Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Preston

Microsoft Excel
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 3 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 3.23% - 15.15%
As % of the Applications category 37.50% - 76.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £367 - -
25th Percentile £373 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +174.19%
75th Percentile £408 - £438
90th Percentile £412 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £393 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -20.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £16.70
25th Percentile - - £20.28
Median hourly rate - - £20.58
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate - £46.18 £20.58
% change year-on-year - +124.39% -36.27%

All Software Application Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 8 1 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 8.60% 2.78% 19.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £375 - -
25th Percentile £394 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +142.86%
75th Percentile £442 - £438
90th Percentile £445 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £400 - £635
% change year-on-year - - +33.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 12
10th Percentile - - £17.06
25th Percentile - - £20.51
Median hourly rate - £25.30 £20.58
Median % change year-on-year - +22.93% -48.55%
75th Percentile - - £27.94
90th Percentile - - £50.00
Lancashire median hourly rate £71.29 £43.00 £20.58
% change year-on-year +65.78% +108.94% -48.55%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Preston

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (66.67%) Snowflake
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Intelligent Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Anywhere
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft