Spreadsheet Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Spreadsheets
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.85% - 0.70%
As % of the Applications category 5.56% - 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £350 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -17.65% - -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.57 - -
UK median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £38.95
% change year-on-year -26.60% -30.36% +151.29%

All Software Application Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 36 31 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 15.25% 17.61% 17.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 15
10th Percentile £255 £143 £137
25th Percentile £313 £149 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £175 £350
Median % change year-on-year +157.14% -50.00% +60.92%
75th Percentile £506 £481 £484
90th Percentile £568 £545 £537
UK median daily rate £438 £401 £400
% change year-on-year +9.24% +0.13% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 2
10th Percentile - £31.86 £16.01
25th Percentile £12.31 £36.91 £16.03
Median hourly rate £13.57 £48.82 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year -72.20% +203.95% +1.17%
75th Percentile £13.60 £57.40 £16.09
90th Percentile £19.10 £60.46 £16.11
UK median hourly rate £20.35 £25.00 £27.90
% change year-on-year -18.60% -10.39% +11.60%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
County Antrim - 2 - -
Spreadsheet
UK

Spreadsheet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Assistant
1 2 (100.00%) Project Support Assistant
1 2 (100.00%) Support Assistant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) HNC
1 2 (100.00%) HND
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft