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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 78 42
Rank change year-on-year -38 -36 +59
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 409 519 1,230
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.01% 4.07% 5.27%
As % of the Applications category 41.91% 32.12% 52.90%
Number of salaries quoted 268 268 546
10th Percentile £32,425 £28,898 £29,337
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,188 £37,789
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £72,813 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,875 £95,750 £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 976 1,616 2,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.80% 12.68% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 600 646 1,385
10th Percentile £28,554 £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 £73,750 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £82,300
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -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 6 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 6 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 -28 97 £60,000 +20.00% 73
West London -28 14 £55,250 -11.60% 25
East London -5 7 £40,000 -55.56% 21
South London +12 6 £30,000 -42.03% 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 26 (6.36%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.71%) Skype for Business
3 5 (1.22%) SAS
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 129 (31.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 108 (26.41%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (4.40%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.73%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.73%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.24%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 9 (2.20%) Salesforce CRM
2 8 (1.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (1.47%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.73%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.49%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.24%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.24%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.24%) Magento
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.24%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.24%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 143 (34.96%) Power Platform
2 48 (11.74%) Azure
3 42 (10.27%) SaaS
4 32 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (5.13%) Azure AI
6 11 (2.69%) OneDrive
6 11 (2.69%) Power Automate
7 10 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.44%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.47%) Google Sheets
10 5 (1.22%) AWS
10 5 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.22%) ChatGPT
11 4 (0.98%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.73%) GCP
12 3 (0.73%) PaaS
12 3 (0.73%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.73%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.96%) Broadband
2 7 (1.71%) Skype
2 7 (1.71%) Unified Communications
2 7 (1.71%) WebEx
3 4 (0.98%) DHCP
3 4 (0.98%) DNS
3 4 (0.98%) VLAN
4 3 (0.73%) Firewall
4 3 (0.73%) Intranet
4 3 (0.73%) LAN
4 3 (0.73%) VPN
4 3 (0.73%) WAN
4 3 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (32.76%) Power BI
2 67 (16.38%) Tableau
3 22 (5.38%) Power Query
4 18 (4.40%) Data Mining
5 17 (4.16%) SQL Server
6 15 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (2.44%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.20%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.96%) SAP BW
9 8 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.22%) Big Data
12 4 (0.98%) DB2
12 4 (0.98%) DB2 UDB
12 4 (0.98%) Looker
12 4 (0.98%) Qlik Sense
12 4 (0.98%) QlikView
12 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.73%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (4.65%) JIRA
2 5 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.73%) Git
3 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.24%) Postman
4 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
General
1 203 (49.63%) Finance
2 180 (44.01%) Social Skills
3 126 (30.81%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (17.36%) Marketing
5 45 (11.00%) Law
5 45 (11.00%) Legal
6 41 (10.02%) Banking
7 38 (9.29%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (5.62%) Front Office
9 22 (5.38%) Advertising
10 19 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (3.91%) Retail
11 16 (3.91%) Telecoms
12 15 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (3.42%) German Language
14 13 (3.18%) French Language
15 10 (2.44%) Dutch Language
16 9 (2.20%) Public Sector
17 8 (1.96%) Billing
18 6 (1.47%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 138 (33.74%) Analyst
2 65 (15.89%) Data Analyst
3 31 (7.58%) Junior
4 29 (7.09%) Accountant
5 27 (6.60%) Senior
6 24 (5.87%) Consultant
7 23 (5.62%) Support Analyst
8 21 (5.13%) IT Support
8 21 (5.13%) Junior Analyst
8 21 (5.13%) Junior Data Analyst
9 19 (4.65%) Developer
10 18 (4.40%) Management Accountant
10 18 (4.40%) Report Analyst
10 18 (4.40%) Trainee
10 18 (4.40%) Trainee Analyst
10 18 (4.40%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 16 (3.91%) Lead
12 14 (3.42%) Business Analyst
13 13 (3.18%) IT Analyst
14 12 (2.93%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.47%) EDI
3 4 (0.98%) OAuth
3 4 (0.98%) OpenID
4 3 (0.73%) .NET
4 3 (0.73%) Pandas
4 3 (0.73%) PySpark
5 2 (0.49%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (0.49%) Matplotlib
5 2 (0.49%) NumPy
5 2 (0.49%) Seaborn
6 1 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.24%) FreeMarker
6 1 (0.24%) Great Expectations
6 1 (0.24%) JSON
6 1 (0.24%) Plotly
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.60%) Onboarding
2 24 (5.87%) Video Conferencing
3 23 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.67%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.18%) Derivative
5 13 (3.18%) Fixed Income
6 12 (2.93%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.96%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.96%) Social Media
9 7 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.71%) Web Conferencing
10 6 (1.47%) Equities
11 5 (1.22%) CCTV
11 5 (1.22%) Life Science
11 5 (1.22%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.22%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.98%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.98%) PMI
13 3 (0.73%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.85%) Windows
2 9 (2.20%) Linux
3 7 (1.71%) Unix
4 5 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.73%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (31.78%) Business Intelligence
2 82 (20.05%) Project Management
3 79 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (19.07%) Analytics
5 68 (16.63%) Data Analysis
6 67 (16.38%) Process Improvement
7 56 (13.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 53 (12.96%) AI
9 43 (10.51%) CRM
10 39 (9.54%) Decision-Making
11 35 (8.56%) Data Analytics
12 34 (8.31%) ITIL
13 33 (8.07%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 33 (8.07%) Coaching
14 32 (7.82%) Mentoring
15 31 (7.58%) Budgeting
15 31 (7.58%) Stakeholder Management
16 30 (7.33%) Business Analysis
16 30 (7.33%) ERP
17 29 (7.09%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 140 (34.23%) SQL
2 95 (23.23%) Python
3 23 (5.62%) VBA
4 13 (3.18%) C#
5 10 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 10 (2.44%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.71%) VB
7 5 (1.22%) R
7 5 (1.22%) VBScript
8 3 (0.73%) Bash
8 3 (0.73%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.49%) Java
9 2 (0.49%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.24%) ABAP
10 1 (0.24%) C++
10 1 (0.24%) Rust
10 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 105 (25.67%) Degree
2 48 (11.74%) ACCA
3 41 (10.02%) CIMA
4 21 (5.13%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.93%) A+ Certification
6 10 (2.44%) CISSP
7 9 (2.20%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.71%) CFA
8 7 (1.71%) CISM
9 6 (1.47%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.22%) CISA
10 5 (1.22%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.98%) ISACA
11 4 (0.98%) MBA
11 4 (0.98%) SANS
11 4 (0.98%) Security Cleared
11 4 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.73%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.36%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.91%) QA
3 15 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.18%) COREP
4 13 (3.18%) FINREP
5 12 (2.93%) GDPR
6 11 (2.69%) PMO
7 7 (1.71%) GAAP
7 7 (1.71%) GRC
7 7 (1.71%) IFRS
7 7 (1.71%) NIST
8 5 (1.22%) SLA
9 4 (0.98%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.98%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.24%) COBIT
12 1 (0.24%) COSO
12 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 18 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.24%) Docker
3 1 (0.24%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (2.20%) SCCM
2 5 (1.22%) Grafana
2 5 (1.22%) RSA Archer
3 4 (0.98%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 4 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.73%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.73%) Terraform
5 1 (0.24%) Ansible
5 1 (0.24%) Control-M
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 169 (41.32%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.85%) SAP
3 20 (4.89%) Oracle
3 20 (4.89%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.20%) Google
4 9 (2.20%) JD Edwards
5 8 (1.96%) Adobe
5 8 (1.96%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.96%) Xero
6 7 (1.71%) Polycom
7 5 (1.22%) Apple
7 5 (1.22%) IBM
7 5 (1.22%) Snow
7 5 (1.22%) VMware
8 4 (0.98%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.73%) Ariba
9 3 (0.73%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.73%) Hyperion
10 2 (0.49%) Murex
10 2 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud