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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 39 71
Rank change year-on-year -29 +32 +34
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 97 82 71
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.65% 4.32% 2.67%
As % of the Applications category 43.30% 41.00% 39.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 35 27
10th Percentile £150 £170 £135
25th Percentile £250 £192 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £295 £330
Median % change year-on-year +6.69% -10.61% -15.38%
75th Percentile £439 £431 £554
90th Percentile £518 £561 £785
England median daily rate £425 £408 £400
% change year-on-year +4.29% +1.88% -7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 0
10th Percentile £13.74 - -
25th Percentile £14.00 £6.00 -
Median hourly rate £16.10 £12.82 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.60% - -
75th Percentile £19.25 £22.63 -
90th Percentile £22.23 £33.75 -
England median hourly rate £19.03 £18.10 £16.23
% change year-on-year +5.17% +11.49% -21.14%

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 224 200 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 6.11% 10.54% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 111 96
10th Percentile £156 £184 £135
25th Percentile £300 £223 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -11.76%
75th Percentile £469 £575 £538
90th Percentile £575 £638 £734
England median daily rate £450 £425 £405
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.94% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 37 7
10th Percentile £14.00 - £41.87
25th Percentile £17.46 £6.00 £62.75
Median hourly rate £25.75 £22.63 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -69.83% +108.33%
75th Percentile £62.75 £40.84 -
90th Percentile £72.75 £74.25 £76.00
England median hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £16.44
% change year-on-year -14.00% +52.07% -30.04%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -31 33 £389 +3.64% 53
Somerset -20 18 £163 -4.41% 25
Devon -5 17 £310 - 33
Gloucestershire -8 12 £410 +98.55% 43
Wiltshire -14 12 £300 +23.71% 13
Dorset -5 5 - - 22
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 24 (24.74%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (31.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 26 (26.80%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (13.40%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (7.22%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (5.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.06%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (2.06%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (2.06%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.03%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.03%) SAP HR
4 1 (1.03%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 29 (29.90%) Power Platform
2 24 (24.74%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.22%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (5.15%) Power Automate
5 4 (4.12%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.12%) PowerApps
6 3 (3.09%) Azure
7 2 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.06%) SaaS
8 1 (1.03%) AWS
8 1 (1.03%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (29.90%) Power BI
2 4 (4.12%) GIS
2 4 (4.12%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.06%) Spatial Data
3 2 (2.06%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.03%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.03%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.03%) Metadata
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.03%) Power Query
4 1 (1.03%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (12.37%) JIRA
2 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 61 (62.89%) Social Skills
2 44 (45.36%) Organisational Skills
3 37 (38.14%) Finance
4 16 (16.49%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (14.43%) Military
6 10 (10.31%) Public Sector
7 7 (7.22%) General Ledger
8 4 (4.12%) Local Government
9 3 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.06%) Aerospace
10 2 (2.06%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.03%) Banking
11 1 (1.03%) Billing
11 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.03%) French Language
11 1 (1.03%) German Language
11 1 (1.03%) Italian Language
11 1 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.03%) Spanish Language
11 1 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (23.71%) Project Officer
2 17 (17.53%) Project Support Officer
2 17 (17.53%) Support Officer
3 11 (11.34%) Administrator
4 10 (10.31%) Analyst
5 7 (7.22%) Coordinator
6 6 (6.19%) Data Analyst
6 6 (6.19%) Project Control Officer
7 5 (5.15%) Senior
8 4 (4.12%) 1st Line Support
8 4 (4.12%) Data Administrator
8 4 (4.12%) First Line Help Desk Support
8 4 (4.12%) Help Desk Support
8 4 (4.12%) Project Coordinator
8 4 (4.12%) Project Manager
8 4 (4.12%) Support Engineer
8 4 (4.12%) Systems Support
8 4 (4.12%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (4.12%) Technical Support
8 4 (4.12%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) HTML
1 4 (4.12%) JDO
2 3 (3.09%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.03%) ADO
3 1 (1.03%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.25%) Management Information System
1 8 (8.25%) Virtual Team
2 4 (4.12%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.03%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.03%) FMCG
5 1 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.03%) Photovoltaics
5 1 (1.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.74%) Project Management
2 20 (20.62%) Agile
2 20 (20.62%) Project Delivery
3 18 (18.56%) PRINCE2
4 17 (17.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (15.46%) Decision-Making
5 15 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (13.40%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (12.37%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (11.34%) Project Planning
10 10 (10.31%) Change Control
10 10 (10.31%) Migration
10 10 (10.31%) Waterfall
11 9 (9.28%) Data Migration
11 9 (9.28%) Portfolio Management
11 9 (9.28%) Validation
12 8 (8.25%) Customer Service
12 8 (8.25%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.28%) SQL
2 4 (4.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 4 (4.12%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.06%) Python
3 2 (2.06%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (30.93%) Security Cleared
2 26 (26.80%) Degree
3 18 (18.56%) SC Cleared
4 13 (13.40%) DV Cleared
5 9 (9.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (5.15%) DBS Check
7 4 (4.12%) AAT
8 3 (3.09%) PMP
9 2 (2.06%) CIPD
10 1 (1.03%) ACCA
10 1 (1.03%) CBAP
10 1 (1.03%) CIMA
10 1 (1.03%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.40%) Data Quality
2 12 (12.37%) PMO
3 8 (8.25%) GDPR
4 4 (4.12%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.09%) QA
6 2 (2.06%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (2.06%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.03%) Def Stans
7 1 (1.03%) HL7
7 1 (1.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.03%) NCSC
7 1 (1.03%) NIST
7 1 (1.03%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.03%) SLA
7 1 (1.03%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 64 (65.98%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.28%) SAP
2 9 (9.28%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.15%) Oracle
4 4 (4.12%) Sage
4 4 (4.12%) Xero
5 2 (2.06%) Remedy
5 2 (2.06%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.06%) Workday
6 1 (1.03%) Ariba
6 1 (1.03%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.03%) Databricks