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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 68 60
Rank change year-on-year +23 -8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 474 330 482
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.29% 3.87% 3.95%
As % of the Applications category 44.93% 39.76% 35.62%
Number of salaries quoted 174 105 325
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year - +16.88% -9.41%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,000 £50,250
90th Percentile £73,125 £80,250 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -13.98%

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 1,055 830 1,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.54% 9.72% 11.08%
Number of salaries quoted 439 328 983
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,925 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +41.79% -10.67%
75th Percentile £57,125 £60,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £66,250 £77,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -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 7 February 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 7 February 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 +43 238 £52,500 -0.10% 67
Berkshire +28 147 £41,500 -29.36% 44
Hampshire +25 73 £45,000 - 41
Buckinghamshire +41 68 £57,500 - 13
Surrey -1 68 £41,500 +16.90% 36
Kent -14 43 £40,000 - 14
West Sussex +28 34 £57,500 +52.12% 18
Oxfordshire +24 24 £43,750 -16.67% 12
East Sussex +6 11 £57,500 +91.67% 4
Middlesex +8 4 - - 6
Sussex -2 3 £45,000 -10.00% 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 27 (5.70%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.84%) Confluence
3 2 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.21%) CMS
4 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 104 (21.94%) Microsoft Office
2 76 (16.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (4.85%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.05%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.84%) InDesign
7 2 (0.42%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 9 (1.90%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.69%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.84%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.42%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.21%) Primavera
6 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 257 (54.22%) Power Platform
2 149 (31.43%) Azure
3 80 (16.88%) Azure AI
4 25 (5.27%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (5.06%) PowerApps
6 12 (2.53%) Power Automate
7 10 (2.11%) SaaS
8 6 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.84%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.63%) Figma
11 2 (0.42%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.42%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.42%) Intacct
11 2 (0.42%) Miro
12 1 (0.21%) Adobe Analytics
12 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.21%) AWS
12 1 (0.21%) Google Tag Manager
12 1 (0.21%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.69%) Intranet
2 4 (0.84%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.63%) 4G
3 3 (0.63%) 5G
3 3 (0.63%) GSM
3 3 (0.63%) TETRA
3 3 (0.63%) UMTS
3 3 (0.63%) Wireless
4 2 (0.42%) Broadband
4 2 (0.42%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (54.22%) Power BI
2 100 (21.10%) Tableau
3 63 (13.29%) Data Lake
3 63 (13.29%) SAP BW
4 12 (2.53%) GIS
5 11 (2.32%) Power Query
6 10 (2.11%) Spotfire
7 9 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.69%) PowerPivot
9 7 (1.48%) Data Mining
9 7 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.05%) Metadata
11 4 (0.84%) Qlik Sense
11 4 (0.84%) SQL Server
12 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.42%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (1.69%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 336 (70.89%) Social Skills
2 171 (36.08%) Analytical Skills
3 150 (31.65%) Finance
4 45 (9.49%) Organisational Skills
5 38 (8.02%) Marketing
6 23 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (4.01%) Retail
8 15 (3.16%) Legal
9 14 (2.95%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (2.53%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.90%) Automotive
11 9 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.48%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.27%) Billing
13 6 (1.27%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.84%) Advertising
14 4 (0.84%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.84%) Law
14 4 (0.84%) Military
14 4 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 245 (51.69%) Analyst
2 135 (28.48%) Data Analyst
3 94 (19.83%) Junior
4 80 (16.88%) Junior Analyst
4 80 (16.88%) Junior Data Analyst
5 67 (14.14%) Lead
6 50 (10.55%) Report Analyst
7 29 (6.12%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 28 (5.91%) Sustainability Analyst
9 27 (5.70%) Technical Support
10 25 (5.27%) Financial Analyst
11 20 (4.22%) Senior
11 20 (4.22%) Support Analyst
12 17 (3.59%) Consultant
13 16 (3.38%) Data Manager
14 15 (3.16%) Procurement Analyst
15 14 (2.95%) Commercial Analyst
15 14 (2.95%) Support Engineer
15 14 (2.95%) Technical Analyst
15 14 (2.95%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.63%) CSS
1 3 (0.63%) HTML
2 2 (0.42%) Middleware
3 1 (0.21%) JSON
3 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.81%) Onboarding
2 29 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.16%) FMCG
6 14 (2.95%) Driving Licence
7 12 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.84%) Social Media
8 4 (0.84%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.63%) CCTV
9 3 (0.63%) Robotics
9 3 (0.63%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.42%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.42%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.21%) 3D Graphics
11 1 (0.21%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.21%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.21%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.21%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.84%) Unix
1 4 (0.84%) Windows
2 1 (0.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (51.90%) Business Intelligence
2 137 (28.90%) Problem-Solving
3 124 (26.16%) Analytics
4 115 (24.26%) Data Analysis
5 111 (23.42%) AI
6 93 (19.62%) Data Modelling
7 90 (18.99%) Decision-Making
8 75 (15.82%) ERP
9 70 (14.77%) Data Cleansing
10 69 (14.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 56 (11.81%) Actionable Insight
12 49 (10.34%) Visualisation
13 47 (9.92%) Project Management
14 45 (9.49%) Mathematics
15 44 (9.28%) Agile
16 39 (8.23%) Data Governance
17 34 (7.17%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 29 (6.12%) Data Visualisation
18 29 (6.12%) Quality Management
19 28 (5.91%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 156 (32.91%) SQL
2 127 (26.79%) Python
3 43 (9.07%) VBA
4 8 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (1.05%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.63%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 190 (40.08%) Degree
2 80 (16.88%) Azure Certification
3 44 (9.28%) ACCA
4 41 (8.65%) CIMA
5 33 (6.96%) Security Cleared
6 20 (4.22%) SC Cleared
7 18 (3.80%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.53%) APMP
8 12 (2.53%) MBA
9 9 (1.90%) AAT
10 4 (0.84%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.63%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.63%) PMP
12 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.42%) HNC
13 1 (0.21%) CIPD
13 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (22.36%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.32%) PMO
3 10 (2.11%) Good Clinical Practice
4 6 (1.27%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.27%) SLA
5 5 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.05%) QA
5 5 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.63%) GDPR
6 3 (0.63%) IFRS
6 3 (0.63%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.21%) GAAP
8 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 213 (44.94%) Microsoft
2 119 (25.11%) SAP
3 12 (2.53%) Oracle
4 9 (1.90%) Informatica
5 8 (1.69%) Adobe
6 4 (0.84%) Google
6 4 (0.84%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.63%) Alteryx
7 3 (0.63%) Cisco
7 3 (0.63%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.63%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.63%) Zoho
8 2 (0.42%) Cvent
8 2 (0.42%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.42%) IFS
8 2 (0.42%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.42%) Sage
9 1 (0.21%) BT
9 1 (0.21%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.21%) Mitel