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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 47 58
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 92 79 85
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.40% 3.81% 3.29%
As % of the Applications category 62.16% 49.07% 47.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 43 54
10th Percentile £268 £225 £166
25th Percentile £375 £313 £287
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £446
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +12.04% -15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £683 £680
90th Percentile £668 £855 £766
London median daily rate £475 £463 £466
% change year-on-year +2.70% -0.80% -1.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £21.29 £27.32 -
25th Percentile - £30.20 £19.92
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +69.86% -60.75%
75th Percentile - - £21.29
90th Percentile £35.24 - -
London median hourly rate £18.50 £35.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -47.14% +79.49% -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 148 161 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 7.08% 7.77% 6.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 88 114
10th Percentile £261 £211 £153
25th Percentile £375 £295 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year - +1.60% -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £628 £638
90th Percentile £638 £738 £738
London median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 5
10th Percentile £21.99 £28.28 -
25th Percentile - £32.60 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +84.89% -63.24%
75th Percentile £25.87 £38.44 -
90th Percentile £33.88 £44.63 £20.35
London median hourly rate £25.15 £28.41 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.47% +45.69% -22.00%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 11 February 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 +2 82 £475 -5.00% 28
City of Westminster +3 4 £475 - 3
Camden +6 3 - - 1
West End of London +1 3 £475 +100.00% 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 18 (19.57%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.52%) Confluence
3 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.09%) CMS
4 1 (1.09%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 42 (45.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 20 (21.74%) MS Visio
3 18 (19.57%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (10.87%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (6.52%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (2.17%) Trello
7 1 (1.09%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (1.09%) Adobe XD
7 1 (1.09%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.09%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (30.43%) Power Platform
2 10 (10.87%) Azure
3 8 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.52%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.35%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.26%) AWS
6 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (3.26%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.17%) Collibra
7 2 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.09%) Asana
8 1 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.09%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.09%) Figma
8 1 (1.09%) GitHub
8 1 (1.09%) Google Docs
8 1 (1.09%) Google Sheets
8 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.09%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.09%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.35%) LAN
1 4 (4.35%) VPN
1 4 (4.35%) WAN
2 3 (3.26%) Softphone
2 3 (3.26%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.09%) HTTP
3 1 (1.09%) Skype
3 1 (1.09%) WebEx
3 1 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (30.43%) Power BI
2 9 (9.78%) Tableau
3 4 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.26%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.17%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.17%) Metadata
5 2 (2.17%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.17%) Power Query
5 2 (2.17%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.17%) SQLPlus
6 1 (1.09%) Informix
6 1 (1.09%) Looker
6 1 (1.09%) MySQL
6 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.09%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 12 (13.04%) JIRA
2 3 (3.26%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.17%) Toad
4 1 (1.09%) Git
4 1 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 45 (48.91%) Finance
2 32 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 25 (27.17%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (20.65%) Banking
5 13 (14.13%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (9.78%) Legal
7 8 (8.70%) Front Office
8 6 (6.52%) Investment Banking
9 5 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (3.26%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.26%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.17%) Financial Institution
11 2 (2.17%) Marketing
12 1 (1.09%) Law
12 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.09%) Military
12 1 (1.09%) Publishing
12 1 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (45.65%) Analyst
2 16 (17.39%) Business Analyst
3 9 (9.78%) Data Analyst
4 8 (8.70%) Senior
5 6 (6.52%) Developer
5 6 (6.52%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.35%) Service Analyst
6 4 (4.35%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.26%) Consultant
7 3 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (3.26%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (3.26%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.26%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (3.26%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (3.26%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.26%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (3.26%) Security Specialist
7 3 (3.26%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.26%) Technical Business Analyst
8 2 (2.17%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (2.17%) COM
1 2 (2.17%) Qt
1 2 (2.17%) Web Services
2 1 (1.09%) ADO
2 1 (1.09%) CSS
2 1 (1.09%) HTML
2 1 (1.09%) JSON
2 1 (1.09%) Middleware
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.78%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.43%) Derivative
3 5 (5.43%) Fixed Income
4 4 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.26%) Credit Risk
5 3 (3.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.17%) Equities
6 2 (2.17%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 2 (2.17%) PMI
6 2 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.17%) Swaptions
6 2 (2.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.17%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.09%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.09%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.43%) Windows
2 3 (3.26%) Linux
2 3 (3.26%) Unix
3 1 (1.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (29.35%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (19.57%) Analytics
4 14 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (14.13%) Project Delivery
5 13 (14.13%) User Acceptance Testing
6 12 (13.04%) Data Analysis
6 12 (13.04%) Decision-Making
6 12 (13.04%) Project Management
6 12 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (11.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (11.96%) Process Improvement
8 9 (9.78%) Agile
8 9 (9.78%) Business Analysis
8 9 (9.78%) Data Governance
9 8 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
9 8 (8.70%) Change Management
9 8 (8.70%) Data Modelling
9 8 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (8.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (19.57%) SQL
2 10 (10.87%) Python
3 5 (5.43%) VBA
4 4 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (3.26%) C#
6 2 (2.17%) C++
6 2 (2.17%) Perl
6 2 (2.17%) PHP
6 2 (2.17%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.17%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.09%) Korn
7 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.09%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (19.57%) Degree
2 4 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.26%) CISM
3 3 (3.26%) CISSP
3 3 (3.26%) CRISC
3 3 (3.26%) MCSE
3 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (2.17%) ACCA
4 2 (2.17%) CASP
4 2 (2.17%) CBAP
4 2 (2.17%) GSEC
4 2 (2.17%) IIBA
4 2 (2.17%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.09%) CIMA
5 1 (1.09%) PMP
5 1 (1.09%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.09%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.09%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.13%) PMO
2 12 (13.04%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.43%) QA
4 4 (4.35%) GDPR
5 3 (3.26%) GRC
5 3 (3.26%) SLA
6 2 (2.17%) MiFID
7 1 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.09%) Basel III
7 1 (1.09%) CRD IV
7 1 (1.09%) GAAP
7 1 (1.09%) GMP
7 1 (1.09%) IFRS
7 1 (1.09%) ISO 20022
7 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.09%) PSD2
7 1 (1.09%) SEPA
7 1 (1.09%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (5.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.09%) Ansible
2 1 (1.09%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.78%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.52%) Oracle
4 3 (3.26%) Arista
4 3 (3.26%) Cisco
4 3 (3.26%) Google
4 3 (3.26%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.26%) Workday
5 2 (2.17%) Adobe
5 2 (2.17%) Planview
5 2 (2.17%) SAP
6 1 (1.09%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.09%) Citrix
6 1 (1.09%) Informatica
6 1 (1.09%) Murex
6 1 (1.09%) Polycom
6 1 (1.09%) Progress
6 1 (1.09%) Remedy
6 1 (1.09%) Talend
6 1 (1.09%) Wallstreet Suite