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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 60 90
Rank change year-on-year -3 +30 +12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 236 129 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.48% 3.71% 2.20%
As % of the Applications category 40.55% 35.15% 28.20%
Number of salaries quoted 113 79 62
10th Percentile £25,304 £27,125 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,125 £28,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -5.88% +11.48%
75th Percentile £43,750 £53,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £43,865
% change year-on-year -1.25% -8.81% -3.80%

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 582 367 617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.12% 10.55% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 354 162 323
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,625 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £28,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,250 £39,005
Median % change year-on-year -12.75% -4.50% -3.99%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,575 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,227
% change year-on-year - -7.46% -3.94%

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 1 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 1 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
Bristol -29 52 £34,000 -15.00% 49
Gloucestershire -15 51 £35,000 +18.64% 44
Dorset +29 42 £33,000 -51.11% 22
Devon -8 32 £28,750 -39.47% 32
Somerset -15 30 £35,000 -19.08% 25
Wiltshire -9 22 £55,000 -12.00% 11
Cornwall -5 2 £32,250 +18.35% 4
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 15 (6.36%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.12%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.85%) Confluence
3 2 (0.85%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 54 (22.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 50 (21.19%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.97%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.69%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.69%) Windchill
6 1 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (9.32%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.97%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.85%) Primavera
4 1 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 130 (55.08%) Power Platform
2 70 (29.66%) Azure
3 63 (26.69%) Azure AI
4 15 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.66%) SaaS
6 9 (3.81%) Power Automate
7 8 (3.39%) AWS
7 8 (3.39%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.54%) GitHub
9 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.69%) ChatGPT
11 3 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.85%) GCP
12 2 (0.85%) Google Gemini
12 2 (0.85%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.85%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.42%) Canva
13 1 (0.42%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.42%) Internet
1 1 (0.42%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (55.08%) Power BI
2 67 (28.39%) Tableau
3 8 (3.39%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.97%) Power Query
5 5 (2.12%) Big Data
5 5 (2.12%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) MS Access
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.66%) JIRA
2 7 (2.97%) Git
3 2 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 168 (71.19%) Social Skills
2 71 (30.08%) Finance
3 52 (22.03%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (17.80%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (8.47%) Marketing
6 19 (8.05%) Retail
7 16 (6.78%) Manufacturing
8 13 (5.51%) Legal
9 12 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (4.66%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (4.66%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.97%) Billing
12 7 (2.97%) Local Government
13 6 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.54%) Military
14 5 (2.12%) Banking
14 5 (2.12%) Law
15 4 (1.69%) Advertising
15 4 (1.69%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 98 (41.53%) Analyst
2 75 (31.78%) Junior
3 73 (30.93%) Junior Analyst
4 65 (27.54%) Data Analyst
5 63 (26.69%) Junior Data Analyst
6 27 (11.44%) Administrator
7 15 (6.36%) Applications Support
8 12 (5.08%) Coordinator
9 11 (4.66%) Accountant
9 11 (4.66%) Management Accountant
9 11 (4.66%) Sales Administrator
10 10 (4.24%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (3.39%) Lead
12 7 (2.97%) Applications Support Analyst
12 7 (2.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 7 (2.97%) Business Manager
12 7 (2.97%) Developer
12 7 (2.97%) Support Analyst
13 6 (2.54%) Development Manager
13 6 (2.54%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.69%) XML
2 3 (1.27%) .NET
2 3 (1.27%) .NET Framework
2 3 (1.27%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.27%) Entity Framework
2 3 (1.27%) HTML
2 3 (1.27%) JSON
3 2 (0.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.19%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.90%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (7.20%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (3.81%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.54%) NHS
6 6 (2.54%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.69%) Social Media
8 3 (1.27%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.27%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.85%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.85%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.42%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (0.42%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.42%) Social Network
10 1 (0.42%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.85%) Windows
2 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (58.90%) Business Intelligence
2 92 (38.98%) AI
3 57 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (20.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (16.10%) Process Improvement
6 36 (15.25%) Data Analysis
7 33 (13.98%) CRM
8 29 (12.29%) Customer Service
9 27 (11.44%) Decision-Making
9 27 (11.44%) Project Management
10 26 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (9.32%) Collaborative Working
12 21 (8.90%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 21 (8.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (8.47%) Workflow
14 16 (6.78%) Agile
14 16 (6.78%) Visualisation
15 15 (6.36%) Data Management
15 15 (6.36%) Risk Management
15 15 (6.36%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 106 (44.92%) SQL
2 74 (31.36%) Python
3 8 (3.39%) VBA
4 7 (2.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (2.54%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.27%) C#
6 3 (1.27%) VB
6 3 (1.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 63 (26.69%) Azure Certification
2 46 (19.49%) Degree
3 21 (8.90%) ACCA
3 21 (8.90%) CIMA
4 16 (6.78%) AAT
5 13 (5.51%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.97%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.12%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.12%) PMP
8 4 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.85%) RIBA
11 1 (0.42%) HPE ATP
11 1 (0.42%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.02%) QA
2 22 (9.32%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.97%) GDPR
4 6 (2.54%) SLA
5 5 (2.12%) PMO
5 5 (2.12%) Software Quality Assurance
6 4 (1.69%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.69%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.69%) ISO 9000
6 4 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.85%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 169 (71.61%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.81%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.39%) HubSpot
4 6 (2.54%) OneTrust
5 5 (2.12%) Databricks
5 5 (2.12%) Oracle
6 3 (1.27%) Google
7 2 (0.85%) Adobe
7 2 (0.85%) Apple
7 2 (0.85%) Sage
7 2 (0.85%) Xero
8 1 (0.42%) HP
8 1 (0.42%) Pinterest
8 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.42%) Zoho