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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 71 88
Rank change year-on-year +3 +17 +17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 1,277 1,798 2,567
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.00% 3.14% 2.91%
As % of the Applications category 39.11% 42.35% 39.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 1,186 1,750
10th Percentile £165 £204 £200
25th Percentile £270 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £430 £436
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -1.43% +16.33%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £550
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £400 £388
% change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% +19.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 93 153
10th Percentile £11.45 £13.29 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.31 £15.50 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.84 £21.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% +7.58% +11.54%
75th Percentile £23.21 £40.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £34.04 £63.28 £44.69
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.80 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -29.52% +7.69% +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 3,265 4,246 6,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.68% 7.41% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,678 2,770 4,390
10th Percentile £165 £186 £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 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £395 £375
% change year-on-year -11.39% +5.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 627 265 427
10th Percentile £11.50 £14.29 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.00 £31.92 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.74% +48.47% +19.44%
75th Percentile £38.59 £52.50 £46.19
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £26.49 £19.25
% change year-on-year -39.37% +37.65% +7.66%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 1,073 £443 +3.02% 2,079
UK excluding London +10 750 £375 -6.25% 1,513
London -17 446 £450 -5.26% 695
Work from Home 0 355 £442 +4.00% 713
South East -2 175 £350 -17.65% 342
North of England +1 141 £475 +26.67% 418
Scotland +60 129 £375 +3.45% 92
East of England +22 128 £421 +16.21% 176
North West +11 107 £475 +20.70% 238
Midlands -18 82 £310 -23.46% 295
South West +15 81 £475 +1.71% 177
West Midlands -16 54 £425 +6.25% 160
East Midlands +6 28 £200 -63.47% 136
Yorkshire -22 27 £475 +22.09% 135
Northern Ireland -8 9 £200 -52.94% 16
North East +7 8 - - 51
Wales +18 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
1 143 (11.20%) SharePoint
2 53 (4.15%) Confluence
3 16 (1.25%) IIS
3 16 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.63%) Apache
5 6 (0.47%) SharePoint 2010
5 6 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.39%) SAS
6 5 (0.39%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.23%) 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
1 509 (39.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 410 (32.11%) Microsoft Office
3 117 (9.16%) MS Visio
4 109 (8.54%) Microsoft Project
5 85 (6.66%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.86%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.47%) 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%) 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 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (0.16%) Endur
9 2 (0.16%) SAP PS
9 2 (0.16%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 204 (15.97%) Power Platform
2 94 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (5.79%) Azure
4 27 (2.11%) 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 (1.25%) AWS
9 16 (1.25%) Google Workspace
9 16 (1.25%) PaaS
10 14 (1.10%) OCI
11 13 (1.02%) Collibra
11 13 (1.02%) IaaS
11 13 (1.02%) PowerApps
12 11 (0.86%) OneDrive
13 10 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (0.78%) Google Sheets
14 8 (0.63%) GCP
14 8 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.57%) Internet
2 19 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (1.17%) 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%) DNS
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (15.66%) Power BI
2 67 (5.25%) SQL Server
3 49 (3.84%) Tableau
4 29 (2.27%) Oracle Database
5 22 (1.72%) Metadata
6 18 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
7 17 (1.33%) PowerPivot
8 13 (1.02%) Big Data
8 13 (1.02%) Data Mining
8 13 (1.02%) Power Query
8 13 (1.02%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.70%) GIS
9 9 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.55%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Power View
11 6 (0.47%) MS Access
11 6 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 98 (7.67%) JIRA
2 11 (0.86%) Git
2 11 (0.86%) TeamCity
3 9 (0.70%) 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%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.078%) Toad
7 1 (0.078%) Zephyr
General
1 591 (46.28%) Social Skills
2 438 (34.30%) Finance
3 318 (24.90%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (9.24%) Organisational Skills
5 110 (8.61%) Public Sector
6 109 (8.54%) Banking
7 102 (7.99%) Presentation Skills
8 87 (6.81%) Telecoms
9 73 (5.72%) Legal
10 57 (4.46%) Marketing
11 49 (3.84%) Retail
12 45 (3.52%) Front Office
13 38 (2.98%) Manufacturing
14 35 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
14 35 (2.74%) Mandarin Language
15 29 (2.27%) Billing
16 27 (2.11%) Publishing
17 24 (1.88%) Law
18 23 (1.80%) Investment Banking
18 23 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 402 (31.48%) Analyst
2 99 (7.75%) Administrator
3 88 (6.89%) Data Analyst
4 81 (6.34%) Business Analyst
5 77 (6.03%) Developer
6 75 (5.87%) Lead
7 63 (4.93%) Service Analyst
8 61 (4.78%) Senior
9 47 (3.68%) Project Manager
10 38 (2.98%) Coordinator
11 35 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (2.58%) C# Developer
12 33 (2.58%) Service Desk Analyst
13 32 (2.51%) IT Support
14 28 (2.19%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
15 27 (2.11%) Financial Analyst
16 26 (2.04%) Project Leader
16 26 (2.04%) Support Engineer
17 22 (1.72%) Consultant
18 21 (1.64%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.90%) .NET
2 26 (2.04%) .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
7 11 (0.86%) WinForms
7 11 (0.86%) WPF
8 10 (0.78%) WCF
9 8 (0.63%) JSON
10 7 (0.55%) OpenID
10 7 (0.55%) SAML
11 6 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
12 3 (0.23%) ADO
12 3 (0.23%) ASP.NET
12 3 (0.23%) ATL
12 3 (0.23%) Lucene
12 3 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
12 3 (0.23%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.77%) Management Information System
2 61 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (2.66%) Product Ownership
4 32 (2.51%) Derivative
5 30 (2.35%) Virtual Team
6 23 (1.80%) Fixed Income
7 20 (1.57%) Life Science
8 19 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.33%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.25%) Smartphone
11 15 (1.17%) 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 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (0.70%) iPhone
16 8 (0.63%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 105 (8.22%) Windows
2 26 (2.04%) Windows 10
3 23 (1.80%) Unix
4 20 (1.57%) Linux
5 16 (1.25%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.10%) Android
7 11 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.63%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.39%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.16%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
2 220 (17.23%) Project Management
3 209 (16.37%) Business Intelligence
4 155 (12.14%) Customer Service
5 154 (12.06%) Data Analysis
6 150 (11.75%) Agile
7 148 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 104 (8.14%) Decision-Making
9 99 (7.75%) Change Management
10 96 (7.52%) Data Management
11 89 (6.97%) Project Delivery
12 87 (6.81%) Mathematics
13 86 (6.73%) Service Delivery
14 82 (6.42%) Analytics
15 78 (6.11%) Time Management
16 75 (5.87%) Risk Management
17 74 (5.79%) ITIL
18 71 (5.56%) PRINCE2
19 67 (5.25%) Visualisation
20 65 (5.09%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 191 (14.96%) SQL
2 71 (5.56%) Python
2 71 (5.56%) VBA
3 54 (4.23%) C#
4 31 (2.43%) PL/SQL
5 30 (2.35%) VB
6 29 (2.27%) T-SQL
7 26 (2.04%) Java
8 23 (1.80%) JavaScript
9 22 (1.72%) PowerShell
10 17 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 17 (1.33%) VB.NET
11 12 (0.94%) C++
12 9 (0.70%) R
13 6 (0.47%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.39%) Perl
14 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.31%) Scala
16 1 (0.078%) Groovy
16 1 (0.078%) XPath
Qualifications
1 312 (24.43%) Degree
2 153 (11.98%) Security Cleared
3 92 (7.20%) SC Cleared
4 46 (3.60%) DV Cleared
5 42 (3.29%) 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 (1.25%) 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
1 133 (10.42%) PMO
2 103 (8.07%) QA
3 66 (5.17%) SLA
4 56 (4.39%) Data Quality
5 42 (3.29%) GDPR
6 22 (1.72%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.72%) Disclosure Scotland
7 9 (0.70%) EMIR
8 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.55%) Dodd-Frank
9 7 (0.55%) MiFID
9 7 (0.55%) NIST
10 5 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.39%) GAMP
10 5 (0.39%) GMP
10 5 (0.39%) GxP
10 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.39%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 73 (5.72%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.078%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.078%) Firmware
3 1 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.078%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.078%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (1.10%) SCCM
2 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
4 3 (0.23%) 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%) SCOM
6 1 (0.078%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 685 (53.64%) Microsoft
2 102 (7.99%) Oracle
3 97 (7.60%) SAP
4 50 (3.92%) ServiceNow
5 38 (2.98%) Citrix
6 35 (2.74%) Salesforce
7 33 (2.58%) Google
8 28 (2.19%) Bloomberg
9 22 (1.72%) Adobe
10 21 (1.64%) Cisco
11 16 (1.25%) Apple
11 16 (1.25%) CyberArk
12 14 (1.10%) Atlassian
13 11 (0.86%) ION Trading
13 11 (0.86%) MarketAxess
13 11 (0.86%) Northgate
13 11 (0.86%) Tradeweb
14 10 (0.78%) MicroStrategy
14 10 (0.78%) Qualys
14 10 (0.78%) Workday