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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 67 92
Rank change year-on-year +24 +25 -33
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 466 358 303
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.41% 4.01% 2.99%
As % of the Applications category 44.89% 40.91% 29.85%
Number of salaries quoted 159 112 207
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £23,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £27,505
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -14.77%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,813 £51,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £82,375 £60,000
England median annual salary £41,162 £45,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year -8.53% +9.76% -13.68%

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 1,038 875 1,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.81% 9.81% 10.03%
Number of salaries quoted 422 343 730
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,700 £23,725
25th Percentile £28,625 £35,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,501 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +35.72% -9.09%
75th Percentile £56,250 £62,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £66,125 £82,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +21.79% -14.75%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +36 235 £52,500 -0.10% 67
Berkshire +21 146 £40,000 -42.86% 38
Hampshire +36 77 £40,000 -11.11% 34
Surrey -3 65 £41,500 +15.28% 23
Buckinghamshire +37 64 £52,500 - 15
Kent -17 42 £35,000 -12.50% 19
West Sussex +29 33 £57,500 +52.12% 19
Oxfordshire +23 26 £40,000 -23.81% 15
East Sussex +2 7 £75,000 +163.16% 8
Sussex -2 4 £45,000 +23.29% 5
Middlesex +8 3 - - 8
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 26 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.64%) Confluence
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.43%) SAS
4 1 (0.21%) CMS
Applications
1 104 (22.32%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (14.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 25 (5.36%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.86%) InDesign
5 4 (0.86%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.43%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 9 (1.93%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.29%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.29%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.86%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.43%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.21%) Primavera
7 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 229 (49.14%) Power Platform
2 127 (27.25%) Azure
3 60 (12.88%) Azure AI
4 21 (4.51%) PowerApps
5 20 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (2.79%) Power Automate
7 10 (2.15%) SaaS
8 8 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.86%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.43%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.43%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.43%) Intacct
11 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.21%) Asana
11 1 (0.21%) AWS
11 1 (0.21%) Figma
11 1 (0.21%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.21%) Google Tag Manager
11 1 (0.21%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.58%) SMS
2 8 (1.72%) Intranet
3 4 (0.86%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.64%) 4G
4 3 (0.64%) 5G
4 3 (0.64%) GSM
4 3 (0.64%) TETRA
4 3 (0.64%) UMTS
4 3 (0.64%) Wireless
5 1 (0.21%) Broadband
5 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (49.14%) Power BI
2 79 (16.95%) Tableau
3 63 (13.52%) Data Lake
3 63 (13.52%) SAP BW
4 12 (2.58%) GIS
5 11 (2.36%) Power Query
6 10 (2.15%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.15%) Spotfire
7 8 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.50%) PowerPivot
9 6 (1.29%) Metadata
10 5 (1.07%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.07%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (1.07%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.43%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.21%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (1.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 323 (69.31%) Social Skills
2 178 (38.20%) Analytical Skills
3 147 (31.55%) Finance
4 48 (10.30%) Marketing
5 40 (8.58%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.00%) Legal
7 14 (3.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (2.58%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.72%) Retail
11 7 (1.50%) Automotive
12 6 (1.29%) Billing
12 6 (1.29%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.07%) Law
14 4 (0.86%) Advertising
14 4 (0.86%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.86%) Military
14 4 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 223 (47.85%) Analyst
2 112 (24.03%) Data Analyst
3 74 (15.88%) Lead
4 72 (15.45%) Junior
5 60 (12.88%) Junior Analyst
5 60 (12.88%) Junior Data Analyst
6 47 (10.09%) Report Analyst
7 30 (6.44%) Senior
7 30 (6.44%) Technical Support
8 29 (6.22%) Business Intelligence Lead
9 28 (6.01%) Sustainability Analyst
10 21 (4.51%) Financial Analyst
11 20 (4.29%) Support Analyst
12 17 (3.65%) Data Manager
12 17 (3.65%) Support Engineer
13 16 (3.43%) Administrator
13 16 (3.43%) Systems Support
13 16 (3.43%) Technical Analyst
13 16 (3.43%) Technical Support Analyst
14 14 (3.00%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.64%) CSS
1 3 (0.64%) HTML
2 2 (0.43%) Flash
3 1 (0.21%) JSON
3 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (11.16%) Onboarding
2 28 (6.01%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.51%) Analytical Mindset
4 18 (3.86%) Driving Licence
4 18 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.22%) FMCG
6 12 (2.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.07%) Social Media
8 4 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.86%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.64%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.64%) Robotics
9 3 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.43%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.43%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.21%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.21%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.21%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.21%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.86%) Unix
2 3 (0.64%) Windows
3 2 (0.43%) Linux
4 1 (0.21%) Android
4 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (47.42%) Business Intelligence
2 146 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
3 138 (29.61%) Analytics
4 124 (26.61%) Data Analysis
5 100 (21.46%) Data Modelling
6 90 (19.31%) AI
7 84 (18.03%) Decision-Making
8 82 (17.60%) ERP
9 79 (16.95%) Data Cleansing
10 69 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (11.80%) Actionable Insight
11 55 (11.80%) Mathematics
12 45 (9.66%) Visualisation
13 44 (9.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 43 (9.23%) Project Management
15 41 (8.80%) Data Governance
16 40 (8.58%) Agile
17 36 (7.73%) Master Data Management
18 32 (6.87%) CRM
19 29 (6.22%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 129 (27.68%) SQL
2 105 (22.53%) Python
3 39 (8.37%) VBA
4 8 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (1.07%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.64%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 199 (42.70%) Degree
2 60 (12.88%) Azure Certification
3 39 (8.37%) ACCA
4 36 (7.73%) CIMA
5 32 (6.87%) Security Cleared
6 16 (3.43%) SC Cleared
7 15 (3.22%) Master's Degree
8 14 (3.00%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.93%) APMP
9 9 (1.93%) MBA
10 7 (1.50%) AAT
11 4 (0.86%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.86%) PMP
12 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.21%) CIPD
14 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.21%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (25.75%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.00%) GDPR
3 13 (2.79%) PMO
4 10 (2.15%) Good Clinical Practice
5 9 (1.93%) SLA
6 7 (1.50%) QA
7 5 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.86%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.43%) IFRS
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.21%) GAAP
10 1 (0.21%) GMP
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 191 (40.99%) Microsoft
2 131 (28.11%) SAP
3 14 (3.00%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 11 (2.36%) Oracle
6 6 (1.29%) Informatica
7 5 (1.07%) Adobe
8 4 (0.86%) Alteryx
8 4 (0.86%) Google
8 4 (0.86%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.64%) Cisco
9 3 (0.64%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.64%) Zoho
10 2 (0.43%) Freshdesk
10 2 (0.43%) IFS
10 2 (0.43%) Sage
10 2 (0.43%) Workday
11 1 (0.21%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.21%) BT
11 1 (0.21%) Xero