Spreadsheet Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Spreadsheets
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 276 282 410
Rank change year-on-year +6 +128 +93
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 28 63 67
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.41% 0.26%
As % of the Applications category 3.94% 5.38% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 28 40
10th Percentile £225 £313 £250
25th Percentile £470 £348 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £423 £473
Median % change year-on-year +21.89% -10.58% +17.76%
75th Percentile £666 £555 £628
90th Percentile £690 £775 £782
UK median daily rate £425 £423 £425
% change year-on-year +0.59% -0.59% +0.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 19 7
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.84 £46.00
25th Percentile £14.38 £13.31 -
Median hourly rate £22.04 £37.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.23% -23.47% +141.98%
75th Percentile £32.41 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £59.13 £51.20 -
UK median hourly rate £24.58 £15.79 £22.50
% change year-on-year +55.68% -29.82% +39.75%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

Spreadsheet falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 710 1,171 1,683
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.17% 7.63% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 512 1,152
10th Percentile £211 £183 £213
25th Percentile £263 £285 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £710 £700
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 179 101
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.96 £15.75
25th Percentile £14.20 £15.46 £24.50
Median hourly rate £17.03 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.36% -22.22% +63.13%
75th Percentile £32.05 £57.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £65.25 £66.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

Spreadsheet
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Spreadsheet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Spreadsheet trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Spreadsheet.

Spreadsheet daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Spreadsheet over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Spreadsheet daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Spreadsheet.

Spreadsheet hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Spreadsheet over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Spreadsheet hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Spreadsheet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Primavera
1 3 (10.71%) SAP PS
1 3 (10.71%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Google Analytics
1 1 (3.57%) Google Data Studio
1 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Tableau
2 1 (3.57%) GIS
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Tableau Server
General
1 11 (39.29%) Finance
2 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.86%) General Ledger
4 4 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 3 (10.71%) Local Government
5 3 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.57%) Law
7 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (14.29%) Senior
2 4 (14.29%) Support Officer
3 3 (10.71%) Change Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Data Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Operational Change Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Project Controller
3 3 (10.71%) Project Planner
3 3 (10.71%) Workday Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Accountant
4 2 (7.14%) Developer
4 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Mainframe
2 2 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Project Management
2 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (14.29%) Critical Path Analysis
2 4 (14.29%) Performance Measurement
2 4 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 3 (10.71%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (10.71%) Accounts Payable
3 3 (10.71%) Budget Management
3 3 (10.71%) Business Strategy
3 3 (10.71%) Coaching
3 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
3 3 (10.71%) Decision-Making
3 3 (10.71%) Earned Value Management
3 3 (10.71%) Matrix Organization
3 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (10.71%) Process Improvement
3 3 (10.71%) Project Planning
3 3 (10.71%) Release Management
3 3 (10.71%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) PMO
2 2 (7.14%) IFRS
2 2 (7.14%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) SAP
2 3 (10.71%) Workday
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) ESRI
3 1 (3.57%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.57%) QAD
3 1 (3.57%) Snow