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 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 85 84 97
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +26
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 360 655 1,164
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.43% 2.66% 2.65%
As % of the Applications category 32.82% 40.38% 40.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 472 850
10th Percentile £179 £250 £210
25th Percentile £300 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - +17.24%
75th Percentile £555 £550 £530
90th Percentile £725 £686 £601
UK median daily rate £442 £425 £438
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.00% +16.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 27 44
10th Percentile £12.01 £14.15 £10.49
25th Percentile £13.99 £15.76 £13.79
Median hourly rate £20.77 £22.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £26.50 £46.69 £27.64
90th Percentile £45.00 £65.00 £45.50
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £21.25 £19.52
% change year-on-year -30.16% +8.86% +6.43%

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 1,097 1,622 2,845
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.41% 6.58% 6.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 1,110 1,992
10th Percentile £184 £213 £195
25th Percentile £288 £349 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £540
90th Percentile £707 £700 £630
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £433
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.79% +8.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 99 132
10th Percentile £12.84 £15.96 £12.28
25th Percentile £15.43 £22.27 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +38.46% +85.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £52.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £59.74
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.37% +50.23% +16.72%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 42 (11.67%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.56%) Confluence
3 4 (1.11%) SAS
4 3 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.56%) CMS
5 2 (0.56%) Documentum
5 2 (0.56%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) Drupal
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 150 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 108 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (11.11%) MS Visio
4 25 (6.94%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (5.83%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.56%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.56%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.56%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.56%) InDesign
6 2 (0.56%) Lectora
6 2 (0.56%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.56%) Revit
7 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.39%) SmartPlant
2 4 (1.11%) Loan IQ
2 4 (1.11%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.83%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.28%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 73 (20.28%) Power Platform
2 28 (7.78%) Azure
3 17 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (4.72%) SaaS
4 14 (3.89%) Google Workspace
5 13 (3.61%) IaaS
5 13 (3.61%) PaaS
6 12 (3.33%) Power Automate
7 7 (1.94%) Collibra
7 7 (1.94%) OCI
8 6 (1.67%) Google Sheets
8 6 (1.67%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.11%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.11%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 3 (0.83%) AWS
10 3 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 3 (0.83%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.83%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.67%) Internet
2 5 (1.39%) FIX Connectivity
2 5 (1.39%) Intranet
3 4 (1.11%) WAN
4 3 (0.83%) ADSL
4 3 (0.83%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.83%) MPLS
4 3 (0.83%) PSTN
5 2 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.28%) LAN
6 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (20.00%) Power BI
2 32 (8.89%) SQL Server
3 22 (6.11%) Tableau
4 9 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.67%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.67%) Power Query
7 5 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.39%) GIS
7 5 (1.39%) Metadata
7 5 (1.39%) PowerPivot
8 4 (1.11%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.83%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.56%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.56%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.56%) EDMS
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 31 (8.61%) JIRA
2 5 (1.39%) Git
2 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.11%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.56%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.56%) ERwin
4 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.28%) NUnit
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.28%) RStudio
5 1 (0.28%) Toad
5 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 146 (40.56%) Social Skills
2 123 (34.17%) Finance
3 95 (26.39%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.39%) Public Sector
5 35 (9.72%) Banking
6 32 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (6.11%) Telecoms
8 21 (5.83%) Front Office
9 20 (5.56%) Retail
10 19 (5.28%) Legal
11 16 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (4.17%) Marketing
13 13 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (3.33%) Investment Banking
15 8 (2.22%) Billing
15 8 (2.22%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.94%) Financial Institution
17 6 (1.67%) Automotive
17 6 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 120 (33.33%) Analyst
2 37 (10.28%) Business Analyst
3 31 (8.61%) Data Analyst
4 26 (7.22%) Developer
5 24 (6.67%) Project Manager
6 20 (5.56%) Administrator
7 16 (4.44%) Senior
8 15 (4.17%) Excel Analyst
9 13 (3.61%) C# Developer
10 12 (3.33%) Consultant
11 11 (3.06%) Coordinator
11 11 (3.06%) Front Office Developer
11 11 (3.06%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (3.06%) Service Analyst
12 10 (2.78%) Lead
12 10 (2.78%) Support Officer
12 10 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
12 10 (2.78%) Technical Business Analyst
13 9 (2.50%) Data Business Analyst
13 9 (2.50%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.50%) XML
2 8 (2.22%) .NET
3 6 (1.67%) HTML
4 5 (1.39%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (1.11%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.11%) OpenID
5 4 (1.11%) SAML
6 3 (0.83%) ATL
6 3 (0.83%) CSS
6 3 (0.83%) JSON
6 3 (0.83%) Smart Contracts
7 2 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.56%) Flash
7 2 (0.56%) Lucene
8 1 (0.28%) MDX
8 1 (0.28%) React
8 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.28%) WinForms
8 1 (0.28%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.89%) Management Information System
2 20 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (5.28%) Derivative
4 17 (4.72%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.72%) Virtual Team
5 14 (3.89%) Fixed Income
6 11 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.06%) Equity Derivative
7 10 (2.78%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.39%) NHS
9 4 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.11%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.11%) Equities
9 4 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.83%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.83%) Digital Media
10 3 (0.83%) Life Science
10 3 (0.83%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.83%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.78%) Unix
1 10 (2.78%) Windows
2 6 (1.67%) Linux
3 4 (1.11%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.83%) Android
5 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
2 64 (17.78%) Project Management
3 56 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (14.17%) Data Analysis
5 46 (12.78%) Agile
6 36 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 33 (9.17%) Decision-Making
8 32 (8.89%) Project Delivery
9 30 (8.33%) Customer Service
9 30 (8.33%) Risk Management
10 28 (7.78%) Change Management
11 27 (7.50%) Visualisation
12 25 (6.94%) Data Modelling
13 23 (6.39%) Data Visualisation
14 22 (6.11%) Analytics
14 22 (6.11%) Business Analysis
15 21 (5.83%) Customer Requirements
16 20 (5.56%) Mathematics
17 19 (5.28%) Data Management
17 19 (5.28%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 73 (20.28%) SQL
2 34 (9.44%) Python
3 25 (6.94%) C#
4 14 (3.89%) Java
5 13 (3.61%) VBA
6 11 (3.06%) PL/SQL
7 10 (2.78%) T-SQL
8 8 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (2.22%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.94%) C++
10 5 (1.39%) Perl
10 5 (1.39%) R
10 5 (1.39%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.83%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.56%) VB
12 2 (0.56%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 110 (30.56%) Degree
2 37 (10.28%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.28%) PMP
5 18 (5.00%) APMP
6 16 (4.44%) PMI Certification
7 10 (2.78%) CISM
7 10 (2.78%) CISSP
8 9 (2.50%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.22%) Numerate Degree
10 7 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.67%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.39%) ACCA
12 5 (1.39%) CIMA
13 3 (0.83%) BC Cleared
13 3 (0.83%) HNC
13 3 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 2 (0.56%) CIPD
14 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.00%) PMO
2 31 (8.61%) QA
3 22 (6.11%) SLA
4 15 (4.17%) Data Quality
5 13 (3.61%) GDPR
6 8 (2.22%) Disclosure Scotland
7 7 (1.94%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.67%) NIST
9 5 (1.39%) NIST 800
10 4 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.56%) P3O
12 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.56%) PSD2
13 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 5 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 173 (48.06%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.83%) Oracle
3 23 (6.39%) SAP
4 20 (5.56%) Google
5 18 (5.00%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.33%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.94%) Adobe
8 6 (1.67%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.67%) Bloomberg
8 6 (1.67%) Cisco
9 5 (1.39%) Apple
9 5 (1.39%) Qualys
9 5 (1.39%) Workday
10 4 (1.11%) ION Trading
10 4 (1.11%) MarketAxess
10 4 (1.11%) NEC
10 4 (1.11%) Northgate
10 4 (1.11%) Okta
10 4 (1.11%) Tradeweb
10 4 (1.11%) Zscaler