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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 56 59
Rank change year-on-year +7 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 85 62 80
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.56% 3.32% 3.31%
As % of the Applications category 62.50% 44.60% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 42 52
10th Percentile £266 £228 £263
25th Percentile £350 £316 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £575 £716 £680
90th Percentile £641 £846 £745
Central London median daily rate £466 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -4.36% +2.63% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - £19.92
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £20.61
75th Percentile £41.75 - £21.29
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £20.61
% change year-on-year -27.23% +69.86% -

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 136 139 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 7.29% 7.43% 7.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 85 108
10th Percentile £253 £217 £203
25th Percentile £336 £300 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £568 £638 £638
90th Percentile £637 £738 £725
Central London median daily rate £464 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.32% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £14.60
25th Percentile £39.25 - £17.39
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £19.77
Median % change year-on-year - - -52.93%
75th Percentile £41.75 - £25.47
90th Percentile - - £32.99
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -27.23% +84.89% -54.93%

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 21 January 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 17 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.24%) Confluence
3 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.18%) CMS
4 1 (1.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 38 (44.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (21.18%) MS Visio
3 17 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (8.24%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (2.35%) Trello
6 1 (1.18%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (1.18%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.76%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.24%) Azure
3 5 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.88%) Power Automate
4 3 (3.53%) AWS
4 3 (3.53%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.53%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.35%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.18%) Asana
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.18%) Collibra
6 1 (1.18%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (1.18%) Figma
6 1 (1.18%) GitHub
6 1 (1.18%) Google Docs
6 1 (1.18%) Google Sheets
6 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.71%) LAN
1 4 (4.71%) WAN
2 3 (3.53%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.18%) HTTP
3 1 (1.18%) Skype
3 1 (1.18%) VPN
3 1 (1.18%) WebEx
3 1 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (31.76%) Power BI
2 9 (10.59%) Tableau
3 6 (7.06%) Relational Database
4 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.53%) Power Query
6 2 (2.35%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.35%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.35%) Metadata
6 2 (2.35%) MySQL
6 2 (2.35%) Oracle Database
6 2 (2.35%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.35%) SQLPlus
7 1 (1.18%) Informix
7 1 (1.18%) Looker
7 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.18%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 11 (12.94%) JIRA
2 2 (2.35%) Toad
3 1 (1.18%) Git
3 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 38 (44.71%) Finance
2 29 (34.12%) Social Skills
3 26 (30.59%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (20.00%) Banking
5 13 (15.29%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (11.76%) Legal
7 7 (8.24%) Front Office
7 7 (8.24%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (5.88%) Investment Banking
9 4 (4.71%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (3.53%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.35%) Marketing
12 1 (1.18%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.18%) Law
12 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.18%) Private Banking
12 1 (1.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (41.18%) Analyst
2 17 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 10 (11.76%) Data Analyst
4 7 (8.24%) Senior
5 6 (7.06%) Programme Manager
5 6 (7.06%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.71%) Consultant
6 4 (4.71%) Developer
6 4 (4.71%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.53%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (3.53%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (3.53%) Governance Manager
7 3 (3.53%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.53%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (3.53%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (3.53%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (3.53%) Security Specialist
7 3 (3.53%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.53%) Technical Business Analyst
8 2 (2.35%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.18%) ADO
1 1 (1.18%) CSS
1 1 (1.18%) HTML
1 1 (1.18%) JSON
1 1 (1.18%) Middleware
1 1 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.18%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.59%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.24%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.71%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.71%) Derivative
3 4 (4.71%) Fixed Income
4 3 (3.53%) Credit Risk
4 3 (3.53%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.35%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.35%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (2.35%) PMI
5 2 (2.35%) Swaptions
5 2 (2.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.35%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.18%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.18%) Equities
6 1 (1.18%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.18%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.53%) Unix
2 2 (2.35%) Windows
3 1 (1.18%) Linux
3 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.94%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (30.59%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (22.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (17.65%) Decision-Making
5 14 (16.47%) Data Analysis
6 13 (15.29%) Analytics
6 13 (15.29%) Data Modelling
7 12 (14.12%) Process Improvement
7 12 (14.12%) Project Delivery
7 12 (14.12%) Project Management
8 11 (12.94%) Actionable Insight
8 11 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (12.94%) Data Governance
8 11 (12.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (12.94%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (11.76%) Change Management
10 9 (10.59%) Agile
10 9 (10.59%) Business Analysis
11 8 (9.41%) ETL
11 8 (9.41%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 19 (22.35%) SQL
2 11 (12.94%) Python
3 6 (7.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (3.53%) VBA
5 2 (2.35%) Korn
5 2 (2.35%) Perl
5 2 (2.35%) PHP
5 2 (2.35%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.35%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.35%) R
5 2 (2.35%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.18%) C#
Qualifications
1 15 (17.65%) Degree
2 4 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.53%) CISM
3 3 (3.53%) CISSP
3 3 (3.53%) CRISC
4 2 (2.35%) ACCA
4 2 (2.35%) CASP
4 2 (2.35%) CBAP
4 2 (2.35%) GSEC
4 2 (2.35%) IIBA
4 2 (2.35%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.35%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.35%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.18%) CIMA
5 1 (1.18%) PMP
5 1 (1.18%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.18%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.29%) PMO
2 9 (10.59%) Data Quality
3 6 (7.06%) GDPR
4 4 (4.71%) QA
5 3 (3.53%) GRC
6 2 (2.35%) MiFID
7 1 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.18%) Basel III
7 1 (1.18%) CRD IV
7 1 (1.18%) GMP
7 1 (1.18%) IFRS
7 1 (1.18%) ISO 20022
7 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.18%) PSD2
7 1 (1.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (2.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.18%) Ansible
2 1 (1.18%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (49.41%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.24%) Oracle
3 6 (7.06%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.53%) Arista
4 3 (3.53%) Cisco
4 3 (3.53%) Google
4 3 (3.53%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.35%) Adobe
5 2 (2.35%) Planview
6 1 (1.18%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.18%) Citrix
6 1 (1.18%) Databricks
6 1 (1.18%) Informatica
6 1 (1.18%) Marketo
6 1 (1.18%) Polycom
6 1 (1.18%) Progress
6 1 (1.18%) Remedy
6 1 (1.18%) SAP
6 1 (1.18%) Sonatype
6 1 (1.18%) Talend