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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	52	52	62
Rank change year-on-year	0	+10	-16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel	264	137	136
As % of all contract jobs in the South East	4.02%	3.78%	3.19%
As % of the Applications category	56.65%	44.77%	39.42%
Number of daily rates quoted	99	61	68
10^th Percentile	£213	£156	£160
25^th Percentile	£301	£222	£217
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£403	£425	£358
Median % change year-on-year	-5.18%	+18.69%	-14.49%
75^th Percentile	£538	£513	£519
90^th Percentile	£610	£575	£541
England median daily rate	£425	£425	£400
% change year-on-year	-	+6.25%	-11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted	61	21	5
10^th Percentile	£13.33	£14.00	£24.61
25^th Percentile	£14.50	£15.38	£30.41
Median hourly rate	£16.33	£17.60	£30.83
Median % change year-on-year	-7.22%	-42.90%	+40.11%
75^th Percentile	£19.75	£22.50	£36.00
90^th Percentile	£28.00	£30.11	£36.45
England median hourly rate	£17.50	£20.26	£16.23
% change year-on-year	-13.60%	+24.80%	-26.23%

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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills	466	306	345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East	7.10%	8.44%	8.08%
Number of daily rates quoted	194	151	186
10^th Percentile	£203	£156	£170
25^th Percentile	£300	£208	£223
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£413	£400
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	+3.13%	+6.67%
75^th Percentile	£538	£500	£510
90^th Percentile	£607	£600	£588
England median daily rate	£448	£425	£402
% change year-on-year	+5.29%	+5.85%	-5.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted	107	59	29
10^th Percentile	£13.10	£12.58	£18.20
25^th Percentile	£14.00	£13.63	£22.25
Median hourly rate	£16.33	£17.00	£35.00
Median % change year-on-year	-3.94%	-51.43%	+84.21%
75^th Percentile	£21.04	£27.38	£53.00
90^th Percentile	£54.25	£32.46	£58.54
England median hourly rate	£18.18	£23.08	£20.85
% change year-on-year	-21.24%	+10.68%	-19.82%

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 Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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 18 October 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.

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 18 October 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 18 October 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	108	£420	+1.82%	58
Hampshire	-3	70	£510	+13.33%	47
Berkshire	-3	64	£450	+9.09%	40
Surrey	+11	51	£370	-12.94%	34
Buckinghamshire	+2	33	£360	-24.92%	13
Kent	-	12	£650	-	12
Oxfordshire	-25	11	£400	+77.78%	6
West Sussex	-28	10	£223	+29.28%	9
East Sussex	+3	6	£275	+69.23%	2
Middlesex	-	4	-	-	2
Sussex	0	1	£275	-	1
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Microsoft Excel Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Microsoft Excel also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region with a requirement for Microsoft Excel.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	69.7%	184
2	Microsoft PowerPoint	34.5%	91
2	Problem-Solving	34.5%	91
4	Continuous Improvement	28.4%	75
5	Microsoft Office	28.0%	74
6	Security Cleared	26.9%	71
7	SharePoint	23.5%	62
8	Stakeholder Management	23.1%	61
9	PMO	21.6%	57
10	Degree	20.8%	55
11	DV Cleared	18.9%	50
12	Business Intelligence	17.4%	46
13	Power Platform	17.0%	45
14	Power BI	16.7%	44
14	Project Management	16.7%	44
16	Microsoft Project	16.3%	43
17	SQL	12.9%	34
18	Data Analysis	12.5%	33
18	Service Delivery	12.5%	33
20	Decision-Making	12.1%	32
20	Logistics	12.1%	32
20	Stakeholder Engagement	12.1%	32
23	Agile	11.4%	30
24	Project Delivery	11.0%	29
25	SAP	10.6%	28
26	Process Improvement	9.5%	25
27	Data Quality	8.7%	23
27	SC Cleared	8.7%	23
29	Customer Service	8.0%	21
30	ERP	7.6%	20

Microsoft Excel Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft PowerPoint	34.5%	91
2	Microsoft Office	28.0%	74
3	Microsoft Project	16.3%	43
4	MS Visio	4.5%	12
5	Spreadsheet	2.7%	7
6	SOLIDWORKS	0.8%	2
7	CATIA	0.4%	1