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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 60 105
Rank change year-on-year +19 +45 -42
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 471 406 207
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.53% 4.41% 2.66%
As % of the Applications category 44.77% 45.46% 26.68%
Number of salaries quoted 154 121 125
10th Percentile £25,125 £27,000 £27,956
25th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,575 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +12.50% -12.28%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,000 £52,000
90th Percentile £68,450 £82,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -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 1,052 893 776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.13% 9.69% 9.98%
Number of salaries quoted 436 380 513
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,550
25th Percentile £28,375 £36,000 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.50% +33.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £55,080 £66,563 £54,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +12.20% -8.60%

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 30 December 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 30 December 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 +22 228 £47,500 -9.71% 157
Berkshire +16 146 £38,750 -49.18% 106
Hampshire +41 81 £36,550 -18.78% 52
Surrey -11 64 £41,500 +15.28% 45
Buckinghamshire +28 57 £52,500 +10.53% 30
Kent -8 49 £35,000 -9.68% 30
West Sussex +31 36 £57,500 +57.97% 24
Oxfordshire +19 26 £30,000 -42.86% 21
East Sussex +8 6 £75,000 +163.16% 13
Sussex +2 4 £45,000 +23.29%
Middlesex +5 3 - - 10
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 (5.31%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.06%) Confluence
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.42%) CMS
4 2 (0.42%) SAS
5 1 (0.21%) Drupal
Applications
1 122 (25.90%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (14.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (4.67%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.06%) InDesign
6 4 (0.85%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.64%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 18 (3.82%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.70%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.27%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.27%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.27%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.85%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.42%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.21%) iTrent
7 1 (0.21%) Maximo
7 1 (0.21%) Primavera
7 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 214 (45.44%) Power Platform
2 118 (25.05%) Azure
3 50 (10.62%) Azure AI
4 18 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.61%) PowerApps
6 11 (2.34%) Power Automate
7 10 (2.12%) SaaS
8 9 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.70%) Smartsheet
10 4 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 2 (0.42%) AWS
11 2 (0.42%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.42%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.42%) Intacct
12 1 (0.21%) Asana
12 1 (0.21%) Figma
12 1 (0.21%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.21%) Google Tag Manager
12 1 (0.21%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.55%) SMS
2 9 (1.91%) Intranet
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%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.64%) Wireless
4 1 (0.21%) Broadband
4 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (45.44%) Power BI
2 66 (14.01%) Tableau
3 63 (13.38%) Data Lake
3 63 (13.38%) SAP BW
4 12 (2.55%) GIS
5 10 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.12%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.12%) Spotfire
6 9 (1.91%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (1.91%) Power Query
7 7 (1.49%) PowerPivot
8 6 (1.27%) Metadata
9 5 (1.06%) Qlik Sense
9 5 (1.06%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.85%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.42%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.21%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 10 (2.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 308 (65.39%) Social Skills
2 174 (36.94%) Analytical Skills
3 150 (31.85%) Finance
4 53 (11.25%) Marketing
5 44 (9.34%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (2.97%) Legal
7 14 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 13 (2.76%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.34%) Retail
10 9 (1.91%) Billing
10 9 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.49%) Automotive
11 7 (1.49%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.27%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.06%) Advertising
13 5 (1.06%) Electronics
14 4 (0.85%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.64%) Law
15 3 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 202 (42.89%) Analyst
2 93 (19.75%) Data Analyst
3 76 (16.14%) Lead
4 63 (13.38%) Junior
5 51 (10.83%) Junior Analyst
6 50 (10.62%) Junior Data Analyst
7 43 (9.13%) Report Analyst
8 34 (7.22%) Technical Support
9 29 (6.16%) Business Intelligence Lead
9 29 (6.16%) Senior
10 28 (5.94%) Sustainability Analyst
11 25 (5.31%) Administrator
12 21 (4.46%) Support Engineer
13 20 (4.25%) Support Analyst
14 18 (3.82%) Financial Analyst
14 18 (3.82%) Technical Engineer
14 18 (3.82%) Technical Support Engineer
15 17 (3.61%) Data Manager
16 16 (3.40%) Technical Analyst
16 16 (3.40%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.64%) Flash
2 1 (0.21%) JSON
2 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (11.46%) Onboarding
2 29 (6.16%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 22 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (4.46%) Driving Licence
5 13 (2.76%) FMCG
6 12 (2.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.27%) Social Media
8 5 (1.06%) Robotics
9 3 (0.64%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.64%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.64%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.42%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.42%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.42%) Graphic Design
11 1 (0.21%) 3D Graphics
11 1 (0.21%) CCTV
11 1 (0.21%) Photography
11 1 (0.21%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.27%) Windows
2 5 (1.06%) Linux
3 3 (0.64%) Android
3 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.64%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.64%) Unix
4 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (44.16%) Business Intelligence
2 159 (33.76%) Problem-Solving
3 138 (29.30%) Analytics
4 131 (27.81%) Data Analysis
5 100 (21.23%) Data Modelling
6 85 (18.05%) ERP
7 84 (17.83%) Decision-Making
8 81 (17.20%) AI
9 76 (16.14%) Data Cleansing
10 71 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 62 (13.16%) Mathematics
12 54 (11.46%) Actionable Insight
13 49 (10.40%) Visualisation
14 46 (9.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 44 (9.34%) Project Management
16 41 (8.70%) Data Governance
17 37 (7.86%) Data Visualisation
18 36 (7.64%) Master Data Management
19 35 (7.43%) Agile
20 33 (7.01%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 115 (24.42%) SQL
2 86 (18.26%) Python
3 37 (7.86%) VBA
4 9 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (1.27%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.21%) Bash
6 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 201 (42.68%) Degree
2 50 (10.62%) Azure Certification
3 43 (9.13%) ACCA
4 37 (7.86%) CIMA
4 37 (7.86%) Security Cleared
5 15 (3.18%) DBS Check
5 15 (3.18%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.49%) APMP
7 7 (1.49%) MBA
8 4 (0.85%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.85%) PMP
9 3 (0.64%) AAT
9 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.21%) CIPD
10 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (24.84%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.18%) GDPR
3 13 (2.76%) SLA
4 12 (2.55%) PMO
5 10 (2.12%) Good Clinical Practice
6 6 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.27%) QA
6 6 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.06%) IFRS
8 4 (0.85%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.21%) GAAP
10 1 (0.21%) GMP
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (0.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) Firmware
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.21%) SCOM
Vendors
1 191 (40.55%) Microsoft
2 140 (29.72%) SAP
3 20 (4.25%) Oracle
4 14 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 11 (2.34%) Workday
7 9 (1.91%) Adaptive Insights
8 7 (1.49%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.27%) Adobe
10 4 (0.85%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.85%) Cisco
10 4 (0.85%) Google
10 4 (0.85%) Informatica
11 3 (0.64%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.64%) Zoho
12 2 (0.42%) Anaplan
12 2 (0.42%) Freshdesk
12 2 (0.42%) Sage
13 1 (0.21%) Juniper
13 1 (0.21%) VMware