Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Excel
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 49 38
Rank change year-on-year +10 -11 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 41 18 30
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.67% 2.64% 3.44%
As % of the Applications category 53.95% 29.51% 26.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 8 11
10th Percentile £268 £111 £160
25th Percentile £313 £300 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £270
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +52.78% -50.68%
75th Percentile £490 £446 £444
90th Percentile £538 £492 £460
England median daily rate £436 £401 £425
% change year-on-year +8.72% -5.69% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 14
10th Percentile £12.87 £15.22 -
25th Percentile £12.94 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £13.06 £15.72 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% -10.17% -
75th Percentile £17.20 £16.04 £26.15
90th Percentile £23.08 £16.22 £26.39
England median hourly rate £19.03 £17.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year +11.94% +13.33% -28.57%

All Software Application Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 76 61 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.81% 8.93% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 39 53
10th Percentile £267 £132 £167
25th Percentile £313 £180 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £409 £255
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +60.39% -41.71%
75th Percentile £490 £506 £392
90th Percentile £538 £745 £450
England median daily rate £450 £423 £400
% change year-on-year +6.38% +5.75% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 29
10th Percentile £12.94 £15.59 £12.74
25th Percentile £12.95 £16.35 £13.52
Median hourly rate £13.51 £18.77 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +31.50% -1.72%
75th Percentile £17.20 £19.50 £26.15
90th Percentile £31.00 £21.60 £29.70
England median hourly rate £22.68 £25.01 £16.23
% change year-on-year -9.32% +54.10% -38.71%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the East Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the East Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 June 2026. 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
Leicestershire +5 13 £325 - 8
Nottinghamshire -15 10 £525 +27.27% 13
Derbyshire -1 7 £456 - 10
Northamptonshire +9 6 £455 +21.33% 8
Lincolnshire -10 2 £425 - 8
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (7.32%) Confluence
1 3 (7.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (21.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (21.95%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (4.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 12 (29.27%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.88%) OCI
3 1 (2.44%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (29.27%) Power BI
2 4 (9.76%) Tableau
3 2 (4.88%) Power Query
3 2 (4.88%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) JIRA
General
1 20 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 16 (39.02%) Finance
3 11 (26.83%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (14.63%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Banking
6 2 (4.88%) Billing
6 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Administrator
2 8 (19.51%) Analyst
3 6 (14.63%) Systems Administrator
4 5 (12.20%) Accountant
5 4 (9.76%) Data Administrator
5 4 (9.76%) Systems Accountant
6 3 (7.32%) Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Data Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Payments Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Payments Solutions Architect
6 3 (7.32%) PMO Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) SAP Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Data Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Data Migration Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Governance Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Lead
7 2 (4.88%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Senior
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
1 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
1 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.88%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.44%) NHS
3 1 (2.44%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Business Intelligence
1 12 (29.27%) ERP
2 10 (24.39%) Migration
3 9 (21.95%) Collaborative Working
3 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (19.51%) Analytics
4 8 (19.51%) Decision-Making
5 7 (17.07%) Data Migration
5 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
5 7 (17.07%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (17.07%) Validation
6 6 (14.63%) Data Cleansing
6 6 (14.63%) Process Improvement
7 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (12.20%) DevOps
7 5 (12.20%) Project Management
7 5 (12.20%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (12.20%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (9.76%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) SQL
2 3 (7.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) ACCA
1 5 (12.20%) CIMA
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (2.44%) Degree
3 1 (2.44%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (2.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (2.44%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) PMO
2 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.32%) SLA
3 1 (2.44%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (46.34%) Microsoft
2 9 (21.95%) Oracle
3 4 (9.76%) SAP
4 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.44%) Concur
5 1 (2.44%) DocuSign
5 1 (2.44%) JD Edwards