Spreadsheet Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Spreadsheets
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 51 53
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 4 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.59% 1.34% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 6.15% 13.95% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - - £154
25th Percentile - £493 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £505 £263
Median % change year-on-year -22.18% +92.38% -
75th Percentile - £533 £328
90th Percentile - £589 £365
North West median daily rate £547 £505 £390
% change year-on-year +8.22% +29.49% -8.24%

All Software Application Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 65 43 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 9.63% 9.58% 17.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 30 47
10th Percentile £309 £245 £65
25th Percentile £358 £315 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £453 £405
Median % change year-on-year -7.28% +11.85% +3.45%
75th Percentile £463 £518 £610
90th Percentile £589 £550 £689
North West median daily rate £420 £442 £433
% change year-on-year -5.03% +2.25% +8.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 18
10th Percentile £20.80 £20.70 £11.00
25th Percentile £24.24 £23.25 £14.64
Median hourly rate £32.23 £28.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +13.07% +60.84% -50.78%
75th Percentile £34.46 £33.75 £39.48
90th Percentile - £36.30 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £32.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year -16.92% +102.37% -59.85%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 7 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
Crewe - 3 - - 1
Knutsford -18 1 £393 -25.14%
Spreadsheet
North West

Spreadsheet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (75.00%) Law
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Dashboard Development
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (75.00%) Data Management
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (75.00%) Data Visualisation
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
1 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle