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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 45 108
Rank change year-on-year -28 +63 -12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 184 278 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 3.50% 4.05% 2.45%
As % of the Applications category 28.26% 46.57% 32.87%
Number of salaries quoted 118 90 67
10th Percentile £25,691 £27,500 £22,620
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,374 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +24.23% -14.47%
75th Percentile £47,500 £51,240 £43,750
90th Percentile £59,125 £60,000 £52,578
England median annual salary £41,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.68% +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 651 597 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.37% 8.70% 7.45%
Number of salaries quoted 238 257 217
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £22,220
25th Percentile £29,500 £33,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,748 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% +16.42% -6.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,725 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -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 12 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 12 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 -5 73 £40,000 -5.88% 95
Merseyside +4 43 £40,000 -5.88% 20
Cheshire -22 35 £32,500 -18.75% 42
Lancashire -6 30 £45,000 -2.76% 60
Cumbria -3 2 - - 4
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 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.63%) CMS
2 3 (1.63%) Confluence
2 3 (1.63%) Umbraco
2 3 (1.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 62 (33.70%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (22.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.26%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (3.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.54%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (4.35%) Unit4 Business World
2 7 (3.80%) Magento
3 2 (1.09%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.09%) ResourceLink
3 2 (1.09%) SAP IBP
3 2 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.09%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.54%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 55 (29.89%) Power Platform
2 21 (11.41%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (10.33%) Azure
4 8 (4.35%) Google Analytics
4 8 (4.35%) Snowflake
5 7 (3.80%) AWS
6 4 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (2.17%) GCP
7 3 (1.63%) Contentful
7 3 (1.63%) Google Sheets
7 3 (1.63%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.63%) Slack
8 2 (1.09%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.09%) Google Drive
8 2 (1.09%) Intacct
8 2 (1.09%) Workato
9 1 (0.54%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Advertising
9 1 (0.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.72%) SD-WAN
1 5 (2.72%) WAN
2 3 (1.63%) Firewall
3 2 (1.09%) Broadband
3 2 (1.09%) LAN
3 2 (1.09%) Network Security
3 2 (1.09%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.09%) Wireless
4 1 (0.54%) Intranet
4 1 (0.54%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (29.89%) Power BI
2 24 (13.04%) Tableau
3 17 (9.24%) Data Mining
4 10 (5.43%) SQL Server
5 8 (4.35%) Looker
6 5 (2.72%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (2.72%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (2.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.17%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.09%) Power Query
9 1 (0.54%) Big Data
9 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (0.54%) RStudio
General
1 102 (55.43%) Finance
2 91 (49.46%) Social Skills
3 85 (46.20%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (10.87%) Manufacturing
6 15 (8.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (8.15%) Marketing
7 14 (7.61%) Retail
8 10 (5.43%) Law
8 10 (5.43%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (4.35%) Telecoms
11 7 (3.80%) Aerospace
11 7 (3.80%) Automotive
12 6 (3.26%) Advertising
12 6 (3.26%) Legal
13 4 (2.17%) Billing
13 4 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.63%) Dutch Language
14 3 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 70 (38.04%) Analyst
2 25 (13.59%) Senior
3 24 (13.04%) Data Analyst
4 16 (8.70%) Financial Analyst
5 13 (7.07%) Administrator
6 12 (6.52%) IT Support
6 12 (6.52%) Trainee
6 12 (6.52%) Trainee Analyst
6 12 (6.52%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 11 (5.98%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (5.43%) HR Specialist
8 10 (5.43%) Support Specialist
9 9 (4.89%) Accountant
9 9 (4.89%) Commercial Analyst
9 9 (4.89%) Management Accountant
9 9 (4.89%) Project Officer
10 8 (4.35%) Senior Project Officer
10 8 (4.35%) Senior Project Support Officer
10 8 (4.35%) Support Officer
10 8 (4.35%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.63%) .NET
2 2 (1.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.41%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (9.78%) Social Media
3 16 (8.70%) Driving Licence
4 12 (6.52%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.89%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.72%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.17%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.63%) Digital Signage
8 3 (1.63%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.09%) Blackberry
9 2 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.54%) Autonomous Agent
10 1 (0.54%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.54%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.54%) EPoS
10 1 (0.54%) FMCG
10 1 (0.54%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.33%) Windows
2 11 (5.98%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.63%) Windows 7
3 3 (1.63%) Windows 8
3 3 (1.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (29.35%) Business Intelligence
2 53 (28.80%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 42 (22.83%) Data Analysis
5 34 (18.48%) Analytics
6 32 (17.39%) Actionable Insight
7 30 (16.30%) ERP
8 29 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (15.76%) Project Management
9 23 (12.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 22 (11.96%) CRM
11 21 (11.41%) Agile
11 21 (11.41%) Service Delivery
12 20 (10.87%) Financial Modelling
13 19 (10.33%) Business Analysis
14 18 (9.78%) Time Management
15 17 (9.24%) Visualisation
16 16 (8.70%) AI
16 16 (8.70%) Data Analytics
17 15 (8.15%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 51 (27.72%) SQL
2 20 (10.87%) Python
3 13 (7.07%) VBA
4 4 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (2.17%) VB
5 2 (1.09%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 61 (33.15%) Degree
2 19 (10.33%) ACCA
2 19 (10.33%) CIMA
2 19 (10.33%) DBS Check
3 7 (3.80%) CIPD
4 6 (3.26%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.26%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.72%) AAT
5 5 (2.72%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.72%) MCP
6 3 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.54%) MBA
8 1 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.43%) PMO
2 6 (3.26%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.72%) GDPR
3 5 (2.72%) SLA
4 4 (2.17%) GAAP
5 3 (1.63%) QA
6 2 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (1.63%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.63%) Hyper-V
1 3 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (1.63%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.63%) Autotask
2 3 (1.63%) SCCM
3 1 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 122 (66.30%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.96%) SAP
3 19 (10.33%) Google
4 12 (6.52%) Salesforce
4 12 (6.52%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.43%) Workday
6 5 (2.72%) Facebook
7 4 (2.17%) HubSpot
7 4 (2.17%) Logitech
7 4 (2.17%) Sage
8 3 (1.63%) Adobe
8 3 (1.63%) ESET
8 3 (1.63%) VMware
9 2 (1.09%) ANSYS
9 2 (1.09%) Avaya
9 2 (1.09%) Intapp
9 2 (1.09%) Oracle
9 2 (1.09%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (1.09%) UiPath
9 2 (1.09%) Xero