Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Microsoft Excel
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 8 0 12
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 4.19% - 4.62%
As % of the Applications category 80.00% - 48.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 11
10th Percentile £403 - £506
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.34%
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile £423 - £638
Hampshire median daily rate £400 £446 £500
% change year-on-year -10.36% -10.75% +7.07%

All Software Application Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 10 8 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 5.24% 6.45% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 19
10th Percentile £408 - £403
25th Percentile £419 - £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% +128.97%
75th Percentile £603 - £613
90th Percentile £609 - £635
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £32.75 £20.85
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £26.40
Median % change year-on-year - +32.58% +12.17%
75th Percentile - - £29.87
90th Percentile - - £31.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -35.71% +100.00% -20.45%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Veeva
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Auditor
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support
1 3 (37.50%) Quality Auditor
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Life Science
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Inventory Control
2 3 (37.50%) Inventory Management
2 3 (37.50%) Storage Management
2 3 (37.50%) Workflow
2 3 (37.50%) Workflow Management
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (12.50%) Data Entry
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Mapping
3 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Logistics
3 1 (12.50%) PDM
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ECSS
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) GxP
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Google
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Micro Focus