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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 39 66
Rank change year-on-year -29 +27 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 65 90 62
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.82% 5.12% 2.84%
As % of the Applications category 53.72% 49.18% 43.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 52 35
10th Percentile £226 £225 £210
25th Percentile £375 £311 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -5.41%
75th Percentile £575 £725 £680
90th Percentile £710 £850 £755
Central London median daily rate £500 £463 £486
% change year-on-year +8.11% -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 £40.50 £29.07 £20.61
% change year-on-year +39.32% +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 121 183 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 5.24% 10.42% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 108 91
10th Percentile £207 £225 £175
25th Percentile £378 £305 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.32% -7.32% +6.49%
75th Percentile £575 £628 £622
90th Percentile £648 £802 £681
Central London median daily rate £500 £475 £486
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.26% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £28.84 -
25th Percentile £39.25 £31.01 £12.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 £34.65 £17.05
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +103.20% -1.14%
75th Percentile £41.75 £41.71 £22.72
90th Percentile - £45.94 £25.29
Central London median hourly rate £33.25 £31.86 £17.05
% change year-on-year +4.36% +86.83% -1.14%

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 10 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 7 (10.77%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.62%) Confluence
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (43.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (18.46%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (15.38%) MS Visio
4 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (4.62%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.54%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (1.54%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.54%) Photoshop
6 1 (1.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.54%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.54%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 22 (33.85%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.15%) Azure
3 3 (4.62%) Collibra
3 3 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.08%) SaaS
5 1 (1.54%) AWS
5 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.54%) Figma
5 1 (1.54%) Google Docs
5 1 (1.54%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.54%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.54%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.54%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (32.31%) Power BI
2 7 (10.77%) Tableau
3 4 (6.15%) Power Query
4 3 (4.62%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.08%) Data Lake
5 2 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.08%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.08%) Metadata
5 2 (3.08%) Oracle Database
5 2 (3.08%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.08%) SQLPlus
6 1 (1.54%) GIS
6 1 (1.54%) Looker
6 1 (1.54%) QlikView
6 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.54%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 5 (7.69%) JIRA
2 2 (3.08%) Toad
General
1 34 (52.31%) Finance
2 23 (35.38%) Social Skills
3 22 (33.85%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (21.54%) Banking
5 8 (12.31%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (10.77%) Legal
7 5 (7.69%) Investment Banking
7 5 (7.69%) Public Sector
8 4 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (4.62%) Front Office
9 3 (4.62%) Telecoms
10 2 (3.08%) Marketing
10 2 (3.08%) Military
10 2 (3.08%) Retail
11 1 (1.54%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.54%) International Banking
11 1 (1.54%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (46.15%) Analyst
2 10 (15.38%) Data Analyst
3 8 (12.31%) Business Analyst
4 4 (6.15%) Developer
5 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 3 (4.62%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (4.62%) Security Specialist
5 3 (4.62%) Senior
6 2 (3.08%) Administrator
6 2 (3.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (3.08%) Junior
6 2 (3.08%) Lead
6 2 (3.08%) MiFID Business Analyst
6 2 (3.08%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (3.08%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (3.08%) Power BI Developer
6 2 (3.08%) Product Owner
6 2 (3.08%) Report Analyst
6 2 (3.08%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (3.08%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) CSS
1 1 (1.54%) HTML
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.54%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.62%) Management Information System
1 3 (4.62%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.08%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (3.08%) PMI
2 2 (3.08%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.54%) CMDB
3 1 (1.54%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.54%) Derivative
3 1 (1.54%) Equities
3 1 (1.54%) Fixed Income
3 1 (1.54%) FMCG
3 1 (1.54%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (1.54%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.54%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (1.54%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.54%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.08%) Unix
1 2 (3.08%) Windows
2 1 (1.54%) VMS
2 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.23%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (20.00%) Analytics
2 13 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (18.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (18.46%) Decision-Making
4 11 (16.92%) Data Analysis
4 11 (16.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (13.85%) Data Modelling
6 8 (12.31%) Migration
6 8 (12.31%) Project Delivery
6 8 (12.31%) Validation
6 8 (12.31%) Visualisation
7 7 (10.77%) Agile
7 7 (10.77%) Business Analysis
7 7 (10.77%) Data Governance
7 7 (10.77%) Process Improvement
7 7 (10.77%) Risk Management
7 7 (10.77%) Use Case
8 6 (9.23%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (21.54%) SQL
2 7 (10.77%) Python
3 6 (9.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.08%) Perl
4 2 (3.08%) PHP
4 2 (3.08%) PL/SQL
4 2 (3.08%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.54%) R
5 1 (1.54%) VB
5 1 (1.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (12.31%) Degree
2 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.62%) CISM
3 3 (4.62%) CISSP
3 3 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.62%) CRISC
3 3 (4.62%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.08%) CASP
4 2 (3.08%) GSEC
4 2 (3.08%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.54%) ACCA
5 1 (1.54%) CCNA
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.54%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.54%) MCSE
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.54%) PMP
5 1 (1.54%) RIBA
5 1 (1.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.54%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 10 (15.38%) PMO
3 7 (10.77%) QA
4 2 (3.08%) GRC
4 2 (3.08%) MiFID
5 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.54%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.54%) GAAP
5 1 (1.54%) GDPR
5 1 (1.54%) GMP
5 1 (1.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.54%) NCSC
5 1 (1.54%) NIST
5 1 (1.54%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.54%) P3O
5 1 (1.54%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.54%) Firmware
1 1 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) Ansible
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (44.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.69%) Oracle
3 3 (4.62%) Anaplan
3 3 (4.62%) Google
3 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.08%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.08%) Planview
4 2 (3.08%) SAP
5 1 (1.54%) Adobe
5 1 (1.54%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (1.54%) Databricks
5 1 (1.54%) Dataiku
5 1 (1.54%) EMC
5 1 (1.54%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.54%) Murex
5 1 (1.54%) Qualtrics
5 1 (1.54%) Remedy
5 1 (1.54%) Splunk
5 1 (1.54%) VMware
5 1 (1.54%) Wallstreet Suite