Microsoft Excel Job Trends in London

Microsoft Excel
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 70 54
Rank change year-on-year -44 -16 +28
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 490 530 882
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.89% 4.49% 4.69%
As % of the Applications category 39.01% 43.80% 56.98%
Number of salaries quoted 310 361 287
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,438 £74,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% -

All Software Application Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,256 1,210 1,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.84% 10.24% 8.23%
Number of salaries quoted 763 697 680
10th Percentile £30,595 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in London

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in London over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in London

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the London region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Central London -27 77 £45,000 -10.00% 113
West London -7 18 £36,000 -4.00% 38
East London +1 17 £33,750 +3.85% 16
South London +5 15 £65,000 +36.84% 13
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 43 (8.78%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.43%) Skype for Business
3 5 (1.02%) Confluence
3 5 (1.02%) WordPress
4 2 (0.41%) CMS
4 2 (0.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.20%) MTS
5 1 (0.20%) SAS
5 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 121 (24.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 114 (23.27%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (3.47%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.84%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.63%) AutoCAD
5 8 (1.63%) Revit
6 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.82%) ProjectWise
8 3 (0.61%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.41%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.41%) SPSS
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.20%) InDesign
10 1 (0.20%) Inkscape
10 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.86%) NetSuite
2 12 (2.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.22%) Workday HCM
5 5 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.61%) FastStats
7 3 (0.61%) Magento
7 3 (0.61%) Raiser’s Edge
8 2 (0.41%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.41%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.20%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 150 (30.61%) Power Platform
2 44 (8.98%) AWS
3 33 (6.73%) Azure
3 33 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (6.53%) SaaS
5 19 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (2.45%) GCP
8 10 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
9 8 (1.63%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.63%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.43%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.02%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.82%) Azure AI
12 4 (0.82%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.61%) Canva
14 2 (0.41%) Copilot Studio
14 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.41%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.41%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.24%) Broadband
2 7 (1.43%) Skype
2 7 (1.43%) Unified Communications
2 7 (1.43%) WebEx
2 7 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.22%) Structured Cabling
4 5 (1.02%) Intranet
4 5 (1.02%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.82%) DHCP
5 4 (0.82%) DNS
5 4 (0.82%) NGN
5 4 (0.82%) VPN
6 2 (0.41%) BGP
6 2 (0.41%) Firewall
6 2 (0.41%) HSRP
6 2 (0.41%) VLAN
7 1 (0.20%) 5G
7 1 (0.20%) Network Security
7 1 (0.20%) PPP
7 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (29.59%) Power BI
2 46 (9.39%) Tableau
3 20 (4.08%) Power Query
4 17 (3.47%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.04%) Data Lake
5 10 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.04%) Looker
6 9 (1.84%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.63%) SAP BW
8 7 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.82%) EDMS
10 4 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.61%) Big Data
12 2 (0.41%) Data Vault
13 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 1 (0.20%) GIS
13 1 (0.20%) Metadata
13 1 (0.20%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 14 (2.86%) JIRA
2 6 (1.22%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.82%) Toad
4 3 (0.61%) Postman
5 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.41%) JMeter
5 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.20%) Git
6 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
General
1 271 (55.31%) Social Skills
2 238 (48.57%) Finance
3 166 (33.88%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (14.08%) Organisational Skills
5 63 (12.86%) Marketing
6 44 (8.98%) Law
7 43 (8.78%) Legal
8 42 (8.57%) Retail
9 39 (7.96%) Banking
10 26 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (5.10%) Telecoms
12 24 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (3.67%) Advertising
14 16 (3.27%) General Ledger
15 15 (3.06%) Front Office
16 14 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (2.65%) Financial Institution
18 10 (2.04%) Manufacturing
19 9 (1.84%) Billing
19 9 (1.84%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 140 (28.57%) Analyst
2 49 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 40 (8.16%) Administrator
4 31 (6.33%) Senior
5 28 (5.71%) Report Analyst
6 21 (4.29%) Accountant
6 21 (4.29%) Financial Analyst
7 20 (4.08%) Developer
8 19 (3.88%) Business Analyst
9 18 (3.67%) Support Analyst
10 17 (3.47%) IT Support
11 16 (3.27%) Management Accountant
11 16 (3.27%) Project Manager
12 14 (2.86%) Coordinator
13 13 (2.65%) Junior
13 13 (2.65%) Lead
14 12 (2.45%) Support Assistant
15 11 (2.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (2.24%) IT Analyst
15 11 (2.24%) RAD Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.84%) Terraform
2 8 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (1.43%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.02%) FreeMarker
4 5 (1.02%) Matplotlib
4 5 (1.02%) NumPy
4 5 (1.02%) ODBC
4 5 (1.02%) Pandas
5 2 (0.41%) Seaborn
5 2 (0.41%) XML
5 2 (0.41%) XSLT
6 1 (0.20%) .NET
6 1 (0.20%) ADO
6 1 (0.20%) COM
6 1 (0.20%) CSS
6 1 (0.20%) HTML
6 1 (0.20%) JSON
6 1 (0.20%) Middleware
6 1 (0.20%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 73 (14.90%) Onboarding
2 61 (12.45%) Management Information System
3 36 (7.35%) Data Centre
4 19 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.27%) Data Structures
5 16 (3.27%) Fixed Income
5 16 (3.27%) Social Media
5 16 (3.27%) Video Conferencing
6 14 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.04%) Educational Technology
7 10 (2.04%) Hedge funds
7 10 (2.04%) Housing Association
8 9 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (1.84%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.84%) Web Conferencing
9 8 (1.63%) FMCG
10 7 (1.43%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.43%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.22%) Derivative
11 6 (1.22%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.96%) Windows
2 14 (2.86%) Linux
3 4 (0.82%) Unix
4 2 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (30.20%) Business Intelligence
2 134 (27.35%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (18.78%) Analytics
4 85 (17.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 82 (16.73%) Process Improvement
6 81 (16.53%) Decision-Making
7 77 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 73 (14.90%) Project Management
9 56 (11.43%) AI
10 55 (11.22%) CRM
11 54 (11.02%) Agile
12 48 (9.80%) Data Analysis
13 47 (9.59%) Data Management
14 45 (9.18%) Actionable Insight
15 43 (8.78%) Budgeting
16 40 (8.16%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 39 (7.96%) ERP
18 38 (7.76%) Validation
19 35 (7.14%) Mentoring
19 35 (7.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 107 (21.84%) SQL
2 46 (9.39%) Python
3 36 (7.35%) VBA
4 21 (4.29%) C#
5 14 (2.86%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.24%) JavaScript
7 10 (2.04%) Java
8 9 (1.84%) Bash
9 7 (1.43%) Rust
10 6 (1.22%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (1.02%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.82%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.82%) R
13 2 (0.41%) PHP
14 1 (0.20%) C
14 1 (0.20%) C++
14 1 (0.20%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 121 (24.69%) Degree
2 49 (10.00%) ACCA
3 45 (9.18%) CIMA
4 12 (2.45%) DBS Check
5 10 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.43%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.43%) BICSI Certification
7 6 (1.22%) A+ Certification
7 6 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.22%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.02%) PMP
9 4 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (0.61%) AAT
10 3 (0.61%) BICSI RCDD
10 3 (0.61%) CCNA
10 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.61%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.41%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (15.71%) Data Quality
2 31 (6.33%) GDPR
3 24 (4.90%) QA
4 18 (3.67%) PMO
5 15 (3.06%) SLA
6 11 (2.24%) GAAP
7 8 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.43%) COREP
8 7 (1.43%) FINREP
9 6 (1.22%) IFRS
10 5 (1.02%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.41%) COBIT
11 2 (0.41%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.20%) COSO
12 1 (0.20%) GRC
12 1 (0.20%) PERC
12 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 8 (1.63%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.43%) Docker
3 6 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.20%) IAG
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.84%) Ansible
2 7 (1.43%) Grafana
2 7 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.43%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.41%) SCCM
5 1 (0.20%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 201 (41.02%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.16%) SAP
3 31 (6.33%) Oracle
4 14 (2.86%) NEC
5 13 (2.65%) Google
6 10 (2.04%) Workday
7 8 (1.63%) HubSpot
7 8 (1.63%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.43%) Polycom
8 7 (1.43%) Splunk
9 6 (1.22%) Adobe
9 6 (1.22%) Concur
9 6 (1.22%) Xero
10 5 (1.02%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.02%) Cisco
10 5 (1.02%) Progress
10 5 (1.02%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.82%) Okta
11 4 (0.82%) Retek
11 4 (0.82%) Sage