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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 38 35
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 43 86 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.76% 4.39% 5.92%
As % of the Applications category 51.81% 48.04% 55.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 40 58
10th Percentile £130 £114 £271
25th Percentile £151 £145 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £348 £255 £455
Median % change year-on-year +36.27% -43.96% +7.06%
75th Percentile £419 £426 £625
90th Percentile £473 £502 £751
South East median daily rate £295 £350 £425
% change year-on-year -15.71% -17.65% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 4
10th Percentile £14.06 - £18.38
25th Percentile £14.15 £11.79 £20.06
Median hourly rate £14.30 £19.55 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.85% -15.00% +2.22%
75th Percentile £23.31 £34.37 £25.13
90th Percentile £28.71 £60.18 £25.35
South East median hourly rate £14.20 £15.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -5.33% -28.57% +44.83%

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 83 179 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.26% 9.13% 10.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 94 103
10th Percentile £144 £114 £185
25th Percentile £243 £200 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £255 £400
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% -36.25% +7.08%
75th Percentile £497 £445 £538
90th Percentile £633 £588 £685
South East median daily rate £387 £363 £392
% change year-on-year +6.76% -7.47% -4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 11
10th Percentile £14.18 £11.79 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.48 £14.66 £15.42
Median hourly rate £32.05 £24.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.49% +30.26% -15.56%
75th Percentile £32.18 £43.75 £23.00
90th Percentile £38.39 £62.00 £25.50
South East median hourly rate £15.50 £17.55 £23.88
% change year-on-year -11.68% -26.49% +22.44%

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 30 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Berkshire over the 6 months to 30 June 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 30 June 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 +2 19 £143 -53.37% 72
Bracknell +1 5 £295 +159.73% 9
Wokingham -4 5 - - 6
Slough -8 2 £350 +29.63% 80
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 12 (27.91%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (39.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) BPCS
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.91%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.98%) Azure
4 2 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.33%) AWS
5 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.33%) SaaS
5 1 (2.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) Radio Access Network
1 3 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.33%) DNS
2 1 (2.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (25.58%) Power BI
2 4 (9.30%) Power Query
2 4 (9.30%) Tableau
3 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
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 1 (2.33%) Git
General
1 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 16 (37.21%) Finance
3 13 (30.23%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (23.26%) Telecoms
5 8 (18.60%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (16.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.65%) Electronics
8 1 (2.33%) French Language
8 1 (2.33%) Games
8 1 (2.33%) Italian Language
8 1 (2.33%) Law
8 1 (2.33%) Local Government
8 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Analyst
2 6 (13.95%) Service Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) Data Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) IT Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) Coordinator
5 3 (6.98%) Developer
5 3 (6.98%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) Project Coordinator
5 3 (6.98%) Report Developer
5 3 (6.98%) Senior
5 3 (6.98%) Senior Developer
5 3 (6.98%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Customer Service Administrator
6 2 (4.65%) Customer Service Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Junior
6 2 (4.65%) Lead
6 2 (4.65%) Portfolio Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Tester
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 3 (6.98%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.65%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.58%) Business Intelligence
1 11 (25.58%) Project Management
2 8 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (18.60%) Customer Service
2 8 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (18.60%) Project Delivery
3 7 (16.28%) Decision-Making
3 7 (16.28%) Portfolio Management
3 7 (16.28%) Service Delivery
3 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (11.63%) Change Control
4 5 (11.63%) Customer-Centricity
4 5 (11.63%) Mathematics
4 5 (11.63%) PRINCE2
5 4 (9.30%) Analytics
5 4 (9.30%) Budgeting
5 4 (9.30%) Data Analysis
5 4 (9.30%) Data Management
5 4 (9.30%) Deadline-Driven
6 3 (6.98%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) SQL
2 3 (6.98%) VBA
3 2 (4.65%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) APMP
2 4 (9.30%) Degree
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
4 1 (2.33%) CIPFA
4 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) P3O
2 4 (9.30%) PMO
3 3 (6.98%) QA
4 1 (2.33%) COSHH
4 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.33%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (9.30%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (44.19%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.28%) IFS
3 5 (11.63%) Oracle
3 5 (11.63%) SAP
4 3 (6.98%) Citrix
4 3 (6.98%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.65%) Hyperion
6 1 (2.33%) Ariba
6 1 (2.33%) Databricks
6 1 (2.33%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (2.33%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (2.33%) Salesforce