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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 51 38
Rank change year-on-year -19 -13 -8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 43 53 97
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 2.92% 3.49% 5.58%
As % of the Applications category 45.26% 42.06% 39.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 26 43
10th Percentile £374 £143 £180
25th Percentile £406 £203 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £308 £400
Median % change year-on-year +69.29% -23.06% -
75th Percentile £597 £450 £478
90th Percentile £650 £519 £593
South East median daily rate £475 £356 £380
% change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% -4.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 6
10th Percentile £14.00 - £24.48
25th Percentile £14.38 - £30.10
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £32.91
75th Percentile £19.15 - £55.16
90th Percentile £40.20 - £63.19
South East median hourly rate £17.00 £32.71 £25.50
% change year-on-year -48.02% +28.25% +33.40%

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 95 126 243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.46% 8.29% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 58 143
10th Percentile £237 £170 £148
25th Percentile £372 £221 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £388 £215
Median % change year-on-year +17.42% +80.23% -43.42%
75th Percentile £535 £503 £450
90th Percentile £600 £805 £543
South East median daily rate £475 £402 £326
% change year-on-year +18.23% +23.43% -12.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 12
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.06 £17.05
25th Percentile £14.38 £24.84 £27.24
Median hourly rate £15.00 £42.50 £40.11
Median % change year-on-year -64.71% +5.97% +100.53%
75th Percentile £19.15 £57.86 £56.72
90th Percentile £40.20 £62.99 £62.41
South East median hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £23.24
% change year-on-year -54.29% +50.60% -10.62%

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 18 December 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 18 December 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 18 December 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 -3 19 £400 +29.98% 13
Wokingham -15 11 £484 -19.42% 3
Bracknell -3 5 £650 +213.25% 8
Windsor -5 1 - - 6
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 5 (11.63%) Confluence
3 4 (9.30%) CMS
Applications
1 23 (53.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 20 (46.51%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.58%) Azure
2 6 (13.95%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (11.63%) AWS
4 3 (6.98%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.65%) OCI
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.28%) Firewall
1 7 (16.28%) Wireless
2 2 (4.65%) BGP
2 2 (4.65%) MPLS
2 2 (4.65%) SNMP
2 2 (4.65%) TACACS
2 2 (4.65%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (18.60%) JIRA
2 7 (16.28%) Burp Suite
2 7 (16.28%) Metasploit
General
1 24 (55.81%) Social Skills
2 15 (34.88%) Finance
3 13 (30.23%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (27.91%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (9.30%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.98%) Electronics
7 1 (2.33%) Automotive
7 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.33%) Marketing
7 1 (2.33%) Retail
7 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (34.88%) Analyst
2 9 (20.93%) Tester
3 7 (16.28%) Penetration Tester
4 5 (11.63%) Junior
4 5 (11.63%) Junior Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Junior Support Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Portfolio Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Support Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) Accounts Payable Clerk
6 3 (6.98%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) HR Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) HR Data Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) PMO Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Consultant
7 2 (4.65%) IP Specialist
7 2 (4.65%) QA Tester
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Test Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Trainee Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) ADO
2 2 (4.65%) NETCONF
2 2 (4.65%) OpenConfig
2 2 (4.65%) RESTCONF
2 2 (4.65%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Mobile App
1 5 (11.63%) Security Posture
2 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (25.58%) Project Management
4 8 (18.60%) Decision-Making
5 7 (16.28%) Customer Service
5 7 (16.28%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (16.28%) Regulatory Compliance
6 6 (13.95%) Agile
6 6 (13.95%) DevOps
7 5 (11.63%) Change Control
7 5 (11.63%) Cloud Security
7 5 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (11.63%) Demand Management
7 5 (11.63%) Portfolio Management
7 5 (11.63%) PRINCE2
7 5 (11.63%) Time Management
8 4 (9.30%) Accounts Payable
8 4 (9.30%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (9.30%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (32.56%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
3 8 (18.60%) Degree
4 7 (16.28%) CHECK Team Member
5 5 (11.63%) CREST Certified
5 5 (11.63%) Cyber Scheme
5 5 (11.63%) PMI Certification
5 5 (11.63%) Postgraduate
6 4 (9.30%) PMP
7 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared
8 2 (4.65%) CCIE
8 2 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (4.65%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) QA
2 8 (18.60%) PMO
3 7 (16.28%) GDPR
3 7 (16.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (16.28%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 7 (16.28%) Nmap
2 2 (4.65%) Ansible
Vendors
1 18 (41.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) IFS
3 3 (6.98%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.98%) Workday
4 2 (4.65%) Cisco
4 2 (4.65%) F5
4 2 (4.65%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.65%) Juniper
4 2 (4.65%) Oracle
5 1 (2.33%) SAP