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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 70 51
Rank change year-on-year +12 -19 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 152 119 226
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.72% 2.86% 4.23%
As % of the Applications category 45.65% 37.19% 40.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 63 136
10th Percentile £196 £144 £163
25th Percentile £300 £210 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £356 £394
Median % change year-on-year +22.84% -9.55% -1.56%
75th Percentile £512 £513 £489
90th Percentile £576 £548 £550
England median daily rate £433 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +8.13% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 4 16
10th Percentile £14.00 £23.65 £16.40
25th Percentile £14.50 £28.00 £18.84
Median hourly rate £17.00 £32.71 £24.37
Median % change year-on-year -48.02% +34.20% +41.19%
75th Percentile £22.50 £36.19 £32.99
90th Percentile £31.21 £36.52 £54.69
England median hourly rate £20.26 £16.23 £22.00
% change year-on-year +24.80% -26.23% +10.66%

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 333 320 560
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.15% 7.70% 10.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 174 363
10th Percentile £170 £170 £153
25th Percentile £250 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £525 £510 £500
90th Percentile £600 £588 £600
England median daily rate £435 £406 £400
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 26 43
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.38 £14.00
25th Percentile £13.50 £24.29 £15.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £35.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.13% +59.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £22.88 £53.00 £38.13
90th Percentile £30.77 £60.05 £57.87
England median hourly rate £22.50 £22.09 £26.89
% change year-on-year +1.86% -17.84% +4.17%

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 22 November 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 22 November 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 22 November 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 -6 62 £450 +40.63% 117
Hampshire +24 48 £425 +2.41% 65
Berkshire -5 41 £450 +42.86% 62
Surrey +9 21 £475 +8.26% 49
West Sussex - 14 £213 - 22
Oxfordshire -2 11 £225 +40.63% 22
Buckinghamshire +8 10 £480 +6.56% 35
East Sussex - 1 - - 11
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 32 (21.05%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.95%) Confluence
3 4 (2.63%) CMS
Applications
1 39 (25.66%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (20.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (13.16%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.63%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.66%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (5.26%) Primavera
2 6 (3.95%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.97%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.66%) BPCS
5 1 (0.66%) iTrent
5 1 (0.66%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.66%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 40 (26.32%) Power Platform
2 15 (9.87%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (7.24%) Azure
4 8 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.29%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.63%) SaaS
7 3 (1.97%) OCI
8 2 (1.32%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.32%) Contentsquare
8 2 (1.32%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.66%) AWS
9 1 (0.66%) GCP
9 1 (0.66%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.66%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.66%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.66%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.66%) BGP
1 1 (0.66%) Broadband
1 1 (0.66%) MPLS
1 1 (0.66%) SNMP
1 1 (0.66%) Symposium
1 1 (0.66%) TACACS
1 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.66%) WAN
1 1 (0.66%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (25.66%) Power BI
2 7 (4.61%) Tableau
3 6 (3.95%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 5 (3.29%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (3.29%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.66%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 13 (8.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.66%) JIRA Agile
General
1 87 (57.24%) Social Skills
2 57 (37.50%) Finance
3 51 (33.55%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (22.37%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (8.55%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.58%) Manufacturing
6 10 (6.58%) Marketing
7 9 (5.92%) Electronics
7 9 (5.92%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Local Government
10 3 (1.97%) Retail
11 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.32%) Legal
12 1 (0.66%) French Language
12 1 (0.66%) Greek Language
12 1 (0.66%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.66%) Portuguese Language
12 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (36.84%) Analyst
2 23 (15.13%) Data Analyst
3 13 (8.55%) Senior
4 12 (7.89%) Administrator
5 8 (5.26%) Accountant
5 8 (5.26%) Support Analyst
6 6 (3.95%) Business Analyst
6 6 (3.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 6 (3.95%) Desktop Support
6 6 (3.95%) Junior
6 6 (3.95%) Project Planner
7 5 (3.29%) Data Administrator
7 5 (3.29%) Junior Analyst
7 5 (3.29%) Junior Support Analyst
7 5 (3.29%) PMO Analyst
7 5 (3.29%) Portfolio Analyst
7 5 (3.29%) Project Manager
7 5 (3.29%) Resource Manager
7 5 (3.29%) Test Analyst
8 4 (2.63%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.63%) ADO
2 1 (0.66%) EDI
2 1 (0.66%) NETCONF
2 1 (0.66%) OpenConfig
2 1 (0.66%) RESTCONF
2 1 (0.66%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.24%) Driving Licence
2 9 (5.92%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.61%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.29%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.63%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.97%) CMDB
7 3 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.97%) Life Science
8 2 (1.32%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.66%) FPGA
9 1 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.66%) iPhone
9 1 (0.66%) NHS
9 1 (0.66%) PMI
9 1 (0.66%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.66%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.95%) Windows
2 1 (0.66%) Linux
2 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (30.26%) Business Intelligence
2 42 (27.63%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (21.05%) Project Management
4 30 (19.74%) Decision-Making
5 26 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (15.79%) CRM
7 20 (13.16%) Time Management
8 18 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (11.84%) Process Improvement
9 17 (11.18%) PRINCE2
9 17 (11.18%) Project Delivery
10 16 (10.53%) Agile
11 15 (9.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (9.21%) Data Analysis
13 13 (8.55%) Analytics
13 13 (8.55%) Customer Service
13 13 (8.55%) Migration
14 12 (7.89%) Change Control
14 12 (7.89%) Data Entry
15 11 (7.24%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.21%) SQL
2 8 (5.26%) Python
3 2 (1.32%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (26.97%) Degree
2 32 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 22 (14.47%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.58%) ACCA
4 10 (6.58%) CIMA
4 10 (6.58%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.95%) PMI Certification
6 5 (3.29%) PMP
7 4 (2.63%) CCAB
7 4 (2.63%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.32%) HNC
8 2 (1.32%) HND
9 1 (0.66%) APMP
9 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.66%) CCIE
9 1 (0.66%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.66%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.18%) PMO
2 13 (8.55%) QA
3 11 (7.24%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.61%) GDPR
5 5 (3.29%) P3O
6 3 (1.97%) ECSS
7 1 (0.66%) GxP
7 1 (0.66%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.66%) Ansible
1 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.66%) SCOM
Vendors
1 70 (46.05%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.16%) SAP
3 12 (7.89%) Oracle
4 9 (5.92%) ServiceNow
5 8 (5.26%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.95%) IFS
7 4 (2.63%) Cellebrite
7 4 (2.63%) Google
8 3 (1.97%) Workday
9 2 (1.32%) Adobe
9 2 (1.32%) Cognos
9 2 (1.32%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.32%) Sage
10 1 (0.66%) Ariba
10 1 (0.66%) Cisco
10 1 (0.66%) F5
10 1 (0.66%) Facebook
10 1 (0.66%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.66%) Juniper
10 1 (0.66%) PeopleSoft