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 citing Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	27	36	-
Rank change year-on-year	+9	-	-
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel	26	14	0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire	5.32%	4.05%	-
As % of the Applications category	48.15%	37.84%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	16	9	0
10^th Percentile	-	£184	-
25^th Percentile	£130	£200	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£410	£350	-
Median % change year-on-year	+17.14%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£440	£475	-
90^th Percentile	-	£478	-
South West median daily rate	£388	£275	£320
% change year-on-year	+40.91%	-14.06%	-14.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted	7	1	0
10^th Percentile	£13.83	-	-
25^th Percentile	£14.50	-	-
Median hourly rate	£16.00	£14.84	-
Median % change year-on-year	+7.82%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£17.25	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South West median hourly rate	£14.50	£15.60	£47.50
% change year-on-year	-7.05%	-67.16%	-2.50%

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 citing software application skills in Gloucestershire.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing software application skills	54	37	6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire	11.04%	10.69%	1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted	23	16	2
10^th Percentile	£130	£184	£384
25^th Percentile	£150	£204	£389
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£410	£250	£406
Median % change year-on-year	+64.00%	-38.46%	+4.84%
75^th Percentile	£440	£375	£427
90^th Percentile	-	£475	£433
South West median daily rate	£400	£400	£357
% change year-on-year	-	+12.20%	-20.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted	23	2	0
10^th Percentile	£12.94	£22.23	-
25^th Percentile	£14.32	£33.32	-
Median hourly rate	£16.50	£53.67	-
Median % change year-on-year	-69.26%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£56.25	£75.90	-
90^th Percentile	£57.50	£88.11	-
South West median hourly rate	£17.86	£22.63	£75.00
% change year-on-year	-21.10%	-69.83%	+53.94%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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 2 November 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.

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 2 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Cheltenham	-1	11	£410	-	1
Stroud	-	3	-	-	1
Gloucester	+9	1	-	-	1
Microsoft Excel South West

Microsoft Excel Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Microsoft Excel also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Gloucestershire region citing Microsoft Excel.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	92.3%	24
2	Agile	42.3%	11
2	Project Delivery	42.3%	11
2	Project Management	42.3%	11
5	DV Cleared	38.5%	10
5	JIRA	38.5%	10
5	Microsoft Project	38.5%	10
5	PMO	38.5%	10
5	PRINCE2	38.5%	10
5	Security Cleared	38.5%	10
5	Spreadsheet	38.5%	10
12	Data Management	23.1%	6
12	Data Quality	23.1%	6
14	Information Assurance	19.2%	5
14	Information Management	19.2%	5
14	Microsoft Office	19.2%	5
14	Time Management	19.2%	5
18	Logistics	11.5%	3
19	Business Intelligence	7.7%	2
19	Continuous Improvement	7.7%	2
19	Data Migration	7.7%	2
19	Decision-Making	7.7%	2
19	Migration	7.7%	2
19	Power BI	7.7%	2
19	Power Platform	7.7%	2
19	SAP	7.7%	2
27	AI	3.8%	1
27	Budgeting and Forecasting	3.8%	1
27	Business Analysis	3.8%	1
27	CIPD	3.8%	1

Microsoft Excel Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft Project	38.5%	10
1	Spreadsheet	38.5%	10
3	Microsoft Office	19.2%	5
4	Microsoft PowerPoint	3.8%	1