Microsoft Excel Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Excel
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 42 67
Rank change year-on-year -23 +25 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 74 113 136
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.51% 5.84% 4.17%
As % of the Applications category 40.66% 52.56% 49.45%
Number of salaries quoted 52 91 70
10th Percentile - £32,010 £40,375
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £68,063
90th Percentile £89,500 £72,500 £77,500
London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% -6.25%

All Software Application Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 182 215 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 6.17% 11.11% 8.42%
Number of salaries quoted 101 174 169
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £77,500 £85,250
London median annual salary £50,157 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.46% -4.55% -

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Central London

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Central London over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in Central London

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
City of London -32 61 £45,000 -10.00% 88
Camden - 5 £37,500 -
Lambeth - 4 £53,750 -
Southwark -6 3 £35,000 - 1
City of Westminster +10 2 - - 23
Microsoft Excel
London

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 6 (8.11%) Skype for Business
2 4 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.35%) CMS
3 1 (1.35%) MTS
Applications
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 15 (20.27%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.05%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Magento
2 2 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.35%) Bloomberg TOMS
Cloud Services
1 15 (20.27%) Power Platform
2 11 (14.86%) SaaS
3 9 (12.16%) AWS
4 4 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.05%) Azure
5 3 (4.05%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.05%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.70%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.11%) Skype
1 6 (8.11%) Unified Communications
1 6 (8.11%) WebEx
2 4 (5.41%) Intranet
3 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.35%) DHCP
4 1 (1.35%) DNS
4 1 (1.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.57%) Power BI
2 6 (8.11%) Relational Database
3 5 (6.76%) Power Query
4 4 (5.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (5.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (4.05%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.70%) Tableau
7 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.35%) Looker
7 1 (1.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.35%) JMeter
2 1 (1.35%) Postman
General
1 29 (39.19%) Finance
2 24 (32.43%) Social Skills
3 17 (22.97%) Law
3 17 (22.97%) Marketing
4 15 (20.27%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (13.51%) Legal
6 9 (12.16%) Advertising
7 6 (8.11%) Retail
7 6 (8.11%) Telecoms
8 4 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.70%) Banking
9 2 (2.70%) Front Office
9 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.70%) Publishing
10 1 (1.35%) Back Office
10 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (54.05%) Analyst
2 12 (16.22%) Data Analyst
2 12 (16.22%) Support Analyst
3 8 (10.81%) Accountant
3 8 (10.81%) Management Accountant
4 7 (9.46%) IT Analyst
5 6 (8.11%) IT Support
5 6 (8.11%) IT Support Analyst
5 6 (8.11%) IT Support Specialist
5 6 (8.11%) Report Analyst
5 6 (8.11%) Support Assistant
5 6 (8.11%) Support Specialist
5 6 (8.11%) Systems Analyst
6 5 (6.76%) Data Analytics Analyst
6 5 (6.76%) Financial Analyst
6 5 (6.76%) Marketing Analyst
6 5 (6.76%) Marketing Analytics Analyst
6 5 (6.76%) Marketing Analytics Data Analyst
6 5 (6.76%) Marketing Data Analyst
7 3 (4.05%) E-Commerce Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) Terraform
2 6 (8.11%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.92%) Onboarding
2 12 (16.22%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (6.76%) Low-Code
3 5 (6.76%) Reinsurance
4 4 (5.41%) Data Structures
5 3 (4.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (4.05%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.70%) Fixed Income
7 1 (1.35%) CMDB
7 1 (1.35%) Derivative
7 1 (1.35%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.35%) Equities
7 1 (1.35%) Eurex
7 1 (1.35%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.35%) Social Media
7 1 (1.35%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.51%) Windows
2 7 (9.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
1 14 (18.92%) Process Improvement
2 13 (17.57%) ITIL
3 12 (16.22%) Analytics
3 12 (16.22%) Decision-Making
4 11 (14.86%) Project Management
5 10 (13.51%) Data Management
5 10 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (12.16%) Budgeting
6 9 (12.16%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 9 (12.16%) Financial Analysis
6 9 (12.16%) Software Engineering
7 8 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (10.81%) Computer Science
7 8 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (10.81%) Cost Control
7 8 (10.81%) Fintech
7 8 (10.81%) Preventative Maintenance
7 8 (10.81%) Workflow
8 7 (9.46%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (25.68%) SQL
2 14 (18.92%) VBA
3 11 (14.86%) Python
4 7 (9.46%) Bash
4 7 (9.46%) Java
5 6 (8.11%) C#
5 6 (8.11%) Rust
6 2 (2.70%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.35%) Tcl
7 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (27.03%) Degree
2 13 (17.57%) ACCA
2 13 (17.57%) CIMA
3 6 (8.11%) A+ Certification
3 6 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (5.41%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.35%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.11%) Data Quality
1 6 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (8.11%) QA
2 5 (6.76%) GAAP
2 5 (6.76%) GDPR
3 4 (5.41%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (8.11%) Docker
2 5 (6.76%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (9.46%) Ansible
2 6 (8.11%) Grafana
2 6 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 6 (8.11%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.35%) SCCM
3 1 (1.35%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 21 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.11%) Polycom
2 6 (8.11%) Splunk
3 3 (4.05%) HubSpot
3 3 (4.05%) SAP
4 2 (2.70%) Bloomberg
4 2 (2.70%) NEC
5 1 (1.35%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.35%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.35%) MarketAxess
5 1 (1.35%) Oracle
5 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.35%) Sybase
5 1 (1.35%) Tradeweb
5 1 (1.35%) Workday