Spreadsheet Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Spreadsheets
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 62 78
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 +26
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 1 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.16% 0.66% 0.23%
As % of the Applications category 2.22% 7.27% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £242 -
25th Percentile - £365 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £590 £185
Median % change year-on-year -53.39% +219.78% -60.11%
75th Percentile - £620 £185
90th Percentile - £627 -
Scotland median daily rate £275 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -35.29% -10.53% +5.56%

All Software Application Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 45 55 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.11% 9.06% 8.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 37 38
10th Percentile £104 £178 £152
25th Percentile £183 £192 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £275 £481
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -42.86% +20.31%
75th Percentile £600 £441 £550
90th Percentile £674 £480 £652
Scotland median daily rate £368 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +5.00% -17.65% +10.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £32.60 - -
25th Percentile £48.50 £26.32 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £27.35 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +174.22% +19.59% +1.23%
75th Percentile - £49.19 -
90th Percentile - £61.68 -
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £20.94 £17.00
% change year-on-year +5.06% +23.18% -17.07%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Spreadsheet

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Spreadsheet

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft