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 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 77 89
Rank change year-on-year +37 +12 +17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 102 61 62
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 4.76% 2.56% 1.96%
As % of the Applications category 47.22% 36.97% 28.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 34 21
10th Percentile £184 £145 £159
25th Percentile £225 £209 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £320 £375
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -14.67% -14.77%
75th Percentile £475 £584 £538
90th Percentile £525 £708 £581
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 1 27
10th Percentile - - £17.74
25th Percentile £6.00 £46.25 £23.63
Median hourly rate £15.60 £47.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -67.16% -2.50% +35.33%
75th Percentile £33.75 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £19.63 £16.23 £22.14
% change year-on-year +20.93% -26.69% +11.36%

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 216 165 215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.07% 6.94% 6.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 104 124
10th Percentile £184 £145 £162
25th Percentile £225 £213 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £363 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -19.44% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £575
90th Percentile £638 £725 £625
England median daily rate £425 £401 £413
% change year-on-year +6.12% -2.91% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 8 38
10th Percentile £6.00 £39.93 £18.31
25th Percentile £12.82 £67.81 £27.26
Median hourly rate £22.63 £75.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -69.83% +53.94% -25.05%
75th Percentile £71.56 £78.75 -
90th Percentile £76.88 £90.00 £50.43
England median hourly rate £22.63 £21.50 £25.90
% change year-on-year +5.26% -16.97% +4.46%

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 10 November 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 10 November 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 10 November 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 +12 52 £450 +36.36% 23
Somerset +14 23 £250 -41.18% 17
Gloucestershire - 14 £350 - 23
Wiltshire 0 8 £550 +131.58% 19
Dorset - 3 - - 20
Devon +11 2 £290 - 12
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 21 (20.59%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (19.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (12.75%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (8.82%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (3.92%) MS Visio
4 4 (3.92%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 25 (24.51%) Power Platform
2 13 (12.75%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.88%) Azure
4 4 (3.92%) SaaS
5 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.94%) Google Sheets
5 3 (2.94%) ShareGate
6 2 (1.96%) AWS
6 2 (1.96%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.96%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.98%) Figma
7 1 (0.98%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.73%) PABX
2 4 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.94%) Kerberos
4 2 (1.96%) DNS
4 2 (1.96%) iSCSI
4 2 (1.96%) LAN
4 2 (1.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (24.51%) Power BI
2 4 (3.92%) Metadata
3 2 (1.96%) Tableau
4 1 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.98%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (12.75%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.98%) Git
2 1 (0.98%) GitLab
2 1 (0.98%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.98%) Maven
2 1 (0.98%) SonarQube
General
1 42 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 26 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (16.67%) Finance
4 14 (13.73%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (11.76%) Aerospace
5 12 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 11 (10.78%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.92%) Legal
8 2 (1.96%) Aviation
8 2 (1.96%) Local Government
9 1 (0.98%) Military
9 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (33.33%) Analyst
2 17 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 14 (13.73%) Desktop Engineer
4 13 (12.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 13 (12.75%) Support Engineer
5 12 (11.76%) Administrator
6 10 (9.80%) Pricing Analyst
7 7 (6.86%) Data Analyst
7 7 (6.86%) IT Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) IT Support
7 7 (6.86%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Lead
8 6 (5.88%) Senior
9 5 (4.90%) Business Analyst
9 5 (4.90%) Data Administrator
9 5 (4.90%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (3.92%) Deskside Analyst
10 4 (3.92%) Deskside Support
10 4 (3.92%) Support Analyst
10 4 (3.92%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.94%) CSS
1 3 (2.94%) HTML
1 3 (2.94%) LDAP
1 3 (2.94%) OAuth
1 3 (2.94%) OpenID
1 3 (2.94%) SAML
2 1 (0.98%) Bootstrap
2 1 (0.98%) CSS3
2 1 (0.98%) HTML5
2 1 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (0.98%) JAX-RS
2 1 (0.98%) LESS
2 1 (0.98%) REST
2 1 (0.98%) Sass
2 1 (0.98%) Spring
2 1 (0.98%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (13.73%) Smartphone
3 10 (9.80%) AS400
4 6 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.98%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.98%) NHS
5 1 (0.98%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (18.63%) Windows
2 8 (7.84%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.94%) Linux
3 3 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.94%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.96%) Android
4 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.96%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
1 24 (23.53%) Project Management
2 21 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 15 (14.71%) Agile
4 15 (14.71%) Data Analysis
5 14 (13.73%) Customer Service
6 13 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (11.76%) Decision-Making
8 10 (9.80%) Customer Requirements
8 10 (9.80%) ERP
9 9 (8.82%) Data Entry
9 9 (8.82%) Risk Management
9 9 (8.82%) Service Delivery
10 7 (6.86%) Change Management
11 6 (5.88%) Information Management
11 6 (5.88%) Migration
11 6 (5.88%) PRINCE2
12 5 (4.90%) Patch Management
12 5 (4.90%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.92%) Python
1 4 (3.92%) SQL
2 3 (2.94%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.96%) Java
3 2 (1.96%) VBA
4 1 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 29 (28.43%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.86%) Degree
4 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.96%) CCNP
5 2 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.96%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.96%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (1.96%) JNCIP
6 1 (0.98%) APMP
6 1 (0.98%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.65%) PMO
2 15 (14.71%) GDPR
3 11 (10.78%) SLA
4 6 (5.88%) Data Quality
4 6 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (4.90%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.98%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.94%) SCCM
1 3 (2.94%) SCOM
2 2 (1.96%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (0.98%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 45 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.75%) ServiceNow
3 10 (9.80%) Salesforce
4 7 (6.86%) SAP
5 3 (2.94%) Google
6 2 (1.96%) Apple
6 2 (1.96%) Cisco
7 1 (0.98%) Adobe
7 1 (0.98%) Cerner
7 1 (0.98%) Progress