Microsoft Excel Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Excel
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 49 28
Rank change year-on-year -16 -21 +40
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 474 422 834
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.50% 4.69% 6.64%
As % of the Applications category 40.41% 40.19% 58.32%
Number of salaries quoted 280 169 135
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,938 £27,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% +4.94%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £53,625
90th Percentile £65,350 £66,300 £82,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% -

All Software Application Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,173 1,050 1,430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.19% 11.66% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 711 471 479
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,800 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £36,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -23.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £67,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South East over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South East

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Thames Valley -3 192 £40,000 +25.00% 175
Berkshire -13 104 £40,000 +35.59% 83
Hampshire -23 97 £35,500 +1.43% 111
Surrey -6 80 £40,000 - 73
Kent -22 48 £32,500 - 33
Buckinghamshire +27 46 £35,000 -26.32% 65
Oxfordshire -16 42 £32,000 +6.67% 28
East Sussex +12 22 £37,500 -50.00% 14
West Sussex -42 17 £37,500 +20.97% 24
Sussex -6 10 £55,000 +22.22% 4
Middlesex +12 4 £26,500 - 7
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.84%) CMS
3 1 (0.21%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 153 (32.28%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (13.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 34 (7.17%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.90%) AutoCAD
5 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.84%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.63%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.63%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.42%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.42%) Siemens NX
8 2 (0.42%) Solid Edge
8 2 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.21%) CATIA
9 1 (0.21%) Mathcad
9 1 (0.21%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 22 (4.64%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.27%) Shopify
4 5 (1.05%) Magento
5 4 (0.84%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.63%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.42%) Academy Housing
8 1 (0.21%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.21%) ENOVIA
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.21%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 118 (24.89%) Power Platform
2 50 (10.55%) Azure
3 40 (8.44%) Azure AI
3 40 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (1.69%) Google Analytics
4 8 (1.69%) Google Sheets
5 7 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (1.27%) PowerApps
7 5 (1.05%) Google Ads
7 5 (1.05%) Meta Ads
8 4 (0.84%) SaaS
8 4 (0.84%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 3 (0.63%) WeChat
10 2 (0.42%) Canva
10 2 (0.42%) ClickUp
10 2 (0.42%) Google Gemini
10 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.42%) Miro
10 2 (0.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.63%) Broadband
1 3 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.42%) DHCP
2 2 (0.42%) DNS
2 2 (0.42%) VoIP
2 2 (0.42%) VPN
2 2 (0.42%) WAN
3 1 (0.21%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (24.89%) Power BI
2 52 (10.97%) Tableau
3 9 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.05%) Looker
5 4 (0.84%) Power Query
5 4 (0.84%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.42%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.42%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.21%) Metadata
8 1 (0.21%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (1.69%) JIRA
2 3 (0.63%) Git
3 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.21%) GitLab
3 1 (0.21%) JMeter
3 1 (0.21%) Moq
3 1 (0.21%) Selenium
3 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 293 (61.81%) Social Skills
2 180 (37.97%) Finance
3 149 (31.43%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (29.32%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (10.97%) Manufacturing
6 43 (9.07%) Marketing
7 35 (7.38%) Retail
8 32 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (6.75%) Telecoms
9 31 (6.54%) Legal
10 22 (4.64%) Public Sector
11 19 (4.01%) Electronics
12 17 (3.59%) Aerospace
13 16 (3.38%) Advertising
13 16 (3.38%) Billing
14 13 (2.74%) Automotive
14 13 (2.74%) Local Government
15 9 (1.90%) Agriculture
16 8 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (26.58%) Analyst
2 73 (15.40%) Administrator
3 60 (12.66%) Data Analyst
4 46 (9.70%) Junior
5 41 (8.65%) Junior Analyst
6 40 (8.44%) Junior Data Analyst
7 30 (6.33%) Senior
8 27 (5.70%) Coordinator
9 23 (4.85%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (4.43%) Support Analyst
11 17 (3.59%) Technical Support
12 16 (3.38%) Consultant
12 16 (3.38%) Systems Support
13 15 (3.16%) Accountant
14 11 (2.32%) Business Manager
14 11 (2.32%) IT Manager
14 11 (2.32%) Operations Manager
14 11 (2.32%) Sales Executive
14 11 (2.32%) Support Specialist
15 10 (2.11%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.11%) Middleware
2 9 (1.90%) EDI
3 7 (1.48%) JSON
3 7 (1.48%) SAP XI
4 4 (0.84%) Flash
5 3 (0.63%) Godot
5 3 (0.63%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (0.42%) Classic ASP
6 2 (0.42%) CSS
6 2 (0.42%) HTML
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.21%) PySpark
7 1 (0.21%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 59 (12.45%) Onboarding
2 56 (11.81%) Management Information System
3 29 (6.12%) Driving Licence
4 21 (4.43%) FMCG
5 19 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.80%) Social Media
7 7 (1.48%) Robotics
8 5 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.05%) Housing Association
8 5 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (0.84%) CCTV
10 3 (0.63%) Analogue Electronics
10 3 (0.63%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.63%) Digital Signage
10 3 (0.63%) IPTV
10 3 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.63%) SCADA
10 3 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.38%) Windows
2 11 (2.32%) Linux
3 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.21%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (24.89%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (24.05%) Business Intelligence
3 100 (21.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 89 (18.78%) AI
5 78 (16.46%) Process Improvement
6 76 (16.03%) Decision-Making
7 70 (14.77%) Customer Service
8 63 (13.29%) ERP
9 60 (12.66%) CRM
10 54 (11.39%) Data Analysis
11 53 (11.18%) Time Management
12 49 (10.34%) Project Management
13 45 (9.49%) Stakeholder Management
14 37 (7.81%) Logistics
15 34 (7.17%) Analytics
16 32 (6.75%) Budgeting
16 32 (6.75%) Collaborative Working
16 32 (6.75%) Service Delivery
17 30 (6.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 30 (6.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 93 (19.62%) SQL
2 69 (14.56%) Python
3 12 (2.53%) JavaScript
4 11 (2.32%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.48%) VBA
6 5 (1.05%) C#
7 4 (0.84%) C
8 3 (0.63%) C++
8 3 (0.63%) Java
8 3 (0.63%) Scala
9 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.42%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.21%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 74 (15.61%) Degree
2 40 (8.44%) Azure Certification
3 34 (7.17%) ACCA
4 31 (6.54%) CIMA
4 31 (6.54%) DBS Check
5 30 (6.33%) Security Cleared
6 20 (4.22%) SC Cleared
7 10 (2.11%) HNC
7 10 (2.11%) HND
8 9 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.27%) City & Guilds
10 5 (1.05%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.84%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.63%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.63%) CIPFA
12 3 (0.63%) NVQ Level 3
12 3 (0.63%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 3 (0.63%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
13 2 (0.42%) CISA
13 2 (0.42%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.01%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.53%) GDPR
2 12 (2.53%) SLA
3 10 (2.11%) PMO
4 9 (1.90%) ISO 9001
4 9 (1.90%) QA
5 7 (1.48%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.27%) IFRS
7 5 (1.05%) GAAP
8 4 (0.84%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.21%) Autotask
Vendors
1 291 (61.39%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.49%) SAP
3 25 (5.27%) Google
4 21 (4.43%) Salesforce
5 18 (3.80%) Sage
6 11 (2.32%) Adobe
6 11 (2.32%) Xero
7 9 (1.90%) Oracle
8 6 (1.27%) Apple
8 6 (1.27%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.05%) Spotify
10 4 (0.84%) TikTok
11 3 (0.63%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (0.63%) Cisco
11 3 (0.63%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.63%) Polycom
12 2 (0.42%) BMC
12 2 (0.42%) EMC
12 2 (0.42%) Hyperion