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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 96 46
Rank change year-on-year +12 -50 +44
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 221 189 303
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.74% 3.68% 3.92%
As % of the Applications category 46.23% 31.40% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 129 103 108
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,750 £25,700
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £37,500 £37,475
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +0.07% +7.07%
75th Percentile £48,000 £51,240 £49,373
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £58,943
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -9.09% -3.51%

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 478 602 606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.76% 11.71% 7.84%
Number of salaries quoted 296 224 262
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,750 £25,050
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,875 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £51,240 £51,240
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,421
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -9 124 £38,000 -5.00% 112
Merseyside -15 40 £46,500 +75.47% 29
Cheshire +10 30 £30,000 -14.29% 33
Lancashire +4 24 £36,386 -27.31% 37
Cumbria -11 2 £28,000 - 12
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 9 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.26%) CMS
3 2 (0.90%) Confluence
4 1 (0.45%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.45%) SAS
4 1 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 58 (26.24%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (18.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (6.79%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) SAP PM
2 3 (1.36%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.90%) Magento
4 1 (0.45%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 98 (44.34%) Power Platform
2 36 (16.29%) Azure
3 28 (12.67%) Azure AI
4 21 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.71%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (2.26%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.36%) AWS
8 2 (0.90%) ChatGPT
8 2 (0.90%) GCP
8 2 (0.90%) GitHub
8 2 (0.90%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.90%) Google Gemini
8 2 (0.90%) Google Sheets
8 2 (0.90%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.90%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.90%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.45%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.17%) Internet
2 2 (0.90%) Broadband
3 1 (0.45%) LAN
3 1 (0.45%) Network Security
3 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.45%) WAN
3 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (44.34%) Power BI
2 32 (14.48%) Tableau
3 6 (2.71%) Power Query
4 5 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.90%) KNIME
5 2 (0.90%) Looker
5 2 (0.90%) MS Access
5 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.45%) GIS
6 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.71%) JIRA
2 3 (1.36%) RStudio
3 2 (0.90%) Git
General
1 139 (62.90%) Social Skills
2 86 (38.91%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (28.96%) Finance
4 42 (19.00%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (11.76%) Law
5 26 (11.76%) Retail
6 24 (10.86%) Telecoms
7 21 (9.50%) Military
8 19 (8.60%) Legal
9 15 (6.79%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (5.43%) Marketing
12 9 (4.07%) Billing
13 6 (2.71%) Local Government
14 5 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.26%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.81%) Legal Technology
15 4 (1.81%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (1.36%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 86 (38.91%) Analyst
2 41 (18.55%) Data Analyst
3 40 (18.10%) Junior
4 33 (14.93%) Administrator
5 28 (12.67%) Junior Analyst
5 28 (12.67%) Junior Data Analyst
6 18 (8.14%) Data Administrator
7 17 (7.69%) Business Analyst
8 15 (6.79%) Technical Analyst
9 12 (5.43%) Technical Business Analyst
10 9 (4.07%) Accountant
11 8 (3.62%) Account Manager
11 8 (3.62%) Data Manager
11 8 (3.62%) Systems Analyst
12 7 (3.17%) Change Analyst
12 7 (3.17%) Junior Account Manager
12 7 (3.17%) Junior Service Manager
13 6 (2.71%) Systems Accountant
14 5 (2.26%) Deployment Manager
14 5 (2.26%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.26%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.05%) Onboarding
2 14 (6.33%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.17%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.26%) EPoS
6 4 (1.81%) Social Media
7 3 (1.36%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.36%) Pricing Data
7 3 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.90%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.90%) NHS
8 2 (0.90%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.45%) Blog
9 1 (0.45%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.45%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.45%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (33.94%) Business Intelligence
2 53 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (21.72%) Decision-Making
4 43 (19.46%) AI
4 43 (19.46%) Data Analysis
5 40 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (14.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (13.57%) Customer Service
8 28 (12.67%) Analytics
9 26 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
9 26 (11.76%) E-Commerce
10 22 (9.95%) Process Improvement
10 22 (9.95%) Workshop Facilitation
11 20 (9.05%) Visualisation
12 19 (8.60%) Mathematics
12 19 (8.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 18 (8.14%) Data Visualisation
14 17 (7.69%) Data Mapping
14 17 (7.69%) Project Management
15 15 (6.79%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 84 (38.01%) SQL
2 41 (18.55%) Python
3 11 (4.98%) R
4 4 (1.81%) VBA
5 3 (1.36%) C#
6 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (12.67%) Azure Certification
2 21 (9.50%) Degree
3 13 (5.88%) ACCA
4 12 (5.43%) CIMA
5 10 (4.52%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.45%) CFA
7 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.45%) PMP
7 1 (0.45%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.93%) Data Quality
2 19 (8.60%) QA
3 10 (4.52%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.26%) GDPR
5 4 (1.81%) PMO
6 3 (1.36%) TickIT
7 2 (0.90%) IFRS
7 2 (0.90%) SLA
8 1 (0.45%) GAAP
8 1 (0.45%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 5 (2.26%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 135 (61.09%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.62%) Aderant
2 8 (3.62%) iManage
2 8 (3.62%) Intapp
2 8 (3.62%) YouTube
3 7 (3.17%) Workday
4 6 (2.71%) Sage
5 5 (2.26%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.26%) SAP
6 4 (1.81%) Google
7 3 (1.36%) VMware
7 3 (1.36%) Xero
8 2 (0.90%) Adaptive Insights
8 2 (0.90%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.90%) Broadcom
8 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.45%) Adobe
9 1 (0.45%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.45%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.45%) Zoho