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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 63 96
Rank change year-on-year +29 +33 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 105 78 59
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 5.21% 3.16% 1.85%
As % of the Applications category 46.67% 40.00% 27.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 36 20
10th Percentile £184 £143 £156
25th Percentile £225 £211 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £320 £368
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% -12.93% -16.48%
75th Percentile £456 £501 £491
90th Percentile £499 £688 £553
England median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 1 25
10th Percentile - - £21.41
25th Percentile £6.00 £46.25 £26.00
Median hourly rate £15.60 £47.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -67.16% -2.50% +49.91%
75th Percentile £33.75 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £64.85 - -
England median hourly rate £20.26 £16.23 £22.00
% change year-on-year +24.80% -26.23% +25.71%

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 225 195 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 11.16% 7.89% 6.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 105 126
10th Percentile £184 £143 £189
25th Percentile £225 £205 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £363 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -19.44% -
75th Percentile £575 £532 £572
90th Percentile £638 £718 £600
England median daily rate £425 £403 £425
% change year-on-year +5.46% -5.18% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 7 36
10th Percentile £6.00 £37.82 £21.45
25th Percentile £12.82 £60.63 £32.51
Median hourly rate £22.63 £75.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -69.83% +53.94% -23.58%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.00 £54.38
England median hourly rate £23.10 £20.24 £25.86
% change year-on-year +14.16% -21.74% +7.73%

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 2025. 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 +14 55 £413 +28.91% 24
Somerset +20 23 £250 +11.11% 18
Gloucestershire +6 13 £350 - 17
Wiltshire +1 9 £275 -4.35% 17
Dorset - 3 - - 11
Devon +5 2 £290 - 11
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 23 (21.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (19.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.86%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 25 (23.81%) Power Platform
2 13 (12.38%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.71%) Azure
4 4 (3.81%) SaaS
5 3 (2.86%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.86%) Google Sheets
5 3 (2.86%) ShareGate
6 2 (1.90%) AWS
6 2 (1.90%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.90%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.95%) Figma
7 1 (0.95%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.33%) PABX
2 4 (3.81%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.86%) Kerberos
4 2 (1.90%) DNS
4 2 (1.90%) iSCSI
4 2 (1.90%) LAN
4 2 (1.90%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (23.81%) Power BI
2 3 (2.86%) Metadata
3 2 (1.90%) Tableau
4 1 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.95%) MS Access
4 1 (0.95%) MySQL
4 1 (0.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.95%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.95%) Git
2 1 (0.95%) GitLab
2 1 (0.95%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.95%) Maven
2 1 (0.95%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.95%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (40.95%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (18.10%) Finance
4 14 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (11.43%) Aerospace
5 12 (11.43%) Public Sector
6 10 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.81%) Legal
8 2 (1.90%) Aviation
8 2 (1.90%) Local Government
9 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.95%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (32.38%) Analyst
2 18 (17.14%) Desktop Support
3 14 (13.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 13 (12.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 13 (12.38%) Support Engineer
5 12 (11.43%) Administrator
6 10 (9.52%) Pricing Analyst
7 8 (7.62%) IT Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) IT Support
8 7 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) Programme Controller
9 6 (5.71%) Data Analyst
9 6 (5.71%) Senior
10 5 (4.76%) Data Administrator
10 5 (4.76%) Deskside Analyst
10 5 (4.76%) Deskside Support
10 5 (4.76%) Deskside Support Analyst
10 5 (4.76%) Lead
10 5 (4.76%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (4.76%) Technology Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.86%) CSS
1 3 (2.86%) HTML
1 3 (2.86%) LDAP
1 3 (2.86%) OAuth
1 3 (2.86%) OpenID
1 3 (2.86%) SAML
2 1 (0.95%) .NET
2 1 (0.95%) Bootstrap
2 1 (0.95%) CSS3
2 1 (0.95%) HTML5
2 1 (0.95%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (0.95%) JAX-RS
2 1 (0.95%) LESS
2 1 (0.95%) ODBC
2 1 (0.95%) REST
2 1 (0.95%) Sass
2 1 (0.95%) Spring
2 1 (0.95%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.10%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (13.33%) Smartphone
3 10 (9.52%) AS400
4 6 (5.71%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.95%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.95%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.95%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 22 (20.95%) Windows
2 8 (7.62%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.90%) Android
3 2 (1.90%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.90%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.95%) Linux
4 1 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.95%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (24.76%) Project Management
2 23 (21.90%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (16.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 15 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 14 (13.33%) Agile
7 13 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (11.43%) Decision-Making
9 10 (9.52%) Customer Requirements
9 10 (9.52%) ERP
10 9 (8.57%) Data Entry
10 9 (8.57%) Risk Management
11 8 (7.62%) Service Delivery
12 7 (6.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 6 (5.71%) Asset Management
13 6 (5.71%) Change Management
13 6 (5.71%) Migration
14 5 (4.76%) Information Management
14 5 (4.76%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.76%) Python
1 5 (4.76%) SQL
2 3 (2.86%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.86%) VBA
3 2 (1.90%) Java
4 1 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.95%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.95%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.95%) VB
4 1 (0.95%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.95%) VB6
Qualifications
1 33 (31.43%) Security Cleared
2 28 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.76%) Degree
3 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.90%) CCNP
4 2 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (1.90%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.90%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (1.90%) JNCIP
5 1 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (19.05%) PMO
2 17 (16.19%) GDPR
3 12 (11.43%) SLA
4 6 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (4.76%) Accessibility
5 5 (4.76%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.95%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.86%) SCCM
2 2 (1.90%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.95%) SCOM
3 1 (0.95%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 49 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 10 (9.52%) Salesforce
4 7 (6.67%) SAP
5 3 (2.86%) Google
6 2 (1.90%) Apple
6 2 (1.90%) Cisco
6 2 (1.90%) Twitter
7 1 (0.95%) Adobe
7 1 (0.95%) Oracle
7 1 (0.95%) Progress