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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 42 28
Rank change year-on-year -25 -14 +42
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 467 432 808
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.47% 4.84% 6.63%
As % of the Applications category 39.24% 40.95% 58.72%
Number of salaries quoted 288 172 133
10th Percentile £26,763 £25,125 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% +4.29%
75th Percentile £53,750 £51,563 £56,750
90th Percentile £65,550 £66,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -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 1,190 1,055 1,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.30% 11.82% 11.29%
Number of salaries quoted 722 482 461
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,850 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £36,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -23.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £67,450 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -15.79% +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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -9 187 £40,000 +23.08% 153
Hampshire -18 101 £36,500 +4.14% 108
Berkshire -21 97 £40,000 +33.33% 81
Surrey -6 79 £40,250 +0.63% 68
Kent -18 48 £32,500 - 25
Buckinghamshire +19 46 £33,750 -39.19% 40
Oxfordshire -21 44 £32,000 +6.67% 34
East Sussex +5 18 £37,500 -50.00% 11
West Sussex -47 16 £46,250 +49.19% 24
Sussex -4 10 £55,000 +22.22% 6
Middlesex +15 4 £26,500 - 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 15 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.07%) CMS
3 1 (0.21%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 166 (35.55%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (14.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (7.49%) Spreadsheet
4 11 (2.36%) AutoCAD
5 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (1.28%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.64%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.64%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.43%) PTC Creo
8 2 (0.43%) Siemens NX
8 2 (0.43%) Solid Edge
8 2 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.21%) CATIA
9 1 (0.21%) Mathcad
9 1 (0.21%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (4.28%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.07%) Magento
3 5 (1.07%) Shopify
4 4 (0.86%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.64%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.43%) Academy Housing
7 1 (0.21%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.21%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.21%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (20.77%) Power Platform
2 39 (8.35%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (6.21%) Azure
4 20 (4.28%) Azure AI
5 8 (1.71%) Google Analytics
5 8 (1.71%) Google Sheets
6 6 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.07%) Google Ads
7 5 (1.07%) Meta Ads
7 5 (1.07%) PowerApps
7 5 (1.07%) SaaS
7 5 (1.07%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 3 (0.64%) WeChat
9 2 (0.43%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.43%) ClickUp
9 2 (0.43%) Google Gemini
9 2 (0.43%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.43%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.64%) Broadband
1 3 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (0.43%) DHCP
2 2 (0.43%) DNS
2 2 (0.43%) VPN
2 2 (0.43%) WAN
2 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.21%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.21%) Intranet
3 1 (0.21%) Modbus
3 1 (0.21%) RS-485
3 1 (0.21%) SAN
3 1 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (20.77%) Power BI
2 30 (6.42%) Tableau
3 9 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.07%) Looker
5 4 (0.86%) Power Query
5 4 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.43%) Metadata
7 2 (0.43%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.21%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (1.71%) JIRA
2 3 (0.64%) Git
3 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.21%) GitLab
3 1 (0.21%) JMeter
3 1 (0.21%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.21%) Moq
3 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.21%) Selenium
3 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 282 (60.39%) Social Skills
2 182 (38.97%) Finance
3 151 (32.33%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (30.62%) Organisational Skills
5 61 (13.06%) Manufacturing
6 44 (9.42%) Marketing
7 37 (7.92%) Retail
8 33 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (6.85%) Legal
10 31 (6.64%) Telecoms
11 23 (4.93%) Electronics
12 21 (4.50%) Public Sector
13 18 (3.85%) Advertising
14 16 (3.43%) Aerospace
14 16 (3.43%) Billing
15 14 (3.00%) Local Government
16 13 (2.78%) Automotive
17 12 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
18 9 (1.93%) Agriculture
19 7 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 99 (21.20%) Analyst
2 72 (15.42%) Administrator
3 36 (7.71%) Data Analyst
4 29 (6.21%) Coordinator
5 26 (5.57%) Junior
5 26 (5.57%) Senior
6 21 (4.50%) Junior Analyst
7 20 (4.28%) Junior Data Analyst
7 20 (4.28%) Support Analyst
8 19 (4.07%) Senior Analyst
9 17 (3.64%) Technical Support
10 16 (3.43%) Systems Support
11 15 (3.21%) Accountant
11 15 (3.21%) Consultant
12 12 (2.57%) IT Analyst
12 12 (2.57%) Operations Manager
12 12 (2.57%) Support Specialist
13 11 (2.36%) Business Manager
13 11 (2.36%) IT Manager
13 11 (2.36%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.93%) EDI
1 9 (1.93%) Middleware
2 7 (1.50%) JSON
2 7 (1.50%) SAP XI
3 5 (1.07%) Flash
4 3 (0.64%) Godot
4 3 (0.64%) Unreal Engine
5 2 (0.43%) Classic ASP
5 2 (0.43%) CSS
5 2 (0.43%) HTML
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.21%) MIDP
6 1 (0.21%) PySpark
6 1 (0.21%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 62 (13.28%) Management Information System
2 60 (12.85%) Onboarding
3 31 (6.64%) Driving Licence
4 24 (5.14%) FMCG
5 21 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.85%) Social Media
7 8 (1.71%) Robotics
8 5 (1.07%) Housing Association
8 5 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (0.86%) CCTV
9 4 (0.86%) Digital Signage
9 4 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.86%) IPTV
9 4 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.86%) SCADA
9 4 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.64%) Analogue Electronics
10 3 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.64%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.85%) Windows
2 12 (2.57%) Linux
3 2 (0.43%) macOS
4 1 (0.21%) Android
4 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 94 (20.13%) Business Intelligence
4 82 (17.56%) Process Improvement
5 74 (15.85%) AI
6 72 (15.42%) Customer Service
6 72 (15.42%) Decision-Making
7 63 (13.49%) ERP
8 60 (12.85%) CRM
9 55 (11.78%) Project Management
10 52 (11.13%) Time Management
11 50 (10.71%) Data Analysis
12 47 (10.06%) Stakeholder Management
13 40 (8.57%) Logistics
14 34 (7.28%) Service Delivery
15 33 (7.07%) Collaborative Working
15 33 (7.07%) Mathematics
16 31 (6.64%) Analytics
16 31 (6.64%) Budgeting
17 30 (6.42%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 71 (15.20%) SQL
2 49 (10.49%) Python
3 12 (2.57%) JavaScript
4 11 (2.36%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.28%) VBA
6 5 (1.07%) C
6 5 (1.07%) C#
7 4 (0.86%) C++
7 4 (0.86%) Scala
8 3 (0.64%) Java
9 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.43%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.21%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 82 (17.56%) Degree
2 33 (7.07%) DBS Check
3 31 (6.64%) ACCA
4 29 (6.21%) Security Cleared
5 28 (6.00%) CIMA
6 20 (4.28%) Azure Certification
7 19 (4.07%) SC Cleared
8 12 (2.57%) HNC
9 10 (2.14%) HND
10 8 (1.71%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.50%) City & Guilds
12 5 (1.07%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.86%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.64%) Chartered Engineer
14 3 (0.64%) CIPFA
14 3 (0.64%) GNVQ
14 3 (0.64%) NVQ Level 3
14 3 (0.64%) Six Sigma Black Belt
14 3 (0.64%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
15 2 (0.43%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.64%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.78%) GDPR
3 12 (2.57%) PMO
3 12 (2.57%) SLA
4 10 (2.14%) ISO 9001
5 9 (1.93%) QA
6 8 (1.71%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.28%) IFRS
8 5 (1.07%) GAAP
9 4 (0.86%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (0.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.21%) Autotask
Vendors
1 291 (62.31%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.57%) Google
2 26 (5.57%) SAP
3 18 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.43%) Sage
5 11 (2.36%) Adobe
6 10 (2.14%) Xero
7 8 (1.71%) Oracle
8 7 (1.50%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.50%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.28%) Apple
10 5 (1.07%) Spotify
10 5 (1.07%) TikTok
11 4 (0.86%) Cisco
11 4 (0.86%) EMC
11 4 (0.86%) Facebook
11 4 (0.86%) Instagram
11 4 (0.86%) Polycom
12 3 (0.64%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.64%) Siemens