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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 54 22
Rank change year-on-year -7 -32 +65
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 443 360 1,000
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.58% 4.06% 7.27%
As % of the Applications category 44.26% 41.19% 57.77%
Number of salaries quoted 222 163 263
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £28,500
25th Percentile £28,813 £26,688 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -27.78% +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,250 £49,000 £49,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £66,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,032 £44,309
% change year-on-year -2.52% -7.40% -2.83%

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 1,001 874 1,731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.84% 9.85% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 587 445 801
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,300 £82,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +22 166 £40,129 +33.76% 96
Berkshire +11 97 £40,000 +37.93% 47
Hampshire -24 87 £32,500 +4.84% 48
Surrey -12 76 £43,150 +7.88% 54
Kent -18 47 £30,000 -7.69% 23
Buckinghamshire +25 43 £52,500 +61.54% 18
East Sussex +6 33 £32,500 +3.17% 8
West Sussex -25 26 £31,500 +1.61% 10
Oxfordshire -26 26 £32,000 +6.67% 31
Sussex -1 5 £57,500 +27.78% 3
Middlesex +31 2 £26,500 - 9
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 24 (5.42%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.23%) CMS
3 1 (0.23%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 91 (20.54%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (14.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (3.61%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.23%) Mathcad
6 1 (0.23%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (3.39%) NetSuite
2 9 (2.03%) Magento
3 7 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.68%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.45%) Academy Housing
6 1 (0.23%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.23%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.23%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.23%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.23%) Shopify
6 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 197 (44.47%) Power Platform
2 137 (30.93%) Azure
3 120 (27.09%) Azure AI
4 57 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (2.71%) PowerApps
6 8 (1.81%) Google Analytics
7 7 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.35%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.68%) AWS
10 3 (0.68%) Miro
10 3 (0.68%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.68%) SaaS
10 3 (0.68%) WeChat
11 2 (0.45%) ChatGPT
11 2 (0.45%) GCP
11 2 (0.45%) GitHub
11 2 (0.45%) Google Gemini
11 2 (0.45%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.35%) VoIP
3 2 (0.45%) Intranet
4 1 (0.23%) Broadband
4 1 (0.23%) RS-485
4 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (44.47%) Power BI
2 143 (32.28%) Tableau
3 7 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.35%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.13%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.90%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.90%) Power Query
6 4 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.23%) Metadata
9 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.23%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (0.68%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) Git
3 1 (0.23%) GitLab
General
1 283 (63.88%) Social Skills
2 143 (32.28%) Finance
3 120 (27.09%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (15.12%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (5.19%) Retail
6 20 (4.51%) Manufacturing
6 20 (4.51%) Marketing
7 19 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (4.29%) Public Sector
7 19 (4.29%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.39%) Legal
9 10 (2.26%) Billing
9 10 (2.26%) Electronics
10 9 (2.03%) Advertising
11 8 (1.81%) Automotive
12 7 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.35%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.13%) Banking
14 5 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 228 (51.47%) Analyst
2 151 (34.09%) Data Analyst
3 131 (29.57%) Junior
4 121 (27.31%) Junior Analyst
5 120 (27.09%) Junior Data Analyst
6 29 (6.55%) Administrator
7 27 (6.09%) Senior
8 21 (4.74%) Senior Analyst
8 21 (4.74%) Support Analyst
9 16 (3.61%) Financial Analyst
10 15 (3.39%) Technical Support
11 13 (2.93%) IT Support
12 12 (2.71%) Consultant
12 12 (2.71%) Coordinator
13 11 (2.48%) Help Desk Support
14 9 (2.03%) Billing Analyst
14 9 (2.03%) Business Development Manager
14 9 (2.03%) Business Manager
14 9 (2.03%) IT Analyst
14 9 (2.03%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.58%) JSON
1 7 (1.58%) Middleware
2 5 (1.13%) .NET
3 4 (0.90%) .NET Framework
3 4 (0.90%) ASP.NET
3 4 (0.90%) EDI
4 3 (0.68%) Godot
4 3 (0.68%) SAP XI
4 3 (0.68%) Unreal Engine
5 2 (0.45%) Classic ASP
6 1 (0.23%) CSS
6 1 (0.23%) HTML
6 1 (0.23%) Next.js
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.23%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.90%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.19%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.39%) Driving Licence
5 13 (2.93%) FMCG
6 7 (1.58%) Social Media
7 6 (1.35%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.90%) Robotics
9 3 (0.68%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.45%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.45%) Solar Panel
11 1 (0.23%) Acoustics
11 1 (0.23%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.23%) Optoelectronics
11 1 (0.23%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.23%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.74%) Windows
2 8 (1.81%) Linux
3 7 (1.58%) Android
4 6 (1.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (43.34%) Business Intelligence
2 146 (32.96%) AI
3 105 (23.70%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (16.25%) Decision-Making
5 65 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 54 (12.19%) Data Analysis
7 45 (10.16%) Process Improvement
8 37 (8.35%) ERP
9 36 (8.13%) Analytics
10 35 (7.90%) Project Management
11 33 (7.45%) CRM
12 32 (7.22%) Customer Service
13 30 (6.77%) Logistics
13 30 (6.77%) Time Management
14 26 (5.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (5.19%) Validation
16 22 (4.97%) Agile
17 21 (4.74%) E-Commerce
17 21 (4.74%) Project Delivery
18 20 (4.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 181 (40.86%) SQL
2 153 (34.54%) Python
3 16 (3.61%) VBA
4 15 (3.39%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.26%) C#
6 7 (1.58%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.13%) Java
8 4 (0.90%) C
8 4 (0.90%) VBScript
9 3 (0.68%) C++
10 2 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.23%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 120 (27.09%) Azure Certification
2 54 (12.19%) Degree
3 34 (7.67%) ACCA
4 31 (7.00%) CIMA
5 25 (5.64%) Security Cleared
6 20 (4.51%) SC Cleared
7 18 (4.06%) DBS Check
8 9 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.81%) HNC
10 7 (1.58%) HND
11 5 (1.13%) AAT
12 4 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.90%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.45%) APMP
13 2 (0.45%) CISA
13 2 (0.45%) CRISC
13 2 (0.45%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.23%) City & Guilds
14 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.39%) SLA
2 14 (3.16%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.26%) QA
4 9 (2.03%) GDPR
4 9 (2.03%) PMO
5 4 (0.90%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.90%) IFRS
6 3 (0.68%) GAAP
6 3 (0.68%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.45%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.23%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.23%) Autotask
1 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 284 (64.11%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.51%) SAP
3 17 (3.84%) Sage
4 16 (3.61%) Oracle
5 10 (2.26%) Google
6 9 (2.03%) Alteryx
6 9 (2.03%) Hyperion
7 8 (1.81%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.35%) TP-LINK
8 6 (1.35%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (1.13%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.90%) Adobe
10 4 (0.90%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.90%) SYSPRO
10 4 (0.90%) Xero
11 3 (0.68%) Apple
12 2 (0.45%) BMC
12 2 (0.45%) Cognos
12 2 (0.45%) Databricks
12 2 (0.45%) Progress