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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 96 45
Rank change year-on-year +9 -51 +38
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 219 186 298
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.69% 3.59% 3.95%
As % of the Applications category 44.97% 27.72% 47.83%
Number of salaries quoted 123 103 104
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,592 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,538 £28,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +23.88%
75th Percentile £48,000 £48,750 £51,240
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £59,683
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -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 487 671 623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.77% 12.96% 8.26%
Number of salaries quoted 290 220 269
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,750 £26,200
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £51,500 £52,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,550 £60,000 £64,075
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -15 121 £36,250 -9.38% 106
Merseyside -14 43 £46,500 +75.47% 26
Cheshire +6 29 £37,500 +10.29% 27
Lancashire +7 23 £37,636 -20.77% 30
Cumbria -8 2 £28,000 - 17
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 10 (4.57%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.28%) CMS
3 1 (0.46%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.46%) Confluence
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.46%) SAS
3 1 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 66 (30.14%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (15.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (6.85%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.37%) BambooHR
2 2 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 83 (37.90%) Power Platform
2 27 (12.33%) Azure
3 20 (9.13%) Azure AI
4 15 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (1.83%) AWS
7 3 (1.37%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.91%) ChatGPT
8 2 (0.91%) GCP
8 2 (0.91%) GitHub
8 2 (0.91%) Google Gemini
8 2 (0.91%) Google Sheets
8 2 (0.91%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.91%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.91%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.46%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.20%) Internet
2 2 (0.91%) Broadband
3 1 (0.46%) LAN
3 1 (0.46%) Network Security
3 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.46%) WAN
3 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (37.90%) Power BI
2 23 (10.50%) Tableau
3 6 (2.74%) Power Query
4 5 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.91%) KNIME
5 2 (0.91%) MS Access
5 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.46%) GIS
6 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.28%) JIRA
2 3 (1.37%) RStudio
3 2 (0.91%) Git
General
1 132 (60.27%) Social Skills
2 91 (41.55%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (28.31%) Finance
4 49 (22.37%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (12.33%) Retail
6 21 (9.59%) Law
6 21 (9.59%) Legal
7 19 (8.68%) Telecoms
8 16 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (7.31%) Military
9 15 (6.85%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (5.02%) Marketing
11 8 (3.65%) Billing
12 7 (3.20%) Automotive
12 7 (3.20%) Manufacturing
13 6 (2.74%) Local Government
13 6 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (2.28%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.83%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.83%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 81 (36.99%) Analyst
2 36 (16.44%) Administrator
2 36 (16.44%) Data Analyst
3 32 (14.61%) Junior
4 20 (9.13%) Junior Analyst
4 20 (9.13%) Junior Data Analyst
5 18 (8.22%) Data Administrator
6 17 (7.76%) Business Analyst
6 17 (7.76%) Technical Analyst
7 12 (5.48%) Technical Business Analyst
8 8 (3.65%) Account Manager
9 7 (3.20%) Accountant
9 7 (3.20%) Change Analyst
9 7 (3.20%) Junior Account Manager
9 7 (3.20%) Junior Service Manager
9 7 (3.20%) Lead
10 6 (2.74%) Systems Accountant
10 6 (2.74%) Systems Analyst
11 5 (2.28%) Coordinator
11 5 (2.28%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.28%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.13%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.76%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.20%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.28%) EPoS
6 4 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.83%) Social Media
7 3 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.91%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.91%) NHS
8 2 (0.91%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.46%) Blog
9 1 (0.46%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.46%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.46%) FMCG
9 1 (0.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.46%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.46%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (27.85%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (27.40%) Business Intelligence
3 43 (19.63%) Decision-Making
4 39 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (17.35%) Data Analysis
6 35 (15.98%) AI
6 35 (15.98%) Stakeholder Management
7 34 (15.53%) Customer Service
8 26 (11.87%) E-Commerce
9 22 (10.05%) Process Improvement
9 22 (10.05%) Workshop Facilitation
10 21 (9.59%) Actionable Insight
10 21 (9.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (9.13%) Mathematics
12 19 (8.68%) Analytics
13 18 (8.22%) ERP
14 17 (7.76%) Data Mapping
14 17 (7.76%) Validation
15 16 (7.31%) Collaborative Working
16 15 (6.85%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (33.79%) SQL
2 34 (15.53%) Python
3 11 (5.02%) R
4 4 (1.83%) VBA
5 3 (1.37%) C#
6 2 (0.91%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (9.13%) Azure Certification
2 19 (8.68%) Degree
3 10 (4.57%) ACCA
4 9 (4.11%) CIMA
5 8 (3.65%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.46%) CFA
7 1 (0.46%) HNC
7 1 (0.46%) HND
7 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.46%) PMP
7 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.46%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.61%) Data Quality
2 17 (7.76%) QA
3 10 (4.57%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.74%) PMO
5 4 (1.83%) GDPR
6 3 (1.37%) TickIT
7 2 (0.91%) IFRS
7 2 (0.91%) SLA
8 1 (0.46%) GAAP
8 1 (0.46%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 3 (1.37%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 130 (59.36%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.65%) Aderant
2 8 (3.65%) iManage
2 8 (3.65%) Intapp
2 8 (3.65%) YouTube
3 7 (3.20%) Workday
4 6 (2.74%) Sage
5 5 (2.28%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.37%) VMware
6 3 (1.37%) Xero
7 2 (0.91%) Adaptive Insights
7 2 (0.91%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.91%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.91%) Google
7 2 (0.91%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.46%) Adobe
8 1 (0.46%) Dell
8 1 (0.46%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.46%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.46%) Zoho