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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 60 62
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 -13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 256 129 139
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.90% 3.63% 3.16%
As % of the Applications category 57.14% 44.18% 39.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 55 65
10th Percentile £223 £153 £160
25th Percentile £300 £211 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £400 £365
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +9.59% -8.75%
75th Percentile £538 £472 £519
90th Percentile £600 £575 £538
England median daily rate £413 £415 £390
% change year-on-year -0.60% +6.41% -10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 24 7
10th Percentile £13.39 £14.00 £24.80
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £28.96
Median hourly rate £16.42 £17.00 £30.83
Median % change year-on-year -3.44% -44.85% +37.77%
75th Percentile £20.38 £22.50 £36.37
90th Percentile £31.31 £24.36 £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 448 292 353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 6.83% 8.21% 8.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 143 188
10th Percentile £213 £153 £168
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 £510
90th Percentile £600 £600 £591
England median daily rate £445 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 58 30
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.60 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.13 £14.00 £20.28
Median hourly rate £16.33 £16.68 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -52.34% +84.21%
75th Percentile £23.21 £29.61 £53.00
90th Percentile £54.75 £32.13 £58.04
England median hourly rate £18.50 £25.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -26.00% +47.06% -33.88%

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 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 3 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 3 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 +4 108 £400 +6.67% 180
Berkshire -3 66 £450 +10.77% 81
Hampshire -13 60 £511 +20.29% 110
Surrey +12 52 £438 +2.94% 77
Buckinghamshire -2 30 £360 +2.86% 70
West Sussex -18 12 £223 +31.18% 25
Oxfordshire -26 12 £400 +77.78% 31
Kent - 9 £650 - 31
East Sussex +3 4 - - 14
Sussex +1 4 £275 - 3
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 52 (20.31%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.17%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.39%) CMS
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 82 (32.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 75 (29.30%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (14.06%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (5.08%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 8 (3.13%) iTrent
2 6 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.95%) Primavera
4 4 (1.56%) SAP Business One
4 4 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (1.17%) Maximo
6 1 (0.39%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (19.53%) Power Platform
2 12 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (3.13%) Azure
3 8 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
4 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (1.95%) SaaS
4 5 (1.95%) Smartsheet
5 3 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.17%) IaaS
5 3 (1.17%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.78%) GCP
6 2 (0.78%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.39%) AWS
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.39%) BrowserStack
7 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.39%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.39%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.39%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.56%) MPLS
1 4 (1.56%) RSVP
1 4 (1.56%) WAN
2 3 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.78%) ADSL
3 2 (0.78%) BGP
3 2 (0.78%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.78%) Internet
3 2 (0.78%) LAN
3 2 (0.78%) PSTN
3 2 (0.78%) SNMP
3 2 (0.78%) TACACS
3 2 (0.78%) 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 49 (19.14%) Power BI
2 10 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.52%) Tableau
4 5 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.95%) Power Query
5 4 (1.56%) GIS
6 3 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.78%) Looker
7 2 (0.78%) Metadata
7 2 (0.78%) 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%) EDMS
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 (6.64%) JIRA
2 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.39%) JMeter
3 1 (0.39%) Selenium
General
1 163 (63.67%) Social Skills
2 100 (39.06%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (32.03%) Finance
4 63 (24.61%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.08%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.69%) Marketing
7 12 (4.69%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.34%) Advertising
8 6 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.34%) General Ledger
9 5 (1.95%) Arabic Language
9 5 (1.95%) French Language
9 5 (1.95%) Legal
9 5 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.56%) Billing
10 4 (1.56%) Local Government
10 4 (1.56%) Retail
11 3 (1.17%) Aviation
11 3 (1.17%) Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (19.14%) Analyst
2 39 (15.23%) Administrator
3 28 (10.94%) Data Analyst
4 16 (6.25%) Coordinator
5 13 (5.08%) PMO Planner
6 11 (4.30%) PMO Specialist
6 11 (4.30%) Project Officer
7 10 (3.91%) Lead
7 10 (3.91%) Senior
8 9 (3.52%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.52%) Support Specialist
9 7 (2.73%) HR Analyst
9 7 (2.73%) HR Data Analyst
9 7 (2.73%) IT Analyst
9 7 (2.73%) Support Assistant
9 7 (2.73%) Support Officer
10 6 (2.34%) Change Manager
10 6 (2.34%) Systems Analyst
11 5 (1.95%) Consultant
11 5 (1.95%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.34%) EDI
2 2 (0.78%) HTML
2 2 (0.78%) NETCONF
2 2 (0.78%) OLE
2 2 (0.78%) OpenConfig
2 2 (0.78%) RESTCONF
2 2 (0.78%) YANG
3 1 (0.39%) .NET
3 1 (0.39%) ADO
3 1 (0.39%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.28%) Onboarding
2 23 (8.98%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.73%) Social Media
4 6 (2.34%) FMCG
4 6 (2.34%) LIMS
4 6 (2.34%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.95%) Data Structures
5 5 (1.95%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.95%) PMI
6 4 (1.56%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.17%) Blog
7 3 (1.17%) CCTV
7 3 (1.17%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.78%) CMDB
8 2 (0.78%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.78%) NHS
8 2 (0.78%) Online Banking
8 2 (0.78%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.13%) 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 81 (31.64%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (20.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 51 (19.92%) Business Intelligence
5 37 (14.45%) Data Analysis
6 36 (14.06%) Decision-Making
6 36 (14.06%) Project Management
7 33 (12.89%) Logistics
8 31 (12.11%) Service Delivery
9 30 (11.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (11.33%) Process Improvement
11 28 (10.94%) Agile
12 26 (10.16%) Project Delivery
13 24 (9.38%) ERP
14 19 (7.42%) Customer Service
15 18 (7.03%) Analytics
15 18 (7.03%) Dashboard Development
16 17 (6.64%) Actionable Insight
16 17 (6.64%) PRINCE2
17 16 (6.25%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 33 (12.89%) SQL
2 7 (2.73%) Python
3 5 (1.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (1.95%) R
4 2 (0.78%) VBA
5 1 (0.39%) Java
5 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (28.52%) Security Cleared
2 53 (20.70%) Degree
3 46 (17.97%) DV Cleared
4 27 (10.55%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.47%) ACCA
6 13 (5.08%) CIMA
7 12 (4.69%) PMI Certification
8 8 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.13%) PMP
9 3 (1.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.78%) AAT
10 2 (0.78%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.78%) CCIE
10 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.78%) HNC
10 2 (0.78%) HND
10 2 (0.78%) JNCIE
11 1 (0.39%) CPIM
11 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (19.53%) PMO
2 21 (8.20%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.91%) QA
4 7 (2.73%) GDPR
5 5 (1.95%) SLA
6 3 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.78%) 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 (0.78%) Ansible
2 1 (0.39%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 166 (64.84%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.67%) SAP
3 24 (9.38%) Oracle
4 16 (6.25%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.91%) Workday
6 6 (2.34%) Baan
6 6 (2.34%) Google
7 5 (1.95%) Cisco
8 3 (1.17%) Adobe
8 3 (1.17%) ESRI
8 3 (1.17%) IBM
8 3 (1.17%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.78%) BT
9 2 (0.78%) F5
9 2 (0.78%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.78%) IFS
9 2 (0.78%) Juniper
9 2 (0.78%) Openreach
10 1 (0.39%) Facebook
10 1 (0.39%) HubSpot