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

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	63	39	35
Rank change year-on-year	-24	-4	+42
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel	502	445	619
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East	2.56%	4.97%	5.37%
As % of the Applications category	39.78%	41.51%	53.09%
Number of salaries quoted	307	176	117
10^th Percentile	£26,950	£25,125	£27,000
25^th Percentile	£29,875	£27,252	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£37,500	£35,100	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	+6.84%	-22.00%	+11.11%
75^th Percentile	£53,750	£52,625	£57,500
90^th Percentile	£66,250	£67,500	£82,500
England median annual salary	£37,500	£40,000	£46,000
% change year-on-year	-6.25%	-13.04%	+2.22%

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.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills	1,262	1,072	1,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East	6.45%	11.97%	10.12%
Number of salaries quoted	764	487	433
10^th Percentile	£26,500	£25,800	£27,100
25^th Percentile	£29,750	£27,800	£36,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£38,000	£37,500	£47,500
Median % change year-on-year	+1.33%	-21.05%	+11.76%
75^th Percentile	£55,000	£55,000	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£66,250	£67,500	£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 Salary Trend in the South East

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 19 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 19 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	-14	193	£37,500	+11.94%	61
Hampshire	-22	109	£37,500	+6.99%	48
Berkshire	-24	96	£40,000	+29.03%	41
Surrey	-12	86	£40,000	-	35
Kent	-19	53	£32,500	-	12
Buckinghamshire	+13	49	£30,000	-48.28%	14
Oxfordshire	-17	48	£32,000	+3.23%	7
West Sussex	-43	20	£56,250	+81.45%	9
East Sussex	+5	18	£37,500	-50.00%	2
Sussex	-4	11	£55,000	+22.22%	1
Middlesex	+14	6	£26,500	-	2
Isle of Wight	-	2	-	-
Microsoft Excel England

Microsoft Excel Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, job vacancies citing Microsoft Excel also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region with a requirement for Microsoft Excel.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	62.0%	311
2	Microsoft Office	36.7%	184
3	Problem-Solving	25.9%	130
4	Continuous Improvement	22.1%	111
5	Degree	19.5%	98
6	Power Platform	18.5%	93
7	Power BI	18.3%	92
8	Business Intelligence	17.7%	89
9	Process Improvement	17.3%	87
10	Decision-Making	16.7%	84
11	Microsoft PowerPoint	15.7%	79
12	Customer Service	15.3%	77
13	AI	13.7%	69
13	ERP	13.7%	69
15	SQL	12.9%	65
16	CRM	12.7%	64
16	Project Management	12.7%	64
18	Time Management	11.2%	56
19	Data Analysis	10.0%	50
20	Stakeholder Management	9.4%	47
21	Logistics	9.2%	46
22	Collaborative Working	8.6%	43
22	Python	8.6%	43
24	Spreadsheet	8.0%	40
25	Microsoft 365	7.8%	39
26	Mathematics	7.6%	38
27	Analytics	7.4%	37
28	Service Delivery	6.8%	34
29	Budgeting	6.6%	33
29	DBS Check	6.6%	33

Microsoft Excel Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft Office	36.7%	184
2	Microsoft PowerPoint	15.7%	79
3	Spreadsheet	8.0%	40
4	AutoCAD	2.4%	12
5	Microsoft Project	2.2%	11
6	MS Visio	1.4%	7
7	Acrobat	0.6%	3
7	EPLAN	0.6%	3
9	PTC Creo	0.4%	2
9	Siemens NX	0.4%	2
9	Solid Edge	0.4%	2
9	SOLIDWORKS	0.4%	2
13	CATIA	0.2%	1
13	Chatbot	0.2%	1
13	Mathcad	0.2%	1
13	OrCAD	0.2%	1
13	Photoshop	0.2%	1