Excel Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Excel Analyst
England > London

The median Excel Analyst daily rate in London is £338, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 346 386
Rank change year-on-year -35 +40 +157
Contract jobs requiring an Excel Analyst 4 5 14
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% 0.036% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.039% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile £299 £248 £259
25th Percentile £306 - £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £300 £463
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -35.14% +17.09%
75th Percentile £369 £388 £600
90th Percentile £376 £545 £668
England median daily rate £450 £375 £463
% change year-on-year +20.00% -18.92% +18.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £19.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,118 12,952 16,920
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.49% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,690 8,338 12,206
10th Percentile £350 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 140 237
10th Percentile £17.93 £19.99 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.50 £23.80 £20.02
Median hourly rate £32.48 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £61.50 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £70.80
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.54% +24.29%

Excel Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Excel Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Excel Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Excel Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in London

Excel Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Excel Analyst job vacancies in London

Excel Analyst Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Excel Analyst contract job roles required 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 London region featuring Excel Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Power BI
3 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (50.00%) Power Query
3 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (25.00%) PMO
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Excel Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) Power Query
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft