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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 67 61
Rank change year-on-year +27 -6 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 93 56 90
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.39% 2.69% 3.23%
As % of the Applications category 60.78% 40.29% 44.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 44 60
10th Percentile £269 £215 £260
25th Percentile £330 £348 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -14.15% +5.13% -7.14%
75th Percentile £578 £645 £630
90th Percentile £705 £744 £727
Central London median daily rate £440 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -7.37% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £13.35 - -
25th Percentile £13.88 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £12.50
75th Percentile £16.38 - £12.75
90th Percentile £17.05 - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.24 £35.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year -36.47% +180.00% -51.92%

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 153 139 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.87% 6.68% 7.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 85 135
10th Percentile £271 £185 £160
25th Percentile £338 £313 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +8.11% -10.19%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £600
90th Percentile £731 £708 £711
Central London median daily rate £443 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -6.84% +5.56% -10.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £14.40 - £13.59
25th Percentile £16.50 - £15.59
Median hourly rate £26.50 £27.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +42.63% -27.19%
75th Percentile £36.00 - £28.47
90th Percentile £48.45 - £34.19
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 11 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 32 (34.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (13.98%) 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 6 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.38%) Power Automate
5 3 (3.23%) SaaS
6 2 (2.15%) AWS
6 2 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.15%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.15%) GitHub
6 2 (2.15%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.15%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.08%) Asana
7 1 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.08%) Collibra
7 1 (1.08%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
7 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 12 (12.90%) SQL Server
3 9 (9.68%) Tableau
4 4 (4.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (3.23%) Data Mining
5 3 (3.23%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.15%) Metadata
6 2 (2.15%) MySQL
6 2 (2.15%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.08%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.08%) Informix
7 1 (1.08%) Power Query
7 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 48 (51.61%) Finance
2 34 (36.56%) Social Skills
3 28 (30.11%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (21.51%) Banking
5 11 (11.83%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (7.53%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (6.45%) Investment Banking
8 5 (5.38%) Front Office
8 5 (5.38%) Legal
8 5 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
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%) Publishing
12 1 (1.08%) Retail
12 1 (1.08%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (35.48%) Analyst
2 15 (16.13%) Business Analyst
3 12 (12.90%) Data Analyst
3 12 (12.90%) Senior
4 8 (8.60%) Consultant
4 8 (8.60%) Developer
5 7 (7.53%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.38%) Programme Manager
7 4 (4.30%) Applications Developer
7 4 (4.30%) Automation Developer
7 4 (4.30%) Support Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.23%) Data Business Analyst
8 3 (3.23%) Data Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Governance Manager
8 3 (3.23%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Junior
8 3 (3.23%) Network Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.23%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.45%) .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 7 (7.53%) Management Information System
1 7 (7.53%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.30%) Derivative
2 4 (4.30%) Fixed Income
2 4 (4.30%) Market Risk
3 3 (3.23%) Credit Risk
3 3 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.23%) Pricing Data
3 3 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.15%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 2 (2.15%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.15%) PMI
4 2 (2.15%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.15%) Swaptions
4 2 (2.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (2.15%) Virtual Team
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 22 (23.66%) Data Analysis
4 20 (21.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (18.28%) Agile
5 17 (18.28%) Analytics
6 15 (16.13%) Project Management
7 14 (15.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
9 11 (11.83%) Data Modelling
9 11 (11.83%) Decision-Making
9 11 (11.83%) Validation
10 10 (10.75%) Actionable Insight
10 10 (10.75%) Business Case
10 10 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (9.68%) Change Management
11 9 (9.68%) Data Governance
11 9 (9.68%) Scrum
11 9 (9.68%) Visualisation
12 8 (8.60%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 29 (31.18%) SQL
2 12 (12.90%) Python
3 10 (10.75%) VBA
4 8 (8.60%) C#
5 3 (3.23%) 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%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.15%) ACCA
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 13 (13.98%) Data Quality
2 11 (11.83%) PMO
3 6 (6.45%) QA
4 5 (5.38%) GDPR
5 3 (3.23%) Basel II
5 3 (3.23%) COBIT
5 3 (3.23%) NIST
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 8 (8.60%) Oracle
3 7 (7.53%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.30%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.23%) Arista
5 3 (3.23%) Cisco
6 2 (2.15%) Adobe
6 2 (2.15%) Polycom
6 2 (2.15%) UiPath
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%) Talend