Microsoft Excel Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Excel
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 43 42
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 52 116 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.44% 4.32% 4.91%
As % of the Applications category 44.07% 42.49% 51.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 60 82
10th Percentile £128 £114 £248
25th Percentile £151 £173 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £295 £377
Median % change year-on-year +35.59% -21.65% +1.73%
75th Percentile £450 £465 £475
90th Percentile £495 £519 £625
South East median daily rate £298 £351 £394
% change year-on-year -15.12% -10.93% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 8
10th Percentile - £11.79 £15.25
25th Percentile - £12.74 £22.81
Median hourly rate £14.20 £23.22 £26.13
Median % change year-on-year -38.83% -11.14% +120.74%
75th Percentile - £29.25 £30.76
90th Percentile £14.27 £54.70 £32.30
South East median hourly rate £14.20 £15.00 £24.27
% change year-on-year -5.33% -38.19% +24.45%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 118 273 282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.81% 10.16% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 156 175
10th Percentile £152 £133 £193
25th Percentile £214 £185 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £215 £400
Median % change year-on-year +94.77% -46.25% +5.57%
75th Percentile £500 £438 £510
90th Percentile £604 £531 £625
South East median daily rate £413 £275 £375
% change year-on-year +50.00% -26.67% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 30 14
10th Percentile £13.75 £11.79 £14.42
25th Percentile - £15.85 £18.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £22.90 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.98% -8.41% +132.13%
75th Percentile £32.05 £43.75 £29.77
90th Percentile £50.78 £61.55 £32.30
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £32.30
% change year-on-year +8.57% -45.82% +65.64%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire -20 33 £295 +4.89% 93
Buckinghamshire +7 15 £274 -22.01% 57
Oxfordshire +8 4 £450 -14.29% 49
Microsoft Excel
South East

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (48.08%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (28.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.77%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.92%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) SAP GRC
1 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.31%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.77%) Azure
3 2 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.92%) AWS
4 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.92%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.92%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.92%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.54%) Firewall
1 6 (11.54%) Internet
1 6 (11.54%) Wireless
2 5 (9.62%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (3.85%) 3G
3 2 (3.85%) 4G
3 2 (3.85%) 5G
3 2 (3.85%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (3.85%) DNS
3 2 (3.85%) GGSN
3 2 (3.85%) LTE
3 2 (3.85%) RANAP
3 2 (3.85%) SGSN
3 2 (3.85%) VoLTE
3 2 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (3.85%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.92%) DWDM
4 1 (1.92%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.92%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.31%) Power BI
2 4 (7.69%) Power Query
3 2 (3.85%) Tableau
4 1 (1.92%) Big Data
4 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Git
General
1 36 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 16 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (19.23%) Finance
4 8 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (13.46%) Telecoms
6 4 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (5.77%) Automotive
8 2 (3.85%) Electronics
8 2 (3.85%) Marketing
8 2 (3.85%) Multimedia
8 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.85%) Retail
9 1 (1.92%) Banking
9 1 (1.92%) Games
9 1 (1.92%) Law
9 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Help Desk Support
2 10 (19.23%) Analyst
3 6 (11.54%) Help Desk Agent
4 5 (9.62%) Coordinator
5 4 (7.69%) Data Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Administrator
6 3 (5.77%) Project Coordinator
6 3 (5.77%) Report Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Senior
6 3 (5.77%) Senior Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Service Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Customer Service Administrator
7 2 (3.85%) IT Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Lead
7 2 (3.85%) PMO Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Process Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Project Leader
7 2 (3.85%) Telecoms Developer
7 2 (3.85%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.85%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (23.08%) Time Management
3 9 (17.31%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (11.54%) Data Analysis
5 5 (9.62%) Analytics
5 5 (9.62%) Customer Service
5 5 (9.62%) Data Management
5 5 (9.62%) Decision-Making
5 5 (9.62%) PRINCE2
5 5 (9.62%) Project Delivery
5 5 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (7.69%) Project Management
6 4 (7.69%) Workflow
7 3 (5.77%) Budgeting
7 3 (5.77%) Computer Science
7 3 (5.77%) Mathematics
7 3 (5.77%) Risk Register
7 3 (5.77%) Service Delivery
7 3 (5.77%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.54%) SQL
2 3 (5.77%) VBA
3 2 (3.85%) Python
4 1 (1.92%) C++
4 1 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.92%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) Degree
2 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.85%) A+ Certification
3 2 (3.85%) MCSA
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.92%) APMP
4 1 (1.92%) ISEB
4 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.92%) MBA
4 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.92%) PMP
4 1 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.92%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.92%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (1.92%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.92%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) PMO
2 4 (7.69%) QA
3 2 (3.85%) GRC
4 1 (1.92%) COSHH
4 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.92%) P3O
4 1 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.77%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 28 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.69%) SAP
3 2 (3.85%) Citrix
3 2 (3.85%) Empirix
3 2 (3.85%) NetScout
3 2 (3.85%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.92%) Ciena
4 1 (1.92%) Databricks
4 1 (1.92%) Google
4 1 (1.92%) IFS
4 1 (1.92%) Nokia
4 1 (1.92%) Oracle