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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 66 73
Rank change year-on-year -13 +7 +41
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 124 116 143
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.83% 4.64% 3.20%
As % of the Applications category 53.68% 38.03% 47.51%
Number of salaries quoted 87 63 61
10th Percentile £27,577 - £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,480 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £33,000 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% -10.20% -8.13%
75th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £34,628 £35,000
% change year-on-year +15.52% -1.06% -2.78%

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 231 305 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.41% 12.20% 6.75%
Number of salaries quoted 163 140 132
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,480 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,438 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,750 £35,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.58% +7.09% -21.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,625 £45,798
90th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £60,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +2 10 £46,250 +81.51% 2
Altrincham - 8 £38,000 - 3
Salford -21 6 £42,500 +25.93% 4
Stockport +4 5 - - 7
Wigan +4 4 £35,609 +1.74% 1
Oldham +8 3 - - 4
Bury +1 1 £30,000 -
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 (1.61%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.81%) Confluence
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (25.81%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (20.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (6.45%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.03%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (41.94%) Power Platform
2 15 (12.10%) Azure
3 13 (10.48%) Azure AI
4 5 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.42%) Google Sheets
6 2 (1.61%) AWS
6 2 (1.61%) ChatGPT
6 2 (1.61%) GCP
6 2 (1.61%) GitHub
6 2 (1.61%) Google Gemini
6 2 (1.61%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.65%) Internet
2 1 (0.81%) LAN
2 1 (0.81%) Network Security
2 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.81%) WAN
2 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (41.94%) Power BI
2 19 (15.32%) Tableau
3 9 (7.26%) Power Query
4 3 (2.42%) Data Mining
4 3 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.61%) KNIME
5 2 (1.61%) MS Access
5 2 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.81%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Git
2 1 (0.81%) JIRA
General
1 68 (54.84%) Social Skills
2 41 (33.06%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (30.65%) Finance
4 23 (18.55%) Telecoms
5 21 (16.94%) Law
6 20 (16.13%) Military
7 14 (11.29%) Retail
8 11 (8.87%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (5.65%) Billing
10 7 (5.65%) Legal
11 6 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (4.03%) General Ledger
12 5 (4.03%) Marketing
13 4 (3.23%) Local Government
14 2 (1.61%) Automotive
14 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.61%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.81%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 38 (30.65%) Analyst
2 22 (17.74%) Junior
3 20 (16.13%) Data Analyst
4 17 (13.71%) Administrator
5 16 (12.90%) Data Administrator
6 13 (10.48%) Junior Analyst
6 13 (10.48%) Junior Data Analyst
7 11 (8.87%) Data Manager
8 8 (6.45%) Account Manager
9 7 (5.65%) Junior Account Manager
9 7 (5.65%) Junior Service Manager
10 6 (4.84%) Change Analyst
11 5 (4.03%) Consultant
11 5 (4.03%) Data Analytics Manager
11 5 (4.03%) Deployment Manager
11 5 (4.03%) IT Consultant
11 5 (4.03%) IT Sales Consultant
11 5 (4.03%) Sales Consultant
11 5 (4.03%) Systems Accountant
11 5 (4.03%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.03%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.87%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.65%) Pricing Data
3 6 (4.84%) Data Structures
3 6 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.03%) EPoS
5 2 (1.61%) NHS
5 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.81%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (30.65%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 22 (17.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (17.74%) Data Analysis
4 20 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (15.32%) E-Commerce
6 17 (13.71%) AI
6 17 (13.71%) Analytics
7 15 (12.10%) Actionable Insight
7 15 (12.10%) Performance Improvement
8 14 (11.29%) Mathematics
9 13 (10.48%) Process Improvement
10 12 (9.68%) Data Visualisation
10 12 (9.68%) Visualisation
11 11 (8.87%) Data Analytics
11 11 (8.87%) Data Management
12 10 (8.06%) ERP
12 10 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (7.26%) Business Analysis
13 9 (7.26%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (41.13%) SQL
2 27 (21.77%) Python
3 9 (7.26%) VBA
4 6 (4.84%) R
5 4 (3.23%) C#
6 2 (1.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (10.48%) Azure Certification
2 11 (8.87%) Degree
3 10 (8.06%) ACCA
4 9 (7.26%) CIMA
5 1 (0.81%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.68%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.45%) QA
3 4 (3.23%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.23%) GDPR
4 2 (1.61%) IFRS
5 1 (0.81%) GAAP
5 1 (0.81%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.81%) PMO
Vendors
1 61 (49.19%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.45%) Google
2 8 (6.45%) SAP
3 4 (3.23%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.42%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.61%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.61%) IFS
5 2 (1.61%) Workday
6 1 (0.81%) Adobe
6 1 (0.81%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (0.81%) Sage
6 1 (0.81%) Zoho