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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 64 56
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 162 110 185
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.68% 3.07% 3.75%
As % of the Applications category 44.75% 36.07% 36.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 58 111
10th Percentile £222 £143 £163
25th Percentile £311 £219 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £356 £380
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £543 £499 £494
90th Percentile £600 £537 £550
England median daily rate £450 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 3 14
10th Percentile £14.05 £25.68 £19.57
25th Percentile £14.50 £27.46 £21.40
Median hourly rate £17.00 £30.41 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -44.10% +9.59% +35.56%
75th Percentile £22.50 £33.21 £32.32
90th Percentile £29.35 £34.88 £53.81
England median hourly rate £18.50 £16.73 £21.57
% change year-on-year +10.58% -22.44% +0.84%

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 362 305 505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.21% 8.52% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 163 325
10th Percentile £191 £171 £148
25th Percentile £300 £244 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £404 £318
Median % change year-on-year +17.72% +27.09% -9.29%
75th Percentile £535 £506 £500
90th Percentile £600 £570 £597
England median daily rate £450 £410 £400
% change year-on-year +9.89% +2.38% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 21 38
10th Percentile £12.50 £20.00 £14.88
25th Percentile £13.31 £30.41 £18.61
Median hourly rate £16.36 £35.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.26% +22.83% +5.58%
75th Percentile £22.50 £54.00 £43.60
90th Percentile £29.61 £57.54 £61.61
England median hourly rate £20.26 £25.00 £28.30
% change year-on-year -18.98% -11.66% -10.16%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 1 January 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 -11 66 £480 +47.54% 73
Hampshire +7 47 £323 -36.14% 29
Berkshire -15 42 £492 +59.87% 48
Surrey +12 29 £500 +57.23% 30
Buckinghamshire +9 14 £480 +9.79% 13
West Sussex - 11 £388 - 15
Oxfordshire -4 10 £225 +40.63% 13
Kent -14 1 £375 +57.89% 17
East Sussex - 1 - - 5
Sussex - 1 - - 3
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 32 (19.75%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.32%) Confluence
3 4 (2.47%) CMS
Applications
1 54 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (27.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 29 (17.90%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (4.94%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.62%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (5.56%) Primavera
2 6 (3.70%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.85%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.62%) iTrent
5 1 (0.62%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.62%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 41 (25.31%) Power Platform
2 18 (11.11%) Azure
3 16 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.56%) AWS
5 8 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.47%) SaaS
8 3 (1.85%) OCI
8 3 (1.85%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.23%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (1.23%) Contentsquare
9 2 (1.23%) Lucidchart
9 2 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.62%) GCP
10 1 (0.62%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.62%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.62%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.62%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.17%) Firewall
1 10 (6.17%) Wireless
2 2 (1.23%) BGP
2 2 (1.23%) MPLS
2 2 (1.23%) SNMP
2 2 (1.23%) TACACS
2 2 (1.23%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.23%) WAN
2 2 (1.23%) WebEx
3 1 (0.62%) Broadband
3 1 (0.62%) Symposium
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (25.31%) Power BI
2 9 (5.56%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 6 (3.70%) Tableau
4 5 (3.09%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.23%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.62%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 21 (12.96%) JIRA
2 10 (6.17%) Burp Suite
2 10 (6.17%) Metasploit
General
1 96 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 60 (37.04%) Finance
3 50 (30.86%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (20.37%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.17%) Manufacturing
6 10 (6.17%) Marketing
7 8 (4.94%) Electronics
8 7 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.70%) Retail
10 5 (3.09%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.85%) Local Government
12 2 (1.23%) Legal
13 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.62%) Automotive
13 1 (0.62%) French Language
13 1 (0.62%) Greek Language
13 1 (0.62%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.62%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 54 (33.33%) Analyst
2 20 (12.35%) Data Analyst
3 13 (8.02%) PMO Analyst
3 13 (8.02%) Senior
4 12 (7.41%) Administrator
4 12 (7.41%) Tester
5 10 (6.17%) Penetration Tester
6 8 (4.94%) Support Analyst
7 7 (4.32%) Accountant
7 7 (4.32%) Project Planner
8 6 (3.70%) Finance Manager
8 6 (3.70%) IT Support
8 6 (3.70%) Project Manager
8 6 (3.70%) Resource Manager
9 5 (3.09%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.09%) Data Administrator
9 5 (3.09%) IT Analyst
9 5 (3.09%) IT Support Analyst
10 4 (2.47%) Accounts Payable Clerk
10 4 (2.47%) HR Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.85%) ADO
2 2 (1.23%) NETCONF
2 2 (1.23%) OpenConfig
2 2 (1.23%) RESTCONF
2 2 (1.23%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.17%) Analytical Mindset
1 10 (6.17%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.56%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.09%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.47%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.85%) CMDB
6 3 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.85%) Life Science
7 2 (1.23%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.23%) NHS
7 2 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.62%) FPGA
8 1 (0.62%) PMI
8 1 (0.62%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.02%) Windows
2 1 (0.62%) Linux
2 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.62%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (31.48%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (22.84%) Project Management
4 29 (17.90%) Decision-Making
5 27 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (14.20%) Time Management
7 22 (13.58%) Agile
8 20 (12.35%) CRM
8 20 (12.35%) PRINCE2
9 19 (11.73%) Process Improvement
10 18 (11.11%) Project Delivery
11 17 (10.49%) Data Analysis
12 16 (9.88%) Change Control
12 16 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (9.88%) Customer Service
12 16 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (8.02%) Budgeting
13 13 (8.02%) Line Management
14 12 (7.41%) Data Entry
15 11 (6.79%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.79%) SQL
2 9 (5.56%) Python
3 2 (1.23%) R
Qualifications
1 50 (30.86%) Degree
2 41 (25.31%) Security Cleared
3 30 (18.52%) SC Cleared
4 13 (8.02%) DV Cleared
5 10 (6.17%) CHECK Team Member
6 8 (4.94%) CREST Certified
6 8 (4.94%) Cyber Scheme
6 8 (4.94%) Postgraduate
7 7 (4.32%) ACCA
7 7 (4.32%) CIMA
7 7 (4.32%) Master's Degree
8 6 (3.70%) PMI Certification
9 5 (3.09%) PMP
10 3 (1.85%) CCAB
11 2 (1.23%) CCIE
11 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.23%) HNC
11 2 (1.23%) HND
11 2 (1.23%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (24.07%) PMO
2 20 (12.35%) QA
3 17 (10.49%) GDPR
4 11 (6.79%) PCI DSS
5 10 (6.17%) Data Quality
5 10 (6.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.47%) P3O
7 1 (0.62%) GxP
7 1 (0.62%) SLA
Systems Management
1 10 (6.17%) Nmap
2 2 (1.23%) Ansible
3 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.62%) SCOM
Vendors
1 70 (43.21%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.35%) SAP
3 9 (5.56%) Oracle
3 9 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.94%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.47%) Cellebrite
6 3 (1.85%) IFS
6 3 (1.85%) Workday
7 2 (1.23%) Adobe
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco
7 2 (1.23%) Cognos
7 2 (1.23%) F5
7 2 (1.23%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.23%) Juniper
7 2 (1.23%) Sage
8 1 (0.62%) BT
8 1 (0.62%) Facebook
8 1 (0.62%) Google
8 1 (0.62%) Micro Focus
8 1 (0.62%) Planview