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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 51 45
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 62 43 70
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.41% 3.63% 4.10%
As % of the Applications category 53.45% 53.09% 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 16 29
10th Percentile £306 £130 £143
25th Percentile £325 £152 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £406 £255
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% +59.31% -44.57%
75th Percentile £544 £447 £400
90th Percentile £690 £519 £538
South East median daily rate £400 £325 £315
% change year-on-year +23.08% +3.17% -22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 3
10th Percentile £14.16 - £22.10
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £24.13
Median hourly rate £17.73 £14.30 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.97% -48.93% -
75th Percentile £31.41 £30.11 £29.87
90th Percentile £87.41 £31.43 £30.69
South East median hourly rate £16.33 £17.00 £35.58
% change year-on-year -3.94% -52.22% +61.74%

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 116 81 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.38% 6.84% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 38 74
10th Percentile £270 £144 £150
25th Percentile £325 £240 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £353
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +16.83% +8.64%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £538
90th Percentile £623 £633 £784
South East median daily rate £449 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.19% - +7.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 8 8
10th Percentile £14.60 £14.00 £19.19
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.23 £20.41
Median hourly rate £17.71 £31.08 £29.41
Median % change year-on-year -43.03% +5.67% +58.99%
75th Percentile £57.00 £32.12 £62.77
90th Percentile £87.13 £36.87 £63.41
South East median hourly rate £16.00 £15.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.92% -56.43% +84.21%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -14 37 £493 +217.74% 22
Bracknell +5 7 £313 +5.93% 6
Slough +7 6 £500 +42.86% 39
Maidenhead - 4 - - 7
Windsor +5 1 - - 3
Wokingham -10 1 £500 -16.67% 2
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 4 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.84%) ArcGIS
3 2 (3.23%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (1.61%) WebLogic
Applications
1 27 (43.55%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (27.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (8.06%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (14.52%) iTrent
2 4 (6.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (4.84%) Maximo
4 1 (1.61%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (25.81%) Power Platform
2 9 (14.52%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (4.84%) Azure
4 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.23%) OpenShift
4 2 (3.23%) SaaS
4 2 (3.23%) Smartsheet
5 1 (1.61%) AWS
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.61%) BrowserStack
5 1 (1.61%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.45%) MPLS
1 4 (6.45%) WAN
2 2 (3.23%) ADSL
2 2 (3.23%) BGP
2 2 (3.23%) Ethernet
2 2 (3.23%) Internet
2 2 (3.23%) LAN
2 2 (3.23%) PSTN
2 2 (3.23%) SNMP
2 2 (3.23%) TACACS
2 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.61%) Mobile Backhaul
3 1 (1.61%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (25.81%) Power BI
2 5 (8.06%) SQL Server
3 4 (6.45%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (4.84%) GIS
5 2 (3.23%) Tableau
6 1 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (1.61%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.61%) JMeter
2 1 (1.61%) Selenium
General
1 42 (67.74%) Social Skills
2 29 (46.77%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (27.42%) Finance
4 9 (14.52%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (11.29%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.84%) Advertising
6 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.61%) Banking
8 1 (1.61%) Local Government
8 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.61%) Marketing
8 1 (1.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (32.26%) Analyst
2 10 (16.13%) Data Analyst
3 7 (11.29%) Administrator
3 7 (11.29%) HR Analyst
3 7 (11.29%) HR Data Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) Change Manager
5 5 (8.06%) Support Assistant
5 5 (8.06%) Systems Support
6 4 (6.45%) Business Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Data Business Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.84%) Senior
8 2 (3.23%) Architect
8 2 (3.23%) Consultant
8 2 (3.23%) Coordinator
8 2 (3.23%) IP Network Consultant
8 2 (3.23%) Lead
8 2 (3.23%) Network Architect
8 2 (3.23%) Network Consultant
8 2 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) NETCONF
1 2 (3.23%) OpenConfig
1 2 (3.23%) RESTCONF
1 2 (3.23%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.74%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.84%) Blog
2 3 (4.84%) LIMS
3 2 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.23%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.23%) Private Cloud
3 2 (3.23%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.61%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.06%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Linux
2 1 (1.61%) Solaris
2 1 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
1 16 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (20.97%) Data Analysis
2 13 (20.97%) Service Delivery
3 11 (17.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (16.13%) Dashboard Development
4 10 (16.13%) ITIL
4 10 (16.13%) Project Management
4 10 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (14.52%) Process Improvement
6 8 (12.90%) Change Management
7 7 (11.29%) Order Management
8 6 (9.68%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (9.68%) Analytics
8 6 (9.68%) CRM
8 6 (9.68%) ITSM
8 6 (9.68%) Performance Management
8 6 (9.68%) Project Delivery
8 6 (9.68%) Service Management
9 5 (8.06%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.74%) SQL
2 5 (8.06%) Python
3 1 (1.61%) Java
3 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.61%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.61%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (32.26%) Security Cleared
2 17 (27.42%) Degree
3 13 (20.97%) SC Cleared
4 7 (11.29%) PMI Certification
4 7 (11.29%) PMP
5 2 (3.23%) BC Cleared
5 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.23%) CCIE
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.23%) JNCIE
6 1 (1.61%) CISA
6 1 (1.61%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.61%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.68%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.45%) PMO
3 3 (4.84%) SLA
4 2 (3.23%) QA
5 1 (1.61%) COSHH
5 1 (1.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) Ansible
2 1 (1.61%) Data Guard
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 39 (62.90%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.97%) SAP
3 12 (19.35%) Oracle
4 10 (16.13%) Workday
5 7 (11.29%) ServiceNow
6 4 (6.45%) Cisco
7 3 (4.84%) ESRI
7 3 (4.84%) IBM
8 2 (3.23%) BT
8 2 (3.23%) F5
8 2 (3.23%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.23%) Google
8 2 (3.23%) Juniper
8 2 (3.23%) Openreach
9 1 (1.61%) HubSpot
9 1 (1.61%) Planview
9 1 (1.61%) Salesforce