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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 104 118
Rank change year-on-year -16 +14 +53
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 6 13 9
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.29% 0.73% 0.38%
As % of the Applications category 4.96% 8.18% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 3
10th Percentile £445 £143 -
25th Percentile £513 £425 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £513 £235
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% +118.09% -56.68%
75th Percentile £738 £669 £381
90th Percentile £805 £725 £468
Central London median daily rate £525 £513 £423
% change year-on-year +2.44% +21.30% -23.18%
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 121 159 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 5.88% 8.87% 6.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 102 95
10th Percentile £267 £226 £153
25th Percentile £391 £306 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.37% - -11.42%
75th Percentile £575 £611 £638
90th Percentile £636 £725 £736
Central London median daily rate £500 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 £46.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 £47.50 £16.22
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% +192.94% -61.39%
75th Percentile £41.75 £48.75 £19.52
90th Percentile - - £20.58
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £38.29 £18.93
% change year-on-year -33.47% +102.25% -54.93%

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
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 14 March 2026.

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
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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Google Workspace
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Front Office
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Buyer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Buyer
2 1 (16.67%) Operations Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Vendor Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Data Entry
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
3 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Alteryx
2 1 (16.67%) Dataiku
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce