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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 65 62
Rank change year-on-year +23 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 106 70 95
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.38% 2.98% 3.28%
As % of the Applications category 61.63% 42.94% 44.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 45 64
10th Percentile £270 £216 £265
25th Percentile £339 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £500 £473
Median % change year-on-year -11.75% +5.82% -10.85%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £676
90th Percentile £675 £743 £744
London median daily rate £450 £450 £468
% change year-on-year - -3.74% -6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £15.10 £27.32 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £30.20 -
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £31.98 - -
London median hourly rate £19.00 £35.00 £23.94
% change year-on-year -45.71% +46.20% +19.60%

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 172 163 215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.73% 6.94% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 94 142
10th Percentile £264 £170 £162
25th Percentile £333 £313 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -11.98%
75th Percentile £575 £614 £598
90th Percentile £675 £709 £700
London median daily rate £450 £450 £457
% change year-on-year - -1.42% -7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 3
10th Percentile £16.15 £25.88 -
25th Percentile £20.24 £26.60 -
Median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% +63.76% -41.75%
75th Percentile £33.81 £35.00 £28.47
90th Percentile £43.25 - £34.19
London median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £29.24
% change year-on-year -6.85% -7.66% +24.43%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 +33 98 £443 -15.71% 159
Camden +8 4 - - 2
City of Westminster -2 2 - - 2
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 20 (18.87%) SharePoint
2 9 (8.49%) Confluence
3 2 (1.89%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.94%) CMS
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 43 (40.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 22 (20.75%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (16.98%) MS Visio
4 13 (12.26%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (5.66%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.94%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.89%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.94%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.94%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (31.13%) Power Platform
2 13 (12.26%) Azure
3 8 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.72%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.72%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.89%) AWS
5 2 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.89%) GitHub
5 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (1.89%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.89%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.89%) SaaS
6 1 (0.94%) Asana
6 1 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.94%) Collibra
6 1 (0.94%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.94%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.72%) LAN
2 4 (3.77%) VPN
2 4 (3.77%) WAN
3 3 (2.83%) Softphone
3 3 (2.83%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.89%) Skype
4 2 (1.89%) WebEx
5 1 (0.94%) DNS
5 1 (0.94%) HTTP
5 1 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (30.19%) Power BI
2 11 (10.38%) SQL Server
3 10 (9.43%) Tableau
4 5 (4.72%) Relational Database
5 4 (3.77%) Power Query
6 3 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.83%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.89%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.89%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.89%) Metadata
7 2 (1.89%) MySQL
8 1 (0.94%) Informix
8 1 (0.94%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.94%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 14 (13.21%) JIRA
2 1 (0.94%) Git
2 1 (0.94%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.94%) Toad
General
1 52 (49.06%) Finance
2 41 (38.68%) Social Skills
3 30 (28.30%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (17.92%) Banking
5 11 (10.38%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (7.55%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.72%) Front Office
8 5 (4.72%) Legal
8 5 (4.72%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.77%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.83%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.83%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.89%) Law
12 1 (0.94%) Billing
12 1 (0.94%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.94%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (39.62%) Analyst
2 16 (15.09%) Business Analyst
3 13 (12.26%) Data Analyst
4 11 (10.38%) Developer
4 11 (10.38%) Senior
5 7 (6.60%) Project Manager
6 6 (5.66%) Consultant
6 6 (5.66%) Programme Manager
7 4 (3.77%) Support Engineer
7 4 (3.77%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (2.83%) Applications Developer
8 3 (2.83%) Data Manager
8 3 (2.83%) Help Desk Analyst
8 3 (2.83%) IT Manager
8 3 (2.83%) Junior
8 3 (2.83%) Network Project Manager
8 3 (2.83%) PMO Analyst
8 3 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (2.83%) Support Specialist
8 3 (2.83%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.72%) .NET
2 2 (1.89%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.94%) ADO
3 1 (0.94%) DCOM
3 1 (0.94%) JSON
3 1 (0.94%) Middleware
3 1 (0.94%) REST
3 1 (0.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.49%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.55%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.77%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.77%) Derivative
3 4 (3.77%) Fixed Income
3 4 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.83%) Credit Risk
4 3 (2.83%) Market Risk
4 3 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.83%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.89%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (1.89%) PMI
5 2 (1.89%) Pricing Data
5 2 (1.89%) Swaptions
5 2 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (1.89%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.94%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.77%) Windows
2 2 (1.89%) Unix
3 1 (0.94%) Linux
3 1 (0.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (31.13%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (30.19%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (19.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (17.92%) Data Analysis
5 17 (16.04%) Agile
5 17 (16.04%) Analytics
6 16 (15.09%) Project Management
7 15 (14.15%) Decision-Making
7 15 (14.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (13.21%) Data Modelling
9 13 (12.26%) User Acceptance Testing
10 12 (11.32%) Visualisation
11 11 (10.38%) Actionable Insight
11 11 (10.38%) Validation
12 10 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (9.43%) Process Improvement
13 9 (8.49%) Business Case
13 9 (8.49%) Change Management
13 9 (8.49%) Data Governance
13 9 (8.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (28.30%) SQL
2 13 (12.26%) Python
3 10 (9.43%) VBA
4 7 (6.60%) C#
5 5 (4.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.89%) Korn
6 2 (1.89%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.89%) R
7 1 (0.94%) Java
7 1 (0.94%) Perl
7 1 (0.94%) PHP
7 1 (0.94%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (19.81%) Degree
2 3 (2.83%) ACCA
2 3 (2.83%) MCP
2 3 (2.83%) MCSE
2 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (2.83%) PMI Certification
2 3 (2.83%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.89%) CBAP
3 2 (1.89%) CISA
3 2 (1.89%) IIBA
3 2 (1.89%) PMP
3 2 (1.89%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.94%) CFA
4 1 (0.94%) CIMA
4 1 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.26%) Data Quality
2 12 (11.32%) PMO
3 6 (5.66%) GDPR
3 6 (5.66%) QA
4 3 (2.83%) COBIT
4 3 (2.83%) NIST
5 2 (1.89%) Basel II
5 2 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.94%) Basel III
6 1 (0.94%) CRD IV
6 1 (0.94%) GRC
6 1 (0.94%) IFRS
6 1 (0.94%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.94%) PSD2
6 1 (0.94%) SEPA
6 1 (0.94%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (4.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.89%) SCCM
3 1 (0.94%) Ansible
3 1 (0.94%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 53 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.55%) Oracle
2 8 (7.55%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.77%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.83%) Arista
4 3 (2.83%) Cisco
5 2 (1.89%) Planview
5 2 (1.89%) Polycom
5 2 (1.89%) UiPath
6 1 (0.94%) Adobe
6 1 (0.94%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.94%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (0.94%) Citrix
6 1 (0.94%) Google
6 1 (0.94%) Informatica
6 1 (0.94%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.94%) Progress
6 1 (0.94%) Remedy
6 1 (0.94%) SAP
6 1 (0.94%) Workday