Microsoft Excel
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Excel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 86 133
Rank change year-on-year +30 +47 +13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 4,355 3,920 4,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.44% 3.75% 2.97%
As % of the Applications category 44.65% 42.43% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,244 1,952 2,641
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £44,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% -1.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £59,146 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,750 £36,975 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.61% -7.56% -

All Software Application Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 9,754 9,239 13,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.95% 8.83% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,111 5,038 7,125
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,666 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.04% -0.74% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -3.85% -1.89%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +35 3,915 £40,000 -11.11% 1,629
UK excluding London +15 2,985 £36,750 -0.61% 1,213
Work from Home +42 1,498 £43,933 +3.37% 582
London +59 1,231 £54,850 -4.61% 538
South East +37 1,020 £42,000 +5.00% 328
Midlands +19 563 £37,500 - 227
North of England +16 519 £33,534 +0.10% 308
West Midlands +11 357 £40,000 - 128
North West +25 325 £35,000 +12.90% 181
East of England +31 286 £32,500 - 151
South West -1 260 £37,500 +6.07% 121
Scotland -1 215 £40,144 +8.50% 88
East Midlands +24 205 £31,750 -1.23% 99
Yorkshire +22 141 £35,000 +3.70% 84
Wales -6 91 £28,500 -24.00% 31
North East -32 53 £30,000 -7.69% 47
Northern Ireland +35 18 £35,000 +22.81% 21
Isle of Man -5 13 £45,000 +28.57% 2

Microsoft Excel
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
1 266 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (1.03%) Oracle Service Bus
3 45 (1.03%) WebLogic
4 35 (0.80%) SAS
5 31 (0.71%) Confluence
6 24 (0.55%) WordPress
7 23 (0.53%) CMS
8 16 (0.37%) Apache
9 7 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.14%) IBM Notes
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
10 6 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.092%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.092%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.092%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.069%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.069%) JBoss
12 3 (0.069%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1,294 (29.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1,193 (27.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 172 (3.95%) MS Visio
4 171 (3.93%) Microsoft Project
5 122 (2.80%) Spreadsheet
6 41 (0.94%) SPSS
7 36 (0.83%) AutoCAD
8 26 (0.60%) Photoshop
9 24 (0.55%) InDesign
10 16 (0.37%) Trello
11 11 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 9 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
13 7 (0.16%) InfoPath
14 5 (0.11%) Stata
15 4 (0.092%) Revit
16 3 (0.069%) Adobe Captivate
16 3 (0.069%) Adobe Premiere
16 3 (0.069%) Autodesk Inventor
17 2 (0.046%) FileZilla
17 2 (0.046%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 66 (1.52%) Primavera
2 50 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
3 16 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.30%) Epicor Tropos
6 12 (0.28%) SAP QM
7 10 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 9 (0.21%) SAP BPC
8 9 (0.21%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.18%) Magento
9 8 (0.18%) NEC Housing
9 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 7 (0.16%) Elite 3E
10 7 (0.16%) Relativity
11 6 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
11 6 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
11 6 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 6 (0.14%) Shopify
11 6 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 887 (20.37%) Power Platform
2 290 (6.66%) Microsoft 365
3 238 (5.46%) Azure
4 88 (2.02%) AWS
5 62 (1.42%) Entra ID
5 62 (1.42%) OneDrive
6 60 (1.38%) PowerApps
7 57 (1.31%) SaaS
8 53 (1.22%) Power Automate
9 48 (1.10%) Google Analytics
10 38 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
10 38 (0.87%) Google Sheets
11 28 (0.64%) GCP
12 22 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (0.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (0.34%) GitHub
14 15 (0.34%) Google Ads
14 15 (0.34%) Snowflake
14 15 (0.34%) WhatsApp
15 14 (0.32%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 511 (11.73%) Broadband
2 54 (1.24%) Firewall
3 51 (1.17%) Internet
4 44 (1.01%) Intranet
5 32 (0.73%) DNS
6 27 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
7 24 (0.55%) WAN
8 23 (0.53%) Wireless
9 22 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (0.34%) TCP/IP
11 14 (0.32%) LAN
11 14 (0.32%) VPN
12 13 (0.30%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.28%) DHCP
13 12 (0.28%) Network Security
14 10 (0.23%) FTP
15 9 (0.21%) HTTP
16 8 (0.18%) Cisco Firepower
16 8 (0.18%) Cisco ISE
17 7 (0.16%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 864 (19.84%) Power BI
2 258 (5.92%) Tableau
3 206 (4.73%) SQL Server
4 108 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 87 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
6 66 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 62 (1.42%) Oracle Database
8 60 (1.38%) MS Access
9 54 (1.24%) Power Query
10 47 (1.08%) Relational Database
11 46 (1.06%) Oracle Database 10g
12 45 (1.03%) Oracle Database 11g
12 45 (1.03%) VLDB
13 34 (0.78%) Data Mining
14 33 (0.76%) Big Data
14 33 (0.76%) GIS
14 33 (0.76%) QlikView
15 25 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 22 (0.51%) Amazon QuickSight
17 21 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 152 (3.49%) JIRA
2 34 (0.78%) Git
3 23 (0.53%) Visual Studio
4 21 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 9 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.16%) RStudio
7 6 (0.14%) Mercurial
8 4 (0.092%) GitLab
8 4 (0.092%) Katalon Studio
8 4 (0.092%) Postman
8 4 (0.092%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.069%) PeopleTools
9 3 (0.069%) Toad
9 3 (0.069%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.046%) Balsamiq
10 2 (0.046%) Selenium
10 2 (0.046%) Subversion
11 1 (0.023%) NUnit
11 1 (0.023%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 2,496 (57.31%) Social Skills
2 1,700 (39.04%) Finance
3 1,554 (35.68%) Analytical Skills
4 539 (12.38%) Retail
5 530 (12.17%) Influencing Skills
6 352 (8.08%) Legal
7 325 (7.46%) Marketing
8 287 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
9 270 (6.20%) Banking
10 259 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 221 (5.07%) German Language
12 189 (4.34%) Presentation Skills
13 162 (3.72%) Law
14 139 (3.19%) Telecoms
15 134 (3.08%) Investment Banking
16 133 (3.05%) Manufacturing
17 126 (2.89%) Public Sector
18 108 (2.48%) Military
19 88 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
20 83 (1.91%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,544 (35.45%) Analyst
2 586 (13.46%) Senior
3 390 (8.96%) Senior Analyst
4 292 (6.70%) Data Analyst
4 292 (6.70%) Graduate
5 254 (5.83%) Project Manager
6 220 (5.05%) Financial Analyst
7 189 (4.34%) Commercial Analyst
8 188 (4.32%) Administrator
9 175 (4.02%) Coordinator
10 127 (2.92%) Lead
11 122 (2.80%) Developer
12 101 (2.32%) Business Analyst
13 99 (2.27%) Support Engineer
14 97 (2.23%) Development Manager
15 85 (1.95%) Support Analyst
16 84 (1.93%) Business Manager
17 80 (1.84%) Business Strategy Analyst
17 80 (1.84%) Strategy Analyst
18 78 (1.79%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (1.26%) HTML
2 50 (1.15%) .NET
3 34 (0.78%) CSS
4 29 (0.67%) EDI
5 28 (0.64%) XML
6 23 (0.53%) .NET Framework
6 23 (0.53%) Web Services
7 22 (0.51%) JSON
8 11 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web API
8 11 (0.25%) HTML5
8 11 (0.25%) REST
8 11 (0.25%) SOAP
9 10 (0.23%) COM
10 9 (0.21%) RESTful
11 8 (0.18%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.18%) jQuery
12 7 (0.16%) LDAP
12 7 (0.16%) PySpark
12 7 (0.16%) React
13 6 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 646 (14.83%) Self-Motivation
2 352 (8.08%) Management Information System
3 319 (7.32%) Driving Licence
4 247 (5.67%) Onboarding
5 84 (1.93%) Social Media
6 61 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
7 43 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
8 40 (0.92%) Product Ownership
9 39 (0.90%) Data Centre
10 38 (0.87%) FMCG
10 38 (0.87%) NHS
11 36 (0.83%) Data Structures
12 32 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 31 (0.71%) Biopharmaceutical
14 30 (0.69%) PMI
15 28 (0.64%) Life Science
16 21 (0.48%) Blog
17 20 (0.46%) Virtual Team
18 19 (0.44%) Digital Media
18 19 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 268 (6.15%) Windows
2 76 (1.75%) Linux
3 54 (1.24%) Unix
4 48 (1.10%) Solaris
5 46 (1.06%) Windows Server
6 34 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.25%) Windows 7
8 9 (0.21%) Android
8 9 (0.21%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.18%) Windows Vista
10 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.092%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.092%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.069%) AIX
13 2 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.046%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.023%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.023%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.023%) VMS
14 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 939 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
2 899 (20.64%) Decision-Making
3 851 (19.54%) Business Intelligence
4 807 (18.53%) Agile
5 668 (15.34%) Actionable Insight
6 642 (14.74%) Mentoring
7 529 (12.15%) Project Management
8 522 (11.99%) Business Case
9 521 (11.96%) Data Analysis
10 499 (11.46%) Budgeting
11 481 (11.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 414 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 401 (9.21%) Customer Service
14 393 (9.02%) Analytics
15 365 (8.38%) Process Improvement
16 333 (7.65%) Time Management
17 307 (7.05%) Data Management
18 263 (6.04%) Visualisation
19 250 (5.74%) Coaching
20 237 (5.44%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 787 (18.07%) SQL
2 245 (5.63%) Python
3 141 (3.24%) VBA
4 100 (2.30%) R
5 94 (2.16%) C#
6 69 (1.58%) T-SQL
7 67 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 59 (1.35%) JavaScript
9 53 (1.22%) PL/SQL
10 43 (0.99%) PowerShell
11 29 (0.67%) VB
12 24 (0.55%) Java
13 20 (0.46%) PHP
14 14 (0.32%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.21%) Groovy
16 8 (0.18%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.16%) Bash
18 6 (0.14%) C++
19 4 (0.092%) CFML
19 4 (0.092%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,342 (30.82%) Degree
2 546 (12.54%) CIMA
3 543 (12.47%) ACCA
4 325 (7.46%) DBS Check
5 157 (3.61%) Security Cleared
6 85 (1.95%) SC Cleared
7 49 (1.13%) HNC
8 48 (1.10%) Master's Degree
9 44 (1.01%) PMI Certification
10 39 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 38 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 32 (0.73%) HND
13 27 (0.62%) CIPD
13 27 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
14 25 (0.57%) MRICS
15 23 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
15 23 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 23 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
16 21 (0.48%) PMP
17 16 (0.37%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (4.41%) Data Quality
2 162 (3.72%) QA
3 161 (3.70%) GDPR
4 124 (2.85%) SLA
5 112 (2.57%) PMO
6 79 (1.81%) ISO 9001
7 60 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 54 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 41 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 30 (0.69%) Accessibility
11 18 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 17 (0.39%) COBIT
12 17 (0.39%) ISO 14001
13 14 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
13 14 (0.32%) COSHH
14 11 (0.25%) IFRS
14 11 (0.25%) NEBOSH
15 9 (0.21%) GMP
16 5 (0.11%) GRC
17 2 (0.046%) NIST
System Software
1 144 (3.31%) Active Directory
2 45 (1.03%) Oracle RAC
3 43 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.25%) Docker
6 6 (0.14%) VMware Server
7 5 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.11%) vSphere
8 3 (0.069%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.023%) Firmware
10 1 (0.023%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (1.06%) Oracle RMAN
2 45 (1.03%) Data Guard
3 39 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (0.85%) EnCase
5 11 (0.25%) Ansible
5 11 (0.25%) Kubernetes
6 8 (0.18%) Stealthwatch
7 7 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.11%) SCCM
9 4 (0.092%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.092%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.092%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.092%) Terraform
10 3 (0.069%) Control-M
10 3 (0.069%) Oracle Statspack
10 3 (0.069%) WSUS
11 2 (0.046%) Grafana
11 2 (0.046%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.046%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.046%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2,268 (52.08%) Microsoft
2 191 (4.39%) SAP
3 161 (3.70%) Oracle
4 155 (3.56%) Google
5 73 (1.68%) Alteryx
6 72 (1.65%) Salesforce
7 63 (1.45%) VMware
8 61 (1.40%) Virgin Media
9 55 (1.26%) Adobe
9 55 (1.26%) Remedy
10 54 (1.24%) NEC
11 48 (1.10%) Sun
12 37 (0.85%) ServiceNow
13 34 (0.78%) Sage
14 32 (0.73%) Cisco
15 31 (0.71%) Databricks
16 27 (0.62%) NCR
17 21 (0.48%) Xero
18 20 (0.46%) Citrix
19 18 (0.41%) Openreach