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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 64 87
Rank change year-on-year +15 +23 -6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 257 116 252
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.09% 3.49% 2.58%
As % of the Applications category 47.59% 35.37% 30.96%
Number of salaries quoted 103 71 140
10th Percentile £25,304 £27,000 £24,975
25th Percentile £28,125 £27,875 £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.23% +11.22%
75th Percentile £43,750 £62,499 £55,000
90th Percentile £53,000 £70,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -8.31%

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 540 328 814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.48% 9.86% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 296 166 542
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,688 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £37,750 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.93% -1.95% +2.67%
75th Percentile £44,250 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,114 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -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 16 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 16 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 52 £35,000 +18.64% 11
Bristol -25 52 £40,000 -4.85% 23
Dorset +31 48 £40,000 -39.62% 6
Devon +11 47 £28,750 -45.24% 3
Somerset -13 36 £35,000 -30.00% 13
Wiltshire -16 16 £55,000 -12.00% 4
Cornwall +1 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 13 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.95%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.78%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.39%) Apache
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 41 (15.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 36 (14.01%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.72%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.56%) Windchill
5 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (7.39%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.17%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.78%) Primavera
4 1 (0.39%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 170 (66.15%) Power Platform
2 114 (44.36%) Azure
3 109 (42.41%) Azure AI
4 12 (4.67%) Power Automate
5 10 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.72%) PowerApps
6 7 (2.72%) SaaS
7 4 (1.56%) GitHub
8 3 (1.17%) AWS
8 3 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.78%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.39%) Canva
10 1 (0.39%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.78%) LAN
2 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (66.15%) Power BI
2 116 (45.14%) Tableau
3 11 (4.28%) Power Query
4 7 (2.72%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.95%) Big Data
5 5 (1.95%) PowerPivot
6 4 (1.56%) Star Schema
7 3 (1.17%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.39%) DataStage
9 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.72%) JIRA
2 5 (1.95%) Git
3 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 194 (75.49%) Social Skills
2 64 (24.90%) Finance
3 42 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.12%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (6.61%) Retail
6 13 (5.06%) Legal
7 10 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.89%) Military
8 9 (3.50%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.50%) Marketing
8 9 (3.50%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.72%) Local Government
11 6 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.95%) Agriculture
13 4 (1.56%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.56%) Billing
13 4 (1.56%) Environmental Health
14 3 (1.17%) Back Office
14 3 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 143 (55.64%) Analyst
2 119 (46.30%) Data Analyst
2 119 (46.30%) Junior
3 118 (45.91%) Junior Analyst
4 109 (42.41%) Junior Data Analyst
5 26 (10.12%) Administrator
6 14 (5.45%) Financial Analyst
7 11 (4.28%) Accountant
7 11 (4.28%) Management Accountant
8 10 (3.89%) Applications Support
8 10 (3.89%) Sales Administrator
9 8 (3.11%) Developer
9 8 (3.11%) Lead
10 6 (2.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 6 (2.33%) Business Manager
10 6 (2.33%) Coordinator
10 6 (2.33%) Data Administrator
11 5 (1.95%) Applications Support Specialist
11 5 (1.95%) Business Development Manager
11 5 (1.95%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.17%) .NET
1 3 (1.17%) .NET Framework
1 3 (1.17%) ASP.NET
1 3 (1.17%) Entity Framework
1 3 (1.17%) JSON
1 3 (1.17%) XML
2 2 (0.78%) PySpark
3 1 (0.39%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.18%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.28%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.95%) NHS
6 5 (1.95%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.17%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.17%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.17%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.78%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.78%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.78%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.78%) Social Media
8 2 (0.78%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.39%) Social Network
9 1 (0.39%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.17%) Windows
2 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (68.09%) Business Intelligence
2 129 (50.19%) AI
3 48 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (13.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (12.45%) Data Analysis
6 31 (12.06%) Process Improvement
7 26 (10.12%) Customer Service
8 24 (9.34%) CRM
8 24 (9.34%) Decision-Making
9 21 (8.17%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 19 (7.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 19 (7.39%) Workflow
11 17 (6.61%) Project Management
12 16 (6.23%) Logistics
13 14 (5.45%) Budgeting
13 14 (5.45%) Collaborative Working
14 13 (5.06%) Agile
14 13 (5.06%) Data Management
14 13 (5.06%) Visualisation
15 11 (4.28%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 145 (56.42%) SQL
2 120 (46.69%) Python
3 8 (3.11%) VBA
4 6 (2.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.17%) C#
5 3 (1.17%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.17%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 109 (42.41%) Azure Certification
2 36 (14.01%) Degree
3 21 (8.17%) ACCA
3 21 (8.17%) CIMA
4 16 (6.23%) AAT
5 13 (5.06%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.72%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.56%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.56%) PMP
8 3 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.17%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.17%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.78%) HPE ATP
9 2 (0.78%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.00%) QA
2 14 (5.45%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.56%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.56%) Def Stans
3 4 (1.56%) ISO 9000
3 4 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 4 (1.56%) Software Quality Assurance
4 3 (1.17%) GDPR
4 3 (1.17%) SLA
5 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.78%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.39%) PMO
Vendors
1 191 (74.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.95%) Databricks
3 4 (1.56%) HP
3 4 (1.56%) HubSpot
3 4 (1.56%) Oracle
4 2 (0.78%) OneTrust
4 2 (0.78%) Sage
4 2 (0.78%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.78%) Xero
5 1 (0.39%) Google
5 1 (0.39%) Pinterest
5 1 (0.39%) Remedy