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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 79 41
Rank change year-on-year -32 -38 +60
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 397 502 1,239
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.96% 3.97% 5.29%
As % of the Applications category 41.01% 31.81% 53.08%
Number of salaries quoted 257 269 547
10th Percentile £32,400 £28,868 £29,255
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £94,000 £85,000
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 968 1,578 2,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.77% 12.48% 9.97%
Number of salaries quoted 589 649 1,385
10th Percentile £28,900 £30,625 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,000
90th Percentile £92,750 £93,250 £81,700
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +22.67% -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 11 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 11 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 -29 93 £58,750 +17.50% 79
West London -19 14 £55,250 -11.60% 25
East London -5 7 £40,000 -55.56% 18
South London +13 6 £30,000 -42.03% 12
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 27 (6.80%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.51%) Skype for Business
3 5 (1.26%) SAS
4 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.25%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 121 (30.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 106 (26.70%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (4.28%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.02%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.76%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.76%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 9 (2.27%) Salesforce CRM
2 8 (2.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (1.51%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.01%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.76%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.50%) Magento
7 1 (0.25%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.25%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.25%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.25%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.25%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 135 (34.01%) Power Platform
2 50 (12.59%) Azure
3 43 (10.83%) SaaS
4 32 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (5.29%) Azure AI
6 11 (2.77%) OneDrive
7 10 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.52%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (2.27%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.51%) AWS
9 6 (1.51%) ChatGPT
9 6 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.51%) Google Sheets
10 5 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.26%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.01%) GCP
12 3 (0.76%) PaaS
12 3 (0.76%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.02%) Broadband
2 6 (1.51%) Skype
2 6 (1.51%) Unified Communications
2 6 (1.51%) WebEx
3 4 (1.01%) DHCP
3 4 (1.01%) DNS
3 4 (1.01%) VLAN
3 4 (1.01%) VPN
4 3 (0.76%) Firewall
4 3 (0.76%) Intranet
4 3 (0.76%) LAN
4 3 (0.76%) Network Security
4 3 (0.76%) WAN
4 3 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.25%) BGP
5 1 (0.25%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (31.74%) Power BI
2 62 (15.62%) Tableau
3 21 (5.29%) Power Query
4 18 (4.53%) SQL Server
5 17 (4.28%) Data Mining
6 14 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (2.52%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.27%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.02%) SAP BW
10 7 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.01%) Big Data
12 4 (1.01%) DB2
12 4 (1.01%) DB2 UDB
12 4 (1.01%) Looker
12 4 (1.01%) QlikView
13 3 (0.76%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.76%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 19 (4.79%) JIRA
2 5 (1.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 5 (1.26%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.76%) Git
4 1 (0.25%) Postman
4 1 (0.25%) SoapUI
General
1 200 (50.38%) Finance
2 182 (45.84%) Social Skills
3 123 (30.98%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (16.88%) Marketing
5 45 (11.34%) Legal
6 43 (10.83%) Law
7 40 (10.08%) Banking
8 36 (9.07%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (5.79%) Front Office
10 21 (5.29%) Advertising
11 18 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (4.53%) Retail
12 17 (4.28%) Telecoms
13 16 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (3.53%) German Language
15 13 (3.27%) French Language
16 10 (2.52%) Dutch Language
17 9 (2.27%) Billing
17 9 (2.27%) Public Sector
18 6 (1.51%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 136 (34.26%) Analyst
2 64 (16.12%) Data Analyst
3 31 (7.81%) Junior
4 28 (7.05%) Accountant
5 26 (6.55%) Senior
6 23 (5.79%) Consultant
7 22 (5.54%) IT Support
8 21 (5.29%) Junior Analyst
8 21 (5.29%) Junior Data Analyst
8 21 (5.29%) Support Analyst
9 19 (4.79%) Developer
10 18 (4.53%) Management Accountant
10 18 (4.53%) Report Analyst
11 17 (4.28%) Trainee
11 17 (4.28%) Trainee Analyst
11 17 (4.28%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 14 (3.53%) Business Analyst
12 14 (3.53%) Lead
13 13 (3.27%) IT Analyst
14 12 (3.02%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.51%) EDI
3 4 (1.01%) OAuth
3 4 (1.01%) OpenID
4 3 (0.76%) .NET
4 3 (0.76%) Pandas
4 3 (0.76%) PySpark
5 2 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (0.50%) FreeMarker
5 2 (0.50%) Matplotlib
5 2 (0.50%) NumPy
5 2 (0.50%) Seaborn
6 1 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.25%) Great Expectations
6 1 (0.25%) JSON
6 1 (0.25%) Plotly
6 1 (0.25%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.05%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.79%) Video Conferencing
3 22 (5.54%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.78%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.27%) Derivative
5 13 (3.27%) Fixed Income
6 12 (3.02%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (2.02%) Hedge funds
7 8 (2.02%) Social Media
8 7 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.76%) Web Conferencing
9 6 (1.51%) Equities
10 5 (1.26%) CCTV
10 5 (1.26%) Life Science
10 5 (1.26%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.26%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.01%) e-Learning
11 4 (1.01%) PMI
12 3 (0.76%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.30%) Windows
2 10 (2.52%) Linux
3 7 (1.76%) Unix
4 5 (1.26%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (30.73%) Business Intelligence
2 81 (20.40%) Project Management
3 76 (19.14%) Analytics
3 76 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (16.37%) Process Improvement
5 60 (15.11%) Data Analysis
6 55 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 52 (13.10%) AI
8 40 (10.08%) CRM
9 39 (9.82%) Decision-Making
10 34 (8.56%) Coaching
11 33 (8.31%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 33 (8.31%) Data Analytics
11 33 (8.31%) ITIL
12 31 (7.81%) Budgeting
13 30 (7.56%) Mentoring
13 30 (7.56%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (7.30%) Agile
14 29 (7.30%) ERP
14 29 (7.30%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 136 (34.26%) SQL
2 94 (23.68%) Python
3 23 (5.79%) VBA
4 13 (3.27%) C#
5 11 (2.77%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (1.76%) VB
8 5 (1.26%) R
8 5 (1.26%) VBScript
9 3 (0.76%) Bash
9 3 (0.76%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.50%) Java
10 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.25%) ABAP
11 1 (0.25%) C++
11 1 (0.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 105 (26.45%) Degree
2 49 (12.34%) ACCA
3 42 (10.58%) CIMA
4 22 (5.54%) Azure Certification
5 12 (3.02%) A+ Certification
6 10 (2.52%) CISSP
7 8 (2.02%) DBS Check
7 8 (2.02%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.76%) CFA
8 7 (1.76%) CISM
9 5 (1.26%) CISA
9 5 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.26%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.01%) ISACA
10 4 (1.01%) MBA
10 4 (1.01%) SANS
10 4 (1.01%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.76%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.79%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (3.53%) QA
3 13 (3.27%) COREP
3 13 (3.27%) FINREP
4 12 (3.02%) GDPR
5 11 (2.77%) PMO
6 7 (1.76%) GRC
6 7 (1.76%) IFRS
6 7 (1.76%) NIST
7 6 (1.51%) GAAP
8 5 (1.26%) SLA
9 4 (1.01%) NIST 800
9 4 (1.01%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.25%) COBIT
12 1 (0.25%) COSO
12 1 (0.25%) FATCA
12 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (4.53%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.25%) Docker
3 1 (0.25%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (2.27%) SCCM
2 5 (1.26%) Grafana
2 5 (1.26%) RSA Archer
3 4 (1.01%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 4 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.76%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.76%) Terraform
5 1 (0.25%) Ansible
5 1 (0.25%) Control-M
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 168 (42.32%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.80%) SAP
3 21 (5.29%) Oracle
4 17 (4.28%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.27%) Google
5 9 (2.27%) JD Edwards
5 9 (2.27%) Xero
6 8 (2.02%) Adobe
7 7 (1.76%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.51%) Polycom
9 5 (1.26%) Apple
9 5 (1.26%) IBM
9 5 (1.26%) Snow
9 5 (1.26%) VMware
10 4 (1.01%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.01%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.76%) Ariba
11 3 (0.76%) Hyperion
12 2 (0.50%) Avaloq
12 2 (0.50%) Murex