Microsoft Excel Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft Excel
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 47 60
Rank change year-on-year +18 +13 -40
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 68 27 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 4.92% 3.92% 2.99%
As % of the Applications category 38.86% 47.37% 30.56%
Number of salaries quoted 29 9 30
10th Percentile £33,800 - £24,275
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £27,106
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,100 £30,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% +29.26% -6.92%
75th Percentile £57,500 £85,000 £34,688
90th Percentile - - £48,315
England median annual salary £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.50% -11.11%

All Software Application Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 175 57 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 12.65% 8.28% 9.78%
Number of salaries quoted 74 20 111
10th Percentile £33,750 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,063 £26,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,800 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +25.54% -
75th Percentile £45,375 £54,063 £51,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £85,000 £53,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -16.67%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the North East

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the North East over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the North East

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the North East region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Tyne and Wear +14 47 £40,000 +2.30% 18
Durham +4 21 - - 3
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 16 (23.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 33 (48.53%) Azure
2 32 (47.06%) Power Platform
3 26 (38.24%) Azure AI
4 5 (7.35%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (5.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (55.88%) Tableau
2 30 (44.12%) Power BI
3 14 (20.59%) Data Mining
4 5 (7.35%) Big Data
5 4 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (5.88%) SQL Server
5 4 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.94%) Power Query
General
1 46 (67.65%) Social Skills
2 25 (36.76%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (33.82%) Finance
4 5 (7.35%) Advertising
5 4 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Billing
6 2 (2.94%) Marketing
6 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (66.18%) Analyst
2 40 (58.82%) Data Analyst
3 24 (35.29%) Junior
3 24 (35.29%) Junior Analyst
3 24 (35.29%) Junior Data Analyst
4 14 (20.59%) Trainee
4 14 (20.59%) Trainee Analyst
4 14 (20.59%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 9 (13.24%) Development Manager
6 5 (7.35%) Accountant
6 5 (7.35%) Financial Accountant
7 3 (4.41%) Business Systems Analyst
7 3 (4.41%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (2.94%) Account Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Business Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Insight Analyst
8 2 (2.94%) Insight Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (2.94%) Trainer
8 2 (2.94%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.24%) e-Learning
2 5 (7.35%) Social Network
3 4 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.41%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.94%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.94%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.94%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (51.47%) AI
2 32 (47.06%) Business Intelligence
3 20 (29.41%) Analytics
3 20 (29.41%) Data Analysis
4 17 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 16 (23.53%) Data Analytics
6 14 (20.59%) Project Management
7 13 (19.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (13.24%) Coaching
9 8 (11.76%) Decision-Making
9 8 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (10.29%) Data Modelling
11 6 (8.82%) Actionable Insight
12 5 (7.35%) Process Improvement
13 4 (5.88%) Budgeting
13 4 (5.88%) Data Governance
13 4 (5.88%) Time Management
13 4 (5.88%) Visual Analytics
13 4 (5.88%) Visualisation
13 4 (5.88%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 44 (64.71%) SQL
2 38 (55.88%) Python
3 4 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 24 (35.29%) Azure Certification
2 5 (7.35%) ACCA
3 2 (2.94%) Degree
3 2 (2.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.35%) GAAP
1 5 (7.35%) IFRS
2 2 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.94%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 48 (70.59%) Microsoft