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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 41 57
Rank change year-on-year -29 +16 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 66 98 81
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 2.66% 5.03% 3.35%
As % of the Applications category 51.16% 51.04% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 59 46
10th Percentile £196 £224 £169
25th Percentile £350 £294 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £486
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% -2.26% -11.64%
75th Percentile £575 £725 £550
90th Percentile £709 £840 £725
London median daily rate £486 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +14.24% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £27.73 -
25th Percentile - £28.23 £19.92
Median hourly rate - £29.07 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year - +41.08% +34.32%
75th Percentile - £31.87 £21.29
90th Percentile - £33.55 -
London median hourly rate £25.50 £22.04 £19.50
% change year-on-year +15.70% +13.03% -7.14%

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 129 192 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 5.21% 9.86% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 117 104
10th Percentile £200 £225 £165
25th Percentile £350 £304 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £486
Median % change year-on-year - -2.26% +1.78%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £619
90th Percentile £662 £830 £681
London median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £27.89 -
25th Percentile - £28.65 £12.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £31.86 £17.05
Median % change year-on-year -18.39% +86.83% +1.05%
75th Percentile - £38.19 £22.72
90th Percentile - £44.53 £25.29
London median hourly rate £28.72 £24.66 £21.00
% change year-on-year +16.44% +17.43% -19.23%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -35 57 £500 - 30
West End of London -1 5 £475 +331.82% 3
City of Westminster 0 3 £475 +26.67% 5
Southwark - 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 6 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.55%) Confluence
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.03%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (12.12%) MS Visio
4 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.52%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (1.52%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.52%) Photoshop
6 1 (1.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Aladdin
1 1 (1.52%) Loan IQ
1 1 (1.52%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 22 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 5 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.55%) Azure
3 3 (4.55%) Collibra
3 3 (4.55%) SaaS
4 2 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.03%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.52%) AWS
5 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.52%) Figma
5 1 (1.52%) Google Docs
5 1 (1.52%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.52%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.52%) Firewall
1 1 (1.52%) LAN
1 1 (1.52%) WAN
1 1 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (1.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (31.82%) Power BI
2 7 (10.61%) Tableau
3 2 (3.03%) Metadata
3 2 (3.03%) Power Query
3 2 (3.03%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.52%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.52%) GIS
4 1 (1.52%) Looker
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.52%) QlikView
4 1 (1.52%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.52%) SQLPlus
4 1 (1.52%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 7 (10.61%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.52%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.52%) MSI
3 1 (1.52%) Toad
3 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (50.00%) Finance
2 21 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 19 (28.79%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (24.24%) Banking
5 7 (10.61%) Legal
5 7 (10.61%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.58%) Investment Banking
7 4 (6.06%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.55%) Front Office
8 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.03%) Marketing
9 2 (3.03%) Military
9 2 (3.03%) Retail
10 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.52%) International Banking
10 1 (1.52%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 33 (50.00%) Analyst
2 11 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 7 (10.61%) Business Analyst
4 6 (9.09%) Service Analyst
5 5 (7.58%) Senior
6 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 3 (4.55%) Developer
6 3 (4.55%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Governance Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Security Specialist
6 3 (4.55%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Administrator
7 2 (3.03%) C++ Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Junior
7 2 (3.03%) MiFID Business Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Report Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Senior C++ Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (3.03%) COM
1 2 (3.03%) Qt
1 2 (3.03%) Web Services
2 1 (1.52%) .NET
2 1 (1.52%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.52%) CSS
2 1 (1.52%) HTML
2 1 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.52%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.55%) Credit Risk
2 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.03%) CMDB
3 2 (3.03%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.03%) PMI
3 2 (3.03%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.52%) Derivative
4 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.52%) Equities
4 1 (1.52%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.52%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.52%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.52%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.52%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.09%) Windows
2 2 (3.03%) Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Unix
3 1 (1.52%) VMS
3 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.79%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (24.24%) Analytics
3 13 (19.70%) Data Analysis
4 12 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (13.64%) Data Governance
7 9 (13.64%) Decision-Making
8 8 (12.12%) Validation
9 7 (10.61%) Asset Management
9 7 (10.61%) ITIL
9 7 (10.61%) Migration
9 7 (10.61%) Risk Management
9 7 (10.61%) Use Case
9 7 (10.61%) Visualisation
10 6 (9.09%) Agile
10 6 (9.09%) Business Analysis
10 6 (9.09%) Data Management
10 6 (9.09%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.70%) SQL
2 8 (12.12%) Python
3 4 (6.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (4.55%) C++
4 3 (4.55%) VBA
5 2 (3.03%) C#
5 2 (3.03%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.52%) Perl
6 1 (1.52%) PHP
6 1 (1.52%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.52%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (12.12%) Degree
2 3 (4.55%) CISM
2 3 (4.55%) CISSP
2 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.55%) CRISC
2 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.03%) CASP
3 2 (3.03%) GSEC
3 2 (3.03%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.52%) CCNA
4 1 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.52%) MCSE
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.52%) RIBA
4 1 (1.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.52%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (22.73%) Data Quality
2 10 (15.15%) PMO
3 7 (10.61%) QA
4 3 (4.55%) SLA
5 2 (3.03%) GRC
5 2 (3.03%) MiFID
6 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.52%) COBIT
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.52%) Def Stans
6 1 (1.52%) GAAP
6 1 (1.52%) GDPR
6 1 (1.52%) GMP
6 1 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.52%) NCSC
6 1 (1.52%) NIST
6 1 (1.52%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.52%) P3O
6 1 (1.52%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.52%) Firmware
1 1 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.52%) Ansible
2 1 (1.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.55%) Anaplan
3 3 (4.55%) Oracle
3 3 (4.55%) Workday
4 2 (3.03%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.03%) Google
4 2 (3.03%) SAP
5 1 (1.52%) Adobe
5 1 (1.52%) Citrix
5 1 (1.52%) Databricks
5 1 (1.52%) EMC
5 1 (1.52%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.52%) Murex
5 1 (1.52%) Planview
5 1 (1.52%) Qualtrics
5 1 (1.52%) Remedy
5 1 (1.52%) Splunk
5 1 (1.52%) VMware
5 1 (1.52%) Wallstreet Suite