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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 67 49
Rank change year-on-year +15 -18 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 164 120 218
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.91% 3.04% 4.18%
As % of the Applications category 46.59% 36.81% 40.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 63 131
10th Percentile £202 £144 £163
25th Percentile £303 £219 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £360 £388
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -7.10% -3.13%
75th Percentile £508 £504 £491
90th Percentile £575 £548 £550
England median daily rate £439 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +9.75% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 5 17
10th Percentile £14.00 £22.25 £16.40
25th Percentile £14.50 £24.50 £18.95
Median hourly rate £17.00 £30.41 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.10% +19.25% +46.30%
75th Percentile £22.50 £36.00 £32.32
90th Percentile £28.13 £36.45 £53.25
England median hourly rate £18.82 £16.23 £22.00
% change year-on-year +15.96% -26.23% +6.10%

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 352 326 542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.40% 8.26% 10.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 170 354
10th Percentile £182 £170 £148
25th Percentile £267 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £394 £350
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +12.50% -6.67%
75th Percentile £520 £509 £500
90th Percentile £600 £589 £607
England median daily rate £440 £406 £400
% change year-on-year +8.37% +1.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 28 42
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.93 £14.13
25th Percentile £13.50 £23.94 £16.29
Median hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £24.12
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% +45.11% -8.52%
75th Percentile £22.50 £53.25 £38.44
90th Percentile £29.61 £59.05 £58.31
England median hourly rate £21.75 £24.19 £27.50
% change year-on-year -10.09% -12.04% +6.48%

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 2 December 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 2 December 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 2 December 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 0 67 £463 +35.80% 83
Hampshire +23 53 £425 +9.68% 52
Berkshire -9 46 £463 +46.83% 40
Surrey +11 23 £475 +30.14% 35
West Sussex - 14 £213 - 17
Oxfordshire -3 11 £225 +40.63% 18
Buckinghamshire +5 10 £480 +6.56% 26
Sussex - 1 - - 5
East Sussex - 1 - - 9
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 34 (20.73%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.27%) Confluence
3 4 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 47 (28.66%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (23.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (12.20%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (3.05%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.61%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (4.88%) Primavera
2 6 (3.66%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.83%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.61%) iTrent
5 1 (0.61%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.61%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 41 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 16 (9.76%) Azure
2 16 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.05%) AWS
6 4 (2.44%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.44%) SaaS
7 3 (1.83%) OCI
8 2 (1.22%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.22%) Contentsquare
8 2 (1.22%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.61%) GCP
9 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.61%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.61%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.61%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.66%) Firewall
1 6 (3.66%) Wireless
2 2 (1.22%) BGP
2 2 (1.22%) MPLS
2 2 (1.22%) SNMP
2 2 (1.22%) TACACS
2 2 (1.22%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.22%) WAN
3 1 (0.61%) Broadband
3 1 (0.61%) Symposium
3 1 (0.61%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (25.00%) Power BI
2 8 (4.88%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 7 (4.27%) Tableau
4 5 (3.05%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (3.05%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.61%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (9.76%) JIRA
2 6 (3.66%) Burp Suite
2 6 (3.66%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.61%) JIRA Agile
General
1 98 (59.76%) Social Skills
2 57 (34.76%) Finance
3 56 (34.15%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (21.95%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (8.54%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.10%) Manufacturing
6 10 (6.10%) Marketing
7 9 (5.49%) Electronics
8 7 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (4.27%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.44%) Local Government
11 3 (1.83%) Retail
12 2 (1.22%) Legal
13 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.61%) Automotive
13 1 (0.61%) French Language
13 1 (0.61%) Greek Language
13 1 (0.61%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.61%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 56 (34.15%) Analyst
2 23 (14.02%) Data Analyst
3 14 (8.54%) Senior
4 12 (7.32%) Administrator
5 9 (5.49%) Support Analyst
6 8 (4.88%) Accountant
6 8 (4.88%) Tester
7 6 (3.66%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 6 (3.66%) Desktop Support
7 6 (3.66%) Junior
7 6 (3.66%) Penetration Tester
7 6 (3.66%) PMO Analyst
7 6 (3.66%) Project Planner
7 6 (3.66%) Resource Manager
8 5 (3.05%) Data Administrator
8 5 (3.05%) IT Support
8 5 (3.05%) Junior Analyst
8 5 (3.05%) Junior Support Analyst
8 5 (3.05%) Portfolio Analyst
8 5 (3.05%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.05%) ADO
2 2 (1.22%) NETCONF
2 2 (1.22%) OpenConfig
2 2 (1.22%) RESTCONF
2 2 (1.22%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.71%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (5.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (5.49%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.27%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.05%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.05%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.44%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.83%) CMDB
7 3 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.83%) Life Science
8 2 (1.22%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.22%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.61%) FPGA
9 1 (0.61%) iPhone
9 1 (0.61%) NHS
9 1 (0.61%) PMI
9 1 (0.61%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.32%) Windows
2 1 (0.61%) Linux
2 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (30.49%) Business Intelligence
2 42 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (18.90%) Decision-Making
4 30 (18.29%) Project Management
5 28 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (14.63%) CRM
7 22 (13.41%) Time Management
8 19 (11.59%) Process Improvement
9 17 (10.37%) Agile
9 17 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (9.76%) PRINCE2
10 16 (9.76%) Project Delivery
10 16 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (9.15%) Customer Service
12 14 (8.54%) Change Control
13 13 (7.93%) Data Analysis
14 12 (7.32%) Analytics
14 12 (7.32%) Budgeting
14 12 (7.32%) Data Entry
14 12 (7.32%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.93%) SQL
2 9 (5.49%) Python
3 2 (1.22%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (28.66%) Degree
2 41 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 29 (17.68%) SC Cleared
4 12 (7.32%) DV Cleared
5 10 (6.10%) ACCA
5 10 (6.10%) CIMA
6 6 (3.66%) CHECK Team Member
6 6 (3.66%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.66%) PMI Certification
7 5 (3.05%) PMP
8 4 (2.44%) CCAB
8 4 (2.44%) CREST Certified
8 4 (2.44%) Cyber Scheme
8 4 (2.44%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.22%) CCIE
9 2 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.22%) HNC
9 2 (1.22%) HND
9 2 (1.22%) JNCIE
10 1 (0.61%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.63%) PMO
2 16 (9.76%) QA
3 13 (7.93%) GDPR
4 11 (6.71%) Data Quality
5 7 (4.27%) PCI DSS
6 6 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (2.44%) P3O
8 3 (1.83%) ECSS
9 1 (0.61%) GxP
9 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (3.66%) Nmap
2 2 (1.22%) Ansible
3 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 74 (45.12%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.20%) SAP
3 11 (6.71%) Oracle
4 9 (5.49%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.88%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.05%) IFS
7 4 (2.44%) Cellebrite
7 4 (2.44%) Google
8 3 (1.83%) Workday
9 2 (1.22%) Adobe
9 2 (1.22%) Cisco
9 2 (1.22%) Cognos
9 2 (1.22%) F5
9 2 (1.22%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.22%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.22%) Juniper
9 2 (1.22%) Sage
10 1 (0.61%) Facebook
10 1 (0.61%) Micro Focus