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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 87 39
Rank change year-on-year +42 -48 +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 486 209 744
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.79% 3.12% 4.94%
As % of the Applications category 49.29% 36.16% 40.46%
Number of salaries quoted 214 97 465
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £25,350
25th Percentile £30,750 £30,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +1.19% +7.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,000 £49,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £67,250 £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 986 578 1,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.69% 8.64% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 477 298 1,279
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £23,347
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £48,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,875 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £48,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +28.00% -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 28 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 28 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 +53 192 £47,500 -9.62% 57
Surrey +12 86 £45,000 +16.13% 31
Berkshire +29 82 £43,000 -18.10% 30
Buckinghamshire +25 81 £54,250 -5.65% 15
Hampshire +12 73 £45,000 +45.16% 36
Kent -4 59 £30,000 -14.29% 15
West Sussex +15 43 £41,825 +10.65% 11
Oxfordshire +10 30 £47,500 -9.52% 14
East Sussex +3 27 £27,500 -12.70% 7
Middlesex +32 3 - - 6
Sussex - 2 £31,500 - 3
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 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (0.82%) Confluence
2 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 101 (20.78%) Microsoft Office
2 84 (17.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (4.12%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.44%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.82%) InDesign
6 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.41%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.85%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.65%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.03%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.62%) Magento
6 2 (0.41%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.21%) Infor LN
7 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 266 (54.73%) Power Platform
2 172 (35.39%) Azure
3 160 (32.92%) Azure AI
4 46 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (4.32%) PowerApps
6 11 (2.26%) Power Automate
7 6 (1.23%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.03%) SaaS
9 4 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.82%) Miro
10 3 (0.62%) Figma
10 3 (0.62%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.41%) AWS
11 2 (0.41%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.21%) Adobe Analytics
12 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.21%) Asana
12 1 (0.21%) Canva
12 1 (0.21%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.06%) Intranet
1 10 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (0.82%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.62%) 4G
3 3 (0.62%) 5G
3 3 (0.62%) GSM
3 3 (0.62%) IP Telephony
3 3 (0.62%) TETRA
3 3 (0.62%) UMTS
3 3 (0.62%) VoIP
3 3 (0.62%) Wireless
4 2 (0.41%) Broadband
5 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 266 (54.73%) Power BI
2 195 (40.12%) Tableau
3 14 (2.88%) Power Query
4 12 (2.47%) GIS
5 11 (2.26%) Data Mining
6 10 (2.06%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.06%) Spotfire
7 8 (1.65%) PowerPivot
8 6 (1.23%) SQL Server
9 5 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.03%) Metadata
10 3 (0.62%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.62%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.23%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 360 (74.07%) Social Skills
2 150 (30.86%) Analytical Skills
3 132 (27.16%) Finance
4 50 (10.29%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (5.35%) Retail
6 23 (4.73%) Influencing Skills
6 23 (4.73%) Marketing
7 16 (3.29%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.09%) Public Sector
9 14 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (2.06%) Automotive
10 10 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.06%) Legal
11 6 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.23%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.03%) Electronics
12 5 (1.03%) Law
13 4 (0.82%) Military
14 3 (0.62%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.62%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 295 (60.70%) Analyst
2 210 (43.21%) Data Analyst
3 176 (36.21%) Junior
4 160 (32.92%) Junior Analyst
4 160 (32.92%) Junior Data Analyst
5 27 (5.56%) Financial Analyst
6 23 (4.73%) Report Analyst
7 19 (3.91%) Lead
7 19 (3.91%) Senior
8 18 (3.70%) Administrator
8 18 (3.70%) Support Analyst
9 16 (3.29%) Technical Support
10 15 (3.09%) Consultant
10 15 (3.09%) Data Manager
11 14 (2.88%) Trainee
12 13 (2.67%) Principal Consultant
13 12 (2.47%) IT Support
14 10 (2.06%) Personal Assistant
14 10 (2.06%) Senior Manager
14 10 (2.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.82%) .NET
1 4 (0.82%) Middleware
2 3 (0.62%) .NET Framework
2 3 (0.62%) ASP.NET
2 3 (0.62%) CSS
2 3 (0.62%) HTML
3 1 (0.21%) JSON
3 1 (0.21%) Next.js
3 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.14%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.32%) Onboarding
2 21 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (2.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (1.65%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.44%) FMCG
6 4 (0.82%) Data Structures
6 4 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (0.82%) Social Media
6 4 (0.82%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.62%) CCTV
7 3 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.62%) Robotics
7 3 (0.62%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.41%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.41%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.41%) SCADA
9 1 (0.21%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.21%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.88%) Windows
2 6 (1.23%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.82%) Android
3 4 (0.82%) Unix
4 3 (0.62%) Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (53.50%) Business Intelligence
2 177 (36.42%) AI
3 88 (18.11%) Decision-Making
4 85 (17.49%) Data Analysis
5 80 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (11.11%) Project Management
8 43 (8.85%) Visualisation
9 39 (8.02%) Analytics
10 38 (7.82%) Agile
11 28 (5.76%) Customer Service
12 27 (5.56%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 26 (5.35%) CRM
13 26 (5.35%) ERP
13 26 (5.35%) ETL
14 25 (5.14%) Validation
15 22 (4.53%) Logistics
16 21 (4.32%) Data Visualisation
17 20 (4.12%) Data Management
17 20 (4.12%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 251 (51.65%) SQL
2 213 (43.83%) Python
3 50 (10.29%) VBA
4 7 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (1.44%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.82%) C#
6 3 (0.62%) VBScript
7 2 (0.41%) Java
8 1 (0.21%) R
8 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 160 (32.92%) Azure Certification
2 101 (20.78%) Degree
3 58 (11.93%) ACCA
4 56 (11.52%) CIMA
5 27 (5.56%) Security Cleared
6 22 (4.53%) SC Cleared
7 18 (3.70%) Master's Degree
8 15 (3.09%) AAT
9 14 (2.88%) MBA
10 13 (2.67%) APMP
11 7 (1.44%) HNC
12 6 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.82%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.62%) HND
15 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
16 1 (0.21%) CISSP
16 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.76%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.06%) Good Clinical Practice
3 8 (1.65%) GDPR
3 8 (1.65%) SLA
4 5 (1.03%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.82%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.82%) PMO
5 4 (0.82%) QA
5 4 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.62%) IFRS
7 2 (0.41%) GAAP
7 2 (0.41%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 315 (64.81%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.61%) SAP
3 12 (2.47%) Oracle
4 10 (2.06%) Adobe
5 9 (1.85%) Informatica
6 6 (1.23%) Sage
7 4 (0.82%) MuleSoft
7 4 (0.82%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.62%) Cisco
8 3 (0.62%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.62%) SYSPRO
8 3 (0.62%) TP-LINK
8 3 (0.62%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (0.62%) Zoho
9 2 (0.41%) Cvent
9 2 (0.41%) IFS
10 1 (0.21%) Cognos
10 1 (0.21%) Infor
10 1 (0.21%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.21%) Xero