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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 84 46
Rank change year-on-year +5 -38 +56
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 219 213 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.80% 4.09% 3.96%
As % of the Applications category 50.11% 32.72% 48.94%
Number of salaries quoted 132 117 118
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,480 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £46,137
90th Percentile £57,250 £60,000 £58,808
England median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £43,865
% change year-on-year -1.25% -8.81% -3.80%

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 437 651 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.59% 12.49% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 283 268 312
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,552 £24,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £51,240 £48,375
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,116
% change year-on-year - -7.23% -4.19%

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 29 August 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 29 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
Manchester -13 117 £42,500 +21.43% 87
Merseyside -21 40 £46,500 +75.47% 20
Lancashire +21 33 £36,386 -27.31% 47
Cheshire +8 26 £30,000 -14.29% 30
Cumbria -14 2 £28,000 - 9
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 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.83%) CMS
3 2 (0.91%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.91%) Confluence
3 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.46%) SAS
4 1 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 50 (22.83%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (16.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (6.85%) MS Visio
4 5 (2.28%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.28%) SAP PM
2 3 (1.37%) BambooHR
2 3 (1.37%) Magento
3 2 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 110 (50.23%) Power Platform
2 48 (21.92%) Azure
3 40 (18.26%) Azure AI
4 18 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.28%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.37%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.37%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.91%) AWS
8 2 (0.91%) ChatGPT
8 2 (0.91%) GCP
8 2 (0.91%) GitHub
8 2 (0.91%) Google Gemini
8 2 (0.91%) Google Sheets
8 2 (0.91%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.91%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.46%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.20%) Internet
2 2 (0.91%) Broadband
2 2 (0.91%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.91%) WAN
3 1 (0.46%) Firewall
3 1 (0.46%) LAN
3 1 (0.46%) Network Security
3 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (50.23%) Power BI
2 47 (21.46%) Tableau
3 9 (4.11%) Power Query
4 5 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.37%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.37%) Looker
5 3 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.91%) KNIME
6 2 (0.91%) MS Access
6 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.46%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (2.74%) JIRA
2 3 (1.37%) RStudio
3 2 (0.91%) Git
General
1 141 (64.38%) Social Skills
2 78 (35.62%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (28.31%) Finance
4 26 (11.87%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (11.42%) Law
6 23 (10.50%) Telecoms
7 22 (10.05%) Retail
8 20 (9.13%) Military
9 16 (7.31%) Legal
10 15 (6.85%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (6.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (5.94%) Marketing
13 9 (4.11%) Billing
14 5 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.28%) General Ledger
14 5 (2.28%) Local Government
15 4 (1.83%) Legal Technology
16 3 (1.37%) Aerospace
16 3 (1.37%) Public Sector
17 2 (0.91%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 100 (45.66%) Analyst
2 56 (25.57%) Data Analyst
3 50 (22.83%) Junior
4 40 (18.26%) Junior Analyst
4 40 (18.26%) Junior Data Analyst
5 21 (9.59%) Administrator
6 17 (7.76%) Business Analyst
7 16 (7.31%) Data Administrator
8 15 (6.85%) Technical Analyst
9 12 (5.48%) Technical Business Analyst
10 10 (4.57%) Accountant
10 10 (4.57%) Data Manager
11 8 (3.65%) Account Manager
11 8 (3.65%) Systems Analyst
12 7 (3.20%) Junior Account Manager
12 7 (3.20%) Junior Service Manager
13 6 (2.74%) Change Analyst
13 6 (2.74%) Systems Accountant
14 5 (2.28%) Deployment Manager
14 5 (2.28%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.28%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.68%) Onboarding
2 12 (5.48%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.20%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.28%) EPoS
5 5 (2.28%) Pricing Data
6 4 (1.83%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.37%) NHS
7 3 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.37%) Social Media
8 2 (0.91%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.91%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.46%) Blog
9 1 (0.46%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.46%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.46%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.91%) Windows
2 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.46%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.46%) Windows 8
2 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (39.73%) Business Intelligence
2 53 (24.20%) AI
3 47 (21.46%) Decision-Making
4 45 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (19.18%) Data Analysis
6 35 (15.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (14.16%) Analytics
8 26 (11.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (11.42%) Actionable Insight
10 24 (10.96%) E-Commerce
11 21 (9.59%) Process Improvement
11 21 (9.59%) Visualisation
11 21 (9.59%) Workshop Facilitation
12 20 (9.13%) Project Management
13 19 (8.68%) Customer Service
13 19 (8.68%) Data Visualisation
14 17 (7.76%) Data Mapping
15 16 (7.31%) Agile
15 16 (7.31%) Mathematics
16 15 (6.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 100 (45.66%) SQL
2 56 (25.57%) Python
3 11 (5.02%) R
4 7 (3.20%) VBA
5 3 (1.37%) C#
6 2 (0.91%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (18.26%) Azure Certification
2 21 (9.59%) Degree
3 14 (6.39%) ACCA
4 13 (5.94%) CIMA
5 10 (4.57%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.46%) CFA
7 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.46%) PMP
7 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.46%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.24%) Data Quality
2 20 (9.13%) QA
3 10 (4.57%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.28%) GDPR
5 3 (1.37%) TickIT
6 2 (0.91%) IFRS
6 2 (0.91%) PMO
7 1 (0.46%) GAAP
7 1 (0.46%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.46%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) Autotask
1 1 (0.46%) SCCM
Vendors
1 138 (63.01%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.65%) Aderant
2 8 (3.65%) Google
2 8 (3.65%) iManage
2 8 (3.65%) Intapp
2 8 (3.65%) Workday
3 6 (2.74%) SAP
3 6 (2.74%) YouTube
4 5 (2.28%) Sage
4 5 (2.28%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.83%) VMware
6 3 (1.37%) Xero
7 2 (0.91%) Adaptive Insights
7 2 (0.91%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.91%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.91%) IFS
7 2 (0.91%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.46%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.46%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.46%) Zoho