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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 57 59
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +28
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 211 173 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.81% 3.86% 3.70%
As % of the Applications category 39.00% 38.70% 52.19%
Number of salaries quoted 133 93 181
10th Percentile £25,875 £30,000 £23,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £38,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% +6.06%
75th Percentile £48,000 £51,240 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,500 £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 541 447 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.20% 9.98% 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 251 240 381
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £22,900
25th Percentile £30,250 £36,250 £26,250
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 £58,750 £58,943 £56,250
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 22 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 22 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 -5 81 £40,000 - 51
Lancashire +1 46 £41,000 -18.09% 24
Merseyside +11 44 £40,000 -25.58% 23
Cheshire 0 32 £32,000 -24.71% 20
Cumbria -1 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 9 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.37%) CMS
3 3 (1.42%) Umbraco
3 3 (1.42%) WordPress
4 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (18.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 29 (13.74%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.32%) Magento
2 5 (2.37%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.42%) ResourceLink
3 3 (1.42%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.47%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 85 (40.28%) Power Platform
2 69 (32.70%) Azure
3 41 (19.43%) Azure AI
4 18 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (7.58%) AWS
6 9 (4.27%) Google Workspace
7 8 (3.79%) Google Analytics
8 6 (2.84%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.90%) GCP
10 3 (1.42%) Contentful
10 3 (1.42%) Slack
11 2 (0.95%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.95%) Intacct
11 2 (0.95%) Workato
12 1 (0.47%) Adobe Analytics
12 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Advertising
12 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.27%) Firewall
1 9 (4.27%) SD-WAN
1 9 (4.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (41.23%) Tableau
2 85 (40.28%) Power BI
3 37 (17.54%) Data Mining
4 8 (3.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (2.84%) Looker
6 5 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (2.37%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.90%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.42%) Power Query
9 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (1.90%) JIRA
General
1 113 (53.55%) Social Skills
2 94 (44.55%) Finance
3 85 (40.28%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (16.59%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.16%) Marketing
7 12 (5.69%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (5.21%) Retail
9 7 (3.32%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.37%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.37%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.42%) Advertising
11 3 (1.42%) Automotive
11 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.42%) Law
12 2 (0.95%) Billing
12 2 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.47%) Banking
13 1 (0.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 126 (59.72%) Analyst
2 90 (42.65%) Data Analyst
3 41 (19.43%) Junior
3 41 (19.43%) Junior Analyst
3 41 (19.43%) Junior Data Analyst
4 35 (16.59%) Trainee
4 35 (16.59%) Trainee Analyst
4 35 (16.59%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 17 (8.06%) Senior
6 14 (6.64%) IT Support
7 11 (5.21%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (4.74%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (4.27%) 1st Line Engineer
9 9 (4.27%) 1st Line Support
9 9 (4.27%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 9 (4.27%) IT Engineer
9 9 (4.27%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (4.27%) Support Engineer
10 7 (3.32%) E-Commerce Specialist
11 6 (2.84%) HR Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.95%) .NET
1 2 (0.95%) Middleware
2 1 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.11%) Social Media
2 13 (6.16%) Driving Licence
2 13 (6.16%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.69%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.27%) Public Cloud
6 8 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.84%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.42%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.47%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.47%) IoT
9 1 (0.47%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.47%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.95%) Windows
2 14 (6.64%) Windows 10
3 9 (4.27%) Windows 7
3 9 (4.27%) Windows 8
3 9 (4.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (40.76%) Business Intelligence
2 62 (29.38%) Data Analysis
3 57 (27.01%) AI
4 53 (25.12%) Analytics
5 49 (23.22%) Project Management
6 41 (19.43%) Business Analysis
7 40 (18.96%) Data Analytics
7 40 (18.96%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (17.54%) Decision-Making
9 25 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (9.48%) Actionable Insight
11 17 (8.06%) Agile
11 17 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
12 16 (7.58%) CRM
13 15 (7.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 14 (6.64%) Process Improvement
15 13 (6.16%) E-Commerce
16 12 (5.69%) Financial Modelling
16 12 (5.69%) Visualisation
17 11 (5.21%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 98 (46.45%) SQL
2 81 (38.39%) Python
3 4 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (1.90%) VBA
4 3 (1.42%) C#
Qualifications
1 41 (19.43%) Azure Certification
2 24 (11.37%) Degree
3 17 (8.06%) ACCA
3 17 (8.06%) CIMA
4 12 (5.69%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.27%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.37%) AAT
6 5 (2.37%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.90%) ICAEW
8 3 (1.42%) CIPD
9 2 (0.95%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.95%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.95%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.47%) MBA
10 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.79%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.84%) PMO
3 5 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.37%) SLA
4 3 (1.42%) GDPR
4 3 (1.42%) IFRS
5 2 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.47%) GAAP
6 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 9 (4.27%) Active Directory
1 9 (4.27%) Hyper-V
1 9 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (4.27%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (4.27%) Autotask
1 9 (4.27%) SCCM
2 2 (0.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 152 (72.04%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.85%) Google
3 10 (4.74%) Adobe
4 9 (4.27%) Apple
4 9 (4.27%) ESET
4 9 (4.27%) VMware
5 8 (3.79%) SAP
6 6 (2.84%) Workday
7 4 (1.90%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.42%) Epicor
8 3 (1.42%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.95%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.95%) Concur
9 2 (0.95%) Oracle
9 2 (0.95%) Sage
10 1 (0.47%) Adaptive Insights
10 1 (0.47%) Databricks
10 1 (0.47%) Intapp
10 1 (0.47%) Marin
10 1 (0.47%) UiPath