Spreadsheet Contracts in England

Spreadsheets
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Spreadsheet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Spreadsheet over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 403 345 518
Rank change year-on-year -58 +173 +32
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 82 199 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.54% 0.27%
As % of the Applications category 3.96% 6.70% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 67 79
10th Percentile £142 £187 £163
25th Percentile £241 £281 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £423 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% -0.59% -
75th Percentile £588 £491 £581
90th Percentile £675 £635 £638
UK median daily rate £425 £423 £425
% change year-on-year +0.59% -0.59% +0.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 65 13
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.71 £12.97
25th Percentile £20.45 £13.00 £16.63
Median hourly rate £27.13 £15.79 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.79% -63.28% +167.08%
75th Percentile £28.99 £26.39 £49.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £51.27 -
UK median hourly rate £24.58 £15.79 £22.50
% change year-on-year +55.68% -29.82% +39.75%

All Software Application Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,069 2,972 3,850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.50% 7.99% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,209 1,493 2,546
10th Percentile £188 £160 £194
25th Percentile £258 £213 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £400 £429
Median % change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £662 £688
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 584 229
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.69 £14.24
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.00 £19.35
Median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%
75th Percentile £44.63 £38.75 £52.97
90th Percentile £74.88 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Spreadsheet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Spreadsheet in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Spreadsheet in England.

Daily rate trend for Spreadsheet in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spreadsheet in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spreadsheet in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Spreadsheet in England.

Hourly rate trend for Spreadsheet in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spreadsheet in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Spreadsheet in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +8 36 £525 +9.26% 124
North of England +16 19 £505 +80.36% 35
North West +17 18 £505 +29.49% 23
South East +28 7 £140 -58.82% 47
Midlands +7 7 £525 +64.06% 15
South West +9 6 £283 +5.98% 18
West Midlands +4 6 £525 +65.35% 5
East of England +14 5 £140 -65.00% 17
East Midlands +6 1 - - 5
Yorkshire +5 1 £175 +2.82% 11
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UK

Spreadsheet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (8.54%) Confluence
2 5 (6.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (26.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Primavera
1 6 (7.32%) SAP PS
2 3 (3.66%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.88%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.22%) Azure
2 1 (1.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.22%) RTP
1 1 (1.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.88%) Power BI
2 1 (1.22%) EDMS
2 1 (1.22%) EDRMS
2 1 (1.22%) MS Access
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.22%) Tableau
2 1 (1.22%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 9 (10.98%) JIRA
2 1 (1.22%) Git
General
1 35 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 29 (35.37%) Finance
3 8 (9.76%) Banking
4 7 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.32%) General Ledger
5 6 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.10%) Local Government
7 4 (4.88%) Aerospace
7 4 (4.88%) Front Office
7 4 (4.88%) Retail
8 3 (3.66%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.44%) Legal
9 2 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.44%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.22%) Back Office
10 1 (1.22%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.22%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.22%) Law
10 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (29.27%) Analyst
2 8 (9.76%) Senior
3 6 (7.32%) Business Analyst
3 6 (7.32%) Change Manager
3 6 (7.32%) Data Analyst
3 6 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (6.10%) Developer
4 5 (6.10%) IT Analyst
4 5 (6.10%) PMO Analyst
4 5 (6.10%) Project Planner
4 5 (6.10%) Support Specialist
4 5 (6.10%) Technical Specialist
4 5 (6.10%) Technical Support
4 5 (6.10%) Technical Support Specialist
5 4 (4.88%) Administrator
5 4 (4.88%) Deployment Engineer
5 4 (4.88%) Operational Change Manager
5 4 (4.88%) Project Controller
5 4 (4.88%) Project Manager
5 4 (4.88%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) .NET
1 3 (3.66%) .NET Core
2 2 (2.44%) LDAP
3 1 (1.22%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.22%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.66%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.44%) FMCG
3 2 (2.44%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.22%) CCTV
4 1 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.22%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (21.95%) Project Management
2 11 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (13.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (12.20%) Decision-Making
3 10 (12.20%) Programme Management
4 9 (10.98%) Agile
4 9 (10.98%) Data Analysis
5 8 (9.76%) Risk Management
5 8 (9.76%) Time Management
6 7 (8.54%) Acceptance Criteria
6 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (8.54%) Coaching
6 7 (8.54%) Critical Path Analysis
6 7 (8.54%) Information Security
6 7 (8.54%) Migration
7 6 (7.32%) Business Performance Management
7 6 (7.32%) Earned Value Management
7 6 (7.32%) Matrix Management
7 6 (7.32%) Matrix Organization
7 6 (7.32%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.32%) VBA
2 5 (6.10%) Python
3 3 (3.66%) SQL
4 2 (2.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 19 (23.17%) Security Cleared
2 18 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.10%) FFIEC
4 3 (3.66%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.66%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (17.07%) PMO
2 5 (6.10%) GDPR
2 5 (6.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.44%) IFRS
3 2 (2.44%) IFRS 17
4 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.22%) NCSC
4 1 (1.22%) NIST
4 1 (1.22%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.22%) SLA
Vendors
1 20 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.98%) SAP
3 3 (3.66%) Workday
4 2 (2.44%) Ariba
4 2 (2.44%) Bloomberg
4 2 (2.44%) Foundry
4 2 (2.44%) Oracle
4 2 (2.44%) Trayport
5 1 (1.22%) Adobe
5 1 (1.22%) Google
5 1 (1.22%) QAD
5 1 (1.22%) ServiceNow