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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 56 103
Rank change year-on-year +13 +47 -39
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 475 429 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.58% 4.56% 2.65%
As % of the Applications category 44.56% 46.18% 25.61%
Number of salaries quoted 160 129 116
10th Percentile £25,125 £27,000 £28,005
25th Percentile £27,938 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +12.50% -14.19%
75th Percentile £55,375 £57,000 £51,475
90th Percentile £67,850 £82,500 £59,375
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -5.26%

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 1,066 929 742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.28% 9.87% 10.36%
Number of salaries quoted 454 400 489
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -8.60%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +23 231 £46,250 -12.00% 52
Berkshire +13 146 £35,000 -54.10% 30
Hampshire +38 82 £35,100 -22.00% 31
Surrey -9 61 £41,500 +15.28% 20
Buckinghamshire +27 58 £52,500 +10.53% 12
Kent -4 51 £35,500 -8.39% 14
West Sussex +31 37 £57,500 +57.97% 13
Oxfordshire +6 28 £30,000 -42.86% 11
East Sussex +9 6 £75,000 +163.16% 2
Sussex +1 4 £45,000 +23.29%
Middlesex +3 3 - - 10
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 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.05%) Confluence
3 3 (0.63%) CMS
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.42%) Drupal
4 2 (0.42%) SAS
5 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 123 (25.89%) Microsoft Office
2 71 (14.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (4.42%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.26%) InDesign
6 4 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.84%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 18 (3.79%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.68%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.26%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.26%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.84%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.42%) iTrent
6 2 (0.42%) Maximo
6 2 (0.42%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.21%) Primavera
7 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 214 (45.05%) Power Platform
2 118 (24.84%) Azure
3 50 (10.53%) Azure AI
4 18 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.58%) PowerApps
6 11 (2.32%) Power Automate
7 10 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (2.11%) SaaS
8 8 (1.68%) Smartsheet
9 4 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 3 (0.63%) AWS
11 2 (0.42%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.42%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.42%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.42%) Intacct
12 1 (0.21%) Asana
12 1 (0.21%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.21%) Canva
12 1 (0.21%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.53%) SMS
2 10 (2.11%) Intranet
3 3 (0.63%) 4G
3 3 (0.63%) 5G
3 3 (0.63%) GSM
3 3 (0.63%) TETRA
3 3 (0.63%) UMTS
3 3 (0.63%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.63%) Wireless
4 2 (0.42%) Broadband
5 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (45.05%) Power BI
2 65 (13.68%) Tableau
3 63 (13.26%) Data Lake
3 63 (13.26%) SAP BW
4 12 (2.53%) GIS
5 10 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.11%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (1.89%) Power Query
7 8 (1.68%) Spotfire
8 7 (1.47%) PowerPivot
9 6 (1.26%) Metadata
10 5 (1.05%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (1.05%) SQL Server
11 4 (0.84%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.42%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
14 1 (0.21%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 11 (2.32%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 304 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 173 (36.42%) Analytical Skills
3 155 (32.63%) Finance
4 57 (12.00%) Marketing
5 43 (9.05%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (3.16%) Legal
7 13 (2.74%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.53%) Retail
9 11 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (2.11%) Billing
11 8 (1.68%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.47%) Advertising
12 7 (1.47%) Automotive
13 6 (1.26%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.05%) Electronics
15 4 (0.84%) General Ledger
16 3 (0.63%) Brand Awareness
16 3 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 204 (42.95%) Analyst
2 92 (19.37%) Data Analyst
3 75 (15.79%) Lead
4 63 (13.26%) Junior
5 51 (10.74%) Junior Analyst
6 50 (10.53%) Junior Data Analyst
7 42 (8.84%) Report Analyst
8 34 (7.16%) Technical Support
9 30 (6.32%) Senior
10 29 (6.11%) Business Intelligence Lead
11 28 (5.89%) Sustainability Analyst
12 26 (5.47%) Administrator
13 21 (4.42%) Support Engineer
14 20 (4.21%) Financial Analyst
14 20 (4.21%) Support Analyst
15 18 (3.79%) Technical Engineer
15 18 (3.79%) Technical Support Engineer
16 17 (3.58%) Commercial Analyst
17 16 (3.37%) Accountant
17 16 (3.37%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.63%) Flash
2 1 (0.21%) HTML
2 1 (0.21%) JSON
2 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.79%) Onboarding
2 28 (5.89%) Management Information System
3 23 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (4.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (4.42%) Driving Licence
6 13 (2.74%) FMCG
7 12 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.47%) Social Media
9 4 (0.84%) Graphic Design
9 4 (0.84%) Robotics
10 3 (0.63%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.63%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.63%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.42%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.42%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.42%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.42%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.42%) Photography
11 2 (0.42%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.47%) Windows
2 5 (1.05%) Linux
3 3 (0.63%) Android
3 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.63%) Unix
4 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (43.79%) Business Intelligence
2 161 (33.89%) Problem-Solving
3 138 (29.05%) Analytics
4 133 (28.00%) Data Analysis
5 100 (21.05%) Data Modelling
6 84 (17.68%) Decision-Making
6 84 (17.68%) ERP
7 82 (17.26%) AI
8 74 (15.58%) Data Cleansing
9 73 (15.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 65 (13.68%) Mathematics
11 54 (11.37%) Actionable Insight
12 47 (9.89%) Visualisation
13 46 (9.68%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 43 (9.05%) Project Management
15 41 (8.63%) Data Governance
16 36 (7.58%) Master Data Management
17 35 (7.37%) Data Visualisation
18 34 (7.16%) Agile
18 34 (7.16%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 115 (24.21%) SQL
2 87 (18.32%) Python
3 36 (7.58%) VBA
4 9 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (1.47%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.21%) Bash
6 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.21%) R
6 1 (0.21%) SQR
Qualifications
1 202 (42.53%) Degree
2 50 (10.53%) Azure Certification
3 44 (9.26%) ACCA
4 37 (7.79%) CIMA
4 37 (7.79%) Security Cleared
5 16 (3.37%) DBS Check
6 15 (3.16%) SC Cleared
7 13 (2.74%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.47%) APMP
8 7 (1.47%) MBA
9 4 (0.84%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.84%) PMP
10 3 (0.63%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.42%) AAT
12 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.21%) CIPD
12 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (24.63%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.16%) GDPR
3 13 (2.74%) SLA
4 12 (2.53%) PMO
5 8 (1.68%) Good Clinical Practice
6 6 (1.26%) IFRS
6 6 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.26%) QA
6 6 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.84%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.21%) GAAP
9 1 (0.21%) GMP
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (0.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) Firmware
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.21%) SCOM
Vendors
1 192 (40.42%) Microsoft
2 139 (29.26%) SAP
3 20 (4.21%) Oracle
4 14 (2.95%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 11 (2.32%) Workday
7 9 (1.89%) Adaptive Insights
8 8 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.47%) Adobe
10 5 (1.05%) Google
11 4 (0.84%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.84%) Cisco
12 3 (0.63%) Anaplan
12 3 (0.63%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.63%) Zoho
13 2 (0.42%) Freshdesk
13 2 (0.42%) Informatica
13 2 (0.42%) Sage
14 1 (0.21%) Juniper
14 1 (0.21%) VMware