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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 55 59
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +22
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 214 180 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.79% 4.20% 3.72%
As % of the Applications category 39.70% 40.54% 51.65%
Number of salaries quoted 133 90 189
10th Percentile £25,875 £30,000 £23,200
25th Percentile £32,000 £37,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,117 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% +24.60% -
75th Percentile £48,000 £51,240 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,943 £52,500
England median annual salary £41,075 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.72% +12.50% -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 539 444 515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.02% 10.36% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 252 234 405
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,375 £36,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% -1.52%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £46,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,943 £55,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -16.67%

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 1 March 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 1 March 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 -15 84 £40,000 - 51
Lancashire +5 48 £41,000 -18.09% 27
Merseyside +16 43 £40,000 -20.00% 20
Cheshire -5 31 £32,000 -24.71% 19
Cumbria -1 7 £42,500 +4.30% 2
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 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.34%) CMS
3 4 (1.87%) WordPress
4 3 (1.40%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.40%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 39 (18.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 27 (12.62%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.80%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.80%) Magento
2 5 (2.34%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.40%) ResourceLink
3 3 (1.40%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.47%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 87 (40.65%) Power Platform
2 71 (33.18%) Azure
3 45 (21.03%) Azure AI
4 17 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (6.54%) AWS
6 9 (4.21%) Google Workspace
7 6 (2.80%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.87%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.40%) Contentful
9 3 (1.40%) GCP
9 3 (1.40%) Slack
10 1 (0.47%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.47%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.47%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.21%) Firewall
1 9 (4.21%) SD-WAN
1 9 (4.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (41.12%) Tableau
2 87 (40.65%) Power BI
3 35 (16.36%) Data Mining
4 8 (3.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (2.34%) Looker
5 5 (2.34%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.87%) Power Query
7 3 (1.40%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (1.87%) JIRA
General
1 121 (56.54%) Social Skills
2 88 (41.12%) Finance
3 82 (38.32%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (15.42%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.07%) Marketing
7 12 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (5.61%) Retail
8 7 (3.27%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.34%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.34%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.87%) Advertising
11 3 (1.40%) Automotive
11 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.40%) Law
12 2 (0.93%) Billing
12 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.47%) Banking
13 1 (0.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 128 (59.81%) Analyst
2 92 (42.99%) Data Analyst
3 45 (21.03%) Junior
3 45 (21.03%) Junior Analyst
3 45 (21.03%) Junior Data Analyst
4 33 (15.42%) Trainee
4 33 (15.42%) Trainee Analyst
4 33 (15.42%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 14 (6.54%) IT Support
5 14 (6.54%) Senior
6 10 (4.67%) Financial Analyst
6 10 (4.67%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (4.21%) 1st Line Engineer
7 9 (4.21%) 1st Line Support
7 9 (4.21%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 9 (4.21%) IT Engineer
7 9 (4.21%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (4.21%) Support Engineer
8 6 (2.80%) Accountant
8 6 (2.80%) HR Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) .NET
1 1 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.54%) Onboarding
2 13 (6.07%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.07%) Social Media
3 12 (5.61%) Driving Licence
4 10 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.21%) Public Cloud
5 9 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.80%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.93%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.47%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.47%) IoT
9 1 (0.47%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.81%) Windows
2 14 (6.54%) Windows 10
3 9 (4.21%) Windows 7
3 9 (4.21%) Windows 8
3 9 (4.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (42.06%) Business Intelligence
2 61 (28.50%) AI
3 57 (26.64%) Data Analysis
4 49 (22.90%) Analytics
5 46 (21.50%) Project Management
6 40 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (18.22%) Business Analysis
8 38 (17.76%) Data Analytics
9 36 (16.82%) Decision-Making
10 22 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (8.88%) Actionable Insight
12 17 (7.94%) Agile
12 17 (7.94%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (7.01%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 15 (7.01%) CRM
14 14 (6.54%) Process Improvement
15 12 (5.61%) E-Commerce
15 12 (5.61%) Financial Modelling
15 12 (5.61%) Visualisation
16 11 (5.14%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 98 (45.79%) SQL
2 82 (38.32%) Python
3 5 (2.34%) VBA
4 4 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.40%) C#
Qualifications
1 45 (21.03%) Azure Certification
2 23 (10.75%) Degree
3 17 (7.94%) ACCA
3 17 (7.94%) CIMA
4 12 (5.61%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.21%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.34%) AAT
6 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.87%) ICAEW
7 4 (1.87%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.40%) CIPD
9 2 (0.93%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.93%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.93%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.47%) MBA
10 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.14%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.80%) PMO
3 5 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.34%) SLA
4 3 (1.40%) GDPR
4 3 (1.40%) IFRS
5 2 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.47%) GAAP
6 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 9 (4.21%) Active Directory
1 9 (4.21%) Hyper-V
1 9 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (4.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (4.21%) Autotask
1 9 (4.21%) SCCM
2 2 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 151 (70.56%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.21%) Google
3 10 (4.67%) Adobe
4 9 (4.21%) Apple
4 9 (4.21%) ESET
4 9 (4.21%) SAP
4 9 (4.21%) VMware
5 7 (3.27%) Workday
6 4 (1.87%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.40%) Epicor
7 3 (1.40%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.93%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.93%) Oracle
9 1 (0.47%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.47%) Ariba
9 1 (0.47%) Cognos
9 1 (0.47%) Facebook
9 1 (0.47%) iManage
9 1 (0.47%) Infor
9 1 (0.47%) Salesforce