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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 81 71
Rank change year-on-year -1 -10 +35
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 476 580 833
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.08% 3.89% 3.91%
As % of the Applications category 45.68% 34.46% 45.08%
Number of salaries quoted 335 224 497
10th Percentile £32,010 £31,250 £28,923
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.15% -6.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% -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 1,042 1,683 1,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.74% 11.28% 8.68%
Number of salaries quoted 610 574 1,280
10th Percentile £29,975 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,813 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £71,813 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,375 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -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 16 February 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 16 February 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 -9 105 £53,500 +7.00% 28
West London +9 19 £51,750 -17.20% 21
South London +14 15 £45,000 +38.46% 7
East London +3 10 £40,000 -36.00% 12
North London +4 1 £34,500 -50.71% 5
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 46 (9.66%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.10%) Skype for Business
4 9 (1.89%) SAS
5 6 (1.26%) CMS
6 3 (0.63%) WordPress
7 2 (0.42%) Confluence
8 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 162 (34.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 128 (26.89%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.78%) MS Visio
4 13 (2.73%) Photoshop
5 9 (1.89%) Adobe Premiere
6 8 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (1.26%) InDesign
8 4 (0.84%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.42%) SPSS
11 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.21%) Stata
11 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.47%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.84%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.63%) Yoast SEO
4 2 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.42%) Relativity
4 2 (0.42%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.21%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.21%) Pegasus Opera
5 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.21%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.21%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 166 (34.87%) Power Platform
2 55 (11.55%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (9.66%) Azure
4 44 (9.24%) SaaS
5 21 (4.41%) OneDrive
6 14 (2.94%) Power Automate
7 13 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.31%) PowerApps
9 10 (2.10%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.89%) Azure AI
10 9 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.68%) AWS
12 7 (1.47%) GCP
13 6 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (1.05%) GitHub
14 5 (1.05%) Snowflake
15 4 (0.84%) Google Sheets
16 3 (0.63%) Asana
16 3 (0.63%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.15%) WebEx
2 13 (2.73%) Unified Communications
3 10 (2.10%) Skype
4 6 (1.26%) Wireless
5 5 (1.05%) DHCP
6 4 (0.84%) DNS
6 4 (0.84%) Intranet
7 3 (0.63%) LAN
7 3 (0.63%) Network Security
7 3 (0.63%) WAN
8 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.21%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.21%) Firewall
9 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (33.40%) Power BI
2 69 (14.50%) Tableau
3 25 (5.25%) Data Mining
4 19 (3.99%) SQL Server
5 16 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (2.94%) Power Query
7 13 (2.73%) Big Data
7 13 (2.73%) Qlik Sense
8 11 (2.31%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.47%) Looker
11 6 (1.26%) BigQuery
11 6 (1.26%) GIS
12 5 (1.05%) Metadata
12 5 (1.05%) QlikView
12 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.63%) KNIME
13 3 (0.63%) SQLite
13 3 (0.63%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (3.99%) JIRA
2 3 (0.63%) Git
3 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 221 (46.43%) Finance
2 194 (40.76%) Social Skills
3 162 (34.03%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (16.39%) Marketing
5 58 (12.18%) Legal
6 56 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
7 51 (10.71%) Law
8 29 (6.09%) Banking
8 29 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (5.04%) German Language
10 23 (4.83%) French Language
11 21 (4.41%) Retail
12 19 (3.99%) Dutch Language
12 19 (3.99%) Front Office
12 19 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (3.78%) Advertising
13 18 (3.78%) Telecoms
14 14 (2.94%) Spanish Language
15 13 (2.73%) Billing
15 13 (2.73%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 153 (32.14%) Analyst
2 83 (17.44%) Data Analyst
3 48 (10.08%) Senior
4 40 (8.40%) Support Analyst
5 30 (6.30%) Junior
6 26 (5.46%) Accountant
7 23 (4.83%) Trainee
8 22 (4.62%) Lead
9 21 (4.41%) Trainee Analyst
9 21 (4.41%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 20 (4.20%) Junior Analyst
10 20 (4.20%) Support Specialist
11 19 (3.99%) IT Support
12 18 (3.78%) Administrator
13 16 (3.36%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (3.36%) Service Manager
14 15 (3.15%) Data Insight Analyst
14 15 (3.15%) Insight Analyst
14 15 (3.15%) Insight Data Analyst
14 15 (3.15%) Management Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.26%) EDI
2 3 (0.63%) .NET
2 3 (0.63%) PySpark
2 3 (0.63%) YAML
3 2 (0.42%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.42%) FreeMarker
3 2 (0.42%) Middleware
3 2 (0.42%) OAuth
3 2 (0.42%) OpenID
4 1 (0.21%) Great Expectations
4 1 (0.21%) HTML
4 1 (0.21%) MFC
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.21%) Pandas
4 1 (0.21%) Plotly
4 1 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.21%) STL
4 1 (0.21%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (0.21%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.30%) Video Conferencing
2 29 (6.09%) Onboarding
3 27 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.94%) Social Media
5 13 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.89%) Social Network
7 7 (1.47%) Derivative
7 7 (1.47%) Reference Data
8 6 (1.26%) CCTV
8 6 (1.26%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.05%) PMI
9 5 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (0.84%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.84%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.63%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.63%) Digital Signage
11 3 (0.63%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 42 (8.82%) Windows
2 13 (2.73%) Windows 10
3 10 (2.10%) Linux
4 8 (1.68%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.68%) Unix
5 4 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (35.92%) Business Intelligence
2 113 (23.74%) Analytics
3 107 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (20.59%) Project Management
5 96 (20.17%) Data Analysis
6 80 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (14.08%) Decision-Making
8 58 (12.18%) Process Improvement
9 57 (11.97%) ITIL
10 56 (11.76%) AI
10 56 (11.76%) Visualisation
11 53 (11.13%) Data Analytics
12 47 (9.87%) Stakeholder Management
13 45 (9.45%) Project Delivery
14 43 (9.03%) Information Security
15 40 (8.40%) Agile
15 40 (8.40%) CRM
16 39 (8.19%) Customer Service
17 38 (7.98%) Mentoring
18 37 (7.77%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 161 (33.82%) SQL
2 99 (20.80%) Python
3 15 (3.15%) VBA
4 14 (2.94%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.52%) R
6 9 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (1.89%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.84%) C#
7 4 (0.84%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.84%) VB
8 2 (0.42%) Bash
8 2 (0.42%) VBScript
9 1 (0.21%) ABAP
9 1 (0.21%) C++
9 1 (0.21%) Java
9 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 128 (26.89%) Degree
2 33 (6.93%) ACCA
3 25 (5.25%) Master's Degree
4 21 (4.41%) CIMA
5 17 (3.57%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.73%) CISSP
6 13 (2.73%) PMP
7 12 (2.52%) A+ Certification
8 10 (2.10%) CISA
9 9 (1.89%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.89%) CFA
10 8 (1.68%) CISM
11 6 (1.26%) MBA
12 5 (1.05%) ISACA
12 5 (1.05%) SANS
13 4 (0.84%) AAT
13 4 (0.84%) CRISC
13 4 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.84%) Security Cleared
14 3 (0.63%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.98%) Data Quality
2 36 (7.56%) QA
3 30 (6.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (3.78%) PMO
5 13 (2.73%) GDPR
6 10 (2.10%) GAAP
7 9 (1.89%) IFRS
7 9 (1.89%) ISO 9001
8 8 (1.68%) GRC
8 8 (1.68%) NIST
9 7 (1.47%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.47%) SLA
10 5 (1.05%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.21%) COBIT
12 1 (0.21%) FATCA
12 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (5.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.26%) RSA Archer
2 6 (1.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 5 (1.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (0.84%) Grafana
4 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.42%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.42%) SCCM
5 2 (0.42%) Terraform
6 1 (0.21%) Control-M
Vendors
1 224 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.25%) Salesforce
3 20 (4.20%) Adobe
4 19 (3.99%) SAP
5 17 (3.57%) ServiceNow
6 16 (3.36%) Cisco
7 15 (3.15%) Oracle
8 10 (2.10%) Google
8 10 (2.10%) Polycom
8 10 (2.10%) Xero
9 9 (1.89%) Apple
9 9 (1.89%) Databricks
10 7 (1.47%) HubSpot
10 7 (1.47%) Sage
10 7 (1.47%) VMware
10 7 (1.47%) YouTube
11 6 (1.26%) JD Edwards
12 5 (1.05%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.84%) Epicor
13 4 (0.84%) Intapp