Spreadsheet Contract Job Trends in the South West

Spreadsheets
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 6 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.26% - 0.47%
As % of the Applications category 2.55% - 6.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £309 - -
25th Percentile £327 - £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 - £368
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £436 - £438
90th Percentile £471 - £528
England median daily rate £371 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -12.76% - -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £18.75
25th Percentile - - £29.06
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.88
90th Percentile - - £48.95
England median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £38.00
% change year-on-year -26.60% -28.62% +145.16%

All Software Application Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 235 169 206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.14% 8.00% 6.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 105 109
10th Percentile £206 £153 £159
25th Percentile £263 £213 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -22.22% -2.70%
75th Percentile £738 £575 £588
90th Percentile - £710 £675
England median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 10 37
10th Percentile £6.00 £44.14 £16.54
25th Percentile £12.82 £71.25 £31.05
Median hourly rate £22.63 £75.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.83% +57.89% -26.92%
75th Percentile £74.69 - £48.72
90th Percentile £119.00 £90.00 £48.73
England median hourly rate £20.35 £25.09 £30.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% -16.37% +12.72%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spreadsheet in the South West over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Bristol - 3 £350 - 3
Gloucestershire - 2 £389 -
Wiltshire - 1 £500 -
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England

Spreadsheet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) VoIP
1 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Lead
3 2 (33.33%) Lead Test Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Test Leader
4 1 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Project Control Officer
4 1 (16.67%) Project Officer
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Android
1 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Contract Management
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
1 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (33.33%) Smoke Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 2 (33.33%) Use Case
1 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) AI
2 1 (16.67%) Business Case
2 1 (16.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) APMP
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
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