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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 54 45
Rank change year-on-year -6 -9 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 58 43 94
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.41% 3.32% 4.73%
As % of the Applications category 47.15% 45.74% 37.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 18 47
10th Percentile £265 £143 £114
25th Percentile £413 £157 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £266 £380
Median % change year-on-year +89.67% -29.93% -10.59%
75th Percentile £559 £334 £494
90th Percentile £650 £463 £550
South East median daily rate £475 £325 £374
% change year-on-year +46.15% -13.17% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 8
10th Percentile - - £16.42
25th Percentile £14.50 - £18.61
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £30.41
75th Percentile £74.50 - £62.00
90th Percentile £86.35 - £62.75
South East median hourly rate £17.60 £26.34 £15.00
% change year-on-year -33.17% +75.57% -26.72%

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 123 94 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.22% 7.25% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 45 152
10th Percentile £236 £149 £148
25th Percentile £388 £238 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £375 £215
Median % change year-on-year +24.53% +74.42% -46.25%
75th Percentile £535 £489 £438
90th Percentile £600 £532 £536
South East median daily rate £475 £425 £333
% change year-on-year +11.76% +27.82% -7.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 14
10th Percentile - £27.98 £18.01
25th Percentile £14.50 £32.96 £30.10
Median hourly rate £15.00 £42.50 £48.86
Median % change year-on-year -64.71% -13.01% +144.28%
75th Percentile £74.50 £43.75 £61.88
90th Percentile £86.35 - £62.33
South East median hourly rate £15.50 £28.37 £18.00
% change year-on-year -45.37% +57.63% -60.00%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -1 30 £467 +75.40% 28
Wokingham - 14 £484 - 2
Bracknell -1 6 £650 +213.25% 6
Slough -1 1 £168 -58.90% 5
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 16 (27.59%) SharePoint
2 7 (12.07%) Confluence
3 5 (8.62%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (44.83%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (43.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.72%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (32.76%) Azure
2 10 (17.24%) AWS
3 9 (15.52%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (15.52%) Power Platform
4 6 (10.34%) OCI
5 4 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.45%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.72%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.41%) Wireless
2 12 (20.69%) Firewall
3 3 (5.17%) BGP
3 3 (5.17%) WAN
4 2 (3.45%) MPLS
4 2 (3.45%) SNMP
4 2 (3.45%) TACACS
4 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.72%) BIG-IP
5 1 (1.72%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.72%) EIGRP
5 1 (1.72%) LAN
5 1 (1.72%) OSPF
5 1 (1.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.52%) Power BI
2 2 (3.45%) Metadata
3 1 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (20.69%) Burp Suite
1 12 (20.69%) Metasploit
2 9 (15.52%) JIRA
General
1 37 (63.79%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.86%) Organisational Skills
3 12 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (18.97%) Finance
5 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.90%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.45%) Local Government
7 2 (3.45%) Marketing
7 2 (3.45%) Retail
8 1 (1.72%) Automotive
8 1 (1.72%) Billing
8 1 (1.72%) Electronics
8 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 19 (32.76%) Analyst
2 12 (20.69%) Penetration Tester
2 12 (20.69%) Tester
3 7 (12.07%) Test Analyst
4 6 (10.34%) Oracle Analyst
5 5 (8.62%) Project Manager
6 4 (6.90%) Accounts Payable Clerk
6 4 (6.90%) Data Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Administrator
7 3 (5.17%) Change Manager
7 3 (5.17%) PMO Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) Applications Manager
8 2 (3.45%) Consultant
8 2 (3.45%) HR Data Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) Integration Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) Security Administrator
8 2 (3.45%) Security Officer
8 2 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) Service Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) ADO
1 3 (5.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.45%) NETCONF
2 2 (3.45%) OpenConfig
2 2 (3.45%) RESTCONF
2 2 (3.45%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) Security Posture
2 6 (10.34%) Mobile App
3 5 (8.62%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (6.90%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.45%) CMDB
5 2 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.72%) iSeries
6 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.72%) PMI
6 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (22.41%) Regulatory Compliance
3 12 (20.69%) Customer Service
3 12 (20.69%) Penetration Testing
4 11 (18.97%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (17.24%) Cloud Security
5 10 (17.24%) Information Security
5 10 (17.24%) Project Management
6 9 (15.52%) Business Development
6 9 (15.52%) Commercial Awareness
6 9 (15.52%) DevOps
6 9 (15.52%) Line Management
6 9 (15.52%) Security Management
7 8 (13.79%) Agile
7 8 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (12.07%) CRM
8 7 (12.07%) PRINCE2
9 6 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.45%) Python
1 2 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (37.93%) Security Cleared
2 20 (34.48%) SC Cleared
3 14 (24.14%) Degree
4 12 (20.69%) CHECK Team Member
5 10 (17.24%) CREST Certified
5 10 (17.24%) Cyber Scheme
5 10 (17.24%) Postgraduate
6 8 (13.79%) PMI Certification
7 7 (12.07%) PMP
8 2 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (3.45%) CCIE
8 2 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (3.45%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.45%) JNCIE
9 1 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (27.59%) QA
2 13 (22.41%) GDPR
2 13 (22.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (22.41%) PMO
3 12 (20.69%) PCI DSS
4 5 (8.62%) Data Quality
5 4 (6.90%) SLA
6 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.72%) GRC
6 1 (1.72%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.72%) ISO 31000
6 1 (1.72%) NIST
Systems Management
1 12 (20.69%) Nmap
2 2 (3.45%) Ansible
2 2 (3.45%) SCCM
3 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (32.76%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.34%) Oracle
2 6 (10.34%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.17%) Cisco
3 3 (5.17%) F5
3 3 (5.17%) Remedy
4 2 (3.45%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.45%) Juniper
4 2 (3.45%) SAP
4 2 (3.45%) Workday
5 1 (1.72%) Meraki
5 1 (1.72%) Salesforce