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 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 28 74
Rank change year-on-year -14 +46 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 434 798 296
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.87% 6.60% 3.61%
As % of the Applications category 41.06% 58.89% 34.18%
Number of salaries quoted 172 127 166
10th Percentile £25,125 £27,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £33,750 £28,343
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +10.43% -24.54%
75th Percentile £51,563 £57,250 £51,300
90th Percentile £66,250 £82,500 £59,375
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 1,057 1,355 866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 11.86% 11.21% 10.57%
Number of salaries quoted 481 449 506
10th Percentile £25,125 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,800 £36,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £47,501 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.16% +11.77% -2.58%
75th Percentile £55,000 £75,000 £58,525
90th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -1.64%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 -30 198 £32,500 -31.58% 129
Berkshire -7 149 £30,000 -62.50% 80
Hampshire +53 68 £35,050 -17.53% 52
Surrey -39 56 £40,000 +3.90% 56
Kent -2 53 £32,500 -27.78% 35
West Sussex +34 44 £31,000 -14.48% 18
Oxfordshire -25 27 £30,000 -29.41% 18
Buckinghamshire -42 22 £55,500 +48.00% 34
East Sussex +15 5 £75,000 +9.49% 9
Sussex +9 4 £45,000 +23.29% 8
Middlesex -24 4 - - 20
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 23 (5.30%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.76%) CMS
3 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.92%) Confluence
5 3 (0.69%) Drupal
6 2 (0.46%) SAS
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 125 (28.80%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (11.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (4.15%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.38%) Photoshop
6 5 (1.15%) InDesign
7 4 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.92%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.69%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 14 (3.23%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.38%) SAP CO
2 6 (1.38%) SAP FI
2 6 (1.38%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.15%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.69%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.46%) iTrent
6 2 (0.46%) Magento
6 2 (0.46%) Maximo
6 2 (0.46%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.46%) Shopify
7 1 (0.23%) Changepoint
7 1 (0.23%) PORTIA
7 1 (0.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 163 (37.56%) Power Platform
2 75 (17.28%) Azure
3 21 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (2.76%) PowerApps
5 10 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.84%) Smartsheet
7 6 (1.38%) SaaS
8 5 (1.15%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 4 (0.92%) AWS
9 4 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.92%) Google Ads
9 4 (0.92%) Google Analytics
10 3 (0.69%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.46%) Contentsquare
11 2 (0.46%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.46%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.46%) Intacct
12 1 (0.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.76%) SMS
2 4 (0.92%) Broadband
3 3 (0.69%) Intranet
4 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.23%) DHCP
5 1 (0.23%) DNS
5 1 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.23%) Firewall
5 1 (0.23%) Internet
5 1 (0.23%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.23%) NAS
5 1 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.23%) SAN
5 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (37.33%) Power BI
2 64 (14.75%) Data Lake
3 63 (14.52%) SAP BW
4 11 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.07%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (2.07%) Tableau
6 6 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.92%) Metadata
7 4 (0.92%) Qlik Sense
7 4 (0.92%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.92%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.46%) Power Query
9 2 (0.46%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.23%) Big Data
10 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.23%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 9 (2.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 250 (57.60%) Social Skills
2 150 (34.56%) Finance
3 138 (31.80%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (16.13%) Marketing
5 39 (8.99%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (4.61%) Retail
7 17 (3.92%) Legal
8 16 (3.69%) Billing
9 14 (3.23%) Advertising
9 14 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.84%) Public Sector
10 8 (1.84%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.61%) Automotive
11 7 (1.61%) German Language
11 7 (1.61%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.15%) Electronics
14 4 (0.92%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.92%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 132 (30.41%) Analyst
2 74 (17.05%) Lead
3 53 (12.21%) Technical Support
4 36 (8.29%) Administrator
5 34 (7.83%) Report Analyst
6 32 (7.37%) Support Engineer
7 31 (7.14%) Senior
7 31 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
7 31 (7.14%) Technical Support Engineer
8 29 (6.68%) Business Intelligence Lead
9 28 (6.45%) Financial Analyst
9 28 (6.45%) Sustainability Analyst
10 22 (5.07%) Commercial Analyst
11 19 (4.38%) Coordinator
12 17 (3.92%) Data Analyst
13 16 (3.69%) Business Analyst
13 16 (3.69%) IT Support
13 16 (3.69%) Support Analyst
14 15 (3.46%) IT Analyst
14 15 (3.46%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.69%) Flash
2 2 (0.46%) .NET
2 2 (0.46%) EDI
2 2 (0.46%) Middleware
2 2 (0.46%) SAP XI
3 1 (0.23%) HTML
3 1 (0.23%) JSON
3 1 (0.23%) Pandas
3 1 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.75%) Onboarding
2 37 (8.53%) Driving Licence
3 27 (6.22%) Management Information System
4 26 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (3.23%) FMCG
7 7 (1.61%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.38%) Graphic Design
8 6 (1.38%) IoT
9 5 (1.15%) Social Media
10 4 (0.92%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.69%) Credit Risk
11 3 (0.69%) Photography
11 3 (0.69%) Robotics
11 3 (0.69%) Video Editing
12 2 (0.46%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.46%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.46%) Marketing Technology
12 2 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.15%) Windows
2 4 (0.92%) Linux
3 3 (0.69%) Android
3 3 (0.69%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.46%) Unix
5 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (39.86%) Problem-Solving
2 160 (36.87%) Business Intelligence
3 128 (29.49%) Analytics
4 119 (27.42%) Data Analysis
5 104 (23.96%) Data Modelling
6 90 (20.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 83 (19.12%) Decision-Making
7 83 (19.12%) ERP
8 77 (17.74%) Mathematics
9 64 (14.75%) Data Cleansing
10 63 (14.52%) Actionable Insight
11 59 (13.59%) Customer Service
12 48 (11.06%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 43 (9.91%) Visualisation
14 41 (9.45%) Data Governance
15 37 (8.53%) CRM
16 34 (7.83%) Roadmaps
16 34 (7.83%) Time Management
17 33 (7.60%) Project Management
18 32 (7.37%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 52 (11.98%) SQL
2 31 (7.14%) Python
3 18 (4.15%) VBA
4 9 (2.07%) T-SQL
5 6 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.92%) Bash
6 4 (0.92%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.69%) SQR
8 2 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 197 (45.39%) Degree
2 33 (7.60%) ACCA
3 31 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 25 (5.76%) CIMA
5 19 (4.38%) DBS Check
6 8 (1.84%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.92%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.92%) PMP
9 3 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.69%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.46%) AAT
10 2 (0.46%) APMP
11 1 (0.23%) CIPD
11 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.23%) MBA
11 1 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (23.27%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.30%) GDPR
3 17 (3.92%) SLA
4 10 (2.30%) PMO
5 6 (1.38%) QA
6 5 (1.15%) IFRS
6 5 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.46%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.23%) GMP
10 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 4 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.23%) Firmware
3 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 146 (33.64%) Microsoft
2 141 (32.49%) SAP
3 14 (3.23%) Oracle
3 14 (3.23%) Salesforce
4 13 (3.00%) Anaplan
5 12 (2.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 11 (2.53%) Google
6 11 (2.53%) HubSpot
6 11 (2.53%) Workday
7 9 (2.07%) Adaptive Insights
8 7 (1.61%) Adobe
8 7 (1.61%) Sage
8 7 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.92%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.92%) Cisco
9 4 (0.92%) Facebook
10 3 (0.69%) Freshdesk
11 2 (0.46%) VMware
12 1 (0.23%) Juniper
12 1 (0.23%) Zoho