Microsoft Excel Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Excel
England > East Midlands

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 46 53
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 +17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 95 90 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.78% 4.07% 4.01%
As % of the Applications category 45.89% 36.89% 38.78%
Number of salaries quoted 50 25 37
10th Percentile £28,975 £30,000 £20,222
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -19.10%
75th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £38,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £53,250 £45,900
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -7.37%

All Software Application Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 207 244 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.23% 11.04% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 81 72 130
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £21,225
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,063 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -13.51%
75th Percentile £45,000 £56,250 £44,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £64,875 £50,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.51%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the East Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Nottinghamshire +22 33 £38,000 -10.59% 11
Leicestershire -1 27 £40,000 +10.34% 20
Derbyshire -6 13 £42,500 +11.84% 11
Lincolnshire -1 12 £40,000 - 7
Northamptonshire -9 9 £47,500 +58.33% 13
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 7 (7.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (13.68%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (3.16%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.05%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.05%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.11%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (2.11%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.05%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 51 (53.68%) Power Platform
2 32 (33.68%) Azure
3 30 (31.58%) Azure AI
4 7 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.11%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.16%) SMS
2 1 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (53.68%) Power BI
2 44 (46.32%) Tableau
3 4 (4.21%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
General
1 66 (69.47%) Social Skills
2 26 (27.37%) Finance
3 23 (24.21%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (16.84%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (12.63%) Law
5 12 (12.63%) Public Sector
6 11 (11.58%) Marketing
7 8 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (6.32%) Electronics
8 6 (6.32%) Retail
9 5 (5.26%) Aerospace
10 4 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (4.21%) Manufacturing
11 3 (3.16%) Military
11 3 (3.16%) Telecoms
12 2 (2.11%) Banking
12 2 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (2.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 51 (53.68%) Analyst
2 41 (43.16%) Data Analyst
3 30 (31.58%) Junior
3 30 (31.58%) Junior Analyst
3 30 (31.58%) Junior Data Analyst
4 8 (8.42%) Customer Analyst
4 8 (8.42%) Digital Analyst
4 8 (8.42%) Digital Analytics Analyst
5 7 (7.37%) Developer
5 7 (7.37%) Service Manager
5 7 (7.37%) Service Support Manager
5 7 (7.37%) Support Manager
6 6 (6.32%) Analyst Developer
6 6 (6.32%) Analytics Developer
6 6 (6.32%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 6 (6.32%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 6 (6.32%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 6 (6.32%) Digital Analytics Developer
6 6 (6.32%) Digital Developer
7 4 (4.21%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.16%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.42%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.32%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.16%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.16%) iSeries
5 2 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.42%) Windows
2 2 (2.11%) Linux
2 2 (2.11%) Unix
3 1 (1.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (53.68%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (33.68%) AI
3 21 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (21.05%) Analytics
5 17 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (15.79%) ITIL
7 14 (14.74%) ERP
8 13 (13.68%) CRM
8 13 (13.68%) Decision-Making
9 12 (12.63%) Customer Service
9 12 (12.63%) Data Science
9 12 (12.63%) Economics
10 11 (11.58%) Project Management
11 10 (10.53%) Customer Experience
11 10 (10.53%) Data Visualisation
11 10 (10.53%) Visualisation
12 9 (9.47%) Migration
13 8 (8.42%) Service Delivery
13 8 (8.42%) Statistical Analysis
13 8 (8.42%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 55 (57.89%) SQL
2 51 (53.68%) Python
3 3 (3.16%) PHP
3 3 (3.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (33.68%) Azure Certification
2 27 (28.42%) Degree
3 8 (8.42%) Numerate Degree
4 5 (5.26%) PMI Certification
4 5 (5.26%) PMP
5 4 (4.21%) Master's Degree
5 4 (4.21%) MBA
5 4 (4.21%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.21%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.16%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.11%) A+ Certification
7 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.05%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.42%) GDPR
2 2 (2.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.11%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 3 (3.16%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 62 (65.26%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.58%) Salesforce
3 9 (9.47%) SAP
4 8 (8.42%) Oracle
5 3 (3.16%) Google
5 3 (3.16%) QAD
5 3 (3.16%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (1.05%) Apple
6 1 (1.05%) Cognos
6 1 (1.05%) Sage