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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 15 0 25
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 3.91% - 5.62%
As % of the Applications category 40.54% - 60.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 3
10th Percentile £184 - £336
25th Percentile £212 - £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £360
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.29%
75th Percentile £446 - -
90th Percentile £475 - -
South West median daily rate £295 £340 £368
% change year-on-year -13.24% -7.48% -18.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 17
10th Percentile - - £39.13
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £14.84 - £48.72
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £15.60 £47.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -67.16% -2.50% +14.64%

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 37 7 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 9.64% 1.75% 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 11
10th Percentile £182 £281 £330
25th Percentile £184 £319 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £388 £500
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% -22.50% +110.53%
75th Percentile £417 £416 £594
90th Percentile £475 £429 £600
South West median daily rate £463 £363 £450
% change year-on-year +27.59% -19.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 20
10th Percentile £29.62 - £32.18
25th Percentile £51.80 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - £48.72
75th Percentile £146.88 - -
90th Percentile £177.25 - -
South West median hourly rate £22.63 £75.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -69.83% +57.89% -26.92%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend 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 24 November 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 24 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
Gloucester - 5 £350 - 6
Cheltenham - 2 £367 - 4
Cirencester - 2 £450 -
Microsoft Excel
South West

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (13.33%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 2 (13.33%) Local Government
5 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Applications Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Coordinator
2 2 (13.33%) Data Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Excel Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (6.67%) Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Migration Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Information Officer
3 1 (6.67%) Junior
3 1 (6.67%) Junior Security Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Project Control Officer
3 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Support Officer
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) CSS
1 2 (13.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
1 4 (26.67%) Project Management
1 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (20.00%) Agile
2 3 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
2 3 (20.00%) Information Security
2 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (13.33%) Application Rationalisation
3 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (13.33%) Contract Management
3 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (13.33%) Information Governance
3 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
3 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (13.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Python
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) VBA
3 1 (6.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) APMP
2 2 (13.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (20.00%) GDPR
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Apple
3 1 (6.67%) SAP