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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 70 61
Rank change year-on-year +34 -9 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 105 62 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.96% 2.96% 3.42%
As % of the Applications category 58.33% 43.66% 42.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 47 71
10th Percentile £254 £210 £275
25th Percentile £313 £316 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% -9.52% +1.45%
75th Percentile £634 £641 £625
90th Percentile £838 £739 £719
Central London median daily rate £433 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -8.95% -5.00% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £14.05 - -
25th Percentile £15.63 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £22.58 - £12.50
75th Percentile £30.35 - £12.75
90th Percentile £32.95 - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.58 £35.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year -35.50% +180.00% -3.85%

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 180 142 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.21% 6.77% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 84 171
10th Percentile £267 £170 £195
25th Percentile £325 £250 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% +1.60% -6.50%
75th Percentile £619 £626 £575
90th Percentile £751 £717 £688
Central London median daily rate £433 £473 £454
% change year-on-year -8.51% +4.19% -4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £15.10 - £13.12
25th Percentile £21.13 - £14.43
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% +56.52% -33.65%
75th Percentile £35.34 - £27.95
90th Percentile £44.30 - £33.98
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £17.25
% change year-on-year +4.26% +56.52% -33.65%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel 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 18 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the City of London

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (12.38%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.67%) Confluence
3 3 (2.86%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.95%) CMS
4 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (29.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 25 (23.81%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (10.48%) MS Visio
4 10 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (3.81%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.95%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.95%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.95%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.95%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (37.14%) Power Platform
2 8 (7.62%) Azure
2 8 (7.62%) SaaS
3 7 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.76%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.86%) GCP
6 2 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.90%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.90%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.90%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.95%) Cloud Functions
7 1 (0.95%) Collibra
7 1 (0.95%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.95%) Slack
7 1 (0.95%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.86%) Skype
1 3 (2.86%) WebEx
2 2 (1.90%) LAN
3 1 (0.95%) DNS
3 1 (0.95%) HTTP
3 1 (0.95%) VPN
3 1 (0.95%) WAN
3 1 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (36.19%) Power BI
2 12 (11.43%) SQL Server
3 9 (8.57%) Tableau
4 8 (7.62%) Data Mining
5 5 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.76%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (2.86%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.90%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.90%) Parquet
9 1 (0.95%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.95%) Flink
9 1 (0.95%) MS Access
9 1 (0.95%) MySQL
9 1 (0.95%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.95%) Power Query
9 1 (0.95%) QlikView
9 1 (0.95%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (11.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.95%) Git
2 1 (0.95%) MSI
General
1 54 (51.43%) Finance
2 49 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 28 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (24.76%) Banking
5 12 (11.43%) Investment Banking
6 9 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.81%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.81%) Legal
9 4 (3.81%) Marketing
10 3 (2.86%) Back Office
10 3 (2.86%) Law
10 3 (2.86%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.90%) Advertising
11 2 (1.90%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.90%) Front Office
11 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (37.14%) Analyst
2 18 (17.14%) Data Analyst
3 16 (15.24%) Senior
4 12 (11.43%) Consultant
5 11 (10.48%) Business Analyst
6 10 (9.52%) Developer
7 7 (6.67%) Project Manager
7 7 (6.67%) Risk Consultant
7 7 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (4.76%) Programme Manager
9 4 (3.81%) Applications Developer
9 4 (3.81%) Automation Developer
9 4 (3.81%) Support Engineer
9 4 (3.81%) Support Specialist
10 3 (2.86%) Administrator
10 3 (2.86%) Audio Visual Engineer
10 3 (2.86%) Audio Visual Support
10 3 (2.86%) Data Administrator
10 3 (2.86%) Product Analyst
10 3 (2.86%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.71%) .NET
2 2 (1.90%) .NET Core
2 2 (1.90%) ADO
2 2 (1.90%) Apache Avro
3 1 (0.95%) Apache Beam
3 1 (0.95%) DCOM
3 1 (0.95%) JSON
3 1 (0.95%) REST
3 1 (0.95%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.57%) Market Risk
2 7 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.81%) Credit Risk
3 4 (3.81%) Derivative
3 4 (3.81%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.81%) PMI
3 4 (3.81%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (2.86%) Fixed Income
4 3 (2.86%) Pricing Data
4 3 (2.86%) Reference Data
4 3 (2.86%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.90%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.90%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (1.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.81%) Windows
2 2 (1.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (35.24%) Business Intelligence
1 37 (35.24%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (25.71%) Agile
3 24 (22.86%) Analytics
4 22 (20.95%) Data Analysis
4 22 (20.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 15 (14.29%) Project Management
7 14 (13.33%) Decision-Making
8 13 (12.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (12.38%) Visualisation
9 12 (11.43%) Actionable Insight
9 12 (11.43%) Scenario Testing
10 11 (10.48%) User Acceptance Testing
11 10 (9.52%) Data Management
11 10 (9.52%) Scrum
11 10 (9.52%) SDLC
12 9 (8.57%) Business Case
12 9 (8.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 38 (36.19%) SQL
2 12 (11.43%) Python
3 9 (8.57%) VBA
4 7 (6.67%) C#
5 5 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.90%) Java
6 2 (1.90%) Korn
6 2 (1.90%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.95%) R
7 1 (0.95%) Scala
Qualifications
1 22 (20.95%) Degree
2 6 (5.71%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.90%) CBAP
3 2 (1.90%) CISA
3 2 (1.90%) PMP
3 2 (1.90%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.95%) ACCA
4 1 (0.95%) CFA
4 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.95%) IIBA
4 1 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.95%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.33%) Data Quality
2 11 (10.48%) PMO
3 8 (7.62%) Basel II
4 7 (6.67%) QA
5 3 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.86%) COBIT
5 3 (2.86%) GDPR
5 3 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.86%) NIST
6 1 (0.95%) GAAP
6 1 (0.95%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.95%) PSD2
6 1 (0.95%) SEPA
6 1 (0.95%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.90%) SCCM
1 2 (1.90%) Terraform
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (41.90%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.62%) Oracle
3 6 (5.71%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.76%) SAP
5 4 (3.81%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.86%) Google
6 3 (2.86%) Polycom
7 2 (1.90%) Adobe
7 2 (1.90%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.90%) UiPath
8 1 (0.95%) Automation Anywhere
8 1 (0.95%) Citrix
8 1 (0.95%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.95%) Duck Creek
8 1 (0.95%) Marketo
8 1 (0.95%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.95%) Remedy
8 1 (0.95%) Symantec
8 1 (0.95%) Workday
8 1 (0.95%) Xceptor