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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 92 31
Rank change year-on-year +47 -61 +33
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 531 194 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.72% 2.81% 6.19%
As % of the Applications category 53.15% 31.65% 47.70%
Number of salaries quoted 214 105 485
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £25,350
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £40,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £71,000 £67,100 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £44,460 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.03% +11.15% -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 999 613 2,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.01% 8.88% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 466 328 1,333
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £23,470
25th Percentile £30,500 £30,188 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,942 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -16.67%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +61 212 £44,000 -16.36% 47
Berkshire +56 105 £43,000 -18.10% 29
Surrey +5 94 £45,000 +16.13% 21
Hampshire 0 78 £45,000 +45.16% 33
Buckinghamshire +28 77 £56,000 -2.61% 13
Kent -3 64 £27,000 -22.86% 20
West Sussex +13 44 £40,000 -0.37% 11
East Sussex +1 34 £27,500 -12.70% 5
Oxfordshire +12 31 £37,500 -28.72% 7
Middlesex +46 2 - - 6
Sussex - 2 £31,500 - 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 29 (5.46%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.56%) Confluence
5 2 (0.38%) CMS
Applications
1 91 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (12.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (3.58%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.13%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.75%) Magento
4 3 (0.56%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.19%) Infor LN
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 310 (58.38%) Power Platform
2 225 (42.37%) Azure
3 210 (39.55%) Azure AI
4 47 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (3.77%) PowerApps
6 10 (1.88%) Power Automate
7 8 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.13%) Entra ID
9 5 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.75%) Miro
11 3 (0.56%) Figma
12 2 (0.38%) AWS
12 2 (0.38%) SaaS
13 1 (0.19%) Adobe Analytics
13 1 (0.19%) Asana
13 1 (0.19%) Canva
13 1 (0.19%) Lucidchart
13 1 (0.19%) OCI
13 1 (0.19%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.45%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (1.88%) Intranet
3 6 (1.13%) VoIP
4 3 (0.56%) 4G
4 3 (0.56%) 5G
4 3 (0.56%) GSM
4 3 (0.56%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.56%) TETRA
4 3 (0.56%) UMTS
4 3 (0.56%) Wireless
5 2 (0.38%) Broadband
6 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 310 (58.38%) Power BI
2 244 (45.95%) Tableau
3 12 (2.26%) GIS
3 12 (2.26%) Power Query
3 12 (2.26%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.88%) Spotfire
5 9 (1.69%) Data Mining
6 6 (1.13%) PowerPivot
6 6 (1.13%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.38%) Metadata
8 2 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.19%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 5 (0.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
General
1 386 (72.69%) Social Skills
2 143 (26.93%) Finance
3 133 (25.05%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.23%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (5.27%) Retail
6 21 (3.95%) Marketing
7 20 (3.77%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.20%) Public Sector
9 16 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (2.64%) Legal
10 14 (2.64%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (2.07%) Automotive
12 8 (1.51%) Electronics
12 8 (1.51%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.94%) Banking
14 5 (0.94%) Law
14 5 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.56%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 351 (66.10%) Analyst
2 265 (49.91%) Data Analyst
3 227 (42.75%) Junior
4 210 (39.55%) Junior Analyst
4 210 (39.55%) Junior Data Analyst
5 38 (7.16%) Financial Analyst
6 25 (4.71%) Report Analyst
7 22 (4.14%) Administrator
8 19 (3.58%) Senior
9 17 (3.20%) Support Analyst
10 13 (2.45%) Consultant
10 13 (2.45%) Lead
11 12 (2.26%) Trainee
12 11 (2.07%) Data Manager
12 11 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (1.88%) Personal Assistant
13 10 (1.88%) Principal Consultant
13 10 (1.88%) Support Technician
13 10 (1.88%) Technical Support
14 9 (1.69%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.32%) Middleware
2 5 (0.94%) .NET
3 4 (0.75%) .NET Framework
3 4 (0.75%) ASP.NET
4 3 (0.56%) CSS
4 3 (0.56%) HTML
5 1 (0.19%) Next.js
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 15 (2.82%) Onboarding
4 8 (1.51%) FMCG
5 7 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (1.13%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (0.94%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.75%) Social Media
9 3 (0.56%) CCTV
9 3 (0.56%) Robotics
10 2 (0.38%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.38%) SCADA
11 1 (0.19%) Acoustics
11 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.19%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.19%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.19%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.82%) Windows
2 7 (1.32%) Android
3 6 (1.13%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.56%) Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (57.63%) Business Intelligence
2 221 (41.62%) AI
3 88 (16.57%) Decision-Making
4 87 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (14.69%) Data Analysis
6 61 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (7.91%) Project Management
8 39 (7.34%) Visualisation
9 38 (7.16%) Analytics
10 34 (6.40%) ERP
11 33 (6.21%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 32 (6.03%) Agile
12 32 (6.03%) Customer Service
13 31 (5.84%) CRM
14 24 (4.52%) ETL
15 23 (4.33%) Customer Experience
15 23 (4.33%) Validation
16 22 (4.14%) Logistics
17 20 (3.77%) Data Management
17 20 (3.77%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 298 (56.12%) SQL
2 255 (48.02%) Python
3 46 (8.66%) VBA
4 8 (1.51%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.94%) C#
5 5 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.75%) VBScript
7 3 (0.56%) Java
8 1 (0.19%) R
8 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 210 (39.55%) Azure Certification
2 86 (16.20%) Degree
3 56 (10.55%) ACCA
4 54 (10.17%) CIMA
5 21 (3.95%) SC Cleared
5 21 (3.95%) Security Cleared
6 16 (3.01%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.82%) AAT
8 11 (2.07%) MBA
9 10 (1.88%) APMP
9 10 (1.88%) HNC
10 6 (1.13%) HND
11 5 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.56%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.08%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.07%) SLA
3 10 (1.88%) Good Clinical Practice
4 7 (1.32%) GDPR
5 4 (0.75%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.75%) IFRS
5 4 (0.75%) PMO
5 4 (0.75%) QA
6 2 (0.38%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.19%) GAAP
7 1 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (1.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 362 (68.17%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.59%) SAP
3 14 (2.64%) Oracle
4 10 (1.88%) Sage
5 9 (1.69%) Alteryx
5 9 (1.69%) Hyperion
5 9 (1.69%) Informatica
6 8 (1.51%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.32%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.13%) Adobe
8 6 (1.13%) TP-LINK
8 6 (1.13%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (0.75%) SYSPRO
10 3 (0.56%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.38%) Cvent
11 2 (0.38%) Databricks
11 2 (0.38%) IFS
11 2 (0.38%) Xero
11 2 (0.38%) Zoho
12 1 (0.19%) WooCommerce