaborative Working
17 39 (4.96%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 74 (9.41%) SQL
2 21 (2.67%) Python
3 15 (1.91%) JavaScript
4 12 (1.53%) VBA
5 9 (1.15%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.76%) C#
6 6 (0.76%) MATLAB
7 5 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.51%) Java
8 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.51%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.25%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.25%) R
9 2 (0.25%) VB
10 1 (0.13%) Groovy
10 1 (0.13%) Perl
10 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 166 (21.12%) Degree
2 120 (15.27%) Security Cleared
3 63 (8.02%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.71%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.33%) APMP
6 18 (2.29%) PMP
7 17 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.04%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.91%) A+ Certification
10 14 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.65%) MCSA
12 12 (1.53%) ACCA
12 12 (1.53%) CIMA
13 11 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.76%) CIPD
15 4 (0.51%) APMG
15 4 (0.51%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.51%) HNC
15 4 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (10.31%) PMO
2 50 (6.36%) QA
3 41 (5.22%) SLA
4 25 (3.18%) GDPR
5 21 (2.67%) Data Quality
6 20 (2.54%) Disclosure Scotland
7 17 (2.16%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.89%) GxP
9 5 (0.64%) GAMP
9 5 (0.64%) GMP
10 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.25%) GRC
12 2 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.13%) NCSC
13 1 (0.13%) P3O
System Software
1 51 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.38%) Firmware
4 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.51%) SCCM
2 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.51%) WhatsUp Gold
3 2 (0.25%) SCOM
4 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 473 (60.18%) Microsoft
2 67 (8.52%) SAP
3 40 (5.09%) Oracle
4 27 (3.44%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.67%) Google
6 18 (2.29%) Salesforce
7 16 (2.04%) CyberArk
8 15 (1.91%) Citrix
9 11 (1.40%) Adobe
10 9 (1.15%) IFS
10 9 (1.15%) Workday
11 8 (1.02%) MicroStrategy
11 8 (1.02%) VMware
12 7 (0.89%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.89%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (0.89%) Okta
12 7 (0.89%) Twitter
12 7 (0.89%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.76%) Autodesk
13 6 (0.76%) Cadence