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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 38 31
Rank change year-on-year -6 -7 +19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 41 15 33
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.04% 2.80% 4.26%
As % of the Applications category 43.62% 28.30% 25.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 6 16
10th Percentile £313 £245 £166
25th Percentile £413 £268 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £289 £425
Median % change year-on-year +57.44% -32.00% +6.25%
75th Percentile £469 £355 £450
90th Percentile £510 £410 -
England median daily rate £450 £400 £439
% change year-on-year +12.50% -8.83% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 13
10th Percentile - £13.35 -
25th Percentile £12.94 £14.01 £14.00
Median hourly rate £13.06 £15.09 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -13.45% -32.26% +35.00%
75th Percentile £13.36 £22.55 £26.15
90th Percentile £13.47 £27.02 £26.43
England median hourly rate £18.50 £21.46 £15.00
% change year-on-year -13.79% +43.07% -36.27%

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 94 53 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.25% 9.91% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 32 67
10th Percentile £154 £150 £167
25th Percentile £316 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £303 £256
Median % change year-on-year +40.26% +18.53% -32.28%
75th Percentile £465 £425 £438
90th Percentile £500 £450 £622
England median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 23
10th Percentile £12.94 £14.01 -
25th Percentile £12.95 £15.91 £14.00
Median hourly rate £13.08 £20.63 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -36.63% -7.37% +33.24%
75th Percentile £23.50 £23.56 £26.15
90th Percentile £27.00 £26.88 £28.30
England median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £19.00
% change year-on-year -26.60% +42.76% -52.50%

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 12 March 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
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 12 March 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
Northamptonshire -9 15 £455 +55.29% 14
Leicestershire +1 8 £313 -10.57% 22
Nottinghamshire -9 8 - - 9
Lincolnshire -11 5 £550 - 4
Derbyshire -7 2 £425 - 9
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 9 (21.95%) Confluence
2 3 (7.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (36.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (21.95%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (17.07%) MS Visio
4 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (4.88%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 10 (24.39%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.76%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (4.88%) Azure
3 2 (4.88%) Azure Functions
3 2 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (4.88%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (4.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (4.88%) Power Automate
3 2 (4.88%) PowerApps
3 2 (4.88%) Serverless
4 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.44%) OpenShift
4 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.83%) Tableau
2 8 (19.51%) Power BI
3 1 (2.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (26.83%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 12 (29.27%) Finance
1 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Banking
3 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Billing
6 1 (2.44%) Bulgarian Language
6 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Administrator
2 10 (24.39%) Architect
2 10 (24.39%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (17.07%) Payments Architect
3 7 (17.07%) Payments Solutions Architect
4 6 (14.63%) Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (7.32%) Consultant
5 3 (7.32%) Data Administrator
5 3 (7.32%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 2 (4.88%) HR Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) Integration Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Lead
6 2 (4.88%) Security Specialist
7 1 (2.44%) Applications Consultant
7 1 (2.44%) Applications Support
7 1 (2.44%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.44%) JSON
2 1 (2.44%) Web Services
2 1 (2.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.88%) Data Fabric
3 2 (4.88%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (31.71%) Project Delivery
3 12 (29.27%) DevOps
4 9 (21.95%) Records Management
4 9 (21.95%) Regulatory Compliance
4 9 (21.95%) Technical Architecture
5 8 (19.51%) Architectural Design
5 8 (19.51%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (14.63%) Migration
7 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (14.63%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (12.20%) Agile
8 5 (12.20%) Analytics
9 4 (9.76%) Data Migration
10 3 (7.32%) Data Cleansing
10 3 (7.32%) Programme Governance
10 3 (7.32%) Project Management
10 3 (7.32%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) SQL
2 2 (4.88%) T-SQL
2 2 (4.88%) X++
3 1 (2.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (7.32%) Degree
1 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.88%) CISA
2 2 (4.88%) CISM
2 2 (4.88%) CISSP
2 2 (4.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.44%) MBA
3 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) PMO
2 2 (4.88%) COBIT
2 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (4.88%) NIST
2 2 (4.88%) NIST 800
2 2 (4.88%) SLA
3 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.44%) GDPR
3 1 (2.44%) ISO 19650
3 1 (2.44%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 19 (46.34%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Alteryx
2 2 (4.88%) Rapid7
2 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
2 2 (4.88%) Workday
3 1 (2.44%) Autodesk
3 1 (2.44%) Planview