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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 65 57
Rank change year-on-year +16 -8 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 223 91 176
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.73% 3.13% 3.18%
As % of the Applications category 53.10% 40.09% 42.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 43 81
10th Percentile £233 £145 £114
25th Percentile £312 £151 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £300 £350
Median % change year-on-year +47.92% -14.29% -16.17%
75th Percentile £550 £450 £475
90th Percentile £600 £513 £525
England median daily rate £430 £409 £440
% change year-on-year +5.13% -7.05% +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 37
10th Percentile £13.17 £14.06 £11.45
25th Percentile £13.39 - £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £14.20 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.45% -5.33% -33.20%
75th Percentile £32.50 - £31.24
90th Percentile £37.10 £18.01 £45.00
England median hourly rate £18.50 £16.55 £14.84
% change year-on-year +11.78% +11.52% -34.77%

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 420 227 417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 7.03% 7.80% 7.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 121 204
10th Percentile £238 £150 £145
25th Percentile £328 £190 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £475
90th Percentile £610 £588 £588
England median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 41 83
10th Percentile £12.27 £13.25 £11.71
25th Percentile £13.13 £14.20 £12.48
Median hourly rate £22.00 £15.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% -11.43% -31.37%
75th Percentile £32.50 £32.05 £26.88
90th Percentile £49.00 £47.50 £45.00
England median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.23
% change year-on-year -8.23% +51.94% -49.15%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -14 102 £498 +24.50% 64
Berkshire +4 77 £505 +71.19% 33
Hampshire +10 53 £491 +63.67% 28
Surrey +9 38 £528 +36.13% 27
West Sussex +2 22 £223 -42.23% 7
Buckinghamshire -38 20 £430 +57.08% 17
Oxfordshire -23 5 £325 -27.78% 14
Sussex - 4 £275 - 2
Kent -8 2 £375 +200.00% 13
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 35 (15.70%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.24%) Confluence
3 3 (1.35%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.45%) Smallworld
Applications
1 53 (23.77%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (22.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (9.87%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (5.38%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.90%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.45%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.45%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.45%) InDesign
6 1 (0.45%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 9 (4.04%) iTrent
2 5 (2.24%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.79%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.35%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.90%) Primavera
5 2 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.45%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 56 (25.11%) Power Platform
2 19 (8.52%) Azure
2 19 (8.52%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.93%) OCI
4 10 (4.48%) AWS
5 9 (4.04%) SuccessFactors
6 8 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.24%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.79%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.35%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.90%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.90%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.90%) SaaS
11 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.45%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.45%) GCP
11 1 (0.45%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.45%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.93%) Firewall
1 11 (4.93%) Wireless
2 4 (1.79%) RSVP
2 4 (1.79%) WAN
3 3 (1.35%) BGP
3 3 (1.35%) Internet
3 3 (1.35%) MPLS
4 2 (0.90%) SNMP
4 2 (0.90%) TACACS
4 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.90%) WebEx
5 1 (0.45%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.45%) DWDM
5 1 (0.45%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.45%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.45%) Intranet
5 1 (0.45%) OSPF
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
5 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (24.66%) Power BI
2 8 (3.59%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (2.69%) Metadata
4 5 (2.24%) Tableau
5 3 (1.35%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.90%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.45%) GIS
7 1 (0.45%) Power Query
7 1 (0.45%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (12.56%) JIRA
2 9 (4.04%) Burp Suite
2 9 (4.04%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 103 (46.19%) Social Skills
2 72 (32.29%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (22.87%) Finance
4 25 (11.21%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (6.28%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.14%) Marketing
6 7 (3.14%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.69%) Retail
8 5 (2.24%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.79%) Advertising
9 4 (1.79%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.35%) Legal
11 2 (0.90%) Automotive
11 2 (0.90%) Law
11 2 (0.90%) Local Government
12 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.45%) Arabic Language
12 1 (0.45%) Billing
12 1 (0.45%) French Language
Job Titles
1 86 (38.57%) Analyst
2 26 (11.66%) Data Analyst
3 22 (9.87%) Consultant
4 20 (8.97%) Implementation Consultant
5 18 (8.07%) IT Analyst
6 16 (7.17%) PMO Analyst
7 15 (6.73%) Administrator
8 10 (4.48%) Business Analyst
8 10 (4.48%) IT Support
9 9 (4.04%) Data Administrator
9 9 (4.04%) IT Support Analyst
9 9 (4.04%) Oracle Analyst
9 9 (4.04%) Payroll Consultant
9 9 (4.04%) Penetration Tester
9 9 (4.04%) Support Analyst
9 9 (4.04%) Tester
10 8 (3.59%) HR Analyst
10 8 (3.59%) Lead
10 8 (3.59%) Test Analyst
11 7 (3.14%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.97%) XML
2 8 (3.59%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.35%) CSS
3 3 (1.35%) EDI
4 2 (0.90%) ADO
4 2 (0.90%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.90%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.90%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.90%) YANG
5 1 (0.45%) HTML
5 1 (0.45%) SOAP
5 1 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (6.28%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.04%) Security Posture
4 6 (2.69%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.79%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.79%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.35%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.35%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.90%) CMDB
8 2 (0.90%) FMCG
8 2 (0.90%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) NHS
9 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.07%) Windows
2 5 (2.24%) Unix
3 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (24.66%) Business Intelligence
2 44 (19.73%) Decision-Making
3 42 (18.83%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (16.59%) Project Management
5 35 (15.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (12.11%) Process Improvement
8 26 (11.66%) Agile
8 26 (11.66%) Project Delivery
9 24 (10.76%) Data Analysis
10 21 (9.42%) Customer Service
11 20 (8.97%) Migration
11 20 (8.97%) Validation
12 17 (7.62%) Analytics
12 17 (7.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (7.17%) Time Management
13 16 (7.17%) Waterfall
14 14 (6.28%) Actionable Insight
14 14 (6.28%) Change Control
15 13 (5.83%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.70%) SQL
2 21 (9.42%) T-SQL
3 7 (3.14%) Python
4 4 (1.79%) VBA
5 3 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.45%) C
6 1 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.45%) Java
6 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (23.77%) Security Cleared
2 39 (17.49%) SC Cleared
3 37 (16.59%) Degree
4 15 (6.73%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.38%) ACCA
6 10 (4.48%) CIMA
7 9 (4.04%) CHECK Team Member
8 8 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.59%) CREST Certified
8 8 (3.59%) Cyber Scheme
8 8 (3.59%) Postgraduate
9 7 (3.14%) PMI Certification
9 7 (3.14%) PMP
10 4 (1.79%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.35%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.90%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.90%) CCIE
12 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.90%) JNCIE
13 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (23.32%) PMO
2 17 (7.62%) Data Quality
3 15 (6.73%) GDPR
4 13 (5.83%) QA
5 12 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (4.04%) PCI DSS
7 8 (3.59%) SLA
8 3 (1.35%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.35%) GRC
8 3 (1.35%) ISO 22301
8 3 (1.35%) ISO 31000
8 3 (1.35%) NIST
9 1 (0.45%) GMP
9 1 (0.45%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.04%) Nmap
2 3 (1.35%) SCCM
3 2 (0.90%) Ansible
4 1 (0.45%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (30.94%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.31%) Oracle
3 22 (9.87%) SAP
4 10 (4.48%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.48%) Workday
5 5 (2.24%) Cisco
5 5 (2.24%) Google
6 4 (1.79%) Remedy
7 3 (1.35%) Baan
7 3 (1.35%) F5
8 2 (0.90%) Adobe
8 2 (0.90%) BT
8 2 (0.90%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.90%) Juniper
8 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.45%) Apple
9 1 (0.45%) Ariba
9 1 (0.45%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.45%) HP
9 1 (0.45%) Planview