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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 54 67
Rank change year-on-year -12 +13 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 67 66 69
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.27% 3.58% 2.91%
As % of the Applications category 55.83% 42.86% 46.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 41 44
10th Percentile £314 £225 £182
25th Percentile £387 £313 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £682
90th Percentile £655 £851 £745
Central London median daily rate £487 £475 £481
% change year-on-year +2.42% -1.14% -14.58%
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% -60.75%

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 120 154 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 5.86% 8.35% 6.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 96 98
10th Percentile £311 £233 £153
25th Percentile £400 £307 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £604 £638
90th Percentile £636 £713 £731
Central London median daily rate £491 £475 £466
% change year-on-year +3.42% +1.88% -10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 £46.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 £47.50 £16.22
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% +192.94% -68.51%
75th Percentile £41.75 £48.75 £19.52
90th Percentile - - £20.58
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -27.23% +84.89% -63.24%

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 7 March 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 (17.91%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.46%) Confluence
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (44.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 14 (20.90%) MS Visio
3 13 (19.40%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (7.46%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (2.99%) Trello
7 1 (1.49%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (1.49%) Adobe XD
7 1 (1.49%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Aladdin
1 1 (1.49%) Loan IQ
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.37%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.97%) Azure
3 2 (2.99%) AWS
3 2 (2.99%) Collibra
3 2 (2.99%) OneDrive
3 2 (2.99%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.49%) Asana
4 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.49%) Figma
4 1 (1.49%) GitHub
4 1 (1.49%) Google Docs
4 1 (1.49%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.49%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.48%) LAN
1 3 (4.48%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (4.48%) WAN
2 1 (1.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (25.37%) Power BI
2 8 (11.94%) Tableau
3 3 (4.48%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.99%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.99%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.99%) Metadata
4 2 (2.99%) Oracle Database
4 2 (2.99%) Power Query
4 2 (2.99%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.99%) SQLPlus
5 1 (1.49%) Informix
5 1 (1.49%) Looker
5 1 (1.49%) MySQL
5 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.49%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 6 (8.96%) JIRA
2 2 (2.99%) Toad
3 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.49%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (52.24%) Finance
2 23 (34.33%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (34.33%) Social Skills
3 15 (22.39%) Banking
4 9 (13.43%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (11.94%) Legal
6 6 (8.96%) Front Office
7 5 (7.46%) Investment Banking
7 5 (7.46%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (7.46%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.48%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.49%) Marketing
10 1 (1.49%) Military
10 1 (1.49%) Publishing
10 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (46.27%) Analyst
2 13 (19.40%) Business Analyst
3 9 (13.43%) Data Analyst
4 6 (8.96%) Senior
5 4 (5.97%) Developer
5 4 (5.97%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.97%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (5.97%) Technical Business Analyst
6 3 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 3 (4.48%) IT Manager
6 3 (4.48%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (4.48%) PMO Analyst
6 3 (4.48%) Security Specialist
7 2 (2.99%) Financial Analyst
7 2 (2.99%) Junior
7 2 (2.99%) MiFID Business Analyst
7 2 (2.99%) Network Manager
7 2 (2.99%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (2.99%) Power BI Developer
7 2 (2.99%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) CSS
1 1 (1.49%) HTML
1 1 (1.49%) JSON
1 1 (1.49%) Middleware
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.49%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.96%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.97%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.99%) Equities
4 2 (2.99%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.49%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.49%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.49%) Derivative
5 1 (1.49%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.49%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (1.49%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.49%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.49%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.49%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.48%) Unix
2 2 (2.99%) Windows
3 1 (1.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (25.37%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (19.40%) Analytics
4 12 (17.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (16.42%) Data Analysis
5 11 (16.42%) Decision-Making
5 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (14.93%) Project Delivery
6 10 (14.93%) Project Management
7 9 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (13.43%) Process Improvement
7 9 (13.43%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (11.94%) Business Analysis
8 8 (11.94%) Migration
8 8 (11.94%) Risk Management
9 7 (10.45%) Data Governance
9 7 (10.45%) Data Modelling
9 7 (10.45%) ETL
9 7 (10.45%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (10.45%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.39%) SQL
2 9 (13.43%) Python
3 4 (5.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.99%) Perl
4 2 (2.99%) PHP
4 2 (2.99%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.99%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.49%) C#
5 1 (1.49%) Korn
5 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.49%) R
5 1 (1.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (16.42%) Degree
2 3 (4.48%) CISM
2 3 (4.48%) CISSP
2 3 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.48%) CRISC
3 2 (2.99%) ACCA
3 2 (2.99%) CASP
3 2 (2.99%) GSEC
3 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) CIMA
4 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) IIBA
4 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.49%) PMP
4 1 (1.49%) RIBA
4 1 (1.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.49%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) PMO
2 9 (13.43%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.97%) QA
4 3 (4.48%) GDPR
4 3 (4.48%) GRC
5 2 (2.99%) MiFID
6 1 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.49%) Basel III
6 1 (1.49%) CRD IV
6 1 (1.49%) GAAP
6 1 (1.49%) GMP
6 1 (1.49%) IFRS
6 1 (1.49%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Ansible
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.49%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 33 (49.25%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.46%) Oracle
4 3 (4.48%) Arista
4 3 (4.48%) Cisco
4 3 (4.48%) Google
5 1 (1.49%) Adobe
5 1 (1.49%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.49%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.49%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (1.49%) Databricks
5 1 (1.49%) Dataiku
5 1 (1.49%) Informatica
5 1 (1.49%) Murex
5 1 (1.49%) Planview
5 1 (1.49%) Remedy
5 1 (1.49%) Sonatype
5 1 (1.49%) Splunk
5 1 (1.49%) Talend
5 1 (1.49%) Wallstreet Suite