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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 39 64
Rank change year-on-year -29 +25 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 64 91 61
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.77% 5.21% 2.82%
As % of the Applications category 52.46% 50.28% 45.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 55 34
10th Percentile £222 £225 £208
25th Percentile £375 £313 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -3.61% -5.68%
75th Percentile £575 £725 £680
90th Percentile £711 £846 £760
Central London median daily rate £494 £475 £486
% change year-on-year +3.95% -2.26% -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% +34.32%
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% +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 122 181 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 5.28% 10.36% 6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 110 87
10th Percentile £207 £225 £187
25th Percentile £378 £306 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% +4.59%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £622
90th Percentile £648 £838 £684
Central London median daily rate £495 £475 £486
% change year-on-year +4.21% -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% +1.05%
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% +1.05%

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 17 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 8 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.69%) Confluence
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (43.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (14.06%) MS Visio
4 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (4.69%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.56%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (1.56%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.56%) Photoshop
6 1 (1.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.56%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.56%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 21 (32.81%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.25%) Azure
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.69%) Collibra
3 3 (4.69%) SaaS
4 2 (3.13%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.13%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.56%) AWS
5 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.56%) Figma
5 1 (1.56%) Google Docs
5 1 (1.56%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.56%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.56%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) Firewall
1 1 (1.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (31.25%) Power BI
2 7 (10.94%) Tableau
3 3 (4.69%) Power Query
3 3 (4.69%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.13%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.13%) Metadata
4 2 (3.13%) Oracle Database
4 2 (3.13%) RDBMS
4 2 (3.13%) SQLPlus
5 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.56%) GIS
5 1 (1.56%) Looker
5 1 (1.56%) QlikView
5 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.56%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) JIRA
2 2 (3.13%) Toad
3 1 (1.56%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.56%) MSI
3 1 (1.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (50.00%) Finance
2 22 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 21 (32.81%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (21.88%) Banking
5 7 (10.94%) Legal
5 7 (10.94%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.81%) Investment Banking
6 5 (7.81%) Public Sector
7 4 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.69%) Front Office
8 3 (4.69%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.13%) Marketing
9 2 (3.13%) Military
9 2 (3.13%) Retail
10 1 (1.56%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.56%) International Banking
10 1 (1.56%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (45.31%) Analyst
2 10 (15.63%) Data Analyst
3 7 (10.94%) Business Analyst
4 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 3 (4.69%) Developer
4 3 (4.69%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (4.69%) Security Specialist
4 3 (4.69%) Senior
5 2 (3.13%) Administrator
5 2 (3.13%) Junior
5 2 (3.13%) Lead
5 2 (3.13%) MiFID Business Analyst
5 2 (3.13%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (3.13%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (3.13%) Product Owner
5 2 (3.13%) Report Analyst
5 2 (3.13%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (3.13%) Service Analyst
6 1 (1.56%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (1.56%) Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) .NET
1 1 (1.56%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.56%) CSS
1 1 (1.56%) HTML
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.56%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
1 3 (4.69%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.13%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.13%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (3.13%) PMI
2 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.56%) CMDB
3 1 (1.56%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.56%) Derivative
3 1 (1.56%) Equities
3 1 (1.56%) Fixed Income
3 1 (1.56%) FMCG
3 1 (1.56%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (1.56%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.56%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (1.56%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.69%) Windows
2 2 (3.13%) Unix
3 1 (1.56%) VMS
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (28.13%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (18.75%) Analytics
3 12 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (18.75%) Decision-Making
4 11 (17.19%) Data Analysis
4 11 (17.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (12.50%) Data Modelling
6 8 (12.50%) Migration
6 8 (12.50%) Validation
7 7 (10.94%) Agile
7 7 (10.94%) Data Governance
7 7 (10.94%) Project Delivery
7 7 (10.94%) Risk Management
7 7 (10.94%) Use Case
7 7 (10.94%) Visualisation
8 6 (9.38%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (9.38%) Asset Management
8 6 (9.38%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.31%) SQL
2 7 (10.94%) Python
3 5 (7.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.13%) Perl
4 2 (3.13%) PHP
4 2 (3.13%) PL/SQL
4 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.13%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.56%) C++
5 1 (1.56%) R
5 1 (1.56%) VB
5 1 (1.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (12.50%) Degree
2 4 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.69%) CISM
3 3 (4.69%) CISSP
3 3 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.69%) CRISC
3 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.13%) CASP
4 2 (3.13%) GSEC
4 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.56%) ACCA
5 1 (1.56%) CCNA
5 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.56%) MCSE
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.56%) PMP
5 1 (1.56%) RIBA
5 1 (1.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.56%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.31%) Data Quality
2 10 (15.63%) PMO
3 7 (10.94%) QA
4 2 (3.13%) GRC
4 2 (3.13%) MiFID
5 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.56%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.56%) GAAP
5 1 (1.56%) GDPR
5 1 (1.56%) GMP
5 1 (1.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.56%) NCSC
5 1 (1.56%) NIST
5 1 (1.56%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.56%) P3O
5 1 (1.56%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.56%) Firmware
1 1 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (45.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.81%) Oracle
3 3 (4.69%) Anaplan
3 3 (4.69%) Google
3 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.13%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.13%) Planview
4 2 (3.13%) SAP
5 1 (1.56%) Adobe
5 1 (1.56%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (1.56%) Databricks
5 1 (1.56%) Dataiku
5 1 (1.56%) EMC
5 1 (1.56%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.56%) Murex
5 1 (1.56%) Qualtrics
5 1 (1.56%) Remedy
5 1 (1.56%) Splunk
5 1 (1.56%) VMware
5 1 (1.56%) Wallstreet Suite