Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Excel
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 71 63
Rank change year-on-year +30 -8 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 243 84 168
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.28% 2.80% 2.99%
As % of the Applications category 54.36% 38.89% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 42 76
10th Percentile £250 £150 £114
25th Percentile £325 £152 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £356 £360
Median % change year-on-year +33.61% -1.19% -5.32%
75th Percentile £549 £450 £482
90th Percentile £600 £500 £525
England median daily rate £450 £409 £440
% change year-on-year +10.02% -7.05% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 39
10th Percentile £13.30 - £11.45
25th Percentile £14.25 - £12.13
Median hourly rate £18.38 £14.20 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.40% -5.33% -36.27%
75th Percentile £32.00 £14.23 £32.49
90th Percentile £45.11 £19.75 £45.00
England median hourly rate £18.75 £16.23 £14.80
% change year-on-year +15.53% +9.66% -41.09%

All Software Application Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 447 216 420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 7.88% 7.19% 7.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 115 204
10th Percentile £250 £150 £138
25th Percentile £349 £225 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £289
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +47.19% -22.35%
75th Percentile £543 £506 £459
90th Percentile £600 £589 £550
England median daily rate £450 £424 £400
% change year-on-year +6.07% +6.06% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 35 87
10th Percentile £12.29 - £11.71
25th Percentile £13.13 £14.20 £12.81
Median hourly rate £16.18 £19.00 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year -14.84% +6.74% -55.50%
75th Percentile £28.09 £39.18 £30.62
90th Percentile £47.59 £63.50 £48.63
England median hourly rate £20.35 £24.66 £17.72
% change year-on-year -17.48% +39.16% -49.37%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South East over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South East

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South East over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South East

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 17 April 2026. 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
Thames Valley -1 112 £491 +17.11% 47
Berkshire +17 87 £505 +55.38% 29
Hampshire +18 67 £467 +62.43% 35
Surrey +16 41 £525 +13.51% 30
West Sussex +8 19 £458 +18.52% 11
Buckinghamshire -24 19 £415 -2.01% 11
Oxfordshire -16 6 £325 -27.78% 7
Kent -5 2 £375 +200.00% 19
Sussex - 2 £275 - 6
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 40 (16.46%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.29%) Confluence
3 5 (2.06%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.41%) Smallworld
Applications
1 71 (29.22%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (23.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 30 (12.35%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (5.35%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.23%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.41%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.41%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.41%) InDesign
6 1 (0.41%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.29%) iTrent
2 7 (2.88%) Primavera
3 5 (2.06%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.65%) SAP Business One
4 4 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (1.23%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.41%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 59 (24.28%) Power Platform
2 24 (9.88%) Azure
3 22 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (5.35%) AWS
5 11 (4.53%) OCI
6 9 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.29%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (1.65%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.82%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.82%) Google Sheets
9 2 (0.82%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.82%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.82%) SaaS
10 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.41%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.41%) GCP
10 1 (0.41%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.41%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.17%) Firewall
1 15 (6.17%) Wireless
2 6 (2.47%) WAN
3 5 (2.06%) BGP
3 5 (2.06%) MPLS
4 4 (1.65%) SNMP
4 4 (1.65%) TACACS
4 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.23%) Internet
6 2 (0.82%) RSVP
6 2 (0.82%) WebEx
7 1 (0.41%) ADSL
7 1 (0.41%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.41%) DWDM
7 1 (0.41%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.41%) Intranet
7 1 (0.41%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (24.28%) Power BI
2 8 (3.29%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (2.47%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 6 (2.47%) Metadata
4 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.23%) Tableau
6 1 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.41%) GIS
6 1 (0.41%) Power Query
6 1 (0.41%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (12.76%) JIRA
2 13 (5.35%) Burp Suite
2 13 (5.35%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 118 (48.56%) Social Skills
2 79 (32.51%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (25.93%) Finance
4 40 (16.46%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (6.58%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.12%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.70%) Marketing
8 8 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.88%) Retail
10 6 (2.47%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.65%) Advertising
11 4 (1.65%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.23%) Automotive
12 3 (1.23%) Legal
13 2 (0.82%) Law
13 2 (0.82%) Local Government
13 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.41%) Billing
14 1 (0.41%) Military
14 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (34.16%) Analyst
2 22 (9.05%) Data Analyst
3 21 (8.64%) Consultant
4 20 (8.23%) Implementation Consultant
4 20 (8.23%) PMO Analyst
5 15 (6.17%) Administrator
5 15 (6.17%) IT Analyst
6 13 (5.35%) Penetration Tester
6 13 (5.35%) Tester
7 10 (4.12%) IT Support
8 9 (3.70%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.70%) Oracle Analyst
8 9 (3.70%) Payroll Consultant
9 8 (3.29%) Coordinator
9 8 (3.29%) HR Analyst
9 8 (3.29%) IT Support Analyst
9 8 (3.29%) Support Analyst
9 8 (3.29%) Test Analyst
10 7 (2.88%) Accountant
10 7 (2.88%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.23%) XML
2 8 (3.29%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.65%) ADO
3 4 (1.65%) NETCONF
3 4 (1.65%) OpenConfig
3 4 (1.65%) RESTCONF
3 4 (1.65%) YANG
4 3 (1.23%) CSS
5 1 (0.41%) HTML
5 1 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (5.35%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.94%) Security Posture
4 10 (4.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.47%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.06%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.65%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.65%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.23%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.23%) NHS
8 3 (1.23%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.82%) CMDB
9 2 (0.82%) FMCG
10 1 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.41%) iPhone
10 1 (0.41%) iSeries
10 1 (0.41%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.23%) Windows
2 5 (2.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (25.51%) Business Intelligence
2 50 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (18.11%) Decision-Making
4 43 (17.70%) Project Management
5 40 (16.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (12.35%) Agile
7 27 (11.11%) Time Management
8 26 (10.70%) Project Delivery
9 25 (10.29%) Process Improvement
10 23 (9.47%) Change Control
10 23 (9.47%) Data Analysis
11 21 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (8.64%) Customer Service
12 20 (8.23%) Migration
13 19 (7.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 18 (7.41%) Line Management
14 18 (7.41%) Validation
15 17 (7.00%) Analytics
16 16 (6.58%) PRINCE2
17 15 (6.17%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.58%) SQL
2 21 (8.64%) T-SQL
3 10 (4.12%) Python
4 4 (1.65%) VBA
5 3 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.41%) C
6 1 (0.41%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.41%) Java
6 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 64 (26.34%) Security Cleared
2 49 (20.16%) Degree
3 46 (18.93%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.82%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.35%) CHECK Team Member
6 11 (4.53%) ACCA
6 11 (4.53%) CREST Certified
6 11 (4.53%) Cyber Scheme
6 11 (4.53%) Postgraduate
7 9 (3.70%) CIMA
7 9 (3.70%) PMI Certification
7 9 (3.70%) PMP
8 7 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.88%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.65%) CCIE
9 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.65%) JNCIE
10 2 (0.82%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (25.10%) PMO
2 18 (7.41%) GDPR
3 17 (7.00%) QA
4 16 (6.58%) Data Quality
4 16 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (5.35%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.88%) SLA
7 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.23%) GRC
7 3 (1.23%) ISO 22301
7 3 (1.23%) ISO 31000
7 3 (1.23%) NIST
7 3 (1.23%) P3O
8 1 (0.41%) GMP
Systems Management
1 13 (5.35%) Nmap
2 4 (1.65%) Ansible
3 2 (0.82%) SCCM
4 1 (0.41%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (35.39%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.70%) SAP
3 19 (7.82%) Oracle
4 11 (4.53%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.70%) Workday
6 6 (2.47%) Cisco
7 5 (2.06%) F5
7 5 (2.06%) Google
8 4 (1.65%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.65%) Juniper
8 4 (1.65%) Remedy
8 4 (1.65%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.82%) Adobe
9 2 (0.82%) BT
10 1 (0.41%) Ariba
10 1 (0.41%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.41%) Facebook
10 1 (0.41%) HP
10 1 (0.41%) Planview
10 1 (0.41%) Sage