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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 72 74
Rank change year-on-year -12 +2 +35
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 116 94 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.61% 3.91% 3.05%
As % of the Applications category 51.10% 31.13% 47.55%
Number of salaries quoted 79 62 40
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,480 £26,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,673 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,250 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -14.20% +5.63%
75th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
North West median annual salary £41,750 £35,000 £36,750
% change year-on-year +19.29% -4.76% +1.38%

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 227 302 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.16% 12.55% 6.42%
Number of salaries quoted 159 136 91
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,480 £22,910
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,938 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% +7.04% -21.11%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,125 £48,125
90th Percentile £60,500 £77,500 £60,000
North West median annual salary £41,000 £40,000 £39,711
% change year-on-year +2.50% +0.73% -0.72%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +7 10 £46,250 +81.51% 6
Salford -16 9 £42,500 +23.19% 1
Altrincham - 8 £38,000 - 1
Wigan +5 4 £35,609 +1.74%
Stockport - 3 - - 5
Oldham - 3 - - 5
Bury - 1 £30,000 - 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 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.72%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.86%) Confluence
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.86%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (29.31%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.59%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.31%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (41.38%) Power Platform
2 11 (9.48%) Azure
3 9 (7.76%) Azure AI
3 9 (7.76%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.72%) AWS
4 2 (1.72%) ChatGPT
4 2 (1.72%) GCP
4 2 (1.72%) GitHub
4 2 (1.72%) Google Gemini
4 2 (1.72%) Google Sheets
4 2 (1.72%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.86%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.03%) Internet
2 1 (0.86%) LAN
2 1 (0.86%) Network Security
2 1 (0.86%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.86%) WAN
2 1 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (41.38%) Power BI
2 12 (10.34%) Tableau
3 7 (6.03%) Power Query
4 4 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.72%) KNIME
5 2 (1.72%) MS Access
5 2 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.86%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.45%) JIRA
2 3 (2.59%) RStudio
3 2 (1.72%) Git
General
1 71 (61.21%) Social Skills
2 46 (39.66%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (33.62%) Finance
4 23 (19.83%) Telecoms
5 21 (18.10%) Law
6 20 (17.24%) Military
7 15 (12.93%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (11.21%) Retail
9 11 (9.48%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (6.03%) Billing
10 7 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (6.03%) Legal
11 5 (4.31%) General Ledger
11 5 (4.31%) Local Government
12 4 (3.45%) Marketing
13 2 (1.72%) Automotive
13 2 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.72%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.86%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.86%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 34 (29.31%) Analyst
2 19 (16.38%) Junior
3 15 (12.93%) Administrator
4 14 (12.07%) Data Administrator
5 12 (10.34%) Data Analyst
6 10 (8.62%) Data Manager
7 9 (7.76%) Junior Analyst
7 9 (7.76%) Junior Data Analyst
8 8 (6.90%) Account Manager
9 7 (6.03%) Junior Account Manager
9 7 (6.03%) Junior Service Manager
10 6 (5.17%) Change Analyst
11 5 (4.31%) Accountant
11 5 (4.31%) Analytics Manager
11 5 (4.31%) Data Analytics Manager
11 5 (4.31%) Deployment Manager
11 5 (4.31%) Systems Accountant
11 5 (4.31%) Technical Analyst
12 4 (3.45%) Portfolio Analyst
12 4 (3.45%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.31%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.76%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.17%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.31%) EPoS
3 5 (4.31%) Pricing Data
4 4 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.72%) NHS
5 2 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.86%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.86%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.86%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.31%) Business Intelligence
2 33 (28.45%) Decision-Making
3 27 (23.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (18.10%) AI
5 21 (18.10%) Data Analysis
6 18 (15.52%) E-Commerce
7 17 (14.66%) Analytics
8 16 (13.79%) Actionable Insight
8 16 (13.79%) Mathematics
9 15 (12.93%) Customer Service
9 15 (12.93%) Performance Improvement
10 12 (10.34%) Data Management
10 12 (10.34%) Data Visualisation
10 12 (10.34%) Process Improvement
10 12 (10.34%) Visualisation
11 11 (9.48%) Agile
11 11 (9.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (8.62%) Coaching
12 10 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (39.66%) SQL
2 22 (18.97%) Python
3 11 (9.48%) R
4 7 (6.03%) VBA
5 3 (2.59%) C#
6 2 (1.72%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (11.21%) Degree
2 9 (7.76%) Azure Certification
3 8 (6.90%) ACCA
4 7 (6.03%) CIMA
5 1 (0.86%) CFA
5 1 (0.86%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.86%) PMP
5 1 (0.86%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.79%) Data Quality
2 11 (9.48%) QA
3 4 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.45%) GDPR
4 2 (1.72%) IFRS
5 1 (0.86%) GAAP
5 1 (0.86%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.86%) PMO
Vendors
1 61 (52.59%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.03%) YouTube
3 6 (5.17%) SAP
4 4 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.59%) Google
6 2 (1.72%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.72%) IFS
6 2 (1.72%) Sage
6 2 (1.72%) Workday
7 1 (0.86%) Adobe
7 1 (0.86%) Dell
7 1 (0.86%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.86%) Liquidlogic
7 1 (0.86%) VMware
7 1 (0.86%) Zoho