Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Excel
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 53 57
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 88 74 84
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.14% 3.59% 3.26%
As % of the Applications category 60.69% 45.96% 48.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 43 52
10th Percentile £256 £215 £162
25th Percentile £383 £297 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £446
Median % change year-on-year - +6.44% -16.78%
75th Percentile £575 £683 £682
90th Percentile £641 £855 £772
London median daily rate £475 £450 £468
% change year-on-year +5.56% -3.74% -1.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £21.29 - -
25th Percentile - - £19.92
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +69.86% -60.75%
75th Percentile - - £21.29
90th Percentile £35.24 - -
London median hourly rate £18.50 £35.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -47.14% +79.49% -4.88%

All Software Application Skills
Central London

Microsoft Excel falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 145 161 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 6.82% 7.80% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 91 109
10th Percentile £254 £206 £152
25th Percentile £381 £291 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% -9.31%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £638
90th Percentile £633 £738 £744
London median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £21.99 - -
25th Percentile - - £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +84.89% -63.24%
75th Percentile £25.87 £41.88 -
90th Percentile £33.88 £46.00 £20.35
London median hourly rate £25.15 £28.41 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.47% +45.69% -20.41%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Central London

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Central London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Central London

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Central London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Central London

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 18 February 2026. 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
City of London +5 78 £480 -3.95% 30
City of Westminster +3 4 £475 - 3
Camden +9 3 - - 1
West End of London +3 3 £475 +100.00% 3
Southwark 0 1 £188 -
Microsoft Excel
London

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (19.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.68%) Confluence
3 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.14%) CMS
4 1 (1.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 39 (44.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 19 (21.59%) MS Visio
3 17 (19.32%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (10.23%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (6.82%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (2.27%) Trello
7 1 (1.14%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (1.14%) Adobe XD
7 1 (1.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.14%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (28.41%) Power Platform
2 10 (11.36%) Azure
3 9 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.82%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.55%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.41%) AWS
6 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (3.41%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.27%) Collibra
8 1 (1.14%) Asana
8 1 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.14%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.14%) GitHub
8 1 (1.14%) Google Docs
8 1 (1.14%) Google Sheets
8 1 (1.14%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.14%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.14%) SaaS
8 1 (1.14%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.68%) LAN
1 5 (5.68%) WAN
2 4 (4.55%) VPN
3 3 (3.41%) Softphone
3 3 (3.41%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.14%) HTTP
5 1 (1.14%) Skype
5 1 (1.14%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (28.41%) Power BI
2 9 (10.23%) Tableau
3 4 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.41%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.27%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.27%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.27%) Metadata
5 2 (2.27%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.27%) Power Query
5 2 (2.27%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.27%) SQLPlus
6 1 (1.14%) Informix
6 1 (1.14%) Looker
6 1 (1.14%) MySQL
6 1 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.14%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 10 (11.36%) JIRA
2 3 (3.41%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.27%) Toad
4 1 (1.14%) Git
4 1 (1.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 43 (48.86%) Finance
2 29 (32.95%) Social Skills
3 23 (26.14%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (18.18%) Banking
5 11 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (10.23%) Legal
7 7 (7.95%) Front Office
8 5 (5.68%) Investment Banking
9 4 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (4.55%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (3.41%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.27%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.14%) Law
12 1 (1.14%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.14%) Marketing
12 1 (1.14%) Military
12 1 (1.14%) Publishing
12 1 (1.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (46.59%) Analyst
2 15 (17.05%) Business Analyst
3 9 (10.23%) Data Analyst
4 8 (9.09%) Senior
5 6 (6.82%) Developer
5 6 (6.82%) Project Manager
5 6 (6.82%) Service Analyst
6 4 (4.55%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.41%) Consultant
7 3 (3.41%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (3.41%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (3.41%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.41%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (3.41%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (3.41%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (3.41%) Security Specialist
7 3 (3.41%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.41%) Technical Business Analyst
8 2 (2.27%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
8 2 (2.27%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.27%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (2.27%) COM
1 2 (2.27%) Qt
1 2 (2.27%) Web Services
2 1 (1.14%) CSS
2 1 (1.14%) HTML
2 1 (1.14%) JSON
2 1 (1.14%) Middleware
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.82%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.68%) Fixed Income
4 4 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.55%) Derivative
5 3 (3.41%) Credit Risk
5 3 (3.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (3.41%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.27%) Equities
6 2 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.14%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.14%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.14%) Pricing Data
7 1 (1.14%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.82%) Windows
2 3 (3.41%) Linux
2 3 (3.41%) Unix
3 1 (1.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (28.41%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (21.59%) Analytics
4 13 (14.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (13.64%) Decision-Making
6 11 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 11 (12.50%) Process Improvement
6 11 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 11 (12.50%) Project Management
6 11 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 9 (10.23%) Business Analysis
8 8 (9.09%) Data Modelling
8 8 (9.09%) Risk Management
9 7 (7.95%) Change Management
9 7 (7.95%) Data Management
9 7 (7.95%) ETL
9 7 (7.95%) ITIL
9 7 (7.95%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.18%) SQL
2 9 (10.23%) Python
3 4 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (4.55%) VBA
4 3 (3.41%) C#
5 2 (2.27%) C++
5 2 (2.27%) Perl
5 2 (2.27%) PHP
5 2 (2.27%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.27%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.14%) Korn
6 1 (1.14%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.14%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (20.45%) Degree
2 4 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.41%) CISM
3 3 (3.41%) CISSP
3 3 (3.41%) CRISC
3 3 (3.41%) MCSE
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (2.27%) ACCA
4 2 (2.27%) CASP
4 2 (2.27%) GSEC
4 2 (2.27%) IIBA
5 1 (1.14%) CBAP
5 1 (1.14%) CIMA
5 1 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.14%) RIBA
5 1 (1.14%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.14%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.14%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.64%) PMO
2 11 (12.50%) Data Quality
3 4 (4.55%) QA
4 3 (3.41%) GDPR
4 3 (3.41%) GRC
4 3 (3.41%) SLA
5 2 (2.27%) MiFID
6 1 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.14%) Basel III
6 1 (1.14%) CRD IV
6 1 (1.14%) GAAP
6 1 (1.14%) GMP
6 1 (1.14%) IFRS
6 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (5.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.14%) Ansible
2 1 (1.14%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (51.14%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.36%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.82%) Oracle
4 3 (3.41%) Arista
4 3 (3.41%) Cisco
4 3 (3.41%) Google
4 3 (3.41%) Workday
5 2 (2.27%) Adobe
5 2 (2.27%) Citrix
5 2 (2.27%) Planview
5 2 (2.27%) Remedy
5 2 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.27%) SAP
6 1 (1.14%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.14%) Informatica
6 1 (1.14%) Murex
6 1 (1.14%) Polycom
6 1 (1.14%) Splunk
6 1 (1.14%) Talend
6 1 (1.14%) Wallstreet Suite