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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 48 53
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 80 85 87
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 3.50% 4.31% 3.39%
As % of the Applications category 57.97% 46.96% 48.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 50 55
10th Percentile £251 £225 £169
25th Percentile £400 £313 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £486
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -2.26% -11.64%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £680
90th Percentile £696 £793 £763
London median daily rate £488 £450 £455
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.10% -4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £21.29 £29.63 -
25th Percentile - £30.46 £19.92
Median hourly rate £25.47 £31.86 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year -20.06% +54.62% +24.88%
75th Percentile - £33.27 £21.29
90th Percentile £35.24 £34.11 -
London median hourly rate £20.00 £25.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -21.57% +30.77% -7.54%

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 138 181 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 6.03% 9.18% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 113 113
10th Percentile £247 £231 £154
25th Percentile £400 £310 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.32% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £625
90th Percentile £638 £725 £720
London median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -13.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £21.99 £30.18 -
25th Percentile - £31.85 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £34.65 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -26.49% +83.04% -41.75%
75th Percentile £25.87 £41.71 -
90th Percentile £33.88 £45.94 £20.35
London median hourly rate £25.15 £26.32 £21.00
% change year-on-year -4.45% +25.33% -18.99%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -18 68 £525 +5.00% 55
West End of London +7 4 £475 +46.15% 3
City of Westminster +1 4 £475 +11.76% 1
Camden +8 3 - - 3
Southwark - 1 £188 - 1
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 14 (17.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.75%) Confluence
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.25%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (46.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 17 (21.25%) MS Visio
3 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (13.75%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (2.50%) Trello
7 1 (1.25%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (1.25%) Adobe XD
7 1 (1.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.25%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.25%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 23 (28.75%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.75%) Azure
3 5 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.75%) Collibra
6 2 (2.50%) AWS
6 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.50%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.25%) Asana
7 1 (1.25%) Figma
7 1 (1.25%) Google Docs
7 1 (1.25%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.25%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.25%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.00%) LAN
1 4 (5.00%) WAN
2 3 (3.75%) Softphone
2 3 (3.75%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (3.75%) VPN
3 1 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (27.50%) Power BI
2 9 (11.25%) Tableau
3 3 (3.75%) Metadata
3 3 (3.75%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.50%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.50%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.50%) Oracle Database
4 2 (2.50%) Power Query
4 2 (2.50%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.50%) SQLPlus
5 1 (1.25%) Informix
5 1 (1.25%) Looker
5 1 (1.25%) MySQL
5 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.25%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 6 (7.50%) JIRA
2 2 (2.50%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.50%) Toad
General
1 39 (48.75%) Finance
2 26 (32.50%) Social Skills
3 22 (27.50%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (22.50%) Banking
5 10 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (8.75%) Legal
7 6 (7.50%) Front Office
8 5 (6.25%) Investment Banking
8 5 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (5.00%) Public Sector
9 4 (5.00%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.50%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.50%) Marketing
11 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.25%) International Banking
11 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.25%) Publishing
11 1 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (50.00%) Analyst
2 11 (13.75%) Business Analyst
3 10 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 7 (8.75%) Senior
5 6 (7.50%) Developer
5 6 (7.50%) Service Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) Project Manager
6 4 (5.00%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (3.75%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.75%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (3.75%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Security Specialist
7 3 (3.75%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Technical Business Analyst
8 2 (2.50%) Financial Analyst
8 2 (2.50%) Governance Analyst
8 2 (2.50%) MiFID Business Analyst
8 2 (2.50%) Network Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (2.50%) COM
1 2 (2.50%) Qt
1 2 (2.50%) Web Services
2 1 (1.25%) CSS
2 1 (1.25%) HTML
2 1 (1.25%) Middleware
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.75%) Credit Risk
4 2 (2.50%) Equities
4 2 (2.50%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.50%) Market Risk
4 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.50%) PMI
4 2 (2.50%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.25%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.25%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.25%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.25%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.25%) Windows
2 3 (3.75%) Linux
2 3 (3.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.25%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (22.50%) Analytics
3 17 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (16.25%) Data Analysis
4 13 (16.25%) Decision-Making
4 13 (16.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 10 (12.50%) Project Management
7 9 (11.25%) Business Analysis
7 9 (11.25%) Data Governance
7 9 (11.25%) Migration
7 9 (11.25%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (10.00%) Process Improvement
8 8 (10.00%) Risk Management
9 7 (8.75%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (8.75%) Data Modelling
9 7 (8.75%) ETL
9 7 (8.75%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.00%) SQL
2 10 (12.50%) Python
3 4 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (5.00%) VBA
4 2 (2.50%) C#
4 2 (2.50%) C++
4 2 (2.50%) Perl
4 2 (2.50%) PHP
4 2 (2.50%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.50%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.25%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (16.25%) Degree
2 3 (3.75%) CISM
2 3 (3.75%) CISSP
2 3 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (3.75%) CRISC
2 3 (3.75%) MCSE
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (2.50%) ACCA
3 2 (2.50%) CASP
3 2 (2.50%) GSEC
3 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.25%) CIMA
4 1 (1.25%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.25%) IIBA
4 1 (1.25%) PMP
4 1 (1.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.25%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.25%) Data Quality
2 12 (15.00%) PMO
3 4 (5.00%) QA
4 3 (3.75%) GDPR
4 3 (3.75%) GRC
4 3 (3.75%) SLA
5 2 (2.50%) MiFID
6 1 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.25%) Basel III
6 1 (1.25%) CRD IV
6 1 (1.25%) GAAP
6 1 (1.25%) GMP
6 1 (1.25%) IFRS
6 1 (1.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (3.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.25%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 34 (42.50%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.50%) Oracle
4 3 (3.75%) Arista
4 3 (3.75%) Cisco
4 3 (3.75%) Google
4 3 (3.75%) Workday
5 2 (2.50%) Planview
6 1 (1.25%) Adobe
6 1 (1.25%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.25%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.25%) Citrix
6 1 (1.25%) Databricks
6 1 (1.25%) Informatica
6 1 (1.25%) Murex
6 1 (1.25%) Remedy
6 1 (1.25%) SAP
6 1 (1.25%) Splunk
6 1 (1.25%) Talend
6 1 (1.25%) Wallstreet Suite