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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 58 61
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 -12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 254 127 139
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.89% 3.60% 3.21%
As % of the Applications category 56.95% 43.34% 39.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 55 65
10th Percentile £223 £153 £160
25th Percentile £291 £211 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £360
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £508
90th Percentile £600 £575 £538
England median daily rate £413 £413 £395
% change year-on-year - +4.43% -12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 22 7
10th Percentile £13.38 £14.00 £24.80
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.23 £28.96
Median hourly rate £16.33 £17.00 £30.83
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -44.85% +41.72%
75th Percentile £19.89 £22.50 £36.37
90th Percentile £29.13 £24.89 £40.05
England median hourly rate £17.50 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year -7.16% +16.14% -22.71%

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 446 293 351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 6.83% 8.30% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 145 187
10th Percentile £213 £154 £167
25th Percentile £303 £208 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.28% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £509
90th Percentile £600 £600 £593
England median daily rate £445 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 56 29
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.60 £15.45
25th Percentile £14.13 £13.94 £20.75
Median hourly rate £16.33 £17.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -51.43% +84.21%
75th Percentile £23.00 £29.61 £53.00
90th Percentile £59.00 £32.18 £58.54
England median hourly rate £18.21 £25.01 £18.00
% change year-on-year -27.19% +38.94% -29.99%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -2 105 £403 +7.47% 178
Berkshire 0 63 £493 +19.39% 81
Hampshire -12 61 £511 +20.29% 111
Surrey +12 52 £438 +2.94% 75
Buckinghamshire +1 30 £360 +2.86% 65
West Sussex -18 12 £223 +31.18% 24
Oxfordshire -27 12 £400 +77.78% 34
Kent - 9 £650 - 35
East Sussex +5 4 - - 15
Sussex +1 4 £275 - 2
Middlesex - 4 - - 7
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 53 (20.87%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.18%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.79%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.39%) CMS
4 1 (0.39%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 85 (33.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 74 (29.13%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (14.57%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (5.12%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.97%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.39%) CATIA
6 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.97%) iTrent
2 5 (1.97%) Primavera
3 4 (1.57%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.18%) Maximo
5 1 (0.39%) ENOVIA
5 1 (0.39%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.39%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (18.50%) Power Platform
2 13 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (3.15%) Azure
4 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (1.97%) Smartsheet
5 5 (1.97%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (1.57%) SaaS
7 3 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.18%) IaaS
7 3 (1.18%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.79%) GCP
8 2 (0.79%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.39%) AWS
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.39%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.39%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.39%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.39%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.57%) MPLS
1 4 (1.57%) RSVP
1 4 (1.57%) WAN
2 3 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.79%) ADSL
3 2 (0.79%) BGP
3 2 (0.79%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.79%) Internet
3 2 (0.79%) LAN
3 2 (0.79%) PSTN
3 2 (0.79%) SNMP
3 2 (0.79%) TACACS
3 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) Intranet
4 1 (0.39%) Mobile Backhaul
4 1 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (18.11%) Power BI
2 10 (3.94%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.54%) Tableau
4 5 (1.97%) Power Query
5 4 (1.57%) GIS
6 3 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.18%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.79%) Looker
7 2 (0.79%) Metadata
7 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.39%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.39%) SQLite
8 1 (0.39%) Tableau Desktop
8 1 (0.39%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 17 (6.69%) JIRA
2 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.39%) JMeter
3 1 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.39%) Selenium
General
1 161 (63.39%) Social Skills
2 95 (37.40%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (31.50%) Finance
4 62 (24.41%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (6.30%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.91%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.72%) Marketing
7 12 (4.72%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.36%) Advertising
9 6 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.36%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.97%) Arabic Language
10 5 (1.97%) French Language
10 5 (1.97%) Legal
11 4 (1.57%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.57%) Billing
11 4 (1.57%) Local Government
11 4 (1.57%) Retail
12 3 (1.18%) Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (17.72%) Analyst
2 40 (15.75%) Administrator
3 25 (9.84%) Data Analyst
4 16 (6.30%) Coordinator
5 13 (5.12%) PMO Planner
6 11 (4.33%) Lead
6 11 (4.33%) PMO Specialist
6 11 (4.33%) Project Officer
7 10 (3.94%) Senior
8 9 (3.54%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.54%) Support Specialist
9 7 (2.76%) Support Assistant
9 7 (2.76%) Support Officer
10 6 (2.36%) Change Manager
10 6 (2.36%) IT Analyst
10 6 (2.36%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
10 6 (2.36%) Systems Analyst
11 5 (1.97%) Consultant
11 5 (1.97%) Project Coordinator
11 5 (1.97%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.36%) EDI
2 2 (0.79%) HTML
2 2 (0.79%) NETCONF
2 2 (0.79%) OLE
2 2 (0.79%) OpenConfig
2 2 (0.79%) RESTCONF
2 2 (0.79%) YANG
3 1 (0.39%) .NET
3 1 (0.39%) ADO
3 1 (0.39%) REST
3 1 (0.39%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.39%) Onboarding
2 23 (9.06%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.76%) Social Media
4 6 (2.36%) FMCG
4 6 (2.36%) LIMS
4 6 (2.36%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.97%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.97%) PMI
6 4 (1.57%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.57%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.18%) Blog
7 3 (1.18%) CCTV
7 3 (1.18%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.79%) CMDB
8 2 (0.79%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.79%) NHS
8 2 (0.79%) Online Banking
8 2 (0.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.15%) Windows
2 1 (0.39%) Linux
2 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.39%) Solaris
2 1 (0.39%) Unix
2 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (31.50%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (27.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (21.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 48 (18.90%) Business Intelligence
5 37 (14.57%) Project Management
6 36 (14.17%) Data Analysis
6 36 (14.17%) Decision-Making
7 33 (12.99%) Logistics
8 31 (12.20%) Service Delivery
9 30 (11.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 28 (11.02%) Agile
11 27 (10.63%) Process Improvement
12 26 (10.24%) Project Delivery
13 24 (9.45%) ERP
14 19 (7.48%) Customer Service
15 18 (7.09%) Analytics
16 17 (6.69%) Actionable Insight
16 17 (6.69%) PRINCE2
17 16 (6.30%) Change Management
17 16 (6.30%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 33 (12.99%) SQL
2 7 (2.76%) Python
3 5 (1.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (1.97%) R
4 2 (0.79%) VBA
5 1 (0.39%) Java
5 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (27.56%) Security Cleared
2 51 (20.08%) Degree
3 46 (18.11%) DV Cleared
4 25 (9.84%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.51%) ACCA
6 13 (5.12%) CIMA
7 12 (4.72%) PMI Certification
8 8 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.15%) PMP
9 3 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.79%) AAT
10 2 (0.79%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.79%) CCIE
10 2 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.79%) HNC
10 2 (0.79%) HND
10 2 (0.79%) JNCIE
11 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (20.08%) PMO
2 20 (7.87%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.94%) QA
4 7 (2.76%) GDPR
5 5 (1.97%) SLA
6 3 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.79%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.39%) COSHH
System Software
1 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (0.79%) Ansible
2 1 (0.39%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 167 (65.75%) Microsoft
2 32 (12.60%) SAP
3 21 (8.27%) Oracle
4 16 (6.30%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.76%) Workday
6 6 (2.36%) Baan
6 6 (2.36%) Google
7 5 (1.97%) Cisco
8 4 (1.57%) IBM
9 3 (1.18%) Adobe
9 3 (1.18%) ESRI
9 3 (1.18%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.79%) BT
10 2 (0.79%) F5
10 2 (0.79%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.79%) IFS
10 2 (0.79%) Juniper
10 2 (0.79%) Openreach
11 1 (0.39%) Facebook
11 1 (0.39%) HubSpot