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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 70 57
Rank change year-on-year -21 -13 +49
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 438 575 964
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.66% 4.18% 4.40%
As % of the Applications category 44.51% 34.17% 47.68%
Number of salaries quoted 301 260 519
10th Percentile £32,838 £28,898 £29,271
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £58,625 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.74% +10.61% -7.83%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -7.78% +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 984 1,683 2,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.98% 12.23% 9.24%
Number of salaries quoted 592 613 1,332
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,500 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £32,390
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 £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £48,447 £37,500
% change year-on-year -17.44% +29.19% -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 9 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 9 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 -25 98 £60,000 +14.29% 29
West London -4 17 £55,500 -11.20% 27
South London +20 14 £45,000 +51.26% 8
East London -2 10 £53,750 -40.28% 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 41 (9.36%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.05%) Skype for Business
3 8 (1.83%) SAS
4 6 (1.37%) CMS
5 2 (0.46%) Confluence
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 142 (32.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 111 (25.34%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (4.57%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.28%) Photoshop
4 10 (2.28%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (2.05%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (1.37%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.68%) InDesign
7 3 (0.68%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.46%) SPSS
9 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 8 (1.83%) 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%) Elite 3E
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%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 156 (35.62%) Power Platform
2 46 (10.50%) Azure
2 46 (10.50%) SaaS
3 44 (10.05%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (4.57%) OneDrive
5 16 (3.65%) Power Automate
6 13 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.97%) PowerApps
7 12 (2.74%) Azure AI
8 9 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.83%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.60%) AWS
10 7 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.60%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.14%) GitHub
12 4 (0.91%) GCP
12 4 (0.91%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.91%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.74%) Unified Communications
1 12 (2.74%) WebEx
2 9 (2.05%) Skype
3 5 (1.14%) LAN
3 5 (1.14%) WAN
4 4 (0.91%) Intranet
5 3 (0.68%) DHCP
5 3 (0.68%) Firewall
5 3 (0.68%) Network Security
5 3 (0.68%) VPN
6 2 (0.46%) DNS
6 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (34.02%) Power BI
2 67 (15.30%) Tableau
3 26 (5.94%) Data Mining
4 19 (4.34%) SQL Server
5 18 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (4.11%) Power Query
6 14 (3.20%) Qlik Sense
7 11 (2.51%) Big Data
7 11 (2.51%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.60%) QlikView
10 6 (1.37%) GIS
10 6 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.14%) Looker
11 5 (1.14%) Metadata
12 4 (0.91%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.68%) DB2
13 3 (0.68%) DB2 UDB
13 3 (0.68%) SQLite
13 3 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (3.65%) JIRA
2 3 (0.68%) Git
3 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 213 (48.63%) Finance
2 165 (37.67%) Social Skills
3 147 (33.56%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (16.44%) Marketing
5 51 (11.64%) Legal
6 49 (11.19%) Law
7 33 (7.53%) Banking
8 32 (7.31%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (5.25%) French Language
9 23 (5.25%) German Language
10 19 (4.34%) Advertising
10 19 (4.34%) Dutch Language
10 19 (4.34%) Front Office
10 19 (4.34%) Retail
10 19 (4.34%) Telecoms
11 17 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (3.65%) Spanish Language
13 14 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (2.97%) Public Sector
15 12 (2.74%) Billing
Job Titles
1 142 (32.42%) Analyst
2 70 (15.98%) Data Analyst
3 42 (9.59%) Senior
4 40 (9.13%) Support Analyst
5 28 (6.39%) Accountant
6 24 (5.48%) Trainee
7 23 (5.25%) Junior
8 22 (5.02%) Lead
8 22 (5.02%) Trainee Analyst
8 22 (5.02%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 18 (4.11%) IT Support
9 18 (4.11%) Management Accountant
10 16 (3.65%) Administrator
10 16 (3.65%) Consultant
10 16 (3.65%) Developer
10 16 (3.65%) Support Specialist
11 15 (3.42%) IT Analyst
11 15 (3.42%) Service Manager
12 13 (2.97%) Business Analyst
12 13 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
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
4 1 (0.23%) Great Expectations
4 1 (0.23%) HTML
4 1 (0.23%) MFC
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.23%) Pandas
4 1 (0.23%) Plotly
4 1 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.85%) Video Conferencing
2 26 (5.94%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.05%) Social Media
6 8 (1.83%) Derivative
7 7 (1.60%) Reference Data
7 7 (1.60%) Social Network
8 5 (1.14%) CCTV
8 5 (1.14%) Credit Risk
8 5 (1.14%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.14%) PMI
8 5 (1.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (0.91%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.91%) Reinsurance
9 4 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (0.68%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.68%) Digital Signage
10 3 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.68%) Windows
2 11 (2.51%) Linux
2 11 (2.51%) Windows 10
3 9 (2.05%) Unix
4 6 (1.37%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.91%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (36.07%) Business Intelligence
2 104 (23.74%) Analytics
3 93 (21.23%) Data Analysis
4 92 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (21.00%) Project Management
5 65 (14.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 65 (14.84%) Process Improvement
6 58 (13.24%) AI
7 53 (12.10%) ITIL
8 52 (11.87%) Data Analytics
9 50 (11.42%) Decision-Making
10 45 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 43 (9.82%) Visualisation
12 41 (9.36%) CRM
12 41 (9.36%) Information Security
13 39 (8.90%) Customer Service
13 39 (8.90%) Project Delivery
14 38 (8.68%) Mentoring
15 37 (8.45%) Business Analysis
16 34 (7.76%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 160 (36.53%) SQL
2 105 (23.97%) Python
3 13 (2.97%) VBA
4 10 (2.28%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.28%) R
5 9 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (2.05%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.37%) C#
6 6 (1.37%) VB
7 4 (0.91%) VBScript
8 3 (0.68%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.46%) Bash
10 1 (0.23%) ABAP
10 1 (0.23%) C++
10 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 121 (27.63%) Degree
2 39 (8.90%) ACCA
3 28 (6.39%) CIMA
4 22 (5.02%) Master's Degree
5 17 (3.88%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.97%) A+ Certification
6 13 (2.97%) CISSP
6 13 (2.97%) PMP
7 12 (2.74%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.05%) CISA
9 8 (1.83%) CISM
10 7 (1.60%) CFA
11 5 (1.14%) ISACA
11 5 (1.14%) SANS
12 4 (0.91%) CRISC
12 4 (0.91%) MBA
13 3 (0.68%) CAPM
13 3 (0.68%) CBAP
13 3 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.68%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.68%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (5.48%) QA
3 16 (3.65%) PMO
4 12 (2.74%) GDPR
5 9 (2.05%) GAAP
6 8 (1.83%) GRC
6 8 (1.83%) IFRS
7 7 (1.60%) NIST
8 6 (1.37%) ISO 9001
8 6 (1.37%) SLA
9 5 (1.14%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.14%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.68%) COREP
10 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.68%) FINREP
10 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.23%) FATCA
11 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (4.57%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.37%) RSA Archer
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
4 4 (0.91%) SCCM
5 2 (0.46%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.46%) Terraform
6 1 (0.23%) Control-M
Vendors
1 200 (45.66%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.71%) Salesforce
3 20 (4.57%) Adobe
4 19 (4.34%) SAP
5 14 (3.20%) Oracle
5 14 (3.20%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.97%) Cisco
7 9 (2.05%) Polycom
8 8 (1.83%) Databricks
8 8 (1.83%) JD Edwards
9 7 (1.60%) Apple
9 7 (1.60%) Google
10 6 (1.37%) HubSpot
11 5 (1.14%) VMware
11 5 (1.14%) Xero
11 5 (1.14%) YouTube
12 4 (0.91%) IBM
12 4 (0.91%) Intapp
12 4 (0.91%) Snow
13 3 (0.68%) Veeam