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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 40 70
Rank change year-on-year -37 +30 -16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 65 110 72
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 2.45% 5.36% 3.01%
As % of the Applications category 54.17% 50.69% 45.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 69 47
10th Percentile £200 £224 £183
25th Percentile £346 £300 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £425 £486
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -12.55% -11.64%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £550
90th Percentile £710 £838 £683
London median daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £14.40 -
25th Percentile - £16.50 £19.92
Median hourly rate - £28.15 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year - +36.62% +34.32%
75th Percentile - £29.07 £21.29
90th Percentile - £32.43 -
London median hourly rate £25.50 £22.04 £19.50
% change year-on-year +15.70% +13.03% -2.50%

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 120 217 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 4.53% 10.58% 6.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 137 102
10th Percentile £200 £228 £153
25th Percentile £334 £315 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £575 £625 £567
90th Percentile £712 £794 £643
London median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
10th Percentile - £15.80 -
25th Percentile - £25.75 £12.75
Median hourly rate - £29.07 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year - +41.08% +22.10%
75th Percentile - £36.00 £27.00
90th Percentile - £50.35 -
London median hourly rate £28.55 £25.08 £22.00
% change year-on-year +13.84% +14.00% -14.43%

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 9 July 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
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 9 July 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 -41 57 £494 +14.16% 52
West End of London -6 2 £200 +81.82% 3
Southwark - 2 £319 - 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 10 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.15%) Confluence
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.08%) SAS
4 1 (1.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.54%) CMS
4 1 (1.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (32.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (6.15%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Aladdin
1 1 (1.54%) iTrent
1 1 (1.54%) Loan IQ
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 21 (32.31%) Power Platform
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (7.69%) SaaS
4 4 (6.15%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.15%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.62%) Azure
6 2 (3.08%) Collibra
6 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.54%) GCP
7 1 (1.54%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.54%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) Firewall
1 4 (6.15%) LAN
1 4 (6.15%) TCP/IP
1 4 (6.15%) WAN
2 3 (4.62%) DHCP
2 3 (4.62%) DNS
2 3 (4.62%) Unified Communications
3 2 (3.08%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.54%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.54%) PSTN
4 1 (1.54%) VLAN
4 1 (1.54%) VoIP
4 1 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (30.77%) Power BI
2 5 (7.69%) Power Query
3 4 (6.15%) Tableau
4 2 (3.08%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.54%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.54%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.54%) GIS
5 1 (1.54%) Metadata
5 1 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.54%) PowerPivot
5 1 (1.54%) QlikView
5 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (13.85%) JIRA
2 2 (3.08%) Fiddler
2 2 (3.08%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.08%) MSI
2 2 (3.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (52.31%) Finance
2 22 (33.85%) Social Skills
3 15 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (20.00%) Banking
5 4 (6.15%) Legal
5 4 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.15%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.62%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Retail
8 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.54%) Front Office
8 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.54%) International Banking
8 1 (1.54%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (1.54%) Marketing
8 1 (1.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 31 (47.69%) Analyst
2 10 (15.38%) Data Analyst
3 6 (9.23%) Senior
4 3 (4.62%) Consultant
4 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 3 (4.62%) Developer
4 3 (4.62%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (4.62%) Risk Analyst
4 3 (4.62%) Security Specialist
4 3 (4.62%) Service Analyst
4 3 (4.62%) Support Analyst
5 2 (3.08%) Business Analyst
5 2 (3.08%) C++ Developer
5 2 (3.08%) Governance Analyst
5 2 (3.08%) Junior
5 2 (3.08%) Lead
5 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (3.08%) Senior C++ Developer
5 2 (3.08%) Senior Developer
5 2 (3.08%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) .NET
1 2 (3.08%) .NET Framework
1 2 (3.08%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (3.08%) COM
1 2 (3.08%) Qt
1 2 (3.08%) Web Services
2 1 (1.54%) JSON
2 1 (1.54%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.62%) CMDB
2 3 (4.62%) Credit Risk
3 2 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.08%) PMI
3 2 (3.08%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.54%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.54%) Derivative
4 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.54%) Equities
4 1 (1.54%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.54%) FMCG
4 1 (1.54%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.54%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.85%) Windows
2 2 (3.08%) Linux
3 1 (1.54%) VMS
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (27.69%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (21.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 13 (20.00%) Analytics
3 13 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (16.92%) Data Analysis
5 10 (15.38%) Agile
5 10 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (15.38%) Decision-Making
6 9 (13.85%) Validation
7 8 (12.31%) Migration
8 7 (10.77%) Data Governance
8 7 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (10.77%) Risk Management
8 7 (10.77%) Waterfall
9 6 (9.23%) Asset Management
9 6 (9.23%) User Experience
10 5 (7.69%) Data Management
10 5 (7.69%) Data Modelling
10 5 (7.69%) ITIL
10 5 (7.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.46%) SQL
2 6 (9.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 6 (9.23%) Python
3 4 (6.15%) C++
3 4 (6.15%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.62%) VBA
5 2 (3.08%) C#
6 1 (1.54%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.54%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (15.38%) Degree
2 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.62%) CISM
3 3 (4.62%) CISSP
3 3 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.62%) CRISC
3 3 (4.62%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.08%) CASP
4 2 (3.08%) CCNA
4 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.08%) GSEC
4 2 (3.08%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.54%) MCSE
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.54%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.92%) Data Quality
2 10 (15.38%) PMO
3 8 (12.31%) QA
4 2 (3.08%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.08%) GRC
4 2 (3.08%) P3O
5 1 (1.54%) COBIT
5 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.54%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.54%) GAAP
5 1 (1.54%) GMP
5 1 (1.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.54%) NCSC
5 1 (1.54%) NIST
5 1 (1.54%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.54%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.54%) Firmware
1 1 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.08%) SCCM
3 1 (1.54%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (41.54%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.62%) Anaplan
3 3 (4.62%) F5
4 2 (3.08%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.08%) Nexthink
4 2 (3.08%) Oracle
4 2 (3.08%) SAP
5 1 (1.54%) Adobe
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco
5 1 (1.54%) Citrix
5 1 (1.54%) EMC
5 1 (1.54%) Google
5 1 (1.54%) Murex
5 1 (1.54%) Planview
5 1 (1.54%) Remedy
5 1 (1.54%) Splunk
5 1 (1.54%) VMware
5 1 (1.54%) Wallstreet Suite
5 1 (1.54%) Workday