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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 78 60
Rank change year-on-year -25 -18 +48
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 435 514 985
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.38% 3.98% 4.37%
As % of the Applications category 43.59% 31.99% 47.96%
Number of salaries quoted 302 252 527
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £29,288
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,281 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,250 £86,750
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 998 1,607 2,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.46% 12.46% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 620 607 1,359
10th Percentile £28,560 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +20.88% -17.27%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £83,750
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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -25 95 £60,000 +11.63% 66
West London -19 14 £55,500 -11.20% 32
East London -8 12 £40,000 -55.56% 9
South London +25 10 £40,000 -42.86% 7
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 34 (7.82%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.38%) SAS
4 5 (1.15%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.92%) CMS
6 2 (0.46%) Confluence
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 139 (31.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 114 (26.21%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (4.14%) MS Visio
4 11 (2.53%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (1.38%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.69%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.46%) InDesign
7 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.23%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.23%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.30%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (1.38%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.69%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.69%) Yoast SEO
5 2 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.46%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.23%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.23%) Relativity
6 1 (0.23%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 158 (36.32%) Power Platform
2 53 (12.18%) Azure
3 49 (11.26%) SaaS
4 44 (10.11%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.91%) Azure AI
6 16 (3.68%) Power Automate
7 14 (3.22%) OneDrive
7 14 (3.22%) PowerApps
8 11 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.30%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.84%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.15%) AWS
12 5 (1.15%) ChatGPT
12 5 (1.15%) Google Sheets
12 5 (1.15%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.92%) GCP
13 4 (0.92%) Zapier
14 3 (0.69%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.84%) WebEx
2 7 (1.61%) Unified Communications
3 5 (1.15%) DHCP
3 5 (1.15%) LAN
3 5 (1.15%) Skype
3 5 (1.15%) WAN
4 4 (0.92%) DNS
4 4 (0.92%) Intranet
4 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.69%) Firewall
5 3 (0.69%) VPN
6 2 (0.46%) Network Security
6 2 (0.46%) VLAN
7 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (34.25%) Power BI
2 67 (15.40%) Tableau
3 25 (5.75%) Data Mining
4 22 (5.06%) Power Query
5 17 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (3.22%) SQL Server
7 11 (2.53%) Qlik Sense
7 11 (2.53%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.84%) QlikView
9 6 (1.38%) Big Data
9 6 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.15%) Looker
11 4 (0.92%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.92%) DB2
11 4 (0.92%) DB2 UDB
11 4 (0.92%) GIS
12 3 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.69%) SQLite
12 3 (0.69%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (4.14%) JIRA
2 4 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.69%) Git
General
1 216 (49.66%) Finance
2 171 (39.31%) Social Skills
3 146 (33.56%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (18.39%) Marketing
5 54 (12.41%) Legal
6 51 (11.72%) Law
7 34 (7.82%) Banking
7 34 (7.82%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (5.29%) Advertising
9 20 (4.60%) Front Office
10 18 (4.14%) Telecoms
11 17 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (3.91%) Retail
12 15 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (3.22%) Public Sector
14 13 (2.99%) French Language
14 13 (2.99%) German Language
15 10 (2.30%) Billing
15 10 (2.30%) Dutch Language
15 10 (2.30%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 144 (33.10%) Analyst
2 72 (16.55%) Data Analyst
3 36 (8.28%) Senior
4 35 (8.05%) Support Analyst
5 28 (6.44%) Accountant
6 27 (6.21%) Junior
7 24 (5.52%) Trainee
8 23 (5.29%) Consultant
9 22 (5.06%) Trainee Analyst
9 22 (5.06%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 20 (4.60%) Management Accountant
11 19 (4.37%) IT Support
11 19 (4.37%) Lead
12 18 (4.14%) Developer
13 17 (3.91%) Junior Analyst
13 17 (3.91%) Junior Data Analyst
14 14 (3.22%) Administrator
14 14 (3.22%) Business Analyst
14 14 (3.22%) IT Analyst
14 14 (3.22%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.38%) EDI
2 4 (0.92%) OAuth
2 4 (0.92%) OpenID
3 3 (0.69%) .NET
3 3 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.69%) PySpark
4 2 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.23%) Great Expectations
5 1 (0.23%) MFC
5 1 (0.23%) Pandas
5 1 (0.23%) Plotly
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.21%) Onboarding
2 25 (5.75%) Video Conferencing
3 24 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.30%) Derivative
5 10 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.61%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.38%) Fixed Income
7 6 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
8 5 (1.15%) CCTV
8 5 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.15%) Life Science
8 5 (1.15%) Social Media
9 4 (0.92%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.92%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.92%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.92%) Equities
9 4 (0.92%) PMI
9 4 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.69%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 41 (9.43%) Windows
2 13 (2.99%) Windows 10
3 12 (2.76%) Linux
4 10 (2.30%) Unix
5 6 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (35.17%) Business Intelligence
2 99 (22.76%) Analytics
3 91 (20.92%) Project Management
4 89 (20.46%) Data Analysis
5 87 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (16.09%) Process Improvement
7 57 (13.10%) AI
8 56 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (10.80%) CRM
9 47 (10.80%) Data Analytics
10 46 (10.57%) Decision-Making
11 41 (9.43%) ITIL
12 40 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (9.20%) Visualisation
13 39 (8.97%) Customer Service
14 37 (8.51%) Business Analysis
15 34 (7.82%) Agile
16 33 (7.59%) Budgeting
17 32 (7.36%) Data Management
17 32 (7.36%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 161 (37.01%) SQL
2 105 (24.14%) Python
3 15 (3.45%) VBA
4 11 (2.53%) R
5 10 (2.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (2.07%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.61%) C#
7 7 (1.61%) VB
8 5 (1.15%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.15%) VBScript
9 3 (0.69%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.46%) Bash
11 1 (0.23%) ABAP
11 1 (0.23%) C++
11 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 110 (25.29%) Degree
2 45 (10.34%) ACCA
3 38 (8.74%) CIMA
4 17 (3.91%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.99%) CISSP
6 12 (2.76%) A+ Certification
6 12 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.84%) CISA
7 8 (1.84%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.61%) CFA
8 7 (1.61%) CISM
9 5 (1.15%) PMP
10 4 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.92%) ISACA
10 4 (0.92%) MBA
10 4 (0.92%) SANS
10 4 (0.92%) Security Cleared
10 4 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.69%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.83%) QA
3 18 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.99%) PMO
5 12 (2.76%) GDPR
6 8 (1.84%) COREP
6 8 (1.84%) FINREP
7 7 (1.61%) GRC
7 7 (1.61%) NIST
7 7 (1.61%) SLA
8 6 (1.38%) GAAP
9 5 (1.15%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.15%) IFRS
10 4 (0.92%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.92%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.69%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.23%) FATCA
System Software
1 25 (5.75%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.61%) SCCM
3 6 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.15%) RSA Archer
5 4 (0.92%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (0.92%) Grafana
6 3 (0.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.46%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.46%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.46%) Terraform
8 1 (0.23%) Control-M
Vendors
1 197 (45.29%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.98%) Salesforce
3 23 (5.29%) SAP
4 15 (3.45%) Oracle
5 12 (2.76%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.53%) Adobe
7 10 (2.30%) Cisco
8 9 (2.07%) Google
8 9 (2.07%) JD Edwards
9 7 (1.61%) Apple
10 6 (1.38%) Xero
11 5 (1.15%) Databricks
11 5 (1.15%) IBM
11 5 (1.15%) Polycom
11 5 (1.15%) Snow
11 5 (1.15%) VMware
12 4 (0.92%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.92%) Intapp
13 3 (0.69%) Scality
13 3 (0.69%) YouTube