Microsoft Excel Contracts in London

Microsoft Excel
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 81 74
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 +28
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 443 476 870
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.53% 2.67% 3.22%
As % of the Applications category 44.57% 40.68% 47.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 318 624
10th Percentile £250 £214 £225
25th Percentile £331 £339 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £450 £468
Median % change year-on-year -0.56% -3.74% -6.08%
75th Percentile £638 £609 £638
90th Percentile £763 £775 £713
England median daily rate £413 £443 £425
% change year-on-year -6.88% +4.24% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 36 19
10th Percentile - £13.74 £15.45
25th Percentile £15.84 £15.48 £17.56
Median hourly rate £22.04 £19.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.03% -15.22% -16.36%
75th Percentile £29.07 £26.50 £38.38
90th Percentile £47.49 £42.38 £44.99
England median hourly rate £16.23 £14.80 £25.13
% change year-on-year +9.66% -41.09% +25.63%

All Software Application Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 994 1,170 1,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.92% 6.56% 6.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 765 1,306
10th Percentile £213 £188 £215
25th Percentile £314 £255 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.57% -4.95%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £738 £712 £738
England median daily rate £423 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 86 47
10th Percentile £15.84 £13.09 £16.24
25th Percentile £16.56 £17.00 £18.97
Median hourly rate £24.66 £21.00 £31.92
Median % change year-on-year +17.43% -34.21% -28.27%
75th Percentile £34.51 £27.25 £44.00
90th Percentile £52.18 £51.75 £54.25
England median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in London

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in London

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in London

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in London

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in London

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Central London +21 98 £475 -2.26% 69
South London +16 11 £188 - 14
West London +13 11 £338 +22.73% 22
East London +5 5 £625 +38.89% 12
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 45 (10.16%) SharePoint
2 31 (7.00%) Confluence
3 11 (2.48%) IIS
4 10 (2.26%) SAS
5 7 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.35%) CMS
7 4 (0.90%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.68%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.23%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 134 (30.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 83 (18.74%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (7.67%) MS Visio
4 16 (3.61%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (3.16%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.90%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.68%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.45%) Notepad++
10 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.68%) Bankmaster
2 3 (0.68%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.68%) SAP Retail
3 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.45%) Maximo
3 2 (0.45%) SAP CAR
3 2 (0.45%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.45%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.45%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.45%) Workfront
4 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.23%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.23%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.23%) Endur
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.23%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.23%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 110 (24.83%) Power Platform
2 29 (6.55%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (5.42%) Azure
4 11 (2.48%) SaaS
5 10 (2.26%) AWS
5 10 (2.26%) GCP
6 6 (1.35%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.13%) Salsify
8 4 (0.90%) Dropbox
8 4 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.90%) Figma
8 4 (0.90%) IBM Blueworks
8 4 (0.90%) Lucidchart
8 4 (0.90%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.68%) Adobe Analytics
9 3 (0.68%) Collibra
9 3 (0.68%) Miro
9 3 (0.68%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.45%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.48%) Internet
2 3 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.45%) DNS
3 2 (0.45%) LAN
3 2 (0.45%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.45%) WebEx
4 1 (0.23%) DHCP
4 1 (0.23%) Intranet
4 1 (0.23%) PBX
4 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (23.48%) Power BI
2 48 (10.84%) SQL Server
3 41 (9.26%) Tableau
4 28 (6.32%) Oracle Database
5 23 (5.19%) Power Query
6 13 (2.93%) MS Access
7 12 (2.71%) Data Mining
7 12 (2.71%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (2.03%) Metadata
10 7 (1.58%) PowerPivot
11 6 (1.35%) Big Data
12 5 (1.13%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (1.13%) QlikView
13 3 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (0.68%) Apache Hive
13 3 (0.68%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 50 (11.29%) JIRA
2 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.45%) Git
3 2 (0.45%) MagicDraw
3 2 (0.45%) XMLSpy
4 1 (0.23%) MSI
General
1 194 (43.79%) Social Skills
2 174 (39.28%) Finance
3 114 (25.73%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (13.77%) Banking
5 42 (9.48%) Marketing
6 30 (6.77%) Front Office
7 27 (6.09%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (5.87%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (5.64%) Investment Banking
10 20 (4.51%) Retail
11 15 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (3.39%) Legal
12 11 (2.48%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.26%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.58%) Billing
14 7 (1.58%) General Ledger
14 7 (1.58%) Publishing
15 6 (1.35%) Back Office
15 6 (1.35%) Law
15 6 (1.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 148 (33.41%) Analyst
2 67 (15.12%) Developer
3 61 (13.77%) Data Analyst
4 40 (9.03%) C# Developer
5 35 (7.90%) Senior
6 33 (7.45%) Business Analyst
7 28 (6.32%) C# WPF Developer
7 28 (6.32%) WPF Developer
8 24 (5.42%) Project Manager
9 19 (4.29%) Lead
10 17 (3.84%) .NET Developer
10 17 (3.84%) C# .NET Developer
11 15 (3.39%) Consultant
12 13 (2.93%) Pensions Analyst
13 11 (2.48%) C# WCF Developer
13 11 (2.48%) Data Steward
13 11 (2.48%) Front Office Developer
13 11 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (2.48%) WCF Developer
14 10 (2.26%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.13%) .NET
2 29 (6.55%) .NET Framework
2 29 (6.55%) WPF
3 11 (2.48%) WCF
3 11 (2.48%) WinForms
4 7 (1.58%) HTML
5 6 (1.35%) CSS
6 3 (0.68%) Apache Avro
6 3 (0.68%) Apache Beam
6 3 (0.68%) D3.js
6 3 (0.68%) Kafka
6 3 (0.68%) REST
6 3 (0.68%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.68%) XML
7 2 (0.45%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.45%) Bootstrap
7 2 (0.45%) Matplotlib
7 2 (0.45%) NumPy
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.45%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.22%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (4.97%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.84%) Derivative
3 17 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.26%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (1.81%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.81%) Reference Data
8 7 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.58%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.13%) IVR
10 5 (1.13%) Market Risk
11 4 (0.90%) Equities
11 4 (0.90%) Equity Derivative
11 4 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.90%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.90%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 47 (10.61%) Windows
2 10 (2.26%) Unix
3 4 (0.90%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.68%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.45%) Linux
6 1 (0.23%) Android
6 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (22.57%) Data Analysis
3 89 (20.09%) Business Intelligence
4 76 (17.16%) Project Management
5 65 (14.67%) Agile
6 62 (14.00%) Analytics
7 51 (11.51%) Data Management
8 49 (11.06%) Visualisation
9 44 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 43 (9.71%) Data Modelling
11 37 (8.35%) Data Visualisation
11 37 (8.35%) Migration
12 36 (8.13%) Requirements Gathering
13 35 (7.90%) Risk Management
14 34 (7.67%) Data Governance
14 34 (7.67%) Decision-Making
15 32 (7.22%) Time Management
16 31 (7.00%) Business Analysis
17 28 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
18 26 (5.87%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 146 (32.96%) SQL
2 81 (18.28%) Python
3 67 (15.12%) VBA
4 49 (11.06%) C#
5 29 (6.55%) PL/SQL
6 28 (6.32%) VB
7 17 (3.84%) VB.NET
8 13 (2.93%) R
9 12 (2.71%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (1.81%) Java
12 6 (1.35%) C++
12 6 (1.35%) JavaScript
13 4 (0.90%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.68%) C
14 3 (0.68%) Scala
15 1 (0.23%) Assembly Language
15 1 (0.23%) JCL
15 1 (0.23%) REXX
15 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 88 (19.86%) Degree
2 21 (4.74%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.51%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.16%) PMI Certification
5 11 (2.48%) PMP
6 9 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.81%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.90%) ACCA
8 4 (0.90%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.90%) CBAP
8 4 (0.90%) CIMA
8 4 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.68%) HNC
10 2 (0.45%) CFA
10 2 (0.45%) CIPFA
10 2 (0.45%) IIBA
10 2 (0.45%) MBA
10 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.23%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.93%) Data Quality
2 35 (7.90%) QA
3 26 (5.87%) PMO
4 15 (3.39%) GDPR
5 9 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (1.35%) MiFID
8 3 (0.68%) Basel II
8 3 (0.68%) EMIR
8 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.68%) SLA
9 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.45%) GAAP
9 2 (0.45%) IFRS
9 2 (0.45%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.23%) Basel III
10 1 (0.23%) COSHH
10 1 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 15 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.23%) IAG
2 1 (0.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 1 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (1.13%) SCCM
2 4 (0.90%) Terraform
3 2 (0.45%) AirWatch
3 2 (0.45%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.23%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 150 (33.86%) Microsoft
2 57 (12.87%) Oracle
3 26 (5.87%) SAP
4 25 (5.64%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.29%) Salesforce
6 14 (3.16%) Citrix
7 13 (2.93%) Adobe
8 10 (2.26%) Google
8 10 (2.26%) Informatica
9 9 (2.03%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.81%) Cisco
10 8 (1.81%) Databricks
10 8 (1.81%) Workday
11 7 (1.58%) IBM
12 5 (1.13%) Dell
12 5 (1.13%) Genesys
12 5 (1.13%) HP
13 4 (0.90%) Arista
13 4 (0.90%) Bloomberg
13 4 (0.90%) UiPath