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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 77 44
Rank change year-on-year +29 -33 +15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 434 252 614
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.68% 3.39% 4.65%
As % of the Applications category 42.76% 37.28% 39.13%
Number of salaries quoted 196 93 392
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £24,550
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,250 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,680 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.51% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.50% -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 1,015 676 1,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.62% 9.08% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 472 304 1,107
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £23,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +30.43% -8.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £49,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -16.67%

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 3 March 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 3 March 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 +43 185 £52,500 -0.21% 75
Berkshire +23 86 £43,000 -18.10% 52
Buckinghamshire +41 74 £54,250 -5.65% 13
Surrey +4 73 £45,000 +28.57% 23
Hampshire +11 71 £47,500 +5.56% 40
Kent -7 47 £36,500 +4.29% 22
West Sussex +15 35 £57,500 +52.12% 22
Oxfordshire +21 26 £47,500 -9.52% 11
East Sussex +2 17 £27,500 -12.70% 11
Middlesex +22 4 - - 8
Sussex -8 2 £31,500 -37.00% 5
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 25 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (0.92%) Confluence
3 2 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 100 (23.04%) Microsoft Office
2 82 (18.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (4.84%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.92%) InDesign
6 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 9 (2.07%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.84%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.92%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.23%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 232 (53.46%) Power Platform
2 119 (27.42%) Azure
3 110 (25.35%) Azure AI
4 35 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (5.76%) PowerApps
6 10 (2.30%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.07%) SaaS
8 5 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.92%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.92%) Miro
9 4 (0.92%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.69%) Figma
11 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.23%) Asana
11 1 (0.23%) Canva
11 1 (0.23%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.23%) OCI
11 1 (0.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.30%) Intranet
2 4 (0.92%) Unified Communications
2 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.69%) 4G
3 3 (0.69%) 5G
3 3 (0.69%) GSM
3 3 (0.69%) IP Telephony
3 3 (0.69%) TETRA
3 3 (0.69%) UMTS
3 3 (0.69%) Wireless
4 2 (0.46%) Broadband
5 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (53.46%) Power BI
2 139 (32.03%) Tableau
3 13 (3.00%) Power Query
4 12 (2.76%) GIS
5 11 (2.53%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.30%) Spotfire
7 8 (1.84%) PowerPivot
8 7 (1.61%) Data Mining
8 7 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.15%) Metadata
10 4 (0.92%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.92%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 329 (75.81%) Social Skills
2 158 (36.41%) Analytical Skills
3 144 (33.18%) Finance
4 50 (11.52%) Organisational Skills
5 36 (8.29%) Marketing
6 23 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
6 23 (5.30%) Retail
7 14 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
8 13 (3.00%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.53%) Legal
10 10 (2.30%) Automotive
10 10 (2.30%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.15%) Billing
14 4 (0.92%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.92%) Military
15 3 (0.69%) Law
16 2 (0.46%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 249 (57.37%) Analyst
2 167 (38.48%) Data Analyst
3 126 (29.03%) Junior
4 110 (25.35%) Junior Analyst
4 110 (25.35%) Junior Data Analyst
5 26 (5.99%) Financial Analyst
6 22 (5.07%) Report Analyst
7 20 (4.61%) Lead
8 19 (4.38%) Support Analyst
8 19 (4.38%) Technical Support
9 17 (3.92%) Consultant
9 17 (3.92%) Procurement Analyst
9 17 (3.92%) Senior
10 16 (3.69%) Administrator
10 16 (3.69%) Data Manager
11 13 (3.00%) Principal Consultant
12 12 (2.76%) Commercial Analyst
12 12 (2.76%) Commercial Data Analyst
12 12 (2.76%) IT Support
13 11 (2.53%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.92%) Middleware
2 3 (0.69%) CSS
2 3 (0.69%) HTML
3 1 (0.23%) JSON
3 1 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.45%) Management Information System
1 28 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.92%) FMCG
5 12 (2.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (2.07%) Driving Licence
7 4 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (0.92%) Social Media
7 4 (0.92%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.69%) CCTV
8 3 (0.69%) Robotics
8 3 (0.69%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.46%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.46%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.46%) SCADA
10 1 (0.23%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.23%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.23%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.23%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.84%) Windows
2 4 (0.92%) Unix
2 4 (0.92%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (51.15%) Business Intelligence
2 141 (32.49%) AI
3 96 (22.12%) Decision-Making
4 91 (20.97%) Data Analysis
5 67 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 67 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (12.67%) Visualisation
7 54 (12.44%) Analytics
8 45 (10.37%) Project Management
9 41 (9.45%) Agile
10 34 (7.83%) Data Visualisation
11 33 (7.60%) Mathematics
12 29 (6.68%) ETL
13 28 (6.45%) Actionable Insight
13 28 (6.45%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 28 (6.45%) ERP
14 27 (6.22%) Customer Service
15 26 (5.99%) CRM
16 24 (5.53%) Validation
17 23 (5.30%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 196 (45.16%) SQL
2 162 (37.33%) Python
3 48 (11.06%) VBA
4 8 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.69%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.69%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.23%) Java
6 1 (0.23%) R
Qualifications
1 110 (25.35%) Azure Certification
2 109 (25.12%) Degree
3 53 (12.21%) ACCA
4 51 (11.75%) CIMA
5 31 (7.14%) Security Cleared
6 23 (5.30%) SC Cleared
7 20 (4.61%) Master's Degree
8 15 (3.46%) AAT
9 14 (3.23%) MBA
10 13 (3.00%) APMP
11 6 (1.38%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.92%) HNC
13 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.91%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.30%) Good Clinical Practice
3 8 (1.84%) GDPR
4 6 (1.38%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.38%) SLA
5 5 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.15%) QA
6 4 (0.92%) PMO
6 4 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.69%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.46%) IFRS
9 1 (0.23%) GAAP
9 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 6 (1.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 254 (58.53%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.29%) SAP
3 12 (2.76%) Oracle
4 10 (2.30%) Adobe
5 9 (2.07%) Informatica
6 4 (0.92%) MuleSoft
6 4 (0.92%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.69%) Cisco
7 3 (0.69%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.69%) Sage
7 3 (0.69%) Zoho
8 2 (0.46%) Cvent
8 2 (0.46%) IFS
9 1 (0.23%) BT
9 1 (0.23%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.23%) Google
9 1 (0.23%) Mitel
9 1 (0.23%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.23%) Xero