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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 81 47
Rank change year-on-year +17 -34 +39
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 249 227 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.13% 4.39% 3.84%
As % of the Applications category 54.37% 36.73% 49.24%
Number of salaries quoted 154 117 125
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,480 £24,550
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,750 £27,161
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £34,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% - -1.43%
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,798
90th Percentile £53,375 £59,250 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% -1.12%

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 458 618 656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.92% 11.95% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 301 268 335
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £24,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +7.04% -7.79%
75th Percentile £48,750 £51,240 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -7 128 £41,250 +25.00% 63
Merseyside -16 51 £44,000 +66.04% 17
Lancashire +30 46 £39,386 -21.31% 25
Cheshire +8 21 £30,000 -16.08% 22
Cumbria -21 2 £37,500 - 9
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 5 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.80%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.80%) Confluence
3 1 (0.40%) CMS
3 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (20.08%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (14.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (6.43%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.01%) SAP PM
2 3 (1.20%) BambooHR
2 3 (1.20%) Magento
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Infor LN
3 1 (0.40%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 130 (52.21%) Power Platform
2 68 (27.31%) Azure
3 57 (22.89%) Azure AI
4 18 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.41%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.01%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.20%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.20%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.20%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.80%) AWS
9 2 (0.80%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.80%) GCP
9 2 (0.80%) GitHub
9 2 (0.80%) Google Gemini
9 2 (0.80%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.40%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.81%) Internet
2 5 (2.01%) SD-WAN
2 5 (2.01%) WAN
3 4 (1.61%) Firewall
4 1 (0.40%) Broadband
4 1 (0.40%) LAN
4 1 (0.40%) Network Security
4 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (52.21%) Power BI
2 73 (29.32%) Tableau
3 11 (4.42%) Power Query
4 10 (4.02%) Data Mining
5 5 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.20%) Looker
8 2 (0.80%) KNIME
8 2 (0.80%) MS Access
8 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.40%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.20%) JIRA
2 2 (0.80%) Git
General
1 151 (60.64%) Social Skills
2 78 (31.33%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (25.70%) Finance
4 26 (10.44%) Law
5 23 (9.24%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (9.24%) Telecoms
6 22 (8.84%) Retail
7 20 (8.03%) Military
8 17 (6.83%) Legal
9 13 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (3.61%) Marketing
12 8 (3.21%) Billing
13 7 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.01%) General Ledger
14 5 (2.01%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.61%) Advertising
15 4 (1.61%) Legal Technology
15 4 (1.61%) Local Government
16 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 125 (50.20%) Analyst
2 80 (32.13%) Data Analyst
3 66 (26.51%) Junior
4 57 (22.89%) Junior Analyst
4 57 (22.89%) Junior Data Analyst
5 20 (8.03%) Administrator
6 17 (6.83%) Business Analyst
6 17 (6.83%) Data Administrator
6 17 (6.83%) Technical Analyst
7 12 (4.82%) Technical Business Analyst
8 11 (4.42%) Accountant
8 11 (4.42%) Data Manager
9 10 (4.02%) Trainee
9 10 (4.02%) Trainee Analyst
9 10 (4.02%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 8 (3.21%) Account Manager
10 8 (3.21%) IT Support
10 8 (3.21%) Systems Analyst
11 7 (2.81%) Junior Account Manager
11 7 (2.81%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.01%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.63%) Onboarding
2 15 (6.02%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.81%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.81%) Pricing Data
5 5 (2.01%) EPoS
6 4 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.61%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.20%) NHS
8 2 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.40%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.40%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.40%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.40%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.40%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.40%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.01%) Windows
2 4 (1.61%) Windows 10
2 4 (1.61%) Windows 7
2 4 (1.61%) Windows 8
2 4 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (43.37%) Business Intelligence
2 63 (25.30%) AI
3 49 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (19.28%) Data Analysis
5 45 (18.07%) Decision-Making
6 35 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (13.65%) Analytics
8 28 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (10.04%) Process Improvement
10 24 (9.64%) Actionable Insight
10 24 (9.64%) Project Management
11 23 (9.24%) E-Commerce
12 22 (8.84%) Workshop Facilitation
13 20 (8.03%) Data Mapping
13 20 (8.03%) Data Visualisation
13 20 (8.03%) Visualisation
14 18 (7.23%) Data Analytics
15 16 (6.43%) Business Analysis
16 15 (6.02%) Performance Improvement
16 15 (6.02%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 125 (50.20%) SQL
2 78 (31.33%) Python
3 9 (3.61%) VBA
4 6 (2.41%) R
5 5 (2.01%) C#
6 2 (0.80%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 57 (22.89%) Azure Certification
2 21 (8.43%) Degree
3 18 (7.23%) ACCA
4 17 (6.83%) CIMA
5 10 (4.02%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.80%) AAT
7 2 (0.80%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.40%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.24%) Data Quality
2 18 (7.23%) QA
3 10 (4.02%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.01%) GDPR
5 3 (1.20%) IFRS
5 3 (1.20%) SLA
5 3 (1.20%) TickIT
6 2 (0.80%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) GAAP
7 1 (0.40%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 9 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.61%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.61%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (1.61%) Autotask
1 4 (1.61%) SCCM
2 1 (0.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 159 (63.86%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.02%) Google
3 10 (4.02%) SAP
3 10 (4.02%) Workday
4 9 (3.61%) Aderant
4 9 (3.61%) iManage
4 9 (3.61%) Intapp
5 5 (2.01%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.61%) ESET
6 4 (1.61%) Sage
6 4 (1.61%) VMware
7 3 (1.20%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.20%) Xero
8 2 (0.80%) Adaptive Insights
8 2 (0.80%) Epicor
8 2 (0.80%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.80%) IFS
8 2 (0.80%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.40%) Adobe
9 1 (0.40%) Liquidlogic