Microsoft Excel Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Excel
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh 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 73 71 88
Rank change year-on-year -2 +17 +35
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 32 25 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 3.00% 2.26% 1.91%
As % of the Applications category 39.02% 42.37% 42.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13 3 19
10th Percentile - £25,650 £29,924
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,625 £30,888
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,500 £43,586
Median % change year-on-year +31.15% -30.02% +41.41%
75th Percentile £45,000 £37,118 £44,733
90th Percentile £58,000 £39,739 £47,500
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £58,033 £41,000
% change year-on-year -31.07% +41.54% +3.96%

All Software Application Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 82 59 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.70% 5.33% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 25 15 35
10th Percentile £26,450 £23,104 £26,550
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,250 £30,888
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £43,586
Median % change year-on-year - -8.23% +24.09%
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £48,450 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £51,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year -21.57% +24.39% +3.96%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in Edinburgh

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 12 (37.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (53.13%) Azure
1 17 (53.13%) Power Platform
2 12 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
2 12 (37.50%) Snowflake
3 5 (15.63%) Azure AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (81.25%) Tableau
2 17 (53.13%) Power BI
3 12 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (28.13%) Data Mining
5 4 (12.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (12.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 12 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 24 (75.00%) Finance
2 21 (65.63%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (34.38%) Marketing
4 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Advertising
6 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Billing
7 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (81.25%) Analyst
2 14 (43.75%) Data Analyst
3 9 (28.13%) Trainee
3 9 (28.13%) Trainee Analyst
3 9 (28.13%) Trainee Data Analyst
4 8 (25.00%) Business Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) Junior
5 5 (15.63%) Junior Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) Junior Data Analyst
6 4 (12.50%) Data Business Analyst
6 4 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
6 4 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (12.50%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) Account Manager
7 2 (6.25%) Finance Manager
7 2 (6.25%) Relationships Manager
7 2 (6.25%) Web Manager
8 1 (3.13%) Business Development Executive
Miscellaneous
1 12 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 8 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.25%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (40.63%) AI
2 13 (40.63%) Coaching
3 12 (37.50%) Acceptance Criteria
3 12 (37.50%) Agile
3 12 (37.50%) Asset Management
3 12 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (37.50%) DevOps
3 12 (37.50%) User Stories
4 11 (34.38%) Data Analysis
5 10 (31.25%) Analytics
6 9 (28.13%) Business Analysis
6 9 (28.13%) Data Analytics
6 9 (28.13%) Project Management
7 8 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
7 8 (25.00%) Data Engineering
7 8 (25.00%) Network Planning
7 8 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
7 8 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
7 8 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 28 (87.50%) SQL
2 26 (81.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Azure Certification
2 3 (9.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft