Spreadsheet Contracts in the North West

Spreadsheets
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 102 119 150
Rank change year-on-year +17 +31 +8
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 18 18 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.91% 0.65% 0.22%
As % of the Applications category 10.98% 4.85% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile £318 £180 £323
25th Percentile £451 £259 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £390 £425
Median % change year-on-year +29.49% -8.24% +74.36%
75th Percentile £523 £420 £494
90th Percentile £568 £438 £528
England median daily rate £475 £423 £425
% change year-on-year +12.43% -0.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 0
10th Percentile £21.16 £11.25 -
25th Percentile £25.26 £12.96 -
Median hourly rate £27.13 £20.08 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.07% - -
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.35 -
90th Percentile - £52.78 -
England median hourly rate £27.13 £15.79 £43.00
% change year-on-year +71.79% -63.28% +167.08%

All Software Application Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 164 371 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 8.33% 13.47% 7.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 130 156
10th Percentile £163 £158 £200
25th Percentile £250 £220 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £423 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% +5.63% +6.67%
75th Percentile £512 £525 £475
90th Percentile £552 £639 £613
England median daily rate £423 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 134 28
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £13.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £11.26 £18.83
Median hourly rate £27.13 £16.06 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.90% -59.85% +90.48%
75th Percentile £34.81 £26.62 £56.68
90th Percentile £59.79 £45.55 £65.00
England median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Spreadsheet in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Spreadsheet in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Spreadsheet in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the North West 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
Manchester +15 6 £300 -33.33% 18
Cheshire +3 6 £505 +92.38% 2
Cumbria 0 4 - - 2
Merseyside +4 2 £350 -
Spreadsheet
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Primavera
1 4 (22.22%) SAP PS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Wireless
General
1 13 (72.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Military
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
5 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Change Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Operational Change Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Project Planner
2 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 2 (11.11%) Project Controller
3 2 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.56%) IT Support
4 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 6 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 6 (33.33%) Matrix Management
3 6 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 6 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 5 (27.78%) Critical Path Analysis
4 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
4 5 (27.78%) Project Management
5 4 (22.22%) Agile
5 4 (22.22%) Business Performance Management
5 4 (22.22%) Coaching
5 4 (22.22%) Earned Value Management
5 4 (22.22%) Performance Management
5 4 (22.22%) Performance Measurement
5 4 (22.22%) Project Planning
5 4 (22.22%) TOGAF
6 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow