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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 54 64
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 200 190 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.73% 4.10% 3.64%
As % of the Applications category 37.24% 40.17% 51.70%
Number of salaries quoted 123 94 175
10th Percentile £25,875 £30,000 £23,350
25th Percentile £31,750 £37,750 £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 £52,185 £45,625
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 537 473 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.33% 10.20% 7.05%
Number of salaries quoted 241 244 373
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £22,758
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £26,000
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 £56,000
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 15 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 15 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 -4 79 £40,000 - 53
Lancashire -1 42 £39,197 -21.69% 26
Merseyside +3 40 £40,000 -25.58% 10
Cheshire -6 32 £32,000 -24.71% 18
Cumbria -5 6 £42,500 +4.30% 1
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 (4.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.50%) CMS
3 3 (1.50%) Umbraco
3 3 (1.50%) WordPress
4 2 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (18.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 28 (14.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.50%) Magento
2 5 (2.50%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.50%) ResourceLink
4 2 (1.00%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 82 (41.00%) Power Platform
2 64 (32.00%) Azure
3 37 (18.50%) Azure AI
4 17 (8.50%) AWS
4 17 (8.50%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.00%) Google Analytics
5 8 (4.00%) Google Workspace
6 7 (3.50%) Snowflake
7 4 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.00%) GCP
8 3 (1.50%) Contentful
8 3 (1.50%) Slack
9 2 (1.00%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.00%) Intacct
9 2 (1.00%) Workato
10 1 (0.50%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Advertising
10 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.50%) SD-WAN
1 9 (4.50%) WAN
2 8 (4.00%) Firewall
3 1 (0.50%) Broadband
3 1 (0.50%) LAN
3 1 (0.50%) Network Security
3 1 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (41.00%) Power BI
2 78 (39.00%) Tableau
3 33 (16.50%) Data Mining
4 7 (3.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (3.00%) Looker
6 5 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (2.50%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.00%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.00%) Power Query
9 1 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 110 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 90 (45.00%) Finance
3 84 (42.00%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (18.00%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.50%) Marketing
7 12 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (5.00%) Retail
9 6 (3.00%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.50%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.00%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.50%) Advertising
12 3 (1.50%) Automotive
12 3 (1.50%) Billing
12 3 (1.50%) Law
13 2 (1.00%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.50%) Agriculture
14 1 (0.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 118 (59.00%) Analyst
2 84 (42.00%) Data Analyst
3 37 (18.50%) Junior
3 37 (18.50%) Junior Analyst
3 37 (18.50%) Junior Data Analyst
4 31 (15.50%) Trainee
4 31 (15.50%) Trainee Analyst
4 31 (15.50%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 17 (8.50%) Senior
6 13 (6.50%) IT Support
7 11 (5.50%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (4.50%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (4.00%) 1st Line Engineer
9 8 (4.00%) 1st Line Support
9 8 (4.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 8 (4.00%) IT Engineer
9 8 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (4.00%) Support Engineer
10 7 (3.50%) E-Commerce Specialist
11 6 (3.00%) Management Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.50%) .NET
2 2 (1.00%) Middleware
3 1 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.50%) Social Media
2 13 (6.50%) Driving Licence
2 13 (6.50%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.50%) Public Cloud
6 7 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.00%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.50%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.50%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.50%) IoT
9 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.50%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.00%) Windows
2 13 (6.50%) Windows 10
3 8 (4.00%) Windows 7
3 8 (4.00%) Windows 8
3 8 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (41.00%) Business Intelligence
2 59 (29.50%) Data Analysis
3 53 (26.50%) AI
4 48 (24.00%) Analytics
5 45 (22.50%) Project Management
6 40 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (18.50%) Business Analysis
8 36 (18.00%) Decision-Making
9 35 (17.50%) Data Analytics
10 24 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
12 18 (9.00%) Agile
13 17 (8.50%) CRM
14 16 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (7.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
16 13 (6.50%) Process Improvement
16 13 (6.50%) Visualisation
17 12 (6.00%) Business Development
17 12 (6.00%) E-Commerce
17 12 (6.00%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 91 (45.50%) SQL
2 73 (36.50%) Python
3 4 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.50%) C#
4 3 (1.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (18.50%) Azure Certification
2 25 (12.50%) Degree
3 15 (7.50%) ACCA
3 15 (7.50%) CIMA
4 12 (6.00%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.50%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (2.00%) AAT
8 3 (1.50%) CIPD
8 3 (1.50%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.50%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.00%) ICAEW
9 2 (1.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.50%) MBA
10 1 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.50%) PMO
2 6 (3.00%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.00%) GDPR
4 4 (2.00%) SLA
5 2 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.00%) IFRS
5 2 (1.00%) QA
6 1 (0.50%) GAAP
System Software
1 8 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (4.00%) Hyper-V
1 8 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (4.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (4.00%) Autotask
1 8 (4.00%) SCCM
2 2 (1.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 143 (71.50%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.50%) Google
3 10 (5.00%) Adobe
4 9 (4.50%) Apple
5 8 (4.00%) ESET
5 8 (4.00%) VMware
6 6 (3.00%) SAP
7 5 (2.50%) Workday
8 4 (2.00%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.50%) Sage
9 3 (1.50%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.00%) Alteryx
10 2 (1.00%) Concur
10 2 (1.00%) Epicor
10 2 (1.00%) Oracle
11 1 (0.50%) Adaptive Insights
11 1 (0.50%) Databricks
11 1 (0.50%) iManage
11 1 (0.50%) Marin
11 1 (0.50%) Xero