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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 56 60
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 240 125 169
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.65% 3.65% 3.07%
As % of the Applications category 57.55% 46.99% 44.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 54 88
10th Percentile £238 £150 £156
25th Percentile £306 £160 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £298 £363
Median % change year-on-year +54.12% -17.93% -14.71%
75th Percentile £540 £438 £476
90th Percentile £594 £513 £538
England median daily rate £435 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +8.63% - -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 24 24
10th Percentile £13.31 £13.90 £11.79
25th Percentile £14.83 - £12.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £14.20 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +40.85% -12.88% -28.35%
75th Percentile £31.13 £15.84 £38.50
90th Percentile £85.60 £23.04 £45.00
England median hourly rate £22.50 £18.85 £15.07
% change year-on-year +19.36% +25.08% -28.24%

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 417 266 382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 6.35% 7.77% 6.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 135 198
10th Percentile £224 £150 £160
25th Percentile £325 £183 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £358 £375
Median % change year-on-year +31.56% -4.53% -
75th Percentile £543 £500 £508
90th Percentile £594 £600 £610
England median daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 55 69
10th Percentile £12.60 £13.64 £11.71
25th Percentile £13.39 £14.20 £13.46
Median hourly rate £22.50 £15.50 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year +45.16% -12.92% -25.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £32.18 £36.75
90th Percentile £85.10 £47.02 £53.27
England median hourly rate £23.11 £25.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -7.56% +42.86% -31.93%

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 19 July 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 -18 109 £467 +107.56% 47
Berkshire +3 84 £507 +45.97% 25
Surrey +9 50 £513 +57.69% 13
Hampshire -11 50 £503 +25.63% 35
West Sussex -6 24 £223 +31.18% 8
Buckinghamshire -29 18 £358 +148.26% 15
Oxfordshire -21 7 £400 +77.78% 8
Sussex - 4 £275 - 3
Kent 0 1 - - 11
Middlesex - 1 - - 5
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 35 (14.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.67%) Confluence
3 2 (0.83%) CMS
3 2 (0.83%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.42%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.42%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
Applications
1 65 (27.08%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (22.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (11.67%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (5.83%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.83%) 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 (3.75%) iTrent
2 5 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.67%) Primavera
3 4 (1.67%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.25%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.42%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.42%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (22.50%) Power Platform
2 17 (7.08%) Azure
3 14 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.58%) OCI
5 9 (3.75%) SuccessFactors
6 8 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.08%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.08%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.67%) AWS
8 4 (1.67%) SaaS
9 3 (1.25%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.25%) IaaS
9 3 (1.25%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.83%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.83%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.42%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.42%) GCP
11 1 (0.42%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.08%) MPLS
1 5 (2.08%) WAN
2 4 (1.67%) BGP
2 4 (1.67%) RSVP
2 4 (1.67%) SNMP
2 4 (1.67%) TACACS
2 4 (1.67%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.25%) Firewall
3 3 (1.25%) Internet
3 3 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.83%) LAN
4 2 (0.83%) Wireless
5 1 (0.42%) ADSL
5 1 (0.42%) DWDM
5 1 (0.42%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.42%) Intranet
5 1 (0.42%) PSTN
5 1 (0.42%) SDH
5 1 (0.42%) VPN
5 1 (0.42%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (22.08%) Power BI
2 10 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.75%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (3.75%) Tableau
4 7 (2.92%) Metadata
5 2 (0.83%) GIS
5 2 (0.83%) Power Query
5 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.42%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.42%) SQLite
6 1 (0.42%) Tableau Desktop
6 1 (0.42%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 27 (11.25%) JIRA
2 3 (1.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.42%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.42%) Metasploit
General
1 120 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 88 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (22.50%) Finance
4 37 (15.42%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.42%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.75%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.33%) Marketing
9 5 (2.08%) Arabic Language
9 5 (2.08%) French Language
9 5 (2.08%) Legal
10 4 (1.67%) Advertising
10 4 (1.67%) Aviation
10 4 (1.67%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.67%) Retail
11 2 (0.83%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.83%) Automotive
11 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.83%) Local Government
12 1 (0.42%) Law
Job Titles
1 83 (34.58%) Analyst
2 30 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 25 (10.42%) Consultant
4 20 (8.33%) Implementation Consultant
5 18 (7.50%) Administrator
6 16 (6.67%) IT Analyst
7 12 (5.00%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.75%) Data Administrator
8 9 (3.75%) Oracle Analyst
8 9 (3.75%) Payroll Consultant
9 8 (3.33%) HR Analyst
9 8 (3.33%) Test Analyst
10 7 (2.92%) Coordinator
10 7 (2.92%) HR Data Analyst
10 7 (2.92%) Lead
10 7 (2.92%) PMO Analyst
10 7 (2.92%) Project Officer
11 6 (2.50%) Change Manager
11 6 (2.50%) IT Support
11 6 (2.50%) Pensions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.33%) XML
2 8 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (2.08%) EDI
4 4 (1.67%) NETCONF
4 4 (1.67%) OpenConfig
4 4 (1.67%) RESTCONF
4 4 (1.67%) YANG
5 3 (1.25%) CSS
6 1 (0.42%) ADO
6 1 (0.42%) HTML
6 1 (0.42%) OLE
6 1 (0.42%) SOAP
6 1 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 15 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.92%) Data Structures
3 7 (2.92%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.50%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.67%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.67%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.67%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.25%) FMCG
7 3 (1.25%) PMI
7 3 (1.25%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.83%) CMDB
8 2 (0.83%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.83%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.83%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.42%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.83%) Windows
2 6 (2.50%) Unix
3 1 (0.42%) Linux
3 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.42%) Solaris
3 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (21.25%) Business Intelligence
3 48 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 47 (19.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (16.25%) Project Management
6 36 (15.00%) Data Analysis
7 33 (13.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (12.50%) Agile
9 29 (12.08%) Project Delivery
10 24 (10.00%) Process Improvement
10 24 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (9.58%) Validation
12 22 (9.17%) Analytics
12 22 (9.17%) Service Delivery
13 18 (7.50%) Actionable Insight
13 18 (7.50%) Dashboard Development
13 18 (7.50%) Migration
14 17 (7.08%) ITIL
14 17 (7.08%) Waterfall
15 16 (6.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.67%) SQL
2 21 (8.75%) T-SQL
3 12 (5.00%) Python
4 5 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.25%) VBA
6 2 (0.83%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.83%) R
7 1 (0.42%) C
7 1 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.42%) Java
7 1 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 57 (23.75%) Security Cleared
2 46 (19.17%) Degree
3 32 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 23 (9.58%) DV Cleared
5 15 (6.25%) PMI Certification
6 13 (5.42%) ACCA
7 12 (5.00%) PMP
8 11 (4.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (4.58%) CIMA
9 4 (1.67%) CCIE
9 4 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.67%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.67%) JNCIE
10 3 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.83%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.42%) CHECK Team Member
12 1 (0.42%) Cyber Scheme
12 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (17.50%) PMO
2 23 (9.58%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.33%) SLA
4 7 (2.92%) GDPR
4 7 (2.92%) QA
5 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.25%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.25%) GRC
6 3 (1.25%) ISO 22301
6 3 (1.25%) ISO 31000
6 3 (1.25%) NIST
7 2 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.42%) GMP
8 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (1.67%) Ansible
2 3 (1.25%) SCCM
3 1 (0.42%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.42%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.42%) Nmap
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 101 (42.08%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.50%) Oracle
3 22 (9.17%) SAP
4 19 (7.92%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.17%) Workday
6 6 (2.50%) Cisco
7 5 (2.08%) Baan
7 5 (2.08%) Google
8 4 (1.67%) F5
8 4 (1.67%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.67%) Juniper
8 4 (1.67%) Remedy
8 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.83%) Adobe
10 1 (0.42%) Apple
10 1 (0.42%) Ariba
10 1 (0.42%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.42%) BT
10 1 (0.42%) HP
10 1 (0.42%) Planview