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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 43 36
Rank change year-on-year -9 -7 -12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 44 72 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.74% 4.21% 5.80%
As % of the Applications category 53.01% 46.45% 47.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 31 43
10th Percentile £130 £145 £260
25th Percentile £152 £185 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £255 £463
Median % change year-on-year +59.31% -44.86% +11.21%
75th Percentile £447 £450 £563
90th Percentile £519 £538 £638
South East median daily rate £313 £360 £403
% change year-on-year -13.19% -10.56% -5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile - £22.10 £18.38
25th Percentile £14.00 £24.13 £20.06
Median hourly rate £14.30 £28.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.93% - +24.44%
75th Percentile £30.11 £29.87 £41.72
90th Percentile £31.43 £30.69 £53.81
South East median hourly rate £14.90 £35.58 £22.75
% change year-on-year -58.13% +56.41% +55.56%

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 83 155 222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.06% 9.06% 12.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 78 119
10th Percentile £144 £145 £148
25th Percentile £240 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £361 £372
Median % change year-on-year +14.40% -3.04% -0.75%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £480
90th Percentile £633 £779 £625
South East median daily rate £387 £400 £371
% change year-on-year -3.25% +7.93% -7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 9
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.19 -
25th Percentile £14.23 £20.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £31.08 £29.41 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% +58.99% -17.78%
75th Percentile £32.12 £62.77 £21.00
90th Percentile £36.87 £63.41 £40.38
South East median hourly rate £15.25 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -56.43% +66.67% -1.82%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel 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 13 September 2025.

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 13 September 2025.

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 13 September 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
Reading 0 21 £155 -39.22% 25
Wokingham -4 6 £600 - 3
Bracknell - 3 £295 - 1
Slough -4 2 £350 +11.11% 71
Windsor -9 1 - - 2
Thatcham - 1 - -
Microsoft Excel
South East

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 11 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.27%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (40.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) BPCS
1 1 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.27%) Primavera
1 1 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 6 (13.64%) Azure
3 5 (11.36%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.27%) AWS
4 1 (2.27%) OCI
4 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.27%) DNS
2 1 (2.27%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) Power BI
2 3 (6.82%) Tableau
3 1 (2.27%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (2.27%) Power Query
3 1 (2.27%) Sisense
3 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 19 (43.18%) Finance
2 16 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 14 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (18.18%) Telecoms
6 5 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (9.09%) Electronics
8 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
9 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
10 1 (2.27%) French Language
10 1 (2.27%) Italian Language
10 1 (2.27%) Local Government
10 1 (2.27%) Marketing
10 1 (2.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (50.00%) Analyst
2 6 (13.64%) Service Analyst
2 6 (13.64%) Support Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) IT Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) Junior
3 5 (11.36%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) Junior Support Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) Portfolio Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) QA Tester
4 4 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) Tester
5 3 (6.82%) Coordinator
5 3 (6.82%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Project Coordinator
5 3 (6.82%) Trainee
5 3 (6.82%) Trainee Technician
6 2 (4.55%) Customer Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Customer Service Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) .NET
1 1 (2.27%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.27%) EDI
1 1 (2.27%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
1 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
1 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.27%) Project Management
2 11 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (22.73%) Portfolio Management
3 10 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (20.45%) Decision-Making
5 8 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (18.18%) Service Delivery
6 7 (15.91%) Customer Service
6 7 (15.91%) Project Delivery
7 6 (13.64%) Change Control
7 6 (13.64%) Mathematics
8 5 (11.36%) Customer-Centricity
8 5 (11.36%) Demand Management
8 5 (11.36%) DevOps
8 5 (11.36%) PRINCE2
9 4 (9.09%) Analytics
9 4 (9.09%) Budgeting
9 4 (9.09%) Deadline-Driven
10 3 (6.82%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) SQL
2 1 (2.27%) Python
2 1 (2.27%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) Degree
2 5 (11.36%) APMP
3 3 (6.82%) A+ Certification
3 3 (6.82%) ACCA
3 3 (6.82%) CIMA
3 3 (6.82%) MCSA
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.27%) CIPFA
5 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) P3O
1 5 (11.36%) QA
2 3 (6.82%) PMO
3 1 (2.27%) COSHH
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (22.73%) IFS
3 6 (13.64%) Oracle
4 5 (11.36%) SAP
5 4 (9.09%) ServiceNow
6 3 (6.82%) Citrix
7 2 (4.55%) Hyperion
8 1 (2.27%) Ariba
8 1 (2.27%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (2.27%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 1 (2.27%) Workday