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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 46 88
Rank change year-on-year -18 +42 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 96 76 64
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.72% 4.01% 2.11%
As % of the Applications category 43.84% 38.38% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 37 28
10th Percentile £150 £175 £135
25th Percentile £263 £200 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £339 £275 £375
Median % change year-on-year +23.09% -26.67% -28.57%
75th Percentile £440 £409 £581
90th Percentile £510 £561 £647
England median daily rate £430 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +7.50% - -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 19 5
10th Percentile - - £13.28
25th Percentile £14.00 £6.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £22.63 £14.54
Median % change year-on-year -18.25% +55.64% -68.39%
75th Percentile £19.25 £33.75 £18.13
90th Percentile £20.10 £39.00 £23.92
England median hourly rate £22.63 £18.85 £15.00
% change year-on-year +20.05% +25.67% -28.57%

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 219 198 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 6.20% 10.44% 6.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 126 92
10th Percentile £159 £184 £135
25th Percentile £305 £221 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £463 £575 £538
90th Percentile £575 £613 £700
England median daily rate £450 £418 £400
% change year-on-year +7.78% +4.38% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 29 41
10th Percentile £14.00 £6.00 £25.18
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.82 £43.75
Median hourly rate £25.75 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.77% -27.78% +2.27%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £23.47 £25.00 £17.27
% change year-on-year -6.14% +44.76% -32.22%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -24 31 £400 -11.11% 30
Somerset -17 17 £163 -4.41% 11
Wiltshire -4 15 £300 +23.71% 7
Devon - 15 £310 - 3
Gloucestershire -12 13 £410 +93.47% 13
Dorset - 4 - - 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 22 (22.92%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (31.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 24 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (15.63%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (11.46%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (5.21%) MS Visio
6 3 (3.13%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (2.08%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.04%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (28.13%) Power Platform
2 20 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.21%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (4.17%) Azure
5 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.08%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.04%) AWS
7 1 (1.04%) Figma
7 1 (1.04%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.04%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.04%) SaaS
7 1 (1.04%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.04%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (28.13%) Power BI
2 4 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.08%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (2.08%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.04%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.04%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.04%) GIS
4 1 (1.04%) Metadata
4 1 (1.04%) Power Query
4 1 (1.04%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (13.54%) JIRA
2 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 60 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 47 (48.96%) Organisational Skills
3 36 (37.50%) Finance
4 14 (14.58%) Military
5 13 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (9.38%) Public Sector
7 7 (7.29%) General Ledger
8 3 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.13%) Marketing
9 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.04%) Billing
9 1 (1.04%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Legal
9 1 (1.04%) Local Government
9 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (31.25%) Project Officer
2 21 (21.88%) Project Support Officer
2 21 (21.88%) Support Officer
3 9 (9.38%) Project Control Officer
4 8 (8.33%) Administrator
5 7 (7.29%) Analyst
5 7 (7.29%) Coordinator
6 4 (4.17%) Data Administrator
6 4 (4.17%) Project Coordinator
6 4 (4.17%) Support Engineer
6 4 (4.17%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (4.17%) Systems Support
6 4 (4.17%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (4.17%) Technical Support
6 4 (4.17%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (3.13%) Configuration Engineer
7 3 (3.13%) Copywriter
7 3 (3.13%) Project Manager
7 3 (3.13%) Service Manager
8 2 (2.08%) Project Support Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.17%) JDO
2 3 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.04%) ADO
3 1 (1.04%) FHIR
3 1 (1.04%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.46%) Virtual Team
2 4 (4.17%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.04%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.04%) FMCG
5 1 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.04%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.08%) Project Management
2 24 (25.00%) Agile
3 23 (23.96%) Project Delivery
4 21 (21.88%) PRINCE2
5 14 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
7 12 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 12 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (10.42%) Change Control
9 10 (10.42%) Project Planning
10 9 (9.38%) Portfolio Management
10 9 (9.38%) Waterfall
11 7 (7.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 7 (7.29%) Migration
12 6 (6.25%) ITIL
12 6 (6.25%) Risk Management
12 6 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.25%) SQL
2 3 (3.13%) Python
3 2 (2.08%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 31 (32.29%) Security Cleared
2 23 (23.96%) Degree
3 16 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 16 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 9 (9.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (5.21%) DBS Check
6 4 (4.17%) AAT
7 3 (3.13%) PMP
8 2 (2.08%) CBAP
9 1 (1.04%) ACCA
9 1 (1.04%) CIMA
9 1 (1.04%) CIPD
9 1 (1.04%) IIBA
9 1 (1.04%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.58%) PMO
2 9 (9.38%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.21%) Accessibility
3 5 (5.21%) GDPR
4 2 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.08%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.04%) HL7
5 1 (1.04%) QA
5 1 (1.04%) SLA
5 1 (1.04%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (2.08%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 61 (63.54%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.38%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.17%) Adobe
3 4 (4.17%) Oracle
3 4 (4.17%) Sage
3 4 (4.17%) SAP
3 4 (4.17%) Xero
4 2 (2.08%) Databricks
4 2 (2.08%) Remedy
4 2 (2.08%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.04%) Ariba
5 1 (1.04%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (1.04%) Google
5 1 (1.04%) Workday