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 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 38 62
Rank change year-on-year -43 +24 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 53 98 65
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.21% 5.71% 3.00%
As % of the Applications category 50.96% 52.41% 48.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 59 40
10th Percentile £201 £245 £196
25th Percentile £374 £361 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% -7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £580 £702 £639
90th Percentile £712 £838 £703
Central London median daily rate £480 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +6.72% -8.72% -10.36%
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 104 187 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 4.33% 10.90% 6.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 116 88
10th Percentile £202 £240 £189
25th Percentile £375 £347 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £619
90th Percentile £720 £825 £682
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 - £28.61 £17.05
% change year-on-year - +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 14 June 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 (11.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.55%) Confluence
3 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (35.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (11.32%) MS Visio
4 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.89%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.89%) Adobe XD
5 1 (1.89%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.89%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Aladdin
1 1 (1.89%) Loan IQ
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 18 (33.96%) Power Platform
2 4 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.66%) SaaS
4 2 (3.77%) Azure
4 2 (3.77%) Collibra
4 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.77%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.89%) AWS
5 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.89%) Figma
5 1 (1.89%) Google Docs
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) Firewall
1 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.89%) DHCP
2 1 (1.89%) DNS
2 1 (1.89%) IP Telephony
2 1 (1.89%) LAN
2 1 (1.89%) PSTN
2 1 (1.89%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.89%) VLAN
2 1 (1.89%) VoIP
2 1 (1.89%) WAN
2 1 (1.89%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (32.08%) Power BI
2 4 (7.55%) Tableau
3 3 (5.66%) Power Query
4 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.89%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.89%) GIS
4 1 (1.89%) Metadata
4 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.89%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (11.32%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) Fiddler
2 1 (1.89%) MSI
2 1 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (49.06%) Finance
2 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
3 17 (32.08%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (20.75%) Banking
5 5 (9.43%) Legal
5 5 (9.43%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (7.55%) Investment Banking
6 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.55%) Telecoms
7 3 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.77%) Front Office
8 2 (3.77%) Marketing
8 2 (3.77%) Retail
9 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.89%) International Banking
9 1 (1.89%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (1.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 26 (49.06%) Analyst
2 7 (13.21%) Data Analyst
3 5 (9.43%) Business Analyst
4 3 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 3 (5.66%) Security Specialist
4 3 (5.66%) Senior
5 2 (3.77%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (3.77%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (3.77%) Junior
5 2 (3.77%) Lead
5 2 (3.77%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (3.77%) Report Analyst
5 2 (3.77%) Service Analyst
6 1 (1.89%) Business Process Analyst
6 1 (1.89%) Consultant
6 1 (1.89%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (1.89%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (1.89%) Support Analyst
6 1 (1.89%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (1.89%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) .NET
1 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.89%) CSS
1 1 (1.89%) HTML
1 1 (1.89%) JSON
1 1 (1.89%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.66%) CMDB
2 2 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.77%) PMI
2 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.89%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.89%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.89%) Derivative
3 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.89%) Equities
3 1 (1.89%) Fixed Income
3 1 (1.89%) FMCG
3 1 (1.89%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.89%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.89%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) VMS
2 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.30%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (15.09%) Agile
4 8 (15.09%) Analytics
4 8 (15.09%) Data Analysis
4 8 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (15.09%) Validation
5 7 (13.21%) Asset Management
5 7 (13.21%) Migration
5 7 (13.21%) Risk Management
6 6 (11.32%) Decision-Making
6 6 (11.32%) Use Case
7 5 (9.43%) Data Management
7 5 (9.43%) PRINCE2
7 5 (9.43%) Visualisation
7 5 (9.43%) Waterfall
8 4 (7.55%) ITIL
8 4 (7.55%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.98%) SQL
2 4 (7.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 4 (7.55%) Python
3 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.89%) C++
4 1 (1.89%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.89%) VB
4 1 (1.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) Degree
2 3 (5.66%) CISM
2 3 (5.66%) CISSP
2 3 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.66%) CRISC
2 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.77%) CASP
3 2 (3.77%) CCNA
3 2 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.77%) GSEC
3 2 (3.77%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) MCSE
4 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.89%) RIBA
4 1 (1.89%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.89%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.87%) Data Quality
2 8 (15.09%) PMO
3 7 (13.21%) QA
4 2 (3.77%) GRC
5 1 (1.89%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.89%) COBIT
5 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.89%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.89%) GAAP
5 1 (1.89%) GMP
5 1 (1.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.89%) MiFID
5 1 (1.89%) NCSC
5 1 (1.89%) NIST
5 1 (1.89%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.89%) P3O
5 1 (1.89%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.89%) Firmware
1 1 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.77%) SCCM
2 1 (1.89%) Ansible
Vendors
1 23 (43.40%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.55%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.66%) Anaplan
4 2 (3.77%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.77%) Nexthink
4 2 (3.77%) Oracle
4 2 (3.77%) SAP
5 1 (1.89%) Adobe
5 1 (1.89%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (1.89%) Cisco
5 1 (1.89%) Databricks
5 1 (1.89%) Dataiku
5 1 (1.89%) EMC
5 1 (1.89%) Google
5 1 (1.89%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.89%) Murex
5 1 (1.89%) Qualtrics
5 1 (1.89%) Remedy
5 1 (1.89%) VMware
5 1 (1.89%) Wallstreet Suite
58 Microsoft Excel jobs in the City of London