Microsoft Excel Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Excel
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 34 62
Rank change year-on-year -15 +28 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 24 32 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.31% 5.14% 2.54%
As % of the Applications category 22.22% 48.48% 30.36%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 25
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,400 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -1.54% +4.84%
75th Percentile £45,000 £54,785 £33,750
90th Percentile £46,500 £67,000 £49,500
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% +2.98%

All Software Application Skills
Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Excel falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 108 66 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 10.39% 10.59% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 41 20 85
10th Percentile - £30,475 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,370 £31,421 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.98% +40.91% -12.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,750 £72,500
East of England median annual salary £38,500 £66,100 £32,500
% change year-on-year -41.75% +103.38% -7.14%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. 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
Cambridge +7 19 £40,000 - 6
Peterborough -15 3 £45,000 +6.57% 3
St Neots - 1 £40,000 -
Microsoft Excel
East of England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 13 (54.17%) Azure
2 13 (54.17%) Azure AI
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (75.00%) Tableau
2 16 (66.67%) Power BI
3 5 (20.83%) Data Mining
General
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (87.50%) Analyst
2 19 (79.17%) Data Analyst
3 13 (54.17%) Junior
3 13 (54.17%) Junior Analyst
3 13 (54.17%) Junior Data Analyst
4 5 (20.83%) Trainee
4 5 (20.83%) Trainee Analyst
4 5 (20.83%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Report Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) 1st Line Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (4.17%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (54.17%) AI
3 6 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 5 (20.83%) Analytics
4 5 (20.83%) Business Analysis
4 5 (20.83%) Data Analytics
4 5 (20.83%) Project Management
5 3 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (8.33%) Budgeting
6 2 (8.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.33%) Financial Analysis
6 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
7 1 (4.17%) Data Governance
7 1 (4.17%) Data Transformation
7 1 (4.17%) Data Visualisation
7 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.17%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 1 (4.17%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (4.17%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (87.50%) SQL
2 18 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Azure Certification
2 2 (8.33%) ACCA
2 2 (8.33%) CIMA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Apple
2 1 (4.17%) Progress
2 1 (4.17%) SAP