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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 70 56
Rank change year-on-year -32 -14 +49
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 438 578 976
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.58% 4.24% 4.46%
As % of the Applications category 44.06% 34.40% 47.87%
Number of salaries quoted 302 265 523
10th Percentile £32,838 £28,939 £29,222
25th Percentile £36,375 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% -7.83%
75th Percentile £70,938 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £86,000
England median annual salary £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 994 1,680 2,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.85% 12.33% 9.33%
Number of salaries quoted 601 617 1,343
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,500 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £45,392
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +21.17% -17.47%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £48,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +28.00% -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 15 March 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 15 March 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 94 £60,000 +14.29% 47
West London -10 17 £55,500 -11.20% 27
South London +17 14 £45,000 +51.26% 6
East London -5 12 £40,000 -55.56% 8
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 42 (9.59%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.83%) SAS
3 6 (1.37%) CMS
4 5 (1.14%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.46%) Confluence
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 141 (32.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 109 (24.89%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (4.57%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.28%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.83%) Photoshop
6 7 (1.60%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (1.37%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.68%) InDesign
8 3 (0.68%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.46%) SPSS
10 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.23%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 9 (2.05%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.68%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.68%) Yoast SEO
4 2 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.46%) Relativity
4 2 (0.46%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.23%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.23%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 157 (35.84%) Power Platform
2 49 (11.19%) SaaS
3 47 (10.73%) Azure
3 47 (10.73%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (4.57%) OneDrive
5 16 (3.65%) Power Automate
6 13 (2.97%) Azure AI
6 13 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.97%) PowerApps
7 9 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.83%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.60%) AWS
9 7 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.60%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.14%) GitHub
12 4 (0.91%) ChatGPT
12 4 (0.91%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.91%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.83%) Unified Communications
1 8 (1.83%) WebEx
2 5 (1.14%) LAN
2 5 (1.14%) Skype
2 5 (1.14%) WAN
3 4 (0.91%) DHCP
3 4 (0.91%) Intranet
4 3 (0.68%) DNS
4 3 (0.68%) Firewall
4 3 (0.68%) Network Security
4 3 (0.68%) VPN
5 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.23%) VLAN
6 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (34.25%) Power BI
2 71 (16.21%) Tableau
3 28 (6.39%) Data Mining
4 18 (4.11%) SQL Server
5 17 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (3.88%) Power Query
6 14 (3.20%) Qlik Sense
7 11 (2.51%) Relational Database
8 10 (2.28%) Big Data
9 9 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.60%) QlikView
11 6 (1.37%) GIS
11 6 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.14%) Looker
12 5 (1.14%) Metadata
13 4 (0.91%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
14 3 (0.68%) DB2
14 3 (0.68%) DB2 UDB
14 3 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (3.88%) JIRA
2 3 (0.68%) Git
3 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 220 (50.23%) Finance
2 169 (38.58%) Social Skills
3 150 (34.25%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (16.89%) Marketing
5 52 (11.87%) Legal
6 47 (10.73%) Law
7 35 (7.99%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (7.76%) Banking
9 21 (4.79%) Advertising
9 21 (4.79%) French Language
9 21 (4.79%) German Language
10 20 (4.57%) Front Office
11 19 (4.34%) Retail
12 18 (4.11%) Telecoms
13 17 (3.88%) Dutch Language
13 17 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (3.20%) Spanish Language
16 13 (2.97%) Public Sector
17 12 (2.74%) Billing
Job Titles
1 140 (31.96%) Analyst
2 72 (16.44%) Data Analyst
3 43 (9.82%) Senior
4 35 (7.99%) Support Analyst
5 28 (6.39%) Accountant
6 26 (5.94%) Trainee
7 24 (5.48%) Junior
7 24 (5.48%) Trainee Analyst
7 24 (5.48%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 22 (5.02%) Lead
9 19 (4.34%) Consultant
9 19 (4.34%) Management Accountant
10 17 (3.88%) IT Support
11 16 (3.65%) Developer
12 15 (3.42%) Support Specialist
13 14 (3.20%) Administrator
13 14 (3.20%) IT Analyst
14 13 (2.97%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (2.97%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.37%) EDI
2 3 (0.68%) .NET
2 3 (0.68%) OAuth
2 3 (0.68%) OpenID
2 3 (0.68%) PySpark
2 3 (0.68%) YAML
3 2 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.23%) Great Expectations
4 1 (0.23%) HTML
4 1 (0.23%) MFC
4 1 (0.23%) Pandas
4 1 (0.23%) Plotly
4 1 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.39%) Onboarding
2 25 (5.71%) Video Conferencing
3 23 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.05%) Derivative
5 9 (2.05%) Social Media
6 8 (1.83%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.60%) Reference Data
8 6 (1.37%) Social Network
9 5 (1.14%) CCTV
9 5 (1.14%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.14%) PMI
9 5 (1.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (0.91%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.91%) e-Learning
10 4 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (0.68%) Blog
11 3 (0.68%) Equities
11 3 (0.68%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 37 (8.45%) Windows
2 12 (2.74%) Linux
3 11 (2.51%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.28%) Unix
5 6 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.68%) 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
1 158 (36.07%) Business Intelligence
2 105 (23.97%) Analytics
3 97 (22.15%) Data Analysis
4 94 (21.46%) Project Management
5 91 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (15.30%) Process Improvement
7 65 (14.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 60 (13.70%) AI
9 53 (12.10%) Data Analytics
9 53 (12.10%) Decision-Making
10 46 (10.50%) ITIL
11 45 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 44 (10.05%) CRM
13 43 (9.82%) Visualisation
14 39 (8.90%) Business Analysis
14 39 (8.90%) Information Security
15 38 (8.68%) Customer Service
16 37 (8.45%) Project Delivery
17 35 (7.99%) Mentoring
18 34 (7.76%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 162 (36.99%) SQL
2 107 (24.43%) Python
3 14 (3.20%) VBA
4 10 (2.28%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.28%) R
5 9 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (2.05%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.60%) VB
7 6 (1.37%) C#
8 5 (1.14%) VBScript
9 3 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.46%) Bash
11 1 (0.23%) ABAP
11 1 (0.23%) C++
11 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 122 (27.85%) Degree
2 41 (9.36%) ACCA
3 31 (7.08%) CIMA
4 20 (4.57%) Master's Degree
5 15 (3.42%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.97%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.97%) CISSP
7 12 (2.74%) A+ Certification
8 11 (2.51%) PMP
9 9 (2.05%) CISA
10 8 (1.83%) CISM
11 7 (1.60%) CFA
12 5 (1.14%) ISACA
12 5 (1.14%) SANS
13 4 (0.91%) CRISC
13 4 (0.91%) MBA
14 3 (0.68%) CAPM
14 3 (0.68%) CBAP
14 3 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.68%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.48%) QA
3 20 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.65%) PMO
5 13 (2.97%) GDPR
6 9 (2.05%) GAAP
7 8 (1.83%) GRC
7 8 (1.83%) IFRS
7 8 (1.83%) NIST
8 6 (1.37%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.14%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.14%) NIST 800
9 5 (1.14%) SLA
10 4 (0.91%) COREP
10 4 (0.91%) FINREP
11 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.23%) FATCA
13 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 20 (4.57%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.37%) RSA Archer
2 6 (1.37%) SCCM
3 5 (1.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.91%) Grafana
5 2 (0.46%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.46%) Terraform
6 1 (0.23%) Control-M
Vendors
1 201 (45.89%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.94%) Salesforce
3 20 (4.57%) Adobe
3 20 (4.57%) SAP
4 16 (3.65%) Oracle
5 13 (2.97%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.74%) Cisco
7 8 (1.83%) Databricks
7 8 (1.83%) JD Edwards
8 7 (1.60%) Apple
8 7 (1.60%) Google
9 6 (1.37%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.14%) IBM
10 5 (1.14%) Polycom
10 5 (1.14%) Snow
10 5 (1.14%) VMware
10 5 (1.14%) Xero
10 5 (1.14%) YouTube
11 4 (0.91%) Intapp
12 3 (0.68%) Scality