Spreadsheet Contracts

Spreadsheets
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 384 515
Rank change year-on-year -35 +131 +72
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 102 212 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.49% 0.29%
As % of the Applications category 4.12% 6.54% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 77 95
10th Percentile £144 £163 £172
25th Percentile £241 £250 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £523 £488 £538
90th Percentile £647 £558 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £283 £350 £375
% change year-on-year -19.29% -6.67% +11.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 62 15
10th Percentile £14.30 £11.71 £13.91
25th Percentile £15.13 £12.88 £16.09
Median hourly rate £22.04 £15.79 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.58% -63.28% +157.10%
75th Percentile £29.18 £25.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £38.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.13 £15.79 £46.00
% change year-on-year +71.79% -65.67% +192.06%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,474 3,244 4,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.45% 7.47% 7.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,425 1,674 2,698
10th Percentile £193 £165 £185
25th Percentile £263 £220 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -3.41%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £371 £388
% change year-on-year +1.01% -4.19% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 285 637 249
10th Percentile £14.24 £11.61 £14.24
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £24.66 £16.23 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year +51.94% -42.37% +30.98%
75th Percentile £43.75 £36.57 £51.52
90th Percentile £65.86 £57.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.22 £16.06 £26.00
% change year-on-year +50.81% -38.23% +36.84%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Spreadsheet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Spreadsheet in the UK

Spreadsheet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Spreadsheet.

Daily rate trend for Spreadsheet in the UK

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spreadsheet over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the UK

Spreadsheet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Spreadsheet.

Hourly rate trend for Spreadsheet in the UK

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spreadsheet over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the UK

Spreadsheet
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 June 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
England -23 94 £350 -12.50% 295
UK excluding London -43 58 £283 -19.29% 193
London +28 37 £426 -5.28% 130
Work from Home +33 36 £503 +24.07% 144
North of England +10 21 £503 +195.59% 66
North West +14 19 £505 +29.49% 32
South East +36 14 £243 -40.34% 71
West Midlands +14 9 £396 -1.00% 6
Midlands -2 9 £396 +0.13% 15
South West +3 6 £283 +18.95% 12
East of England +8 5 £140 -62.26% 16
Wales - 4 £147 - 4
Yorkshire +4 2 £175 +5.61% 32
Scotland +2 1 £200 -44.44% 7

Spreadsheet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (6.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (28.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (12.75%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (6.86%) Primavera
1 7 (6.86%) SAP PS
2 3 (2.94%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.98%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.88%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.94%) AWS
2 3 (2.94%) Azure
3 1 (0.98%) Google Sheets
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.98%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (0.98%) Internet
1 1 (0.98%) LAN
1 1 (0.98%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.88%) Power BI
2 1 (0.98%) EDMS
2 1 (0.98%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.98%) MS Access
2 1 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.98%) Tableau
2 1 (0.98%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Git
General
1 41 (40.20%) Social Skills
2 31 (30.39%) Finance
3 13 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.84%) Local Government
5 6 (5.88%) General Ledger
5 6 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.90%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (4.90%) Retail
7 4 (3.92%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.92%) Banking
8 3 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.96%) Billing
9 2 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.96%) Front Office
9 2 (1.96%) Law
9 2 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.98%) Back Office
10 1 (0.98%) Legal
10 1 (0.98%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (26.47%) Analyst
2 11 (10.78%) Data Analyst
3 10 (9.80%) Administrator
4 9 (8.82%) Senior
5 7 (6.86%) Support Specialist
6 6 (5.88%) Developer
6 6 (5.88%) Project Planner
7 5 (4.90%) Change Manager
7 5 (4.90%) Project Controller
7 5 (4.90%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (4.90%) Technical Specialist
7 5 (4.90%) Technical Support
7 5 (4.90%) Technical Support Specialist
8 4 (3.92%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.92%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 4 (3.92%) Coordinator
8 4 (3.92%) Deployment Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Project Coordinator
8 4 (3.92%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.92%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.96%) .NET
1 2 (1.96%) .NET Core
1 2 (1.96%) LDAP
2 1 (0.98%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.98%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.98%) Matplotlib
2 1 (0.98%) Pandas
2 1 (0.98%) PySpark
2 1 (0.98%) React
2 1 (0.98%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.94%) EPoS
4 3 (2.94%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.98%) CCTV
6 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.98%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (16.67%) Project Management
2 13 (12.75%) Data Analysis
2 13 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (10.78%) Decision-Making
3 11 (10.78%) Programme Management
4 10 (9.80%) Agile
5 8 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (7.84%) Critical Path Analysis
5 8 (7.84%) Migration
5 8 (7.84%) Time Management
6 7 (6.86%) Acceptance Criteria
6 7 (6.86%) Benchmarking
6 7 (6.86%) Business Performance Management
6 7 (6.86%) Coaching
6 7 (6.86%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (6.86%) Earned Value Management
6 7 (6.86%) Performance Management
6 7 (6.86%) Performance Measurement
6 7 (6.86%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.90%) Python
1 5 (4.90%) SQL
2 4 (3.92%) VBA
3 1 (0.98%) C#
3 1 (0.98%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (22.55%) Security Cleared
2 22 (21.57%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.92%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.94%) FFIEC
5 2 (1.96%) Degree
6 1 (0.98%) ACCA
6 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.98%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.73%) PMO
2 7 (6.86%) GDPR
3 3 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.96%) IFRS
4 2 (1.96%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.98%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.98%) P3O
5 1 (0.98%) QA
5 1 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.98%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.98%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (0.98%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (24.51%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.82%) SAP
3 4 (3.92%) Workday
4 2 (1.96%) Ariba
4 2 (1.96%) Foundry
4 2 (1.96%) Google
4 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.98%) Adobe
5 1 (0.98%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.98%) Cisco
5 1 (0.98%) Databricks
5 1 (0.98%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.98%) Hyperion
5 1 (0.98%) Oracle
5 1 (0.98%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.98%) QAD
5 1 (0.98%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.98%) Snow
5 1 (0.98%) Trayport