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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 53 59
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 82 66 78
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.34% 3.57% 3.26%
As % of the Applications category 63.08% 44.90% 45.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 42 52
10th Percentile £286 £228 £209
25th Percentile £369 £313 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £468
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +9.63% -14.02%
75th Percentile £575 £725 £680
90th Percentile £653 £856 £745
Central London median daily rate £475 £500 £446
% change year-on-year -5.00% +12.04% -16.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - £19.92
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £20.61
75th Percentile £41.75 - £21.29
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £20.61
% change year-on-year -27.23% +69.86% -

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 130 147 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 6.88% 7.96% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 88 111
10th Percentile £261 £219 £156
25th Percentile £365 £280 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% -10.48%
75th Percentile £575 £656 £631
90th Percentile £638 £741 £700
Central London median daily rate £475 £475 £469
% change year-on-year - +1.33% -9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £18.93
Median % change year-on-year - - -54.93%
75th Percentile £41.75 - £21.29
90th Percentile - - £31.32
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -27.23% +84.89% -54.93%

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 4 February 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 17 (20.73%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.32%) Confluence
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.22%) CMS
4 1 (1.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 39 (47.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 17 (20.73%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (20.73%) MS Visio
3 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (7.32%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (2.44%) Trello
6 1 (1.22%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (1.22%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.22%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (30.49%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.54%) Azure
3 5 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.88%) Power Automate
5 3 (3.66%) AWS
5 3 (3.66%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.66%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.44%) Collibra
6 2 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.22%) Asana
7 1 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.22%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.22%) Figma
7 1 (1.22%) GitHub
7 1 (1.22%) Google Docs
7 1 (1.22%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.22%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.88%) LAN
1 4 (4.88%) WAN
2 3 (3.66%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.22%) HTTP
3 1 (1.22%) Skype
3 1 (1.22%) VPN
3 1 (1.22%) WebEx
3 1 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (30.49%) Power BI
2 9 (10.98%) Tableau
3 4 (4.88%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.66%) Power Query
4 3 (3.66%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.44%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.44%) Metadata
5 2 (2.44%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.44%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.44%) SQLPlus
6 1 (1.22%) Informix
6 1 (1.22%) Looker
6 1 (1.22%) MySQL
6 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.22%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 10 (12.20%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) Toad
3 1 (1.22%) Git
3 1 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 41 (50.00%) Finance
2 30 (36.59%) Social Skills
3 25 (30.49%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (21.95%) Banking
5 13 (15.85%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (10.98%) Legal
7 8 (9.76%) Front Office
8 7 (8.54%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (7.32%) Investment Banking
10 4 (4.88%) Public Sector
11 3 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (3.66%) Telecoms
12 2 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (2.44%) Financial Institution
12 2 (2.44%) Marketing
13 1 (1.22%) Law
13 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
13 1 (1.22%) Military
13 1 (1.22%) Publishing
13 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (41.46%) Analyst
2 16 (19.51%) Business Analyst
3 8 (9.76%) Data Analyst
4 6 (7.32%) Project Manager
4 6 (7.32%) Senior
5 4 (4.88%) Consultant
5 4 (4.88%) Developer
5 4 (4.88%) Programme Manager
5 4 (4.88%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (3.66%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 3 (3.66%) IT Manager
6 3 (3.66%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (3.66%) PMO Analyst
6 3 (3.66%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (3.66%) Security Specialist
6 3 (3.66%) Support Engineer
6 3 (3.66%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (2.44%) Data Engineer
7 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (2.44%) Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) ADO
1 1 (1.22%) CSS
1 1 (1.22%) HTML
1 1 (1.22%) JSON
1 1 (1.22%) Middleware
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.76%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.54%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.10%) Derivative
3 5 (6.10%) Fixed Income
4 4 (4.88%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.66%) Credit Risk
5 3 (3.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (3.66%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.44%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.44%) Equities
6 2 (2.44%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 2 (2.44%) PMI
6 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.44%) Swaptions
6 2 (2.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.44%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.22%) Pricing Data
7 1 (1.22%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.66%) Unix
1 3 (3.66%) Windows
2 1 (1.22%) Linux
2 1 (1.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (29.27%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (15.85%) Data Analysis
4 13 (15.85%) Decision-Making
5 12 (14.63%) Analytics
5 12 (14.63%) Project Delivery
5 12 (14.63%) Project Management
5 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (13.41%) Process Improvement
6 11 (13.41%) User Acceptance Testing
7 10 (12.20%) Data Governance
8 9 (10.98%) Actionable Insight
8 9 (10.98%) Agile
8 9 (10.98%) Business Analysis
8 9 (10.98%) Data Modelling
9 8 (9.76%) Change Management
9 8 (9.76%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (9.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.73%) SQL
2 9 (10.98%) Python
3 4 (4.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (3.66%) VBA
5 2 (2.44%) Perl
5 2 (2.44%) PHP
5 2 (2.44%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.44%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.22%) C#
6 1 (1.22%) Korn
6 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.22%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Degree
2 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.66%) CISM
3 3 (3.66%) CISSP
3 3 (3.66%) CRISC
4 2 (2.44%) ACCA
4 2 (2.44%) CASP
4 2 (2.44%) CBAP
4 2 (2.44%) GSEC
4 2 (2.44%) IIBA
4 2 (2.44%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.44%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.22%) CIMA
5 1 (1.22%) PMP
5 1 (1.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.22%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.85%) PMO
2 9 (10.98%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.10%) QA
4 4 (4.88%) GDPR
5 3 (3.66%) GRC
6 2 (2.44%) MiFID
7 1 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.22%) Basel III
7 1 (1.22%) CRD IV
7 1 (1.22%) GAAP
7 1 (1.22%) GMP
7 1 (1.22%) IFRS
7 1 (1.22%) ISO 20022
7 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.22%) PSD2
7 1 (1.22%) SEPA
7 1 (1.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (2.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.22%) Ansible
2 1 (1.22%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (51.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.32%) Oracle
2 6 (7.32%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.66%) Arista
3 3 (3.66%) Cisco
3 3 (3.66%) Google
3 3 (3.66%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.44%) Adobe
4 2 (2.44%) Planview
4 2 (2.44%) SAP
5 1 (1.22%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.22%) Citrix
5 1 (1.22%) Databricks
5 1 (1.22%) Informatica
5 1 (1.22%) Murex
5 1 (1.22%) Polycom
5 1 (1.22%) Progress
5 1 (1.22%) Remedy
5 1 (1.22%) Sonatype
5 1 (1.22%) Wallstreet Suite