Microsoft Excel Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Excel
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 45 38
Rank change year-on-year -5 -7 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 78 42 92
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.16% 3.70% 4.67%
As % of the Applications category 58.21% 51.22% 48.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 14 44
10th Percentile £306 £130 £114
25th Percentile £417 £151 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £348 £261
Median % change year-on-year +45.32% +33.14% -42.64%
75th Percentile £594 £419 £458
90th Percentile £624 £473 £517
South East median daily rate £438 £298 £351
% change year-on-year +47.06% -15.24% -17.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 12
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.06 -
25th Percentile £19.02 £14.15 £11.79
Median hourly rate £26.38 £14.30 £19.55
Median % change year-on-year +84.44% -26.85% -15.00%
75th Percentile £31.41 £23.31 £34.37
90th Percentile £85.53 £28.71 £60.18
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £14.20 £15.00
% change year-on-year +40.85% -5.33% -28.57%

All Software Application Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 134 82 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.15% 7.22% 9.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 38 100
10th Percentile £306 £144 £114
25th Percentile £375 £243 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £413 £255
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +61.76% -36.25%
75th Percentile £550 £497 £452
90th Percentile £604 £633 £588
South East median daily rate £464 £400 £367
% change year-on-year +15.94% +9.05% -6.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 20
10th Percentile £16.93 £14.18 £11.79
25th Percentile £21.81 £19.48 £16.62
Median hourly rate £29.50 £32.05 £29.41
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% +8.97% +50.83%
75th Percentile £64.75 £32.18 £54.09
90th Percentile £85.23 £38.39 £62.00
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £15.50 £17.80
% change year-on-year +29.03% -12.92% -28.80%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Berkshire over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Berkshire

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Excel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Berkshire over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Berkshire

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Reading +8 56 £510 +257.54% 13
Bracknell +3 6 £313 +5.93% 2
Wokingham -21 6 £600 - 3
Windsor - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Excel
South East

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 9 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.56%) Confluence
3 1 (1.28%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.28%) CMS
3 1 (1.28%) Smallworld
Applications
1 23 (29.49%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.85%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.28%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (1.28%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 9 (11.54%) iTrent
2 5 (6.41%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (3.85%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (1.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (1.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (20.51%) Power Platform
2 14 (17.95%) Azure
3 11 (14.10%) OCI
4 9 (11.54%) SuccessFactors
5 7 (8.97%) AWS
5 7 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.56%) Google Workspace
7 2 (2.56%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.56%) SaaS
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.28%) Google Docs
8 1 (1.28%) Google Sheets
8 1 (1.28%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.69%) Firewall
1 6 (7.69%) Wireless
2 4 (5.13%) WAN
3 3 (3.85%) BGP
3 3 (3.85%) MPLS
4 2 (2.56%) Internet
4 2 (2.56%) SNMP
4 2 (2.56%) TACACS
4 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.28%) ADSL
5 1 (1.28%) BIG-IP
5 1 (1.28%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.28%) DWDM
5 1 (1.28%) EIGRP
5 1 (1.28%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.28%) LAN
5 1 (1.28%) OSPF
5 1 (1.28%) PSTN
5 1 (1.28%) SDH
5 1 (1.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (20.51%) Power BI
2 9 (11.54%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (6.41%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.56%) Metadata
4 2 (2.56%) Tableau
5 1 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.28%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Burp Suite
1 5 (6.41%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 45 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 31 (39.74%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (17.95%) Finance
4 9 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.41%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.85%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.56%) Advertising
7 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Legal
7 2 (2.56%) Local Government
8 1 (1.28%) Banking
8 1 (1.28%) Billing
8 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Marketing
8 1 (1.28%) Military
8 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (43.59%) Analyst
2 17 (21.79%) Data Analyst
3 11 (14.10%) Consultant
3 11 (14.10%) Implementation Consultant
4 9 (11.54%) Oracle Analyst
5 8 (10.26%) HR Analyst
6 7 (8.97%) HR Data Analyst
6 7 (8.97%) Test Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) IT Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) Payroll Consultant
7 5 (6.41%) Penetration Tester
7 5 (6.41%) Tester
8 4 (5.13%) Workflow Consultant
9 3 (3.85%) Administrator
9 3 (3.85%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.85%) Senior
9 3 (3.85%) Service Analyst
9 3 (3.85%) Support Assistant
9 3 (3.85%) Systems Support
10 2 (2.56%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.10%) XML
2 8 (10.26%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (2.56%) NETCONF
3 2 (2.56%) OpenConfig
3 2 (2.56%) RESTCONF
3 2 (2.56%) YANG
4 1 (1.28%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.97%) Onboarding
2 6 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 5 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.56%) CMDB
5 2 (2.56%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.28%) iSeries
6 1 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.28%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.28%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.28%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (17.95%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (12.82%) Dashboard Development
3 10 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (10.26%) Customer Service
4 8 (10.26%) Data Analysis
4 8 (10.26%) ITIL
5 7 (8.97%) Analytics
5 7 (8.97%) DevOps
5 7 (8.97%) Information Security
5 7 (8.97%) Migration
5 7 (8.97%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (8.97%) Service Management
5 7 (8.97%) Test Scripting
6 6 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (7.69%) Regulatory Compliance
6 6 (7.69%) Validation
7 5 (6.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.79%) SQL
2 11 (14.10%) T-SQL
3 3 (3.85%) Python
4 1 (1.28%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (1.28%) R
4 1 (1.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 19 (24.36%) SC Cleared
3 15 (19.23%) Degree
4 5 (6.41%) CHECK Team Member
4 5 (6.41%) CREST Certified
4 5 (6.41%) Cyber Scheme
4 5 (6.41%) Postgraduate
5 4 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (5.13%) PMI Certification
5 4 (5.13%) PMP
6 2 (2.56%) BC Cleared
6 2 (2.56%) CCIE
6 2 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.56%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.56%) JNCIE
7 1 (1.28%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.82%) Data Quality
2 9 (11.54%) PMO
3 8 (10.26%) QA
4 7 (8.97%) GDPR
5 6 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (7.69%) SLA
6 5 (6.41%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.28%) GRC
7 1 (1.28%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.28%) ISO 31000
7 1 (1.28%) NIST
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) Nmap
2 2 (2.56%) Ansible
2 2 (2.56%) SCCM
3 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (28.21%) Microsoft
1 22 (28.21%) Oracle
2 11 (14.10%) SAP
3 10 (12.82%) Workday
4 5 (6.41%) ServiceNow
5 4 (5.13%) Cisco
6 3 (3.85%) F5
6 3 (3.85%) Remedy
7 2 (2.56%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.56%) Google
7 2 (2.56%) Juniper
7 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.28%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.28%) BT
8 1 (1.28%) Meraki
8 1 (1.28%) Openreach