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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 68 86
Rank change year-on-year +22 +18 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 238 97 264
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.08% 3.66% 2.82%
As % of the Applications category 50.11% 38.80% 32.08%
Number of salaries quoted 82 61 149
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £26,063 £27,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.88% +13.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £44,250 £63,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £59,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -11.11%

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 475 250 823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.15% 9.43% 8.78%
Number of salaries quoted 230 135 580
10th Percentile £25,975 £26,925 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,031 £28,000 £29,108
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £43,000 £39,005
Median % change year-on-year -24.42% +10.24% -0.23%
75th Percentile £44,250 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £69,245 £63,875
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -15.56%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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
Devon +15 55 £25,000 -35.48% 4
Dorset +18 44 £40,000 -39.62% 7
Bristol -15 41 £40,000 -10.03% 21
Gloucestershire -3 40 £29,000 -1.69% 17
Somerset +3 39 £35,000 -30.00% 7
Wiltshire -18 11 £40,152 -35.76% 6
Cornwall -5 8 £26,450 -2.94%
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 19 (7.98%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.68%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 2 (0.84%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 28 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (10.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.68%) Windchill
4 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.26%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.84%) Primavera
2 1 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.42%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 164 (68.91%) Power Platform
2 134 (56.30%) Azure
3 130 (54.62%) Azure AI
4 15 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.62%) Power Automate
6 4 (1.68%) GitHub
7 3 (1.26%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.84%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.42%) Canva
9 1 (0.42%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.42%) Intacct
9 1 (0.42%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.94%) Firewall
2 2 (0.84%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (68.91%) Power BI
2 138 (57.98%) Tableau
3 10 (4.20%) Power Query
4 8 (3.36%) PowerPivot
5 4 (1.68%) Big Data
5 4 (1.68%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.26%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.84%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.84%) DTS
8 1 (0.42%) DataStage
8 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.10%) JIRA
2 4 (1.68%) Git
3 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 189 (79.41%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.13%) Finance
3 29 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (5.46%) Legal
5 13 (5.46%) Retail
6 10 (4.20%) Military
7 9 (3.78%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.36%) Agriculture
8 8 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.10%) Local Government
9 5 (2.10%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.10%) Marketing
10 4 (1.68%) Environmental Health
11 3 (1.26%) Back Office
11 3 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Aviation
12 2 (0.84%) Avionics
12 2 (0.84%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 153 (64.29%) Analyst
2 143 (60.08%) Data Analyst
3 140 (58.82%) Junior
4 135 (56.72%) Junior Analyst
5 130 (54.62%) Junior Data Analyst
6 21 (8.82%) Administrator
7 10 (4.20%) 1st Line Engineer
7 10 (4.20%) 1st Line Support
7 10 (4.20%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 10 (4.20%) Support Engineer
8 9 (3.78%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (3.36%) Developer
10 7 (2.94%) Data Administrator
11 6 (2.52%) Applications Support
11 6 (2.52%) Lead
11 6 (2.52%) Sales Administrator
12 5 (2.10%) Senior
12 5 (2.10%) Team Leader
12 5 (2.10%) Trainee Analyst
12 5 (2.10%) Trainee Data Analyst
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 14 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.20%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.36%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.10%) NHS
4 5 (2.10%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.26%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.26%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.26%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.84%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.84%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.84%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.84%) Social Media
8 1 (0.42%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.26%) Windows
2 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (70.17%) Business Intelligence
2 140 (58.82%) AI
3 34 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (8.40%) Data Analysis
5 18 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (7.56%) Process Improvement
6 16 (6.72%) Decision-Making
6 16 (6.72%) Workflow
7 14 (5.88%) Budget Management
7 14 (5.88%) Customer Service
8 13 (5.46%) Analytics
8 13 (5.46%) CRM
8 13 (5.46%) Data Management
8 13 (5.46%) Project Management
9 11 (4.62%) Budgeting
10 10 (4.20%) Agile
10 10 (4.20%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (4.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (3.78%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 9 (3.78%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 152 (63.87%) SQL
2 140 (58.82%) Python
3 7 (2.94%) VBA
4 3 (1.26%) C#
4 3 (1.26%) VB.NET
5 2 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 130 (54.62%) Azure Certification
2 22 (9.24%) Degree
3 12 (5.04%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.36%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.52%) ACCA
5 6 (2.52%) CIMA
6 4 (1.68%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.68%) PMP
7 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.26%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.26%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.84%) AAT
8 2 (0.84%) HPE ATP
8 2 (0.84%) RIBA
9 1 (0.42%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.36%) QA
2 5 (2.10%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.68%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.68%) Def Stans
3 4 (1.68%) ISO 9000
3 4 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.84%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.42%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (2.94%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 199 (83.61%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.94%) Apple
3 4 (1.68%) Databricks
3 4 (1.68%) HP
4 3 (1.26%) Progress
5 2 (0.84%) Remedy
5 2 (0.84%) Sage
6 1 (0.42%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.42%) Google
6 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.42%) Pinterest
6 1 (0.42%) Xero