Microsoft Excel Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Excel
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 95 173
Rank change year-on-year +32 +78 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 1,495 1,341 1,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.42% 3.32% 2.33%
As % of the Applications category 51.77% 45.64% 32.87%
Number of salaries quoted 666 854 1,072
10th Percentile £25,500 - £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,933 £42,906 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% -4.65% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% +5.88%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,888 2,938 4,986
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.54% 7.26% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,787 1,973 2,755
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,540 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,865 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.65% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £44,235 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.96% -1.70% +5.88%

Microsoft Excel
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Excel trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Microsoft Excel salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
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:

Application Platforms
1 37 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.00%) SAS
3 13 (0.87%) Confluence
4 9 (0.60%) CMS
5 7 (0.47%) Apache
5 7 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.20%) GlassFish
6 3 (0.20%) JBoss
6 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Service Bus
7 2 (0.13%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.13%) WordPress
8 1 (0.067%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.067%) Jupyter
Applications
1 306 (20.47%) Microsoft Office
2 261 (17.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 88 (5.89%) Microsoft Project
4 43 (2.88%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.74%) Spreadsheet
6 20 (1.34%) SPSS
7 6 (0.40%) Trello
8 4 (0.27%) InDesign
8 4 (0.27%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.20%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.13%) EViews
10 2 (0.13%) FileZilla
10 2 (0.13%) Fireworks
11 1 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.067%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 58 (3.88%) Primavera
2 8 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.40%) SAP Business One
4 5 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.33%) Relativity
4 5 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.27%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.27%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.27%) SAP Travel Management
5 4 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.13%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.13%) Shopify
8 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 269 (17.99%) Power Platform
2 84 (5.62%) Azure
3 45 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (2.41%) AWS
5 25 (1.67%) PowerApps
6 23 (1.54%) Power Automate
7 21 (1.40%) SaaS
8 17 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (1.07%) Google Analytics
9 16 (1.07%) Google Sheets
10 14 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (0.80%) Snowflake
12 9 (0.60%) Entra ID
13 7 (0.47%) Adobe Analytics
13 7 (0.47%) Amazon Kinesis
13 7 (0.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (0.40%) Smartsheet
15 5 (0.33%) GCP
15 5 (0.33%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 469 (31.37%) Broadband
2 11 (0.74%) WAN
3 10 (0.67%) Internet
4 9 (0.60%) LAN
5 8 (0.54%) Wireless
6 6 (0.40%) Cisco IPT
6 6 (0.40%) Intranet
7 5 (0.33%) Firewall
7 5 (0.33%) Network Security
8 4 (0.27%) Skype
8 4 (0.27%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.20%) DNS
9 3 (0.20%) MPLS
9 3 (0.20%) Radio Access Network
9 3 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (0.20%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.13%) BGP
10 2 (0.13%) OSPF
10 2 (0.13%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (17.32%) Power BI
2 75 (5.02%) Tableau
3 63 (4.21%) SQL Server
4 37 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (1.34%) MS Access
7 20 (1.34%) Power Query
8 19 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.14%) QlikView
10 11 (0.74%) Big Data
11 9 (0.60%) Amazon QuickSight
11 9 (0.60%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.60%) Data Mining
11 9 (0.60%) Qlik Sense
12 8 (0.54%) GIS
12 8 (0.54%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (0.47%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 38 (2.54%) JIRA
2 11 (0.74%) Git
3 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (0.33%) Mercurial
5 4 (0.27%) Katalon Studio
5 4 (0.27%) Postman
5 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.13%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 968 (64.75%) Social Skills
2 816 (54.58%) Finance
3 694 (46.42%) Analytical Skills
4 466 (31.17%) Influencing Skills
5 114 (7.63%) Marketing
6 106 (7.09%) Organisational Skills
7 94 (6.29%) Legal
8 83 (5.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 80 (5.35%) Retail
10 50 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
11 46 (3.08%) Law
12 38 (2.54%) Pharmaceutical
12 38 (2.54%) Public Sector
13 22 (1.47%) General Ledger
14 20 (1.34%) Advertising
14 20 (1.34%) Banking
15 19 (1.27%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.20%) Aerospace
16 18 (1.20%) Local Government
17 15 (1.00%) German Language
Job Titles
1 828 (55.38%) Analyst
2 362 (24.21%) Senior
3 303 (20.27%) Senior Analyst
4 162 (10.84%) Financial Analyst
5 125 (8.36%) Commercial Analyst
6 102 (6.82%) Data Analyst
7 81 (5.42%) Coordinator
8 52 (3.48%) Project Controller
9 51 (3.41%) Business Analyst
10 47 (3.14%) Lead
11 41 (2.74%) Administrator
12 37 (2.47%) Developer
12 37 (2.47%) Project Manager
12 37 (2.47%) Systems Analyst
13 30 (2.01%) Consultant
14 20 (1.34%) Business Manager
14 20 (1.34%) Senior Technician
15 18 (1.20%) Development Manager
16 17 (1.14%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 17 (1.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.34%) HTML
2 17 (1.14%) CSS
3 13 (0.87%) .NET
4 7 (0.47%) PySpark
5 6 (0.40%) ODBC
5 6 (0.40%) RESTful
6 5 (0.33%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.33%) Gherkin
6 5 (0.33%) Web Services
6 5 (0.33%) XML
7 4 (0.27%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.27%) jQuery
7 4 (0.27%) Kafka
7 4 (0.27%) Node.js
7 4 (0.27%) React
7 4 (0.27%) SAP TM
7 4 (0.27%) XSLT
8 3 (0.20%) JSON
8 3 (0.20%) LDAP
8 3 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (7.36%) Self-Motivation
2 97 (6.49%) Management Information System
3 49 (3.28%) Social Media
4 42 (2.81%) Onboarding
5 27 (1.81%) Life Science
6 26 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 19 (1.27%) Product Ownership
9 16 (1.07%) Taxonomies
10 14 (0.94%) Driving Licence
10 14 (0.94%) PMI
11 13 (0.87%) Biopharmaceutical
12 12 (0.80%) Data Structures
12 12 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (0.74%) NHS
14 8 (0.54%) e-Learning
14 8 (0.54%) Virtual Team
15 7 (0.47%) Data Centre
15 7 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (0.47%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 50 (3.34%) Windows
2 17 (1.14%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.54%) Linux
3 8 (0.54%) Windows Vista
4 7 (0.47%) Unix
5 6 (0.40%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.33%) Solaris
6 5 (0.33%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.20%) AIX
7 3 (0.20%) Android
7 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.13%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.067%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 598 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 593 (39.67%) Agile
3 493 (32.98%) Actionable Insight
4 491 (32.84%) Mentoring
5 474 (31.71%) Business Case
6 459 (30.70%) Budgeting
7 454 (30.37%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 298 (19.93%) Problem-Solving
9 282 (18.86%) Business Intelligence
10 174 (11.64%) Data Analysis
11 131 (8.76%) Project Management
12 120 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
13 114 (7.63%) Analytics
14 111 (7.42%) Time Management
15 105 (7.02%) Customer Service
16 97 (6.49%) Visualisation
17 76 (5.08%) Line Management
17 76 (5.08%) Risk Management
18 73 (4.88%) Data Management
19 71 (4.75%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 263 (17.59%) SQL
2 68 (4.55%) Python
3 53 (3.55%) VBA
4 38 (2.54%) T-SQL
5 31 (2.07%) R
6 30 (2.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 23 (1.54%) JavaScript
8 22 (1.47%) C#
9 10 (0.67%) MATLAB
9 10 (0.67%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.60%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.33%) VB
12 4 (0.27%) Groovy
12 4 (0.27%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.20%) Java
13 3 (0.20%) Scala
14 2 (0.13%) PHP
15 1 (0.067%) C++
15 1 (0.067%) Formula Language
15 1 (0.067%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 484 (32.37%) CIMA
2 476 (31.84%) ACCA
3 308 (20.60%) Degree
4 97 (6.49%) DBS Check
5 27 (1.81%) Security Cleared
6 20 (1.34%) PMI Certification
7 18 (1.20%) SC Cleared
8 15 (1.00%) CFA
8 15 (1.00%) MRICS
9 13 (0.87%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.67%) ISEB
10 10 (0.67%) MBA
10 10 (0.67%) PhD
11 8 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.40%) AAT
13 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.40%) PMP
13 6 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 6 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (2.81%) Data Quality
2 36 (2.41%) QA
3 27 (1.81%) PMO
4 22 (1.47%) GDPR
5 18 (1.20%) SLA
6 10 (0.67%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.47%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.33%) COBIT
8 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.13%) COSHH
10 2 (0.13%) GRC
10 2 (0.13%) GxP
10 2 (0.13%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.13%) P3O
10 2 (0.13%) SEPA
11 1 (0.067%) GAAP
11 1 (0.067%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.067%) IFRS
11 1 (0.067%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.27%) VMware Server
4 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 6 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.27%) Terraform
3 3 (0.20%) Oracle Statspack
3 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.20%) WSUS
4 2 (0.13%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.067%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.067%) DatAdvantage
5 1 (0.067%) QRadar
5 1 (0.067%) SCCM
5 1 (0.067%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (0.067%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.067%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 1 (0.067%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 981 (65.62%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.48%) SAP
3 52 (3.48%) Google
4 31 (2.07%) Oracle
5 19 (1.27%) Adobe
6 16 (1.07%) Databricks
7 14 (0.94%) Alteryx
8 11 (0.74%) CA
9 10 (0.67%) VMware
10 9 (0.60%) ServiceNow
11 8 (0.54%) Cisco
11 8 (0.54%) Cognos
11 8 (0.54%) Sage
12 7 (0.47%) Jitterbit
12 7 (0.47%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.40%) Informatica
13 6 (0.40%) Talend
13 6 (0.40%) Xero
14 5 (0.33%) Remedy
14 5 (0.33%) Twitter