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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 95 25
Rank change year-on-year +47 -70 +42
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 483 245 1,220
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.12% 2.94% 6.88%
As % of the Applications category 48.64% 31.90% 53.51%
Number of salaries quoted 232 141 469
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £66,500 £59,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -9.16%

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 993 768 2,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.42% 9.21% 12.85%
Number of salaries quoted 551 406 1,275
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,563 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £40,400
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -7.18% -0.25%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £51,175
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £68,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £39,005
% change year-on-year -8.05% +11.52% -13.32%

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 July 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 July 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 +76 185 £43,000 +32.31% 65
Berkshire +54 109 £43,000 +40.98% 34
Surrey +5 86 £45,000 +28.57% 23
Hampshire -3 86 £36,000 +2.86% 31
Kent -3 58 £28,500 -12.31% 11
Buckinghamshire +31 49 £56,000 +72.31% 18
East Sussex +16 35 £37,500 +19.05% 6
West Sussex -15 29 £31,500 +1.61% 12
Oxfordshire -1 27 £33,750 -38.64% 16
Sussex - 2 £31,500 - 3
Middlesex +39 1 - - 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 27 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.62%) Confluence
5 2 (0.41%) CMS
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 77 (15.94%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (3.31%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.45%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.86%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.83%) Magento
4 3 (0.62%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.21%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.21%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 246 (50.93%) Power Platform
2 178 (36.85%) Azure
3 160 (33.13%) Azure AI
4 59 (12.22%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.52%) PowerApps
6 10 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.24%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.24%) Miro
8 5 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.83%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.62%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.41%) ClickUp
11 2 (0.41%) Figma
12 1 (0.21%) Adobe Analytics
12 1 (0.21%) AWS
12 1 (0.21%) Google Tag Manager
12 1 (0.21%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.21%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.21%) SaaS
12 1 (0.21%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.24%) VoIP
3 3 (0.62%) IP Telephony
4 2 (0.41%) Broadband
4 2 (0.41%) Intranet
5 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (50.93%) Power BI
2 190 (39.34%) Tableau
3 7 (1.45%) Data Mining
3 7 (1.45%) Power Query
4 6 (1.24%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.04%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.83%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.21%) Metadata
8 1 (0.21%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.21%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (0.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) GitLab
General
1 316 (65.42%) Social Skills
2 146 (30.23%) Finance
3 118 (24.43%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (11.39%) Organisational Skills
5 30 (6.21%) Retail
6 25 (5.18%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.93%) Marketing
8 15 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.90%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.69%) Legal
11 12 (2.48%) Automotive
12 10 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.66%) Electronics
13 8 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.45%) Billing
15 6 (1.24%) Advertising
16 5 (1.04%) Banking
16 5 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.04%) Law
Job Titles
1 283 (58.59%) Analyst
2 194 (40.17%) Data Analyst
3 168 (34.78%) Junior
4 161 (33.33%) Junior Analyst
5 160 (33.13%) Junior Data Analyst
6 29 (6.00%) Administrator
6 29 (6.00%) Financial Analyst
7 23 (4.76%) Senior
8 19 (3.93%) Support Analyst
9 15 (3.11%) Report Analyst
9 15 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
9 15 (3.11%) Technical Support
10 13 (2.69%) Consultant
11 12 (2.48%) IT Support
11 12 (2.48%) Personal Assistant
12 11 (2.28%) Help Desk Support
13 10 (2.07%) Coordinator
14 9 (1.86%) Applications Support
14 9 (1.86%) Applications Support Analyst
14 9 (1.86%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.86%) Middleware
2 7 (1.45%) JSON
3 5 (1.04%) .NET
4 4 (0.83%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.83%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.83%) CSS
4 4 (0.83%) HTML
5 3 (0.62%) EDI
6 2 (0.41%) Classic ASP
6 2 (0.41%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.21%) Godot
7 1 (0.21%) Next.js
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.21%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.00%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (2.69%) FMCG
4 11 (2.28%) Management Information System
5 9 (1.86%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.24%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.83%) Social Media
8 3 (0.62%) CCTV
9 2 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.41%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.41%) Robotics
9 2 (0.41%) SCADA
10 1 (0.21%) Acoustics
10 1 (0.21%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.21%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.21%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.21%) Smart Home
10 1 (0.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.35%) Windows
2 7 (1.45%) Android
3 6 (1.24%) Linux
3 6 (1.24%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (50.31%) Business Intelligence
2 173 (35.82%) AI
3 96 (19.88%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (16.56%) Decision-Making
5 58 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 53 (10.97%) Data Analysis
7 42 (8.70%) Project Management
8 37 (7.66%) Customer Service
9 35 (7.25%) Logistics
10 34 (7.04%) ERP
11 32 (6.63%) CRM
11 32 (6.63%) Process Improvement
12 28 (5.80%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 27 (5.59%) Agile
13 27 (5.59%) Analytics
14 24 (4.97%) Time Management
15 23 (4.76%) Visualisation
16 21 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
17 20 (4.14%) Business Development
17 20 (4.14%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 238 (49.28%) SQL
2 197 (40.79%) Python
3 31 (6.42%) VBA
4 16 (3.31%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.66%) C#
6 5 (1.04%) Java
7 4 (0.83%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.83%) VBScript
8 1 (0.21%) C
8 1 (0.21%) C++
8 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 160 (33.13%) Azure Certification
2 54 (11.18%) Degree
3 49 (10.14%) ACCA
4 46 (9.52%) CIMA
5 23 (4.76%) Security Cleared
6 22 (4.55%) SC Cleared
7 13 (2.69%) DBS Check
7 13 (2.69%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.48%) AAT
9 10 (2.07%) HNC
10 7 (1.45%) APMP
10 7 (1.45%) MBA
11 6 (1.24%) HND
12 5 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.83%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.41%) CISA
14 2 (0.41%) CRISC
15 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.31%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.69%) SLA
3 8 (1.66%) PMO
4 7 (1.45%) GDPR
5 6 (1.24%) QA
6 4 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.83%) IFRS
7 2 (0.41%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.21%) GAAP
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (1.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.21%) Autotask
1 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 308 (63.77%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.59%) SAP
3 14 (2.90%) Sage
4 13 (2.69%) Oracle
5 9 (1.86%) Alteryx
5 9 (1.86%) Hyperion
5 9 (1.86%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.45%) MuleSoft
7 6 (1.24%) TP-LINK
7 6 (1.24%) Ubiquiti
8 5 (1.04%) Adobe
8 5 (1.04%) Informatica
9 4 (0.83%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.83%) SYSPRO
9 4 (0.83%) Xero
10 3 (0.62%) Google
11 2 (0.41%) BMC
11 2 (0.41%) Cognos
11 2 (0.41%) Progress
11 2 (0.41%) Zoho