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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 33 64
Rank change year-on-year -45 +31 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 57 108 62
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.45% 5.89% 3.00%
As % of the Applications category 57.00% 53.73% 45.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 71 44
10th Percentile £269 £254 £215
25th Percentile £369 £314 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £433 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.61% -8.95% -13.64%
75th Percentile £625 £659 £619
90th Percentile £710 £838 £723
Central London median daily rate £498 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +17.06% -10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £26.13 £22.58 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.75% - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £22.58 £25.79
% change year-on-year +15.75% -12.47% +81.88%

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 100 201 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 4.31% 10.95% 6.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 130 83
10th Percentile £201 £263 £179
25th Percentile £328 £325 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £455 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.90% -4.21% -
75th Percentile £620 £619 £616
90th Percentile £711 £744 £700
Central London median daily rate £475 £450 £471
% change year-on-year +5.56% -4.36% +1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
Median hourly rate £26.13 £28.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% +4.26% +63.64%
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £28.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year -7.18% +4.26% +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 24 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 15 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.26%) Confluence
4 1 (1.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.75%) CMS
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (5.26%) MS Visio
5 2 (3.51%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.75%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) CA PPM
1 1 (1.75%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (1.75%) iTrent
1 1 (1.75%) Loan IQ
1 1 (1.75%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 24 (42.11%) Power Platform
2 9 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (12.28%) Azure
3 7 (12.28%) OneDrive
4 6 (10.53%) SaaS
5 5 (8.77%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (8.77%) Entra ID
5 5 (8.77%) Power Automate
5 5 (8.77%) PowerApps
6 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (5.26%) Serverless
8 2 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (3.51%) Azure Functions
8 2 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (3.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (3.51%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (3.51%) GitHub
8 2 (3.51%) Google Sheets
9 1 (1.75%) GCP
9 1 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.02%) Firewall
1 4 (7.02%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.26%) DHCP
2 3 (5.26%) DNS
2 3 (5.26%) LAN
2 3 (5.26%) Unified Communications
2 3 (5.26%) WAN
3 2 (3.51%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.75%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.75%) PSTN
4 1 (1.75%) VLAN
4 1 (1.75%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (40.35%) Power BI
2 6 (10.53%) Power Query
3 5 (8.77%) Tableau
4 3 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.51%) Star Schema
6 1 (1.75%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (1.75%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.75%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.75%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.75%) GIS
6 1 (1.75%) Metadata
6 1 (1.75%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.75%) PowerPivot
6 1 (1.75%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (14.04%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) Fiddler
2 2 (3.51%) MSI
2 2 (3.51%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.75%) eggPlant
3 1 (1.75%) HP UFT
3 1 (1.75%) Rational Functional Tester
3 1 (1.75%) Selenium
3 1 (1.75%) SilkTest
3 1 (1.75%) SOAtest
General
1 25 (43.86%) Finance
2 22 (38.60%) Social Skills
3 15 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (15.79%) Banking
5 7 (12.28%) Public Sector
6 6 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (7.02%) Retail
7 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
8 3 (5.26%) Marketing
9 2 (3.51%) International Banking
9 2 (3.51%) Military
10 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.75%) Front Office
10 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.75%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.75%) Legal
10 1 (1.75%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (43.86%) Analyst
2 7 (12.28%) Data Analyst
3 6 (10.53%) Senior
4 4 (7.02%) Developer
5 3 (5.26%) Consultant
5 3 (5.26%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Business Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (3.51%) Configuration Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Junior
6 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Power Platform Developer
6 2 (3.51%) Power Platform Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Programme Manager
6 2 (3.51%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (3.51%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) .NET
2 2 (3.51%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.75%) ADO
3 1 (1.75%) HTML
3 1 (1.75%) JSON
3 1 (1.75%) PySpark
3 1 (1.75%) SOAP
3 1 (1.75%) Web Services
3 1 (1.75%) XBRL
3 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.26%) CMDB
2 2 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.51%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.51%) Low-Code
2 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.51%) PMI
3 1 (1.75%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.75%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.75%) FMCG
3 1 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.75%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (1.75%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Unix
2 1 (1.75%) VMS
2 1 (1.75%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (38.60%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (24.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (22.81%) Agile
3 13 (22.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (21.05%) Analytics
5 9 (15.79%) Decision-Making
6 8 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (14.04%) Data Modelling
6 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (14.04%) Waterfall
7 7 (12.28%) Migration
7 7 (12.28%) User Experience
7 7 (12.28%) Validation
8 6 (10.53%) Data Analysis
8 6 (10.53%) Data Governance
8 6 (10.53%) Data Management
9 5 (8.77%) DevOps
9 5 (8.77%) PRINCE2
9 5 (8.77%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (8.77%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.81%) SQL
2 6 (10.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (7.02%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.26%) Python
5 2 (3.51%) C++
6 1 (1.75%) Java
6 1 (1.75%) Korn
6 1 (1.75%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.75%) R
6 1 (1.75%) VB
6 1 (1.75%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.75%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) Degree
2 7 (12.28%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.51%) CCNA
4 2 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.51%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.75%) MCSE
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (19.30%) Data Quality
1 11 (19.30%) PMO
2 8 (14.04%) QA
3 4 (7.02%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.51%) P3O
5 1 (1.75%) COBIT
5 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.75%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.75%) NCSC
5 1 (1.75%) NIST
5 1 (1.75%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) Firmware
2 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.51%) SCCM
3 1 (1.75%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (50.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.26%) Anaplan
3 3 (5.26%) F5
3 3 (5.26%) Oracle
4 2 (3.51%) Databricks
4 2 (3.51%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) Nexthink
4 2 (3.51%) SAP
5 1 (1.75%) Adobe
5 1 (1.75%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.75%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.75%) Cisco
5 1 (1.75%) EMC
5 1 (1.75%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.75%) Planview
5 1 (1.75%) Qualtrics
5 1 (1.75%) TikTok
5 1 (1.75%) VMware
5 1 (1.75%) Workday