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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 52 40
Rank change year-on-year +23 -12 +8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 70 22 25
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 5.15% 2.66% 3.27%
As % of the Applications category 54.69% 35.48% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 13 9
10th Percentile £213 £148 £256
25th Percentile £244 £363 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £413 £350
Median % change year-on-year - +17.86% -
75th Percentile £490 £473 £438
90th Percentile £538 £568 £460
England median daily rate £413 £413 £390
% change year-on-year - +5.77% -10.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 9
10th Percentile - - £14.26
25th Percentile £13.25 - £15.00
Median hourly rate £14.50 £16.35 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.31% -3.82% +46.27%
75th Percentile £19.65 - -
90th Percentile £29.29 - -
England median hourly rate £17.50 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year -7.16% +16.14% -22.71%

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 128 62 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.43% 7.51% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 42 39
10th Percentile £167 £136 £198
25th Percentile £249 £211 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £413 £350
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +17.86% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £450
90th Percentile £575 £725 £506
England median daily rate £445 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 2 14
10th Percentile £12.83 £16.57 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.25 £16.89 £13.80
Median hourly rate £13.51 £17.68 £16.05
Median % change year-on-year -23.56% +10.12% +28.45%
75th Percentile £16.46 £18.71 £17.00
90th Percentile £28.02 £19.19 £21.73
England median hourly rate £18.50 £25.01 £17.00
% change year-on-year -26.01% +47.09% -33.88%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +8 18 £325 - 30
Northamptonshire +24 17 £425 +23.64% 36
Nottinghamshire -3 16 £400 -3.03% 28
Lincolnshire -5 12 £225 -64.00% 17
Derbyshire -3 7 £400 - 16
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 (4.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (41.43%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (11.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (5.71%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.29%) Intacct
3 2 (2.86%) Google Docs
3 2 (2.86%) Google Sheets
3 2 (2.86%) Google Workspace
3 2 (2.86%) OCI
4 1 (1.43%) Azure
4 1 (1.43%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.43%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.43%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.00%) Power BI
2 7 (10.00%) Power Query
3 4 (5.71%) PowerPivot
4 2 (2.86%) DTS
5 1 (1.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 43 (61.43%) Social Skills
2 22 (31.43%) Finance
3 17 (24.29%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (24.29%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 12 (17.14%) Retail
6 5 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.71%) Billing
8 3 (4.29%) Automotive
8 3 (4.29%) Banking
8 3 (4.29%) Legal
9 1 (1.43%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 16 (22.86%) Administrator
2 7 (10.00%) Accountant
2 7 (10.00%) Analyst
2 7 (10.00%) Systems Accountant
3 4 (5.71%) Document Controller
4 3 (4.29%) Administration Assistant
4 3 (4.29%) Coordinator
4 3 (4.29%) Data Engineer
4 3 (4.29%) Data Manager
4 3 (4.29%) SAP Engineer
4 3 (4.29%) Senior
5 2 (2.86%) Data Administrator
5 2 (2.86%) Data Analyst
5 2 (2.86%) Data Migration Developer
5 2 (2.86%) Developer
5 2 (2.86%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (2.86%) Technologist
6 1 (1.43%) Logistics Administrator
6 1 (1.43%) Senior Quality Analyst
6 1 (1.43%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.71%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.86%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.43%) EPoS
5 1 (1.43%) NHS
5 1 (1.43%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Windows
1 1 (1.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (32.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 19 (27.14%) Validation
3 18 (25.71%) Logistics
4 17 (24.29%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (22.86%) Data Entry
6 15 (21.43%) ERP
7 14 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (18.57%) Process Improvement
9 12 (17.14%) Decision-Making
9 12 (17.14%) Migration
10 11 (15.71%) Customer Service
10 11 (15.71%) Data Migration
11 10 (14.29%) Data Analysis
11 10 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
12 8 (11.43%) Supply Chain Planning
13 7 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 5 (7.14%) Analytics
14 5 (7.14%) Dashboard Development
14 5 (7.14%) Quality Management
14 5 (7.14%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.00%) SQL
2 4 (5.71%) VBA
3 3 (4.29%) Python
4 2 (2.86%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (10.00%) ACCA
1 7 (10.00%) CIMA
2 3 (4.29%) Degree
3 2 (2.86%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (1.43%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (1.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.43%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.71%) QA
3 2 (2.86%) PMO
4 1 (1.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 39 (55.71%) Microsoft
2 21 (30.00%) SAP
3 8 (11.43%) Oracle
4 3 (4.29%) CheckPoint
4 3 (4.29%) Sage
5 2 (2.86%) Google
6 1 (1.43%) Concur
6 1 (1.43%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.43%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow