Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Kent

Microsoft Excel
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 9 23
Rank change year-on-year -15 +14 +23
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 1 13 7
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.61% 10.32% 3.43%
As % of the Applications category 8.33% 61.90% 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £112 £134
25th Percentile £363 £123 £147
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £513 £177
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% +189.55% -45.54%
75th Percentile £388 £519 £204
90th Percentile - - £211
South East median daily rate £475 £325 £351
% change year-on-year +46.15% -7.28% -7.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £11.45
75th Percentile - - £18.60
90th Percentile - - £22.89
South East median hourly rate £17.60 £28.37 £21.50
% change year-on-year -37.97% +31.97% +5.03%

All Software Application Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 12 21 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 7.32% 16.67% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 10
10th Percentile - £116 £151
25th Percentile £180 £133 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £450 £205
Median % change year-on-year -55.56% +119.51% +9.33%
75th Percentile £294 £519 £269
90th Percentile £434 - £467
South East median daily rate £475 £414 £300
% change year-on-year +14.80% +37.92% -14.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £14.01 £51.65 -
25th Percentile £14.40 £52.64 £11.45
Median hourly rate £15.06 £54.77 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.51% +114.78% -50.50%
75th Percentile £15.71 £56.41 £26.99
90th Percentile £16.10 £57.09 £34.05
South East median hourly rate £15.50 £35.00 £19.38
% change year-on-year -55.71% +80.65% -39.28%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Kent

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Healthcare Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Healthcare Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) NHS Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning