Microsoft Excel Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Excel
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 71 71
Rank change year-on-year -16 0 +25
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 125 84 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.63% 3.55% 3.16%
As % of the Applications category 48.83% 26.25% 45.82%
Number of salaries quoted 81 53 39
10th Percentile £27,577 £26,600 £27,300
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% -3.53% +21.43%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 - -
North West median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,374
% change year-on-year - -7.12% +25.86%

All Software Application Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 256 320 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.34% 13.51% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 164 114 94
10th Percentile £27,577 £28,150 £23,800
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +4.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,375 £60,000 £66,863
North West median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,101
% change year-on-year - -0.25% +14.57%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Manchester

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in Manchester

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 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
Bolton +12 14 £28,609 -52.32% 6
Salford -12 9 £35,500 -21.11% 1
Altrincham - 8 £38,000 -
Wigan +5 5 £31,000 -11.43% 2
Stockport - 5 £26,500 - 5
Oldham - 3 - - 3
Bury - 1 £30,000 - 3
Cheadle - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Excel
North West

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.80%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.80%) Confluence
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.80%) SAS
Applications
1 43 (34.40%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (20.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.20%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.80%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.80%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 37 (29.60%) Power Platform
2 6 (4.80%) Azure
2 6 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.20%) Azure AI
4 2 (1.60%) AWS
4 2 (1.60%) ChatGPT
4 2 (1.60%) GCP
4 2 (1.60%) GitHub
4 2 (1.60%) Google Gemini
4 2 (1.60%) Google Sheets
4 2 (1.60%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.80%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.80%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.80%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.60%) Internet
2 1 (0.80%) LAN
2 1 (0.80%) Network Security
2 1 (0.80%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.80%) WAN
2 1 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.80%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (29.60%) Power BI
2 7 (5.60%) Tableau
3 4 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.20%) Power Query
4 2 (1.60%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.60%) KNIME
4 2 (1.60%) MS Access
5 1 (0.80%) GIS
5 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.20%) JIRA
2 3 (2.40%) RStudio
3 2 (1.60%) Git
General
1 69 (55.20%) Social Skills
2 47 (37.60%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (32.00%) Finance
4 26 (20.80%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (17.60%) Telecoms
6 21 (16.80%) Law
7 20 (16.00%) Military
8 15 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (10.40%) Retail
10 11 (8.80%) Legal
11 7 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (4.80%) Billing
12 6 (4.80%) Local Government
13 5 (4.00%) General Ledger
14 3 (2.40%) Automotive
15 2 (1.60%) Manufacturing
15 2 (1.60%) Marketing
15 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (1.60%) Public Sector
16 1 (0.80%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 33 (26.40%) Analyst
2 27 (21.60%) Administrator
3 16 (12.80%) Data Administrator
3 16 (12.80%) Junior
4 10 (8.00%) Data Analyst
5 8 (6.40%) Account Manager
6 7 (5.60%) Change Analyst
6 7 (5.60%) Junior Account Manager
6 7 (5.60%) Junior Service Manager
6 7 (5.60%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (4.00%) Accountant
7 5 (4.00%) Deployment Manager
7 5 (4.00%) Help Desk Administrator
7 5 (4.00%) Systems Accountant
8 4 (3.20%) Junior Analyst
8 4 (3.20%) Junior Data Analyst
8 4 (3.20%) Portfolio Analyst
8 4 (3.20%) Senior
9 3 (2.40%) Digital Analyst
9 3 (2.40%) HR Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.20%) Management Information System
1 9 (7.20%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.80%) Data Structures
4 5 (4.00%) EPoS
5 3 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.60%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.60%) NHS
6 2 (1.60%) Pricing Data
7 1 (0.80%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.80%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.80%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (21.60%) Decision-Making
3 26 (20.80%) Customer Service
4 24 (19.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (18.40%) Business Intelligence
6 20 (16.00%) Mathematics
7 19 (15.20%) Data Analysis
8 17 (13.60%) AI
8 17 (13.60%) E-Commerce
9 15 (12.00%) Time Management
10 14 (11.20%) Analytics
11 13 (10.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (8.80%) Actionable Insight
12 11 (8.80%) Process Improvement
12 11 (8.80%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (8.00%) Active Listening
13 10 (8.00%) Agile
13 10 (8.00%) Coaching
13 10 (8.00%) Performance Improvement
13 10 (8.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 40 (32.00%) SQL
2 18 (14.40%) Python
3 11 (8.80%) R
4 4 (3.20%) VBA
5 3 (2.40%) C#
6 2 (1.60%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.80%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (10.40%) Degree
2 7 (5.60%) ACCA
3 6 (4.80%) CIMA
4 4 (3.20%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.80%) CFA
5 1 (0.80%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.80%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.80%) PMP
5 1 (0.80%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.80%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.80%) Data Quality
2 9 (7.20%) QA
3 5 (4.00%) SLA
4 4 (3.20%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.20%) GDPR
5 2 (1.60%) IFRS
6 1 (0.80%) GAAP
6 1 (0.80%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.80%) PMO
Vendors
1 66 (52.80%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.40%) YouTube
3 4 (3.20%) Sage
3 4 (3.20%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.40%) Google
5 2 (1.60%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.60%) Workday
6 1 (0.80%) Adobe
6 1 (0.80%) Dell
6 1 (0.80%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.80%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (0.80%) Progress
6 1 (0.80%) VMware
6 1 (0.80%) Zoho