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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 72 52
Rank change year-on-year -51 -20 +38
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 458 535 950
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.90% 4.43% 4.86%
As % of the Applications category 39.45% 43.50% 58.35%
Number of salaries quoted 302 365 343
10th Percentile £31,750 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,313 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,750 £83,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,337
% change year-on-year - -7.70% -5.79%

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 1,161 1,230 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.81% 10.18% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 723 726 816
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £54,148
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.66% -1.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -20 85 £46,000 -8.00% 76
West London -25 12 £44,500 -17.21% 25
South London -1 11 £65,000 +85.71% 5
East London -6 6 £32,500 - 18
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 40 (8.73%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.53%) Skype for Business
3 5 (1.09%) Confluence
4 3 (0.66%) WordPress
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.22%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) MTS
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
5 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 117 (25.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 110 (24.02%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.84%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.53%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.09%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.87%) Revit
7 2 (0.44%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.44%) ProjectWise
7 2 (0.44%) SPSS
8 1 (0.22%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.22%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.84%) NetSuite
2 12 (2.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.87%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.87%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.87%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.87%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.87%) Oracle Retail
5 4 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.66%) Magento
7 2 (0.44%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.22%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 142 (31.00%) Power Platform
2 39 (8.52%) AWS
3 38 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (8.08%) SaaS
5 35 (7.64%) Azure
6 19 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (3.06%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (2.18%) Azure AI
9 9 (1.97%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.75%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (1.75%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.31%) GCP
11 6 (1.31%) Google Analytics
12 5 (1.09%) ChatGPT
12 5 (1.09%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.87%) Canva
14 3 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
15 2 (0.44%) Google Sheets
15 2 (0.44%) GoToWebinar
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.97%) Broadband
2 7 (1.53%) Skype
2 7 (1.53%) Unified Communications
2 7 (1.53%) WebEx
2 7 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.09%) Intranet
4 4 (0.87%) DHCP
4 4 (0.87%) DNS
4 4 (0.87%) NGN
4 4 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (0.87%) VLAN
5 3 (0.66%) Firewall
5 3 (0.66%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.66%) VPN
6 2 (0.44%) BGP
6 2 (0.44%) HSRP
6 2 (0.44%) LAN
6 2 (0.44%) WAN
7 1 (0.22%) Network Security
7 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (29.48%) Power BI
2 46 (10.04%) Tableau
3 24 (5.24%) Power Query
4 13 (2.84%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.18%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.97%) Looker
7 8 (1.75%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.75%) SAP BW
8 7 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.66%) Big Data
12 2 (0.44%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.44%) Data Vault
12 2 (0.44%) Db2
12 2 (0.44%) DB2 UDB
12 2 (0.44%) EDMS
12 2 (0.44%) QlikView
13 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 18 (3.93%) JIRA
2 6 (1.31%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.87%) Toad
4 3 (0.66%) Postman
4 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.44%) JMeter
6 1 (0.22%) Git
6 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
General
1 238 (51.97%) Social Skills
2 228 (49.78%) Finance
3 146 (31.88%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (13.32%) Organisational Skills
5 59 (12.88%) Marketing
6 47 (10.26%) Law
7 45 (9.83%) Legal
8 39 (8.52%) Banking
9 32 (6.99%) Retail
10 28 (6.11%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (5.24%) Telecoms
12 22 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (4.37%) Advertising
14 18 (3.93%) Front Office
15 12 (2.62%) General Ledger
16 11 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (1.97%) Public Sector
18 8 (1.75%) Automotive
18 8 (1.75%) Financial Institution
18 8 (1.75%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 143 (31.22%) Analyst
2 50 (10.92%) Data Analyst
3 30 (6.55%) Report Analyst
4 29 (6.33%) Administrator
5 25 (5.46%) Accountant
6 23 (5.02%) Financial Analyst
7 21 (4.59%) Developer
8 20 (4.37%) Senior
9 19 (4.15%) Business Analyst
9 19 (4.15%) Junior
10 18 (3.93%) Management Accountant
10 18 (3.93%) Support Analyst
11 16 (3.49%) IT Support
12 14 (3.06%) Project Manager
13 12 (2.62%) Junior Analyst
13 12 (2.62%) RAD Developer
13 12 (2.62%) Support Assistant
14 11 (2.40%) Consultant
14 11 (2.40%) IT Analyst
14 11 (2.40%) Junior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (1.97%) Terraform
3 7 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.09%) FreeMarker
4 5 (1.09%) ODBC
5 2 (0.44%) Matplotlib
5 2 (0.44%) NumPy
5 2 (0.44%) OAuth
5 2 (0.44%) OpenID
5 2 (0.44%) Pandas
5 2 (0.44%) Seaborn
5 2 (0.44%) XML
5 2 (0.44%) XSLT
6 1 (0.22%) .NET
6 1 (0.22%) ADO
6 1 (0.22%) COM
6 1 (0.22%) CSS
6 1 (0.22%) HTML
6 1 (0.22%) JSON
6 1 (0.22%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 67 (14.63%) Onboarding
2 45 (9.83%) Management Information System
3 31 (6.77%) Data Centre
4 20 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (4.15%) Fixed Income
6 15 (3.28%) Data Structures
6 15 (3.28%) Video Conferencing
7 13 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (2.62%) Social Media
9 11 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (2.40%) Hedge funds
10 10 (2.18%) Educational Technology
11 9 (1.97%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.97%) Web Conferencing
12 8 (1.75%) Derivative
12 8 (1.75%) e-Learning
13 7 (1.53%) Equities
13 7 (1.53%) Low-Code
14 6 (1.31%) Housing Association
14 6 (1.31%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 43 (9.39%) Windows
2 15 (3.28%) Linux
3 5 (1.09%) Unix
4 4 (0.87%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (29.69%) Business Intelligence
2 110 (24.02%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (18.78%) Process Improvement
4 80 (17.47%) Project Management
5 66 (14.41%) Analytics
6 65 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 65 (14.19%) Decision-Making
7 57 (12.45%) AI
8 51 (11.14%) Agile
9 47 (10.26%) CRM
10 45 (9.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 43 (9.39%) Data Analysis
12 42 (9.17%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 40 (8.73%) Budgeting
14 38 (8.30%) Actionable Insight
14 38 (8.30%) Mentoring
15 35 (7.64%) ERP
16 33 (7.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 31 (6.77%) Data Management
17 31 (6.77%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 115 (25.11%) SQL
2 57 (12.45%) Python
3 39 (8.52%) VBA
4 22 (4.80%) C#
5 13 (2.84%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.40%) JavaScript
7 10 (2.18%) Java
8 9 (1.97%) Bash
9 7 (1.53%) Rust
10 5 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.09%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.09%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.87%) R
12 1 (0.22%) C
12 1 (0.22%) C++
12 1 (0.22%) Tcl
12 1 (0.22%) VB
12 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 123 (26.86%) Degree
2 55 (12.01%) ACCA
3 51 (11.14%) CIMA
4 13 (2.84%) Azure Certification
5 10 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.18%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.53%) BICSI Certification
7 6 (1.31%) A+ Certification
7 6 (1.31%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.09%) PMP
9 4 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (0.87%) Security Cleared
10 3 (0.66%) BICSI RCDD
10 3 (0.66%) CCNA
10 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.66%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.44%) CISSP
11 2 (0.44%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (10.70%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.02%) QA
3 21 (4.59%) GDPR
3 21 (4.59%) PMO
4 17 (3.71%) SLA
5 12 (2.62%) COREP
5 12 (2.62%) FINREP
5 12 (2.62%) GAAP
6 8 (1.75%) IFRS
6 8 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.31%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.87%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.44%) COBIT
10 1 (0.22%) COSO
10 1 (0.22%) GRC
10 1 (0.22%) NIST
10 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.22%) PERC
System Software
1 11 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.53%) Docker
3 6 (1.31%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.22%) IAG
4 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (1.97%) Ansible
2 7 (1.53%) Grafana
2 7 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.53%) Prometheus
3 5 (1.09%) SCCM
4 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 181 (39.52%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.86%) SAP
3 28 (6.11%) Oracle
4 14 (3.06%) NEC
5 10 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.97%) Google
7 8 (1.75%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.53%) Polycom
8 7 (1.53%) Splunk
8 7 (1.53%) Xero
9 6 (1.31%) Adobe
9 6 (1.31%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.09%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.09%) Cisco
10 5 (1.09%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.87%) Hyperion
11 4 (0.87%) Remedy
11 4 (0.87%) Retek
12 3 (0.66%) Ariba
12 3 (0.66%) Sage