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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 35 42
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 27 26 24
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.01% 3.65% 3.04%
As % of the Applications category 36.49% 37.68% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 9 20
10th Percentile £221 £256 £263
25th Percentile £363 £283 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £300 £425
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -29.41% +95.40%
75th Percentile £473 £400 £450
90th Percentile £553 £456 £464
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 3
10th Percentile - £14.26 £11.33
25th Percentile - £15.00 £11.52
Median hourly rate £16.35 £17.00 £11.83
Median % change year-on-year -3.82% +43.70% -28.30%
75th Percentile - - £17.78
90th Percentile - - £21.35
England median hourly rate £20.26 £16.23 £22.00
% change year-on-year +24.80% -26.23% +10.66%

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 74 69 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.25% 9.68% 9.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 40 48
10th Percentile £144 £199 £130
25th Percentile £181 £277 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £345 £376
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% -8.17% +25.33%
75th Percentile £473 £439 £529
90th Percentile £619 £506 £664
England median daily rate £433 £408 £400
% change year-on-year +6.13% +1.88% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 9
10th Percentile - £13.52 £10.77
25th Percentile - £14.83 £11.21
Median hourly rate £16.35 £17.00 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year -3.82% +29.18% -19.46%
75th Percentile - - £23.73
90th Percentile - - £28.75
England median hourly rate £22.50 £22.09 £26.64
% change year-on-year +1.86% -17.08% +3.15%

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 21 November 2025.

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
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 21 November 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
Nottinghamshire -1 8 £413 - 21
Northamptonshire -13 8 £375 -6.25% 13
Lincolnshire - 4 £625 - 11
Derbyshire -3 1 - - 22
Leicestershire -13 1 - - 17
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 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (18.52%) MS Visio
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (7.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 11 (40.74%) Power Platform
2 4 (14.81%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Functions
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (7.41%) Power Automate
3 2 (7.41%) PowerApps
3 2 (7.41%) Serverless
4 1 (3.70%) AWS
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) Power BI
2 8 (29.63%) Tableau
3 3 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (11.11%) Power Query
4 1 (3.70%) Metadata
4 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (29.63%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
3 3 (11.11%) Retail
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Security Specialist
3 4 (14.81%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Lead
4 3 (11.11%) Power BI Developer
5 2 (7.41%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Data Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 2 (7.41%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) First Line Help Desk Support
5 2 (7.41%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (7.41%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) HR Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.70%) JSON
2 1 (3.70%) Web Services
2 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
1 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.41%) Data Fabric
3 1 (3.70%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.70%) Derivative
3 1 (3.70%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Agile
1 6 (22.22%) Analytics
1 6 (22.22%) DevOps
1 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (18.52%) IT Audit
2 5 (18.52%) Kanban
2 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
3 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
3 4 (14.81%) Data Migration
3 4 (14.81%) Fintech
3 4 (14.81%) Logistics
3 4 (14.81%) Migration
3 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (11.11%) Active Listening
4 3 (11.11%) Records Management
4 3 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (11.11%) Test Strategy
4 3 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (7.41%) T-SQL
3 2 (7.41%) X++
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) CISA
1 5 (18.52%) CISM
1 5 (18.52%) CISSP
1 5 (18.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.41%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.70%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) COBIT
1 5 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 5 (18.52%) NIST
1 5 (18.52%) NIST 800
2 1 (3.70%) ISO 19650
2 1 (3.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Alteryx
2 5 (18.52%) Rapid7
3 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.41%) Workday
5 1 (3.70%) Autodesk
5 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
5 1 (3.70%) Genesys