Microsoft Excel Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft Excel
South West > Somerset

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 40 45
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 +12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 38 4 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 5.27% 1.50% 2.45%
As % of the Applications category 64.41% 23.53% 24.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 17
10th Percentile £31,800 £48,875 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,625 £49,063 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £51,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% +57.69% -27.94%
75th Percentile £35,750 £54,688 £37,000
90th Percentile £35,900 £55,625 £45,750
South West median annual salary £39,849 £43,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -8.39% +16.00% +7.91%

All Software Application Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 59 17 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 8.18% 6.37% 10.10%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 65
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £24,150
25th Percentile £27,638 £32,875 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £46,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.11% +50.00% -13.89%
75th Percentile £35,250 £50,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £37,050 £53,125 £53,750
South West median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £39,005
% change year-on-year -17.65% +8.96% +4.01%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Somerset

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 6 April 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
Bath -5 19 £32,500 -38.10% 5
Street - 15 - -
Taunton -11 1 £35,000 -30.00%
Bridgwater - 1 £35,000 - 7
Microsoft Excel
South West

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 35 (92.11%) Power Platform
2 33 (86.84%) Azure
2 33 (86.84%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (92.11%) Power BI
2 33 (86.84%) Tableau
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
General
1 36 (94.74%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.26%) Aviation
2 2 (5.26%) Avionics
2 2 (5.26%) Electronics
2 2 (5.26%) Military
3 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Legal
3 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (92.11%) Analyst
2 34 (89.47%) Data Analyst
3 33 (86.84%) Junior
3 33 (86.84%) Junior Analyst
3 33 (86.84%) Junior Data Analyst
4 1 (2.63%) Legal Analyst
4 1 (2.63%) Support Analyst
4 1 (2.63%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Analogue Electronics
1 2 (5.26%) Learning Management System
2 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (92.11%) Business Intelligence
2 33 (86.84%) AI
3 2 (5.26%) Logistics
3 2 (5.26%) Service Delivery
4 1 (2.63%) Analytics
4 1 (2.63%) Data Analysis
4 1 (2.63%) Data Extraction
4 1 (2.63%) Data Transformation
4 1 (2.63%) Migration
4 1 (2.63%) Practice Management
4 1 (2.63%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (2.63%) Process Improvement
4 1 (2.63%) Product Requirements
4 1 (2.63%) QMS
4 1 (2.63%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (92.11%) SQL
2 33 (86.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (86.84%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.26%) HPE ATP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.63%) QA
Vendors
1 36 (94.74%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle