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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 37 70
Rank change year-on-year -43 +33 -16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 54 104 58
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.25% 5.51% 2.83%
As % of the Applications category 54.00% 50.49% 46.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 69 39
10th Percentile £202 £248 £221
25th Percentile £371 £325 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £581
90th Percentile £712 £838 £703
Central London median daily rate £492 £425 £486
% change year-on-year +15.65% -12.55% -11.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £22.58 -
Central London median hourly rate - £28.15 -

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 100 206 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 4.17% 10.91% 6.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 132 75
10th Percentile £191 £263 £173
25th Percentile £355 £331 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +9.22% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £593 £614 £606
90th Percentile £731 £738 £695
Central London median daily rate £475 £450 £471
% change year-on-year +5.56% -4.36% -0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 2
Median hourly rate - £31.08 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year - +15.09% +63.64%
Central London median hourly rate - £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year - +7.67% +63.64%

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 3 August 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 12 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.56%) Confluence
4 1 (1.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.85%) CMS
4 1 (1.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (25.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.56%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.85%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Aladdin
1 1 (1.85%) CA PPM
1 1 (1.85%) iTrent
1 1 (1.85%) Loan IQ
1 1 (1.85%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 24 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 8 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (11.11%) Azure
3 6 (11.11%) OneDrive
3 6 (11.11%) SaaS
4 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (7.41%) Power Automate
5 4 (7.41%) PowerApps
6 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.70%) Serverless
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.85%) Collibra
8 1 (1.85%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.85%) GCP
8 1 (1.85%) Google Sheets
8 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) Firewall
1 4 (7.41%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.56%) DHCP
2 3 (5.56%) DNS
2 3 (5.56%) LAN
2 3 (5.56%) Unified Communications
2 3 (5.56%) WAN
3 2 (3.70%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.85%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.85%) PSTN
4 1 (1.85%) VLAN
4 1 (1.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (42.59%) Power BI
2 6 (11.11%) Power Query
3 5 (9.26%) Tableau
4 3 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.70%) Star Schema
6 1 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (1.85%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.85%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.85%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.85%) GIS
6 1 (1.85%) Metadata
6 1 (1.85%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.85%) PowerPivot
6 1 (1.85%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) Fiddler
2 2 (3.70%) MSI
2 2 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (48.15%) Finance
2 19 (35.19%) Social Skills
3 15 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (16.67%) Banking
5 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.41%) Retail
6 4 (7.41%) Telecoms
7 3 (5.56%) Marketing
7 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.70%) Front Office
8 2 (3.70%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.85%) International Banking
9 1 (1.85%) Legal
9 1 (1.85%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (1.85%) Military
9 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (46.30%) Analyst
2 7 (12.96%) Data Analyst
3 6 (11.11%) Senior
4 3 (5.56%) Consultant
4 3 (5.56%) Developer
5 2 (3.70%) Business Analyst
5 2 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (3.70%) IT Analyst
5 2 (3.70%) Junior
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (3.70%) Power BI Developer
5 2 (3.70%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (3.70%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (3.70%) Senior Developer
6 1 (1.85%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 1 (1.85%) Migration Analyst
6 1 (1.85%) Scrum Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) .NET
1 2 (3.70%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.85%) JSON
2 1 (1.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.56%) CMDB
2 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.70%) PMI
3 1 (1.85%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.85%) FMCG
3 1 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.85%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (1.85%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.85%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (1.85%) VMS
2 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (24.07%) Analytics
4 10 (18.52%) Agile
4 10 (18.52%) Decision-Making
5 8 (14.81%) Validation
6 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (12.96%) Data Modelling
6 7 (12.96%) Migration
6 7 (12.96%) User Experience
7 6 (11.11%) Data Analysis
7 6 (11.11%) PRINCE2
7 6 (11.11%) Waterfall
8 5 (9.26%) Asset Management
8 5 (9.26%) Data Governance
8 5 (9.26%) Data Management
9 4 (7.41%) Dashboard Development
9 4 (7.41%) DevOps
9 4 (7.41%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (22.22%) SQL
2 7 (12.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (7.41%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.56%) Python
5 2 (3.70%) C++
6 1 (1.85%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.85%) VB
6 1 (1.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) Degree
2 4 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.70%) CCNA
4 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) MCSE
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.85%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.37%) Data Quality
2 8 (14.81%) PMO
2 8 (14.81%) QA
3 3 (5.56%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.70%) P3O
5 1 (1.85%) COBIT
5 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.85%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.85%) NCSC
5 1 (1.85%) NIST
5 1 (1.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Firmware
2 1 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.70%) SCCM
3 1 (1.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.56%) Anaplan
3 3 (5.56%) F5
4 2 (3.70%) Databricks
4 2 (3.70%) Nexthink
4 2 (3.70%) Oracle
5 1 (1.85%) Adobe
5 1 (1.85%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (1.85%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco
5 1 (1.85%) EMC
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) Murex
5 1 (1.85%) Qualtrics
5 1 (1.85%) Remedy
5 1 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) TikTok
5 1 (1.85%) VMware
5 1 (1.85%) Workday