Microsoft Excel Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Excel
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 78 89
Rank change year-on-year +4 +11 -18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 37 81 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.21% 2.53% 2.32%
As % of the Applications category 24.03% 30.80% 30.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 30 59
10th Percentile £196 £135 £197
25th Percentile £250 £225 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £475 £467
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +1.71% +9.88%
75th Percentile £550 £605 £547
90th Percentile £638 £750 £612
England median daily rate £413 £443 £425
% change year-on-year -6.88% +4.24% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 10
10th Percentile £27.40 £11.61 £12.12
25th Percentile £29.88 £14.00 £29.69
Median hourly rate £46.25 £14.45 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +220.07% -77.77% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £14.54 -
90th Percentile - £17.01 £66.50
England median hourly rate £16.23 £14.80 £25.13
% change year-on-year +9.66% -41.09% +25.63%

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 154 263 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 9.18% 8.22% 7.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 110 185
10th Percentile £205 £135 £176
25th Percentile £220 £196 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £544
90th Percentile £625 £703 £612
England median daily rate £423 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 60 27
10th Percentile £28.38 £14.00 £13.90
25th Percentile £38.44 £14.54 £19.72
Median hourly rate £62.50 £45.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -30.77% +85.71%
75th Percentile £71.25 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £57.50 £71.00
England median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +20 16 £504 +6.11% 33
Gloucestershire -8 8 £217 -43.91% 43
Somerset 0 5 £625 +69.61% 19
Wiltshire +20 4 £365 -38.18% 16
Devon +12 2 £325 - 19
Dorset - 2 £488 - 13
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (27.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (21.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (8.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 11 (29.73%) Power Platform
2 4 (10.81%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) GCP
4 2 (5.41%) Smartsheet
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (29.73%) Power BI
2 3 (8.11%) Data Mining
2 3 (8.11%) Relational Database
2 3 (8.11%) Tableau
3 2 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.70%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Local Government
3 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Finance
4 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.11%) Banking
5 3 (8.11%) Legal
5 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.70%) Law
7 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Analyst
2 5 (13.51%) Architect
2 5 (13.51%) Data Analyst
3 4 (10.81%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Data Architect
4 3 (8.11%) Programme Controller
4 3 (8.11%) SAP Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) SAP Data Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Senior
4 3 (8.11%) Senior Architect
4 3 (8.11%) Senior Data Architect
5 2 (5.41%) Procurement Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Procurement Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Project Controller
5 2 (5.41%) Project Officer
5 2 (5.41%) Project Planner
5 2 (5.41%) Report Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (2.70%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) CSS
1 3 (8.11%) D3.js
1 3 (8.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.11%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.70%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Project Management
2 10 (27.03%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (27.03%) Data Analysis
3 7 (18.92%) Data Visualisation
3 7 (18.92%) Visualisation
4 6 (16.22%) Migration
4 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.51%) Data Science
6 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (10.81%) Data Integration
6 4 (10.81%) Data Modelling
6 4 (10.81%) Data Strategy
6 4 (10.81%) ERP
6 4 (10.81%) Master Data Management
7 3 (8.11%) Computer Science
7 3 (8.11%) Data Architecture
7 3 (8.11%) Data Management
7 3 (8.11%) Data Migration
7 3 (8.11%) Information Architecture
7 3 (8.11%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) SQL
2 3 (8.11%) Python
2 3 (8.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) Security Cleared
2 11 (29.73%) SC Cleared
3 5 (13.51%) Degree
4 3 (8.11%) DBS Check
5 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.70%) ACCA
6 1 (2.70%) CIMA
6 1 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) PMO
2 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.70%) GAAP
3 1 (2.70%) IFRS
3 1 (2.70%) QA
3 1 (2.70%) SLA
Vendors
1 17 (45.95%) Microsoft
2 9 (24.32%) SAP
3 5 (13.51%) Ariba
4 4 (10.81%) Oracle
5 3 (8.11%) Apple
6 1 (2.70%) Cisco
6 1 (2.70%) IBM
6 1 (2.70%) Juniper
6 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow