Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Microsoft Excel
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 12 30
Rank change year-on-year -13 +18 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 3 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.99% 6.02% 1.20%
As % of the Applications category 42.86% 38.46% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £325 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £350 £300
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +16.67% +177.14%
75th Percentile - £375 £313
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £455 £293 £425
% change year-on-year +55.29% -31.06% +41.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £13.06 £17.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -23.18% +21.43% -15.15%

All Software Application Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 7 13 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 4.64% 15.66% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 18
10th Percentile £335 £194 £130
25th Percentile £369 £204 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £210 £225
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -6.67% +17.65%
75th Percentile £463 £263 £268
90th Percentile £470 £323 £273
East Midlands median daily rate £402 £345 £265
% change year-on-year +16.43% +30.29% -31.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £20.97 £22.13 -
25th Percentile £21.68 £23.44 -
Median hourly rate £23.71 £26.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% - -
75th Percentile £25.09 £28.44 -
90th Percentile £25.41 £29.38 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £13.08 £17.00 £14.13
% change year-on-year -23.09% +20.35% -14.39%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 28 January 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
Coalville -2 1 - - 3
Leicester -2 1 £313 -10.57% 7
Microsoft Excel
East Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) OpenShift
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) IT Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) AI
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (33.33%) Business Case
1 1 (33.33%) Change Control
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
1 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Planview