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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 49 62
Rank change year-on-year -13 +13 -14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 234 138 143
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.50% 3.92% 2.97%
As % of the Applications category 55.06% 50.18% 40.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 58 76
10th Percentile £238 £150 £164
25th Percentile £306 £170 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £300 £363
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -17.24% -12.65%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £485
90th Percentile £610 £513 £538
England median daily rate £425 £400 £403
% change year-on-year +6.25% -0.62% -6.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 28 15
10th Percentile £13.93 £13.96 £11.79
25th Percentile £15.50 - £16.27
Median hourly rate £17.75 £14.20 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -59.43% +52.21%
75th Percentile £31.13 £17.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £77.85 £22.52 -
England median hourly rate £19.22 £18.19 £16.23
% change year-on-year +5.66% +12.08% -22.71%

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 425 275 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 6.36% 7.80% 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 130 190
10th Percentile £226 £150 £165
25th Percentile £325 £177 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £550 £500 £510
90th Percentile £610 £600 £635
England median daily rate £450 £425 £405
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.94% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 59 49
10th Percentile £13.05 £13.23 £11.71
25th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.50 £15.25 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.20% -37.76% +16.06%
75th Percentile £34.50 £31.08 £45.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £46.30 £54.51
England median hourly rate £22.66 £24.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year -5.59% +47.87% -29.65%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -11 104 £424 +31.40% 109
Berkshire -3 73 £500 +23.08% 50
Hampshire -15 49 £510 +20.00% 51
Surrey +6 43 £469 +44.23% 51
West Sussex -9 22 £223 +31.18% 14
Buckinghamshire -29 21 £358 +2.14% 23
Oxfordshire -25 10 £400 +77.78% 36
Kent +3 5 £650 - 25
Sussex -1 4 £275 - 6
East Sussex -1 2 - - 15
Middlesex - 2 - - 7
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 36 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.28%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.85%) Confluence
3 2 (0.85%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.43%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.43%) WebLogic
Applications
1 68 (29.06%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (26.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (13.25%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (5.98%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.85%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.43%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.43%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.43%) InDesign
7 1 (0.43%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 9 (3.85%) iTrent
2 6 (2.56%) Primavera
3 5 (2.14%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.71%) SAP Business One
4 4 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (1.28%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.85%) Maximo
6 2 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.43%) ProductWriter
7 1 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 48 (20.51%) Power Platform
2 12 (5.13%) Azure
3 9 (3.85%) SuccessFactors
4 8 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.56%) OCI
6 5 (2.14%) SaaS
7 4 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.71%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.28%) AWS
8 3 (1.28%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.28%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.28%) IaaS
8 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.28%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.28%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.85%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.43%) GCP
10 1 (0.43%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.56%) MPLS
1 6 (2.56%) WAN
2 4 (1.71%) BGP
2 4 (1.71%) Internet
2 4 (1.71%) RSVP
2 4 (1.71%) SNMP
2 4 (1.71%) TACACS
2 4 (1.71%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.85%) ADSL
4 2 (0.85%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.85%) Firewall
4 2 (0.85%) LAN
4 2 (0.85%) PSTN
5 1 (0.43%) DWDM
5 1 (0.43%) Intranet
5 1 (0.43%) SDH
5 1 (0.43%) VPN
5 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (20.09%) Power BI
2 12 (5.13%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (3.85%) Tableau
4 5 (2.14%) Metadata
5 4 (1.71%) GIS
6 2 (0.85%) Power Query
6 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.43%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.43%) SQLite
7 1 (0.43%) Tableau Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 20 (8.55%) JIRA
2 3 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.43%) JMeter
3 1 (0.43%) Selenium
General
1 126 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 88 (37.61%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (25.21%) Finance
4 45 (19.23%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (6.41%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.42%) Marketing
8 7 (2.99%) Legal
8 7 (2.99%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.14%) Arabic Language
9 5 (2.14%) French Language
10 4 (1.71%) Advertising
10 4 (1.71%) Aviation
10 4 (1.71%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.28%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Billing
12 2 (0.85%) Electronics
12 2 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 61 (26.07%) Analyst
2 32 (13.68%) Data Analyst
3 25 (10.68%) Consultant
4 20 (8.55%) Administrator
4 20 (8.55%) Implementation Consultant
5 10 (4.27%) Project Officer
6 9 (3.85%) Business Analyst
6 9 (3.85%) IT Analyst
6 9 (3.85%) Lead
6 9 (3.85%) Payroll Consultant
6 9 (3.85%) Senior
7 8 (3.42%) Coordinator
7 8 (3.42%) HR Analyst
7 8 (3.42%) PMO Planner
7 8 (3.42%) PMO Specialist
8 7 (2.99%) HR Data Analyst
9 6 (2.56%) Change Manager
9 6 (2.56%) Support Assistant
9 6 (2.56%) Support Specialist
9 6 (2.56%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.55%) XML
2 6 (2.56%) EDI
3 5 (2.14%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.71%) NETCONF
4 4 (1.71%) OpenConfig
4 4 (1.71%) RESTCONF
4 4 (1.71%) YANG
5 2 (0.85%) ADO
5 2 (0.85%) HTML
5 2 (0.85%) OLE
6 1 (0.43%) .NET
6 1 (0.43%) SOAP
6 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.97%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.42%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.99%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.56%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.14%) FMCG
6 4 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.71%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.71%) PMI
6 4 (1.71%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.28%) LIMS
7 3 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.28%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.85%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.85%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Social Media
8 2 (0.85%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.85%) Windows
2 4 (1.71%) Unix
3 1 (0.43%) Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.43%) Solaris
3 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.21%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 49 (20.94%) Business Intelligence
4 41 (17.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (15.81%) Decision-Making
6 34 (14.53%) Project Management
7 32 (13.68%) Data Analysis
8 28 (11.97%) Agile
9 25 (10.68%) Project Delivery
10 23 (9.83%) Process Improvement
10 23 (9.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (9.40%) Service Delivery
12 21 (8.97%) ERP
13 20 (8.55%) Migration
13 20 (8.55%) Validation
14 18 (7.69%) Analytics
14 18 (7.69%) Dashboard Development
15 17 (7.26%) Collaborative Working
16 16 (6.84%) Change Management
16 16 (6.84%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 54 (23.08%) SQL
2 21 (8.97%) T-SQL
3 12 (5.13%) Python
4 6 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.28%) R
5 3 (1.28%) VBA
6 1 (0.43%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.43%) Java
6 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (26.07%) Security Cleared
2 51 (21.79%) Degree
3 34 (14.53%) DV Cleared
4 25 (10.68%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.56%) ACCA
6 12 (5.13%) PMI Certification
7 11 (4.70%) CIMA
8 9 (3.85%) PMP
9 8 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.14%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.71%) CCIE
11 4 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.71%) JNCIE
12 3 (1.28%) BC Cleared
12 3 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.43%) CPIM
14 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.43%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (17.95%) PMO
2 21 (8.97%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.99%) QA
4 5 (2.14%) GDPR
4 5 (2.14%) SLA
5 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.85%) GRC
6 2 (0.85%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.85%) ISO 31000
6 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (1.71%) Ansible
2 1 (0.43%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 119 (50.85%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.39%) Oracle
3 28 (11.97%) SAP
4 14 (5.98%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.27%) Workday
6 7 (2.99%) Cisco
7 6 (2.56%) Baan
7 6 (2.56%) Google
8 4 (1.71%) F5
8 4 (1.71%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.71%) Juniper
8 4 (1.71%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.85%) Adobe
9 2 (0.85%) BT
9 2 (0.85%) ESRI
9 2 (0.85%) IBM
9 2 (0.85%) Openreach
10 1 (0.43%) Apple
10 1 (0.43%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.43%) Planview