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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 51 63
Rank change year-on-year -10 +12 -14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 228 135 142
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.47% 3.86% 3.03%
As % of the Applications category 54.42% 50.00% 40.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 55 72
10th Percentile £238 £153 £163
25th Percentile £306 £185 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £300 £363
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -17.24% -9.94%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £485
90th Percentile £600 £508 £538
England median daily rate £425 £408 £400
% change year-on-year +4.29% +1.88% -7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 28 12
10th Percentile £13.73 £13.96 £12.69
25th Percentile £15.00 - £25.81
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.20 £35.58
Median % change year-on-year +23.24% -60.09% +56.41%
75th Percentile £28.00 £17.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £59.55 £23.30 -
England median hourly rate £19.03 £18.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year +5.72% +10.91% -21.14%

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 419 270 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 6.38% 7.72% 7.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 129 187
10th Percentile £223 £153 £168
25th Percentile £325 £208 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £387 £400
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -3.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £510
90th Percentile £600 £600 £638
England median daily rate £450 £425 £405
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.94% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 53 39
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.15 £11.71
25th Percentile £14.19 £14.20 £17.03
Median hourly rate £16.33 £15.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% -45.54% +33.33%
75th Percentile £30.50 £22.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £33.05 £54.99
England median hourly rate £21.61 £24.62 £16.23
% change year-on-year -12.23% +51.69% -30.16%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -12 97 £400 +24.03% 120
Berkshire -4 63 £496 +22.15% 56
Hampshire -15 49 £513 +20.59% 79
Surrey +6 45 £469 +44.23% 67
Buckinghamshire -28 23 £358 +2.14% 42
West Sussex -16 16 £223 +31.18% 15
Oxfordshire -19 11 £400 +77.78% 23
Kent +6 7 £650 - 25
Sussex -1 4 £275 - 8
East Sussex -3 2 - - 17
Middlesex - 2 - - 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 42 (18.42%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.32%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.88%) Confluence
3 2 (0.88%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.44%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.44%) WebLogic
Applications
1 72 (31.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 70 (30.70%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (14.91%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (5.26%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.44%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.44%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.44%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (3.95%) iTrent
2 5 (2.19%) Primavera
3 4 (1.75%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.88%) Maximo
4 2 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.44%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (21.93%) Power Platform
2 10 (4.39%) Azure
3 9 (3.95%) SuccessFactors
4 8 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.19%) SaaS
5 5 (2.19%) Smartsheet
6 3 (1.32%) AWS
6 3 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.32%) IaaS
6 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.32%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.88%) Google Sheets
7 2 (0.88%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.88%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.88%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.44%) BrowserStack
8 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.44%) GCP
8 1 (0.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.75%) Internet
1 4 (1.75%) MPLS
1 4 (1.75%) RSVP
1 4 (1.75%) WAN
2 3 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.88%) ADSL
3 2 (0.88%) BGP
3 2 (0.88%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.88%) Firewall
3 2 (0.88%) LAN
3 2 (0.88%) PSTN
3 2 (0.88%) SNMP
3 2 (0.88%) TACACS
3 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.44%) DWDM
4 1 (0.44%) Intranet
4 1 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.44%) SDH
4 1 (0.44%) VPN
4 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (21.49%) Power BI
2 12 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.82%) Tableau
4 5 (2.19%) Metadata
5 4 (1.75%) GIS
5 4 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.88%) Power Query
6 2 (0.88%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.44%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.44%) SQLite
7 1 (0.44%) Tableau Desktop
7 1 (0.44%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 19 (8.33%) JIRA
2 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.44%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.44%) JMeter
3 1 (0.44%) Selenium
General
1 132 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 91 (39.91%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (29.39%) Finance
4 50 (21.93%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.39%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.95%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.95%) Marketing
8 7 (3.07%) Legal
9 6 (2.63%) Advertising
10 5 (2.19%) Arabic Language
10 5 (2.19%) French Language
11 4 (1.75%) Aviation
11 4 (1.75%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.32%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.32%) Retail
13 2 (0.88%) Automotive
13 2 (0.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 58 (25.44%) Analyst
2 30 (13.16%) Data Analyst
3 24 (10.53%) Administrator
4 14 (6.14%) Consultant
5 11 (4.82%) PMO Planner
6 10 (4.39%) Business Analyst
6 10 (4.39%) Coordinator
6 10 (4.39%) Project Officer
7 9 (3.95%) Implementation Consultant
7 9 (3.95%) IT Analyst
7 9 (3.95%) Lead
7 9 (3.95%) PMO Specialist
7 9 (3.95%) Senior
8 7 (3.07%) HR Analyst
8 7 (3.07%) HR Data Analyst
8 7 (3.07%) Support Specialist
9 6 (2.63%) Accountant
9 6 (2.63%) Change Manager
9 6 (2.63%) Support Assistant
9 6 (2.63%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.95%) XML
2 6 (2.63%) EDI
3 2 (0.88%) ADO
3 2 (0.88%) HTML
3 2 (0.88%) NETCONF
3 2 (0.88%) OLE
3 2 (0.88%) OpenConfig
3 2 (0.88%) RESTCONF
3 2 (0.88%) YANG
4 1 (0.44%) .NET
4 1 (0.44%) SOAP
4 1 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.40%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.82%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.07%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.63%) FMCG
4 6 (2.63%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.75%) PMI
5 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.32%) Blog
6 3 (1.32%) LIMS
6 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.32%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.88%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.88%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.88%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.88%) Social Media
7 2 (0.88%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.95%) Windows
2 4 (1.75%) Unix
3 1 (0.44%) Linux
3 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.44%) Solaris
3 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (27.63%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (27.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 51 (22.37%) Business Intelligence
4 45 (19.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (17.11%) Decision-Making
6 36 (15.79%) Project Management
7 33 (14.47%) Data Analysis
8 29 (12.72%) Agile
9 26 (11.40%) Project Delivery
10 25 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (10.09%) ERP
11 23 (10.09%) Process Improvement
12 22 (9.65%) Service Delivery
13 19 (8.33%) Dashboard Development
13 19 (8.33%) Validation
14 18 (7.89%) Logistics
15 17 (7.46%) Collaborative Working
16 16 (7.02%) Actionable Insight
16 16 (7.02%) Change Management
16 16 (7.02%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 43 (18.86%) SQL
2 11 (4.82%) Python
3 9 (3.95%) T-SQL
4 5 (2.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.32%) R
6 2 (0.88%) VBA
7 1 (0.44%) Java
7 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (28.51%) Security Cleared
2 55 (24.12%) Degree
3 38 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 25 (10.96%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.70%) ACCA
6 12 (5.26%) PMI Certification
7 11 (4.82%) CIMA
8 9 (3.95%) PMP
9 8 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.75%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.32%) BC Cleared
11 3 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.88%) CCIE
12 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.88%) HNC
12 2 (0.88%) HND
12 2 (0.88%) JNCIE
12 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.44%) CPIM
13 1 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (20.18%) PMO
2 20 (8.77%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.07%) QA
4 6 (2.63%) GDPR
5 5 (2.19%) SLA
6 3 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.88%) GRC
7 2 (0.88%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.88%) ISO 31000
7 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.88%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.44%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (0.88%) Ansible
2 1 (0.44%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 129 (56.58%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.72%) SAP
3 23 (10.09%) Oracle
4 15 (6.58%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.39%) Workday
6 6 (2.63%) Baan
7 5 (2.19%) Cisco
7 5 (2.19%) Google
8 4 (1.75%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.88%) BT
9 2 (0.88%) ESRI
9 2 (0.88%) F5
9 2 (0.88%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.88%) IBM
9 2 (0.88%) Juniper
9 2 (0.88%) Openreach
10 1 (0.44%) Facebook
10 1 (0.44%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.44%) IFS
10 1 (0.44%) UiPath