Microsoft Excel Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Excel
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 93 56
Rank change year-on-year +31 -37 +20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 276 207 359
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.54% 4.57% 3.71%
As % of the Applications category 57.26% 37.64% 48.25%
Number of salaries quoted 151 103 222
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,480 £23,500
25th Percentile £32,250 £25,750 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £47,000 £51,240 £45,598
90th Percentile £52,500 £58,943 £52,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -11.11%

All Software Application Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 482 550 744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.43% 12.13% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 293 257 517
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,748 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +16.42% -
75th Percentile £48,000 £52,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,000 £54,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -15.56%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the North West

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the North West over the 6 months to 25 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the North West

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 25 May 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
Manchester -3 129 £40,000 +10.34% 44
Lancashire +36 58 £36,598 -26.88% 20
Merseyside +5 55 £40,000 +50.94% 7
Cheshire +7 26 £47,000 +35.23% 20
Cumbria -16 7 £42,500 +4.30% 1
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.72%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.72%) CMS
2 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.36%) Confluence
3 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (15.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (4.71%) MS Visio
4 7 (2.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.81%) SAP PM
1 5 (1.81%) Workday HCM
2 3 (1.09%) BambooHR
2 3 (1.09%) Magento
2 3 (1.09%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.36%) Infor LN
3 1 (0.36%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 143 (51.81%) Power Platform
2 100 (36.23%) Azure
3 77 (27.90%) Azure AI
4 19 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (3.99%) AWS
6 7 (2.54%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.81%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.09%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.36%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.36%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.54%) Firewall
1 7 (2.54%) SD-WAN
1 7 (2.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (51.81%) Power BI
2 106 (38.41%) Tableau
3 25 (9.06%) Data Mining
4 11 (3.99%) Power Query
5 6 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.09%) Looker
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.72%) JIRA
General
1 174 (63.04%) Social Skills
2 69 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (22.10%) Finance
4 28 (10.14%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (7.25%) Law
6 18 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (6.52%) Retail
7 16 (5.80%) Telecoms
8 15 (5.43%) Military
9 13 (4.71%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.99%) Marketing
11 9 (3.26%) Legal
12 8 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.54%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.81%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.45%) Advertising
15 4 (1.45%) Billing
16 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 165 (59.78%) Analyst
2 117 (42.39%) Data Analyst
3 77 (27.90%) Junior
3 77 (27.90%) Junior Analyst
3 77 (27.90%) Junior Data Analyst
4 24 (8.70%) Trainee
4 24 (8.70%) Trainee Analyst
4 24 (8.70%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 17 (6.16%) Administrator
5 17 (6.16%) Business Analyst
6 15 (5.43%) Technical Analyst
7 14 (5.07%) Data Administrator
8 13 (4.71%) Systems Analyst
9 11 (3.99%) Data Manager
10 9 (3.26%) Technical Business Analyst
11 8 (2.90%) HR Analyst
11 8 (2.90%) Support Analyst
12 7 (2.54%) 1st Line Support
12 7 (2.54%) IT Support Engineer
12 7 (2.54%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.36%) .NET
1 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.61%) Onboarding
2 16 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.26%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.54%) Pricing Data
6 5 (1.81%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.45%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.72%) EPoS
9 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.36%) NHS
9 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.36%) Social Media
9 1 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.90%) Windows
2 7 (2.54%) Windows 10
2 7 (2.54%) Windows 7
2 7 (2.54%) Windows 8
2 7 (2.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (46.01%) Business Intelligence
2 90 (32.61%) AI
3 58 (21.01%) Data Analysis
4 43 (15.58%) Analytics
4 43 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (14.49%) Project Management
6 35 (12.68%) Decision-Making
7 32 (11.59%) Data Analytics
8 30 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (10.14%) Business Analysis
9 28 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (7.61%) E-Commerce
10 21 (7.61%) Process Improvement
11 19 (6.88%) Data Mapping
12 17 (6.16%) Data Visualisation
12 17 (6.16%) Visualisation
13 15 (5.43%) Actionable Insight
13 15 (5.43%) Performance Improvement
14 14 (5.07%) Workshop Facilitation
15 13 (4.71%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 147 (53.26%) SQL
2 105 (38.04%) Python
3 10 (3.62%) VBA
4 6 (2.17%) C#
5 2 (0.72%) R
Qualifications
1 77 (27.90%) Azure Certification
2 14 (5.07%) Degree
3 12 (4.35%) ACCA
3 12 (4.35%) CIMA
3 12 (4.35%) DBS Check
4 9 (3.26%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.45%) AAT
6 4 (1.45%) ICAEW
7 2 (0.72%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.72%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.61%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.80%) QA
3 6 (2.17%) GDPR
4 5 (1.81%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.81%) SLA
5 4 (1.45%) IFRS
6 3 (1.09%) TickIT
7 1 (0.36%) GAAP
7 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.54%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.54%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (2.54%) Autotask
1 7 (2.54%) SCCM
2 2 (0.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 189 (68.48%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.16%) Google
3 13 (4.71%) Workday
4 12 (4.35%) SAP
5 10 (3.62%) Adobe
6 9 (3.26%) Aderant
6 9 (3.26%) Apple
6 9 (3.26%) iManage
6 9 (3.26%) Intapp
7 7 (2.54%) ESET
7 7 (2.54%) VMware
8 4 (1.45%) Sage
9 3 (1.09%) Epicor
9 3 (1.09%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.09%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.09%) Xero
10 2 (0.72%) IFS
10 2 (0.72%) Oracle
11 1 (0.36%) Cognos
11 1 (0.36%) TOWER Software