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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 68 52
Rank change year-on-year +24 -16 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 207 97 188
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.23% 3.07% 3.45%
As % of the Applications category 48.14% 39.27% 37.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 47 105
10th Percentile £251 £143 £132
25th Percentile £357 £150 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £325 £369
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -11.82% -6.33%
75th Percentile £550 £465 £500
90th Percentile £600 £519 £550
England median daily rate £450 £403 £443
% change year-on-year +11.78% -9.13% +4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 3 30
10th Percentile £13.25 £21.90 £11.45
25th Percentile £14.50 £22.88 £12.72
Median hourly rate £18.30 £26.34 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.51% +75.57% -26.72%
75th Percentile £33.69 £29.29 £24.28
90th Percentile £74.50 £29.96 £36.58
England median hourly rate £18.50 £21.46 £15.00
% change year-on-year -13.79% +43.07% -33.57%

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 430 247 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.80% 7.82% 9.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 133 288
10th Percentile £209 £150 £148
25th Percentile £337 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £304
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +39.92% -16.21%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £488
90th Percentile £600 £560 £600
England median daily rate £450 £406 £400
% change year-on-year +10.84% +1.50% -9.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 19 69
10th Percentile £12.39 £13.25 £12.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £20.63 £13.68
Median hourly rate £15.75 £30.41 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.21% +68.94% -60.00%
75th Percentile £26.56 £43.75 £31.24
90th Percentile £37.00 £57.51 £55.02
England median hourly rate £19.91 £27.50 £20.71
% change year-on-year -27.60% +32.82% -42.49%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 26 February 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 +4 91 £505 +68.05% 50
Hampshire +21 73 £475 +33.33% 20
Berkshire -4 64 £507 +90.52% 35
Surrey +15 34 £513 +61.16% 24
Buckinghamshire -1 22 £475 +13.30% 10
West Sussex 0 12 £525 +36.01% 13
Oxfordshire -13 5 £550 +10.00% 7
Kent -18 1 £375 -26.83% 11
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 46 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.35%) Confluence
3 6 (2.90%) CMS
Applications
1 67 (32.37%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (26.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (17.39%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (4.83%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.97%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.48%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.48%) InDesign
6 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.86%) Primavera
2 5 (2.42%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.48%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.48%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 51 (24.64%) Power Platform
2 25 (12.08%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (11.11%) Azure
4 12 (5.80%) AWS
5 10 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (4.83%) OCI
6 4 (1.93%) SaaS
7 3 (1.45%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.48%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.48%) GCP
9 1 (0.48%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.48%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.76%) Wireless
2 13 (6.28%) Firewall
3 4 (1.93%) BGP
3 4 (1.93%) WAN
4 3 (1.45%) MPLS
4 3 (1.45%) SNMP
4 3 (1.45%) TACACS
4 3 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.45%) WebEx
5 1 (0.48%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.48%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.48%) LAN
5 1 (0.48%) OSPF
5 1 (0.48%) Symposium
5 1 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (24.64%) Power BI
2 7 (3.38%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 5 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (2.42%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.97%) Metadata
4 2 (0.97%) Tableau
5 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (15.46%) JIRA
2 13 (6.28%) Burp Suite
2 13 (6.28%) Metasploit
General
1 106 (51.21%) Social Skills
2 67 (32.37%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (26.09%) Finance
4 39 (18.84%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (6.76%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.83%) Marketing
7 9 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.38%) Retail
8 7 (3.38%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.90%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.93%) Electronics
11 3 (1.45%) Automotive
12 2 (0.97%) Legal
12 2 (0.97%) Local Government
13 1 (0.48%) Advertising
13 1 (0.48%) Billing
13 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.48%) Law
Job Titles
1 74 (35.75%) Analyst
2 21 (10.14%) PMO Analyst
3 19 (9.18%) Data Analyst
4 13 (6.28%) Administrator
4 13 (6.28%) Penetration Tester
4 13 (6.28%) Tester
5 12 (5.80%) IT Analyst
6 10 (4.83%) Senior
7 9 (4.35%) IT Support
7 9 (4.35%) Oracle Analyst
7 9 (4.35%) Test Analyst
8 8 (3.86%) Business Analyst
8 8 (3.86%) IT Support Analyst
8 8 (3.86%) Support Analyst
9 7 (3.38%) Coordinator
9 7 (3.38%) Project Manager
9 7 (3.38%) Project Planner
10 6 (2.90%) Consultant
10 6 (2.90%) Integration Analyst
10 6 (2.90%) Resource Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.45%) ADO
2 3 (1.45%) CSS
2 3 (1.45%) NETCONF
2 3 (1.45%) OpenConfig
2 3 (1.45%) RESTCONF
2 3 (1.45%) XML
2 3 (1.45%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.18%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (6.28%) Security Posture
3 10 (4.83%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (4.83%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.90%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.42%) CMDB
5 5 (2.42%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.42%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.93%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.45%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.45%) NHS
8 2 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.48%) iSeries
9 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.48%) PMI
9 1 (0.48%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.48%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.18%) Windows
2 2 (0.97%) Unix
3 1 (0.48%) Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (27.54%) Business Intelligence
2 49 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (23.67%) Project Management
3 38 (18.36%) Decision-Making
3 38 (18.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 29 (14.01%) Agile
4 29 (14.01%) Time Management
5 26 (12.56%) Project Delivery
6 25 (12.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 24 (11.59%) Data Analysis
8 22 (10.63%) PRINCE2
9 21 (10.14%) Change Control
9 21 (10.14%) Customer Service
10 18 (8.70%) Line Management
11 17 (8.21%) Process Improvement
12 15 (7.25%) Analytics
13 14 (6.76%) Regulatory Compliance
14 13 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (6.28%) Penetration Testing
14 13 (6.28%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.31%) SQL
2 6 (2.90%) Python
3 3 (1.45%) T-SQL
3 3 (1.45%) VBA
4 1 (0.48%) C
4 1 (0.48%) Java
4 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.48%) R
4 1 (0.48%) VB
Qualifications
1 63 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 52 (25.12%) Degree
3 45 (21.74%) SC Cleared
4 21 (10.14%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.28%) CHECK Team Member
6 11 (5.31%) CREST Certified
6 11 (5.31%) Cyber Scheme
6 11 (5.31%) PMI Certification
6 11 (5.31%) Postgraduate
7 10 (4.83%) PMP
8 6 (2.90%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.45%) ACCA
10 3 (1.45%) CCIE
10 3 (1.45%) CIMA
10 3 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.45%) JNCIE
11 1 (0.48%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (29.95%) PMO
2 19 (9.18%) QA
3 17 (8.21%) GDPR
4 14 (6.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (6.28%) PCI DSS
6 10 (4.83%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.42%) P3O
7 5 (2.42%) SLA
8 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.48%) GMP
8 1 (0.48%) GRC
8 1 (0.48%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.48%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.48%) NIST
Systems Management
1 13 (6.28%) Nmap
2 3 (1.45%) Ansible
3 2 (0.97%) SCCM
4 1 (0.48%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.48%) SCOM
4 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 77 (37.20%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.66%) SAP
3 17 (8.21%) Oracle
4 15 (7.25%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.38%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.93%) Cellebrite
6 4 (1.93%) Cisco
6 4 (1.93%) F5
6 4 (1.93%) Remedy
7 3 (1.45%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.45%) Juniper
8 2 (0.97%) Google
8 2 (0.97%) Workday
9 1 (0.48%) Adobe
9 1 (0.48%) Ariba
9 1 (0.48%) Facebook
9 1 (0.48%) HP
9 1 (0.48%) Meraki
9 1 (0.48%) Planview
9 1 (0.48%) Sage