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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 66 87
Rank change year-on-year +17 +21 -8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 249 113 259
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.03% 3.47% 2.63%
As % of the Applications category 47.25% 35.65% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 100 70 149
10th Percentile £25,274 £26,963 £24,750
25th Percentile £28,125 £27,563 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £41,019 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% +9.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £43,875 £63,124 £54,750
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% -10.10%

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 527 317 838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.41% 9.72% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 289 166 566
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,813 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £38,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £44,250 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,114 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,750 £39,200
% change year-on-year -6.43% +9.06% -12.89%

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 10 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 10 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 +6 51 £35,000 +18.64% 12
Bristol -22 50 £41,000 -2.47% 26
Dorset +26 47 £40,000 -39.62% 10
Devon 0 47 £28,750 -45.24% 5
Somerset -13 34 £35,000 -30.00% 6
Wiltshire -19 14 £55,000 -12.00% 7
Cornwall -6 2 £32,250 +18.35% 2
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 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.01%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.80%) Confluence
3 2 (0.80%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 39 (15.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 33 (13.25%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.81%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.61%) Windchill
5 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (6.83%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.80%) Primavera
3 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.40%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 166 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 114 (45.78%) Azure
3 109 (43.78%) Azure AI
4 12 (4.82%) Power Automate
5 9 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.41%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.01%) SaaS
8 4 (1.61%) GitHub
9 3 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.80%) AWS
10 2 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.80%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.40%) Canva
11 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.80%) LAN
2 1 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (66.67%) Power BI
2 116 (46.59%) Tableau
3 11 (4.42%) Power Query
4 6 (2.41%) PowerPivot
4 6 (2.41%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.01%) Big Data
6 3 (1.20%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.20%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.80%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.40%) DataStage
8 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.81%) JIRA
2 5 (2.01%) Git
3 2 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 188 (75.50%) Social Skills
2 59 (23.69%) Finance
3 39 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.64%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (6.43%) Retail
6 12 (4.82%) Legal
7 10 (4.02%) Military
8 9 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.61%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.21%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.21%) Marketing
9 8 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.41%) Agriculture
10 6 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.41%) Local Government
11 4 (1.61%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.61%) Environmental Health
12 3 (1.20%) Back Office
12 3 (1.20%) Billing
12 3 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 141 (56.63%) Analyst
2 120 (48.19%) Data Analyst
3 119 (47.79%) Junior
4 118 (47.39%) Junior Analyst
5 109 (43.78%) Junior Data Analyst
6 25 (10.04%) Administrator
7 14 (5.62%) Financial Analyst
8 10 (4.02%) Accountant
8 10 (4.02%) Management Accountant
9 9 (3.61%) Sales Administrator
10 8 (3.21%) Applications Support
10 8 (3.21%) Developer
10 8 (3.21%) Lead
11 6 (2.41%) Data Administrator
12 5 (2.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 5 (2.01%) Business Manager
12 5 (2.01%) Finance Manager
12 5 (2.01%) Help Desk Coordinator
12 5 (2.01%) Junior Financial Analyst
12 5 (2.01%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.20%) .NET
1 3 (1.20%) .NET Framework
1 3 (1.20%) ASP.NET
1 3 (1.20%) Entity Framework
1 3 (1.20%) JSON
1 3 (1.20%) XML
2 2 (0.80%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.46%) Management Information System
2 17 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.02%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.41%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.41%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.01%) NHS
7 3 (1.20%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.20%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.20%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.20%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.80%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.80%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (0.80%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.80%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.80%) Social Media
9 1 (0.40%) Social Network
9 1 (0.40%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.20%) Windows
2 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (68.27%) Business Intelligence
2 127 (51.00%) AI
3 46 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (12.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (12.05%) Data Analysis
6 28 (11.24%) Process Improvement
7 24 (9.64%) Customer Service
8 23 (9.24%) Decision-Making
9 22 (8.84%) CRM
10 20 (8.03%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 18 (7.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (7.23%) Workflow
12 17 (6.83%) Project Management
13 15 (6.02%) Logistics
14 14 (5.62%) Budgeting
15 13 (5.22%) Agile
15 13 (5.22%) Collaborative Working
15 13 (5.22%) Data Management
16 12 (4.82%) Budget Management
16 12 (4.82%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 141 (56.63%) SQL
2 120 (48.19%) Python
3 8 (3.21%) VBA
4 5 (2.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.20%) C#
5 3 (1.20%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.80%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 109 (43.78%) Azure Certification
2 35 (14.06%) Degree
3 20 (8.03%) ACCA
3 20 (8.03%) CIMA
4 15 (6.02%) AAT
5 13 (5.22%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.81%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.61%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.61%) PMP
8 3 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.20%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.20%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.80%) HPE ATP
9 2 (0.80%) RIBA
10 1 (0.40%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.43%) QA
2 12 (4.82%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.61%) Def Stans
3 4 (1.61%) ISO 9000
3 4 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 3 (1.20%) Software Quality Assurance
5 2 (0.80%) GDPR
5 2 (0.80%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.80%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.80%) SLA
6 1 (0.40%) PMO
Vendors
1 186 (74.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.01%) Databricks
3 4 (1.61%) HP
4 3 (1.20%) HubSpot
4 3 (1.20%) Oracle
5 2 (0.80%) Sage
5 2 (0.80%) Xero
6 1 (0.40%) Google
6 1 (0.40%) OneTrust
6 1 (0.40%) Pinterest
6 1 (0.40%) Remedy
6 1 (0.40%) Salesforce