Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Excel
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 34 43
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 13 24 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 4.21% 5.36% 2.24%
As % of the Applications category 34.21% 61.54% 23.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile - - £176
25th Percentile £184 - £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £207 - £360
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.29%
75th Percentile £350 - -
90th Percentile £378 - -
South West median daily rate £300 £325 £390
% change year-on-year -7.69% -16.67% -11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22.73
25th Percentile - - £23.06
Median hourly rate £14.84 - £25.75
75th Percentile - - £28.06
90th Percentile - - £28.18
South West median hourly rate £12.82 £47.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year -73.01% +80.95% -19.23%

All Software Application Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 38 39 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 12.30% 8.71% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 17
10th Percentile £184 £313 £137
25th Percentile £184 £344 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £218 £388 £360
Median % change year-on-year -43.87% +7.64% +44.00%
75th Percentile £275 £513 £425
90th Percentile £380 £1,643 £490
South West median daily rate £375 £351 £450
% change year-on-year +6.99% -22.11% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £26.87 - £23.63
25th Percentile £44.92 - £26.81
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £34.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.15%
75th Percentile - - £50.25
90th Percentile - - £74.75
South West median hourly rate £22.57 £75.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -69.91% +108.33% +1.41%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Gloucester - 5 £350 - 10
Cheltenham +3 1 - - 9
Microsoft Excel
South West

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) MS Access
2 1 (7.69%) MySQL
2 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (38.46%) Legal
1 5 (38.46%) Local Government
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Applications Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Data Migration Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Information Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Junior
3 1 (7.69%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Junior Security Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (7.69%) Python Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) CSS
1 5 (38.46%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (23.08%) Information Security
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 2 (15.38%) Information Governance
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.69%) Business Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
5 1 (7.69%) Data Modelling
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.69%) ETL
5 1 (7.69%) Information Security Management
5 1 (7.69%) Security Management
5 1 (7.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Python
2 6 (46.15%) VBA
3 4 (30.77%) SQL
4 1 (7.69%) Java
4 1 (7.69%) VB
4 1 (7.69%) VB.NET
4 1 (7.69%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (23.08%) GDPR
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Apple
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle