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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 71 57
Rank change year-on-year +29 -14 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 231 84 188
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.44% 2.81% 3.34%
As % of the Applications category 51.45% 37.67% 37.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 45 100
10th Percentile £276 £143 £124
25th Percentile £372 £150 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £325 £351
Median % change year-on-year +52.54% -7.41% -6.77%
75th Percentile £550 £465 £488
90th Percentile £600 £513 £550
England median daily rate £450 £400 £439
% change year-on-year +12.50% -8.83% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 36
10th Percentile £13.20 - £11.45
25th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £12.00
Median hourly rate £16.49 £18.35 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.15% +22.33% -26.72%
75th Percentile £37.00 £24.85 £24.76
90th Percentile £78.80 £26.84 £44.38
England median hourly rate £18.50 £21.46 £15.00
% change year-on-year -13.79% +43.07% -36.27%

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 449 223 496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.63% 7.47% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 123 273
10th Percentile £233 £150 £148
25th Percentile £356 £210 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £415 £318
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% +30.71% -12.89%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £488
90th Percentile £600 £560 £600
England median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 27 83
10th Percentile £12.35 £13.82 £11.71
25th Percentile £12.50 £17.50 £13.08
Median hourly rate £15.75 £32.50 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year -51.54% +82.58% -60.44%
75th Percentile £28.03 £46.30 £26.93
90th Percentile £37.08 £61.52 £52.04
England median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £19.00
% change year-on-year -26.60% +42.76% -52.50%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 12 March 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 +16 109 £507 +56.08% 54
Berkshire +22 81 £510 +70.00% 36
Hampshire +20 72 £475 +46.15% 39
Surrey +9 33 £513 +29.26% 23
Buckinghamshire -3 23 £475 +13.30% 14
West Sussex +5 18 £525 +36.01% 12
Oxfordshire -13 5 £475 -5.00% 5
Kent -20 1 £375 +200.00% 17
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 47 (20.35%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.33%) Confluence
3 6 (2.60%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.43%) Smallworld
Applications
1 68 (29.44%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (22.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 38 (16.45%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (4.76%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.87%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.43%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.43%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.43%) InDesign
6 1 (0.43%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.90%) Primavera
2 6 (2.60%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (2.16%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.30%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.43%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 53 (22.94%) Power Platform
2 26 (11.26%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (10.82%) Azure
4 13 (5.63%) AWS
5 12 (5.19%) OCI
6 10 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.73%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.30%) SaaS
9 2 (0.87%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.43%) GCP
10 1 (0.43%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.43%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.43%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.49%) Firewall
1 15 (6.49%) Wireless
2 5 (2.16%) BGP
2 5 (2.16%) WAN
3 4 (1.73%) MPLS
3 4 (1.73%) SNMP
3 4 (1.73%) TACACS
3 4 (1.73%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.87%) Internet
4 2 (0.87%) WebEx
5 1 (0.43%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.43%) DWDM
5 1 (0.43%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.43%) Intranet
5 1 (0.43%) LAN
5 1 (0.43%) OSPF
5 1 (0.43%) SDH
5 1 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (22.94%) Power BI
2 8 (3.46%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (2.60%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 4 (1.73%) Metadata
6 2 (0.87%) Tableau
7 1 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.43%) GIS
7 1 (0.43%) Power Query
7 1 (0.43%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (13.85%) JIRA
2 13 (5.63%) Burp Suite
2 13 (5.63%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 111 (48.05%) Social Skills
2 73 (31.60%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (24.24%) Finance
4 43 (18.61%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (6.49%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (5.63%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.46%) Marketing
9 7 (3.03%) Retail
9 7 (3.03%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.16%) Legal
11 4 (1.73%) Advertising
11 4 (1.73%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.30%) Automotive
12 3 (1.30%) Electronics
13 2 (0.87%) Local Government
14 1 (0.43%) Billing
14 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.43%) Law
14 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (34.20%) Analyst
2 23 (9.96%) Consultant
2 23 (9.96%) Data Analyst
3 21 (9.09%) PMO Analyst
4 20 (8.66%) Implementation Consultant
5 13 (5.63%) IT Analyst
5 13 (5.63%) Penetration Tester
5 13 (5.63%) Tester
6 12 (5.19%) Administrator
7 10 (4.33%) IT Support
7 10 (4.33%) Oracle Analyst
8 9 (3.90%) Payroll Consultant
8 9 (3.90%) Senior
8 9 (3.90%) Test Analyst
9 8 (3.46%) IT Support Analyst
9 8 (3.46%) Support Analyst
10 7 (3.03%) Business Analyst
10 7 (3.03%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.03%) Project Manager
10 7 (3.03%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.66%) XML
2 8 (3.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.73%) ADO
3 4 (1.73%) NETCONF
3 4 (1.73%) OpenConfig
3 4 (1.73%) RESTCONF
3 4 (1.73%) YANG
4 3 (1.30%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.66%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (5.63%) Security Posture
3 10 (4.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.60%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.60%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.16%) CMDB
6 4 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.30%) NHS
8 2 (0.87%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.87%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.43%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.43%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.43%) iPhone
9 1 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.66%) Windows
2 2 (0.87%) Unix
3 1 (0.43%) Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (25.11%) Business Intelligence
2 50 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (21.21%) Project Management
4 41 (17.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (16.02%) Decision-Making
6 30 (12.99%) Agile
7 29 (12.55%) Time Management
8 27 (11.69%) Project Delivery
9 25 (10.82%) Data Analysis
9 25 (10.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (9.96%) PRINCE2
11 22 (9.52%) Change Control
12 21 (9.09%) Customer Service
13 18 (7.79%) Line Management
13 18 (7.79%) Migration
13 18 (7.79%) Process Improvement
14 16 (6.93%) Analytics
15 15 (6.49%) Regulatory Compliance
16 14 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.12%) SQL
2 21 (9.09%) T-SQL
3 6 (2.60%) Python
4 4 (1.73%) VBA
5 1 (0.43%) C
5 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.43%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (0.43%) Java
5 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 64 (27.71%) Security Cleared
2 49 (21.21%) Degree
3 46 (19.91%) SC Cleared
4 21 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.63%) CHECK Team Member
6 12 (5.19%) PMI Certification
7 11 (4.76%) CREST Certified
7 11 (4.76%) Cyber Scheme
7 11 (4.76%) PMP
7 11 (4.76%) Postgraduate
8 6 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.60%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.73%) CCIE
9 4 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.73%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.73%) JNCIE
10 2 (0.87%) ACCA
10 2 (0.87%) CIMA
11 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (27.71%) PMO
2 18 (7.79%) GDPR
2 18 (7.79%) QA
3 15 (6.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (5.63%) PCI DSS
5 12 (5.19%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.60%) SLA
7 5 (2.16%) P3O
8 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.87%) GRC
8 2 (0.87%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.87%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.87%) NIST
9 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.43%) GMP
Systems Management
1 13 (5.63%) Nmap
2 4 (1.73%) Ansible
3 2 (0.87%) SCCM
4 1 (0.43%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.43%) SCOM
4 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (35.50%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.23%) Oracle
3 18 (7.79%) SAP
4 16 (6.93%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.46%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.16%) Cisco
6 5 (2.16%) F5
7 4 (1.73%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.73%) Juniper
7 4 (1.73%) Remedy
8 3 (1.30%) Google
9 2 (0.87%) Workday
10 1 (0.43%) Ariba
10 1 (0.43%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.43%) BT
10 1 (0.43%) Cellebrite
10 1 (0.43%) Facebook
10 1 (0.43%) Meraki
10 1 (0.43%) Planview
10 1 (0.43%) Sage