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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 53 60
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 93 79 89
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.58% 3.57% 3.39%
As % of the Applications category 62.00% 47.59% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 47 56
10th Percentile £268 £218 £248
25th Percentile £350 £313 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £688
90th Percentile £638 £821 £760
London median daily rate £475 £450 £466
% change year-on-year +5.56% -3.49% -6.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £21.29 £27.32 -
25th Percentile - £30.20 -
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £35.24 - -
London median hourly rate £20.00 £31.50 £25.38
% change year-on-year -36.51% +24.11% +20.34%

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 150 166 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 7.38% 7.50% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 96 122
10th Percentile £255 £203 £160
25th Percentile £345 £300 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £469 £468
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +0.27% -9.66%
75th Percentile £570 £626 £647
90th Percentile £637 £734 £744
London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £21.99 £27.32 -
25th Percentile - £30.20 -
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +84.89% -16.79%
75th Percentile £25.87 - £28.47
90th Percentile £33.88 - £34.19
London median hourly rate £25.15 £25.25 £25.59
% change year-on-year -0.40% -1.31% +11.24%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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 +8 84 £463 -5.13% 46
City of Westminster +3 5 £475 - 4
Camden +6 3 - - 1
West End of London +3 3 £475 +46.15% 3
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 (18.28%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.45%) Confluence
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.08%) CMS
4 1 (1.08%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 43 (46.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 21 (22.58%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (21.51%) MS Visio
4 10 (10.75%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (6.45%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (2.15%) Trello
7 1 (1.08%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (1.08%) Adobe XD
7 1 (1.08%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 11 (11.83%) Azure
3 8 (8.60%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.45%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.38%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.23%) AWS
6 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (3.23%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.15%) GitHub
7 2 (2.15%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.08%) Collibra
8 1 (1.08%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.08%) Figma
8 1 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.08%) Google Docs
8 1 (1.08%) Google Sheets
8 1 (1.08%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.30%) LAN
1 4 (4.30%) VPN
1 4 (4.30%) WAN
2 3 (3.23%) Softphone
2 3 (3.23%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.08%) HTTP
3 1 (1.08%) Skype
3 1 (1.08%) WebEx
3 1 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (32.26%) Power BI
2 10 (10.75%) Tableau
3 6 (6.45%) Relational Database
4 5 (5.38%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.23%) Power Query
6 2 (2.15%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.15%) Metadata
6 2 (2.15%) MySQL
6 2 (2.15%) Oracle Database
6 2 (2.15%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.15%) SQLPlus
7 1 (1.08%) Informix
7 1 (1.08%) Looker
7 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.08%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 11 (11.83%) JIRA
2 2 (2.15%) Toad
3 1 (1.08%) Git
3 1 (1.08%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (43.01%) Finance
2 32 (34.41%) Social Skills
3 28 (30.11%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (17.20%) Banking
5 13 (13.98%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (7.53%) Front Office
6 7 (7.53%) Legal
7 6 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (5.38%) Public Sector
9 4 (4.30%) Investment Banking
10 3 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (3.23%) Financial Institution
10 3 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.15%) Marketing
12 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.08%) Private Banking
12 1 (1.08%) Publishing
12 1 (1.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (44.09%) Analyst
2 17 (18.28%) Business Analyst
3 9 (9.68%) Data Analyst
4 6 (6.45%) Programme Manager
4 6 (6.45%) Project Manager
4 6 (6.45%) Senior
5 5 (5.38%) Developer
6 4 (4.30%) Consultant
6 4 (4.30%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.23%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (3.23%) Governance Manager
7 3 (3.23%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (3.23%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.23%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (3.23%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (3.23%) Service Analyst
7 3 (3.23%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.23%) Technical Business Analyst
8 2 (2.15%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 2 (2.15%) Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.08%) ADO
1 1 (1.08%) CSS
1 1 (1.08%) HTML
1 1 (1.08%) JSON
1 1 (1.08%) Middleware
1 1 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.08%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.75%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.60%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.30%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.30%) Derivative
3 4 (4.30%) Fixed Income
3 4 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.23%) Credit Risk
4 3 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.15%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.15%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (2.15%) PMI
5 2 (2.15%) Swaptions
5 2 (2.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.08%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (1.08%) Pricing Data
6 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.23%) Unix
2 2 (2.15%) Windows
3 1 (1.08%) Linux
3 1 (1.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (31.18%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (27.96%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (18.28%) Analytics
5 14 (15.05%) Data Analysis
5 14 (15.05%) Decision-Making
5 14 (15.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (13.98%) Data Modelling
7 12 (12.90%) Actionable Insight
7 12 (12.90%) Process Improvement
7 12 (12.90%) Project Delivery
7 12 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (11.83%) Data Governance
9 10 (10.75%) Project Management
10 9 (9.68%) Agile
10 9 (9.68%) Change Management
10 9 (9.68%) ETL
11 8 (8.60%) Business Analysis
11 8 (8.60%) Requirements Gathering
11 8 (8.60%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.51%) SQL
2 12 (12.90%) Python
3 6 (6.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (3.23%) VBA
5 2 (2.15%) C#
5 2 (2.15%) Korn
5 2 (2.15%) Perl
5 2 (2.15%) PHP
5 2 (2.15%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.15%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.15%) R
5 2 (2.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (18.28%) Degree
2 3 (3.23%) MCP
2 3 (3.23%) MCSE
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.23%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.15%) ACCA
3 2 (2.15%) CBAP
3 2 (2.15%) CISA
3 2 (2.15%) IIBA
3 2 (2.15%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.15%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.08%) CIMA
4 1 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.08%) PMP
4 1 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.08%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.05%) Data Quality
2 12 (12.90%) PMO
3 6 (6.45%) GDPR
4 4 (4.30%) QA
4 4 (4.30%) SLA
5 2 (2.15%) COBIT
5 2 (2.15%) MiFID
5 2 (2.15%) NIST
6 1 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.08%) Basel III
6 1 (1.08%) CRD IV
6 1 (1.08%) GRC
6 1 (1.08%) IFRS
6 1 (1.08%) ISO 20022
6 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.08%) PSD2
6 1 (1.08%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (5.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.08%) Ansible
2 1 (1.08%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (52.69%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.75%) ServiceNow
3 7 (7.53%) Oracle
4 3 (3.23%) Arista
4 3 (3.23%) Cisco
4 3 (3.23%) Google
4 3 (3.23%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.23%) Workday
5 2 (2.15%) Adobe
5 2 (2.15%) Planview
6 1 (1.08%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.08%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (1.08%) Citrix
6 1 (1.08%) Informatica
6 1 (1.08%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.08%) Polycom
6 1 (1.08%) Progress
6 1 (1.08%) Remedy
6 1 (1.08%) SAP
6 1 (1.08%) Sonatype