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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 70 45
Rank change year-on-year -49 -25 +45
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 400 508 1,256
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.86% 4.17% 5.09%
As % of the Applications category 38.76% 35.57% 55.35%
Number of salaries quoted 265 320 545
10th Percentile £32,350 £28,883 £29,238
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,938 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,050 £81,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +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 1,032 1,428 2,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.81% 11.73% 9.20%
Number of salaries quoted 629 690 1,278
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £38,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -11.11% +16.13% -13.89%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 92 £60,000 +20.00% 37
West London -12 14 £55,000 -12.00% 21
South London +17 7 £47,500 +35.71% 9
East London -12 4 £55,000 -42.11% 15
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 33 (8.25%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.50%) Skype for Business
3 3 (0.75%) SAS
4 2 (0.50%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.25%) Confluence
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 118 (29.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 103 (25.75%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.75%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.75%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.75%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.50%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.25%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.25%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (2.50%) NetSuite
1 10 (2.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 9 (2.25%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (1.50%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.75%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.75%) Magento
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.25%) FastStats
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.25%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 118 (29.50%) Power Platform
2 46 (11.50%) SaaS
3 36 (9.00%) Azure
4 34 (8.50%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.00%) Azure AI
6 11 (2.75%) OneDrive
7 10 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (2.25%) AWS
8 9 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.25%) PowerApps
9 8 (2.00%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.75%) ChatGPT
10 7 (1.75%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.50%) Google Sheets
12 4 (1.00%) GCP
13 3 (0.75%) Snowflake
14 2 (0.50%) Google Docs
14 2 (0.50%) n8n
14 2 (0.50%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.50%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.25%) Broadband
2 6 (1.50%) Skype
2 6 (1.50%) Unified Communications
2 6 (1.50%) WebEx
3 5 (1.25%) Firewall
3 5 (1.25%) Intranet
3 5 (1.25%) VPN
4 4 (1.00%) DHCP
4 4 (1.00%) DNS
4 4 (1.00%) LAN
4 4 (1.00%) VLAN
4 4 (1.00%) WAN
4 4 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.75%) Network Security
6 2 (0.50%) BGP
6 2 (0.50%) HSRP
7 1 (0.25%) OSPF
7 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (27.50%) Power BI
2 48 (12.00%) Tableau
3 19 (4.75%) Power Query
4 15 (3.75%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.25%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.25%) Data Mining
5 9 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.25%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.00%) SAP BW
7 7 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.00%) Db2
8 4 (1.00%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (1.00%) Looker
8 4 (1.00%) QlikView
9 3 (0.75%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.75%) GIS
9 3 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (3.75%) JIRA
2 6 (1.50%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.50%) Toad
5 1 (0.25%) Postman
5 1 (0.25%) SoapUI
General
1 194 (48.50%) Social Skills
2 192 (48.00%) Finance
3 110 (27.50%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (17.00%) Marketing
5 44 (11.00%) Legal
6 39 (9.75%) Law
7 36 (9.00%) Banking
8 34 (8.50%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (6.75%) Retail
10 24 (6.00%) Advertising
11 23 (5.75%) Front Office
12 21 (5.25%) Telecoms
13 16 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (3.50%) German Language
15 13 (3.25%) French Language
16 11 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (2.50%) Dutch Language
18 7 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (1.75%) Japanese Language
18 7 (1.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 127 (31.75%) Analyst
2 50 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 30 (7.50%) Accountant
4 24 (6.00%) IT Support
4 24 (6.00%) Report Analyst
4 24 (6.00%) Senior
5 22 (5.50%) Developer
5 22 (5.50%) Junior
5 22 (5.50%) Management Accountant
6 21 (5.25%) Consultant
7 20 (5.00%) Support Analyst
8 16 (4.00%) Financial Analyst
8 16 (4.00%) Junior Analyst
8 16 (4.00%) Junior Data Analyst
9 15 (3.75%) Administrator
10 13 (3.25%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.00%) IT Analyst
11 12 (3.00%) RAD Developer
12 11 (2.75%) Support Assistant
13 10 (2.50%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.25%) EDI
2 5 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (1.25%) FreeMarker
3 4 (1.00%) OAuth
3 4 (1.00%) OpenID
4 2 (0.50%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.50%) NumPy
4 2 (0.50%) Pandas
4 2 (0.50%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.25%) ADO
5 1 (0.25%) COM
5 1 (0.25%) JSON
5 1 (0.25%) PySpark
5 1 (0.25%) TAPI
5 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.75%) Onboarding
2 24 (6.00%) Management Information System
3 22 (5.50%) Video Conferencing
4 18 (4.50%) Fixed Income
4 18 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.50%) Data Structures
6 12 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.00%) Hedge funds
7 10 (2.50%) Derivative
8 9 (2.25%) Social Media
9 8 (2.00%) Web Conferencing
10 7 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.25%) CCTV
11 5 (1.25%) Equities
11 5 (1.25%) Life Science
11 5 (1.25%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.25%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.00%) e-Learning
13 3 (0.75%) Credit Risk
13 3 (0.75%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.50%) Windows
2 13 (3.25%) Linux
3 7 (1.75%) Unix
4 5 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (26.25%) Business Intelligence
2 74 (18.50%) Process Improvement
3 72 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (16.25%) Project Management
5 64 (16.00%) Analytics
6 46 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (10.75%) AI
8 42 (10.50%) CRM
9 41 (10.25%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 40 (10.00%) Data Analysis
11 36 (9.00%) Budgeting
12 34 (8.50%) Decision-Making
13 33 (8.25%) Fintech
14 29 (7.25%) ITIL
15 27 (6.75%) Coaching
15 27 (6.75%) Financial Analysis
16 25 (6.25%) Data Analytics
16 25 (6.25%) Data Management
16 25 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (28.25%) SQL
2 67 (16.75%) Python
3 30 (7.50%) VBA
4 19 (4.75%) C#
5 11 (2.75%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.75%) VB
7 6 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.25%) Bash
8 5 (1.25%) Java
8 5 (1.25%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.25%) Rust
8 5 (1.25%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.25%) VBScript
9 4 (1.00%) R
10 3 (0.75%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.50%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.25%) ABAP
12 1 (0.25%) C
12 1 (0.25%) C++
Qualifications
1 104 (26.00%) Degree
2 57 (14.25%) ACCA
3 50 (12.50%) CIMA
4 17 (4.25%) Azure Certification
5 11 (2.75%) A+ Certification
5 11 (2.75%) DBS Check
6 10 (2.50%) CISSP
7 7 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.50%) CISM
9 5 (1.25%) CISA
10 4 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.00%) ISACA
10 4 (1.00%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.00%) SANS
10 4 (1.00%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.75%) CCNA
11 3 (0.75%) CRISC
12 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.00%) Data Quality
1 16 (4.00%) QA
2 14 (3.50%) COREP
2 14 (3.50%) FINREP
2 14 (3.50%) GDPR
2 14 (3.50%) PMO
3 12 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.00%) IFRS
5 7 (1.75%) GAAP
5 7 (1.75%) GRC
5 7 (1.75%) NIST
6 5 (1.25%) SLA
7 4 (1.00%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.00%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.25%) COBIT
8 1 (0.25%) COSO
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) FATCA
8 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.25%) Docker
2 5 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.25%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (2.25%) SCCM
2 7 (1.75%) Grafana
2 7 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.75%) Prometheus
2 7 (1.75%) Terraform
3 5 (1.25%) Ansible
3 5 (1.25%) RSA Archer
4 4 (1.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 154 (38.50%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.25%) Oracle
3 23 (5.75%) SAP
4 15 (3.75%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.25%) Adobe
5 9 (2.25%) JD Edwards
5 9 (2.25%) Xero
6 8 (2.00%) Google
7 6 (1.50%) Polycom
7 6 (1.50%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.25%) Apple
8 5 (1.25%) IBM
8 5 (1.25%) Snow
8 5 (1.25%) Splunk
8 5 (1.25%) VMware
9 4 (1.00%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.00%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.00%) Hyperion
10 3 (0.75%) Ariba
11 2 (0.50%) Retek