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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 63 46
Rank change year-on-year +13 -17 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 132 141 243
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.83% 3.09% 4.32%
As % of the Applications category 48.35% 40.75% 39.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 69 135
10th Percentile £153 £160 £195
25th Percentile £205 £200 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £356 £405
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% -12.06% -4.71%
75th Percentile £464 £495 £500
90th Percentile £568 £538 £625
England median daily rate £413 £400 £439
% change year-on-year +3.13% -8.88% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 10 25
10th Percentile £13.96 £26.83 £15.33
25th Percentile £14.20 £30.41 £16.40
Median hourly rate £15.03 £35.58 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -57.77% +56.41% +55.56%
75th Percentile £21.29 £45.00 £32.30
90th Percentile £23.30 - £42.50
England median hourly rate £18.85 £16.23 £20.58
% change year-on-year +16.14% -21.14% +20.49%

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 273 346 621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 7.93% 7.58% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 189 384
10th Percentile £153 £170 £158
25th Percentile £208 £219 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £371
Median % change year-on-year - +7.75% -7.19%
75th Percentile £506 £510 £500
90th Percentile £600 £600 £623
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 31 57
10th Percentile £12.64 £11.71 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £19.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £15.25 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.43% +66.67% -1.82%
75th Percentile £22.50 £52.04 £32.30
90th Percentile £32.28 £57.50 £51.75
England median hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 £23.37
% change year-on-year +47.06% -27.26% +3.87%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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 +5 64 £375 +47.06% 181
Berkshire -6 43 £406 +59.31% 111
Hampshire +18 33 £425 +21.43% 68
Surrey -3 14 £325 -29.73% 62
Buckinghamshire +16 12 £350 -22.22% 42
West Sussex - 10 £170 - 17
Oxfordshire -5 9 £225 +40.63% 32
East Sussex +3 4 £163 -56.67% 18
Sussex - 1 - - 11
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.76%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (25.76%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (23.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (3.03%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.27%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.76%) BPCS
3 1 (0.76%) iTrent
3 1 (0.76%) Primavera
3 1 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 13 (9.85%) Azure
3 9 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.30%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.79%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.27%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (2.27%) Contentsquare
7 3 (2.27%) SaaS
8 2 (1.52%) AWS
8 2 (1.52%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.52%) OCI
9 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.76%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.76%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.76%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.03%) Internet
1 4 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.27%) Firewall
2 3 (2.27%) Wireless
3 1 (0.76%) Broadband
3 1 (0.76%) DNS
3 1 (0.76%) HTTP
3 1 (0.76%) Symposium
3 1 (0.76%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (24.24%) Power BI
2 11 (8.33%) Tableau
3 5 (3.79%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (2.27%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 3 (2.27%) Power Query
5 2 (1.52%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.76%) Looker
6 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.76%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.76%) Sisense
6 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) JIRA Agile
General
1 72 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 46 (34.85%) Finance
3 43 (32.58%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (8.33%) Telecoms
6 8 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.30%) Electronics
7 7 (5.30%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.55%) Marketing
9 5 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.79%) Local Government
10 3 (2.27%) Retail
11 2 (1.52%) Billing
11 2 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.52%) French Language
11 2 (1.52%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.52%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.76%) Greek Language
12 1 (0.76%) Portuguese Language
12 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (40.15%) Analyst
2 16 (12.12%) Data Analyst
3 12 (9.09%) Administrator
4 9 (6.82%) Support Analyst
5 8 (6.06%) Accountant
5 8 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 8 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 8 (6.06%) Help Desk Support
5 8 (6.06%) IT Analyst
5 8 (6.06%) Senior
5 8 (6.06%) Service Analyst
6 6 (4.55%) Coordinator
6 6 (4.55%) Desktop Support
6 6 (4.55%) Financial Analyst
7 5 (3.79%) Data Administrator
7 5 (3.79%) Junior
7 5 (3.79%) Junior Analyst
7 5 (3.79%) Junior Support Analyst
7 5 (3.79%) Power BI Analyst
7 5 (3.79%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.52%) ADO
2 1 (0.76%) .NET
2 1 (0.76%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.76%) EDI
2 1 (0.76%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.58%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.27%) Digital Media
5 3 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.27%) Life Science
6 2 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.52%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.76%) FPGA
7 1 (0.76%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 26 (19.70%) Decision-Making
4 22 (16.67%) Project Management
5 21 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (15.15%) Customer Service
7 19 (14.39%) Time Management
8 17 (12.88%) CRM
8 17 (12.88%) Process Improvement
9 15 (11.36%) Analytics
10 14 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (9.85%) Project Delivery
12 11 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
12 11 (8.33%) Migration
13 10 (7.58%) Agile
13 10 (7.58%) Data Analysis
13 10 (7.58%) Portfolio Management
13 10 (7.58%) Workflow
14 9 (6.82%) Change Control
14 9 (6.82%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.39%) SQL
2 8 (6.06%) Python
3 3 (2.27%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (20.45%) Degree
2 12 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.82%) ACCA
3 9 (6.82%) CIMA
3 9 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.79%) APMP
5 4 (3.03%) CCAB
6 3 (2.27%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.27%) MCSA
6 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.52%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.52%) HNC
7 2 (1.52%) HND
8 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.76%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.09%) QA
2 10 (7.58%) Data Quality
3 8 (6.06%) PMO
4 7 (5.30%) GDPR
5 5 (3.79%) P3O
6 3 (2.27%) ECSS
7 1 (0.76%) COSHH
7 1 (0.76%) GxP
7 1 (0.76%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 57 (43.18%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.58%) IFS
2 10 (7.58%) SAP
3 6 (4.55%) Oracle
4 5 (3.79%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.27%) Adobe
6 3 (2.27%) Ariba
6 3 (2.27%) Cellebrite
6 3 (2.27%) Citrix
6 3 (2.27%) Google
7 2 (1.52%) Cognos
7 2 (1.52%) Hyperion
8 1 (0.76%) Databricks
8 1 (0.76%) Micro Focus
8 1 (0.76%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (0.76%) Niku
8 1 (0.76%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.76%) Sage
8 1 (0.76%) Workday