Spreadsheet Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Spreadsheets
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 7 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.80% - 1.03%
As % of the Applications category 22.58% - 8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £289 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £293 - -
75th Percentile £296 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £450 £140 £400
% change year-on-year +221.43% -65.00% +4.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £27.25 - -
25th Percentile £28.75 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £34.38 - -
90th Percentile £34.75 - -
East of England median hourly rate £19.71 £21.00 £15.79
% change year-on-year -6.17% +33.00% -4.30%

All Software Application Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 31 65 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 7.99% 25.39% 11.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 3
10th Percentile £286 £195 £154
25th Percentile £373 £208 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £296 £300
Median % change year-on-year +39.36% -1.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £486 £366 £338
90th Percentile £535 £521 £360
East of England median daily rate £375 £325 £388
% change year-on-year +15.38% -16.13% +20.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 30 42
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £16.13 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £18.25 £16.23 £14.80
Median % change year-on-year +12.45% +9.66% -27.80%
75th Percentile £32.50 £20.55 £25.00
90th Percentile £35.86 £21.46 £46.86
East of England median hourly rate £18.86 £30.78 £22.51
% change year-on-year -38.73% +36.77% -37.49%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 31 March 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
Cambridge - 7 £293 - 2
Spreadsheet
East of England

Spreadsheet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Metadata
1 2 (28.57%) MySQL
General
1 7 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Audio Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (42.86%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (42.86%) Virtual Reality
3 2 (28.57%) Acoustics
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Data Collection
2 4 (57.14%) Motion Capture
2 4 (57.14%) Time Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Data Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft