Spreadsheet Contract Job Trends in Central London

Spreadsheets
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 122 138
Rank change year-on-year +1 +16 +66
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 10 14 15
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.52% 0.60% 0.50%
As % of the Applications category 6.02% 8.59% 6.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 4
10th Percentile £294 £291 -
25th Percentile £313 £513 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £650 £293
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +122.22% -44.29%
75th Percentile £531 £688 £398
90th Percentile £706 £695 £441
London median daily rate £350 £375 £450
% change year-on-year -6.67% -16.67% -32.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £26.38 - -
25th Percentile £27.31 - -
Median hourly rate £30.25 - £38.00
75th Percentile £33.81 - -
90th Percentile £35.13 - -
London median hourly rate £26.50 £45.00 £32.69
% change year-on-year -41.11% +37.66% +79.42%

All Software Application Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 166 163 221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.65% 6.95% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 96 144
10th Percentile £269 £168 £160
25th Percentile £338 £311 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +5.56% -10.27%
75th Percentile £595 £626 £589
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
London median daily rate £450 £448 £475
% change year-on-year +0.56% -5.79% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £15.80 £25.88 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £26.60 £17.26
Median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% +63.76% -27.19%
75th Percentile £27.25 £35.00 £23.70
90th Percentile £40.15 - £32.28
London median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -6.85% +5.02% +2.84%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend in Central London

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spreadsheet in Central London over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spreadsheet in Central London

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the Central London region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
City of London -6 9 £325 -50.00% 19
West End of London - 1 £525 - 2
City of Westminster - 1 £525 - 1
Spreadsheet
London

Spreadsheet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Front Office
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) ADO
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Change Management
1 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (20.00%) Data Entry
1 2 (20.00%) Data Management
1 2 (20.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (20.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (20.00%) User Stories
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Data Security
2 1 (10.00%) Logistics
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle