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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 113 133
Rank change year-on-year -3 +20 +61
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 10 15 14
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.56% 0.70% 0.52%
As % of the Applications category 6.37% 10.64% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile - £303 -
25th Percentile £313 £475 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £588 £293
Median % change year-on-year -36.17% +100.85% -46.08%
75th Percentile £541 £678 £398
90th Percentile £726 £694 £441
Central London median daily rate £425 £588 £293
% change year-on-year -27.66% +100.85% -46.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £27.00 - -
25th Percentile £28.88 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - £38.00
75th Percentile £38.88 - -
90th Percentile £40.60 - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 - £38.00
% change year-on-year - - +192.31%

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 157 141 201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.81% 6.59% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 85 134
10th Percentile £259 £206 £160
25th Percentile £331 £326 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £598
90th Percentile £675 £726 £698
Central London median daily rate £448 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.79% +5.56% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile £14.75 - £20.84
25th Percentile £18.81 - £23.70
Median hourly rate £30.25 £27.00 £28.47
Median % change year-on-year +12.04% -5.15% -12.42%
75th Percentile £40.31 - £33.23
90th Percentile £49.25 - £36.09
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -17.84% +63.76% -41.75%

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

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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
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spreadsheet in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the City of London

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spreadsheet in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the City of London

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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 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Front Office
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Military
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Buyer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Buyer
2 1 (10.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) ADO
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Change Management
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%) Project Management
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%) Agile
2 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (10.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Logistics
2 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle