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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 44 105
Rank change year-on-year -12 +61 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 181 281 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 3.60% 4.11% 2.48%
As % of the Applications category 29.05% 47.23% 32.99%
Number of salaries quoted 117 94 67
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,841 £22,620
25th Percentile £30,750 £31,438 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +23.08% -13.33%
75th Percentile £48,000 £51,240 £43,750
90th Percentile £59,250 £59,683 £52,578
England median annual salary £41,075 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +5.56% -5.26%

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 623 595 288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.38% 8.71% 7.51%
Number of salaries quoted 232 255 213
10th Percentile £25,913 £27,500 £21,940
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,101 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% +14.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £51,240 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,987 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £44,750
% change year-on-year -15.79% +6.15% -3.23%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 -11 70 £45,000 +12.50% 82
Merseyside +7 43 £40,000 -5.88% 20
Cheshire -14 35 £32,500 -18.75% 43
Lancashire +12 31 £45,000 -2.76% 55
Cumbria -1 1 - - 5
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 7 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.66%) CMS
2 3 (1.66%) Confluence
2 3 (1.66%) Umbraco
2 3 (1.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 58 (32.04%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (20.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (3.31%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.55%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (4.42%) Unit4 Business World
2 7 (3.87%) Magento
3 2 (1.10%) ResourceLink
3 2 (1.10%) SAP IBP
3 2 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.55%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.55%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.55%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.55%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 60 (33.15%) Power Platform
2 21 (11.60%) Azure
3 19 (10.50%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.42%) Google Analytics
4 8 (4.42%) Snowflake
5 7 (3.87%) AWS
6 4 (2.21%) Azure AI
6 4 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (2.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (2.21%) GCP
7 3 (1.66%) Contentful
7 3 (1.66%) Google Sheets
7 3 (1.66%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.66%) Slack
8 2 (1.10%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.10%) Google Drive
8 2 (1.10%) Intacct
8 2 (1.10%) Workato
9 1 (0.55%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.76%) SD-WAN
1 5 (2.76%) WAN
2 3 (1.66%) Firewall
3 2 (1.10%) Broadband
3 2 (1.10%) LAN
3 2 (1.10%) Network Security
3 2 (1.10%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.55%) Intranet
4 1 (0.55%) SMS
4 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (33.15%) Power BI
2 28 (15.47%) Tableau
3 17 (9.39%) Data Mining
4 10 (5.52%) SQL Server
5 8 (4.42%) Looker
6 5 (2.76%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (2.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.21%) BigQuery
7 4 (2.21%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (1.10%) Power Query
9 1 (0.55%) Big Data
9 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (4.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) RStudio
General
1 101 (55.80%) Finance
2 90 (49.72%) Social Skills
3 84 (46.41%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (16.57%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (9.39%) Manufacturing
6 15 (8.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (8.29%) Marketing
7 12 (6.63%) Retail
8 10 (5.52%) Law
8 10 (5.52%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (4.42%) Telecoms
11 6 (3.31%) Advertising
11 6 (3.31%) Aerospace
11 6 (3.31%) Automotive
11 6 (3.31%) Legal
12 4 (2.21%) Billing
12 4 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.66%) Dutch Language
13 3 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 74 (40.88%) Analyst
2 29 (16.02%) Data Analyst
3 25 (13.81%) Senior
4 17 (9.39%) Financial Analyst
5 13 (7.18%) Trainee
5 13 (7.18%) Trainee Analyst
5 13 (7.18%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 12 (6.63%) Administrator
7 11 (6.08%) IT Support
7 11 (6.08%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (5.52%) HR Specialist
8 10 (5.52%) Support Specialist
9 9 (4.97%) Commercial Analyst
9 9 (4.97%) Project Officer
10 8 (4.42%) Accountant
10 8 (4.42%) Management Accountant
10 8 (4.42%) Project Support Officer
10 8 (4.42%) Senior Project Officer
10 8 (4.42%) Senior Project Support Officer
10 8 (4.42%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.66%) .NET
2 2 (1.10%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.60%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (11.05%) Social Media
3 16 (8.84%) Driving Licence
4 12 (6.63%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.42%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.87%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.66%) Digital Signage
9 3 (1.66%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.66%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.55%) Autonomous Agent
11 1 (0.55%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.55%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.55%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.55%) EPoS
11 1 (0.55%) FMCG
11 1 (0.55%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.50%) Windows
2 10 (5.52%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.66%) Windows 7
3 3 (1.66%) Windows 8
3 3 (1.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (33.15%) Business Intelligence
2 51 (28.18%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (24.86%) Decision-Making
4 41 (22.65%) Data Analysis
5 35 (19.34%) Analytics
6 31 (17.13%) Actionable Insight
7 30 (16.57%) Project Management
8 29 (16.02%) ERP
9 28 (15.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (13.81%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 22 (12.15%) Financial Modelling
12 21 (11.60%) Agile
12 21 (11.60%) CRM
13 20 (11.05%) AI
13 20 (11.05%) Business Analysis
14 19 (10.50%) Service Delivery
15 17 (9.39%) Data Analytics
16 16 (8.84%) Time Management
16 16 (8.84%) Visualisation
17 15 (8.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 55 (30.39%) SQL
2 25 (13.81%) Python
3 11 (6.08%) VBA
4 4 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.66%) VB
6 1 (0.55%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 60 (33.15%) Degree
2 21 (11.60%) ACCA
2 21 (11.60%) CIMA
3 20 (11.05%) DBS Check
4 7 (3.87%) CIPD
5 6 (3.31%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.31%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.76%) AAT
6 5 (2.76%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.76%) MCP
7 4 (2.21%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.10%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.55%) MBA
10 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.52%) PMO
2 6 (3.31%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.76%) GDPR
3 5 (2.76%) SLA
4 4 (2.21%) GAAP
5 3 (1.66%) QA
6 2 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (1.66%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.66%) Hyper-V
1 3 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (1.66%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (1.66%) Autotask
1 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.66%) SCCM
2 1 (0.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 119 (65.75%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.05%) SAP
3 19 (10.50%) Google
4 11 (6.08%) Salesforce
4 11 (6.08%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.52%) Workday
6 4 (2.21%) Facebook
6 4 (2.21%) HubSpot
6 4 (2.21%) Sage
7 3 (1.66%) ESET
7 3 (1.66%) Logitech
7 3 (1.66%) VMware
8 2 (1.10%) Adobe
8 2 (1.10%) Avaya
8 2 (1.10%) Concur
8 2 (1.10%) Oracle
8 2 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (1.10%) UiPath
8 2 (1.10%) Xero
9 1 (0.55%) Ariba