Spreadsheet Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Spreadsheets
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 109 132
Rank change year-on-year -18 +23 +34
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 1 11 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.048% 0.54% 0.36%
As % of the Applications category 0.65% 6.67% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 5
10th Percentile - £200 £319
25th Percentile - £200 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £300 £518
Median % change year-on-year - -41.98% +29.38%
75th Percentile - £541 £537
90th Percentile - £580 £545
South East median daily rate £226 £300 £518
% change year-on-year -24.58% -42.03% +29.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £61.11 £22.56
25th Percentile £15.13 £61.50 £27.96
Median hourly rate £15.25 £62.57 £36.98
Median % change year-on-year -75.63% +69.22% +42.21%
75th Percentile £15.38 £63.21 £45.99
90th Percentile - £63.34 £51.40
South East median hourly rate £12.60 £62.57 £20.18
% change year-on-year -79.86% +210.12% -22.40%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 155 165 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.50% 8.16% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 83 199
10th Percentile £211 £163 £148
25th Percentile £280 £222 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £404 £280
Median % change year-on-year +13.07% +44.11% -25.33%
75th Percentile £535 £502 £460
90th Percentile £640 £640 £550
South East median daily rate £475 £402 £335
% change year-on-year +18.23% +19.93% -8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 18
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.19 £13.87
25th Percentile £14.50 £31.53 £16.51
Median hourly rate £29.61 £42.50 £31.57
Median % change year-on-year -30.33% +34.61% +81.14%
75th Percentile - £58.76 £45.21
90th Percentile £29.81 £62.82 £62.05
South East median hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £23.24
% change year-on-year -54.29% +50.60% -3.17%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Spreadsheet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Buckinghamshire +6 1 - - 2
Spreadsheet
South East

Spreadsheet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Process Management
1 1 (100.00%) Records Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR