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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 60 54
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 224 98 184
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.69% 3.27% 3.20%
As % of the Applications category 54.90% 42.98% 43.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 45 87
10th Percentile £224 £146 £114
25th Percentile £305 £153 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £300 £351
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -14.53% -16.92%
75th Percentile £548 £450 £472
90th Percentile £600 £513 £525
England median daily rate £425 £408 £440
% change year-on-year +4.29% -7.39% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 20 37
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.17 £11.45
25th Percentile £14.12 - £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £14.20 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.93% -5.33% -34.07%
75th Percentile £31.31 £15.84 £31.24
90th Percentile £37.05 £23.89 £45.00
England median hourly rate £18.75 £17.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year +10.29% +13.33% -31.82%

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 408 228 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 6.73% 7.60% 7.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 123 210
10th Percentile £238 £150 £145
25th Percentile £325 £199 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £475
90th Percentile £600 £575 £588
England median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 49 83
10th Percentile £12.29 £13.73 £11.71
25th Percentile £13.13 £14.20 £12.48
Median hourly rate £20.00 £15.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -10.00% -32.69%
75th Percentile £31.50 £32.31 £26.88
90th Percentile £49.50 £47.50 £45.00
England median hourly rate £22.63 £25.01 £16.23
% change year-on-year -9.52% +54.10% -38.75%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -15 100 £500 +25.00% 57
Berkshire 0 76 £505 +45.32% 29
Hampshire +5 51 £495 +65.08% 23
Surrey +5 43 £463 +19.35% 22
West Sussex -1 22 £223 -42.23% 7
Buckinghamshire -34 19 £430 +198.61% 19
Oxfordshire -27 5 £325 -27.78% 10
Sussex - 4 £275 - 4
Kent -1 2 £375 +200.00% 13
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 36 (16.07%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.79%) Confluence
3 3 (1.34%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.45%) Smallworld
Applications
1 56 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (22.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (9.38%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (5.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.89%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.45%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.45%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.45%) InDesign
6 1 (0.45%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 9 (4.02%) iTrent
2 5 (2.23%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.79%) SAP Business One
3 4 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.34%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.89%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.45%) Primavera
6 1 (0.45%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (24.11%) Power Platform
2 17 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (6.70%) Azure
4 11 (4.91%) OCI
5 9 (4.02%) SuccessFactors
6 7 (3.13%) AWS
6 7 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.23%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.79%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.34%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.34%) SaaS
10 2 (0.89%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.89%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.45%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.45%) GCP
11 1 (0.45%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.45%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.13%) Firewall
1 7 (3.13%) Wireless
2 4 (1.79%) RSVP
2 4 (1.79%) WAN
3 3 (1.34%) BGP
3 3 (1.34%) Internet
3 3 (1.34%) MPLS
4 2 (0.89%) SNMP
4 2 (0.89%) TACACS
4 2 (0.89%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.45%) ADSL
5 1 (0.45%) DWDM
5 1 (0.45%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.45%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.45%) Intranet
5 1 (0.45%) LAN
5 1 (0.45%) OSPF
5 1 (0.45%) PSTN
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
5 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (23.66%) Power BI
2 9 (4.02%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (2.68%) Metadata
4 5 (2.23%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.23%) Tableau
5 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.45%) GIS
5 1 (0.45%) Power Query
5 1 (0.45%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (12.05%) JIRA
2 5 (2.23%) Burp Suite
2 5 (2.23%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 106 (47.32%) Social Skills
2 72 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (22.32%) Finance
4 25 (11.16%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (6.70%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.13%) Marketing
6 7 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.68%) Retail
8 5 (2.23%) Arabic Language
8 5 (2.23%) French Language
8 5 (2.23%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.79%) Advertising
9 4 (1.79%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.34%) Legal
11 2 (0.89%) Automotive
11 2 (0.89%) Law
11 2 (0.89%) Local Government
12 1 (0.45%) Billing
12 1 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 86 (38.39%) Analyst
2 26 (11.61%) Data Analyst
3 23 (10.27%) Consultant
4 20 (8.93%) Implementation Consultant
5 17 (7.59%) Administrator
5 17 (7.59%) IT Analyst
6 15 (6.70%) PMO Analyst
7 10 (4.46%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.02%) Data Administrator
8 9 (4.02%) Oracle Analyst
8 9 (4.02%) Payroll Consultant
9 8 (3.57%) HR Analyst
9 8 (3.57%) IT Support
9 8 (3.57%) Lead
9 8 (3.57%) Support Analyst
9 8 (3.57%) Test Analyst
10 7 (3.13%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.13%) HR Data Analyst
10 7 (3.13%) IT Support Analyst
11 6 (2.68%) Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.93%) XML
2 8 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.34%) CSS
3 3 (1.34%) EDI
4 2 (0.89%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.89%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.89%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.89%) YANG
5 1 (0.45%) ADO
5 1 (0.45%) HTML
5 1 (0.45%) SOAP
5 1 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.70%) Onboarding
2 14 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.68%) Data Structures
3 6 (2.68%) Security Posture
4 5 (2.23%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.79%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.79%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.79%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.34%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.89%) CMDB
7 2 (0.89%) FMCG
7 2 (0.89%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.89%) NHS
8 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.45%) iSeries
8 1 (0.45%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.45%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.70%) Windows
2 5 (2.23%) Unix
3 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (23.21%) Business Intelligence
2 47 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (19.20%) Decision-Making
4 36 (16.07%) Project Management
5 35 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (12.95%) Project Delivery
7 28 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (11.61%) Data Analysis
8 26 (11.61%) Process Improvement
9 25 (11.16%) Agile
10 20 (8.93%) Migration
10 20 (8.93%) Validation
11 19 (8.48%) Customer Service
12 18 (8.04%) Analytics
12 18 (8.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (6.70%) Waterfall
14 14 (6.25%) Actionable Insight
15 13 (5.80%) Dashboard Development
15 13 (5.80%) Time Management
15 13 (5.80%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.96%) SQL
2 21 (9.38%) T-SQL
3 7 (3.13%) Python
4 4 (1.79%) VBA
5 3 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.45%) C
6 1 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.45%) Java
6 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 48 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 37 (16.52%) Degree
3 34 (15.18%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.70%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.36%) ACCA
6 10 (4.46%) CIMA
7 8 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (3.13%) PMI Certification
8 7 (3.13%) PMP
9 5 (2.23%) CHECK Team Member
9 5 (2.23%) CREST Certified
9 5 (2.23%) Cyber Scheme
9 5 (2.23%) Postgraduate
10 4 (1.79%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.89%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.89%) CCIE
11 2 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.89%) JNCIE
11 2 (0.89%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (21.43%) PMO
2 18 (8.04%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.91%) GDPR
4 10 (4.46%) QA
5 8 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (3.57%) SLA
6 5 (2.23%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.34%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.34%) GRC
7 3 (1.34%) ISO 22301
7 3 (1.34%) ISO 31000
7 3 (1.34%) NIST
8 1 (0.45%) GMP
8 1 (0.45%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.23%) Nmap
2 3 (1.34%) SCCM
3 2 (0.89%) Ansible
4 1 (0.45%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 76 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.16%) Oracle
3 20 (8.93%) SAP
4 14 (6.25%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.46%) Workday
6 5 (2.23%) Cisco
6 5 (2.23%) Google
7 4 (1.79%) Remedy
8 3 (1.34%) Baan
8 3 (1.34%) F5
8 3 (1.34%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.89%) Adobe
9 2 (0.89%) BT
9 2 (0.89%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.89%) Juniper
10 1 (0.45%) Apple
10 1 (0.45%) Ariba
10 1 (0.45%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.45%) HP
10 1 (0.45%) Planview