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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 33 62
Rank change year-on-year -48 +29 -8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 56 100 64
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.40% 5.89% 2.97%
As % of the Applications category 52.34% 52.91% 47.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 61 37
10th Percentile £200 £225 £183
25th Percentile £350 £315 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £725 £644
90th Percentile £712 £838 £725
Central London median daily rate £475 £433 £486
% change year-on-year +9.83% -11.01% -11.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - £14.05 -
25th Percentile - £15.63 £19.92
Median hourly rate - £22.58 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year - +9.56% +34.32%
75th Percentile - £30.35 £21.29
90th Percentile - £32.95 -
Central London median hourly rate - £28.15 £20.61
% change year-on-year - +36.62% +34.32%

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 107 189 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 4.58% 11.13% 6.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 117 84
10th Percentile £217 £235 £195
25th Percentile £365 £313 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £475 £519
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% -8.43% +7.51%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £628
90th Percentile £711 £825 £681
Central London median daily rate £475 £475 £486
% change year-on-year - -2.26% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 4
10th Percentile - £14.40 -
25th Percentile - £16.50 £12.75
Median hourly rate - £28.15 £17.05
Median % change year-on-year - +65.08% +1.05%
75th Percentile - £34.68 £22.72
90th Percentile - £43.12 £25.29
Central London median hourly rate £26.00 £28.61 £17.05
% change year-on-year -9.12% +67.78% +1.05%

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 31 May 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 6 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.36%) Confluence
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (12.50%) MS Visio
4 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.79%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.79%) Adobe XD
5 1 (1.79%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Aladdin
1 1 (1.79%) Loan IQ
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 20 (35.71%) Power Platform
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.36%) Collibra
3 3 (5.36%) SaaS
4 2 (3.57%) Azure
4 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.57%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.79%) AWS
5 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.79%) Figma
5 1 (1.79%) Google Docs
5 1 (1.79%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.79%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) Firewall
2 1 (1.79%) DHCP
2 1 (1.79%) DNS
2 1 (1.79%) LAN
2 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.79%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.79%) WAN
2 1 (1.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (33.93%) Power BI
2 7 (12.50%) Tableau
3 2 (3.57%) Metadata
3 2 (3.57%) Power Query
4 1 (1.79%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.79%) GIS
4 1 (1.79%) Looker
4 1 (1.79%) QlikView
4 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.79%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 5 (8.93%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Fiddler
2 1 (1.79%) MSI
2 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (48.21%) Finance
2 18 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 13 (23.21%) Banking
4 6 (10.71%) Legal
5 5 (8.93%) Investment Banking
5 5 (8.93%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.36%) Front Office
7 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (5.36%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.57%) Marketing
8 2 (3.57%) Retail
9 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.79%) International Banking
9 1 (1.79%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (1.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 28 (50.00%) Analyst
2 9 (16.07%) Data Analyst
3 6 (10.71%) Business Analyst
4 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 3 (5.36%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (5.36%) Security Specialist
4 3 (5.36%) Senior
5 2 (3.57%) Administrator
5 2 (3.57%) Junior
5 2 (3.57%) Lead
5 2 (3.57%) MiFID Business Analyst
5 2 (3.57%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (3.57%) Report Analyst
5 2 (3.57%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (3.57%) Service Analyst
6 1 (1.79%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (1.79%) Consultant
6 1 (1.79%) Process Analyst
6 1 (1.79%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (1.79%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) .NET
1 1 (1.79%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.79%) CSS
1 1 (1.79%) HTML
1 1 (1.79%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) CMDB
2 2 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.57%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.57%) PMI
2 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.79%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.79%) Derivative
3 1 (1.79%) Equities
3 1 (1.79%) Fixed Income
3 1 (1.79%) FMCG
3 1 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.79%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.79%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (1.79%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.79%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (1.79%) VMS
2 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.36%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (19.64%) Analytics
2 11 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (19.64%) Data Analysis
3 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 8 (14.29%) Validation
5 7 (12.50%) Agile
5 7 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 7 (12.50%) Use Case
5 7 (12.50%) Visualisation
6 6 (10.71%) Data Governance
6 6 (10.71%) Data Management
6 6 (10.71%) Migration
7 5 (8.93%) Business Analysis
7 5 (8.93%) Data Modelling
7 5 (8.93%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.86%) SQL
2 6 (10.71%) Python
3 4 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.57%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.79%) C++
5 1 (1.79%) VB
5 1 (1.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (16.07%) Degree
2 3 (5.36%) CISM
2 3 (5.36%) CISSP
2 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.36%) CRISC
2 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) CASP
3 2 (3.57%) GSEC
3 2 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) CCNA
4 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) MCSE
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.79%) RIBA
4 1 (1.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.79%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.43%) Data Quality
2 9 (16.07%) PMO
3 7 (12.50%) QA
4 2 (3.57%) GRC
4 2 (3.57%) MiFID
5 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.79%) COBIT
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.79%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.79%) GAAP
5 1 (1.79%) GDPR
5 1 (1.79%) GMP
5 1 (1.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.79%) NCSC
5 1 (1.79%) NIST
5 1 (1.79%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.79%) P3O
5 1 (1.79%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.79%) Firmware
1 1 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.57%) SCCM
2 1 (1.79%) Ansible
Vendors
1 24 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.36%) Anaplan
4 2 (3.57%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.57%) Google
4 2 (3.57%) Nexthink
4 2 (3.57%) SAP
5 1 (1.79%) Adobe
5 1 (1.79%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (1.79%) Dataiku
5 1 (1.79%) EMC
5 1 (1.79%) F5
5 1 (1.79%) Murex
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle
5 1 (1.79%) Planview
5 1 (1.79%) Qualtrics
5 1 (1.79%) Remedy
5 1 (1.79%) Splunk
5 1 (1.79%) VMware
5 1 (1.79%) Wallstreet Suite