Spreadsheet Contracts in the UK excluding London

Spreadsheets
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Spreadsheet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Spreadsheet 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 279 263 371
Rank change year-on-year -16 +108 +8
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 57 137 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.66% 0.38%
As % of the Applications category 4.51% 6.71% 4.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 33 50
10th Percentile £140 £157 £156
25th Percentile £158 £250 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £283 £340 £381
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% -10.64% +32.35%
75th Percentile £510 £438 £471
90th Percentile £538 £480 £550
UK median daily rate £425 £423 £425
% change year-on-year +0.59% -0.59% +0.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 61 16
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.71 £13.29
25th Percentile £19.31 £12.84 £13.91
Median hourly rate £27.13 £15.79 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year +71.79% -34.89% +67.24%
75th Percentile £59.38 £26.39 £49.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £52.78 -
UK median hourly rate £24.58 £15.79 £22.50
% change year-on-year +55.68% -29.82% +39.75%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,265 2,042 2,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.91% 9.83% 9.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 697 859 1,400
10th Percentile £161 £150 £164
25th Percentile £225 £200 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £391
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.54% +4.33%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £500
90th Percentile £578 £625 £600
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 531 198
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.07 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.32 £13.75 £17.32
Median hourly rate £22.50 £16.06 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +40.10% -50.28% +70.00%
75th Percentile £45.98 £38.85 £52.86
90th Percentile £76.13 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Spreadsheet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Spreadsheet in the UK excluding London

Spreadsheet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Spreadsheet in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Spreadsheet in the UK excluding London

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spreadsheet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the UK excluding London

Spreadsheet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Spreadsheet in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Spreadsheet in the UK excluding London

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spreadsheet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the UK excluding London

Spreadsheet
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +16 19 £505 +80.36% 36
North West +17 18 £505 +29.49% 23
Scotland +17 9 £425 +21.43% 4
South East +28 7 £140 -58.82% 48
Midlands +7 7 £525 +64.06% 15
South West +9 6 £283 +5.98% 18
West Midlands +4 6 £525 +65.35% 5
East of England +14 5 £140 -65.00% 18
Wales - 4 £147 - 4
East Midlands +6 1 - - 5
Yorkshire +5 1 £175 +2.82% 12
Spreadsheet
UK

Spreadsheet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (26.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Primavera
1 6 (10.53%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.26%) Google Analytics
1 3 (5.26%) Google Data Studio
2 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (1.75%) Internet
1 1 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Tableau
2 1 (1.75%) GIS
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.75%) Power BI
General
1 37 (64.91%) Social Skills
2 20 (35.09%) Finance
3 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.77%) Retail
5 4 (7.02%) Aerospace
5 4 (7.02%) Banking
5 4 (7.02%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.51%) Legal
6 2 (3.51%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.75%) Back Office
7 1 (1.75%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.75%) Law
7 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.75%) Military
7 1 (1.75%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (17.54%) Analyst
2 5 (8.77%) Change Manager
2 5 (8.77%) Project Planner
2 5 (8.77%) Support Specialist
2 5 (8.77%) Technical Specialist
2 5 (8.77%) Technical Support
2 5 (8.77%) Technical Support Specialist
3 4 (7.02%) Business Analyst
3 4 (7.02%) Coordinator
3 4 (7.02%) Deployment Engineer
3 4 (7.02%) Lead
3 4 (7.02%) Operational Change Manager
3 4 (7.02%) Project Controller
3 4 (7.02%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
4 3 (5.26%) Administrator
4 3 (5.26%) EPoS Engineer
4 3 (5.26%) IT Engineer
4 3 (5.26%) Performance Analyst
4 3 (5.26%) Project Coordinator
4 3 (5.26%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.77%) Data Centre
1 5 (8.77%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.26%) EPoS
3 2 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.75%) CCTV
4 1 (1.75%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) Project Management
2 10 (17.54%) Agile
2 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (14.04%) Performance Measurement
3 8 (14.04%) Programme Management
3 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (14.04%) Time Management
4 7 (12.28%) Critical Path Analysis
5 6 (10.53%) Acceptance Criteria
5 6 (10.53%) Business Performance Management
5 6 (10.53%) Business Strategy
5 6 (10.53%) Coaching
5 6 (10.53%) Decision-Making
5 6 (10.53%) Earned Value Management
5 6 (10.53%) Matrix Management
5 6 (10.53%) Matrix Organization
5 6 (10.53%) Performance Management
5 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 5 (8.77%) Project Planning
7 4 (7.02%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 16 (28.07%) Security Cleared
2 15 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.54%) PMO
2 4 (7.02%) QA
3 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.75%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) SAP
3 3 (5.26%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) Ariba
5 1 (1.75%) Adobe
5 1 (1.75%) Cisco
5 1 (1.75%) ESRI
5 1 (1.75%) Oracle
5 1 (1.75%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.75%) QAD
5 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.75%) Snow