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Excel freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Excel – calculated from 345 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
345
Rank 29 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 52 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
8 %
Rated for 345 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
63 %
12 % fully remote · stated in 91 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Excel

In demand and growing.

Excel is among the most in-demand skills, at rank 29 of 531. Its market share is rising (▲ 52 % vs. the 90 days before).

High demandRank 29 of 531 skills, 345 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 52 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible63 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Excel – and why do companies hire Excel freelancers?

The postings that mention Excel fall into these types of project (share of the classified postings):

Consulting and design60 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around Excel.
Operations and enhancement12 %
Looking after, supporting and continuously extending existing systems with Excel.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Project Manager (35 %), Business Analyst (18 %), Consultant (14 %) and System Administrator (6 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 29 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 52 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 116 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
29 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Excel are rising: from an average of 19 to 41 per week (+114 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills Excel is wanted with – and which ones pay off

PowerPoint appears in 35 % of Excel postings.

Often named together

PowerPoint35 %(opens in new tab)Project Management27 %(opens in new tab)SAP26 %(opens in new tab)Jira18 %(opens in new tab)Microsoft Word18 %(opens in new tab)Stakeholder Management17 %(opens in new tab)ERP16 %(opens in new tab)Power BI15 %(opens in new tab)Share of Excel postings that also name the skill.

Who wants Excel – and under which conditions

Seniority

Mid-level57 %
Senior29 %
Junior13 %

Mid-level dominates (57 %).

Stated in 94 % of listings

Industries

manufacturing28 %
it_software20 %
banking_finance13 %
logistics7 %
telecommunications7 %

it_software grows the most (+16 % vs. the previous quarter).

Stated in 75 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance58 %
Permanent36 %
Temp agency7 %

Freelance dominates (58 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote51 %
On site37 %
Fully remote12 %

Partly remote dominates (51 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 12 % of postings.

Stated in 91 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Berlin7 %
Hamburg5 %
Frankfurt5 %
Bayern4 %
Frankfurt am Main4 %

Berlin leads (7 %).

Stated in 79 % of listings

Project language

German93 %
English7 %

German dominates (93 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is Excel?

Typical duration7 monthsMedian of the postings that state it. 43 % run 12 months or longer.Basis: 58 postings with this information (17 % of all postings).
Full time required80 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 83 postings with this information (24 % of all postings).

Who posts Excel projects

FERCHAU GmbH179
iPAXX AG26
SOLCOM GmbH19
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current Excel projects

Frequently asked questions about Excel freelancing

How many Excel projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 345 projects and jobs mentioning Excel were posted. That is around 27 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 52 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Excel still in demand for freelancers?

Excel ranks 29 of 531 skills.

Are Excel projects possible remotely?

63 % of Excel postings allow remote work. 12 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a Excel freelancer?

PowerPoint (35 %), Project Management (27 %) and SAP (26 %) are most often required together with Excel. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts Excel projects?

The 3 most active recruiters account for 65 % of all Excel postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Excel. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. Recruiters are the posters of the listing according to the source, only above a minimum number of postings. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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