Microsoft Excel Contracts in Reading

Microsoft Excel
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Excel 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 46 38 39
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 14 57 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.35% 4.78% 4.90%
As % of the Applications category 43.75% 49.14% 52.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 25 34
10th Percentile £127 £159 £260
25th Percentile £147 £185 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £424 £463
Median % change year-on-year -25.12% -8.32% +30.28%
75th Percentile £450 £500 £625
90th Percentile £463 £518 £788
Berkshire median daily rate £295 £281 £400
% change year-on-year +4.89% -29.69% +12.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £13.68 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - -22.80% -21.24%
Berkshire median hourly rate £14.30 £17.60 £25.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% -29.60% +11.11%

All Software Application Skills
Reading

Microsoft Excel 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 32 116 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 5.36% 9.73% 9.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 74 65
10th Percentile £144 £190 £225
25th Percentile £210 £205 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £215 £425
Median % change year-on-year +74.42% -49.41% +30.77%
75th Percentile £450 £433 £550
90th Percentile £536 £517 £735
Berkshire median daily rate £413 £215 £400
% change year-on-year +91.86% -46.25% +12.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £11.27 £17.88
25th Percentile - £12.82 £18.11
Median hourly rate - £15.64 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -17.68% +16.92%
75th Percentile - £26.64 £32.25
90th Percentile - £42.91 £39.90
Berkshire median hourly rate £28.36 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -33.28% +112.50% -27.27%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in Reading

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Reading

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in Reading

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in Reading

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (14.29%) 3G
2 2 (14.29%) 4G
2 2 (14.29%) 5G
2 2 (14.29%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (14.29%) DNS
2 2 (14.29%) GGSN
2 2 (14.29%) LTE
2 2 (14.29%) RANAP
2 2 (14.29%) SGSN
2 2 (14.29%) VoLTE
2 2 (14.29%) Wireshark
3 1 (7.14%) DWDM
3 1 (7.14%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.14%) VLAN
3 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Power BI
1 3 (21.43%) Power Query
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 7 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (14.29%) Multimedia
4 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Developer
1 3 (21.43%) Report Developer
1 3 (21.43%) Senior
1 3 (21.43%) Senior Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) QA Tester
2 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Tester
3 1 (7.14%) Capacity Planner
3 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.14%) Customer Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Customer Service Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) IT Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Network Planner
3 1 (7.14%) PMO Manager
3 1 (7.14%) PMO Planner
3 1 (7.14%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (7.14%) Project Planner
3 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (21.43%) Data Management
1 3 (21.43%) Data Reconciliation
1 3 (21.43%) Workflow
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
2 2 (14.29%) Deadline-Driven
2 2 (14.29%) DevOps
2 2 (14.29%) Network Architecture
2 2 (14.29%) Performance Improvement
2 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 2 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
2 2 (14.29%) Project Management
2 2 (14.29%) Risk Register
2 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (14.29%) Statistics
2 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
3 1 (7.14%) APMP
3 1 (7.14%) ISEB
3 1 (7.14%) MCSA
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
1 2 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Empirix
2 2 (14.29%) NetScout
3 1 (7.14%) Ciena
3 1 (7.14%) Citrix
3 1 (7.14%) IFS
3 1 (7.14%) Nokia
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow