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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 50 65
Rank change year-on-year -11 +15 -17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 229 133 140
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.46% 3.87% 3.05%
As % of the Applications category 54.78% 48.54% 40.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 54 70
10th Percentile £232 £153 £160
25th Percentile £304 £205 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £313 £358
Median % change year-on-year +28.96% -12.73% -11.59%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £492
90th Percentile £580 £539 £538
England median daily rate £420 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +1.82% +3.13% -8.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 28 10
10th Percentile £13.37 £13.96 £26.83
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £30.41
Median hourly rate £16.33 £15.03 £35.58
Median % change year-on-year +8.69% -57.77% +56.41%
75th Percentile £23.16 £21.29 £45.00
90th Percentile £40.48 £23.30 -
England median hourly rate £17.86 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year -5.28% +16.14% -21.14%

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 418 274 347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 6.31% 7.97% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 131 192
10th Percentile £223 £153 £170
25th Percentile £310 £208 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £387 £400
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -3.25% +7.11%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £510
90th Percentile £599 £600 £600
England median daily rate £446 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.84% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 52 31
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.64 £11.71
25th Percentile £13.50 £14.00 £19.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% -56.43% +66.67%
75th Percentile £28.00 £22.50 £52.04
90th Percentile £65.00 £32.28 £57.50
England median hourly rate £19.33 £25.00 £16.83
% change year-on-year -22.68% +48.59% -27.60%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -10 98 £400 +14.29% 148
Berkshire -7 59 £450 +10.77% 65
Hampshire -24 53 £511 +20.29% 94
Surrey +16 47 £438 +34.62% 62
Buckinghamshire -19 26 £360 +2.86% 63
Oxfordshire -20 13 £325 +44.44% 20
West Sussex -27 11 £223 +31.18% 18
Kent - 7 £650 - 16
Sussex -1 4 £275 - 4
Middlesex - 3 - - 13
East Sussex -4 2 - - 16
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 43 (18.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.31%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.87%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.44%) WebLogic
Applications
1 77 (33.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 72 (31.44%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (15.28%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (6.55%) MS Visio
5 5 (2.18%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.44%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (3.93%) iTrent
2 5 (2.18%) Primavera
3 4 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.75%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.31%) Maximo
5 1 (0.44%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (21.83%) Power Platform
2 9 (3.93%) SuccessFactors
3 8 (3.49%) Azure
4 7 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.18%) SaaS
5 5 (2.18%) Smartsheet
6 3 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.31%) IaaS
6 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.31%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.87%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.87%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.44%) AWS
8 1 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.44%) BrowserStack
8 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.44%) GCP
8 1 (0.44%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.44%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.75%) MPLS
1 4 (1.75%) RSVP
1 4 (1.75%) WAN
2 3 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.87%) ADSL
3 2 (0.87%) BGP
3 2 (0.87%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.87%) Internet
3 2 (0.87%) LAN
3 2 (0.87%) PSTN
3 2 (0.87%) SNMP
3 2 (0.87%) TACACS
3 2 (0.87%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.44%) Mobile Backhaul
4 1 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (21.40%) Power BI
2 10 (4.37%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.37%) Tableau
3 5 (2.18%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.75%) GIS
5 3 (1.31%) Metadata
5 3 (1.31%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.87%) Power Query
6 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.44%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.44%) Looker
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.44%) SQLite
7 1 (0.44%) Tableau Desktop
7 1 (0.44%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 19 (8.30%) JIRA
2 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.44%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.44%) JMeter
3 1 (0.44%) Selenium
General
1 140 (61.14%) Social Skills
2 93 (40.61%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (29.69%) Finance
4 53 (23.14%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (6.11%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.37%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.93%) Marketing
7 9 (3.93%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.18%) Arabic Language
9 5 (2.18%) French Language
9 5 (2.18%) Legal
10 4 (1.75%) Advertising
10 4 (1.75%) Aviation
10 4 (1.75%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.31%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.31%) Billing
11 3 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.31%) Retail
12 2 (0.87%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 56 (24.45%) Analyst
2 29 (12.66%) Administrator
2 29 (12.66%) Data Analyst
3 12 (5.24%) PMO Planner
4 11 (4.80%) Business Analyst
4 11 (4.80%) Coordinator
4 11 (4.80%) Project Officer
5 10 (4.37%) Lead
5 10 (4.37%) PMO Specialist
5 10 (4.37%) Senior
6 8 (3.49%) IT Analyst
6 8 (3.49%) Support Specialist
7 7 (3.06%) HR Analyst
7 7 (3.06%) HR Data Analyst
8 6 (2.62%) Accountant
8 6 (2.62%) Change Manager
8 6 (2.62%) Support Assistant
8 6 (2.62%) Systems Analyst
9 5 (2.18%) Consultant
9 5 (2.18%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.62%) EDI
2 2 (0.87%) HTML
2 2 (0.87%) NETCONF
2 2 (0.87%) OLE
2 2 (0.87%) OpenConfig
2 2 (0.87%) RESTCONF
2 2 (0.87%) YANG
3 1 (0.44%) .NET
3 1 (0.44%) ADO
3 1 (0.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.23%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.68%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.62%) Data Structures
3 6 (2.62%) FMCG
3 6 (2.62%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.18%) PMI
5 4 (1.75%) LIMS
5 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.31%) Blog
6 3 (1.31%) CCTV
6 3 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.31%) Social Media
6 3 (1.31%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.87%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.87%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.87%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.49%) Windows
2 4 (1.75%) Unix
3 1 (0.44%) Linux
3 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.44%) Solaris
3 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (29.26%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (28.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 51 (22.27%) Business Intelligence
4 47 (20.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (16.16%) Decision-Making
5 37 (16.16%) Project Management
6 35 (15.28%) Data Analysis
7 28 (12.23%) Agile
8 26 (11.35%) Project Delivery
9 25 (10.92%) Process Improvement
9 25 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (10.48%) Service Delivery
11 23 (10.04%) ERP
12 22 (9.61%) Logistics
13 19 (8.30%) Dashboard Development
14 18 (7.86%) Validation
15 17 (7.42%) Analytics
15 17 (7.42%) Collaborative Working
16 16 (6.99%) Change Management
16 16 (6.99%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.85%) SQL
2 10 (4.37%) Python
3 5 (2.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.75%) R
5 2 (0.87%) VBA
6 1 (0.44%) Java
6 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (30.57%) Security Cleared
2 54 (23.58%) Degree
3 44 (19.21%) DV Cleared
4 26 (11.35%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.68%) ACCA
6 12 (5.24%) PMI Certification
7 11 (4.80%) CIMA
8 8 (3.49%) PMP
9 7 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.87%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.87%) CCIE
11 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.87%) HNC
11 2 (0.87%) HND
11 2 (0.87%) JNCIE
11 2 (0.87%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.44%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (20.52%) PMO
2 22 (9.61%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.49%) QA
4 5 (2.18%) GDPR
5 4 (1.75%) SLA
6 3 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.87%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.44%) COSHH
8 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.44%) GRC
8 1 (0.44%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.44%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.44%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.44%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (0.87%) Ansible
2 1 (0.44%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 140 (61.14%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.54%) SAP
3 24 (10.48%) Oracle
4 15 (6.55%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.80%) Workday
6 6 (2.62%) Baan
7 5 (2.18%) Cisco
7 5 (2.18%) Google
8 3 (1.31%) ESRI
8 3 (1.31%) IBM
8 3 (1.31%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.87%) Adobe
9 2 (0.87%) BT
9 2 (0.87%) F5
9 2 (0.87%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.87%) Juniper
9 2 (0.87%) Openreach
10 1 (0.44%) Facebook
10 1 (0.44%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.44%) IFS