Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Excel
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 79 82
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 65 35 72
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.20% 2.08% 2.25%
As % of the Applications category 30.81% 21.47% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 24 30
10th Percentile £217 £214 £131
25th Percentile £263 £288 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £367 £409 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% -13.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £469 £512 £605
90th Percentile £590 £638 £750
England median daily rate £450 £409 £440
% change year-on-year +10.02% -7.05% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 31
10th Percentile £15.60 £32.60 £14.00
25th Percentile £52.65 £42.88 £14.36
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £15.89
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +277.60% -75.55%
75th Percentile £119.00 - £48.72
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.50 £20.75 £14.80
% change year-on-year -10.84% +40.20% -39.59%

All Software Application Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 211 163 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 7.14% 9.67% 7.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 119 95
10th Percentile £222 £202 £135
25th Percentile £325 £220 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +29.33% -6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £738 £575 £581
90th Percentile - £638 £698
England median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 12 75
10th Percentile £15.60 £26.28 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.41 £49.94 £16.95
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +38.89% -30.77%
75th Percentile £95.63 £68.13 £51.25
90th Percentile £197.50 £74.50 £55.45
England median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £18.93
% change year-on-year -26.60% +43.29% -49.52%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South West over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South West over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 24 March 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
Bristol -5 31 £377 +17.92% 13
Somerset -4 14 £275 -56.00% 19
Gloucestershire -4 10 £410 +0.24% 12
Wiltshire -14 8 £347 -4.87% 4
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (9.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.08%) Confluence
3 1 (1.54%) Moodle
Applications
1 16 (24.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 14 (21.54%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (18.46%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (13.85%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (6.15%) MS Visio
6 3 (4.62%) Adobe Captivate
6 3 (4.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (1.54%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (1.54%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.54%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (1.54%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.85%) Power Platform
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.62%) Figma
4 2 (3.08%) Azure
4 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.54%) AWS
5 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.54%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.31%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.85%) Power BI
2 3 (4.62%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.54%) Metadata
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.54%) Power Query
4 1 (1.54%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.54%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (24.62%) JIRA
2 1 (1.54%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.54%) Git
2 1 (1.54%) GitLab
2 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.54%) Maven
2 1 (1.54%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 30 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 20 (30.77%) Finance
3 17 (26.15%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (10.77%) Aerospace
6 5 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.62%) Marketing
9 2 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.54%) Billing
10 1 (1.54%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (1.54%) Legal
10 1 (1.54%) Military
10 1 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 12 (18.46%) Analyst
1 12 (18.46%) Project Officer
2 9 (13.85%) Support Engineer
3 8 (12.31%) Desktop Engineer
3 8 (12.31%) Desktop Support
3 8 (12.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 6 (9.23%) Coordinator
4 6 (9.23%) Project Control Officer
4 6 (9.23%) Project Coordinator
4 6 (9.23%) Project Support Officer
4 6 (9.23%) Support Officer
5 5 (7.69%) Project Support Coordinator
6 4 (6.15%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (6.15%) IT Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) IT Support
6 4 (6.15%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Senior
6 4 (6.15%) Service Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Copywriter
7 3 (4.62%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.54%) Bootstrap
2 1 (1.54%) CSS
2 1 (1.54%) CSS3
2 1 (1.54%) FHIR
2 1 (1.54%) HTML
2 1 (1.54%) HTML5
2 1 (1.54%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (1.54%) JAX-RS
2 1 (1.54%) JDO
2 1 (1.54%) LESS
2 1 (1.54%) Pandas
2 1 (1.54%) REST
2 1 (1.54%) Sass
2 1 (1.54%) Spring
2 1 (1.54%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (12.31%) Smartphone
2 8 (12.31%) Virtual Team
3 6 (9.23%) Onboarding
4 5 (7.69%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.62%) Mobile App
6 2 (3.08%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.08%) NHS
7 1 (1.54%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.31%) Windows
2 4 (6.15%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.62%) Linux
3 3 (4.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (4.62%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.77%) Project Management
2 19 (29.23%) Agile
3 11 (16.92%) PRINCE2
4 10 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 10 (15.38%) Project Planning
4 10 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (13.85%) Service Delivery
6 7 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (10.77%) Time Management
7 6 (9.23%) Creative Thinking
7 6 (9.23%) Data Analysis
7 6 (9.23%) Decision-Making
7 6 (9.23%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (9.23%) Storytelling
8 5 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (7.69%) ERP
8 5 (7.69%) Project Governance
8 5 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.69%) SQL
2 3 (4.62%) Python
3 1 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.54%) Java
3 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.54%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (43.08%) Security Cleared
2 21 (32.31%) SC Cleared
3 10 (15.38%) Degree
4 6 (9.23%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.08%) APMP
5 2 (3.08%) CBAP
6 1 (1.54%) ECDL
6 1 (1.54%) HND
6 1 (1.54%) IIBA
6 1 (1.54%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.54%) PMP
6 1 (1.54%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.46%) PMO
2 6 (9.23%) Data Quality
2 6 (9.23%) GDPR
3 5 (7.69%) SLA
4 4 (6.15%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.54%) HL7
5 1 (1.54%) QA
5 1 (1.54%) SNOMED CT
5 1 (1.54%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 3 (4.62%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.62%) SCOM
Vendors
1 30 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.77%) Adobe
3 4 (6.15%) Oracle
3 4 (6.15%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.08%) Cerner
4 2 (3.08%) Remedy
4 2 (3.08%) SAP
5 1 (1.54%) Databricks
5 1 (1.54%) Google
5 1 (1.54%) Progress