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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 75 61
Rank change year-on-year -21 -14 +45
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 441 581 916
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.74% 4.06% 4.26%
As % of the Applications category 43.88% 34.06% 46.90%
Number of salaries quoted 303 245 503
10th Percentile £32,568 £30,700 £29,222
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +12.15% -6.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
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 1,005 1,706 1,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.25% 11.94% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 588 603 1,302
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 2 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 2 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 96 £60,000 +14.29% 51
West London 0 19 £55,000 -12.00% 36
South London +21 15 £45,000 +38.46% 13
East London -4 10 £53,750 -40.28% 27
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 39 (8.84%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.04%) Skype for Business
3 8 (1.81%) SAS
4 7 (1.59%) CMS
5 2 (0.45%) Confluence
5 2 (0.45%) WordPress
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 145 (32.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 114 (25.85%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (4.31%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.72%) Photoshop
5 10 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (2.04%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (1.13%) AutoCAD
7 5 (1.13%) InDesign
8 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.45%) SPSS
9 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.59%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
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 ERP
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
1 152 (34.47%) Power Platform
2 47 (10.66%) SaaS
3 46 (10.43%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (9.98%) Azure
5 19 (4.31%) OneDrive
6 16 (3.63%) Power Automate
7 13 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.72%) PowerApps
9 11 (2.49%) Azure AI
10 8 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.81%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.59%) AWS
11 7 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.59%) Snowflake
12 5 (1.13%) GCP
12 5 (1.13%) GitHub
13 4 (0.91%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.91%) Zapier
14 3 (0.68%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.72%) Unified Communications
1 12 (2.72%) WebEx
2 9 (2.04%) Skype
3 4 (0.91%) Intranet
3 4 (0.91%) LAN
3 4 (0.91%) WAN
4 3 (0.68%) DHCP
4 3 (0.68%) Network Security
4 3 (0.68%) Wireless
5 2 (0.45%) DNS
5 2 (0.45%) Firewall
5 2 (0.45%) VPN
5 2 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (33.11%) Power BI
2 70 (15.87%) Tableau
3 26 (5.90%) Data Mining
4 19 (4.31%) SQL Server
5 18 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (3.63%) Power Query
7 15 (3.40%) Qlik Sense
8 12 (2.72%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.49%) Big Data
10 9 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.36%) GIS
11 6 (1.36%) Looker
11 6 (1.36%) QlikView
11 6 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.13%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.13%) Metadata
13 3 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.68%) KNIME
13 3 (0.68%) SQLite
13 3 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (3.40%) JIRA
2 3 (0.68%) Git
3 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 213 (48.30%) Finance
2 170 (38.55%) Social Skills
3 150 (34.01%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (17.23%) Marketing
5 49 (11.11%) Legal
6 48 (10.88%) Law
7 36 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (7.26%) Banking
9 24 (5.44%) German Language
10 23 (5.22%) French Language
11 20 (4.54%) 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 14 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (2.72%) Billing
16 12 (2.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 140 (31.75%) Analyst
2 71 (16.10%) Data Analyst
3 45 (10.20%) Senior
4 40 (9.07%) Support Analyst
5 28 (6.35%) Accountant
6 24 (5.44%) Trainee
7 22 (4.99%) Junior
7 22 (4.99%) Trainee Analyst
7 22 (4.99%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 21 (4.76%) Lead
9 18 (4.08%) IT Support
9 18 (4.08%) Management Accountant
10 16 (3.63%) Administrator
10 16 (3.63%) Developer
10 16 (3.63%) Service Manager
10 16 (3.63%) Support Specialist
11 15 (3.40%) Consultant
11 15 (3.40%) IT Analyst
12 14 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (2.95%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.36%) EDI
2 3 (0.68%) .NET
2 3 (0.68%) PySpark
2 3 (0.68%) YAML
3 2 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.45%) OAuth
3 2 (0.45%) OpenID
4 1 (0.23%) Great Expectations
4 1 (0.23%) HTML
4 1 (0.23%) MFC
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.23%) Pandas
4 1 (0.23%) Plotly
4 1 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.80%) Video Conferencing
2 27 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (2.72%) Social Media
6 8 (1.81%) Derivative
7 7 (1.59%) Reference Data
7 7 (1.59%) Social Network
8 5 (1.13%) CCTV
8 5 (1.13%) Credit Risk
8 5 (1.13%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.13%) PMI
8 5 (1.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (0.91%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.91%) Reinsurance
9 4 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (0.68%) Blog
10 3 (0.68%) CMDB
10 3 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
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 4 (0.91%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (36.05%) Business Intelligence
2 111 (25.17%) Analytics
3 97 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (20.86%) Data Analysis
4 92 (20.86%) Project Management
5 66 (14.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 61 (13.83%) Process Improvement
7 55 (12.47%) AI
8 54 (12.24%) Data Analytics
8 54 (12.24%) ITIL
9 52 (11.79%) Decision-Making
10 47 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (10.43%) Visualisation
12 42 (9.52%) Information Security
13 41 (9.30%) CRM
14 39 (8.84%) Customer Service
15 38 (8.62%) Project Delivery
16 37 (8.39%) Business Analysis
17 36 (8.16%) Mentoring
18 35 (7.94%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 159 (36.05%) SQL
2 103 (23.36%) Python
3 14 (3.17%) VBA
4 11 (2.49%) JavaScript
4 11 (2.49%) R
5 9 (2.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (2.04%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.36%) C#
6 6 (1.36%) VB
7 4 (0.91%) VBScript
8 3 (0.68%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.45%) Bash
10 1 (0.23%) ABAP
10 1 (0.23%) C++
10 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 122 (27.66%) Degree
2 38 (8.62%) ACCA
3 27 (6.12%) CIMA
4 22 (4.99%) Master's Degree
5 17 (3.85%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.95%) A+ Certification
6 13 (2.95%) CISSP
6 13 (2.95%) PMP
7 11 (2.49%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.27%) CISA
9 8 (1.81%) CISM
10 7 (1.59%) CFA
11 5 (1.13%) ISACA
11 5 (1.13%) SANS
12 4 (0.91%) AAT
12 4 (0.91%) CRISC
12 4 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.91%) MBA
13 3 (0.68%) CBAP
13 3 (0.68%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.62%) Data Quality
2 28 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (5.22%) QA
4 15 (3.40%) PMO
5 13 (2.95%) GDPR
6 8 (1.81%) GAAP
6 8 (1.81%) GRC
6 8 (1.81%) ISO 9001
7 7 (1.59%) IFRS
7 7 (1.59%) NIST
8 6 (1.36%) SLA
9 5 (1.13%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.13%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.45%) COREP
11 2 (0.45%) FINREP
12 1 (0.23%) FATCA
12 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (4.54%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.36%) RSA Archer
2 6 (1.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 5 (1.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (0.91%) Grafana
4 4 (0.91%) SCCM
4 4 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.45%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.45%) Terraform
6 1 (0.23%) Control-M
Vendors
1 204 (46.26%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.44%) Salesforce
3 21 (4.76%) Adobe
4 19 (4.31%) SAP
5 15 (3.40%) Cisco
5 15 (3.40%) Oracle
6 14 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.04%) Databricks
7 9 (2.04%) Google
7 9 (2.04%) Polycom
8 8 (1.81%) Xero
9 7 (1.59%) Apple
9 7 (1.59%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.59%) JD Edwards
9 7 (1.59%) YouTube
10 5 (1.13%) VMware
11 4 (0.91%) IBM
11 4 (0.91%) Intapp
11 4 (0.91%) Snow
12 3 (0.68%) Workday