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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 64 53
Rank change year-on-year +15 -11 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 165 97 193
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.66% 3.03% 3.59%
As % of the Applications category 43.77% 35.93% 37.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 46 107
10th Percentile £251 £143 £154
25th Percentile £319 £212 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £351
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -7.41% -10.40%
75th Percentile £548 £465 £488
90th Percentile £600 £519 £550
England median daily rate £450 £424 £443
% change year-on-year +6.26% -4.40% +0.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 29
10th Percentile - £25.09 £11.45
25th Percentile £14.50 £25.98 £13.68
Median hourly rate £17.60 £28.37 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.97% +31.97% +5.03%
75th Percentile £22.50 £29.85 £30.00
90th Percentile £37.00 £30.19 £61.90
England median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -17.54%

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 377 270 521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.37% 8.45% 9.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 137 318
10th Percentile £207 £170 £148
25th Percentile £312 £238 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £310
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% +33.06% -12.06%
75th Percentile £537 £500 £499
90th Percentile £610 £560 £595
England median daily rate £450 £411 £400
% change year-on-year +9.42% +2.81% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 18 59
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.98 £11.89
25th Percentile £12.55 £24.75 £14.00
Median hourly rate £15.50 £35.00 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -55.71% +80.65% -39.28%
75th Percentile £22.50 £43.75 £31.71
90th Percentile £29.61 £54.35 £56.30
England median hourly rate £19.14 £26.42 £21.12
% change year-on-year -27.57% +25.11% -36.02%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 27 January 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 -8 72 £475 +50.79% 78
Hampshire +18 55 £375 +5.26% 46
Berkshire -17 44 £471 +57.00% 48
Surrey +4 24 £513 +63.87% 28
Buckinghamshire +12 22 £475 +8.76% 18
West Sussex - 9 £388 - 17
Oxfordshire -9 6 £550 +10.00% 13
Kent -14 1 £375 -26.83% 19
East Sussex - 1 - - 8
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 37 (22.42%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.24%) Confluence
3 5 (3.03%) CMS
Applications
1 60 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (29.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 30 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (5.45%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.61%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (5.45%) Primavera
2 6 (3.64%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.61%) iTrent
4 1 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.61%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.61%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 41 (24.85%) Power Platform
2 19 (11.52%) Azure
3 18 (10.91%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.67%) AWS
5 7 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.42%) OCI
6 4 (2.42%) SaaS
7 2 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.61%) GCP
8 1 (0.61%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.61%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.61%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.61%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.61%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.61%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.88%) Wireless
2 12 (7.27%) Firewall
3 3 (1.82%) BGP
3 3 (1.82%) WAN
4 2 (1.21%) MPLS
4 2 (1.21%) SNMP
4 2 (1.21%) TACACS
4 2 (1.21%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.21%) WebEx
5 1 (0.61%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.61%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.61%) LAN
5 1 (0.61%) OSPF
5 1 (0.61%) Symposium
5 1 (0.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (24.85%) Power BI
2 9 (5.45%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 5 (3.03%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.42%) Tableau
5 2 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.61%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.61%) Metadata
6 1 (0.61%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (13.94%) JIRA
2 12 (7.27%) Burp Suite
2 12 (7.27%) Metasploit
General
1 87 (52.73%) Social Skills
2 49 (29.70%) Analytical Skills
2 49 (29.70%) Finance
3 32 (19.39%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (7.27%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.67%) Marketing
6 10 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (4.85%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.03%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.42%) Electronics
10 4 (2.42%) Retail
11 2 (1.21%) Automotive
11 2 (1.21%) Legal
12 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.61%) Billing
12 1 (0.61%) French Language
12 1 (0.61%) Greek Language
12 1 (0.61%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.61%) Law
Job Titles
1 56 (33.94%) Analyst
2 21 (12.73%) Data Analyst
3 14 (8.48%) PMO Analyst
4 12 (7.27%) Penetration Tester
4 12 (7.27%) Tester
5 11 (6.67%) Senior
6 10 (6.06%) Administrator
7 7 (4.24%) Project Planner
8 6 (3.64%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.64%) Finance Manager
8 6 (3.64%) IT Analyst
8 6 (3.64%) IT Support
8 6 (3.64%) Project Manager
8 6 (3.64%) Resource Manager
9 5 (3.03%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.03%) Support Analyst
10 4 (2.42%) HR Data Analyst
10 4 (2.42%) PMO Manager
10 4 (2.42%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.82%) ADO
1 3 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.21%) NETCONF
2 2 (1.21%) OpenConfig
2 2 (1.21%) RESTCONF
2 2 (1.21%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.67%) Security Posture
2 10 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.64%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.03%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.03%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.42%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.42%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.82%) CMDB
6 3 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.21%) Life Science
7 2 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.21%) NHS
8 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.61%) iPhone
8 1 (0.61%) iSeries
8 1 (0.61%) PMI
8 1 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.09%) Windows
2 2 (1.21%) Unix
3 1 (0.61%) Linux
3 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (30.30%) Business Intelligence
2 39 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (22.42%) Project Management
4 36 (21.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (16.36%) Decision-Making
6 25 (15.15%) Agile
7 23 (13.94%) Project Delivery
8 22 (13.33%) Time Management
9 21 (12.73%) PRINCE2
10 19 (11.52%) Change Control
11 18 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (10.30%) CRM
12 17 (10.30%) Line Management
13 15 (9.09%) Data Analysis
13 15 (9.09%) Process Improvement
14 14 (8.48%) Customer Service
15 13 (7.88%) Budgeting
15 13 (7.88%) Regulatory Compliance
15 13 (7.88%) Resource Management
16 12 (7.27%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.67%) SQL
2 8 (4.85%) Python
3 3 (1.82%) VBA
4 2 (1.21%) R
Qualifications
1 50 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 49 (29.70%) Degree
3 35 (21.21%) SC Cleared
4 19 (11.52%) DV Cleared
5 12 (7.27%) CHECK Team Member
6 10 (6.06%) CREST Certified
6 10 (6.06%) Cyber Scheme
6 10 (6.06%) Postgraduate
7 6 (3.64%) Master's Degree
8 5 (3.03%) PMI Certification
9 4 (2.42%) ACCA
9 4 (2.42%) CIMA
9 4 (2.42%) PMP
10 2 (1.21%) CCIE
10 2 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.21%) JNCIE
11 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (29.70%) PMO
2 19 (11.52%) QA
3 18 (10.91%) GDPR
4 12 (7.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (7.27%) PCI DSS
5 6 (3.64%) Data Quality
6 5 (3.03%) P3O
7 1 (0.61%) GMP
7 1 (0.61%) GxP
7 1 (0.61%) SLA
Systems Management
1 12 (7.27%) Nmap
2 2 (1.21%) Ansible
3 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 64 (38.79%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.12%) SAP
3 11 (6.67%) Oracle
4 9 (5.45%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.85%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.42%) Cellebrite
7 3 (1.82%) Cisco
7 3 (1.82%) F5
7 3 (1.82%) Workday
8 2 (1.21%) Cognos
8 2 (1.21%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.21%) Google
8 2 (1.21%) Juniper
8 2 (1.21%) Sage
9 1 (0.61%) BT
9 1 (0.61%) Facebook
9 1 (0.61%) Meraki
9 1 (0.61%) Micro Focus
9 1 (0.61%) Planview
9 1 (0.61%) Remedy