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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 49 24
Rank change year-on-year -11 -25 +61
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 436 386 972
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.51% 4.31% 7.03%
As % of the Applications category 43.78% 41.87% 57.65%
Number of salaries quoted 222 166 249
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £28,450
25th Percentile £28,563 £26,906 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,750 £44,309
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -23.83% +10.77%
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £67,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,865
% change year-on-year - -8.81% -3.80%

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 996 922 1,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.73% 10.30% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 588 455 762
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £56,250 £56,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -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 23 August 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 23 August 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 +12 165 £40,000 +33.33% 107
Berkshire +2 95 £40,000 +37.93% 50
Hampshire -27 87 £32,500 +4.84% 48
Surrey -17 73 £46,300 +15.75% 48
Kent -18 48 £32,500 - 24
Buckinghamshire +27 44 £52,500 +61.54% 22
East Sussex +6 30 £37,500 -50.00% 14
Oxfordshire -25 26 £30,000 - 35
West Sussex -27 24 £31,500 +1.61% 12
Sussex -5 4 £57,500 +27.78% 5
Middlesex +25 3 £26,500 - 7
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 23 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.23%) CMS
3 1 (0.23%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 94 (21.56%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (14.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (4.13%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.23%) Mathcad
6 1 (0.23%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 16 (3.67%) NetSuite
2 9 (2.06%) Magento
3 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.69%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.46%) Academy Housing
5 2 (0.46%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.23%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.23%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.23%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.23%) Shopify
6 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 185 (42.43%) Power Platform
2 124 (28.44%) Azure
3 110 (25.23%) Azure AI
4 52 (11.93%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.52%) PowerApps
6 8 (1.83%) Google Analytics
7 6 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.92%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.69%) AWS
9 3 (0.69%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.69%) SaaS
9 3 (0.69%) WeChat
10 2 (0.46%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.46%) ClickUp
10 2 (0.46%) GCP
10 2 (0.46%) Google Gemini
10 2 (0.46%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.46%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.38%) VoIP
3 2 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.23%) Broadband
4 1 (0.23%) Intranet
4 1 (0.23%) RS-485
4 1 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (42.43%) Power BI
2 130 (29.82%) Tableau
3 7 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.38%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.15%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.92%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.92%) Power Query
7 3 (0.69%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.23%) Looker
9 1 (0.23%) Metadata
9 1 (0.23%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (0.92%) JIRA
2 2 (0.46%) Git
3 1 (0.23%) GitLab
General
1 275 (63.07%) Social Skills
2 145 (33.26%) Finance
3 121 (27.75%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (16.51%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (5.73%) Marketing
6 24 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (5.05%) Retail
8 21 (4.82%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.36%) Legal
9 19 (4.36%) Manufacturing
10 18 (4.13%) Public Sector
11 11 (2.52%) Electronics
12 10 (2.29%) Billing
13 9 (2.06%) Advertising
14 7 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.38%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.38%) Automotive
16 5 (1.15%) Banking
16 5 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 218 (50.00%) Analyst
2 142 (32.57%) Data Analyst
3 120 (27.52%) Junior
4 111 (25.46%) Junior Analyst
5 110 (25.23%) Junior Data Analyst
6 29 (6.65%) Administrator
7 27 (6.19%) Senior
8 21 (4.82%) Senior Analyst
8 21 (4.82%) Support Analyst
9 16 (3.67%) Financial Analyst
10 15 (3.44%) Technical Support
11 13 (2.98%) Consultant
11 13 (2.98%) Coordinator
12 12 (2.75%) IT Support
13 11 (2.52%) Help Desk Support
14 9 (2.06%) Business Development Manager
14 9 (2.06%) Business Manager
14 9 (2.06%) Development Manager
14 9 (2.06%) IT Manager
14 9 (2.06%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.61%) JSON
2 6 (1.38%) Middleware
3 5 (1.15%) .NET
3 5 (1.15%) EDI
4 4 (0.92%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.92%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.69%) Godot
5 3 (0.69%) SAP XI
5 3 (0.69%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (0.46%) Classic ASP
7 1 (0.23%) CSS
7 1 (0.23%) HTML
7 1 (0.23%) Next.js
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.23%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.72%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.28%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.90%) Driving Licence
3 17 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (2.98%) FMCG
5 10 (2.29%) Social Media
6 6 (1.38%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.92%) Robotics
8 3 (0.69%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.46%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.46%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.46%) Solar Panel
10 1 (0.23%) Acoustics
10 1 (0.23%) IoT
10 1 (0.23%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.23%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.36%) Windows
2 8 (1.83%) Linux
3 7 (1.61%) Android
4 4 (0.92%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (41.28%) Business Intelligence
2 141 (32.34%) AI
3 104 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (15.83%) Decision-Making
5 64 (14.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 54 (12.39%) Data Analysis
7 47 (10.78%) Process Improvement
8 38 (8.72%) ERP
9 37 (8.49%) Project Management
10 36 (8.26%) Analytics
10 36 (8.26%) CRM
11 35 (8.03%) Customer Service
12 31 (7.11%) Time Management
13 29 (6.65%) Logistics
14 24 (5.50%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (5.28%) Agile
15 23 (5.28%) Line Management
16 22 (5.05%) Validation
17 21 (4.82%) E-Commerce
17 21 (4.82%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 168 (38.53%) SQL
2 143 (32.80%) Python
3 15 (3.44%) JavaScript
3 15 (3.44%) VBA
4 10 (2.29%) C#
5 8 (1.83%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.15%) Java
7 4 (0.92%) C
7 4 (0.92%) VBScript
8 3 (0.69%) C++
9 2 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.23%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 110 (25.23%) Azure Certification
2 53 (12.16%) Degree
3 33 (7.57%) ACCA
4 30 (6.88%) CIMA
5 25 (5.73%) Security Cleared
6 18 (4.13%) DBS Check
6 18 (4.13%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.83%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.61%) HNC
8 7 (1.61%) HND
9 4 (0.92%) AAT
9 4 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.92%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.46%) CISA
10 2 (0.46%) CRISC
10 2 (0.46%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.23%) CIPFA
11 1 (0.23%) CISSP
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.21%) SLA
2 12 (2.75%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.29%) PMO
4 8 (1.83%) QA
5 7 (1.61%) GDPR
6 5 (1.15%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.15%) IFRS
7 4 (0.92%) GAAP
8 3 (0.69%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.46%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (1.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.23%) Autotask
1 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 275 (63.07%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.59%) SAP
3 18 (4.13%) Sage
4 16 (3.67%) Oracle
5 11 (2.52%) Google
6 9 (2.06%) Alteryx
6 9 (2.06%) Hyperion
6 9 (2.06%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.61%) Adobe
8 6 (1.38%) Apple
8 6 (1.38%) TP-LINK
8 6 (1.38%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (1.15%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.15%) Xero
10 4 (0.92%) SYSPRO
11 3 (0.69%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.46%) CA Agile Central
12 2 (0.46%) Databricks
12 2 (0.46%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.46%) Zoho