Microsoft Excel Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Excel
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 28 43
Rank change year-on-year -14 +15 +30
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 26 5 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 2.73% 2.12% 3.55%
As % of the Applications category 17.93% 15.15% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 12
10th Percentile - - £27,175
25th Percentile £35,000 - £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.81%
75th Percentile £51,875 - £42,125
90th Percentile £56,000 - £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,019 £40,000
% change year-on-year -4.80% +5.05% -10.10%

All Software Application Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 145 33 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 15.20% 13.98% 10.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 29
10th Percentile £32,000 - £28,650
25th Percentile £35,000 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £26,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -30.67% +17.19%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £47,750 - £63,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +16.88% -14.44%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
County Antrim -4 26 £40,000 - 13
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (84.62%) Azure
2 17 (65.38%) Azure AI
2 17 (65.38%) Power Platform
3 5 (19.23%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) MPLS
2 4 (15.38%) Broadband
2 4 (15.38%) Ethernet
2 4 (15.38%) PSTN
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (3.85%) Firewall
3 1 (3.85%) Internet
3 1 (3.85%) LAN
3 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.85%) SNA
3 1 (3.85%) WAN
3 1 (3.85%) Wireless
3 1 (3.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (73.08%) Tableau
2 17 (65.38%) Power BI
3 2 (7.69%) Data Mining
General
1 24 (92.31%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Billing
2 4 (15.38%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (76.92%) Analyst
2 19 (73.08%) Data Analyst
3 17 (65.38%) Junior
3 17 (65.38%) Junior Analyst
3 17 (65.38%) Junior Data Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Coordinator
5 2 (7.69%) Trainee
5 2 (7.69%) Trainee Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Lead
6 1 (3.85%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Report Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Senior
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) AI
1 17 (65.38%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (19.23%) Time Management
3 4 (15.38%) B2B
3 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (15.38%) CRM
3 4 (15.38%) ERP
4 3 (11.54%) Analytics
4 3 (11.54%) Data Analysis
4 3 (11.54%) Data Analytics
5 2 (7.69%) Business Analysis
5 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (7.69%) Project Management
6 1 (3.85%) Change Control
6 1 (3.85%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.85%) Mentoring
6 1 (3.85%) Process Improvement
6 1 (3.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (3.85%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (76.92%) Python
2 19 (73.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (65.38%) Azure Certification
2 5 (19.23%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) CCNP
3 1 (3.85%) CCSP
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Ansible
1 1 (3.85%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (88.46%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) Fortinet
3 4 (15.38%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (15.38%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco