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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 73 62
Rank change year-on-year +24 -11 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 470 308 494
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.16% 3.70% 4.00%
As % of the Applications category 44.51% 38.60% 36.08%
Number of salaries quoted 187 100 329
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £23,900
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% -3.96%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,000 £50,250
90th Percentile £74,250 £79,000 £57,750
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% -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 1,056 798 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.35% 9.59% 11.10%
Number of salaries quoted 462 320 989
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,250 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +38.06% -10.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £66,125 £75,000 £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 14 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 14 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 +56 227 £52,500 -0.21% 55
Berkshire +26 132 £43,000 -25.22% 34
Hampshire +21 76 £45,000 - 41
Buckinghamshire +36 72 £62,500 +8.70% 11
Surrey -1 70 £41,500 +16.90% 28
Kent -14 44 £36,500 -2.67% 18
West Sussex +24 34 £57,500 +52.12% 12
Oxfordshire +22 24 £47,500 -9.52% 12
East Sussex +4 12 £57,500 +91.67% 6
Middlesex +12 4 - - 7
Sussex -3 3 £45,000 -10.00% 5
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 28 (5.96%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.85%) Confluence
3 3 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.43%) CMS
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 104 (22.13%) Microsoft Office
2 80 (17.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (5.11%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.28%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.85%) InDesign
7 2 (0.43%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 9 (1.91%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.70%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.85%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.43%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.21%) Primavera
6 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 254 (54.04%) Power Platform
2 142 (30.21%) Azure
3 90 (19.15%) Azure AI
4 27 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (5.32%) PowerApps
6 11 (2.34%) Power Automate
7 9 (1.91%) SaaS
8 7 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.85%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.64%) Figma
10 3 (0.64%) Miro
11 2 (0.43%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.43%) Intacct
12 1 (0.21%) Adobe Analytics
12 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.21%) Asana
12 1 (0.21%) AWS
12 1 (0.21%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.21%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.70%) Intranet
2 4 (0.85%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.64%) 4G
3 3 (0.64%) 5G
3 3 (0.64%) GSM
3 3 (0.64%) TETRA
3 3 (0.64%) UMTS
3 3 (0.64%) Wireless
4 2 (0.43%) Broadband
4 2 (0.43%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 254 (54.04%) Power BI
2 112 (23.83%) Tableau
3 45 (9.57%) Data Lake
3 45 (9.57%) SAP BW
4 12 (2.55%) GIS
4 12 (2.55%) Power Query
5 10 (2.13%) Spotfire
6 9 (1.91%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.70%) PowerPivot
8 7 (1.49%) Data Mining
8 7 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.06%) Metadata
10 4 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.85%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.43%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (1.70%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 342 (72.77%) Social Skills
2 170 (36.17%) Analytical Skills
3 155 (32.98%) Finance
4 46 (9.79%) Organisational Skills
5 38 (8.09%) Marketing
6 24 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
7 22 (4.68%) Retail
8 14 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (2.77%) Legal
10 12 (2.55%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.13%) Automotive
12 9 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.70%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.28%) Billing
14 6 (1.28%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.85%) Advertising
16 4 (0.85%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.85%) Law
16 4 (0.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 252 (53.62%) Analyst
2 147 (31.28%) Data Analyst
3 104 (22.13%) Junior
4 90 (19.15%) Junior Analyst
4 90 (19.15%) Junior Data Analyst
5 52 (11.06%) Lead
6 43 (9.15%) Report Analyst
7 27 (5.74%) Financial Analyst
8 26 (5.53%) Technical Support
9 21 (4.47%) Support Analyst
10 20 (4.26%) Business Intelligence Lead
11 19 (4.04%) Sustainability Analyst
12 18 (3.83%) Consultant
13 17 (3.62%) Senior
14 16 (3.40%) Data Manager
14 16 (3.40%) Procurement Analyst
15 14 (2.98%) Technical Analyst
15 14 (2.98%) Technical Support Analyst
16 13 (2.77%) Administrator
16 13 (2.77%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.64%) CSS
1 3 (0.64%) HTML
1 3 (0.64%) Middleware
2 1 (0.21%) JSON
2 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.66%) Onboarding
2 29 (6.17%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (3.40%) FMCG
5 15 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.77%) Driving Licence
7 12 (2.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.85%) Social Media
8 4 (0.85%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.64%) CCTV
9 3 (0.64%) Robotics
9 3 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.43%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.43%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.43%) Product Ownership
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 (0.85%) Unix
1 4 (0.85%) Windows
2 2 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (51.91%) Business Intelligence
2 121 (25.74%) AI
3 118 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (23.40%) Data Analysis
5 105 (22.34%) Analytics
6 96 (20.43%) Decision-Making
7 71 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (14.68%) Data Modelling
9 63 (13.40%) ERP
10 55 (11.70%) Data Cleansing
11 51 (10.85%) Visualisation
12 48 (10.21%) Actionable Insight
12 48 (10.21%) Project Management
13 46 (9.79%) Agile
14 41 (8.72%) Mathematics
15 30 (6.38%) Data Governance
15 30 (6.38%) Data Visualisation
16 29 (6.17%) ETL
17 27 (5.74%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 27 (5.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 171 (36.38%) SQL
2 140 (29.79%) Python
3 46 (9.79%) VBA
4 8 (1.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (1.06%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.64%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 170 (36.17%) Degree
2 90 (19.15%) Azure Certification
3 48 (10.21%) ACCA
4 46 (9.79%) CIMA
5 34 (7.23%) Security Cleared
6 22 (4.68%) SC Cleared
7 19 (4.04%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.77%) APMP
8 13 (2.77%) MBA
9 11 (2.34%) AAT
10 5 (1.06%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.64%) HNC
12 3 (0.64%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.64%) PMP
13 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.21%) CIPD
14 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (17.45%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.13%) Good Clinical Practice
2 10 (2.13%) PMO
3 6 (1.28%) ISO 9001
3 6 (1.28%) SLA
4 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.06%) QA
5 4 (0.85%) GDPR
5 4 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.64%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.43%) IFRS
8 1 (0.21%) GAAP
8 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 228 (48.51%) Microsoft
2 96 (20.43%) SAP
3 12 (2.55%) Oracle
4 9 (1.91%) Adobe
4 9 (1.91%) Informatica
5 4 (0.85%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.64%) Cisco
6 3 (0.64%) Google
6 3 (0.64%) HubSpot
6 3 (0.64%) MuleSoft
6 3 (0.64%) Sage
6 3 (0.64%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.64%) Zoho
7 2 (0.43%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.43%) Cvent
7 2 (0.43%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.43%) IFS
8 1 (0.21%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.21%) Mitel
8 1 (0.21%) Xero