Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Devon

Microsoft Excel
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 34 32
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.20% 0.81% 1.82%
As % of the Applications category 100.00% 33.33% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £328
25th Percentile £285 - £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 - £440
Median % change year-on-year - - +55.84%
75th Percentile £295 - £510
90th Percentile - - £552
South West median daily rate £275 £320 £375
% change year-on-year -14.06% -14.67% -14.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year - +119.50% +96.73%
South West median hourly rate £15.60 £47.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -67.16% -2.50% +39.20%

All Software Application Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 1.20% 2.44% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - - £305
25th Percentile £285 £388 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -31.76% -15.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £295 £463 £520
90th Percentile - - £556
South West median daily rate £425 £357 £450
% change year-on-year +19.21% -20.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £22.58
25th Percentile - £46.25 £23.99
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £26.35
Median % change year-on-year - +80.30% +139.50%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £28.70
90th Percentile - - £30.11
South West median hourly rate £22.63 £75.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year -69.83% +53.94% -25.05%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Devon

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the Devon region over the 6 months to 29 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter +10 1 - - 4
Microsoft Excel
South West

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) PABX
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) PMO Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow