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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 64 46
Rank change year-on-year +1 -18 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 136 127 244
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.50% 3.07% 4.49%
As % of the Applications category 42.24% 38.72% 40.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 67 148
10th Percentile £170 £150 £163
25th Percentile £256 £213 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £356 £400
Median % change year-on-year +26.35% -10.96% -
75th Percentile £525 £504 £500
90th Percentile £575 £543 £560
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 5 19
10th Percentile £14.00 £24.61 £16.22
25th Percentile £14.50 £30.41 £18.73
Median hourly rate £17.00 £30.83 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.85% +20.88% +51.02%
75th Percentile £22.50 £36.00 £32.32
90th Percentile £28.13 £36.45 £50.38
England median hourly rate £19.63 £16.23 £22.00
% change year-on-year +20.93% -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 322 328 597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.29% 7.92% 10.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 176 388
10th Percentile £161 £170 £154
25th Percentile £215 £222 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £356
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +12.52% -6.45%
75th Percentile £509 £505 £500
90th Percentile £600 £588 £603
England median daily rate £425 £400 £420
% change year-on-year +6.25% -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 29 48
10th Percentile £12.50 £18.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £13.50 £22.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £15.63 £35.00 £22.62
Median % change year-on-year -55.36% +54.73% -5.75%
75th Percentile £22.50 £53.00 £37.81
90th Percentile £30.33 £58.54 £59.69
England median hourly rate £22.63 £21.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +5.26% -17.31% +5.50%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -15 56 £463 +44.53% 225
Hampshire +15 40 £463 +54.17% 71
Berkshire -10 37 £500 +58.73% 166
Surrey +4 18 £475 +8.26% 60
West Sussex - 14 £213 - 25
Oxfordshire -6 11 £225 +40.63% 25
Buckinghamshire +6 8 £480 +6.56% 36
East Sussex -1 2 £163 -56.67% 11
Sussex - 1 - - 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 27 (19.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.21%) Confluence
3 2 (1.47%) CMS
Applications
1 33 (24.26%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (18.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.94%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.74%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.41%) Primavera
1 6 (4.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.21%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.74%) BPCS
4 1 (0.74%) iTrent
4 1 (0.74%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.74%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 35 (25.74%) Power Platform
2 10 (7.35%) Azure
2 10 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.68%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.94%) SaaS
7 3 (2.21%) OCI
8 2 (1.47%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.47%) Contentsquare
8 2 (1.47%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.74%) AWS
9 1 (0.74%) GCP
9 1 (0.74%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.74%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.74%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.74%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.74%) Broadband
1 1 (0.74%) Symposium
1 1 (0.74%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (25.00%) Power BI
2 8 (5.88%) Tableau
3 5 (3.68%) Crystal Reports
3 5 (3.68%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.94%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.47%) Power Query
6 1 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 7 (5.15%) JIRA
2 1 (0.74%) JIRA Agile
General
1 74 (54.41%) Social Skills
2 56 (41.18%) Finance
3 44 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (19.12%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (9.56%) Public Sector
6 10 (7.35%) Telecoms
7 9 (6.62%) Manufacturing
7 9 (6.62%) Marketing
8 8 (5.88%) Electronics
9 5 (3.68%) Local Government
10 3 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.47%) Legal
11 2 (1.47%) Retail
12 1 (0.74%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.74%) French Language
12 1 (0.74%) Greek Language
12 1 (0.74%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.74%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 56 (41.18%) Analyst
2 24 (17.65%) Data Analyst
3 12 (8.82%) Senior
4 10 (7.35%) Administrator
5 9 (6.62%) Accountant
6 8 (5.88%) Support Analyst
7 6 (4.41%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 6 (4.41%) Desktop Support
8 5 (3.68%) Data Administrator
8 5 (3.68%) Junior
8 5 (3.68%) Junior Analyst
8 5 (3.68%) Junior Support Analyst
8 5 (3.68%) Portfolio Analyst
8 5 (3.68%) Project Planner
8 5 (3.68%) Test Analyst
9 4 (2.94%) Financial Analyst
9 4 (2.94%) HR Data Analyst
9 4 (2.94%) Management Accountant
9 4 (2.94%) PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.47%) ADO
2 1 (0.74%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.09%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.62%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.41%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.94%) Digital Media
6 3 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.21%) CMDB
6 3 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.21%) Life Science
6 3 (2.21%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.47%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.74%) FPGA
8 1 (0.74%) PMI
8 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.74%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.41%) Windows
2 1 (0.74%) Linux
2 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.74%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (27.94%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (22.06%) Decision-Making
4 29 (21.32%) Project Management
5 22 (16.18%) CRM
6 19 (13.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (12.50%) PRINCE2
7 17 (12.50%) Process Improvement
7 17 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (11.76%) Project Delivery
9 15 (11.03%) Time Management
10 14 (10.29%) Analytics
10 14 (10.29%) Data Analysis
11 13 (9.56%) Agile
11 13 (9.56%) Customer Service
11 13 (9.56%) Migration
11 13 (9.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (8.09%) Data Entry
12 11 (8.09%) Workflow
13 10 (7.35%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.03%) SQL
2 8 (5.88%) Python
3 3 (2.21%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (26.47%) Degree
2 25 (18.38%) Security Cleared
3 18 (13.24%) SC Cleared
4 10 (7.35%) ACCA
4 10 (7.35%) CIMA
5 6 (4.41%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.94%) CCAB
6 4 (2.94%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.21%) APMP
7 3 (2.21%) PMP
8 2 (1.47%) HNC
8 2 (1.47%) HND
8 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.74%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.82%) QA
2 11 (8.09%) Data Quality
2 11 (8.09%) PMO
3 7 (5.15%) GDPR
3 7 (5.15%) P3O
4 3 (2.21%) ECSS
5 1 (0.74%) GxP
5 1 (0.74%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.74%) SCOM
Vendors
1 57 (41.91%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.76%) SAP
3 12 (8.82%) Oracle
4 8 (5.88%) IFS
4 8 (5.88%) Salesforce
4 8 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.94%) Cellebrite
5 4 (2.94%) Google
6 3 (2.21%) Workday
7 2 (1.47%) Adobe
7 2 (1.47%) Cognos
7 2 (1.47%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.47%) Sage
8 1 (0.74%) Ariba
8 1 (0.74%) Facebook
8 1 (0.74%) Micro Focus
8 1 (0.74%) Niku
8 1 (0.74%) PeopleSoft