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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 69 45
Rank change year-on-year -45 -24 +42
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 456 535 1,074
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.96% 4.36% 5.35%
As % of the Applications category 39.65% 43.46% 58.21%
Number of salaries quoted 297 365 400
10th Percentile £32,050 £29,239 £31,475
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £93,750 £81,375
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -

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 1,150 1,231 1,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.94% 10.02% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 697 728 957
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,500 £30,147
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,633 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £90,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% -6.67%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -13 90 £52,500 +5.00% 82
West London -26 14 £44,500 -31.54% 29
South London -4 11 £65,000 +85.71% 16
East London -12 7 £40,000 -57.89% 14
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 38 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.54%) Skype for Business
3 3 (0.66%) Confluence
4 2 (0.44%) CMS
4 2 (0.44%) SAS
4 2 (0.44%) WordPress
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 113 (24.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 110 (24.12%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.10%) AutoCAD
5 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.66%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.44%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.44%) ProjectWise
7 2 (0.44%) Revit
8 1 (0.22%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.22%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.63%) NetSuite
1 12 (2.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (1.32%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.88%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.88%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.88%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.88%) Oracle Retail
5 3 (0.66%) Magento
6 2 (0.44%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.22%) FastStats
7 1 (0.22%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 139 (30.48%) Power Platform
2 48 (10.53%) SaaS
3 39 (8.55%) Azure
4 36 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (7.46%) AWS
6 16 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (3.07%) Azure AI
8 12 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (2.63%) PowerApps
9 11 (2.41%) Power Automate
10 8 (1.75%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (1.54%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.32%) GCP
13 5 (1.10%) ChatGPT
13 5 (1.10%) Google Sheets
14 4 (0.88%) Canva
14 4 (0.88%) Copilot Studio
15 3 (0.66%) Snowflake
15 3 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.97%) Broadband
2 7 (1.54%) Skype
2 7 (1.54%) Unified Communications
2 7 (1.54%) WebEx
3 6 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.10%) Firewall
4 5 (1.10%) Intranet
4 5 (1.10%) VPN
5 4 (0.88%) DHCP
5 4 (0.88%) DNS
5 4 (0.88%) LAN
5 4 (0.88%) NGN
5 4 (0.88%) VLAN
5 4 (0.88%) WAN
6 3 (0.66%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.44%) BGP
7 2 (0.44%) HSRP
7 2 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.22%) Internet
8 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (28.73%) Power BI
2 51 (11.18%) Tableau
3 27 (5.92%) Power Query
4 15 (3.29%) SQL Server
5 11 (2.41%) Data Lake
5 11 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.97%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.75%) SAP BW
8 7 (1.54%) Looker
8 7 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.32%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.88%) Db2
10 4 (0.88%) DB2 UDB
10 4 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.88%) QlikView
11 3 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.44%) EDMS
12 2 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 17 (3.73%) JIRA
2 6 (1.32%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.88%) Toad
4 3 (0.66%) Postman
4 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.44%) JMeter
6 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
General
1 228 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 226 (49.56%) Finance
3 144 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (13.38%) Marketing
5 47 (10.31%) Legal
5 47 (10.31%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (9.21%) Law
7 41 (8.99%) Banking
8 31 (6.80%) Retail
9 23 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (4.82%) Advertising
11 21 (4.61%) Telecoms
12 19 (4.17%) Front Office
13 18 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (2.63%) General Ledger
15 11 (2.41%) German Language
16 10 (2.19%) Japanese Language
17 9 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (1.75%) Automotive
19 7 (1.54%) French Language
Job Titles
1 146 (32.02%) Analyst
2 54 (11.84%) Data Analyst
3 32 (7.02%) Report Analyst
4 30 (6.58%) Accountant
5 26 (5.70%) Senior
6 25 (5.48%) Developer
6 25 (5.48%) Financial Analyst
7 24 (5.26%) Administrator
7 24 (5.26%) Junior
8 22 (4.82%) Management Accountant
9 19 (4.17%) Business Analyst
9 19 (4.17%) IT Support
9 19 (4.17%) Support Analyst
10 15 (3.29%) Junior Analyst
11 14 (3.07%) Consultant
11 14 (3.07%) Junior Data Analyst
12 13 (2.85%) RAD Developer
13 12 (2.63%) Support Assistant
14 11 (2.41%) Product Manager
14 11 (2.41%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (1.10%) FreeMarker
3 5 (1.10%) ODBC
4 2 (0.44%) EDI
4 2 (0.44%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.44%) NumPy
4 2 (0.44%) OAuth
4 2 (0.44%) OpenID
4 2 (0.44%) Pandas
4 2 (0.44%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.22%) ADO
5 1 (0.22%) COM
5 1 (0.22%) CSS
5 1 (0.22%) HTML
5 1 (0.22%) JSON
5 1 (0.22%) TAPI
5 1 (0.22%) XML
5 1 (0.22%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 67 (14.69%) Onboarding
2 36 (7.89%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.82%) Data Centre
4 18 (3.95%) Fixed Income
4 18 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.73%) Video Conferencing
6 15 (3.29%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (3.07%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (2.63%) Hedge funds
9 10 (2.19%) Derivative
9 10 (2.19%) Social Media
10 9 (1.97%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.97%) Web Conferencing
11 8 (1.75%) Educational Technology
11 8 (1.75%) e-Learning
12 6 (1.32%) Equities
12 6 (1.32%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.32%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.10%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.21%) Windows
2 17 (3.73%) Linux
3 8 (1.75%) Unix
4 4 (0.88%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (28.95%) Business Intelligence
2 103 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (20.61%) Process Improvement
4 85 (18.64%) Project Management
5 71 (15.57%) Analytics
6 68 (14.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 55 (12.06%) Decision-Making
8 54 (11.84%) AI
9 47 (10.31%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 45 (9.87%) Agile
10 45 (9.87%) CRM
10 45 (9.87%) Data Analysis
11 44 (9.65%) Budgeting
12 40 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 38 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 35 (7.68%) Mentoring
15 31 (6.80%) Actionable Insight
15 31 (6.80%) Data Management
16 29 (6.36%) ERP
17 28 (6.14%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 124 (27.19%) SQL
2 68 (14.91%) Python
3 39 (8.55%) VBA
4 23 (5.04%) C#
5 13 (2.85%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.41%) JavaScript
7 10 (2.19%) Java
8 9 (1.97%) Bash
9 7 (1.54%) Rust
10 5 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.10%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.10%) VB
11 4 (0.88%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.88%) R
11 4 (0.88%) VBScript
12 3 (0.66%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.22%) C
13 1 (0.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 119 (26.10%) Degree
2 62 (13.60%) ACCA
3 56 (12.28%) CIMA
4 17 (3.73%) Azure Certification
5 10 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.19%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.54%) A+ Certification
7 5 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.88%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.88%) PMP
9 3 (0.66%) BICSI Certification
9 3 (0.66%) CCNA
9 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.44%) BICSI RCDD
10 2 (0.44%) CISSP
10 2 (0.44%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.44%) MCT
10 2 (0.44%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.04%) QA
3 19 (4.17%) GDPR
3 19 (4.17%) PMO
4 14 (3.07%) COREP
4 14 (3.07%) FINREP
5 12 (2.63%) SLA
6 11 (2.41%) GAAP
7 8 (1.75%) IFRS
7 8 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.10%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.44%) COBIT
12 1 (0.22%) COSO
12 1 (0.22%) GRC
12 1 (0.22%) NIST
12 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.22%) PERC
System Software
1 11 (2.41%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.54%) Docker
3 6 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.22%) IAG
Systems Management
1 10 (2.19%) Terraform
2 9 (1.97%) Ansible
3 8 (1.75%) Grafana
3 8 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.75%) Prometheus
3 8 (1.75%) SCCM
4 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 179 (39.25%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.80%) SAP
3 30 (6.58%) Oracle
4 12 (2.63%) NEC
4 12 (2.63%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.75%) Adobe
5 8 (1.75%) Google
5 8 (1.75%) HubSpot
5 8 (1.75%) Xero
6 7 (1.54%) Polycom
6 7 (1.54%) Splunk
7 6 (1.32%) JD Edwards
8 5 (1.10%) Alteryx
8 5 (1.10%) Cisco
8 5 (1.10%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.88%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.88%) Hyperion
9 4 (0.88%) IBM
9 4 (0.88%) Retek
9 4 (0.88%) Snow