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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 105 126
Rank change year-on-year +50 +21 -36
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 158 90 90
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.15% 2.09% 2.06%
As % of the Applications category 36.74% 27.86% 28.75%
Number of salaries quoted 87 35 63
10th Percentile £26,050 £26,550 £26,677
25th Percentile £31,125 £32,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,849 £40,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £45,000 £58,125 £54,327
90th Percentile £54,250 £61,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%

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 430 323 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.57% 7.49% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 169 157 240
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,450 £24,675
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £45,000 £58,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £77,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +12.20% -8.60%

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 January 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 January 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 +21 42 £40,000 -5.88% 12
Devon +31 32 £39,849 -11.45% 12
Gloucestershire +27 23 £50,000 -13.04% 10
Cornwall +5 21 £27,500 -8.33% 2
Somerset -4 21 £35,000 -6.67% 11
Wiltshire +2 10 £41,250 +10.00% 8
Dorset +5 9 £39,250 -19.49% 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 21 (13.29%) SharePoint
2 14 (8.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (21.52%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (12.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (4.43%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.16%) Visualfiles
2 4 (2.53%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.90%) SAP APO
3 3 (1.90%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 77 (48.73%) Power Platform
2 39 (24.68%) Azure
3 35 (22.15%) Azure AI
4 20 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (5.06%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.16%) Intacct
7 3 (1.90%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.27%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.63%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.76%) Firewall
2 5 (3.16%) Broadband
3 4 (2.53%) Internet
3 4 (2.53%) Wireless
4 1 (0.63%) Intranet
4 1 (0.63%) SMS
4 1 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (48.73%) Power BI
2 48 (30.38%) Tableau
3 11 (6.96%) Power Query
4 7 (4.43%) Data Mining
5 6 (3.80%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.27%) Ataccama
6 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.27%) DTS
6 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.63%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 3 (1.90%) JIRA
General
1 94 (59.49%) Social Skills
2 61 (38.61%) Finance
3 47 (29.75%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.23%) Retail
5 11 (6.96%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (5.70%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.43%) Legal
8 5 (3.16%) Advertising
8 5 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.90%) Banking
10 3 (1.90%) Electronics
10 3 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.90%) Marketing
11 2 (1.27%) Billing
12 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.63%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 77 (48.73%) Analyst
2 47 (29.75%) Data Analyst
3 42 (26.58%) Junior
4 38 (24.05%) Junior Analyst
5 35 (22.15%) Junior Data Analyst
6 17 (10.76%) 1st Line Engineer
6 17 (10.76%) 1st Line Support
6 17 (10.76%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 17 (10.76%) Support Engineer
7 11 (6.96%) Financial Analyst
8 10 (6.33%) Administrator
9 9 (5.70%) Business Analyst
10 8 (5.06%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 8 (5.06%) Coordinator
10 8 (5.06%) Power BI Analyst
11 7 (4.43%) Trainee
11 7 (4.43%) Trainee Analyst
11 7 (4.43%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 6 (3.80%) Finance Manager
12 6 (3.80%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.66%) Driving Licence
2 14 (8.86%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (6.96%) Onboarding
4 10 (6.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (6.33%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.53%) CMDB
5 4 (2.53%) FMCG
6 2 (1.27%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.27%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.27%) IoT
6 2 (1.27%) SCADA
7 1 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.63%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.63%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (0.63%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.63%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (52.53%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (25.95%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (25.32%) AI
4 30 (18.99%) Analytics
5 27 (17.09%) Decision-Making
6 26 (16.46%) Project Management
7 25 (15.82%) Process Improvement
8 23 (14.56%) Data Analysis
9 22 (13.92%) Budgeting
10 19 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (10.76%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 14 (8.86%) Agile
13 10 (6.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 10 (6.33%) Customer Service
13 10 (6.33%) Data Analytics
13 10 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
14 9 (5.70%) Business Analysis
14 9 (5.70%) ERP
15 8 (5.06%) Internal Audit
15 8 (5.06%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 66 (41.77%) SQL
2 47 (29.75%) Python
3 4 (2.53%) VBA
4 3 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.63%) Julia
5 1 (0.63%) R
5 1 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (22.15%) Azure Certification
2 27 (17.09%) Degree
3 17 (10.76%) ACCA
4 16 (10.13%) CIMA
5 7 (4.43%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.16%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.90%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.90%) PMP
8 3 (1.90%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.63%) IIBA
10 1 (0.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.53%) PMO
2 3 (1.90%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.27%) GDPR
4 1 (0.63%) GAAP
4 1 (0.63%) IFRS
4 1 (0.63%) P3O
System Software
1 17 (10.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 115 (72.78%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.76%) Apple
3 14 (8.86%) Progress
4 8 (5.06%) Sage
5 6 (3.80%) SAP
6 2 (1.27%) IBM
6 2 (1.27%) Remedy
7 1 (0.63%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.63%) Intel
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle
7 1 (0.63%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.63%) TikTok
7 1 (0.63%) Verint