Spreadsheet Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Spreadsheets
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 103 119
Rank change year-on-year -14 +16 +46
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 11 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.60% 0.42% 0.20%
As % of the Applications category 4.64% 5.06% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 3
10th Percentile - £340 £363
25th Percentile £150 £355 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year -36.25% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £387 - £463
90th Percentile £391 £425 £470
England median daily rate £325 £375 £450
% change year-on-year -13.33% -16.67% -5.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £22.51 - £14.14
Median hourly rate £23.03 - £14.27
75th Percentile £23.56 - £14.41
90th Percentile £23.57 - -
England median hourly rate £16.06 £27.50 £32.60
% change year-on-year -41.60% -15.63% +124.79%

All Software Application Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 237 158 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.82% 8.38% 8.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 121 105
10th Percentile £205 £161 £174
25th Percentile £282 £300 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -
75th Percentile £533 £525 £490
90th Percentile £599 £600 £595
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 4 13
10th Percentile £24.87 £35.40 £14.41
25th Percentile £29.00 £42.38 £17.13
Median hourly rate £33.91 £48.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.44% +95.00% +74.09%
75th Percentile £50.00 £54.06 £34.50
90th Percentile - £56.88 £42.25
England median hourly rate £25.01 £17.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year +47.12% -33.88% +7.13%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Spreadsheet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Spreadsheet in the West Midlands

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spreadsheet in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spreadsheet in the West Midlands

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Spreadsheet
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Birmingham +1 5 £150 -55.88% 5
Shropshire - 4 £387 - 1
Warwickshire -6 1 - -
Coventry - 1 - - 1
Spreadsheet
England

Spreadsheet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) AutoCAD
2 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
General
1 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Developer
1 3 (27.27%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
2 2 (18.18%) IT Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Project Officer
2 2 (18.18%) Project Support Officer
2 2 (18.18%) Service Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Support Officer
3 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) CAD Technician
3 1 (9.09%) Change Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Database Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Excel Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Principal Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Agile
1 4 (36.36%) Workflow
2 3 (27.27%) Change Control
2 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
3 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) CAD
4 1 (9.09%) Change Management
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) Project Planning
4 1 (9.09%) SDLC
4 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) DBS Check
3 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) P3O
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) QAD