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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 65 104
Rank change year-on-year +23 +39 -19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 82 80 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 4.16% 3.02% 1.55%
As % of the Applications category 41.00% 40.40% 22.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 29 27
10th Percentile £167 £193 £179
25th Percentile £188 £213 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £330 £390
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% -15.38% -11.36%
75th Percentile £466 £532 £538
90th Percentile £561 £745 £594
England median daily rate £413 £400 £439
% change year-on-year +3.13% -8.88% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 1 8
10th Percentile - - £20.88
25th Percentile £6.00 £46.25 £22.19
Median hourly rate £12.82 £47.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -73.01% +80.95% -19.23%
75th Percentile £22.63 £48.75 £46.05
90th Percentile £33.75 - £48.45
England median hourly rate £18.85 £16.23 £20.58
% change year-on-year +16.14% -21.14% +21.06%

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 200 198 222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.14% 7.47% 6.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 101 131
10th Percentile £184 £140 £183
25th Percentile £224 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £569
90th Percentile £638 £725 £638
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 9 20
10th Percentile £6.00 £42.04 £17.70
25th Percentile £11.12 £53.00 £22.19
Median hourly rate £22.57 £75.00 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.91% +117.39% -2.82%
75th Percentile £35.52 - £48.07
90th Percentile £73.88 £80.00 £58.95
England median hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 £24.25
% change year-on-year +47.06% -29.90% +7.78%

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
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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +17 48 £375 +7.14% 36
Gloucestershire +3 13 £207 - 36
Somerset +9 9 £170 -24.44% 25
Wiltshire +3 8 £255 -21.54% 24
Dorset - 3 - - 22
Devon +10 1 - - 24
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 19 (23.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (18.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (3.66%) MS Visio
5 2 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 23 (28.05%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.54%) Azure
3 4 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.66%) Google Sheets
4 3 (3.66%) SaaS
5 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.44%) ShareGate
6 1 (1.22%) AWS
6 1 (1.22%) Figma
6 1 (1.22%) GitHub
6 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (2.44%) DNS
2 2 (2.44%) iSCSI
2 2 (2.44%) Kerberos
2 2 (2.44%) LAN
2 2 (2.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (28.05%) Power BI
2 2 (2.44%) Metadata
2 2 (2.44%) Tableau
3 1 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.22%) MS Access
3 1 (1.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (14.63%) JIRA
2 1 (1.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 25 (30.49%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (15.85%) Finance
4 12 (14.63%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.54%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (8.54%) Legal
6 5 (6.10%) Local Government
7 2 (2.44%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.44%) Aviation
8 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (37.80%) Analyst
2 10 (12.20%) Pricing Analyst
3 8 (9.76%) Administrator
3 8 (9.76%) Programme Controller
4 6 (7.32%) Data Analyst
5 5 (6.10%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.10%) Data Administrator
5 5 (6.10%) Deskside Analyst
5 5 (6.10%) Deskside Support
5 5 (6.10%) Deskside Support Analyst
5 5 (6.10%) Desktop Support
5 5 (6.10%) Support Analyst
5 5 (6.10%) Technology Support Analyst
6 4 (4.88%) Lead
6 4 (4.88%) Test Analyst
7 3 (3.66%) Operations Manager
7 3 (3.66%) PMO Officer
7 3 (3.66%) Project Officer
7 3 (3.66%) SAP Administrator
7 3 (3.66%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.10%) CSS
1 5 (6.10%) HTML
2 2 (2.44%) LDAP
2 2 (2.44%) OAuth
2 2 (2.44%) OpenID
2 2 (2.44%) SAML
3 1 (1.22%) .NET
3 1 (1.22%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.20%) AS400
2 6 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.66%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.22%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.76%) Windows
2 2 (2.44%) Android
2 2 (2.44%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.44%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (25.61%) Business Intelligence
3 20 (24.39%) Project Management
4 13 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (14.63%) Data Analysis
6 11 (13.41%) Decision-Making
7 10 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
7 10 (12.20%) ERP
7 10 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (10.98%) Agile
8 9 (10.98%) Data Entry
9 8 (9.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 8 (9.76%) Customer Service
9 8 (9.76%) Risk Management
10 6 (7.32%) Information Management
11 5 (6.10%) Computer Science
11 5 (6.10%) ITIL
11 5 (6.10%) ITSM
11 5 (6.10%) Migration
11 5 (6.10%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.76%) Python
2 6 (7.32%) VBA
3 5 (6.10%) SQL
4 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.22%) Java
5 1 (1.22%) VB
5 1 (1.22%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.22%) VB6
Qualifications
1 17 (20.73%) Security Cleared
2 13 (15.85%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.10%) DBS Check
3 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.88%) Degree
5 2 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.44%) CCNP
5 2 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.44%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (2.44%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.73%) PMO
2 8 (9.76%) GDPR
3 5 (6.10%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.10%) SLA
4 4 (4.88%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.44%) SCCM
1 2 (2.44%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (1.22%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 44 (53.66%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.20%) Salesforce
3 7 (8.54%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.10%) Apple
5 3 (3.66%) Google
5 3 (3.66%) SAP
6 2 (2.44%) Cisco
6 2 (2.44%) Twitter
7 1 (1.22%) Adobe
7 1 (1.22%) Oracle