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 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 44 28
Rank change year-on-year -10 -16 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 43 69 118
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.52% 4.25% 6.67%
As % of the Applications category 52.44% 46.00% 45.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 28 54
10th Percentile £130 £143 £177
25th Percentile £176 £185 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £300 £451
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -33.44% +8.38%
75th Percentile £513 £413 £538
90th Percentile £595 £538 £634
South East median daily rate £400 £337 £409
% change year-on-year +18.67% -17.54% -0.30%
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 £15.00 £28.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% - +62.32%
75th Percentile £30.11 £29.87 £41.72
90th Percentile £31.43 £30.69 £53.81
South East median hourly rate £17.30 £30.62 £21.75
% change year-on-year -43.50% +40.77% +48.72%

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 82 150 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.72% 9.24% 14.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 70 153
10th Percentile £157 £161 £148
25th Percentile £268 £220 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £370 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -1.33% +1.66%
75th Percentile £500 £547 £480
90th Percentile £623 £789 £599
South East median daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 9
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.31 -
25th Percentile £14.13 £22.44 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.56 £36.66 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.48% +98.18% -17.78%
75th Percentile £31.76 £57.86 £35.00
90th Percentile £39.91 £63.41 £48.54
South East median hourly rate £16.36 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -53.26% +84.21% -13.64%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 +6 22 £155 -48.38% 18
Bracknell -1 4 £613 +104.17% 4
Wokingham -12 4 £600 - 4
Slough -2 1 £550 +74.60% 47
Windsor -6 1 - - 3
Thatcham - 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 13 (30.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.65%) Confluence
3 1 (2.33%) CMS
3 1 (2.33%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (44.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (27.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) BPCS
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.33%) Primavera
1 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.28%) Power Platform
2 6 (13.95%) Azure
3 5 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.33%) AWS
4 1 (2.33%) OCI
4 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.33%) DNS
2 1 (2.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.95%) Power BI
2 3 (6.98%) Tableau
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (2.33%) Power Query
3 1 (2.33%) Sisense
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 19 (44.19%) Finance
2 15 (34.88%) Social Skills
3 14 (32.56%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (27.91%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (18.60%) Telecoms
6 5 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (6.98%) Electronics
7 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.33%) French Language
8 1 (2.33%) Italian Language
8 1 (2.33%) Local Government
8 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.33%) Marketing
8 1 (2.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (51.16%) Analyst
2 6 (13.95%) Service Analyst
2 6 (13.95%) Support Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) IT Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) Junior
3 5 (11.63%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) Junior Support Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) Portfolio Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) Data Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) QA Tester
4 4 (9.30%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) Tester
5 3 (6.98%) Coordinator
5 3 (6.98%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (4.65%) Customer Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) HR Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) HR Data Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Trainee
6 2 (4.65%) Trainee Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) .NET
1 1 (2.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.33%) EDI
1 1 (2.33%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.33%) PMI
2 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Project Management
2 13 (30.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (25.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (23.26%) Decision-Making
4 10 (23.26%) Portfolio Management
4 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (16.28%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (16.28%) Customer Service
5 7 (16.28%) PRINCE2
5 7 (16.28%) Project Delivery
5 7 (16.28%) Service Delivery
6 6 (13.95%) Change Control
7 5 (11.63%) Analytics
7 5 (11.63%) Customer-Centricity
7 5 (11.63%) Demand Management
7 5 (11.63%) DevOps
7 5 (11.63%) Mathematics
8 4 (9.30%) Budgeting
8 4 (9.30%) Deadline-Driven
9 3 (6.98%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Python
1 1 (2.33%) R
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) APMP
1 5 (11.63%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) A+ Certification
3 3 (6.98%) ACCA
3 3 (6.98%) CIMA
3 3 (6.98%) MCSA
3 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.65%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.33%) CIPFA
5 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) QA
2 5 (11.63%) P3O
3 4 (9.30%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (9.30%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (44.19%) Microsoft
2 10 (23.26%) IFS
3 6 (13.95%) Oracle
4 5 (11.63%) ServiceNow
5 4 (9.30%) SAP
6 3 (6.98%) Citrix
7 2 (4.65%) Hyperion
7 2 (4.65%) Workday
8 1 (2.33%) Ariba
8 1 (2.33%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (2.33%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (2.33%) Salesforce