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 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 44 40 40
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 60 117 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.10% 4.44% 5.19%
As % of the Applications category 45.45% 43.49% 52.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 60 82
10th Percentile £130 £114 £248
25th Percentile £151 £173 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £348 £289 £400
Median % change year-on-year +20.35% -27.81% +6.52%
75th Percentile £447 £465 £547
90th Percentile £496 £519 £649
South East median daily rate £285 £351 £400
% change year-on-year -18.69% -12.38% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 11
10th Percentile - £11.79 £16.25
25th Percentile - £12.74 £19.13
Median hourly rate £14.20 £23.22 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.83% -7.14% +103.09%
75th Percentile - £29.87 £31.27
90th Percentile £15.17 £54.70 £32.30
South East median hourly rate £14.20 £15.00 £22.46
% change year-on-year -5.33% -33.20% +32.05%

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 132 269 282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.01% 10.20% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 151 168
10th Percentile £151 £134 £185
25th Percentile £181 £200 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £288 £400
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -28.13% +5.57%
75th Percentile £500 £449 £532
90th Percentile £600 £550 £641
South East median daily rate £400 £351 £375
% change year-on-year +14.12% -6.53% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 29 18
10th Percentile £13.25 £11.79 £13.70
25th Percentile £14.20 £15.85 £16.50
Median hourly rate £14.30 £22.58 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% -1.83% +102.46%
75th Percentile £32.05 £43.75 £29.77
90th Percentile £46.30 £56.39 £32.30
South East median hourly rate £15.93 £17.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -8.97% -32.69% +33.20%

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 30 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 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
Berkshire -11 39 £258 -1.34% 318
Buckinghamshire +6 17 £274 -22.01% 123
Oxfordshire +5 4 £450 -14.29% 72
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 14 (23.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.67%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (38.33%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (28.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.67%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) BPCS
1 1 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (23.33%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.67%) Azure
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.33%) AWS
3 2 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.67%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.67%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.67%) SaaS
4 1 (1.67%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.00%) Firewall
1 6 (10.00%) Internet
1 6 (10.00%) Wireless
2 4 (6.67%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (3.33%) DNS
5 1 (1.67%) 3G
5 1 (1.67%) 4G
5 1 (1.67%) 5G
5 1 (1.67%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (1.67%) DWDM
5 1 (1.67%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.67%) GGSN
5 1 (1.67%) HTTP
5 1 (1.67%) LTE
5 1 (1.67%) RANAP
5 1 (1.67%) SGSN
5 1 (1.67%) VLAN
5 1 (1.67%) VoLTE
5 1 (1.67%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (21.67%) Power BI
2 5 (8.33%) Power Query
3 4 (6.67%) Tableau
4 1 (1.67%) Big Data
4 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.67%) Sisense
4 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Git
General
1 35 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 17 (28.33%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (26.67%) Finance
4 10 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 8 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Automotive
6 2 (3.33%) Electronics
6 2 (3.33%) Marketing
6 2 (3.33%) Retail
7 1 (1.67%) French Language
7 1 (1.67%) Games
7 1 (1.67%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.67%) Law
7 1 (1.67%) Local Government
7 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.67%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (26.67%) Analyst
2 11 (18.33%) Help Desk Support
3 6 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 6 (10.00%) Help Desk Agent
4 5 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 5 (8.33%) Service Analyst
5 4 (6.67%) Coordinator
5 4 (6.67%) Developer
5 4 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) Administrator
6 3 (5.00%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) Project Coordinator
6 3 (5.00%) Report Developer
6 3 (5.00%) Senior
6 3 (5.00%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.33%) IT Administrator
7 2 (3.33%) Process Analyst
7 2 (3.33%) Project Leader
7 2 (3.33%) QA Tester
7 2 (3.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) .NET
1 1 (1.67%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.67%) EDI
1 1 (1.67%) MDX
1 1 (1.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.67%) Management Information System
1 4 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.33%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.67%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (21.67%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (20.00%) Time Management
4 9 (15.00%) PRINCE2
4 9 (15.00%) Project Delivery
4 9 (15.00%) Project Management
5 8 (13.33%) Analytics
6 7 (11.67%) Customer Service
6 7 (11.67%) Data Analysis
7 6 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
7 6 (10.00%) Decision-Making
8 5 (8.33%) Change Control
8 5 (8.33%) Data Management
8 5 (8.33%) Portfolio Management
9 4 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (6.67%) Mathematics
9 4 (6.67%) Service Delivery
9 4 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (5.00%) Deadline-Driven
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.33%) SQL
2 3 (5.00%) Python
2 3 (5.00%) VBA
3 1 (1.67%) C++
3 1 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.67%) Java
3 1 (1.67%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (20.00%) Degree
2 5 (8.33%) APMP
3 3 (5.00%) A+ Certification
3 3 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.00%) MCSA
3 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.67%) ISEB
4 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.67%) MBA
4 1 (1.67%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.67%) PMP
4 1 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (1.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.67%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) P3O
1 5 (8.33%) PMO
2 4 (6.67%) QA
3 1 (1.67%) COSHH
3 1 (1.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.67%) GRC
3 1 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 30 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.33%) IFS
2 5 (8.33%) SAP
3 3 (5.00%) Citrix
3 3 (5.00%) Oracle
3 3 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.67%) Ariba
5 1 (1.67%) Ciena
5 1 (1.67%) Databricks
5 1 (1.67%) Empirix
5 1 (1.67%) Google
5 1 (1.67%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.67%) NetScout
5 1 (1.67%) Nokia
5 1 (1.67%) PeopleSoft