Spreadsheet Contracts in the Midlands

Spreadsheets
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 10 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 113 145
Rank change year-on-year -21 +32 +48
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 9 16 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.36% 0.61% 0.098%
As % of the Applications category 3.26% 7.51% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 3
10th Percentile - £157 £338
25th Percentile £150 £300 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £321 £391 £400
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% -2.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £431 £400 £463
90th Percentile £538 £440 £470
England median daily rate £300 £400 £425
% change year-on-year -25.00% -5.88% -12.82%

All Software Application Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 276 213 251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.00% 8.10% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 135 160
10th Percentile £184 £161 £168
25th Percentile £253 £270 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% +6.67% +1.35%
75th Percentile £539 £500 £488
90th Percentile £600 £575 £588
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 27 21
10th Percentile £16.24 £12.75 £11.21
25th Percentile £26.16 £13.39 £13.16
Median hourly rate £33.90 £20.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.48% -6.98% +34.42%
75th Percentile £50.00 £31.31 £28.00
90th Percentile - £41.02 £42.25
England median hourly rate £22.95 £16.83 £24.50
% change year-on-year +36.40% -31.33% +8.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Spreadsheet in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Spreadsheet in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spreadsheet in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Spreadsheet in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
West Midlands -12 9 £321 -19.75% 14
Spreadsheet
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
3 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Project Officer
1 2 (22.22%) Project Support Officer
1 2 (22.22%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Support Officer
2 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Change Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Excel Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
1 3 (33.33%) Workflow
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Change Control
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 1 (11.11%) SDLC
3 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) DBS Check
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) P3O
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) QAD