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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 54 40
Rank change year-on-year +11 -14 -8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 86 38 91
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.73% 3.28% 4.70%
As % of the Applications category 60.99% 50.00% 43.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 16 44
10th Percentile £303 £125 £114
25th Percentile £400 £145 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £258 £277
Median % change year-on-year +96.12% -7.12% -35.90%
75th Percentile £591 £450 £488
90th Percentile £625 £491 £519
South East median daily rate £471 £298 £351
% change year-on-year +58.32% -15.12% -17.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 11
10th Percentile £22.09 - -
25th Percentile £24.25 - £11.79
Median hourly rate £30.75 £14.30 £17.60
Median % change year-on-year +115.03% -18.75% -29.60%
75th Percentile £63.75 - £36.88
90th Percentile £85.80 - £62.00
South East median hourly rate £23.86 £14.20 £15.00
% change year-on-year +67.99% -5.33% -30.49%

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 141 76 207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.75% 6.57% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 35 119
10th Percentile £306 £138 £131
25th Percentile £396 £211 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £413 £215
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% +91.86% -46.25%
75th Percentile £541 £491 £437
90th Percentile £600 £630 £528
South East median daily rate £475 £413 £325
% change year-on-year +15.15% +26.92% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 17
10th Percentile £22.65 £17.41 £11.79
25th Percentile £24.84 £22.07 £13.68
Median hourly rate £31.13 £28.36 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.77% -33.28% +107.32%
75th Percentile £62.31 £32.05 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.53 - £61.70
South East median hourly rate £17.11 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -9.93% +8.57% -32.69%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +7 56 £510 +142.62% 14
Wokingham -14 13 £492 - 3
Bracknell +1 8 £325 +58.54% 6
Slough +9 1 £168 -52.14% 4
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 (15.12%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.65%) Confluence
3 3 (3.49%) CMS
4 1 (1.16%) ArcGIS
4 1 (1.16%) Smallworld
Applications
1 29 (33.72%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (29.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (5.81%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.16%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (1.16%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 9 (10.47%) iTrent
2 5 (5.81%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (3.49%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (1.16%) Primavera
5 1 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (23.26%) Azure
2 18 (20.93%) Power Platform
3 11 (12.79%) AWS
3 11 (12.79%) OCI
4 9 (10.47%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (10.47%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.33%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.33%) SaaS
7 1 (1.16%) Google Docs
7 1 (1.16%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.16%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.16%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.12%) Firewall
1 13 (15.12%) Wireless
2 6 (6.98%) WAN
3 5 (5.81%) BGP
3 5 (5.81%) MPLS
4 4 (4.65%) SNMP
4 4 (4.65%) TACACS
4 4 (4.65%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.33%) Internet
6 1 (1.16%) ADSL
6 1 (1.16%) BIG-IP
6 1 (1.16%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.16%) DWDM
6 1 (1.16%) EIGRP
6 1 (1.16%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.16%) LAN
6 1 (1.16%) OSPF
6 1 (1.16%) PSTN
6 1 (1.16%) SDH
6 1 (1.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (20.93%) Power BI
2 8 (9.30%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.33%) Metadata
3 2 (2.33%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.16%) GIS
4 1 (1.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (13.95%) Burp Suite
1 12 (13.95%) Metasploit
2 6 (6.98%) JIRA
General
1 54 (62.79%) Social Skills
2 33 (38.37%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (16.28%) Finance
4 12 (13.95%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.81%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.81%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.33%) Advertising
6 2 (2.33%) Legal
6 2 (2.33%) Local Government
6 2 (2.33%) Retail
7 1 (1.16%) Automotive
7 1 (1.16%) Billing
7 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Marketing
7 1 (1.16%) Military
7 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (39.53%) Analyst
2 16 (18.60%) Data Analyst
3 12 (13.95%) Penetration Tester
3 12 (13.95%) Tester
4 11 (12.79%) Consultant
4 11 (12.79%) Implementation Consultant
5 9 (10.47%) Oracle Analyst
6 8 (9.30%) HR Analyst
7 7 (8.14%) HR Data Analyst
7 7 (8.14%) Test Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) IT Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) Payroll Consultant
8 5 (5.81%) Project Manager
9 4 (4.65%) IP Specialist
9 4 (4.65%) Workflow Consultant
10 3 (3.49%) Administrator
10 3 (3.49%) Change Manager
10 3 (3.49%) PMO Analyst
10 3 (3.49%) Senior
10 3 (3.49%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.79%) XML
2 8 (9.30%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (4.65%) ADO
3 4 (4.65%) NETCONF
3 4 (4.65%) OpenConfig
3 4 (4.65%) RESTCONF
3 4 (4.65%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.79%) Security Posture
2 7 (8.14%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (6.98%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.49%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.33%) CMDB
6 2 (2.33%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.16%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.16%) iSeries
7 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.16%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.95%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (18.60%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (16.28%) Regulatory Compliance
4 13 (15.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (13.95%) Penetration Testing
6 11 (12.79%) Customer Service
6 11 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (11.63%) Cloud Security
7 10 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (11.63%) Dashboard Development
7 10 (11.63%) Information Security
8 9 (10.47%) Business Development
8 9 (10.47%) Commercial Awareness
8 9 (10.47%) DevOps
8 9 (10.47%) Line Management
8 9 (10.47%) Security Management
9 8 (9.30%) Actionable Insight
9 8 (9.30%) ITIL
10 7 (8.14%) CRM
10 7 (8.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.12%) SQL
2 11 (12.79%) T-SQL
3 4 (4.65%) Python
4 1 (1.16%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (1.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (36.05%) Security Cleared
2 26 (30.23%) SC Cleared
3 20 (23.26%) Degree
4 12 (13.95%) CHECK Team Member
5 10 (11.63%) CREST Certified
5 10 (11.63%) Cyber Scheme
5 10 (11.63%) Postgraduate
6 6 (6.98%) PMI Certification
6 6 (6.98%) PMP
7 4 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (4.65%) CCIE
7 4 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (4.65%) JNCIE
8 2 (2.33%) BC Cleared
8 2 (2.33%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.33%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.28%) PMO
1 14 (16.28%) QA
2 13 (15.12%) GDPR
2 13 (15.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (13.95%) PCI DSS
4 10 (11.63%) Data Quality
5 6 (6.98%) SLA
6 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.16%) GRC
6 1 (1.16%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.16%) ISO 31000
6 1 (1.16%) NIST
Systems Management
1 12 (13.95%) Nmap
2 4 (4.65%) Ansible
3 2 (2.33%) SCCM
4 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (23.26%) Microsoft
1 20 (23.26%) Oracle
2 11 (12.79%) SAP
3 9 (10.47%) Workday
4 6 (6.98%) Cisco
5 5 (5.81%) F5
5 5 (5.81%) ServiceNow
6 4 (4.65%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.65%) Juniper
7 3 (3.49%) Remedy
8 2 (2.33%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.16%) Autodesk
9 1 (1.16%) BT
9 1 (1.16%) Google
9 1 (1.16%) Meraki
9 1 (1.16%) Openreach