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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 79 55
Rank change year-on-year +23 -24 +19
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 275 207 346
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.69% 4.58% 3.68%
As % of the Applications category 58.76% 40.19% 47.99%
Number of salaries quoted 149 107 219
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,480 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £28,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -
75th Percentile £47,000 £51,240 £45,798
90th Percentile £53,000 £58,750 £52,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% +8.75% -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 468 515 721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.58% 11.40% 7.68%
Number of salaries quoted 277 267 504
10th Percentile £27,681 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,805 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +17.14% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £44,430
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,000 £53,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +22.67% -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 May 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 May 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 -5 124 £40,000 +6.67% 44
Lancashire +38 60 £39,598 -20.89% 25
Merseyside +4 58 £40,000 +50.94% 10
Cheshire -1 25 £47,000 +35.23% 19
Cumbria -14 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 8 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.73%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.73%) CMS
2 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.36%) Confluence
3 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (15.27%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (14.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (4.36%) MS Visio
4 7 (2.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.82%) SAP PM
1 5 (1.82%) Workday HCM
2 3 (1.09%) BambooHR
2 3 (1.09%) Magento
2 3 (1.09%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.36%) Infor LN
3 1 (0.36%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 148 (53.82%) Power Platform
2 108 (39.27%) Azure
3 85 (30.91%) Azure AI
4 19 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.00%) AWS
6 7 (2.55%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.82%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.09%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.36%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.36%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.55%) Firewall
1 7 (2.55%) SD-WAN
1 7 (2.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (53.82%) Power BI
2 117 (42.55%) Tableau
3 28 (10.18%) Data Mining
4 11 (4.00%) Power Query
5 6 (2.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.09%) Looker
7 2 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.73%) JIRA
General
1 174 (63.27%) Social Skills
2 68 (24.73%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (22.55%) Finance
4 27 (9.82%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (7.27%) Law
6 17 (6.18%) Retail
7 16 (5.82%) Telecoms
8 15 (5.45%) Military
9 14 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (4.00%) Marketing
11 10 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (3.27%) Legal
13 8 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (2.55%) Public Sector
15 5 (1.82%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.45%) Advertising
17 3 (1.09%) Billing
18 2 (0.73%) Financial Institution
19 1 (0.36%) Banking
Job Titles
1 172 (62.55%) Analyst
2 125 (45.45%) Data Analyst
3 85 (30.91%) Junior
3 85 (30.91%) Junior Analyst
3 85 (30.91%) Junior Data Analyst
4 27 (9.82%) Trainee
4 27 (9.82%) Trainee Analyst
4 27 (9.82%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 17 (6.18%) Administrator
6 16 (5.82%) Business Analyst
7 14 (5.09%) Data Administrator
8 13 (4.73%) Technical Analyst
9 12 (4.36%) Systems Analyst
10 11 (4.00%) Data Manager
11 8 (2.91%) Support Analyst
11 8 (2.91%) Technical Business Analyst
12 7 (2.55%) 1st Line Support
12 7 (2.55%) 1st Line Support Engineer
12 7 (2.55%) IT Support Engineer
12 7 (2.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.36%) .NET
1 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.27%) Onboarding
2 16 (5.82%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.27%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.55%) Pricing Data
6 5 (1.82%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.45%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.09%) Social Media
9 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.36%) EPoS
9 1 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.36%) NHS
9 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.64%) Windows
2 7 (2.55%) Windows 10
2 7 (2.55%) Windows 7
2 7 (2.55%) Windows 8
2 7 (2.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (48.36%) Business Intelligence
2 98 (35.64%) AI
3 58 (21.09%) Data Analysis
4 46 (16.73%) Analytics
5 43 (15.64%) Project Management
6 40 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (12.73%) Data Analytics
8 31 (11.27%) Business Analysis
8 31 (11.27%) Decision-Making
9 30 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (6.91%) Process Improvement
12 18 (6.55%) E-Commerce
13 17 (6.18%) Data Mapping
14 16 (5.82%) Data Visualisation
14 16 (5.82%) Visualisation
15 15 (5.45%) Performance Improvement
16 13 (4.73%) Data Governance
16 13 (4.73%) Workshop Facilitation
17 12 (4.36%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 151 (54.91%) SQL
2 114 (41.45%) Python
3 10 (3.64%) VBA
4 5 (1.82%) C#
5 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (30.91%) Azure Certification
2 14 (5.09%) ACCA
2 14 (5.09%) CIMA
2 14 (5.09%) Degree
3 12 (4.36%) DBS Check
4 9 (3.27%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.45%) AAT
6 4 (1.45%) ICAEW
7 2 (0.73%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.73%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.91%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.82%) QA
3 5 (1.82%) GDPR
3 5 (1.82%) SLA
4 4 (1.45%) IFRS
5 3 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.09%) TickIT
6 1 (0.36%) GAAP
6 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (4.36%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.55%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.55%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (2.55%) Autotask
1 7 (2.55%) SCCM
2 2 (0.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 195 (70.91%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.18%) Google
3 12 (4.36%) SAP
3 12 (4.36%) Workday
4 10 (3.64%) Adobe
5 9 (3.27%) Aderant
5 9 (3.27%) Apple
5 9 (3.27%) iManage
5 9 (3.27%) Intapp
6 7 (2.55%) ESET
6 7 (2.55%) VMware
7 4 (1.45%) Sage
8 3 (1.09%) Epicor
8 3 (1.09%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.09%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.09%) Xero
9 2 (0.73%) IFS
9 2 (0.73%) Oracle
10 1 (0.36%) Cognos
10 1 (0.36%) TOWER Software