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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 60 54
Rank change year-on-year +12 -6 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 225 98 182
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.72% 3.29% 3.20%
As % of the Applications category 55.01% 43.36% 43.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 46 86
10th Percentile £224 £147 £114
25th Percentile £306 £153 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £313 £351
Median % change year-on-year +42.00% -10.84% -17.53%
75th Percentile £550 £447 £473
90th Percentile £600 £513 £525
England median daily rate £425 £404 £440
% change year-on-year +5.33% -8.30% +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 37
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.13 £11.45
25th Percentile £14.12 - £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £14.20 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.93% -5.33% -35.18%
75th Percentile £31.31 £15.03 £31.24
90th Percentile £37.05 £24.03 £45.00
England median hourly rate £18.50 £17.00 £14.87
% change year-on-year +8.82% +14.32% -33.91%

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 409 226 423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 6.77% 7.59% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 122 209
10th Percentile £238 £150 £145
25th Percentile £331 £194 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £475
90th Percentile £600 £575 £588
England median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 47 83
10th Percentile £12.29 £13.61 £11.71
25th Percentile £13.13 £14.20 £12.48
Median hourly rate £20.00 £16.36 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.25% -6.51% -31.37%
75th Percentile £31.50 £32.68 £26.88
90th Percentile £49.50 £47.50 £45.00
England median hourly rate £22.63 £25.15 £16.23
% change year-on-year -10.02% +54.96% -40.71%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -17 100 £500 +25.00% 60
Berkshire -2 76 £505 +45.32% 33
Hampshire +5 51 £495 +65.08% 23
Surrey +10 44 £500 +29.03% 25
West Sussex +1 22 £223 -42.23% 9
Buckinghamshire -35 19 £430 +57.08% 16
Oxfordshire -24 5 £325 -27.78% 12
Sussex - 4 £275 - 2
Kent 0 2 £375 +200.00% 14
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 (16.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.78%) Confluence
3 3 (1.33%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.44%) Smallworld
Applications
1 56 (24.89%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (23.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (9.33%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (5.78%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.89%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.44%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.44%) InDesign
6 1 (0.44%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 9 (4.00%) iTrent
2 5 (2.22%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.78%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.33%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.89%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.44%) Primavera
6 1 (0.44%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (24.00%) Power Platform
2 17 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (7.11%) Azure
4 11 (4.89%) OCI
5 9 (4.00%) SuccessFactors
6 8 (3.56%) AWS
7 7 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.22%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.78%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.33%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.33%) SaaS
11 2 (0.89%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.89%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.44%) ChatGPT
12 1 (0.44%) GCP
12 1 (0.44%) Google Docs
12 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.44%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.56%) Firewall
1 8 (3.56%) Wireless
2 4 (1.78%) RSVP
2 4 (1.78%) WAN
3 3 (1.33%) BGP
3 3 (1.33%) Internet
3 3 (1.33%) MPLS
4 2 (0.89%) SNMP
4 2 (0.89%) TACACS
4 2 (0.89%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.89%) WebEx
5 1 (0.44%) ADSL
5 1 (0.44%) DWDM
5 1 (0.44%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.44%) Intranet
5 1 (0.44%) LAN
5 1 (0.44%) OSPF
5 1 (0.44%) PSTN
5 1 (0.44%) SDH
5 1 (0.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (23.56%) Power BI
2 9 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (2.67%) Metadata
4 5 (2.22%) Tableau
5 4 (1.78%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.44%) GIS
6 1 (0.44%) Power Query
6 1 (0.44%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (12.00%) JIRA
2 6 (2.67%) Burp Suite
2 6 (2.67%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 106 (47.11%) Social Skills
2 73 (32.44%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (22.22%) Finance
4 25 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.11%) Marketing
6 7 (3.11%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.67%) Retail
8 5 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.78%) Advertising
9 4 (1.78%) Arabic Language
9 4 (1.78%) French Language
9 4 (1.78%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.33%) Legal
11 2 (0.89%) Automotive
11 2 (0.89%) Law
11 2 (0.89%) Local Government
12 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 87 (38.67%) Analyst
2 26 (11.56%) Data Analyst
3 23 (10.22%) Consultant
4 20 (8.89%) Implementation Consultant
5 17 (7.56%) Administrator
5 17 (7.56%) IT Analyst
6 15 (6.67%) PMO Analyst
7 11 (4.89%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.00%) Data Administrator
8 9 (4.00%) Oracle Analyst
8 9 (4.00%) Payroll Consultant
9 8 (3.56%) HR Analyst
9 8 (3.56%) IT Support
9 8 (3.56%) Lead
9 8 (3.56%) Support Analyst
9 8 (3.56%) Test Analyst
10 7 (3.11%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.11%) HR Data Analyst
10 7 (3.11%) IT Support Analyst
11 6 (2.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.89%) XML
2 8 (3.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.33%) CSS
3 3 (1.33%) EDI
4 2 (0.89%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.89%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.89%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.89%) YANG
5 1 (0.44%) ADO
5 1 (0.44%) HTML
5 1 (0.44%) SOAP
5 1 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.22%) Onboarding
1 14 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (3.11%) Security Posture
3 6 (2.67%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.78%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.78%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.78%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.78%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.33%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.89%) CMDB
7 2 (0.89%) FMCG
7 2 (0.89%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.89%) NHS
8 1 (0.44%) iSeries
8 1 (0.44%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.67%) Windows
2 5 (2.22%) Unix
3 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (23.11%) Business Intelligence
2 47 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (19.11%) Decision-Making
4 37 (16.44%) Project Management
5 35 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (12.89%) Project Delivery
7 28 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (11.56%) Agile
8 26 (11.56%) Process Improvement
9 25 (11.11%) Data Analysis
10 21 (9.33%) Validation
11 20 (8.89%) Customer Service
11 20 (8.89%) Migration
12 18 (8.00%) Analytics
12 18 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (7.11%) Waterfall
14 14 (6.22%) Actionable Insight
14 14 (6.22%) Time Management
15 13 (5.78%) Dashboard Development
15 13 (5.78%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 37 (16.44%) SQL
2 21 (9.33%) T-SQL
3 7 (3.11%) Python
4 4 (1.78%) VBA
5 3 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.44%) C
6 1 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.44%) Java
6 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 49 (21.78%) Security Cleared
2 38 (16.89%) Degree
3 35 (15.56%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.33%) ACCA
6 10 (4.44%) CIMA
7 8 (3.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (3.11%) PMI Certification
8 7 (3.11%) PMP
9 6 (2.67%) CHECK Team Member
9 6 (2.67%) CREST Certified
9 6 (2.67%) Cyber Scheme
9 6 (2.67%) Postgraduate
10 4 (1.78%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.89%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.89%) CCIE
11 2 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.89%) JNCIE
11 2 (0.89%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (21.78%) PMO
2 18 (8.00%) Data Quality
3 12 (5.33%) GDPR
4 11 (4.89%) QA
5 9 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (3.56%) SLA
7 6 (2.67%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.33%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.33%) GRC
8 3 (1.33%) ISO 22301
8 3 (1.33%) ISO 31000
8 3 (1.33%) NIST
9 1 (0.44%) GMP
9 1 (0.44%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.67%) Nmap
2 3 (1.33%) SCCM
3 2 (0.89%) Ansible
4 1 (0.44%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 76 (33.78%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.11%) Oracle
3 20 (8.89%) SAP
4 13 (5.78%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.44%) Workday
6 5 (2.22%) Cisco
6 5 (2.22%) Google
7 4 (1.78%) Remedy
8 3 (1.33%) Baan
8 3 (1.33%) F5
8 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.89%) Adobe
9 2 (0.89%) BT
9 2 (0.89%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.89%) Juniper
10 1 (0.44%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.44%) IFS
10 1 (0.44%) Meraki
10 1 (0.44%) Openreach
10 1 (0.44%) Planview