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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 54 66
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 190 193 232
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.64% 4.14% 3.52%
As % of the Applications category 33.93% 40.72% 51.21%
Number of salaries quoted 117 96 170
10th Percentile £25,875 £30,000 £23,225
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,188 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,867 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% +19.62% +6.06%
75th Percentile £48,000 £51,555 £46,563
90th Percentile £58,000 £58,943 £52,500
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% +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 560 474 453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.79% 10.17% 6.88%
Number of salaries quoted 234 243 364
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £26,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £46,000
90th Percentile £58,375 £58,943 £54,625
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 11 February 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 11 February 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 -12 75 £40,000 - 50
Lancashire -2 39 £40,348 -19.39% 26
Merseyside -2 37 £40,000 -20.00% 11
Cheshire -9 32 £32,000 -24.71% 18
Cumbria -3 6 £42,500 +4.30%
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 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.63%) CMS
3 3 (1.58%) Umbraco
3 3 (1.58%) WordPress
4 2 (1.05%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (19.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 28 (14.74%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.68%) Magento
2 5 (2.63%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.58%) ResourceLink
4 2 (1.05%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 78 (41.05%) Power Platform
2 59 (31.05%) Azure
3 33 (17.37%) Azure AI
4 17 (8.95%) AWS
5 16 (8.42%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (4.21%) Google Analytics
7 7 (3.68%) Google Workspace
7 7 (3.68%) Snowflake
8 4 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.11%) GCP
9 3 (1.58%) Contentful
9 3 (1.58%) Slack
10 2 (1.05%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.05%) Intacct
10 2 (1.05%) Workato
11 1 (0.53%) Adobe Analytics
11 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Advertising
11 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.21%) SD-WAN
1 8 (4.21%) WAN
2 7 (3.68%) Firewall
3 1 (0.53%) Broadband
3 1 (0.53%) LAN
3 1 (0.53%) Network Security
3 1 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (41.05%) Power BI
2 71 (37.37%) Tableau
3 30 (15.79%) Data Mining
4 7 (3.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (3.16%) Looker
6 5 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (2.63%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.11%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.05%) Power Query
9 1 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (2.11%) JIRA
General
1 105 (55.26%) Social Skills
2 87 (45.79%) Finance
3 80 (42.11%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (17.89%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.84%) Marketing
7 12 (6.32%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (5.26%) Retail
9 5 (2.63%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.58%) Advertising
11 3 (1.58%) Automotive
11 3 (1.58%) Billing
11 3 (1.58%) Law
12 2 (1.05%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Digital Economy
13 1 (0.53%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 110 (57.89%) Analyst
2 77 (40.53%) Data Analyst
3 33 (17.37%) Junior
3 33 (17.37%) Junior Analyst
3 33 (17.37%) Junior Data Analyst
4 28 (14.74%) Trainee
4 28 (14.74%) Trainee Analyst
4 28 (14.74%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 17 (8.95%) Senior
6 12 (6.32%) IT Support
7 11 (5.79%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (4.74%) Financial Analyst
9 7 (3.68%) 1st Line Engineer
9 7 (3.68%) 1st Line Support
9 7 (3.68%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 7 (3.68%) E-Commerce Specialist
9 7 (3.68%) IT Engineer
9 7 (3.68%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (3.68%) Support Engineer
10 6 (3.16%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.58%) .NET
2 2 (1.05%) Middleware
3 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.89%) Social Media
2 13 (6.84%) Driving Licence
3 12 (6.32%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.74%) Public Cloud
7 7 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.16%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.58%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.53%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.53%) IoT
10 1 (0.53%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.00%) Windows
2 12 (6.32%) Windows 10
3 7 (3.68%) Windows 7
3 7 (3.68%) Windows 8
3 7 (3.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (41.05%) Business Intelligence
2 56 (29.47%) Data Analysis
3 49 (25.79%) AI
4 45 (23.68%) Analytics
5 42 (22.11%) Project Management
6 38 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (18.95%) Decision-Making
8 34 (17.89%) Business Analysis
9 32 (16.84%) Data Analytics
10 23 (12.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
12 18 (9.47%) Agile
13 17 (8.95%) CRM
14 15 (7.89%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 15 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
15 13 (6.84%) Process Improvement
15 13 (6.84%) Visualisation
16 12 (6.32%) Business Development
16 12 (6.32%) E-Commerce
16 12 (6.32%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 83 (43.68%) SQL
2 66 (34.74%) Python
3 4 (2.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.58%) VBA
5 2 (1.05%) C#
Qualifications
1 33 (17.37%) Azure Certification
2 25 (13.16%) Degree
3 15 (7.89%) ACCA
3 15 (7.89%) CIMA
4 12 (6.32%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.74%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.63%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (2.11%) AAT
8 3 (1.58%) CIPD
8 3 (1.58%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.58%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.05%) ICAEW
9 2 (1.05%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.53%) MBA
10 1 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.68%) PMO
2 6 (3.16%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.11%) GDPR
4 4 (2.11%) SLA
5 2 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.05%) IFRS
5 2 (1.05%) QA
6 1 (0.53%) GAAP
System Software
1 7 (3.68%) Active Directory
1 7 (3.68%) Hyper-V
1 7 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (3.68%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (3.68%) Autotask
1 7 (3.68%) SCCM
2 2 (1.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 135 (71.05%) Microsoft
2 21 (11.05%) Google
3 10 (5.26%) Adobe
4 9 (4.74%) Apple
5 7 (3.68%) ESET
5 7 (3.68%) VMware
6 6 (3.16%) SAP
7 5 (2.63%) Workday
8 4 (2.11%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.58%) Sage
9 3 (1.58%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.05%) Alteryx
10 2 (1.05%) Concur
10 2 (1.05%) Epicor
10 2 (1.05%) Oracle
11 1 (0.53%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.53%) Databricks
11 1 (0.53%) iManage
11 1 (0.53%) Marin
11 1 (0.53%) TikTok