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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 77 57
Rank change year-on-year -24 -20 +53
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 436 508 985
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.42% 3.96% 4.41%
As % of the Applications category 43.82% 31.93% 48.10%
Number of salaries quoted 303 249 522
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,450 £29,213
25th Percentile £35,875 £42,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £54,148
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +6.19% -5.83%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,375
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% -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 995 1,591 2,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.52% 12.41% 9.18%
Number of salaries quoted 617 599 1,349
10th Percentile £28,560 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £45,392
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +21.17% -17.47%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,250 £91,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +27.15% -16.67%

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 April 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 April 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 -24 95 £60,000 +9.09% 66
West London -18 15 £55,500 -11.20% 32
East London -8 12 £40,000 -55.56% 9
South London +31 11 £40,000 -42.86% 7
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 35 (8.03%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.61%) SAS
4 6 (1.38%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.92%) CMS
6 2 (0.46%) Confluence
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 145 (33.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 117 (26.83%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (4.13%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.29%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (1.38%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.69%) InDesign
6 3 (0.69%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.46%) SPSS
8 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.23%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (2.29%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (1.38%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.69%) Yoast SEO
5 2 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.46%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.46%) Relativity
5 2 (0.46%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.23%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.23%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 156 (35.78%) Power Platform
2 53 (12.16%) Azure
3 50 (11.47%) SaaS
4 46 (10.55%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.90%) Azure AI
6 16 (3.67%) Power Automate
7 15 (3.44%) OneDrive
8 14 (3.21%) PowerApps
9 11 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.29%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.15%) AWS
13 5 (1.15%) ChatGPT
13 5 (1.15%) Google Sheets
13 5 (1.15%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.92%) GCP
14 4 (0.92%) Zapier
15 3 (0.69%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.06%) Unified Communications
1 9 (2.06%) WebEx
2 6 (1.38%) Skype
3 5 (1.15%) DHCP
3 5 (1.15%) LAN
3 5 (1.15%) WAN
4 4 (0.92%) DNS
4 4 (0.92%) Intranet
4 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.69%) Firewall
5 3 (0.69%) VPN
6 2 (0.46%) Network Security
6 2 (0.46%) VLAN
7 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (33.72%) Power BI
2 68 (15.60%) Tableau
3 26 (5.96%) Data Mining
4 21 (4.82%) Power Query
5 17 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (3.21%) SQL Server
7 12 (2.75%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.52%) Qlik Sense
9 8 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.83%) QlikView
10 7 (1.61%) Big Data
11 6 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.15%) Looker
13 4 (0.92%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.92%) DB2
13 4 (0.92%) DB2 UDB
13 4 (0.92%) GIS
14 3 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
14 3 (0.69%) SQLite
14 3 (0.69%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (4.13%) JIRA
2 3 (0.69%) Git
2 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 214 (49.08%) Finance
2 174 (39.91%) Social Skills
3 147 (33.72%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (18.58%) Marketing
5 53 (12.16%) Legal
6 52 (11.93%) Law
7 34 (7.80%) Banking
8 33 (7.57%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (5.28%) Advertising
10 19 (4.36%) Front Office
10 19 (4.36%) Telecoms
11 18 (4.13%) Retail
12 17 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (3.21%) French Language
14 14 (3.21%) German Language
14 14 (3.21%) Public Sector
15 11 (2.52%) Dutch Language
16 10 (2.29%) Billing
16 10 (2.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 146 (33.49%) Analyst
2 73 (16.74%) Data Analyst
3 38 (8.72%) Senior
4 37 (8.49%) Support Analyst
5 28 (6.42%) Junior
6 27 (6.19%) Accountant
7 25 (5.73%) Trainee
8 23 (5.28%) Trainee Analyst
8 23 (5.28%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 22 (5.05%) Consultant
10 20 (4.59%) IT Support
10 20 (4.59%) Management Accountant
11 19 (4.36%) Lead
12 17 (3.90%) Developer
12 17 (3.90%) Junior Analyst
12 17 (3.90%) Junior Data Analyst
13 15 (3.44%) IT Analyst
13 15 (3.44%) Support Specialist
14 14 (3.21%) Business Analyst
15 13 (2.98%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.38%) EDI
2 4 (0.92%) OAuth
2 4 (0.92%) OpenID
3 3 (0.69%) .NET
3 3 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.69%) PySpark
4 2 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.23%) Great Expectations
5 1 (0.23%) MFC
5 1 (0.23%) Pandas
5 1 (0.23%) Plotly
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.19%) Video Conferencing
2 25 (5.73%) Onboarding
3 24 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.29%) Derivative
5 10 (2.29%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.61%) Reference Data
6 7 (1.61%) Social Media
7 6 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
8 5 (1.15%) CCTV
8 5 (1.15%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.15%) Life Science
9 4 (0.92%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.92%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.92%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.92%) Equities
9 4 (0.92%) PMI
9 4 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.69%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.63%) Windows
2 13 (2.98%) Windows 10
3 12 (2.75%) Linux
4 10 (2.29%) Unix
5 6 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (35.32%) Business Intelligence
2 100 (22.94%) Analytics
3 91 (20.87%) Project Management
4 90 (20.64%) Data Analysis
5 85 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (16.06%) Process Improvement
7 57 (13.07%) AI
7 57 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (11.24%) Data Analytics
9 47 (10.78%) CRM
9 47 (10.78%) Decision-Making
10 44 (10.09%) ITIL
11 40 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 40 (9.17%) Visualisation
12 39 (8.94%) Customer Service
13 38 (8.72%) Business Analysis
14 34 (7.80%) Agile
15 33 (7.57%) Data Management
15 33 (7.57%) Mentoring
16 32 (7.34%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 162 (37.16%) SQL
2 106 (24.31%) Python
3 14 (3.21%) VBA
4 11 (2.52%) R
5 10 (2.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (2.06%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.61%) VB
8 6 (1.38%) C#
9 5 (1.15%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.15%) VBScript
10 2 (0.46%) Bash
10 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.23%) ABAP
11 1 (0.23%) C++
11 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 114 (26.15%) Degree
2 43 (9.86%) ACCA
3 36 (8.26%) CIMA
4 17 (3.90%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.98%) A+ Certification
5 13 (2.98%) CISSP
5 13 (2.98%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.06%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.83%) CISA
8 7 (1.61%) CFA
8 7 (1.61%) CISM
9 6 (1.38%) PMP
10 4 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.92%) ISACA
10 4 (0.92%) MBA
10 4 (0.92%) SANS
10 4 (0.92%) Security Cleared
10 4 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.11%) Data Quality
2 22 (5.05%) QA
3 20 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.98%) PMO
5 11 (2.52%) GDPR
6 8 (1.83%) COREP
6 8 (1.83%) FINREP
7 7 (1.61%) GRC
7 7 (1.61%) NIST
7 7 (1.61%) SLA
8 6 (1.38%) GAAP
9 5 (1.15%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.15%) IFRS
9 5 (1.15%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.92%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.69%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.23%) FATCA
System Software
1 25 (5.73%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.61%) SCCM
3 6 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.15%) RSA Archer
5 4 (0.92%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (0.92%) Grafana
6 3 (0.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.46%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.46%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.46%) Terraform
8 1 (0.23%) Control-M
Vendors
1 199 (45.64%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.96%) Salesforce
3 23 (5.28%) SAP
4 15 (3.44%) Oracle
5 14 (3.21%) Adobe
6 12 (2.75%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.52%) Cisco
8 9 (2.06%) Google
8 9 (2.06%) JD Edwards
9 7 (1.61%) Apple
10 6 (1.38%) Polycom
11 5 (1.15%) Databricks
11 5 (1.15%) IBM
11 5 (1.15%) Snow
11 5 (1.15%) VMware
12 4 (0.92%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.92%) Intapp
12 4 (0.92%) Xero
13 3 (0.69%) Veeam
13 3 (0.69%) Zoho