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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 39 87
Rank change year-on-year +1 +48 -18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 450 598 240
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 5.15% 5.28% 3.12%
As % of the Applications category 41.67% 53.06% 29.59%
Number of salaries quoted 184 126 147
10th Percentile £25,125 £27,000 £25,650
25th Percentile £26,969 £36,000 £29,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -23.08%
75th Percentile £53,750 £59,688 £51,300
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £60,500
England median annual salary £41,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.68% +5.56% -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 1,080 1,127 811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.36% 9.94% 10.54%
Number of salaries quoted 502 424 503
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £24,600
25th Percentile £27,850 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.47% +12.35% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £75,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,941 £85,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -2.46%

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 7 November 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 7 November 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 -10 212 £38,750 -26.19% 230
Berkshire +1 143 £34,500 -56.88% 171
Hampshire +48 77 £35,100 -17.41% 75
Surrey -12 57 £40,000 +3.90% 60
Kent +11 50 £33,750 -25.00% 29
West Sussex +32 39 £31,000 -17.33% 21
Buckinghamshire -10 39 £52,500 +23.53% 36
Oxfordshire -7 30 £32,000 -27.68% 25
East Sussex +14 5 £75,000 +9.49% 10
Sussex +5 4 £45,000 +23.29% 5
Middlesex - 4 - - 15
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 27 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.22%) CMS
3 5 (1.11%) Confluence
3 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.67%) Drupal
5 2 (0.44%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 128 (28.44%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (16.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (4.22%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.56%) InDesign
6 6 (1.33%) Photoshop
7 5 (1.11%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.89%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.67%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 17 (3.78%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.56%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.33%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.33%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.33%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.89%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.67%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.44%) iTrent
7 2 (0.44%) Magento
7 2 (0.44%) Maximo
7 2 (0.44%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.22%) Changepoint
8 1 (0.22%) PORTIA
8 1 (0.22%) Primavera
8 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 167 (37.11%) Power Platform
2 73 (16.22%) Azure
3 22 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (3.56%) PowerApps
5 10 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (2.22%) Power Automate
5 10 (2.22%) SaaS
6 8 (1.78%) Smartsheet
7 5 (1.11%) AWS
8 4 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 4 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.89%) Google Analytics
9 3 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (0.67%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.44%) Contentsquare
10 2 (0.44%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.44%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.44%) Intacct
11 1 (0.22%) Asana
11 1 (0.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.67%) SMS
2 5 (1.11%) Broadband
2 5 (1.11%) Intranet
3 3 (0.67%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.22%) DHCP
5 1 (0.22%) DNS
5 1 (0.22%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.22%) Firewall
5 1 (0.22%) Internet
5 1 (0.22%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.22%) NAS
5 1 (0.22%) SAN
5 1 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (36.89%) Power BI
2 64 (14.22%) Data Lake
3 63 (14.00%) SAP BW
4 12 (2.67%) Tableau
5 11 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.56%) Power Query
8 6 (1.33%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.33%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.11%) Metadata
9 5 (1.11%) PowerPivot
9 5 (1.11%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.44%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.44%) GIS
11 2 (0.44%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.22%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 10 (2.22%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 265 (58.89%) Social Skills
2 162 (36.00%) Finance
3 156 (34.67%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (15.33%) Marketing
5 44 (9.78%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (5.11%) Retail
7 20 (4.44%) Legal
8 17 (3.78%) Billing
8 17 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.22%) Automotive
10 9 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.00%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.78%) Advertising
11 8 (1.78%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.78%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.11%) Electronics
12 5 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.89%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.89%) German Language
13 4 (0.89%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 146 (32.44%) Analyst
2 74 (16.44%) Lead
3 52 (11.56%) Technical Support
4 36 (8.00%) Report Analyst
5 35 (7.78%) Administrator
5 35 (7.78%) Senior
6 29 (6.44%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 29 (6.44%) Data Analyst
6 29 (6.44%) Support Engineer
7 28 (6.22%) Sustainability Analyst
7 28 (6.22%) Technical Engineer
7 28 (6.22%) Technical Support Engineer
8 24 (5.33%) Financial Analyst
8 24 (5.33%) Support Analyst
9 20 (4.44%) Commercial Analyst
10 19 (4.22%) Coordinator
11 17 (3.78%) IT Analyst
11 17 (3.78%) IT Support
11 17 (3.78%) IT Support Analyst
12 16 (3.56%) Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.67%) Flash
2 2 (0.44%) JSON
2 2 (0.44%) XML
3 1 (0.22%) EDI
3 1 (0.22%) HTML
3 1 (0.22%) Middleware
3 1 (0.22%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 57 (12.67%) Onboarding
2 34 (7.56%) Driving Licence
3 27 (6.00%) Management Information System
4 26 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (3.11%) FMCG
7 11 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.78%) Social Media
9 7 (1.56%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.11%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.89%) Graphic Design
12 3 (0.67%) Credit Risk
12 3 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.67%) Photography
12 3 (0.67%) Robotics
12 3 (0.67%) Video Editing
12 3 (0.67%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.67%) Web Conferencing
13 2 (0.44%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.44%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.33%) Windows
2 4 (0.89%) Linux
3 3 (0.67%) Android
3 3 (0.67%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.67%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.67%) Unix
4 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
2 163 (36.22%) Business Intelligence
3 132 (29.33%) Data Analysis
4 131 (29.11%) Analytics
5 104 (23.11%) Data Modelling
6 84 (18.67%) Decision-Making
7 83 (18.44%) ERP
8 82 (18.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 77 (17.11%) Mathematics
10 65 (14.44%) Data Cleansing
11 62 (13.78%) Actionable Insight
12 53 (11.78%) Customer Service
13 49 (10.89%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 42 (9.33%) Data Governance
15 41 (9.11%) CRM
16 40 (8.89%) Visualisation
17 39 (8.67%) Project Management
18 32 (7.11%) Master Data Management
19 31 (6.89%) AI
19 31 (6.89%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (13.78%) SQL
2 37 (8.22%) Python
3 29 (6.44%) VBA
4 10 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 8 (1.78%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.67%) Bash
6 3 (0.67%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.22%) R
7 1 (0.22%) SQR
Qualifications
1 211 (46.89%) Degree
2 40 (8.89%) ACCA
3 37 (8.22%) Security Cleared
4 32 (7.11%) CIMA
5 17 (3.78%) DBS Check
6 13 (2.89%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.67%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.11%) APMP
8 5 (1.11%) MBA
9 4 (0.89%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.89%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.89%) PMP
10 3 (0.67%) AAT
10 3 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.22%) CIPD
11 1 (0.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.22%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (23.56%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.33%) GDPR
3 16 (3.56%) SLA
4 11 (2.44%) PMO
5 6 (1.33%) IFRS
5 6 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.33%) QA
5 6 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.89%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.22%) GAAP
8 1 (0.22%) GMP
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (0.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.22%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 146 (32.44%) Microsoft
2 145 (32.22%) SAP
3 18 (4.00%) Oracle
4 15 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.89%) HubSpot
6 12 (2.67%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 11 (2.44%) Workday
8 9 (2.00%) Adaptive Insights
8 9 (2.00%) Adobe
8 9 (2.00%) Google
9 8 (1.78%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.56%) Sage
11 6 (1.33%) Anaplan
11 6 (1.33%) Cisco
12 4 (0.89%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.67%) Freshdesk
13 3 (0.67%) Zoho
14 2 (0.44%) Facebook
14 2 (0.44%) VMware
14 2 (0.44%) Xero