Microsoft Excel Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Excel
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 75 98
Rank change year-on-year +11 +23 -32
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 47 84 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.76% 2.59% 1.92%
As % of the Applications category 27.01% 34.57% 24.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 34 46
10th Percentile £184 £135 £221
25th Percentile £205 £213 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £406 £475
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% -14.47% +11.76%
75th Percentile £409 £600 £600
90th Percentile £550 £750 £612
England median daily rate £404 £443 £425
% change year-on-year -8.92% +4.24% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 7
10th Percentile £23.95 £11.37 £17.15
25th Percentile £28.50 £14.00 £36.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £14.54 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +123.52% -73.56% +62.96%
75th Percentile £46.88 - £65.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £17.23 £71.00
England median hourly rate £17.00 £14.84 £22.53
% change year-on-year +14.56% -34.13% +11.23%

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 174 243 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.22% 7.49% 7.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 111 178
10th Percentile £203 £135 £185
25th Percentile £220 £208 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £438
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £695 £613
England median daily rate £414 £400 £438
% change year-on-year +3.44% -8.57% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 56 22
10th Percentile £25.38 £14.00 £15.13
25th Percentile £31.19 £14.54 £19.11
Median hourly rate £49.17 £45.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% -16.28% +53.57%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £56.63 £78.50
England median hourly rate £25.00 £16.23 £28.16
% change year-on-year +54.04% -42.37% +26.33%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

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 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the South West

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +21 23 £504 +44.00% 73
Gloucestershire -7 10 £212 -45.31% 94
Wiltshire +27 8 £235 -52.04% 61
Somerset 0 5 £210 -44.52% 64
Devon +7 1 - - 98
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (29.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (21.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (8.51%) MS Visio
4 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 11 (23.40%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.51%) Azure
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.26%) Smartsheet
4 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (23.40%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.13%) MS Access
2 1 (2.13%) MySQL
2 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.13%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.40%) Finance
3 9 (19.15%) Local Government
4 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.51%) Legal
7 3 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
8 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.13%) General Ledger
9 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.13%) Law
9 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Analyst
2 7 (14.89%) Programme Controller
3 6 (12.77%) Data Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Deskside Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Deskside Support
5 3 (6.38%) Deskside Support Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Desktop Support
5 3 (6.38%) SAP Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) SAP Data Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Support Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Technology Support Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Procurement Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Procurement Project Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Project Controller
6 2 (4.26%) Project Officer
6 2 (4.26%) Project Planner
7 1 (2.13%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) CSS
1 4 (8.51%) HTML
2 1 (2.13%) .NET
2 1 (2.13%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.13%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.13%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) Windows
2 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Project Management
2 11 (23.40%) Data Analysis
3 10 (21.28%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (14.89%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 7 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (10.64%) Asset Management
6 4 (8.51%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (8.51%) Computer Science
6 4 (8.51%) ERP
6 4 (8.51%) ITIL
6 4 (8.51%) Master Data Management
6 4 (8.51%) Migration
6 4 (8.51%) Service Management
7 3 (6.38%) Contract Management
7 3 (6.38%) Customer Service
7 3 (6.38%) Data Migration
7 3 (6.38%) ITSM
7 3 (6.38%) Programme Delivery
7 3 (6.38%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 3 (6.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.64%) Python
1 5 (10.64%) VBA
2 2 (4.26%) SQL
3 1 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.13%) VB
3 1 (2.13%) VB.NET
3 1 (2.13%) VB6
Qualifications
1 14 (29.79%) Security Cleared
2 11 (23.40%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) Degree
4 4 (8.51%) DBS Check
5 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.13%) ACCA
7 1 (2.13%) CIMA
7 1 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.02%) PMO
2 4 (8.51%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.38%) GDPR
3 3 (6.38%) SLA
4 1 (2.13%) GAAP
4 1 (2.13%) IFRS
4 1 (2.13%) QA
Vendors
1 27 (57.45%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.15%) SAP
3 5 (10.64%) Ariba
3 5 (10.64%) ServiceNow
4 4 (8.51%) Apple
5 2 (4.26%) Oracle
6 1 (2.13%) Cisco
6 1 (2.13%) IBM
6 1 (2.13%) Juniper