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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 89 39
Rank change year-on-year +42 -50 +23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 502 210 760
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.84% 3.13% 4.98%
As % of the Applications category 51.28% 36.08% 40.71%
Number of salaries quoted 217 97 470
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £25,475
25th Percentile £30,500 £30,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £49,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,000 £57,500
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 979 582 1,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.48% 8.68% 12.24%
Number of salaries quoted 481 300 1,298
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £23,250
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 £58,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,375 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +27.15% -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 2 April 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 2 April 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 +54 200 £47,500 -9.71% 57
Surrey +16 89 £45,000 +2.86% 31
Berkshire +42 87 £43,000 -18.10% 30
Buckinghamshire +28 83 £54,250 -5.65% 15
Hampshire 0 75 £45,000 +45.16% 36
Kent -4 63 £27,000 -22.86% 15
West Sussex +12 42 £41,650 +10.19% 11
Oxfordshire +9 31 £47,500 -9.52% 14
East Sussex -1 28 £27,500 -12.70% 7
Middlesex +33 2 - - 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 28 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.80%) Confluence
4 2 (0.40%) CMS
Applications
1 100 (19.92%) Microsoft Office
2 83 (16.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (3.98%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.39%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.80%) InDesign
6 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.40%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.79%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.59%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.00%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.80%) Magento
6 3 (0.60%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.20%) Infor LN
7 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 276 (54.98%) Power Platform
2 182 (36.25%) Azure
3 170 (33.86%) Azure AI
4 48 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (4.38%) PowerApps
6 12 (2.39%) Power Automate
7 6 (1.20%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.00%) SaaS
9 4 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.80%) Miro
10 3 (0.60%) Figma
10 3 (0.60%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.40%) AWS
11 2 (0.40%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.20%) Adobe Analytics
12 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.20%) Asana
12 1 (0.20%) Canva
12 1 (0.20%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (1.99%) Intranet
3 4 (0.80%) Unified Communications
3 4 (0.80%) VoIP
4 3 (0.60%) 4G
4 3 (0.60%) 5G
4 3 (0.60%) GSM
4 3 (0.60%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.60%) TETRA
4 3 (0.60%) UMTS
4 3 (0.60%) Wireless
5 2 (0.40%) Broadband
6 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 276 (54.98%) Power BI
2 204 (40.64%) Tableau
3 14 (2.79%) Power Query
4 12 (2.39%) GIS
5 11 (2.19%) Data Mining
6 10 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.99%) Spotfire
7 8 (1.59%) PowerPivot
8 7 (1.39%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.80%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (0.80%) Metadata
10 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.20%) JIRA
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 369 (73.51%) Social Skills
2 148 (29.48%) Analytical Skills
3 140 (27.89%) Finance
4 49 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (5.38%) Retail
6 24 (4.78%) Marketing
7 23 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (3.39%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.99%) Public Sector
10 14 (2.79%) Legal
10 14 (2.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.99%) Automotive
13 7 (1.39%) Electronics
14 6 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.20%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.00%) Law
16 4 (0.80%) Military
17 3 (0.60%) General Ledger
17 3 (0.60%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 309 (61.55%) Analyst
2 224 (44.62%) Data Analyst
3 187 (37.25%) Junior
4 170 (33.86%) Junior Analyst
4 170 (33.86%) Junior Data Analyst
5 31 (6.18%) Financial Analyst
6 23 (4.58%) Report Analyst
7 20 (3.98%) Senior
8 18 (3.59%) Administrator
8 18 (3.59%) Lead
8 18 (3.59%) Support Analyst
9 15 (2.99%) Consultant
9 15 (2.99%) Trainee
10 14 (2.79%) Data Manager
10 14 (2.79%) Technical Support
11 13 (2.59%) Principal Consultant
12 11 (2.19%) IT Support
13 10 (1.99%) Financial Controller
13 10 (1.99%) Personal Assistant
13 10 (1.99%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.00%) .NET
2 4 (0.80%) .NET Framework
2 4 (0.80%) ASP.NET
2 4 (0.80%) Middleware
3 3 (0.60%) CSS
3 3 (0.60%) HTML
4 1 (0.20%) JSON
4 1 (0.20%) Next.js
4 1 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.78%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (3.98%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (1.39%) FMCG
7 5 (1.00%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.00%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.80%) Social Media
9 3 (0.60%) CCTV
9 3 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.60%) Robotics
9 3 (0.60%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.60%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.40%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.40%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.40%) SCADA
11 1 (0.20%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.20%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.79%) Windows
2 6 (1.20%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.00%) Android
4 3 (0.60%) Linux
4 3 (0.60%) Unix
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (53.78%) Business Intelligence
2 188 (37.45%) AI
3 87 (17.33%) Decision-Making
4 84 (16.73%) Data Analysis
5 82 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (10.76%) Project Management
8 42 (8.37%) Visualisation
9 37 (7.37%) Analytics
10 36 (7.17%) Agile
11 28 (5.58%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 28 (5.58%) CRM
11 28 (5.58%) Customer Service
11 28 (5.58%) ERP
12 26 (5.18%) Validation
13 24 (4.78%) ETL
13 24 (4.78%) Logistics
14 20 (3.98%) Customer Experience
14 20 (3.98%) Data Management
14 20 (3.98%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 261 (51.99%) SQL
2 221 (44.02%) Python
3 52 (10.36%) VBA
4 8 (1.59%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (1.00%) C#
7 4 (0.80%) VBScript
8 3 (0.60%) Java
9 1 (0.20%) R
9 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 170 (33.86%) Azure Certification
2 99 (19.72%) Degree
3 59 (11.75%) ACCA
4 57 (11.35%) CIMA
5 24 (4.78%) Security Cleared
6 22 (4.38%) SC Cleared
7 18 (3.59%) Master's Degree
8 15 (2.99%) AAT
9 14 (2.79%) MBA
10 13 (2.59%) APMP
11 9 (1.79%) HNC
12 6 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.00%) HND
14 4 (0.80%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.40%) DBS Check
16 1 (0.20%) CISSP
16 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.18%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.99%) Good Clinical Practice
3 8 (1.59%) GDPR
3 8 (1.59%) SLA
4 5 (1.00%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.80%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.80%) QA
5 4 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.60%) IFRS
6 3 (0.60%) PMO
7 2 (0.40%) GAAP
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (1.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 328 (65.34%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.77%) SAP
3 16 (3.19%) Oracle
4 10 (1.99%) Adobe
5 9 (1.79%) Informatica
6 7 (1.39%) Sage
7 4 (0.80%) Alteryx
7 4 (0.80%) Hyperion
7 4 (0.80%) MuleSoft
7 4 (0.80%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.80%) SYSPRO
7 4 (0.80%) TP-LINK
7 4 (0.80%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (0.60%) Cisco
8 3 (0.60%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.60%) Zoho
9 2 (0.40%) Cvent
9 2 (0.40%) IFS
10 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.20%) Xero