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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 44 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 -26 +42
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 9 5 29
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 2.51% 1.57% 6.95%
As % of the Applications category 25.71% 31.25% 72.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 2
10th Percentile £290 £275 £303
25th Percentile £357 £361 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £409 £315
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% +29.84% +93.85%
75th Percentile £458 - £323
90th Percentile £475 - £327
South West median daily rate £325 £380 £463
% change year-on-year -14.42% -17.89% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 21
10th Percentile - - £14.00
25th Percentile - - £18.13
Median hourly rate - - £48.72
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £37.00 £21.64
% change year-on-year +75.68% +70.98% -66.71%

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 35 16 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 9.78% 5.02% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 11
10th Percentile £180 £252 £300
25th Percentile £251 £300 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £398 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -27.59% +165.06%
75th Percentile £448 £409 £594
90th Percentile £475 £489 £600
South West median daily rate £525 £350 £450
% change year-on-year +49.89% -22.17% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 22
10th Percentile £80.50 - £14.00
25th Percentile £114.69 - £25.78
Median hourly rate £195.00 - £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - - +49.91%
75th Percentile £197.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% +27.78% -30.77%

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 20 February 2026.

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 20 February 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
Cheltenham - 4 £410 - 4
Cirencester - 2 £450 - 1
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 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (44.44%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Project Control Officer
2 3 (33.33%) Project Officer
3 2 (22.22%) Applications Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Excel Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
4 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (11.11%) Project Support Coordinator
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) PRINCE2
3 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Application Rationalisation
4 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
4 2 (22.22%) Contract Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Data Interpretation
4 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (11.11%) Logistics
5 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
5 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) SAP