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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 86 45
Rank change year-on-year +32 -41 +33
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 266 223 421
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.35% 4.36% 4.24%
As % of the Applications category 54.51% 36.38% 52.49%
Number of salaries quoted 162 116 205
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,480 £24,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,750 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £34,878 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.69% +1.09% +7.55%
75th Percentile £47,250 £47,500 £45,798
90th Percentile £52,500 £59,375 £53,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +3.66% -6.55%

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 488 613 802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.32% 11.98% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 317 265 479
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £23,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -4.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £51,240 £45,798
90th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +1 135 £40,000 +15.94% 34
Merseyside -12 55 £44,000 +66.04% 10
Lancashire +32 49 £40,000 -20.09% 21
Cheshire +7 21 £30,000 -14.29% 15
Cumbria -18 5 £42,500 - 3
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 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.75%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.75%) CMS
2 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 53 (19.92%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (15.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (4.89%) MS Visio
4 9 (3.38%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.88%) SAP PM
1 5 (1.88%) Workday HCM
2 3 (1.13%) BambooHR
2 3 (1.13%) Magento
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Infor LN
3 1 (0.38%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 136 (51.13%) Power Platform
2 72 (27.07%) Azure
3 61 (22.93%) Azure AI
4 19 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.26%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.88%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.13%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.75%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.38%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.38%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.38%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.63%) SD-WAN
1 7 (2.63%) WAN
2 6 (2.26%) Firewall
2 6 (2.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.38%) LAN
3 1 (0.38%) Network Security
3 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (51.13%) Power BI
2 82 (30.83%) Tableau
3 15 (5.64%) Data Mining
4 11 (4.14%) Power Query
5 6 (2.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.13%) Looker
8 2 (0.75%) KNIME
8 2 (0.75%) MS Access
8 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.38%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 159 (59.77%) Social Skills
2 79 (29.70%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (25.94%) Finance
4 35 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (9.40%) Law
6 23 (8.65%) Retail
6 23 (8.65%) Telecoms
7 20 (7.52%) Military
8 16 (6.02%) Legal
9 12 (4.51%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (4.14%) Marketing
11 10 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.63%) Billing
14 5 (1.88%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.88%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.88%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.50%) Advertising
15 4 (1.50%) Legal Technology
15 4 (1.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 135 (50.75%) Analyst
2 93 (34.96%) Data Analyst
3 67 (25.19%) Junior
4 61 (22.93%) Junior Analyst
4 61 (22.93%) Junior Data Analyst
5 19 (7.14%) Administrator
6 16 (6.02%) Data Administrator
7 15 (5.64%) Business Analyst
7 15 (5.64%) Technical Analyst
8 14 (5.26%) Trainee
8 14 (5.26%) Trainee Analyst
8 14 (5.26%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 13 (4.89%) Systems Analyst
10 11 (4.14%) Accountant
10 11 (4.14%) Data Manager
11 9 (3.38%) Technical Business Analyst
12 8 (3.01%) IT Support
12 8 (3.01%) Support Analyst
13 7 (2.63%) Account Manager
13 7 (2.63%) HR Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.88%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.02%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.64%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.63%) Pricing Data
5 6 (2.26%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.88%) Digital Media
6 5 (1.88%) EPoS
7 4 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.50%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.13%) NHS
9 1 (0.38%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.38%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.38%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.38%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.63%) Windows
2 6 (2.26%) Windows 10
2 6 (2.26%) Windows 7
2 6 (2.26%) Windows 8
2 6 (2.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (42.48%) Business Intelligence
2 64 (24.06%) AI
3 50 (18.80%) Data Analysis
3 50 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (17.29%) Decision-Making
5 39 (14.66%) Analytics
6 33 (12.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (10.53%) Project Management
8 26 (9.77%) Process Improvement
9 25 (9.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 23 (8.65%) Actionable Insight
11 22 (8.27%) Data Analytics
12 21 (7.89%) Data Visualisation
12 21 (7.89%) E-Commerce
12 21 (7.89%) Visualisation
13 19 (7.14%) Business Analysis
13 19 (7.14%) Data Mapping
14 18 (6.77%) Workshop Facilitation
15 16 (6.02%) ERP
16 15 (5.64%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 130 (48.87%) SQL
2 83 (31.20%) Python
3 9 (3.38%) VBA
4 6 (2.26%) C#
4 6 (2.26%) R
Qualifications
1 61 (22.93%) Azure Certification
2 20 (7.52%) Degree
3 18 (6.77%) ACCA
4 17 (6.39%) CIMA
5 14 (5.26%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.75%) AAT
7 2 (0.75%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.38%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.53%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.02%) QA
3 10 (3.76%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.26%) SLA
5 5 (1.88%) GDPR
6 3 (1.13%) IFRS
6 3 (1.13%) TickIT
7 1 (0.38%) GAAP
7 1 (0.38%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (4.14%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.26%) Hyper-V
2 6 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (2.26%) Autotask
1 6 (2.26%) SCCM
2 2 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 168 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.02%) Google
3 15 (5.64%) Workday
4 10 (3.76%) SAP
5 9 (3.38%) Aderant
5 9 (3.38%) iManage
5 9 (3.38%) Intapp
6 6 (2.26%) ESET
6 6 (2.26%) VMware
7 4 (1.50%) Sage
7 4 (1.50%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.13%) Alteryx
8 3 (1.13%) Epicor
8 3 (1.13%) Xero
9 2 (0.75%) Adaptive Insights
9 2 (0.75%) Adobe
9 2 (0.75%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.75%) IFS
9 2 (0.75%) Oracle
9 2 (0.75%) ServiceNow