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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 83 89
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 +22
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 474 583 643
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.41% 3.78% 3.50%
As % of the Applications category 43.89% 39.23% 44.34%
Number of salaries quoted 326 226 377
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,681 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +3.45% +0.87%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £86,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -7.37%

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 1,080 1,486 1,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.77% 9.63% 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 610 565 1,029
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,250 £86,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.98%

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 January 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 January 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 -6 100 £45,000 -16.28% 49
South London +17 16 £45,000 +38.46% 9
West London +12 14 £50,000 - 12
East London - 12 £40,000 - 10
North London +9 1 £34,500 -50.71%
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 44 (9.28%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.74%) Skype for Business
4 9 (1.90%) SAS
5 6 (1.27%) CMS
6 3 (0.63%) Confluence
6 3 (0.63%) WordPress
7 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 159 (33.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 135 (28.48%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.95%) MS Visio
4 13 (2.74%) Photoshop
5 9 (1.90%) Adobe Premiere
6 8 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (1.27%) InDesign
8 3 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.63%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.63%) Stata
9 2 (0.42%) SPSS
10 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.69%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.05%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.63%) Yoast SEO
5 2 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.42%) Relativity
5 2 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.42%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 2 (0.42%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.21%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.21%) Pegasus Opera
6 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 163 (34.39%) Power Platform
2 55 (11.60%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (9.70%) Azure
4 31 (6.54%) SaaS
5 15 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (3.16%) OneDrive
6 13 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
6 13 (2.74%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.53%) Power Automate
8 11 (2.32%) PowerApps
9 9 (1.90%) AWS
9 9 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.48%) GCP
11 6 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.05%) Azure AI
12 5 (1.05%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.84%) Intacct
13 4 (0.84%) Miro
14 3 (0.63%) Asana
14 3 (0.63%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.80%) WebEx
2 16 (3.38%) Unified Communications
3 13 (2.74%) Skype
4 9 (1.90%) DHCP
5 8 (1.69%) DNS
6 6 (1.27%) Wireless
7 3 (0.63%) SMS
8 2 (0.42%) Intranet
8 2 (0.42%) LAN
8 2 (0.42%) WAN
8 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.21%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.21%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.21%) Network Security
9 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (32.91%) Power BI
2 69 (14.56%) Tableau
3 22 (4.64%) Data Mining
3 22 (4.64%) SQL Server
4 17 (3.59%) Big Data
4 17 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (3.16%) Power Query
6 12 (2.53%) Qlik Sense
7 10 (2.11%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.27%) Looker
8 6 (1.27%) Metadata
9 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.84%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.84%) GIS
10 4 (0.84%) QlikView
11 3 (0.63%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (0.63%) KNIME
11 3 (0.63%) SQLite
11 3 (0.63%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (4.43%) JIRA
2 3 (0.63%) Git
3 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 218 (45.99%) Finance
2 192 (40.51%) Social Skills
3 171 (36.08%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (15.19%) Marketing
5 60 (12.66%) Organisational Skills
6 57 (12.03%) Law
6 57 (12.03%) Legal
7 33 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (5.06%) Banking
8 24 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (4.01%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.80%) Advertising
11 17 (3.59%) Front Office
11 17 (3.59%) Retail
12 14 (2.95%) Billing
12 14 (2.95%) Financial Institution
12 14 (2.95%) German Language
13 12 (2.53%) French Language
13 12 (2.53%) Public Sector
14 11 (2.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 151 (31.86%) Analyst
2 76 (16.03%) Data Analyst
3 53 (11.18%) Senior
4 41 (8.65%) Support Analyst
5 24 (5.06%) Junior
5 24 (5.06%) Support Specialist
6 23 (4.85%) Accountant
7 22 (4.64%) Lead
8 20 (4.22%) Administrator
8 20 (4.22%) Trainee
9 18 (3.80%) Support Assistant
9 18 (3.80%) Trainee Analyst
9 18 (3.80%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 17 (3.59%) IT Support
11 16 (3.38%) Junior Analyst
11 16 (3.38%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (3.38%) Service Manager
12 15 (3.16%) Business Analyst
12 15 (3.16%) Data Insight Analyst
12 15 (3.16%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.05%) FreeMarker
2 3 (0.63%) .NET
2 3 (0.63%) Altair
2 3 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (0.63%) PySpark
2 3 (0.63%) YAML
3 2 (0.42%) Middleware
3 2 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.42%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (0.42%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.21%) EDI
4 1 (0.21%) Great Expectations
4 1 (0.21%) HTML
4 1 (0.21%) MFC
4 1 (0.21%) Pandas
4 1 (0.21%) Plotly
4 1 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.21%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.96%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (6.75%) Onboarding
3 27 (5.70%) Video Conferencing
4 17 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (3.38%) Social Media
6 13 (2.74%) Social Network
7 11 (2.32%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.48%) Credit Risk
9 7 (1.48%) Derivative
10 6 (1.27%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.05%) PMI
11 5 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
12 4 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.84%) Reinsurance
13 3 (0.63%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.63%) Digital Signage
13 3 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.63%) FMCG
13 3 (0.63%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 44 (9.28%) Windows
2 13 (2.74%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.32%) Linux
4 10 (2.11%) Unix
5 7 (1.48%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (35.65%) Business Intelligence
2 111 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (22.57%) Analytics
4 105 (22.15%) Project Management
5 93 (19.62%) Data Analysis
6 67 (14.14%) Decision-Making
7 63 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (13.29%) ITIL
8 59 (12.45%) Visualisation
9 52 (10.97%) AI
9 52 (10.97%) Process Improvement
10 51 (10.76%) Project Delivery
11 49 (10.34%) Data Analytics
12 47 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
13 46 (9.70%) Agile
14 39 (8.23%) Mentoring
15 38 (8.02%) Change Management
16 37 (7.81%) Actionable Insight
16 37 (7.81%) Business Analysis
17 36 (7.59%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 154 (32.49%) SQL
2 95 (20.04%) Python
3 20 (4.22%) R
3 20 (4.22%) VBA
4 18 (3.80%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (1.90%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.84%) C#
7 4 (0.84%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.84%) VB
8 3 (0.63%) Bash
8 3 (0.63%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.21%) Java
Qualifications
1 122 (25.74%) Degree
2 34 (7.17%) ACCA
3 32 (6.75%) Master's Degree
4 21 (4.43%) PMI Certification
5 20 (4.22%) CIMA
6 17 (3.59%) PMP
7 12 (2.53%) A+ Certification
7 12 (2.53%) CFA
8 10 (2.11%) MBA
9 8 (1.69%) CISA
9 8 (1.69%) CISSP
10 5 (1.05%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.84%) AAT
11 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.63%) CAPM
12 3 (0.63%) CBAP
12 3 (0.63%) Security Cleared
13 2 (0.42%) CISM
13 2 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.02%) QA
2 37 (7.81%) Data Quality
3 31 (6.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.01%) PMO
5 15 (3.16%) GDPR
6 14 (2.95%) GAAP
7 13 (2.74%) IFRS
8 9 (1.90%) ISO 9001
8 9 (1.90%) SLA
9 8 (1.69%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.42%) GRC
11 2 (0.42%) NIST
12 1 (0.21%) COBIT
12 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.21%) FATCA
12 1 (0.21%) FINRA
12 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (6.96%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.05%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.42%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (3.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (0.63%) Grafana
4 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.21%) Control-M
5 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 225 (47.47%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.85%) Salesforce
3 20 (4.22%) Oracle
4 19 (4.01%) Adobe
4 19 (4.01%) SAP
5 18 (3.80%) ServiceNow
6 16 (3.38%) Cisco
7 13 (2.74%) Polycom
8 10 (2.11%) VMware
9 9 (1.90%) Databricks
10 8 (1.69%) Sage
10 8 (1.69%) Xero
11 7 (1.48%) Google
11 7 (1.48%) YouTube
12 6 (1.27%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.27%) HubSpot
13 5 (1.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 4 (0.84%) Apple
14 4 (0.84%) Concur
14 4 (0.84%) Epicor