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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 74 43
Rank change year-on-year -38 -31 +58
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 388 500 1,235
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.87% 4.14% 5.28%
As % of the Applications category 39.23% 33.36% 53.98%
Number of salaries quoted 250 279 542
10th Percentile £32,150 £28,898 £29,288
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £74,313 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,350 £83,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% +8.75% -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 989 1,499 2,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.76% 12.42% 9.78%
Number of salaries quoted 595 641 1,343
10th Percentile £28,700 £30,625 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,131 £40,000 £33,189
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,633 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £91,250 £82,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -15.56%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -34 85 £57,500 +15.00% 42
West London -20 14 £55,250 -11.60% 23
South London +8 6 £30,000 -10.45% 9
East London -11 6 £55,000 -42.11% 13
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 29 (7.47%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.55%) Skype for Business
3 4 (1.03%) SAS
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.26%) CMS
5 1 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 117 (30.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 97 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (4.12%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.32%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.77%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.77%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.26%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 8 (2.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 8 (2.06%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (1.80%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.55%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.77%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.77%) Magento
5 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.26%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.26%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.26%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.26%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 121 (31.19%) Power Platform
2 48 (12.37%) Azure
3 46 (11.86%) SaaS
4 32 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (5.15%) Azure AI
6 11 (2.84%) OneDrive
7 10 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (2.32%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.32%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.80%) AWS
9 7 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.80%) ChatGPT
9 7 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.55%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.55%) Google Sheets
11 5 (1.29%) GCP
12 3 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.77%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.77%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.52%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.32%) Broadband
2 6 (1.55%) Skype
2 6 (1.55%) Unified Communications
2 6 (1.55%) WebEx
3 5 (1.29%) VPN
4 4 (1.03%) DHCP
4 4 (1.03%) DNS
4 4 (1.03%) Firewall
4 4 (1.03%) VLAN
5 3 (0.77%) Intranet
5 3 (0.77%) LAN
5 3 (0.77%) Network Security
5 3 (0.77%) WAN
5 3 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.52%) BGP
6 2 (0.52%) HSRP
7 1 (0.26%) OSPF
7 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (29.12%) Power BI
2 56 (14.43%) Tableau
3 17 (4.38%) Power Query
3 17 (4.38%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.87%) Data Mining
5 13 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (2.32%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.32%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.06%) SAP BW
7 8 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.03%) DB2
10 4 (1.03%) DB2 UDB
10 4 (1.03%) Looker
10 4 (1.03%) QlikView
11 3 (0.77%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.77%) GIS
11 3 (0.77%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.52%) Impala
Development Applications
1 19 (4.90%) JIRA
2 5 (1.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 5 (1.29%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) Postman
3 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
General
1 195 (50.26%) Finance
2 182 (46.91%) Social Skills
3 116 (29.90%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (18.04%) Marketing
5 44 (11.34%) Legal
6 41 (10.57%) Law
7 39 (10.05%) Banking
8 30 (7.73%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (5.67%) Advertising
9 22 (5.67%) Front Office
10 20 (5.15%) Retail
11 19 (4.90%) Telecoms
12 16 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (3.61%) German Language
14 13 (3.35%) French Language
15 11 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (2.58%) Dutch Language
17 9 (2.32%) Public Sector
18 7 (1.80%) Billing
19 6 (1.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 128 (32.99%) Analyst
2 58 (14.95%) Data Analyst
3 28 (7.22%) Junior
4 27 (6.96%) Accountant
5 25 (6.44%) Senior
6 23 (5.93%) Consultant
7 22 (5.67%) IT Support
8 20 (5.15%) Junior Analyst
8 20 (5.15%) Junior Data Analyst
9 19 (4.90%) Developer
9 19 (4.90%) Management Accountant
9 19 (4.90%) Report Analyst
9 19 (4.90%) Support Analyst
10 15 (3.87%) Trainee
10 15 (3.87%) Trainee Analyst
10 15 (3.87%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 14 (3.61%) Business Analyst
12 13 (3.35%) Lead
13 12 (3.09%) Financial Analyst
13 12 (3.09%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.84%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.55%) EDI
3 4 (1.03%) OAuth
3 4 (1.03%) OpenID
4 3 (0.77%) FreeMarker
5 2 (0.52%) .NET
5 2 (0.52%) Matplotlib
5 2 (0.52%) NumPy
5 2 (0.52%) Pandas
5 2 (0.52%) PySpark
5 2 (0.52%) Seaborn
6 1 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.26%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.26%) JSON
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.26%) TAPI
6 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.73%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.67%) Video Conferencing
3 19 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.87%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.35%) Data Structures
5 13 (3.35%) Fixed Income
6 12 (3.09%) Derivative
7 10 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.32%) Social Media
9 8 (2.06%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.80%) Web Conferencing
11 5 (1.29%) CCTV
11 5 (1.29%) Equities
11 5 (1.29%) Life Science
11 5 (1.29%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.29%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.03%) e-Learning
12 4 (1.03%) PMI
13 3 (0.77%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.47%) Windows
2 10 (2.58%) Linux
3 6 (1.55%) Unix
4 5 (1.29%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (28.87%) Business Intelligence
2 72 (18.56%) Project Management
3 71 (18.30%) Analytics
4 69 (17.78%) Process Improvement
5 67 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (13.66%) Data Analysis
7 49 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 48 (12.37%) AI
9 42 (10.82%) CRM
10 40 (10.31%) Decision-Making
11 34 (8.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 33 (8.51%) Coaching
13 32 (8.25%) Budgeting
13 32 (8.25%) Data Analytics
14 31 (7.99%) ITIL
15 30 (7.73%) Fintech
16 28 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 27 (6.96%) Mentoring
18 26 (6.70%) ERP
18 26 (6.70%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 123 (31.70%) SQL
2 81 (20.88%) Python
3 22 (5.67%) VBA
4 13 (3.35%) C#
5 10 (2.58%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.80%) VB
7 6 (1.55%) R
8 5 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.29%) VBScript
9 4 (1.03%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.77%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.52%) Bash
11 2 (0.52%) Java
12 1 (0.26%) ABAP
12 1 (0.26%) C
12 1 (0.26%) C++
12 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 104 (26.80%) Degree
2 51 (13.14%) ACCA
3 44 (11.34%) CIMA
4 21 (5.41%) Azure Certification
5 11 (2.84%) A+ Certification
6 10 (2.58%) CISSP
7 9 (2.32%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.80%) CISM
8 7 (1.80%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.29%) CFA
10 5 (1.29%) CISA
10 5 (1.29%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.03%) ISACA
11 4 (1.03%) MBA
11 4 (1.03%) SANS
11 4 (1.03%) Security Cleared
11 4 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.38%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.61%) COREP
2 14 (3.61%) FINREP
3 13 (3.35%) GDPR
3 13 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (3.35%) PMO
3 13 (3.35%) QA
4 8 (2.06%) GRC
5 7 (1.80%) IFRS
5 7 (1.80%) NIST
6 4 (1.03%) GAAP
6 4 (1.03%) NIST 800
6 4 (1.03%) SLA
6 4 (1.03%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.26%) COBIT
8 1 (0.26%) COSO
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (2.32%) SCCM
2 5 (1.29%) RSA Archer
3 4 (1.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 4 (1.03%) Grafana
3 4 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.77%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.77%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.77%) Terraform
5 1 (0.26%) Ansible
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 159 (40.98%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.96%) SAP
3 22 (5.67%) Oracle
4 15 (3.87%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.32%) Adobe
5 9 (2.32%) Google
5 9 (2.32%) JD Edwards
5 9 (2.32%) Xero
6 7 (1.80%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.55%) Polycom
8 5 (1.29%) Apple
8 5 (1.29%) IBM
8 5 (1.29%) Snow
8 5 (1.29%) VMware
9 4 (1.03%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.03%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.77%) Ariba
10 3 (0.77%) Hyperion
11 2 (0.52%) Avaloq
11 2 (0.52%) Intapp