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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 67 27
Rank change year-on-year +34 -40 +36
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 198 71 352
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 4.15% 3.61% 6.57%
As % of the Applications category 79.52% 30.21% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 64 45 122
10th Percentile £27,300 £25,475 £22,750
25th Percentile £28,125 £26,250 £25,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £31,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% -1.56% +3.23%
75th Percentile £44,129 £44,500 £41,182
90th Percentile £71,250 £45,250 £49,875
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -11.11%

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 249 235 652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.22% 11.93% 12.18%
Number of salaries quoted 113 100 339
10th Percentile £25,687 £25,338 £22,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £38,710 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +19.11% -9.72%
75th Percentile £43,700 £49,688 £43,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £52,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -11.11% +16.13% -13.89%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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
Leicestershire +3 71 £65,000 +49.43% 11
Nottinghamshire +8 51 £31,000 -1.59% 14
Northamptonshire +32 30 £29,000 -18.31% 9
Lincolnshire -3 24 £40,258 -2.99% 6
Derbyshire +9 22 £28,000 +4.67% 9
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 4 (2.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (8.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.55%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 116 (58.59%) Power Platform
2 96 (48.48%) Azure
2 96 (48.48%) Azure AI
3 20 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.54%) SaaS
5 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.04%) DHCP
1 8 (4.04%) DNS
1 8 (4.04%) Firewall
1 8 (4.04%) TCP/IP
1 8 (4.04%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (58.59%) Power BI
2 101 (51.01%) Tableau
3 4 (2.02%) Power Query
4 3 (1.52%) GIS
5 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.51%) MySQL
5 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 163 (82.32%) Social Skills
2 24 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
3 23 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (11.62%) Manufacturing
4 21 (10.61%) Finance
5 20 (10.10%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (6.06%) Retail
8 8 (4.04%) German Language
8 8 (4.04%) Marketing
9 6 (3.03%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.02%) Law
11 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.52%) Electronics
11 3 (1.52%) Games
12 2 (1.01%) Banking
12 2 (1.01%) Billing
13 1 (0.51%) French Language
Job Titles
1 117 (59.09%) Analyst
2 101 (51.01%) Data Analyst
2 101 (51.01%) Junior
3 100 (50.51%) Junior Analyst
3 100 (50.51%) Junior Data Analyst
4 22 (11.11%) Technologist
5 14 (7.07%) Administrator
6 10 (5.05%) Developer
7 9 (4.55%) Analyst Developer
7 9 (4.55%) Finance Systems Analyst
7 9 (4.55%) Financial Analyst
7 9 (4.55%) Systems Analyst
7 9 (4.55%) Systems Developer
7 9 (4.55%) TM1 Analyst
7 9 (4.55%) TM1 Developer
8 8 (4.04%) IT Support
8 8 (4.04%) IT Support Technician
8 8 (4.04%) IT Technician
8 8 (4.04%) Support Technician
9 7 (3.54%) Account Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) Bootstrap
1 1 (0.51%) CSS
1 1 (0.51%) CSS3
1 1 (0.51%) HTML
1 1 (0.51%) HTML5
1 1 (0.51%) jQuery
1 1 (0.51%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.07%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.54%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (3.54%) Digital Signage
4 6 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.01%) EPoS
6 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.51%) NHS
6 1 (0.51%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.04%) Windows
1 8 (4.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (58.59%) Business Intelligence
2 98 (49.49%) AI
3 42 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (11.62%) Data Interpretation
6 21 (10.61%) Benchmarking
7 20 (10.10%) Coaching
7 20 (10.10%) Internal Audit
7 20 (10.10%) QMS
7 20 (10.10%) Quality Management
8 19 (9.60%) Decision-Making
9 16 (8.08%) Service Delivery
10 11 (5.56%) Analytics
10 11 (5.56%) CRM
10 11 (5.56%) Validation
11 9 (4.55%) Customer Service
11 9 (4.55%) Data Cleansing
11 9 (4.55%) Data Entry
11 9 (4.55%) Financial Analysis
12 8 (4.04%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 111 (56.06%) SQL
2 98 (49.49%) Python
3 11 (5.56%) VBA
4 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.51%) PHP
4 1 (0.51%) R
4 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 96 (48.48%) Azure Certification
2 17 (8.59%) Degree
3 3 (1.52%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.52%) MBA
3 3 (1.52%) PMI Certification
3 3 (1.52%) PMP
4 2 (1.01%) HND
5 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.13%) QA
2 12 (6.06%) GDPR
2 12 (6.06%) SLA
3 9 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 8 (4.04%) Active Directory
1 8 (4.04%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 160 (80.81%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.05%) Cognos
3 9 (4.55%) IBM
3 9 (4.55%) Workday
4 7 (3.54%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.52%) Oracle
5 3 (1.52%) QAD
5 3 (1.52%) SAP