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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 69 62
Rank change year-on-year +36 -7 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 116 70 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 5.88% 3.03% 3.50%
As % of the Applications category 59.18% 44.03% 43.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 46 82
10th Percentile £244 £217 £260
25th Percentile £313 £324 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.25% - -0.50%
75th Percentile £638 £642 £623
90th Percentile £838 £741 £700
London median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £14.05 £27.32 £12.44
25th Percentile £15.63 £30.20 £12.73
Median hourly rate £22.58 £35.00 £13.34
Median % change year-on-year -35.50% +162.37% +2.62%
75th Percentile £30.35 - £13.82
90th Percentile £32.95 - £14.04
London median hourly rate £25.00 £34.25 £20.75
% change year-on-year -27.01% +65.06% +18.57%

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 196 159 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 9.94% 6.89% 8.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 92 191
10th Percentile £253 £166 £175
25th Percentile £323 £258 £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £614 £575
90th Percentile £758 £711 £688
London median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £15.10 £26.04 £12.83
25th Percentile £21.13 - £13.70
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £15.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% +71.81% -39.56%
75th Percentile £35.34 £35.00 £22.92
90th Percentile £44.30 - £31.97
London median hourly rate £25.15 £26.97 £25.71
% change year-on-year -6.75% +4.90% -2.39%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel 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 13 September 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 13 September 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 13 September 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 +32 110 £443 -11.50% 158
West End of London -2 2 £180 - 4
Camden +2 1 - - 2
City of Westminster -1 1 - - 3
Microsoft Excel
London

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (11.21%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.76%) Confluence
3 3 (2.59%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.86%) CMS
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (28.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 28 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (11.21%) MS Visio
4 10 (8.62%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (4.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.86%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.86%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.86%) Orchestrade
2 1 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.86%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 40 (34.48%) Power Platform
2 8 (6.90%) Azure
2 8 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (6.90%) SaaS
3 4 (3.45%) Power Automate
4 3 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.59%) GCP
5 2 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.72%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.72%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.86%) Cloud Functions
6 1 (0.86%) Collibra
6 1 (0.86%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (0.86%) GitHub
6 1 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.86%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.86%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.59%) LAN
1 3 (2.59%) Skype
1 3 (2.59%) WebEx
2 1 (0.86%) DNS
2 1 (0.86%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.86%) VPN
2 1 (0.86%) WAN
2 1 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (33.62%) Power BI
2 12 (10.34%) SQL Server
3 10 (8.62%) Tableau
4 8 (6.90%) Data Mining
5 6 (5.17%) Relational Database
6 5 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (2.59%) BigQuery
8 3 (2.59%) Power Query
9 2 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.72%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.72%) Parquet
10 1 (0.86%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.86%) Flink
10 1 (0.86%) MS Access
10 1 (0.86%) MySQL
10 1 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.86%) QlikView
10 1 (0.86%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 14 (12.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) Git
2 1 (0.86%) MSI
General
1 57 (49.14%) Finance
2 54 (46.55%) Social Skills
3 28 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (24.14%) Banking
4 12 (10.34%) Investment Banking
5 9 (7.76%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (6.03%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.31%) Legal
9 4 (3.45%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.45%) Front Office
9 4 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.45%) Marketing
9 4 (3.45%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.59%) Back Office
10 3 (2.59%) Law
11 2 (1.72%) Advertising
11 2 (1.72%) Billing
11 2 (1.72%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (37.07%) Analyst
2 19 (16.38%) Data Analyst
3 16 (13.79%) Senior
4 12 (10.34%) Business Analyst
4 12 (10.34%) Developer
5 11 (9.48%) Consultant
6 7 (6.03%) Project Manager
6 7 (6.03%) Risk Consultant
6 7 (6.03%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (4.31%) Programme Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Administrator
8 4 (3.45%) Applications Developer
8 4 (3.45%) Automation Developer
8 4 (3.45%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) Support Specialist
9 3 (2.59%) Analyst Developer
9 3 (2.59%) Audio Visual Engineer
9 3 (2.59%) Audio Visual Support
9 3 (2.59%) Data Administrator
9 3 (2.59%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.03%) .NET
2 3 (2.59%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.72%) ADO
3 2 (1.72%) Apache Avro
4 1 (0.86%) Apache Beam
4 1 (0.86%) DCOM
4 1 (0.86%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.76%) Market Risk
2 8 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.03%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.31%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.45%) Credit Risk
5 4 (3.45%) Derivative
5 4 (3.45%) PMI
5 4 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.59%) Fixed Income
6 3 (2.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.59%) Pricing Data
6 3 (2.59%) Reference Data
6 3 (2.59%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.72%) Swaptions
7 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.31%) Windows
2 2 (1.72%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (32.76%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (24.14%) Agile
4 24 (20.69%) Analytics
5 22 (18.97%) Data Analysis
6 21 (18.10%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (13.79%) Project Management
9 15 (12.93%) Data Modelling
10 14 (12.07%) Decision-Making
10 14 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (12.07%) Visualisation
11 13 (11.21%) Scenario Testing
11 13 (11.21%) User Acceptance Testing
12 12 (10.34%) Actionable Insight
13 11 (9.48%) Data Management
13 11 (9.48%) SDLC
14 10 (8.62%) CRM
14 10 (8.62%) Migration
14 10 (8.62%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 40 (34.48%) SQL
2 14 (12.07%) Python
3 12 (10.34%) VBA
4 8 (6.90%) C#
5 5 (4.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (2.59%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.72%) Java
8 1 (0.86%) Korn
8 1 (0.86%) R
8 1 (0.86%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (21.55%) Degree
2 6 (5.17%) PMI Certification
3 3 (2.59%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.72%) CBAP
4 2 (1.72%) CISA
4 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.72%) PMP
4 2 (1.72%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.86%) ACCA
5 1 (0.86%) CFA
5 1 (0.86%) IIBA
5 1 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.07%) Data Quality
2 11 (9.48%) PMO
3 8 (6.90%) Basel II
3 8 (6.90%) QA
4 4 (3.45%) GDPR
5 3 (2.59%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.59%) COBIT
5 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.59%) NIST
6 1 (0.86%) GAAP
6 1 (0.86%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.86%) PSD2
6 1 (0.86%) SEPA
6 1 (0.86%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.72%) SCCM
1 2 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (42.24%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.90%) Oracle
3 6 (5.17%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.31%) SAP
4 5 (4.31%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.59%) Google
5 3 (2.59%) Polycom
6 2 (1.72%) Adobe
6 2 (1.72%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.72%) Arista
6 2 (1.72%) Cisco
6 2 (1.72%) Dell
6 2 (1.72%) HP
6 2 (1.72%) UiPath
7 1 (0.86%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (0.86%) dotdigital
7 1 (0.86%) Duck Creek
7 1 (0.86%) Marketo
7 1 (0.86%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.86%) Workday