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 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 82 84
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 72 34 67
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.25% 1.97% 2.09%
As % of the Applications category 33.49% 22.37% 28.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 25 29
10th Percentile £150 £184 £134
25th Percentile £263 £250 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £339 £409 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% -13.89% +1.71%
75th Percentile £440 £550 £606
90th Percentile £560 £638 £750
England median daily rate £450 £409 £440
% change year-on-year +10.02% -7.05% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 17
10th Percentile - £32.60 £11.85
25th Percentile £14.00 £42.88 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £60.00 £14.36
Median % change year-on-year -69.17% +317.83% -77.91%
75th Percentile £69.13 - £14.54
90th Percentile £119.00 - £16.79
England median hourly rate £18.50 £16.23 £14.80
% change year-on-year +13.99% +9.66% -41.39%

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 215 152 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 6.71% 8.82% 7.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 113 104
10th Percentile £209 £189 £137
25th Percentile £305 £217 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £725 £575 £578
90th Percentile £738 £623 £743
England median daily rate £450 £424 £396
% change year-on-year +6.07% +7.13% -7.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 14 61
10th Percentile £14.00 £27.33 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.54 £44.69 £14.54
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +38.89% -30.77%
75th Percentile £75.88 £69.38 £51.25
90th Percentile £197.50 £75.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £20.35 £24.66 £17.60
% change year-on-year -17.48% +40.11% -53.07%

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 20 April 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 20 April 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 20 April 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 -7 25 £377 -29.21% 13
Wiltshire -3 14 £313 -14.32% 3
Somerset -2 13 £347 -44.44% 10
Devon -3 10 £182 -43.92% 14
Gloucestershire -4 8 £410 +88.64% 20
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 15 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.39%) Confluence
2 1 (1.39%) Moodle
Applications
1 28 (38.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 24 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (4.17%) Adobe Captivate
5 3 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (4.17%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.39%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (1.39%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.39%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (1.39%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.39%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 21 (29.17%) Power Platform
2 14 (19.44%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.56%) Azure
4 3 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.17%) Figma
5 2 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.39%) AWS
6 1 (1.39%) SaaS
6 1 (1.39%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.39%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (29.17%) Power BI
2 3 (4.17%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.78%) Metadata
3 2 (2.78%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.39%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.39%) Power Query
4 1 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (19.44%) JIRA
2 2 (2.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 35 (48.61%) Social Skills
2 28 (38.89%) Organisational Skills
3 27 (37.50%) Finance
4 12 (16.67%) Military
5 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (12.50%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.17%) Marketing
8 2 (2.78%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.39%) Billing
9 1 (1.39%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.39%) Legal
9 1 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.39%) Police
9 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (27.78%) Project Officer
2 14 (19.44%) Project Support Officer
2 14 (19.44%) Support Officer
3 9 (12.50%) Analyst
4 6 (8.33%) Administrator
4 6 (8.33%) Coordinator
4 6 (8.33%) Project Control Officer
4 6 (8.33%) Project Coordinator
5 5 (6.94%) Project Support Coordinator
6 4 (5.56%) Data Administrator
6 4 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Service Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Technical Support
6 4 (5.56%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (4.17%) Copywriter
7 3 (4.17%) Data Analyst
7 3 (4.17%) Designer
7 3 (4.17%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (5.56%) JDO
3 1 (1.39%) ADO
3 1 (1.39%) FHIR
3 1 (1.39%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Virtual Team
2 4 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.17%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.17%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.78%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.78%) NHS
5 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.39%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.78%) Linux
1 2 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (2.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.94%) Agile
2 22 (30.56%) Project Management
3 17 (23.61%) PRINCE2
4 16 (22.22%) Project Delivery
5 15 (20.83%) Project Planning
6 14 (19.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (15.28%) Change Control
7 11 (15.28%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.11%) Business Case
8 8 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
8 8 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (11.11%) Waterfall
9 7 (9.72%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 7 (9.72%) Data Analysis
9 7 (9.72%) Decision-Making
9 7 (9.72%) ERP
9 7 (9.72%) Migration
10 6 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.72%) SQL
2 4 (5.56%) Python
3 2 (2.78%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 30 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 23 (31.94%) Degree
3 19 (26.39%) SC Cleared
4 10 (13.89%) DV Cleared
5 8 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.78%) APMP
6 2 (2.78%) CBAP
6 2 (2.78%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.78%) PMP
7 1 (1.39%) ACCA
7 1 (1.39%) CIMA
7 1 (1.39%) ECDL
7 1 (1.39%) HND
7 1 (1.39%) IIBA
7 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.28%) Data Quality
2 10 (13.89%) PMO
3 6 (8.33%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.78%) GDPR
5 1 (1.39%) HL7
5 1 (1.39%) QA
5 1 (1.39%) SLA
5 1 (1.39%) SNOMED CT
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.78%) SCOM
Vendors
1 47 (65.28%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 7 (9.72%) Adobe
3 7 (9.72%) Oracle
4 2 (2.78%) Cerner
4 2 (2.78%) Databricks
4 2 (2.78%) Remedy
4 2 (2.78%) SAP
5 1 (1.39%) Google