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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 61 79
Rank change year-on-year -13 +18 +18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 68 61 72
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.49% 3.33% 2.31%
As % of the Applications category 30.22% 32.62% 32.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 35 28
10th Percentile £224 £146 £131
25th Percentile £253 £210 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £332 £351 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% -24.22% -7.50%
75th Percentile £449 £569 £602
90th Percentile £599 £638 £750
England median daily rate £450 £409 £443
% change year-on-year +10.02% -7.57% +4.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 36
10th Percentile - £27.80 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.60 £30.88 £14.36
Median hourly rate £65.00 £37.00 £22.07
Median % change year-on-year +75.68% +67.65% -66.05%
75th Percentile £92.00 £43.38 £48.72
90th Percentile £119.00 £46.60 -
England median hourly rate £18.09 £20.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +32.26% -29.00%

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 225 187 221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 8.24% 10.21% 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 123 105
10th Percentile £220 £144 £153
25th Percentile £305 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £330 £450
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% -26.67% -2.44%
75th Percentile £738 £550 £600
90th Percentile - £680 £683
England median daily rate £450 £403 £400
% change year-on-year +11.78% +0.64% -9.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 9 60
10th Percentile £15.24 £25.60 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £31.00 £14.54
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +35.29% -34.62%
75th Percentile £93.75 £75.00 £48.72
90th Percentile £166.10 £90.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £20.58
% change year-on-year -26.60% +31.80% -41.20%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -14 29 £363 +6.62% 13
Somerset +8 19 £275 -56.00% 10
Gloucestershire -3 9 £410 +0.24% 14
Wiltshire -17 6 £354 +57.22% 4
Dorset 0 2 - - 8
Devon 0 1 £290 -10.77% 8
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 12 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.47%) Confluence
3 1 (1.47%) Moodle
Applications
1 16 (23.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (14.71%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (8.82%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (4.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (4.41%) MS Visio
6 2 (2.94%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (1.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (1.47%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Cerner Millennium
1 1 (1.47%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 5 (7.35%) Azure
4 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.41%) Figma
4 3 (4.41%) SaaS
4 3 (4.41%) ShareGate
5 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.47%) AWS
6 1 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.59%) PABX
2 3 (4.41%) Kerberos
3 1 (1.47%) DNS
3 1 (1.47%) LAN
3 1 (1.47%) VoIP
3 1 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.65%) Power BI
2 4 (5.88%) Metadata
3 2 (2.94%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.47%) Power Query
4 1 (1.47%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.47%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (20.59%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.47%) Git
2 1 (1.47%) GitLab
2 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.47%) Maven
2 1 (1.47%) SonarQube
General
1 34 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.94%) Finance
3 15 (22.06%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (14.71%) Aerospace
7 6 (8.82%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.41%) Legal
9 2 (2.94%) Marketing
10 1 (1.47%) Billing
10 1 (1.47%) Military
10 1 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.47%) Police
10 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (25.00%) Analyst
2 14 (20.59%) Desktop Engineer
3 13 (19.12%) Desktop Support
3 13 (19.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 13 (19.12%) Support Engineer
4 7 (10.29%) IT Engineer
4 7 (10.29%) IT Support
4 7 (10.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) Administrator
5 6 (8.82%) Project Officer
5 6 (8.82%) Senior
6 5 (7.35%) Coordinator
6 5 (7.35%) Project Coordinator
6 5 (7.35%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (5.88%) Data Analyst
7 4 (5.88%) Project Support Coordinator
8 3 (4.41%) Designer
8 3 (4.41%) Project Control Officer
8 3 (4.41%) Support Officer
8 3 (4.41%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) LDAP
1 3 (4.41%) OAuth
1 3 (4.41%) OpenID
1 3 (4.41%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (4.41%) SAML
2 1 (1.47%) Bootstrap
2 1 (1.47%) CSS
2 1 (1.47%) CSS3
2 1 (1.47%) HTML
2 1 (1.47%) HTML5
2 1 (1.47%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (1.47%) JAX-RS
2 1 (1.47%) LESS
2 1 (1.47%) Pandas
2 1 (1.47%) REST
2 1 (1.47%) Sass
2 1 (1.47%) Spring
2 1 (1.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.59%) Smartphone
2 13 (19.12%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (8.82%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.41%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.41%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.41%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.94%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.94%) NHS
6 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.47%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.06%) Windows
2 8 (11.76%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.41%) Linux
3 3 (4.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (4.41%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.47%) Android
4 1 (1.47%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.94%) Project Management
2 16 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 15 (22.06%) Agile
4 12 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (16.18%) Data Analysis
6 10 (14.71%) Decision-Making
7 9 (13.24%) PRINCE2
7 9 (13.24%) Project Planning
7 9 (13.24%) Service Delivery
8 8 (11.76%) Project Delivery
8 8 (11.76%) Time Management
9 7 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.29%) Customer Service
10 6 (8.82%) Data Transformation
10 6 (8.82%) Migration
11 5 (7.35%) Creative Thinking
11 5 (7.35%) ERP
11 5 (7.35%) Project Governance
11 5 (7.35%) Storytelling
12 4 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) SQL
2 3 (4.41%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.94%) Python
4 1 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.47%) Java
4 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (39.71%) Security Cleared
2 22 (32.35%) SC Cleared
3 10 (14.71%) Degree
4 3 (4.41%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.94%) APMP
6 1 (1.47%) CBAP
6 1 (1.47%) ECDL
6 1 (1.47%) HND
6 1 (1.47%) IIBA
6 1 (1.47%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.47%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.12%) PMO
2 12 (17.65%) GDPR
3 7 (10.29%) SLA
4 5 (7.35%) Accessibility
4 5 (7.35%) Data Quality
5 3 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (4.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (4.41%) SCCM
1 3 (4.41%) SCOM
Vendors
1 28 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 6 (8.82%) Adobe
4 4 (5.88%) Oracle
4 4 (5.88%) SAP
5 2 (2.94%) Cerner
6 1 (1.47%) Databricks
6 1 (1.47%) Google
6 1 (1.47%) Progress