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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 70 62
Rank change year-on-year -49 -8 +12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 483 534 821
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.87% 4.52% 4.45%
As % of the Applications category 38.67% 43.91% 55.81%
Number of salaries quoted 305 369 274
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £31,325
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,225 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £90,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -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 1,249 1,216 1,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.83% 10.29% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 756 702 653
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £86,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £46,345
% change year-on-year - -13.69% +2.99%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -16 74 £45,000 -10.00% 118
East London +3 20 £35,000 -3.45% 14
West London -11 19 £36,000 -4.00% 36
South London +1 15 £65,000 +52.94% 16
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 45 (9.32%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.24%) Skype for Business
3 5 (1.04%) Confluence
3 5 (1.04%) WordPress
4 2 (0.41%) CMS
4 2 (0.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.21%) MTS
5 1 (0.21%) SAS
5 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 126 (26.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 114 (23.60%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (3.52%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.86%) AutoCAD
5 9 (1.86%) Revit
6 7 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.83%) ProjectWise
8 3 (0.62%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.41%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.41%) SPSS
10 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.21%) InDesign
10 1 (0.21%) Inkscape
10 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.90%) NetSuite
2 12 (2.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.24%) Workday HCM
5 5 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.62%) FastStats
7 3 (0.62%) Magento
8 2 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
8 2 (0.41%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.21%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 147 (30.43%) Power Platform
2 46 (9.52%) AWS
3 34 (7.04%) Azure
4 32 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (6.63%) SaaS
5 20 (4.14%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (3.11%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (2.69%) GCP
8 10 (2.07%) SuccessFactors
9 9 (1.86%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.66%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.45%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.04%) Google Analytics
12 5 (1.04%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.62%) Azure AI
13 3 (0.62%) Canva
13 3 (0.62%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.41%) ChatGPT
14 2 (0.41%) Copilot Studio
14 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.28%) Broadband
2 8 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.24%) Skype
3 6 (1.24%) Structured Cabling
3 6 (1.24%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.24%) Unified Communications
3 6 (1.24%) WebEx
4 5 (1.04%) Intranet
4 5 (1.04%) VPN
5 4 (0.83%) DHCP
5 4 (0.83%) DNS
5 4 (0.83%) NGN
6 2 (0.41%) BGP
6 2 (0.41%) Firewall
6 2 (0.41%) HSRP
6 2 (0.41%) Internet
7 1 (0.21%) Extranet
7 1 (0.21%) LAN
7 1 (0.21%) OSPF
7 1 (0.21%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (29.61%) Power BI
2 46 (9.52%) Tableau
3 19 (3.93%) Power Query
4 17 (3.52%) SQL Server
5 11 (2.28%) Looker
6 10 (2.07%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.86%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.66%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.83%) EDMS
11 4 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.62%) Big Data
13 2 (0.41%) Data Vault
14 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
14 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
14 1 (0.21%) GIS
14 1 (0.21%) Metadata
14 1 (0.21%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 15 (3.11%) JIRA
2 6 (1.24%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.83%) Toad
4 3 (0.62%) Postman
5 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.41%) JMeter
6 1 (0.21%) Git
6 1 (0.21%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 272 (56.31%) Social Skills
2 235 (48.65%) Finance
3 162 (33.54%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 59 (12.22%) Marketing
6 43 (8.90%) Law
7 42 (8.70%) Retail
8 41 (8.49%) Legal
9 37 (7.66%) Banking
10 27 (5.59%) Telecoms
11 26 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (3.52%) Advertising
13 17 (3.52%) General Ledger
14 14 (2.90%) Financial Institution
15 13 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (2.28%) Front Office
17 10 (2.07%) Manufacturing
17 10 (2.07%) Public Sector
18 9 (1.86%) Billing
Job Titles
1 137 (28.36%) Analyst
2 49 (10.14%) Data Analyst
3 40 (8.28%) Administrator
4 33 (6.83%) Senior
5 25 (5.18%) Report Analyst
6 20 (4.14%) Financial Analyst
7 19 (3.93%) Business Analyst
8 18 (3.73%) Accountant
8 18 (3.73%) IT Support
8 18 (3.73%) Support Analyst
9 16 (3.31%) Coordinator
9 16 (3.31%) Developer
9 16 (3.31%) Project Manager
10 15 (3.11%) Management Accountant
11 12 (2.48%) IT Analyst
11 12 (2.48%) Lead
12 11 (2.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (2.28%) Junior
12 11 (2.28%) Support Assistant
13 10 (2.07%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.86%) Terraform
2 8 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.04%) FreeMarker
4 5 (1.04%) Matplotlib
4 5 (1.04%) NumPy
4 5 (1.04%) ODBC
4 5 (1.04%) Pandas
5 2 (0.41%) Middleware
5 2 (0.41%) Seaborn
5 2 (0.41%) XML
5 2 (0.41%) XSLT
6 1 (0.21%) .NET
6 1 (0.21%) ADO
6 1 (0.21%) COM
6 1 (0.21%) CSS
6 1 (0.21%) HTML
6 1 (0.21%) JSON
6 1 (0.21%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 73 (15.11%) Onboarding
2 62 (12.84%) Management Information System
3 38 (7.87%) Data Centre
4 19 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.31%) Data Structures
5 16 (3.31%) Social Media
5 16 (3.31%) Video Conferencing
6 14 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (2.48%) Fixed Income
8 11 (2.28%) Educational Technology
9 10 (2.07%) Housing Association
10 9 (1.86%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.66%) FMCG
11 8 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.66%) Web Conferencing
12 7 (1.45%) Hedge funds
12 7 (1.45%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.45%) Reinsurance
13 6 (1.24%) e-Learning
14 5 (1.04%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (8.49%) Windows
2 14 (2.90%) Linux
3 4 (0.83%) Unix
4 2 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (30.64%) Business Intelligence
2 137 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (18.63%) Analytics
4 86 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 83 (17.18%) Decision-Making
6 80 (16.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 78 (16.15%) Process Improvement
8 75 (15.53%) Project Management
9 57 (11.80%) AI
10 55 (11.39%) Agile
11 52 (10.77%) CRM
12 51 (10.56%) Data Analysis
13 50 (10.35%) Data Management
14 46 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
15 41 (8.49%) ERP
16 40 (8.28%) Validation
17 39 (8.07%) Budgeting
18 37 (7.66%) Mentoring
18 37 (7.66%) Migration
19 36 (7.45%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 104 (21.53%) SQL
2 47 (9.73%) Python
3 34 (7.04%) VBA
4 18 (3.73%) C#
5 13 (2.69%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.28%) JavaScript
7 10 (2.07%) Java
8 9 (1.86%) Bash
9 7 (1.45%) Rust
10 5 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.04%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.04%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.62%) R
13 2 (0.41%) PHP
14 1 (0.21%) C
14 1 (0.21%) C++
14 1 (0.21%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 125 (25.88%) Degree
2 43 (8.90%) ACCA
3 39 (8.07%) CIMA
4 13 (2.69%) DBS Check
5 10 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.45%) A+ Certification
6 7 (1.45%) BICSI Certification
7 6 (1.24%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.24%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.24%) PMP
8 4 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (0.62%) AAT
9 3 (0.62%) BICSI RCDD
9 3 (0.62%) CCNA
9 3 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.62%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.62%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.62%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (16.15%) Data Quality
2 29 (6.00%) GDPR
3 25 (5.18%) QA
4 19 (3.93%) PMO
5 17 (3.52%) SLA
6 11 (2.28%) GAAP
7 9 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (1.45%) Accessibility
10 6 (1.24%) IFRS
10 6 (1.24%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.83%) COREP
11 4 (0.83%) FINREP
12 2 (0.41%) COBIT
12 2 (0.41%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.21%) GRC
13 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (1.45%) Active Directory
1 7 (1.45%) Docker
2 6 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.21%) IAG
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.86%) Ansible
2 7 (1.45%) Grafana
2 7 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.45%) Prometheus
3 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.21%) SCCM
4 1 (0.21%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 205 (42.44%) Microsoft
2 41 (8.49%) SAP
3 31 (6.42%) Oracle
4 15 (3.11%) NEC
5 13 (2.69%) Google
6 10 (2.07%) Workday
7 9 (1.86%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.45%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.45%) Splunk
9 6 (1.24%) Adobe
9 6 (1.24%) Concur
9 6 (1.24%) Polycom
9 6 (1.24%) Progress
10 5 (1.04%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.04%) Cisco
10 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.83%) Okta
11 4 (0.83%) Remedy
11 4 (0.83%) Retek
11 4 (0.83%) Sage