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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 36 55
Rank change year-on-year -28 +19 +42
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 106 97 87
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.86% 4.91% 3.42%
As % of the Applications category 46.49% 44.50% 41.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 40 36
10th Percentile £151 £182 £143
25th Percentile £225 £225 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £283 £320
Median % change year-on-year +16.81% -11.72% -14.67%
75th Percentile £440 £438 £501
90th Percentile £535 £504 £688
England median daily rate £423 £420 £390
% change year-on-year +0.60% +7.69% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 33 1
10th Percentile £13.75 - -
25th Percentile £14.21 £6.00 £46.25
Median hourly rate £17.86 £15.60 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -67.16% -2.50%
75th Percentile £21.50 £33.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £54.40 £58.35 -
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 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 228 218 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 6.16% 11.03% 8.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 109 106
10th Percentile £156 £184 £141
25th Percentile £263 £225 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £381
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -1.64% -15.28%
75th Percentile £484 £575 £536
90th Percentile £576 £638 £689
England median daily rate £445 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 49 9
10th Percentile £13.86 £6.00 £42.04
25th Percentile £14.33 £12.82 £53.00
Median hourly rate £19.33 £22.63 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% -69.83% +53.94%
75th Percentile £54.40 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £17.86 £24.31 £20.00
% change year-on-year -26.55% +21.55% -22.21%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 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
Bristol -20 43 £380 -7.88% 25
Gloucestershire +8 17 £410 +47.35% 26
Somerset -30 17 £163 -35.00% 46
Devon +2 16 £182 -37.16% 28
Dorset -6 7 - - 34
Wiltshire -17 6 £288 +12.75% 28
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 16 (15.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (21.70%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (17.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (14.15%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (11.32%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (4.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.72%) SAP HR
1 5 (4.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.89%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.89%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.94%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 24 (22.64%) Power Platform
2 18 (16.98%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (5.66%) Power Automate
4 4 (3.77%) OneDrive
4 4 (3.77%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.89%) Azure
5 2 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (1.89%) SaaS
6 1 (0.94%) Figma
6 1 (0.94%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.94%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (22.64%) Power BI
2 5 (4.72%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (3.77%) GIS
4 3 (2.83%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.89%) Power Query
5 2 (1.89%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (14.15%) JIRA
General
1 62 (58.49%) Social Skills
2 41 (38.68%) Organisational Skills
3 31 (29.25%) Finance
4 18 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.55%) Military
6 7 (6.60%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.66%) Aerospace
7 6 (5.66%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.72%) General Ledger
9 4 (3.77%) Local Government
10 3 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.89%) Marketing
11 2 (1.89%) Police
11 2 (1.89%) Retail
12 1 (0.94%) Banking
12 1 (0.94%) Billing
12 1 (0.94%) French Language
12 1 (0.94%) German Language
12 1 (0.94%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.94%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 26 (24.53%) Administrator
2 21 (19.81%) Project Officer
3 17 (16.04%) Analyst
4 12 (11.32%) Project Support Officer
4 12 (11.32%) Support Officer
5 9 (8.49%) Project Control Officer
6 7 (6.60%) Coordinator
7 6 (5.66%) Data Analyst
8 5 (4.72%) PMO Analyst
8 5 (4.72%) Report Analyst
8 5 (4.72%) Senior
9 4 (3.77%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (3.77%) Data Administrator
9 4 (3.77%) First Line Help Desk Support
9 4 (3.77%) Help Desk Support
9 4 (3.77%) Project Manager
10 3 (2.83%) Business Analyst
10 3 (2.83%) Configuration Engineer
10 3 (2.83%) Systems Administrator
10 3 (2.83%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.77%) HTML
2 1 (0.94%) JDO
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.15%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.49%) Virtual Team
3 5 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.83%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.89%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.94%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.94%) FMCG
7 1 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.94%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.94%) Photovoltaics
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (20.75%) Decision-Making
2 20 (18.87%) Project Management
3 19 (17.92%) Project Delivery
4 17 (16.04%) Agile
4 17 (16.04%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (16.04%) Customer Service
4 17 (16.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (14.15%) Analytics
5 15 (14.15%) PRINCE2
5 15 (14.15%) Validation
6 14 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (12.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (11.32%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (9.43%) Data Analysis
10 10 (9.43%) Data Management
11 9 (8.49%) Migration
12 8 (7.55%) CRM
12 8 (7.55%) Time Management
12 8 (7.55%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.55%) SQL
2 4 (3.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 4 (3.77%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.89%) Python
4 1 (0.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (26.42%) Security Cleared
2 21 (19.81%) Degree
3 15 (14.15%) SC Cleared
4 14 (13.21%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.66%) CIPD
6 4 (3.77%) AAT
6 4 (3.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (2.83%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (17.92%) Data Quality
1 19 (17.92%) PMO
2 11 (10.38%) GDPR
3 3 (2.83%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.89%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.89%) QA
5 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.94%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.94%) NCSC
5 1 (0.94%) NIST
5 1 (0.94%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.94%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.77%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 66 (62.26%) Microsoft
2 16 (15.09%) SAP
3 6 (5.66%) Oracle
3 6 (5.66%) Workday
4 5 (4.72%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.77%) Sage
5 4 (3.77%) Xero
6 2 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.94%) Ariba
7 1 (0.94%) BiZZdesign