Microsoft Excel Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Excel
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 72 52
Rank change year-on-year +22 -20 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 139 116 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.28% 3.35% 4.08%
As % of the Applications category 36.58% 32.13% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 71 25 75
10th Percentile - £29,000 £23,160
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +11.43% -
75th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £60,200 £52,500
England median annual salary £41,075 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.72% +5.88% -10.53%

All Software Application Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 380 361 306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 8.96% 10.43% 10.49%
Number of salaries quoted 185 110 240
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,400 £23,394
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,813 £26,224
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £42,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £49,500 £61,188 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,400 £72,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% -12.28%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the East of England

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the East of England

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Cambridgeshire +20 39 £27,500 -14.06% 13
Suffolk +17 31 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Essex -16 21 £40,000 -3.61% 16
Norfolk +21 19 £56,250 +2.27% 11
Bedfordshire +38 18 £31,000 -20.51% 12
Hertfordshire -5 11 £47,500 +11.76% 20
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (21.58%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (12.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.16%) InDesign
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.72%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.72%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (51.80%) Power Platform
2 54 (38.85%) Azure
3 24 (17.27%) Azure AI
4 17 (12.23%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.60%) AWS
6 3 (2.16%) SaaS
7 2 (1.44%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.72%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.72%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.60%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.16%) SMS
2 3 (2.16%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.44%) Internet
4 1 (0.72%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (51.80%) Power BI
2 41 (29.50%) Tableau
3 13 (9.35%) Data Mining
4 8 (5.76%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (4.32%) GIS
6 5 (3.60%) Oracle Database
6 5 (3.60%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.44%) PowerPivot
7 2 (1.44%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.72%) Power Query
General
1 73 (52.52%) Social Skills
2 48 (34.53%) Finance
3 45 (32.37%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.47%) Marketing
5 8 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.88%) Banking
8 4 (2.88%) Billing
9 3 (2.16%) Retail
10 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.44%) Legal
10 2 (1.44%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.44%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.44%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 67 (48.20%) Analyst
2 36 (25.90%) Data Analyst
3 26 (18.71%) Junior
4 24 (17.27%) Junior Analyst
4 24 (17.27%) Junior Data Analyst
5 20 (14.39%) Support Analyst
6 13 (9.35%) Administrator
6 13 (9.35%) IT Administrator
7 11 (7.91%) Trainee
8 9 (6.47%) Senior
8 9 (6.47%) Trainee Analyst
8 9 (6.47%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 7 (5.04%) Account Executive
9 7 (5.04%) Coordinator
10 6 (4.32%) Support Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Applications Support
11 5 (3.60%) Business Support Analyst
11 5 (3.60%) IT Support
11 5 (3.60%) Systems Analyst
11 5 (3.60%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (4.32%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.88%) Freedom of Information Act
5 3 (2.16%) Social Media
5 3 (2.16%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (1.44%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.44%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.72%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.04%) Windows
2 2 (1.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (53.96%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (29.50%) Analytics
3 39 (28.06%) Data Analysis
3 39 (28.06%) Process Improvement
4 35 (25.18%) Customer Service
5 33 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (20.86%) Data Analytics
7 27 (19.42%) AI
8 26 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (11.51%) Budgeting
9 16 (11.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 16 (11.51%) Data Protection
10 14 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (10.07%) ERP
11 12 (8.63%) ITIL
12 11 (7.91%) Business Analysis
13 10 (7.19%) Visualisation
14 9 (6.47%) Project Management
14 9 (6.47%) Time Management
15 8 (5.76%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 50 (35.97%) SQL
2 39 (28.06%) Python
3 5 (3.60%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (17.27%) Azure Certification
1 24 (17.27%) Degree
2 23 (16.55%) DBS Check
3 9 (6.47%) ACCA
3 9 (6.47%) CIMA
4 2 (1.44%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.44%) HNC
4 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.76%) GDPR
2 4 (2.88%) GAAP
2 4 (2.88%) IFRS
3 3 (2.16%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (5.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 71 (51.08%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.04%) YouTube
3 5 (3.60%) Cisco
3 5 (3.60%) Oracle
4 4 (2.88%) Verint
5 3 (2.16%) Adobe
5 3 (2.16%) Apple
5 3 (2.16%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.16%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 3 (2.16%) SAP
5 3 (2.16%) Zoho
6 2 (1.44%) Google
6 2 (1.44%) HP
6 2 (1.44%) Sage
7 1 (0.72%) NEC
7 1 (0.72%) Progress