Microsoft Excel Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 108 107
Rank change year-on-year +31 -1 +36
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 77 214 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.69% 3.18% 2.43%
As % of the Applications category 14.39% 47.03% 38.85%
Number of salaries quoted 41 76 49
10th Percentile £25,020 £22,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £24,875 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £37,572 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.40% +1.55% -
75th Percentile - £53,750 £48,965
90th Percentile - £61,250 £57,654
UK median annual salary £47,000 £40,000 £44,583
% change year-on-year +17.50% -10.28% -0.93%

All Software Application Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 535 455 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.67% 6.76% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 419 176 118
10th Percentile £37,574 £22,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £51,645 £26,938 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £42,500 £39,439
Median % change year-on-year +36.55% +7.76% +8.05%
75th Percentile £60,265 £57,500 £51,875
90th Percentile - £67,500 £57,654
UK median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £44,494
% change year-on-year +33.33% -15.72% -1.12%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Scotland.

Salary trend for Microsoft Excel in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in Scotland

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 May 2025. 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
Edinburgh +5 28 £30,750 -31.67% 21
Renfrewshire - 18 £52,000 - 6
Inverclyde - 12 £52,000 -
Glasgow +135 8 £48,500 +38.57% 18
Fife - 5 - -
Aberdeen +19 4 £35,000 +27.27% 4
West Lothian -13 1 - -
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.30%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (20.78%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.49%) Smartsheet
3 4 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (5.19%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.30%) Google Docs
4 1 (1.30%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.30%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (49.35%) Tableau
2 10 (12.99%) MS Access
3 7 (9.09%) Power BI
4 3 (3.90%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 27 (35.06%) Finance
2 21 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 12 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.09%) Banking
5 6 (7.79%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.49%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (6.49%) Legal
6 5 (6.49%) Retail
7 1 (1.30%) Marketing
7 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (42.86%) Principal Engineer
2 18 (23.38%) Analyst
3 10 (12.99%) Project Manager
4 6 (7.79%) Support Analyst
5 5 (6.49%) Business Systems Analyst
5 5 (6.49%) Integration Manager
5 5 (6.49%) Integration Project Manager
5 5 (6.49%) Junior
5 5 (6.49%) Sustainability Manager
5 5 (6.49%) Systems Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Business Support Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Customer Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Customer Service Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Junior Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Junior Business Systems Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Junior Support Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Junior Systems Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Risk Manager
6 4 (5.19%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
6 4 (5.19%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) HTML
2 1 (1.30%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.49%) Genomics
1 5 (6.49%) Life Science
2 1 (1.30%) Credit Risk
2 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.30%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.19%) Windows
1 4 (5.19%) Windows 10
1 4 (5.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (49.35%) Data Management
2 35 (45.45%) Analytics
3 34 (44.16%) Data Modelling
4 33 (42.86%) Data Analytics
4 33 (42.86%) Data Governance
5 16 (20.78%) Customer Service
5 16 (20.78%) Project Management
6 14 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (15.58%) Agile
7 12 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (10.39%) Roadmaps
8 8 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (6.49%) Asset Management
9 5 (6.49%) Commercialisation
9 5 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (6.49%) DMAIC
9 5 (6.49%) ERP
9 5 (6.49%) Project Delivery
9 5 (6.49%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (6.49%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.88%) SQL
2 5 (6.49%) Python
2 5 (6.49%) VBA
3 4 (5.19%) Java
4 1 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 15 (19.48%) Degree
2 5 (6.49%) PMI Certification
2 5 (6.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (46.75%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.90%) QA
2 3 (3.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 54 (70.13%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.49%) Google
3 4 (5.19%) Blue Prism
3 4 (5.19%) UiPath
4 3 (3.90%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.30%) Sage