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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 74 61
Rank change year-on-year +32 -13 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 236 82 178
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.35% 2.79% 3.17%
As % of the Applications category 52.44% 37.79% 38.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 46 92
10th Percentile £285 £150 £114
25th Percentile £363 £203 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £325 £380
Median % change year-on-year +53.69% -14.47% +0.93%
75th Percentile £550 £465 £488
90th Percentile £600 £513 £530
England median daily rate £450 £413 £441
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.46% +3.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 37
10th Percentile £13.20 £14.17 £11.45
25th Percentile £14.25 - £12.00
Median hourly rate £16.49 £14.20 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.11% -5.33% -34.35%
75th Percentile £37.00 £15.36 £30.00
90th Percentile £78.80 £24.19 £45.00
England median hourly rate £18.50 £20.50 £14.80
% change year-on-year -9.76% +38.51% -39.59%

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 450 217 462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.30% 7.38% 8.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 121 246
10th Percentile £250 £150 £144
25th Percentile £363 £225 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £321
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +32.29% -13.97%
75th Percentile £545 £508 £475
90th Percentile £610 £575 £600
England median daily rate £450 £423 £400
% change year-on-year +6.32% +5.81% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 33 82
10th Percentile £12.29 - £11.71
25th Percentile £13.13 £14.20 £13.05
Median hourly rate £16.00 £25.00 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +40.45% -60.44%
75th Percentile £27.50 £46.30 £29.22
90th Percentile £49.25 £65.51 £52.90
England median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £18.80
% change year-on-year -26.60% +44.32% -49.20%

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 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 27 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 27 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 +11 109 £505 +25.15% 57
Berkshire +19 82 £510 +69.78% 30
Hampshire +20 71 £475 +46.15% 36
Surrey +13 36 £550 +38.71% 31
Buckinghamshire -13 23 £475 +13.30% 15
West Sussex +6 20 £525 +36.01% 11
Oxfordshire -8 4 £325 -35.00% 14
Kent -13 1 £375 +17.65% 15
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 48 (20.34%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.66%) Confluence
3 6 (2.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.42%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.42%) Smallworld
Applications
1 69 (29.24%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (23.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 38 (16.10%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (5.08%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.85%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.42%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.42%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.42%) InDesign
6 1 (0.42%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.81%) Primavera
2 6 (2.54%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (2.12%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.27%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.42%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 54 (22.88%) Power Platform
2 26 (11.02%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (10.59%) Azure
4 13 (5.51%) AWS
5 12 (5.08%) OCI
6 10 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.69%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.85%) Google Sheets
8 2 (0.85%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.85%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.42%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.42%) GCP
9 1 (0.42%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.42%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.42%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.36%) Firewall
1 15 (6.36%) Wireless
2 5 (2.12%) BGP
2 5 (2.12%) WAN
3 4 (1.69%) MPLS
3 4 (1.69%) SNMP
3 4 (1.69%) TACACS
3 4 (1.69%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.85%) Internet
4 2 (0.85%) WebEx
5 1 (0.42%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.42%) DWDM
5 1 (0.42%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.42%) Intranet
5 1 (0.42%) LAN
5 1 (0.42%) OSPF
5 1 (0.42%) SDH
5 1 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (22.88%) Power BI
2 8 (3.39%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.97%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (2.54%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 6 (2.54%) Metadata
5 3 (1.27%) Tableau
6 1 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.42%) GIS
6 1 (0.42%) Power Query
6 1 (0.42%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (14.41%) JIRA
2 13 (5.51%) Burp Suite
2 13 (5.51%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 112 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 74 (31.36%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (24.15%) Finance
4 43 (18.22%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (7.20%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (5.51%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.39%) Marketing
9 7 (2.97%) Retail
9 7 (2.97%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.69%) Advertising
10 4 (1.69%) Legal
10 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.27%) Automotive
11 3 (1.27%) Electronics
12 2 (0.85%) Law
12 2 (0.85%) Local Government
13 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.42%) Billing
13 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (35.17%) Analyst
2 23 (9.75%) Consultant
3 22 (9.32%) Data Analyst
4 21 (8.90%) PMO Analyst
5 20 (8.47%) Implementation Consultant
6 14 (5.93%) Administrator
6 14 (5.93%) IT Analyst
7 13 (5.51%) Penetration Tester
7 13 (5.51%) Tester
8 10 (4.24%) IT Support
8 10 (4.24%) Oracle Analyst
9 9 (3.81%) Business Analyst
9 9 (3.81%) Payroll Consultant
9 9 (3.81%) Test Analyst
10 8 (3.39%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (3.39%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.97%) Coordinator
11 7 (2.97%) Project Manager
11 7 (2.97%) Project Planner
12 6 (2.54%) Resource Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.47%) XML
2 8 (3.39%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.69%) ADO
3 4 (1.69%) NETCONF
3 4 (1.69%) OpenConfig
3 4 (1.69%) RESTCONF
3 4 (1.69%) YANG
4 3 (1.27%) CSS
5 1 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.47%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (5.08%) Security Posture
3 10 (4.24%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (3.81%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.54%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.54%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.69%) CMDB
6 4 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.27%) NHS
7 3 (1.27%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.27%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.85%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.42%) FMCG
9 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.42%) PMI
9 1 (0.42%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.47%) Windows
2 4 (1.69%) Unix
3 1 (0.42%) Linux
3 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 51 (21.61%) Project Management
3 50 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (17.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (16.95%) Decision-Making
6 32 (13.56%) Agile
7 29 (12.29%) Project Delivery
7 29 (12.29%) Time Management
8 24 (10.17%) Data Analysis
9 23 (9.75%) PRINCE2
9 23 (9.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (9.32%) Change Control
11 21 (8.90%) Customer Service
12 18 (7.63%) Line Management
12 18 (7.63%) Process Improvement
13 17 (7.20%) Analytics
13 17 (7.20%) Migration
14 15 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (6.36%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (6.36%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 32 (13.56%) SQL
2 21 (8.90%) T-SQL
3 9 (3.81%) Python
4 4 (1.69%) VBA
5 2 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.42%) C
6 1 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.42%) Java
6 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 64 (27.12%) Security Cleared
2 50 (21.19%) Degree
3 46 (19.49%) SC Cleared
4 21 (8.90%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.51%) CHECK Team Member
6 12 (5.08%) PMI Certification
7 11 (4.66%) CREST Certified
7 11 (4.66%) Cyber Scheme
7 11 (4.66%) PMP
7 11 (4.66%) Postgraduate
8 7 (2.97%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.69%) CCIE
10 4 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.69%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.69%) JNCIE
11 1 (0.42%) ACCA
11 1 (0.42%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (27.12%) PMO
2 18 (7.63%) GDPR
2 18 (7.63%) QA
3 16 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (5.93%) Data Quality
5 13 (5.51%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.54%) SLA
7 5 (2.12%) P3O
8 3 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.27%) GRC
8 3 (1.27%) ISO 22301
8 3 (1.27%) ISO 31000
8 3 (1.27%) NIST
9 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.42%) GMP
Systems Management
1 13 (5.51%) Nmap
2 4 (1.69%) Ansible
3 2 (0.85%) SCCM
4 1 (0.42%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.42%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.42%) SCOM
4 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 84 (35.59%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.63%) Oracle
3 17 (7.20%) SAP
4 16 (6.78%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.12%) Cisco
6 5 (2.12%) F5
7 4 (1.69%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.69%) Google
7 4 (1.69%) Juniper
7 4 (1.69%) Remedy
8 2 (0.85%) Workday
9 1 (0.42%) Adobe
9 1 (0.42%) Ariba
9 1 (0.42%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.42%) BT
9 1 (0.42%) Facebook
9 1 (0.42%) HP
9 1 (0.42%) Meraki
9 1 (0.42%) Sage