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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 36 65
Rank change year-on-year -47 +29 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 62 98 65
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.82% 5.67% 3.06%
As % of the Applications category 56.36% 60.12% 45.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 69 47
10th Percentile £297 £253 £210
25th Percentile £317 £315 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £433 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.25% -8.95% -5.00%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £638
90th Percentile £643 £838 £739
Central London median daily rate £460 £429 £463
% change year-on-year +7.29% -7.30% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £26.13 £17.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +53.71% - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £17.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +53.71% -51.43% +180.00%

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 110 163 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 5.00% 9.44% 6.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 115 84
10th Percentile £198 £265 £170
25th Percentile £313 £320 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £440 £467
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% -5.68% +0.86%
75th Percentile £569 £619 £617
90th Percentile £690 £738 £709
Central London median daily rate £433 £433 £456
% change year-on-year - -5.21% +1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 2
Median hourly rate £26.13 £27.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +1.20% +56.52%
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £27.33 £27.00
% change year-on-year -4.37% +1.20% +56.52%

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 28 September 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 18 (29.03%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.06%) Confluence
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.61%) CMS
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (30.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (6.45%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.61%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) iTrent
2 1 (1.61%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.61%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 23 (37.10%) Power Platform
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (14.52%) Azure
4 8 (12.90%) OneDrive
5 6 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (9.68%) SaaS
6 5 (8.06%) Entra ID
6 5 (8.06%) PowerApps
7 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (6.45%) Power Automate
8 3 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (4.84%) GitHub
8 3 (4.84%) Google Sheets
8 3 (4.84%) Serverless
9 2 (3.23%) Azure Functions
9 2 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (3.23%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (3.23%) Snowflake
10 1 (1.61%) Alation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.06%) Firewall
2 4 (6.45%) TCP/IP
3 3 (4.84%) DHCP
3 3 (4.84%) DNS
3 3 (4.84%) LAN
3 3 (4.84%) Unified Communications
3 3 (4.84%) WAN
4 2 (3.23%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.61%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.61%) Network Security
5 1 (1.61%) PSTN
5 1 (1.61%) VLAN
5 1 (1.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (37.10%) Power BI
2 7 (11.29%) Power Query
3 5 (8.06%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (6.45%) Tableau
5 3 (4.84%) SQL Server
5 3 (4.84%) Star Schema
6 2 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (3.23%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (3.23%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.61%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (1.61%) BigQuery
7 1 (1.61%) DynamoDB
7 1 (1.61%) GIS
7 1 (1.61%) Metadata
7 1 (1.61%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (1.61%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.61%) PowerPivot
7 1 (1.61%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 11 (17.74%) JIRA
2 2 (3.23%) Fiddler
2 2 (3.23%) MSI
2 2 (3.23%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.61%) eggPlant
3 1 (1.61%) HP UFT
3 1 (1.61%) Rational Functional Tester
3 1 (1.61%) Selenium
3 1 (1.61%) SilkTest
3 1 (1.61%) SOAtest
General
1 28 (45.16%) Finance
2 24 (38.71%) Social Skills
3 18 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (14.52%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (12.90%) Public Sector
6 5 (8.06%) Banking
6 5 (8.06%) Retail
7 3 (4.84%) Marketing
7 3 (4.84%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.23%) Military
9 1 (1.61%) Front Office
9 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.61%) International Banking
9 1 (1.61%) Law
9 1 (1.61%) Legal
9 1 (1.61%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 28 (45.16%) Analyst
2 7 (11.29%) Data Analyst
3 4 (6.45%) Developer
3 4 (6.45%) PMO Analyst
3 4 (6.45%) Project Manager
3 4 (6.45%) Senior
4 3 (4.84%) Business Analyst
4 3 (4.84%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 3 (4.84%) Consultant
4 3 (4.84%) Technical Manager
4 3 (4.84%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (3.23%) Junior
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (3.23%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (3.23%) Power Platform Developer
5 2 (3.23%) Power Platform Engineer
5 2 (3.23%) Programme Manager
5 2 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (3.23%) Senior Developer
5 2 (3.23%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.84%) .NET
2 2 (3.23%) .NET Framework
2 2 (3.23%) ADO
3 1 (1.61%) HTML
3 1 (1.61%) JSON
3 1 (1.61%) OAuth
3 1 (1.61%) PySpark
3 1 (1.61%) REST
3 1 (1.61%) SAML
3 1 (1.61%) SOAP
3 1 (1.61%) Web Services
3 1 (1.61%) XBRL
3 1 (1.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.23%) CMDB
2 2 (3.23%) Low-Code
2 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.61%) FMCG
3 1 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.61%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (1.61%) PMI
3 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.68%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Linux
2 1 (1.61%) Unix
2 1 (1.61%) VMS
2 1 (1.61%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.71%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (25.81%) Agile
4 15 (24.19%) Decision-Making
5 12 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (17.74%) Analytics
7 9 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (14.52%) Waterfall
8 8 (12.90%) Data Analysis
8 8 (12.90%) Data Modelling
8 8 (12.90%) Project Management
9 7 (11.29%) User Experience
10 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (9.68%) Data Governance
10 6 (9.68%) DevOps
10 6 (9.68%) Migration
10 6 (9.68%) Project Delivery
10 6 (9.68%) Validation
11 5 (8.06%) Data Management
11 5 (8.06%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.35%) SQL
2 6 (9.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (6.45%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.84%) Python
5 2 (3.23%) C++
5 2 (3.23%) Korn
6 1 (1.61%) Java
6 1 (1.61%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.61%) R
6 1 (1.61%) VB
6 1 (1.61%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (16.13%) Degree
2 8 (12.90%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) CCNA
4 2 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.23%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.61%) MCSE
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.61%) PMP
5 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (24.19%) PMO
2 11 (17.74%) Data Quality
3 8 (12.90%) QA
4 4 (6.45%) Accessibility
5 2 (3.23%) GDPR
5 2 (3.23%) P3O
6 1 (1.61%) COBIT
6 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.61%) Def Stans
6 1 (1.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.61%) NCSC
6 1 (1.61%) NIST
6 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.61%) Firmware
2 1 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.23%) SCCM
3 1 (1.61%) Ansible
3 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (54.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.68%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.84%) F5
3 3 (4.84%) Google
4 2 (3.23%) Anaplan
4 2 (3.23%) Databricks
4 2 (3.23%) Nexthink
4 2 (3.23%) Oracle
4 2 (3.23%) SAP
5 1 (1.61%) Adobe
5 1 (1.61%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.61%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.61%) Cisco
5 1 (1.61%) EMC
5 1 (1.61%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.61%) iManage
5 1 (1.61%) JDA
5 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.61%) TikTok
5 1 (1.61%) VMware