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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 80 87
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 +24
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 478 601 637
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.44% 3.85% 3.56%
As % of the Applications category 44.18% 40.83% 44.64%
Number of salaries quoted 332 235 365
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,200
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,862 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,750 £85,000 £85,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%

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 1,082 1,472 1,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.78% 9.44% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 617 582 1,004
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +13.53% -10.08%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 -3 101 £45,000 -18.92% 52
South London +12 16 £45,000 +38.46% 4
West London +10 13 £50,000 - 11
East London - 12 £40,000 - 8
North London +7 1 £34,500 -50.71% 1
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 46 (9.62%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.72%) Skype for Business
4 9 (1.88%) SAS
5 6 (1.26%) CMS
6 3 (0.63%) Confluence
6 3 (0.63%) WordPress
7 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 160 (33.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 138 (28.87%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.93%) MS Visio
4 13 (2.72%) Photoshop
5 9 (1.88%) Adobe Premiere
6 8 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (1.26%) InDesign
8 3 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.63%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.63%) Stata
9 2 (0.42%) SPSS
10 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.67%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.05%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.63%) Yoast SEO
5 2 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.42%) Relativity
5 2 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.42%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 2 (0.42%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.21%) Pegasus Opera
6 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 165 (34.52%) Power Platform
2 55 (11.51%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (9.62%) Azure
4 29 (6.07%) SaaS
5 15 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (3.14%) OneDrive
6 14 (2.93%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (2.72%) Entra ID
8 12 (2.51%) Power Automate
9 11 (2.30%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.88%) AWS
10 9 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.46%) GCP
12 6 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.05%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.05%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.84%) Intacct
14 4 (0.84%) Miro
15 3 (0.63%) Asana
15 3 (0.63%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.77%) WebEx
2 16 (3.35%) Unified Communications
3 13 (2.72%) Skype
4 9 (1.88%) DHCP
5 8 (1.67%) DNS
6 6 (1.26%) Wireless
7 3 (0.63%) SMS
8 2 (0.42%) Intranet
8 2 (0.42%) LAN
8 2 (0.42%) WAN
8 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.21%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.21%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.21%) Network Security
9 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (33.05%) Power BI
2 69 (14.44%) Tableau
3 22 (4.60%) Data Mining
4 21 (4.39%) SQL Server
5 18 (3.77%) Big Data
5 18 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (3.14%) Power Query
7 12 (2.51%) Qlik Sense
8 10 (2.09%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.26%) Looker
9 6 (1.26%) Metadata
10 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.84%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.84%) GIS
11 4 (0.84%) QlikView
12 3 (0.63%) Amazon QuickSight
12 3 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.63%) KNIME
12 3 (0.63%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (4.81%) JIRA
2 3 (0.63%) Git
3 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 220 (46.03%) Finance
2 192 (40.17%) Social Skills
3 175 (36.61%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (14.85%) Marketing
5 60 (12.55%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (12.13%) Law
7 55 (11.51%) Legal
8 35 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (4.81%) Banking
11 19 (3.97%) Telecoms
12 18 (3.77%) Retail
13 17 (3.56%) Advertising
13 17 (3.56%) Front Office
14 16 (3.35%) German Language
15 14 (2.93%) Billing
15 14 (2.93%) Financial Institution
16 12 (2.51%) French Language
16 12 (2.51%) Public Sector
17 11 (2.30%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 150 (31.38%) Analyst
2 76 (15.90%) Data Analyst
3 54 (11.30%) Senior
4 41 (8.58%) Support Analyst
5 24 (5.02%) Junior
5 24 (5.02%) Support Specialist
6 23 (4.81%) Accountant
6 23 (4.81%) Lead
7 20 (4.18%) Administrator
7 20 (4.18%) Trainee
8 18 (3.77%) Support Assistant
8 18 (3.77%) Trainee Analyst
8 18 (3.77%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 17 (3.56%) IT Support
10 16 (3.35%) Junior Analyst
10 16 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
10 16 (3.35%) Service Manager
11 15 (3.14%) Data Insight Analyst
11 15 (3.14%) Insight Analyst
11 15 (3.14%) Insight Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.05%) FreeMarker
2 3 (0.63%) .NET
2 3 (0.63%) Altair
2 3 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (0.63%) PySpark
2 3 (0.63%) YAML
3 2 (0.42%) Middleware
3 2 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.42%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (0.42%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.21%) EDI
4 1 (0.21%) Great Expectations
4 1 (0.21%) HTML
4 1 (0.21%) MFC
4 1 (0.21%) Pandas
4 1 (0.21%) Plotly
4 1 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.21%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (6.69%) Onboarding
3 27 (5.65%) Video Conferencing
4 17 (3.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (3.35%) Social Media
6 14 (2.93%) Social Network
7 12 (2.51%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.46%) Credit Risk
9 7 (1.46%) Derivative
10 6 (1.26%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.05%) PMI
11 5 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
11 5 (1.05%) Wiki
12 4 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.84%) Reinsurance
13 3 (0.63%) Blog
13 3 (0.63%) CMDB
13 3 (0.63%) NHS
13 3 (0.63%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 44 (9.21%) Windows
2 13 (2.72%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.30%) Linux
4 10 (2.09%) Unix
5 7 (1.46%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (35.77%) Business Intelligence
2 109 (22.80%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (22.59%) Analytics
4 107 (22.38%) Project Management
5 92 (19.25%) Data Analysis
6 67 (14.02%) Decision-Making
7 63 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (13.18%) ITIL
8 59 (12.34%) Visualisation
9 54 (11.30%) AI
10 53 (11.09%) Project Delivery
11 52 (10.88%) Process Improvement
12 50 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
13 49 (10.25%) Data Analytics
14 48 (10.04%) Agile
15 41 (8.58%) Mentoring
16 38 (7.95%) Change Management
17 37 (7.74%) Actionable Insight
17 37 (7.74%) Business Analysis
18 36 (7.53%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 154 (32.22%) SQL
2 95 (19.87%) Python
3 20 (4.18%) R
3 20 (4.18%) VBA
4 18 (3.77%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (1.88%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.84%) C#
7 4 (0.84%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.84%) VB
8 3 (0.63%) Bash
8 3 (0.63%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.21%) Java
Qualifications
1 123 (25.73%) Degree
2 34 (7.11%) ACCA
3 31 (6.49%) Master's Degree
4 21 (4.39%) PMI Certification
5 19 (3.97%) CIMA
6 17 (3.56%) PMP
7 12 (2.51%) A+ Certification
7 12 (2.51%) CFA
8 10 (2.09%) MBA
9 8 (1.67%) CISA
9 8 (1.67%) CISSP
10 5 (1.05%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.63%) AAT
11 3 (0.63%) CAPM
11 3 (0.63%) CBAP
11 3 (0.63%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.42%) CCNA
12 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.42%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.16%) QA
2 36 (7.53%) Data Quality
3 31 (6.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (4.39%) PMO
5 16 (3.35%) GDPR
6 14 (2.93%) GAAP
6 14 (2.93%) IFRS
7 9 (1.88%) ISO 9001
7 9 (1.88%) SLA
8 8 (1.67%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.42%) GRC
10 2 (0.42%) NIST
11 1 (0.21%) COBIT
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.21%) FINRA
11 1 (0.21%) GMP
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.05%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.42%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (3.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (0.63%) Grafana
4 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.21%) Control-M
5 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 230 (48.12%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.81%) Salesforce
3 19 (3.97%) Oracle
3 19 (3.97%) SAP
4 18 (3.77%) Adobe
4 18 (3.77%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.35%) Cisco
6 13 (2.72%) Polycom
7 10 (2.09%) Databricks
7 10 (2.09%) VMware
8 8 (1.67%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.67%) Sage
9 7 (1.46%) Google
9 7 (1.46%) Xero
9 7 (1.46%) YouTube
10 6 (1.26%) HubSpot
11 5 (1.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.84%) Apple
12 4 (0.84%) Concur
12 4 (0.84%) Epicor