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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 58 81
Rank change year-on-year -10 +23 +18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 73 107 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.23% 4.18% 2.86%
As % of the Applications category 31.47% 47.77% 47.87%
Number of salaries quoted 46 55 84
10th Percentile £31,500 £30,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -6.23%
75th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £70,375 £58,750 £48,750
North West median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -3.46%

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 232 224 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 7.09% 8.76% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 106 124 175
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +20.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £48,563 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,375 £60,250
North West median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% -2.99%

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 6 February 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 6 February 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
Wigan +3 2 £35,000 -10.26%
Altrincham -7 2 £33,000 - 4
Bolton -7 2 £38,750 -3.13% 4
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 2 (2.74%) CMS
1 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (27.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 32 (43.84%) Power Platform
2 24 (32.88%) Azure
3 9 (12.33%) AWS
4 8 (10.96%) Azure AI
5 3 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.74%) Intacct
6 2 (2.74%) Workato
7 1 (1.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) Broadband
1 2 (2.74%) LAN
1 2 (2.74%) Network Security
1 2 (2.74%) SD-WAN
1 2 (2.74%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (2.74%) WAN
1 2 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (43.84%) Power BI
2 24 (32.88%) Tableau
3 16 (21.92%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.74%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.37%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 45 (61.64%) Social Skills
2 40 (54.79%) Finance
3 39 (53.42%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (12.33%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (9.59%) Retail
6 5 (6.85%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.48%) Marketing
8 3 (4.11%) Billing
9 2 (2.74%) Advertising
9 2 (2.74%) Banking
9 2 (2.74%) Law
10 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.37%) Agriculture
10 1 (1.37%) Electronics
10 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (67.12%) Analyst
2 25 (34.25%) Data Analyst
3 14 (19.18%) Trainee
3 14 (19.18%) Trainee Analyst
3 14 (19.18%) Trainee Data Analyst
4 8 (10.96%) Junior
4 8 (10.96%) Junior Analyst
4 8 (10.96%) Junior Data Analyst
5 7 (9.59%) Financial Analyst
6 5 (6.85%) Commercial Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Business Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Senior
8 3 (4.11%) Innovation Analyst
9 2 (2.74%) Accountant
9 2 (2.74%) Applications Specialist
9 2 (2.74%) Applications Support
9 2 (2.74%) Assistant Accountant
9 2 (2.74%) Lead
9 2 (2.74%) Senior Applications Support
9 2 (2.74%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) Middleware
2 1 (1.37%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.70%) Onboarding
2 9 (12.33%) Public Cloud
3 8 (10.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (10.96%) Social Media
4 4 (5.48%) Digital Media
4 4 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.11%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.74%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.37%) IoT
7 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (42.47%) Business Intelligence
2 27 (36.99%) Data Analysis
3 24 (32.88%) AI
4 21 (28.77%) Business Analysis
5 19 (26.03%) Project Management
6 18 (24.66%) Analytics
7 15 (20.55%) Data Analytics
8 13 (17.81%) Agile
8 13 (17.81%) Decision-Making
9 9 (12.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 9 (12.33%) Business Development
9 9 (12.33%) Client Onboarding
9 9 (12.33%) Cost Optimisation
9 9 (12.33%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (12.33%) ERP
9 9 (12.33%) FinOps
9 9 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (12.33%) Software Licensing
10 8 (10.96%) Actionable Insight
10 8 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 29 (39.73%) SQL
2 23 (31.51%) Python
3 3 (4.11%) VBA
4 2 (2.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.37%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (12.33%) ACCA
1 9 (12.33%) AWS Certification
1 9 (12.33%) CIMA
1 9 (12.33%) Degree
2 8 (10.96%) Azure Certification
2 8 (10.96%) DBS Check
3 3 (4.11%) AAT
4 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.37%) MBA
5 1 (1.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.74%) GDPR
2 1 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.37%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.37%) PMO
2 1 (1.37%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 49 (67.12%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.33%) Adobe
2 9 (12.33%) Apple
3 4 (5.48%) Sage
4 2 (2.74%) Concur
4 2 (2.74%) Facebook
4 2 (2.74%) SAP
4 2 (2.74%) UiPath
4 2 (2.74%) Xero
5 1 (1.37%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.37%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.37%) Ariba
5 1 (1.37%) Google
5 1 (1.37%) Oracle
5 1 (1.37%) Salesforce