Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Newport

Microsoft Excel
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 1.14% - 2.25%
As % of the Applications category 25.00% - 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £185
Median % change year-on-year - - -53.75%
75th Percentile - - £193
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £213 £235 £349
% change year-on-year -9.57% -32.62% +15.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £11.00
South Wales median hourly rate £17.50 £22.84 £18.00
% change year-on-year -23.38% +26.89% +5.88%

All Software Application Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 4.55% 12.00% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £416
25th Percentile - - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £147 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -75.55% +4.35%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £425 £298 £503
% change year-on-year +42.86% -40.80% +25.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £12.01
25th Percentile - - £13.52
Median hourly rate - - £49.68
75th Percentile - - £85.70
90th Percentile - - £86.96
South Wales median hourly rate £18.00 £16.00 £19.68
% change year-on-year +12.50% -18.70% +19.27%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Newport

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electrical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft