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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 45 81
Rank change year-on-year -28 +36 +18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 101 124 136
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.09% 6.22% 2.87%
As % of the Applications category 46.98% 52.32% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 64 61 114
10th Percentile £30,300 £25,480 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £43,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £51,375
North West median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year - +17.65% +3.03%

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 215 237 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.46% 11.89% 6.09%
Number of salaries quoted 144 126 229
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,480 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,188 £31,313 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +17.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £47,500 £58,750 £46,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £77,500 £55,250
North West median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% +24.24% -5.71%

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 13 April 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 13 April 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 -5 4 £46,250 +41.26%
Altrincham - 3 £33,000 -
Stockport -2 2 - - 3
Salford -15 2 £42,500 +28.79% 6
Wigan -7 1 £42,500 +8.97% 3
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 (1.98%) ArcGIS
1 2 (1.98%) CMS
2 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (20.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (6.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (4.95%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 46 (45.54%) Power Platform
2 30 (29.70%) Azure
3 19 (18.81%) Azure AI
4 9 (8.91%) AWS
5 6 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.99%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.99%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (45.54%) Power BI
2 34 (33.66%) Tableau
3 14 (13.86%) Data Mining
4 8 (7.92%) Power Query
5 4 (3.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.98%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 60 (59.41%) Social Skills
2 34 (33.66%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (25.74%) Finance
4 12 (11.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (11.88%) Retail
5 8 (7.92%) Marketing
6 7 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.94%) Law
7 6 (5.94%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.95%) Military
9 4 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.97%) Advertising
10 3 (2.97%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.98%) Billing
11 2 (1.98%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.99%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.99%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 56 (55.45%) Analyst
2 35 (34.65%) Data Analyst
3 19 (18.81%) Junior
3 19 (18.81%) Junior Analyst
3 19 (18.81%) Junior Data Analyst
4 14 (13.86%) Trainee
4 14 (13.86%) Trainee Analyst
4 14 (13.86%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 10 (9.90%) Data Manager
6 6 (5.94%) Consultant
6 6 (5.94%) IT Consultant
6 6 (5.94%) IT Sales Consultant
6 6 (5.94%) Sales Consultant
7 5 (4.95%) Analytics Manager
7 5 (4.95%) Data Analytics Manager
8 4 (3.96%) Administrator
8 4 (3.96%) Marketing Manager
9 3 (2.97%) Business Analyst
9 3 (2.97%) Financial Analyst
9 3 (2.97%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.99%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.87%) Onboarding
2 9 (8.91%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.91%) Public Cloud
3 6 (5.94%) Pricing Data
4 5 (4.95%) Digital Media
5 4 (3.96%) Social Media
6 3 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (46.53%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (31.68%) AI
3 27 (26.73%) Data Analysis
4 26 (25.74%) Analytics
5 23 (22.77%) Project Management
6 22 (21.78%) Data Analytics
7 21 (20.79%) Decision-Making
8 18 (17.82%) Business Analysis
9 15 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (10.89%) Actionable Insight
12 10 (9.90%) Data Management
12 10 (9.90%) Visualisation
13 9 (8.91%) Client Onboarding
13 9 (8.91%) Cost Optimisation
13 9 (8.91%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (8.91%) ERP
13 9 (8.91%) FinOps
13 9 (8.91%) Process Improvement
13 9 (8.91%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 42 (41.58%) SQL
2 34 (33.66%) Python
3 9 (8.91%) VBA
4 3 (2.97%) C#
5 2 (1.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 19 (18.81%) Azure Certification
2 9 (8.91%) AWS Certification
3 7 (6.93%) Degree
4 6 (5.94%) ACCA
4 6 (5.94%) CIMA
5 4 (3.96%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.99%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.94%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.95%) QA
3 2 (1.98%) GDPR
3 2 (1.98%) PMO
4 1 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 2 (1.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 61 (60.40%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.91%) Adobe
2 9 (8.91%) Apple
3 8 (7.92%) SAP
4 7 (6.93%) Google
5 2 (1.98%) IFS
6 1 (0.99%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.99%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle
6 1 (0.99%) Sage
6 1 (0.99%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.99%) Zoho