Microsoft Excel Job Trends in Leeds

Microsoft Excel
West Yorkshire > Leeds

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 52 56
Rank change year-on-year -21 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 51 28 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.64% 2.94% 3.10%
As % of the Applications category 53.68% 16.77% 38.28%
Number of salaries quoted 37 23 34
10th Percentile £26,900 - -
25th Percentile £32,000 £26,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,772 £40,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% +29.03% -34.74%
75th Percentile £58,750 £45,000 £38,563
90th Percentile £61,250 £49,000 £49,625
West Yorkshire median annual salary £38,772 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -3.07% +23.08% -31.58%

All Software Application Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 95 167 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 3.06% 17.54% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 64 43 61
10th Percentile £28,975 £25,300 -
25th Percentile £33,250 £26,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% +23.08% -31.58%
75th Percentile £58,750 £45,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £52,000 £75,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year +19.40% -1.47% -15.00%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Leeds

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in Leeds

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in Leeds

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) Moodle
Applications
1 21 (41.18%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.96%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) iTrent
1 4 (7.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 19 (37.25%) Power Platform
2 9 (17.65%) Azure
3 5 (9.80%) Azure AI
4 4 (7.84%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (7.84%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.84%) LAN
1 4 (7.84%) WAN
2 2 (3.92%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (37.25%) Power BI
2 4 (7.84%) Tableau
3 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.96%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Git
2 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 29 (56.86%) Social Skills
2 19 (37.25%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (31.37%) Finance
4 13 (25.49%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (15.69%) Public Sector
6 7 (13.73%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (7.84%) Law
7 4 (7.84%) Legal
7 4 (7.84%) Telecoms
8 3 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.92%) Billing
9 2 (3.92%) Marketing
10 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.96%) Local Government
10 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (43.14%) Analyst
2 11 (21.57%) Data Analyst
3 5 (9.80%) Administrator
3 5 (9.80%) Pensions Administrator
4 4 (7.84%) Coordinator
4 4 (7.84%) HR Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) HR Data Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Integration Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) IT Manager
4 4 (7.84%) IT Operations Manager
4 4 (7.84%) Junior
4 4 (7.84%) Junior Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Junior Data Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Lecturer
4 4 (7.84%) Operations Manager
4 4 (7.84%) Pensions Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Support Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Systems Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Portfolio Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) JSON
1 4 (7.84%) REST
1 4 (7.84%) SOAP
1 4 (7.84%) Web Services
1 4 (7.84%) WSDL
1 4 (7.84%) XML
1 4 (7.84%) XSD
1 4 (7.84%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.96%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.96%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.96%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.96%) NHS
3 1 (1.96%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.84%) Windows
1 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (49.02%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (39.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (37.25%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 8 (15.69%) AI
5 8 (15.69%) Data Analysis
5 8 (15.69%) Data Validation
5 8 (15.69%) Validation
6 7 (13.73%) Customer Service
6 7 (13.73%) Decision-Making
7 6 (11.76%) Data Governance
7 6 (11.76%) SDLC
7 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (9.80%) Data Science
8 5 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (9.80%) ITSM
8 5 (9.80%) Service Delivery
8 5 (9.80%) Service Management
8 5 (9.80%) Time Management
9 4 (7.84%) Business Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 14 (27.45%) SQL
2 9 (17.65%) Python
3 4 (7.84%) C#
3 4 (7.84%) Java
3 4 (7.84%) XPath
4 1 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.96%) R
4 1 (1.96%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (13.73%) Degree
2 5 (9.80%) DBS Check
3 4 (7.84%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) Data Quality
2 4 (7.84%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (7.84%) QA
3 2 (3.92%) PMO
4 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (68.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) Oracle
3 4 (7.84%) SAP
4 1 (1.96%) Blackboard
4 1 (1.96%) Foundry
4 1 (1.96%) Salesforce