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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 51 25
Rank change year-on-year -18 -26 +54
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 430 410 933
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.43% 4.53% 6.89%
As % of the Applications category 43.70% 43.07% 57.31%
Number of salaries quoted 223 164 217
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £28,250
25th Percentile £28,875 £26,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £44,309
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -21.01% +4.26%
75th Percentile £54,375 £51,063 £50,001
90th Percentile £66,250 £67,200 £63,500
England median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £43,865
% change year-on-year -1.25% -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 984 952 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.57% 10.51% 12.02%
Number of salaries quoted 584 461 688
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,750 £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 £56,250 £62,313
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,116
% change year-on-year - -7.23% -4.19%

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 30 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 30 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 +6 164 £40,000 +28.00% 106
Berkshire -7 94 £40,000 +35.59% 45
Hampshire -28 86 £32,500 -1.52% 57
Surrey -15 71 £46,300 +15.75% 45
Kent -13 48 £32,500 - 24
Buckinghamshire +25 43 £52,500 +31.25% 37
East Sussex +9 28 £37,500 -50.00% 16
Oxfordshire -23 27 £30,000 - 25
West Sussex -29 22 £31,500 +1.61% 16
Sussex -4 5 £57,500 +27.78% 9
Middlesex +21 3 £26,500 - 8
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 (5.35%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.23%) CMS
3 1 (0.23%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 96 (22.33%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (13.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (4.65%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.47%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.23%) Mathcad
7 1 (0.23%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (3.95%) NetSuite
2 9 (2.09%) Magento
3 4 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.70%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.70%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.47%) Academy Housing
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
1 174 (40.47%) Power Platform
2 112 (26.05%) Azure
3 100 (23.26%) Azure AI
4 49 (11.40%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.56%) PowerApps
6 8 (1.86%) Google Analytics
7 6 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.70%) AWS
9 3 (0.70%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.70%) SaaS
9 3 (0.70%) WeChat
10 2 (0.47%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.47%) ClickUp
10 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.47%) Google Gemini
10 2 (0.47%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.47%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.47%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.40%) VoIP
3 3 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.23%) Broadband
4 1 (0.23%) RS-485
4 1 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (40.47%) Power BI
2 117 (27.21%) Tableau
3 7 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.16%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (1.16%) Power Query
6 4 (0.93%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.47%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.23%) Looker
9 1 (0.23%) Metadata
9 1 (0.23%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (0.93%) JIRA
2 2 (0.47%) Git
3 1 (0.23%) GitLab
General
1 268 (62.33%) Social Skills
2 150 (34.88%) Finance
3 119 (27.67%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (17.44%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (6.51%) Marketing
6 25 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (5.81%) Legal
7 23 (5.35%) Telecoms
8 22 (5.12%) Retail
9 20 (4.65%) Manufacturing
10 17 (3.95%) Public Sector
11 12 (2.79%) Electronics
12 10 (2.33%) Billing
13 9 (2.09%) Advertising
14 7 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.40%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.40%) Automotive
16 5 (1.16%) Banking
16 5 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 208 (48.37%) Analyst
2 132 (30.70%) Data Analyst
3 109 (25.35%) Junior
4 101 (23.49%) Junior Analyst
5 100 (23.26%) Junior Data Analyst
6 31 (7.21%) Administrator
7 28 (6.51%) Senior
8 22 (5.12%) Senior Analyst
8 22 (5.12%) Support Analyst
9 17 (3.95%) Financial Analyst
10 15 (3.49%) Technical Support
11 14 (3.26%) Coordinator
12 13 (3.02%) Consultant
13 11 (2.56%) Accountant
13 11 (2.56%) Help Desk Support
13 11 (2.56%) IT Support
14 9 (2.09%) Billing Analyst
14 9 (2.09%) Business Development Manager
14 9 (2.09%) E-Commerce Executive
14 9 (2.09%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.63%) JSON
1 7 (1.63%) Middleware
2 6 (1.40%) EDI
3 5 (1.16%) .NET
4 4 (0.93%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.93%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.93%) SAP XI
5 3 (0.70%) Godot
5 3 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (0.47%) 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 41 (9.53%) Onboarding
2 26 (6.05%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.42%) Driving Licence
4 17 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.26%) FMCG
6 10 (2.33%) Social Media
7 6 (1.40%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.93%) Robotics
9 3 (0.70%) Housing Association
9 3 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.47%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.47%) Smart Home
10 2 (0.47%) Solar Panel
11 1 (0.23%) Acoustics
11 1 (0.23%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.23%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.95%) Windows
2 9 (2.09%) Linux
3 7 (1.63%) Android
4 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (39.30%) Business Intelligence
2 132 (30.70%) AI
3 102 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 67 (15.58%) Decision-Making
5 55 (12.79%) Data Analysis
6 49 (11.40%) Process Improvement
7 41 (9.53%) ERP
8 38 (8.84%) CRM
8 38 (8.84%) Project Management
9 36 (8.37%) Customer Service
10 35 (8.14%) Analytics
11 31 (7.21%) Time Management
12 29 (6.74%) Logistics
13 26 (6.05%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (5.81%) Budgeting
15 24 (5.58%) Line Management
16 23 (5.35%) Agile
16 23 (5.35%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 22 (5.12%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 158 (36.74%) SQL
2 133 (30.93%) Python
3 15 (3.49%) JavaScript
3 15 (3.49%) VBA
4 10 (2.33%) C#
5 9 (2.09%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.16%) Java
7 4 (0.93%) C
7 4 (0.93%) VBScript
8 3 (0.70%) C++
9 2 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.23%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 100 (23.26%) Azure Certification
2 55 (12.79%) Degree
3 33 (7.67%) ACCA
4 30 (6.98%) CIMA
5 25 (5.81%) Security Cleared
6 18 (4.19%) DBS Check
6 18 (4.19%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.86%) HNC
7 8 (1.86%) HND
7 8 (1.86%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.93%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.47%) AAT
9 2 (0.47%) CIPFA
9 2 (0.47%) CISA
9 2 (0.47%) CRISC
9 2 (0.47%) GNVQ
9 2 (0.47%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.23%) CISSP
10 1 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.79%) SLA
2 10 (2.33%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.33%) PMO
3 7 (1.63%) GDPR
3 7 (1.63%) QA
4 6 (1.40%) IFRS
5 5 (1.16%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.16%) GAAP
6 4 (0.93%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.70%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.23%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.23%) Autotask
1 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 267 (62.09%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.88%) SAP
3 19 (4.42%) Sage
4 16 (3.72%) Oracle
5 11 (2.56%) Google
6 9 (2.09%) Alteryx
6 9 (2.09%) Hyperion
6 9 (2.09%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.86%) Adobe
8 6 (1.40%) Apple
8 6 (1.40%) TP-LINK
8 6 (1.40%) Ubiquiti
8 6 (1.40%) Xero
9 5 (1.16%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.93%) SYSPRO
11 3 (0.70%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.47%) CA Agile Central
12 2 (0.47%) Databricks
12 2 (0.47%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.47%) Zoho