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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 107 120
Rank change year-on-year -18 +13 +40
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 4 14 7
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.18% 0.81% 0.32%
As % of the Applications category 3.36% 7.87% 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 1
10th Percentile - £170 -
25th Percentile - £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +30.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile - £688 £525
90th Percentile - £725 -
Central London median daily rate £400 £650 £486
% change year-on-year -38.46% +33.74% -11.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - -
Median hourly rate £40.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £33.25 - -

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 119 178 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 5.25% 10.24% 6.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 104 87
10th Percentile £203 £225 £187
25th Percentile £375 £303 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% +3.02%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £622
90th Percentile £650 £822 £689
Central London median daily rate £498 £475 £486
% change year-on-year +4.74% -2.26% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £28.84 -
25th Percentile £39.25 £31.01 £12.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 £34.65 £17.05
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +103.20% -1.14%
75th Percentile £41.75 £41.71 £22.72
90th Percentile - £45.94 £25.29
Central London median hourly rate £33.25 £31.86 £17.05
% change year-on-year +4.36% +86.83% -1.14%

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Buyer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Buyer
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Vendor Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Replication
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Information Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Alteryx
1 1 (25.00%) Dataiku
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce