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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 58 93
Rank change year-on-year -9 +35 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 240 129 169
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.43% 3.72% 2.23%
As % of the Applications category 38.71% 35.34% 29.60%
Number of salaries quoted 126 79 54
10th Percentile £25,409 £27,125 £27,825
25th Percentile £28,219 £28,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -11.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £56,250 £70,000 £65,625
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £44,324
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.75% -2.80%

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 620 365 571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.27% 10.51% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 383 159 268
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,625 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £45,750 £52,550 £55,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £71,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 September 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 September 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 -20 53 £33,750 +14.41% 37
Bristol -36 52 £34,000 -15.00% 47
Dorset +31 41 £33,000 -40.00% 26
Devon -12 34 £28,750 -39.47% 26
Somerset -16 28 £35,000 -6.67% 27
Wiltshire -8 25 £41,750 -16.50% 9
Cornwall -3 2 £32,250 +18.35% 5
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 16 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.08%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.83%) Confluence
3 2 (0.83%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 57 (23.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 53 (22.08%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.17%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.67%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.67%) Windchill
6 1 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (9.17%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.92%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.83%) Primavera
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 126 (52.50%) Power Platform
2 63 (26.25%) Azure
3 56 (23.33%) Azure AI
4 17 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.58%) SaaS
6 9 (3.75%) Power Automate
7 8 (3.33%) AWS
7 8 (3.33%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.50%) GitHub
9 5 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.67%) ChatGPT
11 3 (1.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.83%) GCP
12 2 (0.83%) Google Gemini
12 2 (0.83%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.83%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.42%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (52.50%) Power BI
2 60 (25.00%) Tableau
3 9 (3.75%) Power Query
4 8 (3.33%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.08%) Big Data
5 5 (2.08%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) MS Access
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.58%) JIRA
2 7 (2.92%) Git
3 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 164 (68.33%) Social Skills
2 73 (30.42%) Finance
3 57 (23.75%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (21.67%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (9.58%) Marketing
6 20 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 19 (7.92%) Retail
8 14 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (5.83%) Legal
9 11 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (4.58%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.92%) Advertising
11 7 (2.92%) Billing
11 7 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.92%) Local Government
12 6 (2.50%) Automotive
12 6 (2.50%) Law
13 5 (2.08%) Banking
14 4 (1.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 92 (38.33%) Analyst
2 68 (28.33%) Junior
3 66 (27.50%) Junior Analyst
4 58 (24.17%) Data Analyst
5 56 (23.33%) Junior Data Analyst
6 28 (11.67%) Administrator
7 15 (6.25%) Applications Support
8 12 (5.00%) Coordinator
9 11 (4.58%) Accountant
9 11 (4.58%) Management Accountant
10 10 (4.17%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (4.17%) Sales Administrator
11 8 (3.33%) Business Manager
11 8 (3.33%) Finance Manager
11 8 (3.33%) Lead
12 7 (2.92%) Applications Support Analyst
12 7 (2.92%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 7 (2.92%) Data Administrator
12 7 (2.92%) Developer
12 7 (2.92%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.67%) XML
2 3 (1.25%) .NET
2 3 (1.25%) .NET Framework
2 3 (1.25%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.25%) Entity Framework
2 3 (1.25%) HTML
2 3 (1.25%) JSON
3 2 (0.83%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 55 (22.92%) Management Information System
2 23 (9.58%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.00%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.50%) NHS
6 6 (2.50%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.67%) Social Media
8 3 (1.25%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.25%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.25%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (1.25%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.83%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.83%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.42%) Social Network
10 1 (0.42%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.42%) Windows
1 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (56.25%) Business Intelligence
2 84 (35.00%) AI
3 62 (25.83%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (22.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (16.25%) Data Analysis
6 38 (15.83%) Process Improvement
7 36 (15.00%) CRM
8 33 (13.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (12.50%) Project Management
10 28 (11.67%) Customer Service
10 28 (11.67%) Decision-Making
11 25 (10.42%) Collaborative Working
12 24 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 21 (8.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 20 (8.33%) Workflow
15 18 (7.50%) Visualisation
16 16 (6.67%) Agile
17 15 (6.25%) Data Management
17 15 (6.25%) Risk Management
17 15 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 102 (42.50%) SQL
2 67 (27.92%) Python
3 8 (3.33%) VBA
4 7 (2.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (2.50%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.25%) C#
6 3 (1.25%) VB
6 3 (1.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 56 (23.33%) Azure Certification
2 46 (19.17%) Degree
3 24 (10.00%) ACCA
3 24 (10.00%) CIMA
4 19 (7.92%) AAT
5 13 (5.42%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.92%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.08%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.08%) PMP
8 4 (1.67%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.25%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.83%) RIBA
11 1 (0.42%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.83%) QA
2 22 (9.17%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.92%) GDPR
4 6 (2.50%) SLA
5 5 (2.08%) PMO
5 5 (2.08%) Software Quality Assurance
6 4 (1.67%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.67%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.67%) ISO 9000
6 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.83%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 168 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.33%) HubSpot
4 6 (2.50%) OneTrust
5 5 (2.08%) Databricks
5 5 (2.08%) Oracle
6 3 (1.25%) Google
6 3 (1.25%) Progress
7 2 (0.83%) Adobe
7 2 (0.83%) Apple
7 2 (0.83%) Sage
7 2 (0.83%) Xero
8 1 (0.42%) Pinterest
8 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.42%) Zoho