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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 70 23
Rank change year-on-year +12 -47 +61
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 455 316 997
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.70% 3.62% 7.24%
As % of the Applications category 45.00% 39.16% 57.40%
Number of salaries quoted 225 161 270
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £28,475
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £44,655
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -27.22% +10.26%
75th Percentile £56,500 £50,000 £48,938
90th Percentile £66,250 £66,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -2.22%

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 1,011 807 1,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.99% 9.23% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 585 443 817
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £25,500
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 £56,875 £56,556
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.61% -2.35% -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 9 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 9 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 +39 170 £41,629 +38.76% 100
Berkshire +42 101 £43,000 +48.28% 47
Hampshire -15 89 £32,500 +4.84% 50
Surrey -10 80 £48,150 +20.38% 50
Kent -16 49 £30,000 -11.11% 28
Buckinghamshire +28 45 £52,500 +61.54% 25
East Sussex +9 33 £32,500 +3.17% 10
West Sussex -22 28 £31,500 +1.61% 16
Oxfordshire -25 24 £32,000 +6.67% 28
Sussex -4 4 £44,500 -1.11% 6
Middlesex +33 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 25 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.22%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 85 (18.68%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (14.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (3.30%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.22%) Mathcad
6 1 (0.22%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (3.08%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.98%) Magento
3 7 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.66%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.44%) Academy Housing
6 1 (0.22%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.22%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.22%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.22%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.22%) Shopify
6 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 208 (45.71%) Power Platform
2 146 (32.09%) Azure
3 130 (28.57%) Azure AI
4 57 (12.53%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (2.86%) PowerApps
6 8 (1.76%) Google Analytics
7 7 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.32%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.88%) Miro
10 3 (0.66%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.66%) SaaS
10 3 (0.66%) WeChat
11 2 (0.44%) AWS
11 2 (0.44%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.22%) GCP
12 1 (0.22%) GitHub
12 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.32%) VoIP
3 2 (0.44%) Intranet
4 1 (0.22%) Broadband
4 1 (0.22%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.22%) RS-485
4 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (45.71%) Power BI
2 154 (33.85%) Tableau
3 6 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.32%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.10%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (1.10%) Power Query
5 4 (0.88%) Data Mining
5 4 (0.88%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.22%) Metadata
8 1 (0.22%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (0.66%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Git
2 1 (0.22%) GitLab
General
1 296 (65.05%) Social Skills
2 142 (31.21%) Finance
3 123 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (14.73%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (5.71%) Retail
6 20 (4.40%) Manufacturing
6 20 (4.40%) Public Sector
7 19 (4.18%) Marketing
8 18 (3.96%) Telecoms
9 17 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.64%) Legal
11 10 (2.20%) Automotive
11 10 (2.20%) Billing
12 9 (1.98%) Electronics
13 8 (1.76%) Advertising
13 8 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.32%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.10%) Banking
15 5 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 240 (52.75%) Analyst
2 160 (35.16%) Data Analyst
3 140 (30.77%) Junior
4 131 (28.79%) Junior Analyst
5 130 (28.57%) Junior Data Analyst
6 27 (5.93%) Senior
7 26 (5.71%) Administrator
8 21 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
9 19 (4.18%) Financial Analyst
9 19 (4.18%) Support Analyst
10 15 (3.30%) Technical Support
11 14 (3.08%) IT Support
12 13 (2.86%) Consultant
13 12 (2.64%) Coordinator
14 11 (2.42%) Help Desk Support
15 9 (1.98%) Billing Analyst
15 9 (1.98%) Business Development Manager
15 9 (1.98%) Business Manager
15 9 (1.98%) Report Analyst
15 9 (1.98%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.54%) JSON
1 7 (1.54%) Middleware
2 5 (1.10%) .NET
3 4 (0.88%) .NET Framework
3 4 (0.88%) ASP.NET
3 4 (0.88%) EDI
4 3 (0.66%) Godot
4 3 (0.66%) SAP XI
4 3 (0.66%) Unreal Engine
5 2 (0.44%) Classic ASP
6 1 (0.22%) CSS
6 1 (0.22%) HTML
6 1 (0.22%) Next.js
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.25%) Onboarding
2 22 (4.84%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (2.86%) Driving Licence
4 13 (2.86%) FMCG
5 7 (1.54%) Social Media
6 6 (1.32%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.88%) Robotics
8 3 (0.66%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.44%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.44%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.44%) SCADA
9 2 (0.44%) Solar Panel
10 1 (0.22%) Acoustics
10 1 (0.22%) Optoelectronics
10 1 (0.22%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.22%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.62%) Windows
2 8 (1.76%) Linux
3 7 (1.54%) Android
4 6 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (44.62%) Business Intelligence
2 155 (34.07%) AI
3 104 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (16.70%) Decision-Making
5 65 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 53 (11.65%) Data Analysis
7 43 (9.45%) Process Improvement
8 37 (8.13%) ERP
8 37 (8.13%) Project Management
9 35 (7.69%) Analytics
10 32 (7.03%) Customer Service
11 31 (6.81%) CRM
12 30 (6.59%) Logistics
12 30 (6.59%) Time Management
13 27 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (5.05%) Agile
15 22 (4.84%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 22 (4.84%) Validation
16 21 (4.62%) E-Commerce
17 20 (4.40%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 192 (42.20%) SQL
2 164 (36.04%) Python
3 18 (3.96%) VBA
4 14 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.20%) C#
6 6 (1.32%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.10%) Java
8 4 (0.88%) C
8 4 (0.88%) VBScript
9 3 (0.66%) C++
10 2 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.22%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 130 (28.57%) Azure Certification
2 56 (12.31%) Degree
3 38 (8.35%) ACCA
4 35 (7.69%) CIMA
5 27 (5.93%) Security Cleared
6 22 (4.84%) SC Cleared
7 18 (3.96%) DBS Check
8 10 (2.20%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.76%) HNC
10 6 (1.32%) AAT
10 6 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.32%) HND
11 5 (1.10%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.66%) APMP
13 2 (0.44%) CISA
13 2 (0.44%) CRISC
13 2 (0.44%) MBA
13 2 (0.44%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.22%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.86%) Data Quality
1 13 (2.86%) SLA
2 10 (2.20%) GDPR
3 9 (1.98%) PMO
3 9 (1.98%) QA
4 4 (0.88%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.88%) IFRS
5 3 (0.66%) GAAP
6 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.22%) GRC
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.98%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.22%) Autotask
1 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 289 (63.52%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.62%) SAP
3 17 (3.74%) Sage
4 16 (3.52%) Oracle
5 9 (1.98%) Alteryx
5 9 (1.98%) Google
5 9 (1.98%) Hyperion
6 8 (1.76%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.32%) TP-LINK
7 6 (1.32%) Ubiquiti
8 5 (1.10%) Adobe
8 5 (1.10%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.88%) MuleSoft
9 4 (0.88%) SYSPRO
9 4 (0.88%) Xero
10 3 (0.66%) Apple
11 2 (0.44%) BMC
11 2 (0.44%) Cognos
11 2 (0.44%) Databricks
11 2 (0.44%) Progress