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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 78 57
Rank change year-on-year +29 -21 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 452 287 531
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.92% 3.58% 4.24%
As % of the Applications category 44.10% 37.47% 37.03%
Number of salaries quoted 194 91 352
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,125 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,000 £50,250
90th Percentile £72,250 £81,250 £58,625
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% +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 1,025 766 1,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.88% 9.56% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 470 313 1,032
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,050 £23,262
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +37.68% -8.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £50,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £61,250
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 21 February 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 February 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 +49 203 £47,500 -9.71% 70
Berkshire +24 106 £43,000 -25.22% 46
Hampshire +20 74 £45,000 - 32
Buckinghamshire +42 73 £57,500 - 15
Surrey -1 73 £45,000 +28.57% 24
Kent -12 45 £36,500 +4.29% 16
West Sussex +22 36 £57,500 +52.12% 24
Oxfordshire +24 25 £47,500 -9.52% 10
East Sussex +8 14 £42,500 +41.67% 5
Middlesex +19 4 - - 7
Sussex -7 3 £45,000 -10.00% 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 27 (5.97%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (0.88%) Confluence
3 2 (0.44%) CMS
Applications
1 104 (23.01%) Microsoft Office
2 84 (18.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (5.09%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.55%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.88%) InDesign
7 2 (0.44%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 9 (1.99%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.77%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.88%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.22%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 239 (52.88%) Power Platform
2 127 (28.10%) Azure
3 100 (22.12%) Azure AI
4 31 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (5.53%) PowerApps
6 10 (2.21%) Power Automate
7 9 (1.99%) SaaS
8 7 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.88%) Miro
10 4 (0.88%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.66%) Figma
12 2 (0.44%) Entra ID
13 1 (0.22%) Adobe Analytics
13 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.22%) AWS
13 1 (0.22%) Canva
13 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.22%) Lucidchart
13 1 (0.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.99%) Intranet
2 4 (0.88%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.66%) 4G
3 3 (0.66%) 5G
3 3 (0.66%) GSM
3 3 (0.66%) IP Telephony
3 3 (0.66%) TETRA
3 3 (0.66%) UMTS
3 3 (0.66%) Wireless
4 2 (0.44%) Broadband
4 2 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (52.88%) Power BI
2 125 (27.65%) Tableau
3 18 (3.98%) Data Lake
3 18 (3.98%) SAP BW
4 13 (2.88%) Power Query
5 12 (2.65%) GIS
6 10 (2.21%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.21%) Spotfire
7 8 (1.77%) PowerPivot
8 7 (1.55%) Data Mining
8 7 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.11%) Metadata
10 4 (0.88%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.88%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.44%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (1.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 336 (74.34%) Social Skills
2 163 (36.06%) Analytical Skills
3 151 (33.41%) Finance
4 49 (10.84%) Organisational Skills
5 38 (8.41%) Marketing
6 24 (5.31%) Retail
7 23 (5.09%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (3.10%) Pharmaceutical
9 12 (2.65%) Legal
9 12 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.43%) Automotive
11 9 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.99%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.33%) Billing
12 6 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.33%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.88%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.88%) Law
13 4 (0.88%) Military
14 3 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 251 (55.53%) Analyst
2 157 (34.73%) Data Analyst
3 115 (25.44%) Junior
4 100 (22.12%) Junior Analyst
4 100 (22.12%) Junior Data Analyst
5 32 (7.08%) Lead
6 31 (6.86%) Report Analyst
7 26 (5.75%) Financial Analyst
8 24 (5.31%) Technical Support
9 21 (4.65%) Support Analyst
10 17 (3.76%) Consultant
10 17 (3.76%) Procurement Analyst
11 16 (3.54%) Data Manager
11 16 (3.54%) Senior
12 15 (3.32%) Administrator
13 13 (2.88%) IT Support
13 13 (2.88%) Technical Analyst
13 13 (2.88%) Technical Support Analyst
14 12 (2.65%) Commercial Analyst
14 12 (2.65%) Commercial Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.88%) Middleware
2 3 (0.66%) CSS
2 3 (0.66%) HTML
3 1 (0.22%) JSON
3 1 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.30%) Onboarding
2 30 (6.64%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.42%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (3.76%) FMCG
4 17 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.65%) Driving Licence
5 12 (2.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (0.88%) Social Media
6 4 (0.88%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.66%) CCTV
7 3 (0.66%) Robotics
7 3 (0.66%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.44%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.44%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.44%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.44%) SCADA
9 1 (0.22%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.22%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.33%) Windows
2 4 (0.88%) Unix
3 3 (0.66%) Linux
4 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (50.88%) Business Intelligence
2 131 (28.98%) AI
3 103 (22.79%) Data Analysis
4 97 (21.46%) Decision-Making
5 90 (19.91%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (16.81%) Analytics
7 74 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 53 (11.73%) Visualisation
9 48 (10.62%) Project Management
10 43 (9.51%) Agile
10 43 (9.51%) ERP
11 38 (8.41%) Mathematics
12 36 (7.96%) Data Modelling
13 35 (7.74%) Data Cleansing
14 34 (7.52%) Actionable Insight
15 33 (7.30%) Data Visualisation
16 29 (6.42%) ETL
17 27 (5.97%) CRM
17 27 (5.97%) Customer Service
18 26 (5.75%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 186 (41.15%) SQL
2 150 (33.19%) Python
3 46 (10.18%) VBA
4 8 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (1.11%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.66%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.22%) R
Qualifications
1 137 (30.31%) Degree
2 100 (22.12%) Azure Certification
3 50 (11.06%) ACCA
4 48 (10.62%) CIMA
5 34 (7.52%) Security Cleared
6 23 (5.09%) SC Cleared
7 19 (4.20%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.88%) APMP
8 13 (2.88%) MBA
9 12 (2.65%) AAT
10 6 (1.33%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.88%) HNC
12 2 (0.44%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.44%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.44%) PMP
13 1 (0.22%) CIPD
13 1 (0.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (11.50%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.21%) Good Clinical Practice
3 7 (1.55%) GDPR
3 7 (1.55%) PMO
4 6 (1.33%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.33%) QA
4 6 (1.33%) SLA
5 5 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.66%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.44%) IFRS
9 1 (0.22%) GAAP
9 1 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (0.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 245 (54.20%) Microsoft
2 62 (13.72%) SAP
3 12 (2.65%) Oracle
4 10 (2.21%) Adobe
5 9 (1.99%) Informatica
6 4 (0.88%) MuleSoft
6 4 (0.88%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.66%) Cisco
7 3 (0.66%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.66%) Sage
7 3 (0.66%) Zoho
8 2 (0.44%) Cvent
8 2 (0.44%) Google
8 2 (0.44%) IFS
8 2 (0.44%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.22%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.22%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.22%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.22%) Mitel
9 1 (0.22%) Xero