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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 78 53
Rank change year-on-year -28 -25 +54
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 430 518 1,033
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.27% 4.01% 4.55%
As % of the Applications category 43.04% 31.88% 48.86%
Number of salaries quoted 299 258 535
10th Percentile £32,450 £30,500 £29,327
25th Percentile £36,131 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £70,625 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,250 £85,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +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 999 1,625 2,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.28% 12.59% 9.31%
Number of salaries quoted 617 620 1,374
10th Percentile £28,560 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +19.57% -16.36%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £67,375
90th Percentile £90,500 £91,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -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 12 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 12 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 -30 94 £60,000 +14.29% 72
West London -18 14 £55,500 -11.20% 17
East London -8 11 £40,000 -55.56% 11
South London +20 8 £45,000 -13.04% 9
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 30 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.16%) SAS
3 5 (1.16%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.93%) CMS
5 2 (0.47%) Confluence
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 133 (30.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 110 (25.58%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (4.19%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.79%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (1.40%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.70%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.23%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.23%) InDesign
8 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (2.33%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (1.40%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.70%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.70%) Yoast SEO
5 2 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.47%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.23%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.23%) Raiser’s Edge
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
1 151 (35.12%) Power Platform
2 53 (12.33%) Azure
3 47 (10.93%) SaaS
4 43 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (4.42%) Azure AI
6 16 (3.72%) Power Automate
7 14 (3.26%) PowerApps
8 13 (3.02%) OneDrive
9 11 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.09%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.40%) Google Sheets
13 5 (1.16%) ChatGPT
14 4 (0.93%) AWS
14 4 (0.93%) GCP
14 4 (0.93%) Zapier
15 3 (0.70%) GitHub
15 3 (0.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.86%) WebEx
2 6 (1.40%) DHCP
2 6 (1.40%) Unified Communications
3 5 (1.16%) DNS
3 5 (1.16%) LAN
3 5 (1.16%) Skype
3 5 (1.16%) WAN
3 5 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.93%) Intranet
5 3 (0.70%) Firewall
5 3 (0.70%) VLAN
5 3 (0.70%) VPN
6 2 (0.47%) Network Security
7 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (33.02%) Power BI
2 63 (14.65%) Tableau
3 23 (5.35%) Data Mining
4 22 (5.12%) Power Query
5 15 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (3.02%) SQL Server
7 10 (2.33%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.09%) Qlik Sense
9 8 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.63%) QlikView
11 5 (1.16%) Big Data
11 5 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.93%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.93%) DB2
12 4 (0.93%) DB2 UDB
12 4 (0.93%) GIS
12 4 (0.93%) Looker
13 3 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.70%) SQLite
13 3 (0.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (3.95%) JIRA
2 5 (1.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.70%) Git
General
1 213 (49.53%) Finance
2 172 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 139 (32.33%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (18.60%) Marketing
5 51 (11.86%) Legal
6 50 (11.63%) Law
7 36 (8.37%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (8.14%) Banking
9 23 (5.35%) Advertising
10 22 (5.12%) Front Office
11 18 (4.19%) Telecoms
12 17 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (3.95%) Retail
13 16 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (3.49%) Public Sector
15 14 (3.26%) German Language
16 13 (3.02%) French Language
17 10 (2.33%) Dutch Language
17 10 (2.33%) Manufacturing
18 9 (2.09%) Billing
Job Titles
1 143 (33.26%) Analyst
2 72 (16.74%) Data Analyst
3 33 (7.67%) Senior
3 33 (7.67%) Support Analyst
4 30 (6.98%) Junior
5 29 (6.74%) Accountant
6 23 (5.35%) Consultant
6 23 (5.35%) Trainee
7 22 (5.12%) Trainee Analyst
7 22 (5.12%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 20 (4.65%) IT Support
8 20 (4.65%) Lead
8 20 (4.65%) Management Accountant
9 19 (4.42%) Junior Analyst
9 19 (4.42%) Junior Data Analyst
10 17 (3.95%) Developer
11 14 (3.26%) IT Analyst
11 14 (3.26%) Support Specialist
12 13 (3.02%) Administrator
12 13 (3.02%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.40%) EDI
2 4 (0.93%) OAuth
2 4 (0.93%) OpenID
3 3 (0.70%) .NET
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.70%) PySpark
4 2 (0.47%) 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 28 (6.51%) Onboarding
2 25 (5.81%) Video Conferencing
3 23 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (2.56%) Derivative
6 10 (2.33%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.09%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.63%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.16%) CCTV
10 5 (1.16%) Equities
10 5 (1.16%) Hedge funds
10 5 (1.16%) Life Science
10 5 (1.16%) Web Conferencing
11 4 (0.93%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.93%) PMI
11 4 (0.93%) Social Media
12 3 (0.70%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.70%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.84%) Windows
2 11 (2.56%) Windows 10
3 10 (2.33%) Linux
4 8 (1.86%) Unix
5 5 (1.16%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.70%) 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
1 144 (33.49%) Business Intelligence
2 92 (21.40%) Analytics
3 88 (20.47%) Project Management
4 84 (19.53%) Data Analysis
5 83 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
6 71 (16.51%) Process Improvement
7 57 (13.26%) AI
7 57 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (11.40%) CRM
9 43 (10.00%) Decision-Making
10 42 (9.77%) Data Analytics
11 38 (8.84%) ITIL
11 38 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 37 (8.60%) Customer Service
12 37 (8.60%) Visualisation
13 36 (8.37%) Business Analysis
14 33 (7.67%) Agile
14 33 (7.67%) Budgeting
15 31 (7.21%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 31 (7.21%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 156 (36.28%) SQL
2 100 (23.26%) Python
3 16 (3.72%) VBA
4 9 (2.09%) C#
4 9 (2.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (2.09%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.86%) R
6 7 (1.63%) VB
7 5 (1.16%) VBScript
8 4 (0.93%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.93%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.47%) Bash
10 1 (0.23%) ABAP
10 1 (0.23%) C++
10 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 107 (24.88%) Degree
2 45 (10.47%) ACCA
3 38 (8.84%) CIMA
4 19 (4.42%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.79%) A+ Certification
5 12 (2.79%) Master's Degree
6 11 (2.56%) CISSP
7 8 (1.86%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.63%) CFA
8 7 (1.63%) CISM
9 6 (1.40%) CISA
10 5 (1.16%) PMP
11 4 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.93%) ISACA
11 4 (0.93%) MBA
11 4 (0.93%) SANS
11 4 (0.93%) Security Cleared
11 4 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.98%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.65%) QA
3 15 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.02%) GDPR
5 12 (2.79%) PMO
6 10 (2.33%) COREP
6 10 (2.33%) FINREP
7 8 (1.86%) SLA
8 7 (1.63%) GRC
8 7 (1.63%) NIST
9 6 (1.40%) GAAP
10 5 (1.16%) IFRS
11 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.93%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.70%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.23%) FATCA
System Software
1 26 (6.05%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.86%) SCCM
2 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.16%) RSA Archer
5 4 (0.93%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (0.93%) Grafana
6 3 (0.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.47%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.47%) Terraform
8 1 (0.23%) Control-M
Vendors
1 192 (44.65%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.05%) Salesforce
3 23 (5.35%) SAP
4 13 (3.02%) Oracle
5 12 (2.79%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.33%) Adobe
6 10 (2.33%) Google
7 9 (2.09%) Cisco
7 9 (2.09%) JD Edwards
8 7 (1.63%) Xero
9 6 (1.40%) Apple
10 5 (1.16%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.16%) IBM
10 5 (1.16%) Polycom
10 5 (1.16%) Snow
10 5 (1.16%) VMware
11 4 (0.93%) Databricks
11 4 (0.93%) Intapp
12 3 (0.70%) Scality
12 3 (0.70%) YouTube