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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 70 75
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 74 40 81
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.21% 2.36% 2.57%
As % of the Applications category 35.07% 24.84% 32.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 23 31
10th Percentile £150 £184 £135
25th Percentile £263 £213 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £300 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -36.84% -5.00%
75th Percentile £440 £448 £603
90th Percentile £538 £550 £750
England median daily rate £438 £402 £448
% change year-on-year +8.93% -10.35% +5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 15
10th Percentile - £27.95 £11.37
25th Percentile £14.00 £31.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.25 £32.50 £14.54
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +123.52% -75.77%
75th Percentile £19.25 £60.00 -
90th Percentile - - £17.23
England median hourly rate £18.50 £16.23 £14.80
% change year-on-year +13.99% +9.66% -37.11%

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 211 161 248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 6.30% 9.48% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 113 107
10th Percentile £220 £205 £135
25th Percentile £305 £220 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% - -13.50%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £538
90th Percentile £738 £613 £697
England median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 14 57
10th Percentile £14.00 £27.33 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £31.25 £14.54
Median hourly rate £24.29 £58.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.66% +30.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £70.31 £67.50 £51.25
90th Percentile £137.13 £72.75 £56.45
England median hourly rate £21.72 £24.66 £16.23
% change year-on-year -11.94% +51.94% -50.06%

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 May 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
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 May 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 -13 24 £377 -25.13% 16
Somerset -3 16 £347 +38.90% 11
Devon -5 13 £310 - 12
Wiltshire -10 13 £300 +27.66% 9
Gloucestershire -6 7 £410 +88.64% 11
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 (20.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (39.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 19 (25.68%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (9.46%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (4.05%) Adobe Captivate
5 3 (4.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (2.70%) MS Visio
7 1 (1.35%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (1.35%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.35%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (1.35%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.35%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 24 (32.43%) Power Platform
2 15 (20.27%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.41%) Azure
3 4 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.05%) Figma
5 1 (1.35%) AWS
5 1 (1.35%) SaaS
5 1 (1.35%) Smartsheet
5 1 (1.35%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (32.43%) Power BI
2 4 (5.41%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.70%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (2.70%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (2.70%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.35%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.35%) Metadata
4 1 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.35%) Power Query
4 1 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (16.22%) JIRA
2 2 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 38 (51.35%) Social Skills
2 33 (44.59%) Organisational Skills
3 27 (36.49%) Finance
4 13 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (17.57%) Military
5 10 (13.51%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.05%) General Ledger
6 3 (4.05%) Marketing
7 1 (1.35%) Billing
7 1 (1.35%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Legal
7 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (29.73%) Project Officer
2 17 (22.97%) Project Support Officer
2 17 (22.97%) Support Officer
3 8 (10.81%) Administrator
3 8 (10.81%) Analyst
4 5 (6.76%) Coordinator
4 5 (6.76%) Project Control Officer
4 5 (6.76%) Project Coordinator
4 5 (6.76%) Project Support Coordinator
5 4 (5.41%) Data Administrator
5 4 (5.41%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Service Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Support Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (5.41%) Systems Support
5 4 (5.41%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Technical Support
5 4 (5.41%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Copywriter
6 3 (4.05%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (5.41%) JDO
3 1 (1.35%) ADO
3 1 (1.35%) FHIR
3 1 (1.35%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.46%) Virtual Team
2 4 (5.41%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (5.41%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.41%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.05%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.70%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.35%) NHS
5 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.08%) Agile
2 20 (27.03%) Project Management
3 16 (21.62%) PRINCE2
3 16 (21.62%) Project Delivery
4 14 (18.92%) Project Planning
4 14 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (16.22%) Change Control
5 12 (16.22%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (12.16%) Business Case
6 9 (12.16%) ERP
6 9 (12.16%) Portfolio Management
6 9 (12.16%) Waterfall
7 8 (10.81%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 8 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (10.81%) Data Analysis
7 8 (10.81%) Migration
7 8 (10.81%) Validation
8 7 (9.46%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.46%) SQL
2 4 (5.41%) Python
3 2 (2.70%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 28 (37.84%) Security Cleared
2 22 (29.73%) Degree
3 19 (25.68%) SC Cleared
4 9 (12.16%) DV Cleared
4 9 (12.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (4.05%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.70%) CBAP
6 2 (2.70%) PMP
7 1 (1.35%) ACCA
7 1 (1.35%) CIMA
7 1 (1.35%) ECDL
7 1 (1.35%) HND
7 1 (1.35%) IIBA
7 1 (1.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.86%) Data Quality
2 8 (10.81%) PMO
3 7 (9.46%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.70%) GDPR
5 1 (1.35%) HL7
5 1 (1.35%) QA
5 1 (1.35%) SLA
5 1 (1.35%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 48 (64.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.16%) ServiceNow
3 8 (10.81%) Oracle
4 7 (9.46%) Adobe
5 2 (2.70%) Databricks
5 2 (2.70%) Remedy
5 2 (2.70%) SAP
6 1 (1.35%) Cerner
6 1 (1.35%) Google