Microsoft Excel Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Excel
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 49 63 66
Rank change year-on-year +14 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 749 829 1,102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.69% 3.60% 3.62%
As % of the Applications category 37.62% 38.99% 36.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 506 731
10th Percentile £143 £178 £153
25th Percentile £200 £256 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £390
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.56% +18.18%
75th Percentile £519 £523 £488
90th Percentile £660 £617 £567
UK median daily rate £442 £425 £438
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.00% +16.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 75 131
10th Percentile £11.07 £13.29 £10.49
25th Percentile £13.00 £15.38 £12.31
Median hourly rate £14.80 £21.50 £19.46
Median % change year-on-year -31.16% +10.48% +16.32%
75th Percentile £20.77 £46.07 £26.74
90th Percentile £31.49 £65.00 £42.20
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £21.25 £19.52
% change year-on-year -30.16% +8.86% +6.43%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,991 2,126 2,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.81% 9.24% 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 844 1,316 1,966
10th Percentile £156 £168 £145
25th Percentile £203 £234 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +8.70%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £488
90th Percentile £621 £600 £560
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £433
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.79% +8.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 531 194 319
10th Percentile £11.07 £13.91 £10.68
25th Percentile £13.59 £17.00 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £27.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.60% +41.03% +8.33%
75th Percentile £37.96 £49.00 £33.75
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 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 16 May 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 16 May 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 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
South East +1 175 £350 -17.65% 308
North of England -2 141 £475 +26.67% 393
East of England +23 129 £421 +20.36% 159
Scotland +56 127 £375 - 91
North West +16 107 £475 +23.36% 229
South West +15 81 £475 -5.00% 171
Midlands -10 81 £350 -12.50% 264
West Midlands -13 54 £425 +6.25% 142
East Midlands 0 27 £190 -62.75% 123
Yorkshire -24 27 £475 +26.67% 124
Northern Ireland -6 10 £210 -40.00% 18
North East +7 8 - - 45
Wales +16 6 £513 -6.82% 43
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 80 (10.68%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.40%) Confluence
3 6 (0.80%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (0.80%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (0.67%) Apache
4 5 (0.67%) IIS
4 5 (0.67%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.53%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.40%) SAS
7 2 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.27%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 302 (40.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 258 (34.45%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (9.61%) Microsoft Project
4 60 (8.01%) Spreadsheet
5 45 (6.01%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.07%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.40%) MicroStation
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.27%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.27%) Lectora
9 1 (0.13%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.13%) Simulink
9 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.67%) SmartPlant
5 4 (0.53%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.13%) Epicor Tropos
8 1 (0.13%) Hyperion Planning
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 107 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 54 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (4.54%) Azure
4 25 (3.34%) Entra ID
5 15 (2.00%) Yammer
6 12 (1.60%) OCI
7 11 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.47%) SaaS
8 10 (1.34%) Google Workspace
9 9 (1.20%) IaaS
9 9 (1.20%) PaaS
10 8 (1.07%) Power Automate
11 7 (0.93%) Google Sheets
12 5 (0.67%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.67%) Oracle Service Cloud
12 5 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.53%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.27%) GCP
14 2 (0.27%) Google Data Studio
14 2 (0.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.07%) PSTN
3 7 (0.93%) 4G
3 7 (0.93%) 5G
3 7 (0.93%) Intranet
4 6 (0.80%) 3G
4 6 (0.80%) Diameter Protocol
4 6 (0.80%) DNS
4 6 (0.80%) GGSN
4 6 (0.80%) HTTP
4 6 (0.80%) LTE
4 6 (0.80%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (0.80%) RANAP
4 6 (0.80%) SGSN
4 6 (0.80%) VoLTE
4 6 (0.80%) Wireshark
5 5 (0.67%) H.323
5 5 (0.67%) Skype
5 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (14.02%) Power BI
2 23 (3.07%) Tableau
3 15 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
4 13 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 12 (1.60%) PowerPivot
6 10 (1.34%) Metadata
7 9 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.20%) GIS
8 7 (0.93%) SAP HANA
8 7 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.80%) Big Data
9 6 (0.80%) Data Mining
9 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Power View
9 6 (0.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.53%) Power Query
11 4 (0.53%) Spatial Data
11 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.40%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 52 (6.94%) JIRA
2 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.27%) ERwin
3 2 (0.27%) Git
4 1 (0.13%) Hudson
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
General
1 376 (50.20%) Social Skills
2 203 (27.10%) Finance
3 185 (24.70%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (11.48%) Organisational Skills
5 73 (9.75%) Public Sector
6 65 (8.68%) Presentation Skills
6 65 (8.68%) Telecoms
7 43 (5.74%) Legal
8 36 (4.81%) Banking
9 35 (4.67%) Mandarin Language
10 29 (3.87%) Manufacturing
11 25 (3.34%) Retail
12 22 (2.94%) Publishing
13 20 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.74%) German Language
14 13 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (1.60%) Marketing
16 11 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.34%) Police
18 9 (1.20%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 220 (29.37%) Analyst
2 92 (12.28%) Administrator
3 54 (7.21%) Lead
4 43 (5.74%) Service Analyst
5 30 (4.01%) Data Analyst
6 29 (3.87%) Business Analyst
6 29 (3.87%) Coordinator
6 29 (3.87%) Service Desk Analyst
7 28 (3.74%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 26 (3.47%) IT Support
9 24 (3.20%) Project Leader
10 21 (2.80%) Change Analyst
11 20 (2.67%) Project Manager
12 19 (2.54%) Security Analyst
13 18 (2.40%) Senior
14 17 (2.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 17 (2.27%) Financial Analyst
15 16 (2.14%) Data Administrator
15 16 (2.14%) Support Officer
16 15 (2.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.27%) SailPoint
2 11 (1.47%) HTML
3 7 (0.93%) OpenID
3 7 (0.93%) SAML
4 6 (0.80%) .NET
4 6 (0.80%) CSS
5 5 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.67%) XML
6 3 (0.40%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.27%) ADO
7 2 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.27%) Flash
7 2 (0.27%) Lucene
7 2 (0.27%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.13%) COM
8 1 (0.13%) Google Maps API
8 1 (0.13%) HTML5
8 1 (0.13%) JSON
8 1 (0.13%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 79 (10.55%) Management Information System
2 35 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (2.80%) Virtual Team
4 18 (2.40%) Life Science
5 14 (1.87%) Product Ownership
6 13 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (1.47%) NHS
7 11 (1.47%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.34%) Smartphone
9 7 (0.93%) Data Structures
9 7 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (0.80%) Freedom of Information
11 5 (0.67%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.67%) DTCC
11 5 (0.67%) IVR
11 5 (0.67%) Market Risk
12 4 (0.53%) CCTV
12 4 (0.53%) CMDB
12 4 (0.53%) iPhone
13 3 (0.40%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.07%) Windows
2 18 (2.40%) Windows 10
3 9 (1.20%) Linux
4 6 (0.80%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.67%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.40%) Android
6 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.27%) Unix
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.27%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
2 136 (18.16%) Project Management
3 125 (16.69%) Customer Service
4 114 (15.22%) Business Intelligence
5 94 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 80 (10.68%) Agile
7 67 (8.95%) Service Delivery
8 65 (8.68%) Data Analysis
9 61 (8.14%) Project Delivery
10 60 (8.01%) Mathematics
11 58 (7.74%) Time Management
12 57 (7.61%) Data Management
13 54 (7.21%) Incident Management
14 52 (6.94%) Decision-Making
15 47 (6.28%) Change Management
16 46 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (5.87%) PRINCE2
18 38 (5.07%) Collaborative Working
19 37 (4.94%) ERP
19 37 (4.94%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 63 (8.41%) SQL
2 17 (2.27%) Python
3 15 (2.00%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.47%) VBA
5 8 (1.07%) PowerShell
6 7 (0.93%) C#
7 6 (0.80%) MATLAB
8 5 (0.67%) Java
9 4 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.40%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.40%) VB
10 3 (0.40%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.13%) C
12 1 (0.13%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.13%) Groovy
12 1 (0.13%) Perl
12 1 (0.13%) R
12 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 161 (21.50%) Degree
2 116 (15.49%) Security Cleared
3 63 (8.41%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.07%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.54%) APMP
6 18 (2.40%) PMP
7 16 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.14%) PMI Certification
8 14 (1.87%) A+ Certification
8 14 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.74%) MCSA
10 12 (1.60%) ACCA
10 12 (1.60%) CIMA
11 11 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.67%) CIPD
13 4 (0.53%) CISM
13 4 (0.53%) CISSP
13 4 (0.53%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.53%) HNC
13 4 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (11.08%) PMO
2 53 (7.08%) QA
3 43 (5.74%) SLA
4 23 (3.07%) GDPR
5 22 (2.94%) Disclosure Scotland
6 21 (2.80%) Data Quality
7 17 (2.27%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.67%) GAMP
8 5 (0.67%) GMP
8 5 (0.67%) GxP
8 5 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.13%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 48 (6.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.53%) SCCM
2 4 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.53%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 450 (60.08%) Microsoft
2 66 (8.81%) SAP
3 41 (5.47%) Oracle
4 25 (3.34%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.40%) Google
5 18 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.14%) CyberArk
7 13 (1.74%) Citrix
8 11 (1.47%) Adobe
9 9 (1.20%) Workday
10 8 (1.07%) Cisco
10 8 (1.07%) IFS
10 8 (1.07%) MicroStrategy
11 7 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (0.93%) Okta
11 7 (0.93%) Zscaler
12 6 (0.80%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.80%) Cadence
12 6 (0.80%) NetScout
12 6 (0.80%) VMware