Microsoft Excel Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Excel
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 63 89
Rank change year-on-year +13 +26 -6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 239 110 262
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.95% 3.57% 2.58%
As % of the Applications category 46.86% 36.67% 31.04%
Number of salaries quoted 94 68 150
10th Percentile £25,091 £26,888 £24,750
25th Percentile £28,125 £27,250 £28,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,038 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.74% +12.10% +7.63%
75th Percentile £44,125 £63,749 £54,188
90th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -10.11%

All Software Application Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 510 300 844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.30% 9.73% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 276 153 570
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,775 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £41,200 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.48% +9.87% -
75th Percentile £44,250 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,114 £63,875
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% +11.54% -13.33%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the South West over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the South West

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Gloucestershire 0 48 £35,000 +18.64% 19
Bristol -19 48 £41,000 -2.47% 19
Devon +4 47 £28,750 -45.24% 6
Dorset +31 46 £41,250 -37.74% 13
Somerset -16 34 £35,000 -30.00% 9
Wiltshire -19 12 £40,152 -35.76% 5
Cornwall -5 2 £32,250 +18.35% 1
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (5.02%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.09%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.84%) Confluence
3 2 (0.84%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 35 (14.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (12.97%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.51%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.67%) Windchill
5 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.26%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (6.28%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.84%) Primavera
3 1 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.42%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 163 (68.20%) Power Platform
2 114 (47.70%) Azure
3 109 (45.61%) Azure AI
4 12 (5.02%) Power Automate
5 9 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.09%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.67%) GitHub
7 4 (1.67%) SaaS
8 3 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.84%) AWS
9 2 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.84%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.42%) Canva
10 1 (0.42%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.84%) LAN
2 1 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (68.20%) Power BI
2 116 (48.54%) Tableau
3 11 (4.60%) Power Query
4 7 (2.93%) PowerPivot
5 5 (2.09%) Big Data
5 5 (2.09%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.26%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.84%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.84%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.42%) DataStage
8 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.51%) JIRA
2 5 (2.09%) Git
3 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 182 (76.15%) Social Skills
2 54 (22.59%) Finance
3 35 (14.64%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.62%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (6.28%) Retail
6 12 (5.02%) Legal
7 10 (4.18%) Military
8 9 (3.77%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.35%) Marketing
9 8 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.93%) Agriculture
10 7 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.51%) Local Government
11 6 (2.51%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.67%) Environmental Health
13 3 (1.26%) Back Office
13 3 (1.26%) Billing
14 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.84%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 139 (58.16%) Analyst
2 121 (50.63%) Data Analyst
3 119 (49.79%) Junior
4 118 (49.37%) Junior Analyst
5 109 (45.61%) Junior Data Analyst
6 25 (10.46%) Administrator
7 14 (5.86%) Financial Analyst
8 9 (3.77%) Sales Administrator
9 8 (3.35%) Accountant
9 8 (3.35%) Applications Support
9 8 (3.35%) Developer
9 8 (3.35%) Lead
9 8 (3.35%) Management Accountant
10 6 (2.51%) Data Administrator
11 5 (2.09%) Applications Specialist
11 5 (2.09%) Applications Support Specialist
11 5 (2.09%) Junior Financial Analyst
11 5 (2.09%) Senior
11 5 (2.09%) Support Specialist
11 5 (2.09%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.26%) .NET
1 3 (1.26%) .NET Framework
1 3 (1.26%) ASP.NET
1 3 (1.26%) Entity Framework
1 3 (1.26%) JSON
1 3 (1.26%) XML
2 2 (0.84%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.97%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.93%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.09%) NHS
6 4 (1.67%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.26%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.26%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.26%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (1.26%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.84%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.84%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.84%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.84%) Social Media
9 1 (0.42%) Social Network
9 1 (0.42%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.26%) Windows
2 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (69.87%) Business Intelligence
2 125 (52.30%) AI
3 42 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (11.72%) Data Analysis
5 28 (11.72%) Process Improvement
6 22 (9.21%) Customer Service
7 21 (8.79%) Decision-Making
8 20 (8.37%) CRM
9 19 (7.95%) Workflow
10 17 (7.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 17 (7.11%) Project Management
10 17 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (5.86%) Logistics
12 13 (5.44%) Budget Management
12 13 (5.44%) Budgeting
12 13 (5.44%) Data Management
13 12 (5.02%) Collaborative Working
14 11 (4.60%) Analytics
14 11 (4.60%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 138 (57.74%) SQL
2 120 (50.21%) Python
3 8 (3.35%) VBA
4 4 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.26%) C#
5 3 (1.26%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 109 (45.61%) Azure Certification
2 32 (13.39%) Degree
3 17 (7.11%) ACCA
3 17 (7.11%) CIMA
4 13 (5.44%) AAT
4 13 (5.44%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.93%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.67%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.67%) PMP
7 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.26%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.26%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.84%) HPE ATP
8 2 (0.84%) RIBA
9 1 (0.42%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.28%) QA
2 11 (4.60%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.67%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.67%) Def Stans
3 4 (1.67%) ISO 9000
3 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.84%) JSP 440
4 2 (0.84%) SLA
4 2 (0.84%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.42%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) PMO
Vendors
1 181 (75.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.09%) Databricks
3 4 (1.67%) HP
4 3 (1.26%) HubSpot
5 2 (0.84%) Oracle
5 2 (0.84%) Sage
5 2 (0.84%) Xero
6 1 (0.42%) Google
6 1 (0.42%) Pinterest
6 1 (0.42%) Remedy
6 1 (0.42%) Salesforce