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 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 70 60
Rank change year-on-year +32 -10 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 95 54 97
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.62% 2.59% 3.43%
As % of the Applications category 60.51% 39.71% 44.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 41 66
10th Percentile £265 £213 £248
25th Percentile £325 £350 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £588 £644 £623
90th Percentile £705 £750 £725
Central London median daily rate £439 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -7.63% - -7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £13.35 - -
25th Percentile £13.88 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £12.50
75th Percentile £16.38 - £12.75
90th Percentile £17.05 - -
Central London median hourly rate £17.00 £35.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year -51.43% +180.00% -51.92%

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 157 136 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.28% 6.53% 7.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 80 144
10th Percentile £271 £171 £181
25th Percentile £340 £311 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £488 £468
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% +4.28% -8.33%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £588
90th Percentile £725 £713 £700
Central London median daily rate £443 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -6.84% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £14.40 - £14.83
25th Percentile £16.50 - £18.69
Median hourly rate £26.50 £27.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +6.93% -2.88%
75th Percentile £36.00 - £31.69
90th Percentile £48.45 - £35.48
Central London median hourly rate £25.99 £31.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year -16.18% +22.77% -2.88%

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 28 October 2025.

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 16 (16.84%) SharePoint
2 10 (10.53%) Confluence
3 3 (3.16%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.05%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.05%) CMS
4 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (34.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 20 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (15.79%) MS Visio
4 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (4.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.05%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.05%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.05%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 31 (32.63%) Power Platform
2 9 (9.47%) Azure
3 6 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.26%) Power Automate
4 5 (5.26%) SaaS
5 2 (2.11%) AWS
5 2 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.11%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.11%) GitHub
5 2 (2.11%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.11%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.05%) Asana
6 1 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.05%) Cloud Functions
6 1 (1.05%) Collibra
6 1 (1.05%) GCP
6 1 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.05%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.26%) LAN
2 4 (4.21%) WAN
3 3 (3.16%) Skype
3 3 (3.16%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (3.16%) WebEx
4 1 (1.05%) DNS
4 1 (1.05%) HTTP
4 1 (1.05%) VPN
4 1 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (31.58%) Power BI
2 12 (12.63%) SQL Server
3 8 (8.42%) Tableau
4 5 (5.26%) Data Mining
5 4 (4.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (3.16%) Relational Database
7 2 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.11%) Metadata
7 2 (2.11%) MySQL
7 2 (2.11%) Oracle Database
8 1 (1.05%) BigQuery
8 1 (1.05%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.05%) Informix
8 1 (1.05%) Parquet
8 1 (1.05%) Power Query
8 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (14.74%) JIRA
2 1 (1.05%) Git
2 1 (1.05%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 50 (52.63%) Finance
2 38 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 26 (27.37%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (24.21%) Banking
5 11 (11.58%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (8.42%) Investment Banking
7 6 (6.32%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (5.26%) Legal
8 5 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (4.21%) Financial Institution
9 4 (4.21%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.16%) Front Office
10 3 (3.16%) Law
10 3 (3.16%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.11%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.11%) Marketing
11 2 (2.11%) Retail
12 1 (1.05%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (34.74%) Analyst
2 14 (14.74%) Business Analyst
3 13 (13.68%) Senior
4 12 (12.63%) Data Analyst
5 10 (10.53%) Consultant
6 9 (9.47%) Developer
7 8 (8.42%) Project Manager
8 5 (5.26%) Programme Manager
8 5 (5.26%) Risk Consultant
8 5 (5.26%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (5.26%) Support Engineer
9 4 (4.21%) Applications Developer
9 4 (4.21%) Automation Developer
9 4 (4.21%) Support Specialist
10 3 (3.16%) Audio Visual Engineer
10 3 (3.16%) Audio Visual Support
10 3 (3.16%) Governance Manager
10 3 (3.16%) IT Manager
10 3 (3.16%) Junior
10 3 (3.16%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.32%) .NET
2 2 (2.11%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.05%) ADO
3 1 (1.05%) Apache Avro
3 1 (1.05%) DCOM
3 1 (1.05%) JSON
3 1 (1.05%) REST
3 1 (1.05%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.42%) Management Information System
2 7 (7.37%) Product Ownership
3 6 (6.32%) Market Risk
4 4 (4.21%) Derivative
4 4 (4.21%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (3.16%) Credit Risk
5 3 (3.16%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.16%) Fixed Income
5 3 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.16%) Pricing Data
6 2 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.11%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 2 (2.11%) PMI
6 2 (2.11%) Reinsurance
6 2 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.11%) Swaptions
6 2 (2.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (2.11%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.05%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.16%) Windows
2 1 (1.05%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (32.63%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (22.11%) Data Analysis
4 20 (21.05%) Agile
5 19 (20.00%) Analytics
5 19 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (15.79%) Project Management
7 14 (14.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (13.68%) Data Modelling
9 12 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (12.63%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (11.58%) Decision-Making
10 11 (11.58%) Scrum
11 10 (10.53%) Business Case
11 10 (10.53%) Scenario Testing
11 10 (10.53%) Validation
12 9 (9.47%) Actionable Insight
12 9 (9.47%) Change Management
12 9 (9.47%) Data Governance
12 9 (9.47%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 30 (31.58%) SQL
2 10 (10.53%) Python
2 10 (10.53%) VBA
3 8 (8.42%) C#
4 4 (4.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.11%) Korn
5 2 (2.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.05%) Java
6 1 (1.05%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (3.16%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.11%) ACCA
3 2 (2.11%) CBAP
3 2 (2.11%) CISA
3 2 (2.11%) IIBA
3 2 (2.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.05%) CFA
4 1 (1.05%) CIMA
4 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.05%) PMP
4 1 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.05%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.68%) Data Quality
2 11 (11.58%) PMO
3 7 (7.37%) QA
4 5 (5.26%) Basel II
4 5 (5.26%) GDPR
5 3 (3.16%) COBIT
5 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.16%) NIST
6 1 (1.05%) Basel III
6 1 (1.05%) CRD IV
6 1 (1.05%) GRC
6 1 (1.05%) IFRS
6 1 (1.05%) ISO 20022
6 1 (1.05%) PSD2
6 1 (1.05%) SEPA
6 1 (1.05%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.11%) SCCM
2 1 (1.05%) Ansible
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.05%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.42%) Oracle
3 7 (7.37%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.21%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.16%) Arista
5 3 (3.16%) Cisco
5 3 (3.16%) Polycom
6 2 (2.11%) Adobe
6 2 (2.11%) UiPath
7 1 (1.05%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.05%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.05%) Citrix
7 1 (1.05%) Google
7 1 (1.05%) Informatica
7 1 (1.05%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.05%) Planview
7 1 (1.05%) Progress
7 1 (1.05%) Remedy
7 1 (1.05%) SAP
7 1 (1.05%) Talend