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 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 64 93
Rank change year-on-year +14 +29 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 91 60 60
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 3.97% 2.71% 1.95%
As % of the Applications category 37.45% 36.36% 28.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 34 20
10th Percentile £224 £145 £156
25th Percentile £234 £209 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 £340 £360
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.56% -22.58%
75th Percentile £438 £611 £475
90th Percentile £556 £708 £581
England median daily rate £440 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 26
10th Percentile - - £17.18
25th Percentile £6.00 £46.25 £23.06
Median hourly rate £14.84 £47.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -68.76% -2.50% +14.64%
75th Percentile £28.19 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £18.50 £16.23 £22.00
% change year-on-year +13.99% -26.23% +3.29%

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 243 165 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.60% 7.45% 6.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 102 108
10th Percentile £201 £151 £158
25th Percentile £263 £213 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +57.03% -22.17% -
75th Percentile £738 £584 £588
90th Percentile - £704 £675
England median daily rate £440 £410 £400
% change year-on-year +7.45% +2.38% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 10 38
10th Percentile £6.00 £44.14 £16.91
25th Percentile £12.82 £71.25 £25.06
Median hourly rate £22.63 £75.00 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year -69.83% +60.12% -27.94%
75th Percentile £73.75 - £48.72
90th Percentile £119.00 £90.00 £48.73
England median hourly rate £21.48 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -14.08% -9.09% +5.77%

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 11 December 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 11 December 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 11 December 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 +10 45 £363 +3.50% 16
Somerset +9 19 £275 -56.00% 16
Gloucestershire - 13 £367 - 18
Wiltshire -19 8 £500 +110.53% 12
Dorset +8 3 - - 13
Devon +6 2 £290 -10.77% 23
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 (17.58%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.10%) Confluence
3 1 (1.10%) Moodle
Applications
1 19 (20.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (5.49%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (4.40%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Cerner Millennium
1 1 (1.10%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 13 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (4.40%) Azure
4 3 (3.30%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.30%) SaaS
4 3 (3.30%) ShareGate
5 1 (1.10%) AWS
5 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.10%) Figma
5 1 (1.10%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.10%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.38%) PABX
2 4 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (3.30%) Kerberos
4 2 (2.20%) DNS
4 2 (2.20%) iSCSI
4 2 (2.20%) LAN
4 2 (2.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (23.08%) Power BI
2 4 (4.40%) Metadata
3 2 (2.20%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (2.20%) Tableau
4 1 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.10%) Git
2 1 (1.10%) GitLab
2 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.10%) Maven
2 1 (1.10%) SonarQube
General
1 40 (43.96%) Social Skills
2 25 (27.47%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (16.48%) Documentation Skills
3 15 (16.48%) Finance
4 13 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (13.19%) Aerospace
6 10 (10.99%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.20%) Aviation
7 2 (2.20%) Legal
8 1 (1.10%) Military
8 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.10%) Police
8 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (35.16%) Analyst
2 14 (15.38%) Desktop Engineer
2 14 (15.38%) Desktop Support
3 13 (14.29%) Administrator
3 13 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 13 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 10 (10.99%) Pricing Analyst
5 7 (7.69%) IT Engineer
5 7 (7.69%) IT Support
5 7 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Data Administrator
6 6 (6.59%) Data Analyst
6 6 (6.59%) Lead
6 6 (6.59%) Senior
7 5 (5.49%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.49%) Coordinator
7 5 (5.49%) Project Coordinator
7 5 (5.49%) Project Officer
7 5 (5.49%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (4.40%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.30%) LDAP
1 3 (3.30%) OAuth
1 3 (3.30%) OpenID
1 3 (3.30%) SAML
2 1 (1.10%) Bootstrap
2 1 (1.10%) CSS
2 1 (1.10%) CSS3
2 1 (1.10%) HTML
2 1 (1.10%) HTML5
2 1 (1.10%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (1.10%) JAX-RS
2 1 (1.10%) LESS
2 1 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.10%) REST
2 1 (1.10%) Sass
2 1 (1.10%) Spring
2 1 (1.10%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.58%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (15.38%) Smartphone
3 10 (10.99%) AS400
4 8 (8.79%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.20%) NHS
6 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.10%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.10%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.10%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (19.78%) Windows
2 8 (8.79%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.30%) Linux
3 3 (3.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (3.30%) Ubuntu
4 2 (2.20%) Android
4 2 (2.20%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.98%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (20.88%) Project Management
2 19 (20.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 17 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (15.38%) Agile
6 12 (13.19%) Data Analysis
7 11 (12.09%) Customer Service
7 11 (12.09%) Decision-Making
7 11 (12.09%) ERP
8 10 (10.99%) Customer Requirements
9 9 (9.89%) Risk Management
9 9 (9.89%) Service Delivery
10 8 (8.79%) Project Planning
11 7 (7.69%) Change Management
11 7 (7.69%) PRINCE2
12 6 (6.59%) Data Entry
12 6 (6.59%) Information Management
12 6 (6.59%) Migration
12 6 (6.59%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.40%) SQL
2 3 (3.30%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.20%) Java
3 2 (2.20%) Python
4 1 (1.10%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (34.07%) Security Cleared
2 26 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.89%) Degree
4 2 (2.20%) APMP
4 2 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.20%) CCNP
4 2 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.20%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (2.20%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (2.20%) JNCIP
5 1 (1.10%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.10%) ECDL
5 1 (1.10%) HND
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.10%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.68%) PMO
2 14 (15.38%) GDPR
3 8 (8.79%) SLA
4 6 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (5.49%) Accessibility
6 4 (4.40%) Data Quality
7 3 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (3.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.30%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (3.30%) SCCM
1 3 (3.30%) SCOM
2 2 (2.20%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (1.10%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 35 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.99%) Salesforce
3 9 (9.89%) ServiceNow
4 7 (7.69%) SAP
5 2 (2.20%) Cerner
5 2 (2.20%) Cisco
5 2 (2.20%) Oracle
6 1 (1.10%) Adobe
6 1 (1.10%) Progress