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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 72 55
Rank change year-on-year -23 -17 +52
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 441 576 970
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.63% 4.23% 4.43%
As % of the Applications category 44.28% 34.24% 47.81%
Number of salaries quoted 302 262 518
10th Percentile £32,838 £28,908 £29,263
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,625 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.18% +11.67% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,938 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,250 £86,625
England median annual salary £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 996 1,682 2,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.94% 12.35% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 597 614 1,332
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,325 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £32,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £45,392
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +21.17% -17.47%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £65,313
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,875 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £48,447 £37,500
% change year-on-year -17.44% +29.19% -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 12 March 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 12 March 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 97 £60,000 +9.09% 76
West London -3 17 £55,500 -11.20% 27
South London +18 14 £45,000 +51.26% 6
East London -5 12 £40,000 -55.56% 8
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 43 (9.75%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.81%) SAS
3 7 (1.59%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.36%) CMS
5 2 (0.45%) Confluence
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 144 (32.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 110 (24.94%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (4.54%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.27%) Photoshop
4 10 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (2.04%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (1.36%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.68%) InDesign
7 3 (0.68%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.45%) SPSS
9 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.23%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 8 (1.81%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.68%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.68%) Yoast SEO
4 2 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.45%) Relativity
4 2 (0.45%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.23%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 156 (35.37%) Power Platform
2 49 (11.11%) SaaS
3 48 (10.88%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (10.66%) Azure
5 21 (4.76%) OneDrive
6 16 (3.63%) Power Automate
7 13 (2.95%) Azure AI
7 13 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.95%) PowerApps
8 9 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.81%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.59%) AWS
10 7 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.59%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.13%) GitHub
12 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.91%) ChatGPT
13 4 (0.91%) GCP
13 4 (0.91%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.27%) Unified Communications
1 10 (2.27%) WebEx
2 7 (1.59%) Skype
3 5 (1.13%) LAN
3 5 (1.13%) WAN
4 4 (0.91%) DHCP
4 4 (0.91%) Intranet
5 3 (0.68%) DNS
5 3 (0.68%) Firewall
5 3 (0.68%) Network Security
5 3 (0.68%) VPN
6 2 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.23%) VLAN
7 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (33.79%) Power BI
2 71 (16.10%) Tableau
3 28 (6.35%) Data Mining
4 18 (4.08%) SQL Server
5 17 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (3.85%) Power Query
6 14 (3.17%) Qlik Sense
7 11 (2.49%) Relational Database
8 10 (2.27%) Big Data
9 9 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.59%) QlikView
11 6 (1.36%) GIS
11 6 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.13%) Looker
12 5 (1.13%) Metadata
13 4 (0.91%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.68%) DB2
14 3 (0.68%) DB2 UDB
14 3 (0.68%) SQLite
14 3 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (3.85%) JIRA
2 3 (0.68%) Git
3 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 220 (49.89%) Finance
2 169 (38.32%) Social Skills
3 151 (34.24%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (16.78%) Marketing
5 53 (12.02%) Legal
6 49 (11.11%) Law
7 34 (7.71%) Banking
8 33 (7.48%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (5.22%) French Language
9 23 (5.22%) German Language
10 21 (4.76%) Advertising
11 20 (4.54%) Front Office
12 19 (4.31%) Dutch Language
12 19 (4.31%) Retail
12 19 (4.31%) Telecoms
13 17 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (3.63%) Spanish Language
15 15 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (2.72%) Billing
16 12 (2.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 143 (32.43%) Analyst
2 72 (16.33%) Data Analyst
3 43 (9.75%) Senior
4 38 (8.62%) Support Analyst
5 28 (6.35%) Accountant
6 26 (5.90%) Trainee
7 24 (5.44%) Junior
7 24 (5.44%) Trainee Analyst
7 24 (5.44%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 22 (4.99%) Lead
9 19 (4.31%) Management Accountant
10 18 (4.08%) Consultant
10 18 (4.08%) IT Support
11 16 (3.63%) Developer
11 16 (3.63%) Support Specialist
12 15 (3.40%) IT Analyst
12 15 (3.40%) Service Manager
13 14 (3.17%) Administrator
14 13 (2.95%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.36%) EDI
2 3 (0.68%) .NET
2 3 (0.68%) OAuth
2 3 (0.68%) OpenID
2 3 (0.68%) PySpark
2 3 (0.68%) YAML
3 2 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.23%) Great Expectations
4 1 (0.23%) HTML
4 1 (0.23%) MFC
4 1 (0.23%) Pandas
4 1 (0.23%) Plotly
4 1 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.35%) Onboarding
1 28 (6.35%) Video Conferencing
2 23 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (2.04%) Derivative
4 9 (2.04%) Social Media
5 8 (1.81%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.59%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.36%) Social Network
8 5 (1.13%) CCTV
8 5 (1.13%) Credit Risk
8 5 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.13%) PMI
8 5 (1.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (0.91%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (0.68%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.68%) Digital Signage
10 3 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.68%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.62%) Windows
2 12 (2.72%) Linux
3 11 (2.49%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.27%) Unix
5 6 (1.36%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.68%) 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
1 157 (35.60%) Business Intelligence
2 104 (23.58%) Analytics
3 96 (21.77%) Data Analysis
4 95 (21.54%) Project Management
5 92 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (15.19%) Process Improvement
7 58 (13.15%) AI
8 53 (12.02%) Data Analytics
9 52 (11.79%) Decision-Making
10 51 (11.56%) ITIL
11 45 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 43 (9.75%) CRM
12 43 (9.75%) Visualisation
13 42 (9.52%) Information Security
14 39 (8.84%) Business Analysis
14 39 (8.84%) Project Delivery
15 38 (8.62%) Customer Service
16 37 (8.39%) Mentoring
17 35 (7.94%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 162 (36.73%) SQL
2 107 (24.26%) Python
3 14 (3.17%) VBA
4 10 (2.27%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.27%) R
5 9 (2.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (2.04%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.59%) VB
7 6 (1.36%) C#
8 5 (1.13%) VBScript
9 3 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.45%) Bash
11 1 (0.23%) ABAP
11 1 (0.23%) C++
11 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 123 (27.89%) Degree
2 41 (9.30%) ACCA
3 31 (7.03%) CIMA
4 22 (4.99%) Master's Degree
5 17 (3.85%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.95%) A+ Certification
6 13 (2.95%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.95%) CISSP
6 13 (2.95%) PMP
7 9 (2.04%) CISA
8 8 (1.81%) CISM
9 7 (1.59%) CFA
10 5 (1.13%) ISACA
10 5 (1.13%) SANS
11 4 (0.91%) CRISC
11 4 (0.91%) MBA
12 3 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.68%) CAPM
12 3 (0.68%) CBAP
12 3 (0.68%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.62%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.44%) QA
3 22 (4.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.63%) PMO
5 13 (2.95%) GDPR
6 9 (2.04%) GAAP
7 8 (1.81%) GRC
7 8 (1.81%) IFRS
7 8 (1.81%) NIST
8 6 (1.36%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.13%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.13%) NIST 800
9 5 (1.13%) SLA
10 4 (0.91%) COREP
10 4 (0.91%) FINREP
11 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.23%) FATCA
13 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 20 (4.54%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.36%) RSA Archer
2 6 (1.36%) SCCM
3 5 (1.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.91%) Grafana
5 2 (0.45%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.45%) Terraform
6 1 (0.23%) Control-M
Vendors
1 203 (46.03%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.67%) Salesforce
3 21 (4.76%) Adobe
4 20 (4.54%) SAP
5 16 (3.63%) Oracle
6 13 (2.95%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.72%) Cisco
8 8 (1.81%) Databricks
8 8 (1.81%) JD Edwards
9 7 (1.59%) Apple
9 7 (1.59%) Google
9 7 (1.59%) Polycom
10 6 (1.36%) HubSpot
11 5 (1.13%) IBM
11 5 (1.13%) Snow
11 5 (1.13%) VMware
11 5 (1.13%) Xero
11 5 (1.13%) YouTube
12 4 (0.91%) Intapp
13 3 (0.68%) Veeam