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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 68 58
Rank change year-on-year -53 -10 +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 481 523 856
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.89% 4.44% 4.53%
As % of the Applications category 38.76% 43.62% 56.88%
Number of salaries quoted 307 358 287
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £44,324
% change year-on-year -6.25% -9.75% -1.50%

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 1,241 1,199 1,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.89% 10.19% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 753 701 686
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,157 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% -8.39% -0.45%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 September 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 September 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 -22 78 £45,000 -10.00% 117
East London +2 15 £32,500 - 16
West London -13 15 £35,001 -6.67% 42
South London +4 14 £65,000 +57.58% 14
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 (8.52%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.46%) Skype for Business
3 5 (1.04%) Confluence
3 5 (1.04%) WordPress
4 2 (0.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.21%) IIS
5 1 (0.21%) MTS
5 1 (0.21%) SAS
5 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 119 (24.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 115 (23.91%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.46%) AutoCAD
4 7 (1.46%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.46%) Revit
5 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.83%) ProjectWise
7 3 (0.62%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.42%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.42%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.42%) SPSS
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.21%) InDesign
9 1 (0.21%) Inkscape
9 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.91%) NetSuite
2 12 (2.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Retail
5 4 (0.83%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.62%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.62%) FastStats
6 3 (0.62%) Magento
6 3 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.42%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 153 (31.81%) Power Platform
2 43 (8.94%) AWS
3 36 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (7.07%) Azure
5 31 (6.44%) SaaS
6 19 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (2.08%) GCP
9 8 (1.66%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.66%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.66%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.66%) SuccessFactors
10 6 (1.25%) Azure AI
10 6 (1.25%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.62%) Canva
11 3 (0.62%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.62%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.42%) Miro
12 2 (0.42%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.29%) Broadband
2 7 (1.46%) Skype
2 7 (1.46%) Unified Communications
2 7 (1.46%) WebEx
2 7 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.25%) Structured Cabling
4 5 (1.04%) Intranet
5 4 (0.83%) DHCP
5 4 (0.83%) DNS
5 4 (0.83%) NGN
5 4 (0.83%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.62%) VLAN
6 3 (0.62%) VPN
7 2 (0.42%) BGP
7 2 (0.42%) Firewall
7 2 (0.42%) HSRP
8 1 (0.21%) 5G
8 1 (0.21%) Internet
8 1 (0.21%) OSPF
8 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (30.56%) Power BI
2 43 (8.94%) Tableau
3 23 (4.78%) Power Query
4 14 (2.91%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.08%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.87%) Looker
6 9 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.66%) SAP BW
8 7 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.83%) EDMS
10 4 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.62%) Big Data
12 2 (0.42%) Data Vault
13 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 1 (0.21%) Metadata
13 1 (0.21%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 15 (3.12%) JIRA
2 6 (1.25%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.83%) Toad
4 3 (0.62%) Postman
4 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.42%) JMeter
6 1 (0.21%) Git
6 1 (0.21%) SoapUI
General
1 264 (54.89%) Social Skills
2 229 (47.61%) Finance
3 160 (33.26%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (14.14%) Organisational Skills
5 65 (13.51%) Marketing
6 44 (9.15%) Law
7 40 (8.32%) Legal
8 37 (7.69%) Banking
9 36 (7.48%) Retail
10 25 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (5.20%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (4.99%) Telecoms
12 17 (3.53%) Front Office
13 16 (3.33%) Advertising
14 15 (3.12%) General Ledger
15 13 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (2.49%) Financial Institution
17 9 (1.87%) Manufacturing
18 8 (1.66%) Billing
18 8 (1.66%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 142 (29.52%) Analyst
2 51 (10.60%) Data Analyst
3 40 (8.32%) Administrator
4 29 (6.03%) Report Analyst
4 29 (6.03%) Senior
5 21 (4.37%) Accountant
5 21 (4.37%) Developer
5 21 (4.37%) Financial Analyst
6 20 (4.16%) Business Analyst
7 17 (3.53%) Support Analyst
8 16 (3.33%) Management Accountant
8 16 (3.33%) Project Manager
9 15 (3.12%) IT Support
9 15 (3.12%) Junior
10 13 (2.70%) Lead
11 12 (2.49%) Coordinator
11 12 (2.49%) RAD Developer
11 12 (2.49%) Support Assistant
12 11 (2.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (2.08%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
1 9 (1.87%) Terraform
2 7 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (1.04%) FreeMarker
3 5 (1.04%) Matplotlib
3 5 (1.04%) NumPy
3 5 (1.04%) ODBC
3 5 (1.04%) Pandas
4 2 (0.42%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.42%) XML
4 2 (0.42%) XSLT
5 1 (0.21%) .NET
5 1 (0.21%) ADO
5 1 (0.21%) COM
5 1 (0.21%) CSS
5 1 (0.21%) HTML
5 1 (0.21%) JSON
5 1 (0.21%) OAuth
5 1 (0.21%) OpenID
5 1 (0.21%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 68 (14.14%) Onboarding
2 58 (12.06%) Management Information System
3 36 (7.48%) Data Centre
4 20 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.74%) Fixed Income
6 16 (3.33%) Data Structures
7 15 (3.12%) Video Conferencing
8 14 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (2.91%) Social Media
9 11 (2.29%) Hedge funds
9 11 (2.29%) Web Conferencing
10 10 (2.08%) Educational Technology
10 10 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.87%) Housing Association
11 9 (1.87%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.66%) FMCG
13 7 (1.46%) Derivative
13 7 (1.46%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.46%) Reinsurance
14 6 (1.25%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 40 (8.32%) Windows
2 14 (2.91%) Linux
3 4 (0.83%) Unix
4 3 (0.62%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (30.98%) Business Intelligence
2 130 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (17.67%) Analytics
4 80 (16.63%) Process Improvement
5 77 (16.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 77 (16.01%) Decision-Making
6 76 (15.80%) Project Management
7 63 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 56 (11.64%) AI
9 55 (11.43%) Agile
10 53 (11.02%) CRM
11 47 (9.77%) Actionable Insight
12 45 (9.36%) Data Analysis
13 43 (8.94%) Data Management
14 41 (8.52%) Budgeting
15 40 (8.32%) Budgeting and Forecasting
16 38 (7.90%) ERP
16 38 (7.90%) Mentoring
17 34 (7.07%) Validation
18 33 (6.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 112 (23.28%) SQL
2 50 (10.40%) Python
3 38 (7.90%) VBA
4 22 (4.57%) C#
5 15 (3.12%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.29%) JavaScript
7 10 (2.08%) Java
8 9 (1.87%) Bash
9 7 (1.46%) Rust
9 7 (1.46%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (1.04%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.83%) R
13 1 (0.21%) C
13 1 (0.21%) C++
13 1 (0.21%) PHP
13 1 (0.21%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 117 (24.32%) Degree
2 49 (10.19%) ACCA
3 45 (9.36%) CIMA
4 12 (2.49%) DBS Check
5 10 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.87%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.46%) BICSI Certification
8 6 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.25%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.04%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.04%) PMP
10 4 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.62%) BICSI RCDD
11 3 (0.62%) CCNA
11 3 (0.62%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.62%) SC Cleared
11 3 (0.62%) Security Cleared
12 2 (0.42%) AAT
12 2 (0.42%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (14.14%) Data Quality
2 28 (5.82%) GDPR
3 25 (5.20%) QA
4 20 (4.16%) PMO
5 16 (3.33%) SLA
6 11 (2.29%) GAAP
7 8 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (1.66%) COREP
7 8 (1.66%) FINREP
7 8 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.46%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.25%) IFRS
10 3 (0.62%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.42%) COBIT
11 2 (0.42%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.21%) COSO
12 1 (0.21%) GRC
12 1 (0.21%) PERC
System Software
1 9 (1.87%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.46%) Docker
3 6 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.21%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (1.87%) Ansible
2 7 (1.46%) Grafana
2 7 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.46%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.62%) SCCM
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.21%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 200 (41.58%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.32%) SAP
3 30 (6.24%) Oracle
4 14 (2.91%) NEC
5 12 (2.49%) Google
6 8 (1.66%) HubSpot
6 8 (1.66%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.46%) Polycom
7 7 (1.46%) Splunk
8 6 (1.25%) Workday
8 6 (1.25%) Xero
9 5 (1.04%) Adobe
9 5 (1.04%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.04%) Bloomberg
9 5 (1.04%) Cisco
9 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.83%) Progress
10 4 (0.83%) Remedy
10 4 (0.83%) Retek
10 4 (0.83%) Sage