Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Microsoft Excel
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Solihull requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 22 18
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 3.41% 1.49% 1.41%
As % of the Applications category 75.00% 16.67% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £448 £307 £400
% change year-on-year +46.00% -23.38% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £20.50 - -
75th Percentile £21.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.41 £29.33 -
% change year-on-year -33.82% - -

All Software Application Skills
Solihull

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 Solihull.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4 6 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 4.55% 8.96% 18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile £127 - £393
25th Percentile £160 £450 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £228 £525 £473
Median % change year-on-year -56.63% +11.01% -
75th Percentile £308 £599 £500
90th Percentile £348 £600 -
West Midlands median daily rate £449 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +5.59% - +4.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £20.50 - -
75th Percentile £21.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.14 £38.96 £48.75
% change year-on-year -48.31% -20.09% +121.59%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Solihull

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Solihull

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Officer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft