Spreadsheet Contracts

Spreadsheets
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Spreadsheet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Spreadsheet over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 517 574
Rank change year-on-year +145 +57 -44
Contract jobs citing Spreadsheet 211 166 275
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.30% 0.31%
As % of the Applications category 6.56% 4.00% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 96 176
10th Percentile £163 £173 £161
25th Percentile £250 £269 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £407 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £591
90th Percentile £571 £638 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £375 £353
% change year-on-year -6.67% +6.38% -0.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 15 39
10th Percentile £11.71 £13.91 £12.05
25th Percentile £12.84 £16.09 £13.23
Median hourly rate £15.79 £43.00 £15.75
Median % change year-on-year -63.28% +173.02% +0.85%
75th Percentile £25.00 £49.00 £22.45
90th Percentile £38.75 - £45.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.79 £46.00 £15.13
% change year-on-year -65.67% +204.13% -1.43%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Spreadsheet is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,215 4,152 6,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.47% 7.41% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,653 2,721 4,306
10th Percentile £165 £185 £161
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £440
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £390 £375
% change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% +10.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 633 253 409
10th Percentile £11.54 £14.27 £11.24
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.23 £30.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.90% +39.53% +21.13%
75th Percentile £37.50 £52.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £26.48 £19.00
% change year-on-year -39.35% +39.37% +8.39%

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 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 2024. 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 +150 196 £403 -5.12% 242
UK excluding London +87 140 £350 -6.67% 189
London +93 64 £463 +2.78% 73
Work from Home +103 54 £416 -6.98% 69
South West +40 45 £238 -5.00% 36
South East +25 25 £373 -21.01% 43
North of England +33 24 £170 -66.83% 49
Midlands +32 19 £396 +5.47% 32
East of England +7 19 £400 +4.99% 17
North West +34 17 £390 - 29
West Midlands +20 13 £400 - 11
Scotland +22 9 £360 +2.86% 16
Yorkshire +15 7 £166 -67.71% 16
East Midlands +14 5 £391 +38.23% 22

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 8 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 90 (42.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (32.70%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (11.85%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (7.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.90%) Acrobat
5 4 (1.90%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.95%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (3.79%) Primavera
2 7 (3.32%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.95%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.21%) Power Platform
2 9 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.32%) Google Workspace
4 6 (2.84%) Azure
5 4 (1.90%) AWS
6 3 (1.42%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.42%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.95%) Google Docs
7 2 (0.95%) SaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.47%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.47%) OCI
8 1 (0.47%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.42%) Internet
2 2 (0.95%) WAN
3 1 (0.47%) DHCP
3 1 (0.47%) DNS
3 1 (0.47%) LAN
3 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.47%) WebEx
3 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.21%) Power BI
2 7 (3.32%) Oracle Database
3 6 (2.84%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.90%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.42%) Big Data
5 3 (1.42%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.95%) Tableau
7 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.47%) Power Query
7 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (11.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
General
1 101 (47.87%) Social Skills
2 64 (30.33%) Finance
3 54 (25.59%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (16.11%) Presentation Skills
5 23 (10.90%) Public Sector
6 19 (9.00%) Local Government
7 12 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (5.21%) Banking
9 8 (3.79%) Police
10 7 (3.32%) Billing
11 6 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.37%) Legal
12 5 (2.37%) Retail
13 4 (1.90%) Multimedia
13 4 (1.90%) Publishing
14 3 (1.42%) Front Office
14 3 (1.42%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.95%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.95%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (23.70%) Analyst
2 29 (13.74%) Lead
3 24 (11.37%) Project Leader
4 20 (9.48%) Administrator
5 18 (8.53%) Senior
6 13 (6.16%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (4.27%) Coordinator
7 9 (4.27%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.27%) Project Planner
8 8 (3.79%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.32%) Data Analyst
9 7 (3.32%) Developer
9 7 (3.32%) Performance Analyst
9 7 (3.32%) Technical Engineer
10 5 (2.37%) Data Manager
10 5 (2.37%) Project Coordinator
10 5 (2.37%) Support Analyst
11 4 (1.90%) Change Manager
11 4 (1.90%) Consultant
11 4 (1.90%) Project Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.32%) .NET
2 1 (0.47%) Flash
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.80%) Management Information System
2 17 (8.06%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.37%) NHS
5 4 (1.90%) Animation
5 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.42%) Freedom of Information
6 3 (1.42%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.95%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.95%) PMI
7 2 (0.95%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.47%) CMDB
8 1 (0.47%) Derivative
8 1 (0.47%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.47%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.47%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.47%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.84%) Windows
2 2 (0.95%) Android
3 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (28.91%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (25.12%) Project Management
3 40 (18.96%) Agile
4 34 (16.11%) PRINCE2
5 33 (15.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (14.69%) Project Planning
7 30 (14.22%) Data Management
8 29 (13.74%) Project Delivery
9 26 (12.32%) Decision-Making
10 25 (11.85%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 25 (11.85%) Workshop Facilitation
11 24 (11.37%) Commercial Awareness
11 24 (11.37%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 15 (7.11%) Data Protection
13 13 (6.16%) Data Analysis
13 13 (6.16%) Time Management
14 12 (5.69%) Business Intelligence
15 11 (5.21%) Mathematics
15 11 (5.21%) Migration
15 11 (5.21%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.37%) SQL
2 10 (4.74%) VBA
3 9 (4.27%) Python
4 7 (3.32%) C#
4 7 (3.32%) C++
4 7 (3.32%) VB.NET
5 3 (1.42%) R
6 2 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.47%) Java
7 1 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 39 (18.48%) Security Cleared
2 32 (15.17%) DV Cleared
3 30 (14.22%) Degree
4 25 (11.85%) APMP
5 9 (4.27%) DBS Check
6 6 (2.84%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.42%) APMG
7 3 (1.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.95%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.95%) PMP
8 2 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.47%) ISEB
9 1 (0.47%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.11%) PMO
2 11 (5.21%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.84%) SLA
4 5 (2.37%) GDPR
5 3 (1.42%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.42%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.95%) QA
7 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.47%) GAAP
7 1 (0.47%) IFRS
7 1 (0.47%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.47%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.47%) P3O
7 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (0.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 104 (49.29%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.58%) Oracle
3 12 (5.69%) Google
4 9 (4.27%) SAP
5 7 (3.32%) NEC
5 7 (3.32%) Northgate
6 4 (1.90%) Adobe
7 2 (0.95%) Databricks
7 2 (0.95%) Facebook
7 2 (0.95%) Samsung
7 2 (0.95%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.95%) Workday
8 1 (0.47%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.47%) Apple
8 1 (0.47%) Cisco
8 1 (0.47%) Civica
8 1 (0.47%) Logitech
8 1 (0.47%) Planview
8 1 (0.47%) Remedy
8 1 (0.47%) Salesforce