Microsoft Excel Contracts in England

Microsoft Excel
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 69 83
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 1,075 1,597 2,117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.95% 3.31% 3.01%
As % of the Applications category 37.51% 43.17% 39.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 1,067 1,425
10th Percentile £170 £200 £194
25th Percentile £281 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £566 £575 £569
90th Percentile £728 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £442 £425 £438
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.00% +16.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 83 139
10th Percentile £11.45 £13.29 £10.60
25th Percentile £13.42 £16.14 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.80 £23.54 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.11% +17.68% +2.56%
75th Percentile £23.75 £49.38 £31.63
90th Percentile £34.32 £65.00 £44.95
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £21.25 £19.52
% change year-on-year -30.16% +8.86% +6.43%

All Software Application Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,866 3,699 5,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.88% 7.68% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,439 2,421 3,542
10th Percentile £165 £190 £160
25th Percentile £213 £285 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £436
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +0.29% +9.06%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £665 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £433
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.79% +8.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 229 391
10th Percentile £11.68 £14.70 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.93 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.23 £32.30 £22.38
Median % change year-on-year -49.75% +44.33% +16.17%
75th Percentile £35.00 £51.20 £47.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.37% +50.23% +16.72%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London -14 447 £450 -4.26% 577
South East +1 175 £350 -17.65% 300
North of England -2 141 £475 +26.67% 389
East of England +23 129 £421 +20.36% 160
North West +16 107 £475 +23.36% 226
South West +15 81 £475 -5.00% 171
Midlands -10 81 £350 -12.50% 270
West Midlands -13 54 £425 +6.25% 146
East Midlands 0 27 £190 -62.75% 125
Yorkshire -24 27 £475 +26.67% 121
North East +7 8 - - 47
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 102 (9.49%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.72%) Confluence
3 15 (1.40%) IIS
4 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.74%) Apache
6 6 (0.56%) SAS
6 6 (0.56%) SharePoint 2010
6 6 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.47%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.19%) Documentum
10 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 436 (40.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 373 (34.70%) Microsoft Office
3 99 (9.21%) MS Visio
4 90 (8.37%) Microsoft Project
5 82 (7.63%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.93%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.47%) SPSS
8 3 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.28%) InDesign
8 3 (0.28%) MicroStation
9 2 (0.19%) Revit
10 1 (0.093%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.74%) ION MarketView
4 7 (0.65%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.65%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.47%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.47%) SmartPlant
7 4 (0.37%) OPENHousing
7 4 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (0.19%) Endur
9 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.19%) WebTrends
10 1 (0.093%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.093%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 169 (15.72%) Power Platform
2 63 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (5.77%) Azure
4 19 (1.77%) Power Automate
4 19 (1.77%) SaaS
5 16 (1.49%) Entra ID
5 16 (1.49%) Google Workspace
6 14 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (1.30%) PaaS
7 13 (1.21%) AWS
7 13 (1.21%) Collibra
7 13 (1.21%) IaaS
8 12 (1.12%) PowerApps
9 9 (0.84%) OneDrive
10 8 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (0.65%) OCI
12 5 (0.47%) Google Sheets
12 5 (0.47%) Oracle Service Cloud
12 5 (0.47%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.77%) Internet
2 17 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (1.40%) WAN
4 14 (1.30%) LAN
5 12 (1.12%) FIX Connectivity
6 8 (0.74%) Intranet
6 8 (0.74%) PSTN
6 8 (0.74%) Wireless
7 7 (0.65%) 4G
7 7 (0.65%) 5G
7 7 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
7 7 (0.65%) HTTP
7 7 (0.65%) Skype
8 6 (0.56%) Diameter Protocol
8 6 (0.56%) DNS
8 6 (0.56%) LTE
8 6 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
8 6 (0.56%) RANAP
8 6 (0.56%) VoIP
8 6 (0.56%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (15.35%) Power BI
2 64 (5.95%) SQL Server
3 38 (3.53%) Tableau
4 28 (2.60%) Oracle Database
5 21 (1.95%) Metadata
6 17 (1.58%) PowerPivot
7 16 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (1.21%) Big Data
10 11 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (0.93%) Data Mining
11 10 (0.93%) Power Query
11 10 (0.93%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.74%) GIS
13 7 (0.65%) SAP HANA
13 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Power View
15 4 (0.37%) MS Access
16 3 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
16 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 78 (7.26%) JIRA
2 11 (1.02%) Git
2 11 (1.02%) TeamCity
3 7 (0.65%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.56%) Hudson
5 4 (0.37%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 2 (0.19%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.19%) JUnit
6 2 (0.19%) Mockito
6 2 (0.19%) ScalaTest
6 2 (0.19%) Subversion
6 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.093%) NUnit
7 1 (0.093%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.093%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.093%) RStudio
7 1 (0.093%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.093%) Toad
7 1 (0.093%) Zephyr
General
1 480 (44.65%) Social Skills
2 352 (32.74%) Finance
3 262 (24.37%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (9.67%) Organisational Skills
5 98 (9.12%) Presentation Skills
6 96 (8.93%) Banking
7 77 (7.16%) Telecoms
8 64 (5.95%) Public Sector
9 61 (5.67%) Legal
10 46 (4.28%) Front Office
11 45 (4.19%) Retail
12 42 (3.91%) Marketing
13 33 (3.07%) Manufacturing
14 31 (2.88%) Mandarin Language
15 30 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (2.23%) Billing
16 24 (2.23%) Investment Banking
17 23 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
18 17 (1.58%) Law
19 16 (1.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 305 (28.37%) Analyst
2 91 (8.47%) Administrator
3 75 (6.98%) Developer
4 74 (6.88%) Lead
5 67 (6.23%) Data Analyst
6 57 (5.30%) Business Analyst
7 53 (4.93%) Senior
8 50 (4.65%) Service Analyst
9 39 (3.63%) Project Manager
10 37 (3.44%) Coordinator
11 33 (3.07%) C# Developer
12 32 (2.98%) Service Desk Analyst
13 29 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
14 28 (2.60%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
15 26 (2.42%) Project Leader
16 25 (2.33%) Support Engineer
17 21 (1.95%) IT Support
18 19 (1.77%) Data Manager
18 19 (1.77%) Financial Analyst
19 18 (1.67%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.35%) .NET
2 25 (2.33%) .NET Framework
3 18 (1.67%) SailPoint
3 18 (1.67%) XML
4 17 (1.58%) HTML
5 12 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (1.02%) CSS
7 10 (0.93%) WinForms
7 10 (0.93%) WPF
8 9 (0.84%) WCF
9 6 (0.56%) JSON
10 3 (0.28%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.28%) ATL
10 3 (0.28%) Lucene
10 3 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
11 2 (0.19%) ActiveX
11 2 (0.19%) ADO
11 2 (0.19%) DOM
11 2 (0.19%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 97 (9.02%) Management Information System
2 53 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (3.26%) Derivative
4 29 (2.70%) Virtual Team
5 26 (2.42%) Fixed Income
6 21 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 19 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (1.67%) Life Science
9 16 (1.49%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.40%) Smartphone
11 14 (1.30%) NHS
12 12 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.12%) Equity Derivative
12 12 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.02%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
15 8 (0.74%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
16 7 (0.65%) PMI
16 7 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 92 (8.56%) Windows
2 22 (2.05%) Windows 10
3 21 (1.95%) Unix
4 20 (1.86%) Linux
5 14 (1.30%) Mac OS
6 11 (1.02%) Android
7 8 (0.74%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.56%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.37%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.093%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
2 196 (18.23%) Project Management
3 167 (15.53%) Business Intelligence
4 148 (13.77%) Customer Service
5 129 (12.00%) Data Analysis
5 129 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 128 (11.91%) Agile
7 93 (8.65%) Decision-Making
8 91 (8.47%) Data Management
9 85 (7.91%) Mathematics
10 81 (7.53%) Project Delivery
10 81 (7.53%) Service Delivery
11 79 (7.35%) Change Management
12 76 (7.07%) Time Management
13 72 (6.70%) ITIL
14 65 (6.05%) Analytics
14 65 (6.05%) Risk Management
15 64 (5.95%) PRINCE2
16 57 (5.30%) Continuous Improvement
17 55 (5.12%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 169 (15.72%) SQL
2 68 (6.33%) VBA
3 64 (5.95%) Python
4 54 (5.02%) C#
5 30 (2.79%) PL/SQL
6 26 (2.42%) T-SQL
6 26 (2.42%) VB
7 24 (2.23%) Java
8 20 (1.86%) PowerShell
9 17 (1.58%) JavaScript
9 17 (1.58%) VB.NET
10 13 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (1.12%) C++
12 6 (0.56%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.56%) R
13 5 (0.47%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.37%) Perl
14 4 (0.37%) Scala
15 1 (0.093%) VBScript
15 1 (0.093%) XPath
Qualifications
1 255 (23.72%) Degree
2 135 (12.56%) Security Cleared
3 77 (7.16%) SC Cleared
4 46 (4.28%) DV Cleared
5 43 (4.00%) APMP
6 30 (2.79%) PMP
7 28 (2.60%) PMI Certification
8 20 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (1.49%) ACCA
10 16 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.30%) A+ Certification
11 14 (1.30%) CIMA
12 13 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (1.21%) MCSA
13 10 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
14 8 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 7 (0.65%) CCNA
15 7 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (11.44%) PMO
2 93 (8.65%) QA
3 60 (5.58%) SLA
4 54 (5.02%) Data Quality
5 38 (3.53%) GDPR
6 19 (1.77%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.84%) Disclosure Scotland
7 9 (0.84%) EMIR
8 7 (0.65%) Dodd-Frank
8 7 (0.65%) MiFID
9 6 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.47%) GAMP
10 5 (0.47%) GMP
10 5 (0.47%) GxP
11 4 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.19%) P3O
System Software
1 61 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.093%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.093%) Firmware
3 1 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.093%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (1.30%) SCCM
2 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
4 3 (0.28%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.19%) Control-M
5 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.093%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.093%) Iperf
6 1 (0.093%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 581 (54.05%) Microsoft
2 90 (8.37%) Oracle
3 83 (7.72%) SAP
4 49 (4.56%) ServiceNow
5 36 (3.35%) Citrix
6 35 (3.26%) Salesforce
7 28 (2.60%) Bloomberg
7 28 (2.60%) Google
8 19 (1.77%) Adobe
8 19 (1.77%) Cisco
9 14 (1.30%) Apple
10 12 (1.12%) CyberArk
11 11 (1.02%) ION Trading
11 11 (1.02%) MarketAxess
11 11 (1.02%) MicroStrategy
11 11 (1.02%) Tradeweb
12 10 (0.93%) Northgate
13 9 (0.84%) Reuters
14 8 (0.74%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.74%) Databricks