Spreadsheet Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Spreadsheets
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 114 118
Rank change year-on-year -23 +4 +36
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 2 16 8
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.084% 0.86% 0.39%
As % of the Applications category 2.00% 8.00% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 2
10th Percentile - £279 £606
25th Percentile £313 £313 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £463 £663
Median % change year-on-year -29.73% -30.19% +63.08%
75th Percentile £338 £675 £697
90th Percentile - - £699
Central London median daily rate £325 £463 £486
% change year-on-year -29.73% -4.84% +5.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £30.25 -
Central London median hourly rate - £30.25 -

All Software Application Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 100 200 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 4.20% 10.70% 6.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 130 82
10th Percentile £201 £262 £195
25th Percentile £338 £329 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £494
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.86% +3.95%
75th Percentile £615 £617 £613
90th Percentile £712 £744 £700
Central London median daily rate £475 £450 £481
% change year-on-year +5.56% -6.35% +1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
Median hourly rate £26.13 £28.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% +4.26% +63.64%
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £28.61 £27.00
% change year-on-year -8.67% +5.96% +63.64%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend in the City of London

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Google Sheets
1 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft