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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 78 45
Rank change year-on-year +2 -33 +61
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 225 231 333
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.86% 4.43% 3.97%
As % of the Applications category 51.49% 34.58% 49.19%
Number of salaries quoted 137 113 124
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,480 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £34,755 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.09% -0.70% -3.45%
75th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £45,798
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £58,510
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,865
% change year-on-year - -8.81% -3.80%

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 437 668 677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.61% 12.80% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 285 267 330
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,671 £24,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £36,950
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.84% -7.63%
75th Percentile £50,000 £51,240 £47,637
90th Percentile £58,895 £60,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £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 23 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 23 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 -19 120 £42,500 +23.19% 63
Merseyside -21 42 £45,250 +70.75% 15
Lancashire +14 36 £38,772 -22.54% 39
Cheshire +3 24 £30,000 -14.29% 20
Cumbria -16 2 £28,000 - 8
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 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.33%) CMS
3 2 (0.89%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.89%) Confluence
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.44%) SAS
4 1 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (21.78%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (16.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (6.67%) MS Visio
4 7 (3.11%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.22%) SAP PM
2 3 (1.33%) BambooHR
2 3 (1.33%) Magento
3 2 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 115 (51.11%) Power Platform
2 52 (23.11%) Azure
3 44 (19.56%) Azure AI
4 19 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.22%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.33%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.33%) Google Sheets
7 3 (1.33%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.33%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.89%) AWS
8 2 (0.89%) ChatGPT
8 2 (0.89%) GCP
8 2 (0.89%) GitHub
8 2 (0.89%) Google Gemini
8 2 (0.89%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.44%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.44%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.44%) SaaS
9 1 (0.44%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.11%) Internet
2 2 (0.89%) Broadband
2 2 (0.89%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.89%) WAN
3 1 (0.44%) Firewall
3 1 (0.44%) LAN
3 1 (0.44%) Network Security
3 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (51.11%) Power BI
2 51 (22.67%) Tableau
3 10 (4.44%) Power Query
4 4 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.33%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.33%) Looker
5 3 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.89%) KNIME
6 2 (0.89%) MS Access
6 2 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.44%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (2.67%) JIRA
2 2 (0.89%) Git
2 2 (0.89%) RStudio
General
1 144 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 76 (33.78%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (27.11%) Finance
4 25 (11.11%) Law
4 25 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (10.22%) Telecoms
6 22 (9.78%) Retail
7 20 (8.89%) Military
8 16 (7.11%) Legal
9 14 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (5.78%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (5.33%) Marketing
12 9 (4.00%) Billing
13 5 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (2.22%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.78%) Advertising
14 4 (1.78%) Legal Technology
14 4 (1.78%) Local Government
15 3 (1.33%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 105 (46.67%) Analyst
2 61 (27.11%) Data Analyst
3 54 (24.00%) Junior
4 44 (19.56%) Junior Analyst
4 44 (19.56%) Junior Data Analyst
5 22 (9.78%) Administrator
6 17 (7.56%) Business Analyst
6 17 (7.56%) Data Administrator
7 15 (6.67%) Technical Analyst
8 12 (5.33%) Technical Business Analyst
9 11 (4.89%) Data Manager
10 10 (4.44%) Accountant
11 8 (3.56%) Account Manager
11 8 (3.56%) Systems Analyst
12 7 (3.11%) Junior Account Manager
12 7 (3.11%) Junior Service Manager
13 6 (2.67%) Change Analyst
13 6 (2.67%) Systems Accountant
14 5 (2.22%) Deployment Manager
14 5 (2.22%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.44%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.78%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.11%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.67%) Pricing Data
6 5 (2.22%) EPoS
7 4 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.78%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.33%) NHS
8 3 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.89%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.89%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.89%) Social Media
10 1 (0.44%) Blog
10 1 (0.44%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.44%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.44%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.89%) Windows
2 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.44%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.44%) Windows 8
2 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (40.89%) Business Intelligence
2 56 (24.89%) AI
3 46 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 41 (18.22%) Data Analysis
6 35 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (13.33%) Analytics
8 26 (11.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (10.67%) Actionable Insight
10 23 (10.22%) E-Commerce
11 21 (9.33%) Process Improvement
11 21 (9.33%) Project Management
11 21 (9.33%) Visualisation
11 21 (9.33%) Workshop Facilitation
12 19 (8.44%) Data Visualisation
13 18 (8.00%) Customer Service
14 17 (7.56%) Data Mapping
15 16 (7.11%) Mathematics
16 15 (6.67%) Performance Improvement
16 15 (6.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 102 (45.33%) SQL
2 59 (26.22%) Python
3 9 (4.00%) R
4 8 (3.56%) VBA
5 3 (1.33%) C#
6 2 (0.89%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 44 (19.56%) Azure Certification
2 20 (8.89%) Degree
3 14 (6.22%) ACCA
4 13 (5.78%) CIMA
5 10 (4.44%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.44%) CFA
7 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.44%) PMP
7 1 (0.44%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.78%) Data Quality
2 19 (8.44%) QA
3 10 (4.44%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.22%) GDPR
5 3 (1.33%) TickIT
6 2 (0.89%) IFRS
6 2 (0.89%) PMO
7 1 (0.44%) GAAP
7 1 (0.44%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) Autotask
1 1 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 140 (62.22%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.44%) Google
3 9 (4.00%) Workday
4 8 (3.56%) Aderant
4 8 (3.56%) iManage
4 8 (3.56%) Intapp
5 7 (3.11%) SAP
6 5 (2.22%) Sage
6 5 (2.22%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.22%) YouTube
7 3 (1.33%) VMware
7 3 (1.33%) Xero
8 2 (0.89%) Adaptive Insights
8 2 (0.89%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.89%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.89%) IFS
8 2 (0.89%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.44%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.44%) ESET
9 1 (0.44%) Liquidlogic