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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 62 60
Rank change year-on-year +20 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 99 71 94
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.17% 3.03% 3.17%
As % of the Applications category 61.49% 42.51% 43.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 47 64
10th Percentile £269 £210 £265
25th Percentile £327 £345 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.25% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £647 £641
90th Percentile £675 £739 £738
London median daily rate £450 £450 £468
% change year-on-year - -3.74% -6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £14.75 £27.32 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £30.20 -
Median hourly rate £22.24 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.47% - -
75th Percentile £25.47 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £23.45 £35.00 £23.94
% change year-on-year -33.00% +46.20% +4.09%

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 161 167 216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.41% 7.12% 7.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 97 144
10th Percentile £266 £168 £165
25th Percentile £329 £313 £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +5.56% -10.45%
75th Percentile £575 £623 £600
90th Percentile £675 £705 £700
London median daily rate £450 £450 £457
% change year-on-year - -1.42% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 3
10th Percentile £15.80 £25.88 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £26.60 -
Median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% +63.76% -27.19%
75th Percentile £27.25 £35.00 £28.47
90th Percentile £40.15 - £34.19
London median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £25.79
% change year-on-year -6.85% +4.69% +4.37%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +25 91 £440 -16.19% 156
Camden +8 4 - - 2
City of Westminster -2 2 - - 4
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 18 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.09%) Confluence
3 2 (2.02%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.01%) CMS
4 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 38 (38.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 19 (19.19%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (17.17%) MS Visio
4 13 (13.13%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (5.05%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.01%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.01%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.01%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 30 (30.30%) Power Platform
2 12 (12.12%) Azure
3 8 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.05%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.05%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.02%) AWS
5 2 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.02%) GitHub
5 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.02%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.02%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.02%) SaaS
6 1 (1.01%) Asana
6 1 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.01%) Collibra
6 1 (1.01%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.01%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.05%) LAN
2 4 (4.04%) VPN
2 4 (4.04%) WAN
3 3 (3.03%) Softphone
3 3 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (2.02%) Skype
4 2 (2.02%) WebEx
5 1 (1.01%) DNS
5 1 (1.01%) HTTP
5 1 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (29.29%) Power BI
2 10 (10.10%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.10%) Tableau
3 4 (4.04%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.03%) Power Query
4 3 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.02%) Data Mining
5 2 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.02%) Metadata
5 2 (2.02%) MySQL
5 2 (2.02%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.01%) Informix
6 1 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (14.14%) JIRA
2 1 (1.01%) Git
2 1 (1.01%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 49 (49.49%) Finance
2 37 (37.37%) Social Skills
3 28 (28.28%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (19.19%) Banking
5 12 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (8.08%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (5.05%) Front Office
7 5 (5.05%) Investment Banking
7 5 (5.05%) Legal
7 5 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (4.04%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.04%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.03%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.02%) Law
11 1 (1.01%) Billing
11 1 (1.01%) Publishing
11 1 (1.01%) Retail
11 1 (1.01%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (39.39%) Analyst
2 16 (16.16%) Business Analyst
3 12 (12.12%) Data Analyst
4 11 (11.11%) Senior
5 9 (9.09%) Developer
6 7 (7.07%) Project Manager
7 6 (6.06%) Consultant
8 5 (5.05%) Programme Manager
9 4 (4.04%) Support Engineer
9 4 (4.04%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (3.03%) Applications Developer
10 3 (3.03%) Help Desk Analyst
10 3 (3.03%) IT Manager
10 3 (3.03%) IT Project Manager
10 3 (3.03%) Junior
10 3 (3.03%) Network Manager
10 3 (3.03%) Network Project Manager
10 3 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (3.03%) Support Specialist
10 3 (3.03%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.05%) .NET
2 2 (2.02%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.01%) ADO
3 1 (1.01%) DCOM
3 1 (1.01%) JSON
3 1 (1.01%) Middleware
3 1 (1.01%) REST
3 1 (1.01%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.07%) Management Information System
1 7 (7.07%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.04%) Derivative
2 4 (4.04%) Fixed Income
3 3 (3.03%) Credit Risk
3 3 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.03%) Market Risk
3 3 (3.03%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.02%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 2 (2.02%) PMI
4 2 (2.02%) Pricing Data
4 2 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.02%) Swaptions
4 2 (2.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (2.02%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.01%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.04%) Windows
2 1 (1.01%) Linux
2 1 (1.01%) Unix
2 1 (1.01%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.31%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (29.29%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (19.19%) Data Analysis
5 17 (17.17%) Analytics
6 16 (16.16%) Agile
7 15 (15.15%) Project Management
8 14 (14.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (13.13%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (11.11%) Data Modelling
10 11 (11.11%) Decision-Making
10 11 (11.11%) Validation
10 11 (11.11%) Visualisation
11 10 (10.10%) Actionable Insight
11 10 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (9.09%) Business Case
12 9 (9.09%) Change Management
12 9 (9.09%) Data Governance
12 9 (9.09%) Process Improvement
13 8 (8.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (28.28%) SQL
2 12 (12.12%) Python
3 10 (10.10%) VBA
4 7 (7.07%) C#
5 4 (4.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.02%) Korn
6 2 (2.02%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.01%) Java
7 1 (1.01%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (21.21%) Degree
2 3 (3.03%) MCP
2 3 (3.03%) MCSE
2 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.03%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.02%) ACCA
3 2 (2.02%) CBAP
3 2 (2.02%) CISA
3 2 (2.02%) IIBA
3 2 (2.02%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.01%) CFA
4 1 (1.01%) CIMA
4 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.01%) PMP
4 1 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.01%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.12%) Data Quality
2 11 (11.11%) PMO
3 6 (6.06%) GDPR
3 6 (6.06%) QA
4 3 (3.03%) COBIT
4 3 (3.03%) NIST
5 2 (2.02%) Basel II
5 2 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.01%) Basel III
6 1 (1.01%) CRD IV
6 1 (1.01%) GRC
6 1 (1.01%) IFRS
6 1 (1.01%) ISO 20022
6 1 (1.01%) PSD2
6 1 (1.01%) SEPA
6 1 (1.01%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.02%) SCCM
3 1 (1.01%) Ansible
3 1 (1.01%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 49 (49.49%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.07%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.06%) Oracle
4 4 (4.04%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.03%) Arista
5 3 (3.03%) Cisco
6 2 (2.02%) Polycom
6 2 (2.02%) UiPath
7 1 (1.01%) Adobe
7 1 (1.01%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.01%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.01%) Citrix
7 1 (1.01%) Duck Creek
7 1 (1.01%) Informatica
7 1 (1.01%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.01%) Planview
7 1 (1.01%) Progress
7 1 (1.01%) Remedy
7 1 (1.01%) SAP
7 1 (1.01%) Workday