Microsoft Excel Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft Excel
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 60 40 35
Rank change year-on-year -20 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 33 91 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.81% 4.59% 5.47%
As % of the Applications category 44.00% 42.92% 55.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 44 51
10th Percentile £124 £114 £280
25th Percentile £151 £158 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £281 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% -29.69% +12.49%
75th Percentile £450 £488 £544
90th Percentile £491 £519 £754
South East median daily rate £298 £351 £394
% change year-on-year -15.12% -10.93% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 4
10th Percentile - - £19.75
25th Percentile - £11.79 £22.81
Median hourly rate £14.30 £17.60 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -29.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £36.88 £26.22
90th Percentile - £62.00 £27.51
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
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 75 212 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.39% 10.69% 9.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 122 99
10th Percentile £151 £122 £198
25th Percentile £216 £201 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £215 £400
Median % change year-on-year +91.86% -46.25% +12.49%
75th Percentile £491 £435 £488
90th Percentile £630 £525 £690
South East median daily rate £413 £275 £375
% change year-on-year +50.00% -26.67% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 9
10th Percentile £17.41 £11.79 £16.78
25th Percentile £22.07 £14.66 £18.50
Median hourly rate £28.36 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.28% +112.50% -27.27%
75th Percentile £32.05 £55.08 £25.50
90th Percentile - £62.00 £31.70
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 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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Berkshire

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Berkshire

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend 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 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
Reading -8 14 £318 -25.12% 52
Bracknell +9 4 £205 +80.49% 6
Wokingham -10 3 - - 3
Slough -9 2 £325 +85.71% 35
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 7 (21.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (6.06%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) SAP GRC
1 1 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.03%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (6.06%) 3G
2 2 (6.06%) 4G
2 2 (6.06%) 5G
2 2 (6.06%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (6.06%) DNS
2 2 (6.06%) GGSN
2 2 (6.06%) LTE
2 2 (6.06%) RANAP
2 2 (6.06%) SGSN
2 2 (6.06%) VoLTE
2 2 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (6.06%) Wireshark
3 1 (3.03%) DWDM
3 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.03%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) Power BI
2 3 (9.09%) Power Query
3 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
General
1 21 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Finance
3 7 (21.21%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Telecoms
4 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.06%) Multimedia
6 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Automotive
7 1 (3.03%) Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Electronics
7 1 (3.03%) Games
7 1 (3.03%) Law
7 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Analyst
2 4 (12.12%) Coordinator
3 3 (9.09%) Data Analyst
3 3 (9.09%) Developer
3 3 (9.09%) Project Coordinator
3 3 (9.09%) Report Developer
3 3 (9.09%) Senior
3 3 (9.09%) Senior Developer
3 3 (9.09%) Service Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Administrator
4 2 (6.06%) Customer Service Administrator
4 2 (6.06%) IT Administrator
4 2 (6.06%) IT Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Lead
4 2 (6.06%) PMO Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Project Leader
4 2 (6.06%) QA Tester
4 2 (6.06%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Telecoms Developer
4 2 (6.06%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (15.15%) Customer Service
2 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery
3 4 (12.12%) Data Analysis
3 4 (12.12%) Data Management
3 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2
3 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (12.12%) Workflow
4 3 (9.09%) Budgeting
4 3 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (9.09%) Data Reconciliation
4 3 (9.09%) Deadline-Driven
4 3 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 3 (9.09%) Mathematics
4 3 (9.09%) Project Governance
4 3 (9.09%) Project Management
4 3 (9.09%) Risk Register
4 3 (9.09%) Service Delivery
5 2 (6.06%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) SQL
1 3 (9.09%) VBA
2 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) A+ Certification
2 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.06%) MCSA
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.03%) APMP
3 1 (3.03%) ISEB
3 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) PMO
2 3 (9.09%) QA
3 2 (6.06%) GRC
4 1 (3.03%) COSHH
4 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.03%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) SAP
3 2 (6.06%) Citrix
3 2 (6.06%) Empirix
3 2 (6.06%) NetScout
3 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) Ciena
4 1 (3.03%) Databricks
4 1 (3.03%) IFS
4 1 (3.03%) Nokia
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle
4 1 (3.03%) Salesforce