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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 65 114
Rank change year-on-year -4 +49 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 66 99 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.26% 3.71% 1.46%
As % of the Applications category 29.73% 44.00% 30.58%
Number of salaries quoted 38 53 24
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £23,575
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £40,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +29.03% -17.33%
75th Percentile £57,813 £46,250 £49,707
90th Percentile £68,025 £58,750 £58,750
North West median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% -13.33%

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 222 225 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 7.61% 8.44% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 101 120 87
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £22,640
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +30.00% -13.33%
75th Percentile £52,000 £53,750 £52,578
90th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £67,500
North West median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +32.81% -13.10%

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 14 January 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 14 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
Wigan +2 2 £35,000 - 2
Bolton -6 2 £38,750 -3.13% 5
Salford - 1 £45,000 - 2
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 1 (1.52%) Confluence
1 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (31.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 32 (48.48%) Power Platform
2 23 (34.85%) Azure
3 9 (13.64%) AWS
4 5 (7.58%) Azure AI
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.03%) Intacct
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.03%) Workato
6 1 (1.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) Broadband
1 2 (3.03%) LAN
1 2 (3.03%) Network Security
1 2 (3.03%) SD-WAN
1 2 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (3.03%) WAN
1 2 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.52%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (48.48%) Power BI
2 20 (30.30%) Tableau
3 16 (24.24%) Data Mining
4 4 (6.06%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.52%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.52%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 41 (62.12%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (56.06%) Finance
2 37 (56.06%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (9.09%) Retail
5 5 (7.58%) Marketing
6 4 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Billing
7 3 (4.55%) Law
8 2 (3.03%) Advertising
8 2 (3.03%) Banking
8 2 (3.03%) Dutch Language
8 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.52%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.52%) Electronics
9 1 (1.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 48 (72.73%) Analyst
2 21 (31.82%) Data Analyst
3 12 (18.18%) Trainee
3 12 (18.18%) Trainee Analyst
3 12 (18.18%) Trainee Data Analyst
4 8 (12.12%) Financial Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Senior
6 5 (7.58%) Commercial Analyst
6 5 (7.58%) Junior
6 5 (7.58%) Junior Analyst
6 5 (7.58%) Junior Data Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 3 (4.55%) Business Analyst
8 3 (4.55%) Report Analyst
9 2 (3.03%) Applications Specialist
9 2 (3.03%) Applications Support Specialist
9 2 (3.03%) Client Services Manager
9 2 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (3.03%) Senior Manager
9 2 (3.03%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) Middleware
2 1 (1.52%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Analytical Mindset
1 10 (15.15%) Onboarding
2 9 (13.64%) Public Cloud
2 9 (13.64%) Social Media
3 5 (7.58%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.03%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.52%) IoT
6 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (46.97%) Business Intelligence
2 27 (40.91%) Data Analysis
3 20 (30.30%) AI
4 19 (28.79%) Business Analysis
5 18 (27.27%) Project Management
6 16 (24.24%) Analytics
7 14 (21.21%) Decision-Making
8 13 (19.70%) Data Analytics
9 12 (18.18%) Agile
10 11 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 10 (15.15%) Actionable Insight
11 10 (15.15%) Financial Modelling
12 9 (13.64%) Client Onboarding
12 9 (13.64%) Commercial Awareness
12 9 (13.64%) Cost Optimisation
12 9 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (13.64%) ERP
12 9 (13.64%) FinOps
12 9 (13.64%) Software Licensing
13 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 28 (42.42%) SQL
2 20 (30.30%) Python
3 5 (7.58%) VBA
4 2 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 10 (15.15%) ACCA
1 10 (15.15%) CIMA
1 10 (15.15%) DBS Check
1 10 (15.15%) Degree
2 9 (13.64%) AWS Certification
3 5 (7.58%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.55%) AAT
5 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.52%) MBA
6 1 (1.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) GDPR
2 2 (3.03%) QA
3 1 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.52%) PMO
Vendors
1 42 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.64%) Adobe
2 9 (13.64%) Apple
3 4 (6.06%) Facebook
3 4 (6.06%) Sage
4 2 (3.03%) Concur
4 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.03%) SAP
4 2 (3.03%) UiPath
4 2 (3.03%) Xero
5 1 (1.52%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.52%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.52%) Ariba
5 1 (1.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud