Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Excel
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 48 71
Rank change year-on-year -21 +23 -8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 67 77 56
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.06% 4.43% 2.47%
As % of the Applications category 56.30% 44.25% 40.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 48 32
10th Percentile £288 £248 £172
25th Percentile £403 £323 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £531
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £657 £680
90th Percentile £731 £806 £770
Central London median daily rate £518 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +8.95% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 £34.63 £19.92
Median hourly rate £40.50 £34.65 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +68.16% +24.88%
75th Percentile £41.75 £34.68 £21.29
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £31.86 £20.61
% change year-on-year -20.06% +54.62% +24.88%

All Software Application Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 119 174 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 5.43% 10.00% 6.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 110 86
10th Percentile £256 £235 £146
25th Percentile £405 £307 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 £506
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -6.17% -1.22%
75th Percentile £575 £609 £638
90th Percentile £638 £725 £694
Central London median daily rate £500 £475 £486
% change year-on-year +5.32% -2.26% -3.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £35.79 -
25th Percentile £39.25 £37.53 £12.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 £41.08 £16.22
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +153.31% -34.81%
75th Percentile £41.75 £45.23 £19.52
90th Percentile - £47.34 £20.58
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £34.65 £18.93
% change year-on-year -26.49% +83.04% -23.90%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the City of London

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the City of London

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 11 (16.42%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.99%) Confluence
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (43.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (17.91%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (16.42%) MS Visio
4 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (7.46%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (2.99%) Trello
6 1 (1.49%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (1.49%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.49%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.49%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.49%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 21 (31.34%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.97%) Azure
3 3 (4.48%) Collibra
4 2 (2.99%) AWS
4 2 (2.99%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.49%) Asana
5 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.49%) Figma
5 1 (1.49%) Google Docs
5 1 (1.49%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.49%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.49%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.49%) SaaS
5 1 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) LAN
1 1 (1.49%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (29.85%) Power BI
2 9 (13.43%) Tableau
3 4 (5.97%) Power Query
4 3 (4.48%) Metadata
4 3 (4.48%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.99%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.99%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.99%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.99%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.99%) SQLPlus
6 1 (1.49%) Informix
6 1 (1.49%) Looker
6 1 (1.49%) MySQL
6 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.49%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) JIRA
2 2 (2.99%) Toad
General
1 33 (49.25%) Finance
2 24 (35.82%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (34.33%) Social Skills
4 16 (23.88%) Banking
5 9 (13.43%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (10.45%) Legal
7 6 (8.96%) Front Office
8 5 (7.46%) Investment Banking
9 4 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
9 4 (5.97%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.99%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.99%) Marketing
11 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.49%) International Banking
11 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.49%) Military
11 1 (1.49%) Publishing
11 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (44.78%) Analyst
2 10 (14.93%) Business Analyst
3 9 (13.43%) Data Analyst
4 4 (5.97%) Developer
4 4 (5.97%) Senior
5 3 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 3 (4.48%) Junior
5 3 (4.48%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (4.48%) Security Specialist
6 2 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (2.99%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (2.99%) Lead
6 2 (2.99%) MiFID Business Analyst
6 2 (2.99%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (2.99%) Power BI Developer
6 2 (2.99%) Project Manager
6 2 (2.99%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (2.99%) Service Analyst
6 2 (2.99%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (2.99%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) CSS
1 1 (1.49%) HTML
1 1 (1.49%) Middleware
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.48%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.99%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.99%) Equities
3 2 (2.99%) Fixed Income
3 2 (2.99%) PMI
3 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.49%) Derivative
4 1 (1.49%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.49%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.49%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.49%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.49%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.48%) Unix
2 2 (2.99%) Windows
3 1 (1.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.36%) Business Intelligence
1 19 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (23.88%) Analytics
3 14 (20.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (17.91%) Data Analysis
4 12 (17.91%) Decision-Making
5 11 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (13.43%) Data Governance
6 9 (13.43%) Validation
7 8 (11.94%) Business Analysis
7 8 (11.94%) Data Management
7 8 (11.94%) Data Modelling
7 8 (11.94%) ETL
7 8 (11.94%) Migration
7 8 (11.94%) Project Delivery
8 7 (10.45%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (10.45%) Process Improvement
8 7 (10.45%) Project Management
8 7 (10.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (23.88%) SQL
2 9 (13.43%) Python
3 5 (7.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.99%) Perl
4 2 (2.99%) PHP
4 2 (2.99%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.99%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.99%) VBA
5 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.49%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (10.45%) Degree
2 3 (4.48%) CISM
2 3 (4.48%) CISSP
2 3 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.48%) CRISC
3 2 (2.99%) ACCA
3 2 (2.99%) CASP
3 2 (2.99%) GSEC
3 2 (2.99%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) CIMA
4 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) IIBA
4 1 (1.49%) PMP
4 1 (1.49%) RIBA
4 1 (1.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.49%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.42%) Data Quality
2 9 (13.43%) PMO
3 6 (8.96%) QA
4 3 (4.48%) GRC
5 2 (2.99%) GDPR
5 2 (2.99%) MiFID
6 1 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.49%) GAAP
6 1 (1.49%) GMP
6 1 (1.49%) IFRS
6 1 (1.49%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.49%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 28 (41.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) Oracle
3 5 (7.46%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.48%) Anaplan
4 3 (4.48%) Google
5 2 (2.99%) Alteryx
5 2 (2.99%) Planview
5 2 (2.99%) SAP
6 1 (1.49%) Adobe
6 1 (1.49%) Arista
6 1 (1.49%) Cisco
6 1 (1.49%) Databricks
6 1 (1.49%) Dataiku
6 1 (1.49%) Informatica
6 1 (1.49%) Murex
6 1 (1.49%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.49%) Remedy
6 1 (1.49%) Splunk
6 1 (1.49%) Talend
6 1 (1.49%) Wallstreet Suite