Spreadsheet Contract Job Trends in the North West

Spreadsheets
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 112 135
Rank change year-on-year -12 +23 +8
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 6 5 13
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.28% 0.21% 0.46%
As % of the Applications category 3.00% 4.00% 4.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £453
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £387 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +37.36%
75th Percentile - - £641
90th Percentile - - £643
England median daily rate £325 £375 £450
% change year-on-year -13.33% -16.67% -5.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £18.48 - -
25th Percentile £21.07 - £13.13
Median hourly rate £27.38 - £13.27
75th Percentile £42.43 - £13.40
90th Percentile £50.27 - -
England median hourly rate £16.06 £27.50 £32.60
% change year-on-year -41.60% -15.63% +124.79%

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 200 125 263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 9.19% 5.27% 9.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 63 159
10th Percentile £224 £175 £157
25th Percentile £313 £248 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £400 £270
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% +48.15% -36.47%
75th Percentile £475 £513 £444
90th Percentile £521 £585 £511
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 16 42
10th Percentile £18.95 £18.65 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.04 £25.02 £16.70
Median hourly rate £22.63 £33.75 £20.43
Median % change year-on-year -32.95% +65.20% -8.75%
75th Percentile £35.50 £55.79 £25.81
90th Percentile £63.40 £89.59 £43.63
England median hourly rate £25.01 £17.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year +47.12% -33.88% +7.13%

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

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the North West

Spreadsheet
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 October 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 - 3 - - 11
Cumbria - 1 - -
Lancashire - 1 £387 - 2
Spreadsheet
England

Spreadsheet
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 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Primavera
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) Project Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Project Controller
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planner
2 1 (16.67%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Technician
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Business Performance Management
2 1 (16.67%) Change Control
2 1 (16.67%) Coaching
2 1 (16.67%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Earned Value Management
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (16.67%) ECDL
2 1 (16.67%) HNC
2 1 (16.67%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) SAP