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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 60 56
Rank change year-on-year +28 -4 -17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 52 26 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 5.10% 2.79% 2.12%
As % of the Applications category 33.99% 35.14% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 31 8 13
10th Percentile - - £27,330
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% +13.85% -16.13%
75th Percentile £59,375 £85,000 £48,267
90th Percentile £85,000 - £51,653
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -7.37%

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 153 74 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 15.01% 7.95% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 57 25 49
10th Percentile - £25,300 £24,450
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,250 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +15.38% -13.47%
75th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £53,250
90th Percentile £67,750 £76,000 £56,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,592 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.95% +18.98% -13.98%

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 13 January 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 13 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
Tyne and Wear +40 44 £50,000 +35.14% 11
Durham +3 8 - - 4
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 10 (19.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.77%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (40.38%) Power Platform
2 19 (36.54%) Azure
3 12 (23.08%) Azure AI
4 5 (9.62%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.92%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (36.54%) Power BI
1 19 (36.54%) Tableau
2 9 (17.31%) Data Mining
3 5 (9.62%) Big Data
4 4 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (7.69%) SQL Server
4 4 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.85%) Power Query
General
1 27 (51.92%) Social Skills
2 26 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (44.23%) Finance
4 6 (11.54%) Advertising
5 4 (7.69%) General Ledger
5 4 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.77%) Marketing
7 2 (3.85%) Billing
7 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 29 (55.77%) Analyst
2 21 (40.38%) Data Analyst
3 10 (19.23%) Junior
3 10 (19.23%) Junior Analyst
3 10 (19.23%) Junior Data Analyst
4 9 (17.31%) Trainee
4 9 (17.31%) Trainee Analyst
4 9 (17.31%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) Accountant
5 5 (9.62%) Financial Accountant
6 3 (5.77%) Business Systems Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Data Analytics Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Development Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Senior
6 3 (5.77%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Account Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Business Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Trainer
7 2 (3.85%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Social Network
2 4 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.77%) e-Learning
3 3 (5.77%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.85%) Digital Media
4 2 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.85%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (40.38%) AI
1 21 (40.38%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (32.69%) Analytics
3 15 (28.85%) Data Analysis
4 12 (23.08%) Business Analysis
4 12 (23.08%) Data Analytics
5 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (17.31%) Decision-Making
6 9 (17.31%) Project Management
7 8 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
7 8 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (13.46%) Data Modelling
9 5 (9.62%) Budgeting
9 5 (9.62%) Process Improvement
10 4 (7.69%) Agile
10 4 (7.69%) Data Governance
10 4 (7.69%) Time Management
10 4 (7.69%) Visual Analytics
10 4 (7.69%) Visualisation
10 4 (7.69%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 28 (53.85%) SQL
2 20 (38.46%) Python
3 4 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 10 (19.23%) Azure Certification
2 5 (9.62%) ACCA
3 4 (7.69%) Degree
4 2 (3.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.92%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) GAAP
1 5 (9.62%) IFRS
2 2 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.85%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.92%) GDPR
Vendors
1 29 (55.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.92%) Google
2 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.92%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud