Spreadsheet Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Spreadsheets
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 91 109
Rank change year-on-year -25 +18 +5
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 3 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.16% 0.25% 0.30%
As % of the Applications category 2.27% 3.53% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £285 -
25th Percentile £525 £333 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £428 £200
Median % change year-on-year +28.65% +113.75% -63.64%
75th Percentile £575 £533 -
90th Percentile - £588 -
South East median daily rate £533 £243 £270
% change year-on-year +119.59% -10.19% -47.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.00 - £60.85
Median hourly rate £57.00 - £61.71
75th Percentile £58.00 - £62.56
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £57.00 £15.25 £12.43
% change year-on-year +273.77% +22.74% -

All Software Application Skills
Berkshire

Spreadsheet 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 132 85 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.94% 7.10% 8.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 39 91
10th Percentile £303 £146 £114
25th Percentile £375 £246 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £413 £234
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% +76.28% -41.50%
75th Percentile £556 £494 £443
90th Percentile £620 £630 £600
South East median daily rate £475 £386 £360
% change year-on-year +23.06% +7.22% -6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 19
10th Percentile £16.93 £14.18 £11.79
25th Percentile £21.81 £19.48 £15.64
Median hourly rate £29.50 £32.05 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% +14.46% +47.37%
75th Percentile £64.75 £32.18 £49.43
90th Percentile £85.23 £38.39 £62.11
South East median hourly rate £21.00 £15.50 £17.70
% change year-on-year +35.48% -12.43% -29.20%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spreadsheet relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
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 Spreadsheet within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 5 July 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 -24 2 - -
Windsor - 1 £550 - 1
Spreadsheet
South East

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Accountant
1 1 (33.33%) Deployment Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) IT Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Rollout Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Accountant
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
1 1 (33.33%) IT Audit
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Samsung
1 1 (33.33%) SAP