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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 114 26
Rank change year-on-year +74 -88 +39
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 509 199 1,137
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.53% 2.54% 6.60%
As % of the Applications category 52.21% 29.26% 51.66%
Number of salaries quoted 220 112 488
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,575 £25,425
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,938 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -16.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £48,813
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,400 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -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 975 680 2,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.76% 8.69% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 486 346 1,299
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,625 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,101 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% +6.93% -6.25%
75th Percentile £56,500 £57,688 £50,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -15.56%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +84 189 £43,000 +24.64% 51
Berkshire +57 104 £43,000 +40.98% 26
Surrey +8 100 £45,000 +28.57% 17
Hampshire +6 85 £32,500 +4.84% 23
Kent +1 60 £27,000 -16.92% 10
Buckinghamshire +43 55 £56,000 +72.31% 15
East Sussex +14 36 £37,500 +19.05% 2
West Sussex -4 34 £31,500 -25.88% 9
Oxfordshire +18 30 £40,000 -27.27% 10
Middlesex +39 2 - - 13
Sussex - 2 £31,500 - 1
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 25 (4.91%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.59%) Confluence
5 2 (0.39%) CMS
Applications
1 82 (16.11%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (13.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (3.34%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.98%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.79%) Magento
4 3 (0.59%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.20%) Infor LN
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 268 (52.65%) Power Platform
2 195 (38.31%) Azure
3 180 (35.36%) Azure AI
4 49 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (3.14%) PowerApps
6 8 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.18%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.18%) Miro
8 5 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.98%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.59%) Figma
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.20%) AWS
10 1 (0.20%) Canva
10 1 (0.20%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.20%) OCI
10 1 (0.20%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.55%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.18%) VoIP
3 4 (0.79%) Intranet
4 3 (0.59%) IP Telephony
5 2 (0.39%) 4G
5 2 (0.39%) 5G
5 2 (0.39%) Broadband
5 2 (0.39%) GSM
5 2 (0.39%) TETRA
5 2 (0.39%) UMTS
5 2 (0.39%) Wireless
6 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (52.65%) Power BI
2 210 (41.26%) Tableau
3 10 (1.96%) Spotfire
4 8 (1.57%) Data Mining
4 8 (1.57%) Power Query
5 6 (1.18%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.98%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.98%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.39%) GIS
7 2 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.20%) Metadata
8 1 (0.20%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.20%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 5 (0.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.20%) GitLab
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
General
1 348 (68.37%) Social Skills
2 145 (28.49%) Finance
3 126 (24.75%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.43%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (5.70%) Retail
6 22 (4.32%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.73%) Marketing
8 16 (3.14%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.95%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.55%) Legal
12 11 (2.16%) Automotive
13 9 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.57%) Electronics
14 8 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.38%) Billing
16 5 (0.98%) Advertising
16 5 (0.98%) Banking
16 5 (0.98%) Law
Job Titles
1 302 (59.33%) Analyst
2 219 (43.03%) Data Analyst
3 198 (38.90%) Junior
4 181 (35.56%) Junior Analyst
5 180 (35.36%) Junior Data Analyst
6 32 (6.29%) Financial Analyst
7 29 (5.70%) Administrator
8 19 (3.73%) Report Analyst
9 18 (3.54%) Senior
10 13 (2.55%) Support Analyst
11 12 (2.36%) Lead
11 12 (2.36%) Personal Assistant
11 12 (2.36%) Technical Support
12 11 (2.16%) Consultant
13 10 (1.96%) Coordinator
13 10 (1.96%) Data Manager
13 10 (1.96%) IT Support
13 10 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (1.96%) Support Technician
14 9 (1.77%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.38%) Middleware
2 5 (0.98%) .NET
3 4 (0.79%) .NET Framework
3 4 (0.79%) ASP.NET
3 4 (0.79%) JSON
4 3 (0.59%) CSS
4 3 (0.59%) HTML
5 1 (0.20%) EDI
5 1 (0.20%) Next.js
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (3.73%) Management Information System
2 19 (3.73%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.36%) FMCG
4 7 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (1.18%) Data Structures
5 6 (1.18%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (0.79%) Social Media
7 3 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.59%) CCTV
7 3 (0.59%) Robotics
8 2 (0.39%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.39%) SCADA
9 1 (0.20%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (0.20%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.20%) CMDB
9 1 (0.20%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.20%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.34%) Windows
2 7 (1.38%) Android
3 6 (1.18%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.39%) Linux
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (52.46%) Business Intelligence
2 195 (38.31%) AI
3 89 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (16.11%) Decision-Making
5 57 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 53 (10.41%) Data Analysis
7 50 (9.82%) Project Management
8 36 (7.07%) Customer Service
8 36 (7.07%) Visualisation
9 34 (6.68%) ERP
9 34 (6.68%) Logistics
10 32 (6.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 29 (5.70%) Analytics
11 29 (5.70%) CRM
12 27 (5.30%) Agile
13 26 (5.11%) Validation
14 25 (4.91%) Data Management
15 21 (4.13%) Customer Experience
15 21 (4.13%) ETL
15 21 (4.13%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 258 (50.69%) SQL
2 217 (42.63%) Python
3 33 (6.48%) VBA
4 12 (2.36%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.98%) C#
6 4 (0.79%) VBScript
7 3 (0.59%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 180 (35.36%) Azure Certification
2 67 (13.16%) Degree
3 52 (10.22%) ACCA
4 49 (9.63%) CIMA
5 20 (3.93%) Security Cleared
6 19 (3.73%) SC Cleared
7 14 (2.75%) AAT
8 11 (2.16%) DBS Check
8 11 (2.16%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.96%) HNC
10 8 (1.57%) APMP
10 8 (1.57%) MBA
11 6 (1.18%) HND
12 5 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.39%) CISA
14 2 (0.39%) CRISC
15 1 (0.20%) CISSP
15 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.14%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.55%) SLA
3 10 (1.96%) Good Clinical Practice
4 9 (1.77%) PMO
5 6 (1.18%) GDPR
6 4 (0.79%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.79%) IFRS
6 4 (0.79%) QA
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) GAAP
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (1.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Autotask
1 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 331 (65.03%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.30%) SAP
3 14 (2.75%) Oracle
4 10 (1.96%) Sage
5 9 (1.77%) Alteryx
5 9 (1.77%) Hyperion
5 9 (1.77%) Informatica
6 7 (1.38%) MuleSoft
6 7 (1.38%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.18%) Adobe
7 6 (1.18%) TP-LINK
7 6 (1.18%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (0.79%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.79%) SYSPRO
9 3 (0.59%) Xero
10 2 (0.39%) BMC
10 2 (0.39%) Cvent
10 2 (0.39%) Databricks
10 2 (0.39%) IFS
10 2 (0.39%) Zoho