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 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 39 72
Rank change year-on-year -26 +33 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 66 88 59
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.96% 4.99% 2.66%
As % of the Applications category 56.41% 47.83% 41.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 53 35
10th Percentile £323 £230 £220
25th Percentile £393 £313 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £688 £680
90th Percentile £728 £849 £755
Central London median daily rate £518 £463 £486
% change year-on-year +11.89% -4.84% -11.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £28.11 -
25th Percentile £39.25 £29.20 £19.92
Median hourly rate £40.50 £31.40 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year +28.98% +52.39% +24.88%
75th Percentile £41.75 £33.23 £21.29
90th Percentile - £34.10 -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £29.07 £20.61
% change year-on-year -12.38% +41.08% +24.88%

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 117 184 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 5.25% 10.42% 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 113 89
10th Percentile £261 £231 £156
25th Percentile £400 £307 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +3.90%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £656 £735 £685
Central London median daily rate £501 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.37% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £28.84 -
25th Percentile £39.25 £31.01 £12.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 £34.65 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +83.04% -23.90%
75th Percentile £41.75 £41.71 £21.29
90th Percentile - £45.94 £24.72
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £31.86 £18.93
% change year-on-year -20.06% +68.30% -23.90%

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 20 April 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 9 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.03%) Confluence
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (42.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (16.67%) MS Visio
3 10 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (7.58%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.52%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (1.52%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.52%) Photoshop
6 1 (1.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.52%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.52%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 21 (31.82%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.55%) Collibra
3 2 (3.03%) Azure
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.03%) SaaS
4 1 (1.52%) AWS
4 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.52%) Figma
4 1 (1.52%) Google Docs
4 1 (1.52%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.52%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.52%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.52%) Firewall
1 1 (1.52%) LAN
1 1 (1.52%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (30.30%) Power BI
2 8 (12.12%) Tableau
3 4 (6.06%) Power Query
4 3 (4.55%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.03%) Metadata
5 2 (3.03%) Oracle Database
5 2 (3.03%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.03%) SQLPlus
6 1 (1.52%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.52%) Looker
6 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.52%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Toad
General
1 32 (48.48%) Finance
2 24 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 14 (21.21%) Banking
5 8 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (10.61%) Legal
7 5 (7.58%) Front Office
7 5 (7.58%) Investment Banking
8 4 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (6.06%) Telecoms
9 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
10 2 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (3.03%) Marketing
10 2 (3.03%) Retail
11 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.52%) International Banking
11 1 (1.52%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 30 (45.45%) Analyst
2 11 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 9 (13.64%) Data Analyst
4 4 (6.06%) Developer
4 4 (6.06%) Senior
5 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 3 (4.55%) Security Specialist
6 2 (3.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (3.03%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (3.03%) Junior
6 2 (3.03%) Lead
6 2 (3.03%) MiFID Business Analyst
6 2 (3.03%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (3.03%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (3.03%) Power BI Developer
6 2 (3.03%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (3.03%) Service Analyst
6 2 (3.03%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (3.03%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) CSS
1 1 (1.52%) HTML
1 1 (1.52%) Middleware
1 1 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
1 3 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.03%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.03%) Equities
2 2 (3.03%) Fixed Income
2 2 (3.03%) PMI
2 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.03%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.52%) CMDB
3 1 (1.52%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.52%) Derivative
3 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.52%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.52%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.52%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.55%) Unix
1 3 (4.55%) Windows
2 1 (1.52%) Linux
2 1 (1.52%) VMS
2 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (21.21%) Analytics
4 12 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 12 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 10 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (13.64%) Risk Management
8 8 (12.12%) Actionable Insight
8 8 (12.12%) Business Analysis
8 8 (12.12%) Data Governance
8 8 (12.12%) Migration
8 8 (12.12%) Project Delivery
8 8 (12.12%) Validation
9 7 (10.61%) Data Management
9 7 (10.61%) Data Modelling
9 7 (10.61%) Process Improvement
9 7 (10.61%) Use Case
9 7 (10.61%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.73%) SQL
2 8 (12.12%) Python
3 5 (7.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.03%) Perl
4 2 (3.03%) PHP
4 2 (3.03%) PL/SQL
4 2 (3.03%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.52%) R
5 1 (1.52%) VB
5 1 (1.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (12.12%) Degree
2 3 (4.55%) CISM
2 3 (4.55%) CISSP
2 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.55%) CRISC
2 3 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.03%) CASP
3 2 (3.03%) GSEC
3 2 (3.03%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.52%) ACCA
4 1 (1.52%) CCNA
4 1 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.52%) IIBA
4 1 (1.52%) MCSE
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.52%) PMP
4 1 (1.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.52%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 10 (15.15%) PMO
3 5 (7.58%) QA
4 2 (3.03%) GRC
4 2 (3.03%) MiFID
5 1 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.52%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.52%) GAAP
5 1 (1.52%) GDPR
5 1 (1.52%) GMP
5 1 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.52%) NCSC
5 1 (1.52%) NIST
5 1 (1.52%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.52%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.52%) Firmware
1 1 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.52%) Ansible
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (42.42%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.58%) Oracle
3 4 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.55%) Anaplan
4 3 (4.55%) Google
5 2 (3.03%) Alteryx
5 2 (3.03%) Planview
5 2 (3.03%) SAP
6 1 (1.52%) Adobe
6 1 (1.52%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco
6 1 (1.52%) Databricks
6 1 (1.52%) Dataiku
6 1 (1.52%) EMC
6 1 (1.52%) Murex
6 1 (1.52%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.52%) Remedy
6 1 (1.52%) Splunk
6 1 (1.52%) VMware
6 1 (1.52%) Wallstreet Suite