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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 66 64
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 93 57 88
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.28% 2.73% 3.20%
As % of the Applications category 61.18% 40.71% 43.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 44 60
10th Percentile £269 £215 £260
25th Percentile £327 £350 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £525 £473
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £659 £641
90th Percentile £675 £744 £727
Central London median daily rate £440 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £13.35 - -
25th Percentile £13.88 - -
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.38 - -
90th Percentile £17.05 - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.24 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year -36.47% - -

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 152 140 202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.63% 6.70% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 85 134
10th Percentile £270 £185 £165
25th Percentile £331 £313 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +11.11% -13.04%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £598
90th Percentile £675 £716 £700
Central London median daily rate £444 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -6.58% +5.56% -10.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £14.40 - £20.84
25th Percentile £16.50 - £23.70
Median hourly rate £26.50 £27.00 £28.47
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -5.15% +9.48%
75th Percentile £36.00 - £33.23
90th Percentile £48.45 - £36.09
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -17.84% +63.76% -27.19%

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 18 November 2025.

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 17 (18.28%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.68%) Confluence
3 2 (2.15%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.08%) CMS
4 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 35 (37.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 17 (18.28%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (15.05%) MS Visio
4 10 (10.75%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (5.38%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.08%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.08%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.08%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.08%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 29 (31.18%) Power Platform
2 9 (9.68%) Azure
3 5 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.38%) Power Automate
4 2 (2.15%) AWS
4 2 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.15%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.15%) GitHub
4 2 (2.15%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.15%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.15%) SaaS
5 1 (1.08%) Asana
5 1 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.08%) Collibra
5 1 (1.08%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.08%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.38%) LAN
2 4 (4.30%) WAN
3 3 (3.23%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (2.15%) Skype
4 2 (2.15%) WebEx
5 1 (1.08%) DNS
5 1 (1.08%) HTTP
5 1 (1.08%) VPN
5 1 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (30.11%) Power BI
2 10 (10.75%) SQL Server
3 9 (9.68%) Tableau
4 3 (3.23%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.15%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.15%) Data Mining
5 2 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.15%) Metadata
5 2 (2.15%) MySQL
5 2 (2.15%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.15%) Power Query
6 1 (1.08%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.08%) Informix
6 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (15.05%) JIRA
2 1 (1.08%) Git
2 1 (1.08%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 50 (53.76%) Finance
2 34 (36.56%) Social Skills
3 28 (30.11%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (20.43%) Banking
5 12 (12.90%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (7.53%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (5.38%) Front Office
8 5 (5.38%) Investment Banking
8 5 (5.38%) Legal
9 4 (4.30%) Financial Institution
9 4 (4.30%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.15%) Law
12 1 (1.08%) Billing
12 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.08%) Publishing
12 1 (1.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (36.56%) Analyst
2 16 (17.20%) Business Analyst
3 11 (11.83%) Data Analyst
3 11 (11.83%) Senior
4 8 (8.60%) Developer
5 7 (7.53%) Project Manager
6 6 (6.45%) Consultant
6 6 (6.45%) Programme Manager
7 4 (4.30%) Support Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.23%) Applications Developer
8 3 (3.23%) Data Manager
8 3 (3.23%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.23%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Junior
8 3 (3.23%) Network Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Network Project Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.23%) Support Specialist
8 3 (3.23%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.38%) .NET
2 2 (2.15%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.08%) ADO
3 1 (1.08%) DCOM
3 1 (1.08%) JSON
3 1 (1.08%) Middleware
3 1 (1.08%) REST
3 1 (1.08%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.60%) Product Ownership
2 7 (7.53%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.30%) Derivative
3 4 (4.30%) Fixed Income
4 3 (3.23%) Credit Risk
4 3 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.23%) Market Risk
4 3 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.15%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (2.15%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.15%) PMI
5 2 (2.15%) Pricing Data
5 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.15%) Swaptions
5 2 (2.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (2.15%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.08%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.30%) Windows
2 1 (1.08%) Linux
2 1 (1.08%) Unix
2 1 (1.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (30.11%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (20.43%) Data Analysis
5 17 (18.28%) Analytics
6 16 (17.20%) Agile
7 15 (16.13%) Project Management
8 14 (15.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (12.90%) Data Modelling
9 12 (12.90%) Decision-Making
9 12 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (11.83%) Validation
11 10 (10.75%) Actionable Insight
11 10 (10.75%) Visualisation
12 9 (9.68%) Business Case
12 9 (9.68%) Change Management
12 9 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (9.68%) Data Governance
12 9 (9.68%) Process Improvement
13 8 (8.60%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 27 (29.03%) SQL
2 12 (12.90%) Python
3 9 (9.68%) VBA
4 7 (7.53%) C#
5 4 (4.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.15%) Korn
6 2 (2.15%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.08%) Java
7 1 (1.08%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (19.35%) Degree
2 3 (3.23%) ACCA
2 3 (3.23%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.15%) CBAP
3 2 (2.15%) CISA
3 2 (2.15%) IIBA
3 2 (2.15%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.08%) CFA
4 1 (1.08%) CIMA
4 1 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.08%) PMP
4 1 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.90%) Data Quality
2 11 (11.83%) PMO
3 6 (6.45%) QA
4 5 (5.38%) GDPR
5 3 (3.23%) COBIT
5 3 (3.23%) NIST
6 2 (2.15%) Basel II
6 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.08%) Basel III
7 1 (1.08%) CRD IV
7 1 (1.08%) GRC
7 1 (1.08%) IFRS
7 1 (1.08%) ISO 20022
7 1 (1.08%) PSD2
7 1 (1.08%) SEPA
7 1 (1.08%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.15%) SCCM
2 1 (1.08%) Ansible
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.08%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 44 (47.31%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.53%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.45%) Oracle
4 4 (4.30%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.23%) Arista
5 3 (3.23%) Cisco
6 2 (2.15%) Polycom
6 2 (2.15%) UiPath
7 1 (1.08%) Adobe
7 1 (1.08%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.08%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.08%) Citrix
7 1 (1.08%) Duck Creek
7 1 (1.08%) Informatica
7 1 (1.08%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.08%) Planview
7 1 (1.08%) Progress
7 1 (1.08%) Remedy
7 1 (1.08%) SAP
7 1 (1.08%) Workday