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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 61 93
Rank change year-on-year +12 +32 -8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 256 113 205
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.02% 3.34% 2.36%
As % of the Applications category 46.89% 35.20% 29.16%
Number of salaries quoted 106 70 96
10th Percentile £25,304 £26,963 £25,880
25th Percentile £28,219 £27,563 £30,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.90% +10.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £55,625 £52,500
90th Percentile £51,875 £70,000 £58,125
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -0.47%

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 546 321 703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.44% 9.48% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 306 161 439
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,625 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £44,250 £52,600 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £66,250
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 25 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 25 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
Bristol -17 54 £40,000 - 37
Gloucestershire +3 51 £35,000 +18.64% 12
Dorset +34 48 £40,000 -40.74% 8
Devon +11 45 £28,750 -42.50% 4
Somerset -16 35 £35,000 -30.00% 12
Wiltshire -19 17 £55,000 -12.00% 6
Cornwall -3 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 14 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.95%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.78%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.39%) Apache
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 42 (16.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 39 (15.23%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.73%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.56%) Windchill
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (7.81%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.56%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.78%) Primavera
4 1 (0.39%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 165 (64.45%) Power Platform
2 108 (42.19%) Azure
3 102 (39.84%) Azure AI
4 12 (4.69%) Power Automate
5 11 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.52%) SaaS
7 8 (3.13%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.95%) AWS
8 5 (1.95%) GitHub
9 3 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.17%) ChatGPT
9 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.39%) Canva
11 1 (0.39%) GCP
11 1 (0.39%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.39%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.39%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.78%) LAN
2 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (64.45%) Power BI
2 109 (42.58%) Tableau
3 11 (4.30%) Power Query
4 8 (3.13%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.95%) Big Data
5 5 (1.95%) Star Schema
6 4 (1.56%) PowerPivot
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 (2.73%) JIRA
2 6 (2.34%) Git
3 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 193 (75.39%) Social Skills
2 66 (25.78%) Finance
3 44 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (11.33%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (7.03%) Retail
6 12 (4.69%) Legal
7 11 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.30%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.30%) Marketing
8 10 (3.91%) Military
9 9 (3.52%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.73%) Local Government
10 7 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.95%) Billing
12 4 (1.56%) Agriculture
12 4 (1.56%) Environmental Health
13 3 (1.17%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.17%) Automotive
13 3 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 138 (53.91%) Analyst
2 113 (44.14%) Junior
3 111 (43.36%) Data Analyst
3 111 (43.36%) Junior Analyst
4 102 (39.84%) Junior Data Analyst
5 28 (10.94%) Administrator
6 14 (5.47%) Financial Analyst
7 12 (4.69%) Applications Support
7 12 (4.69%) Sales Administrator
8 11 (4.30%) Accountant
8 11 (4.30%) Management Accountant
9 8 (3.13%) Developer
9 8 (3.13%) Lead
10 7 (2.73%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 7 (2.73%) Coordinator
11 6 (2.34%) Business Manager
11 6 (2.34%) Data Administrator
11 6 (2.34%) Test Engineer
12 5 (1.95%) Service Desk Analyst
12 5 (1.95%) Team Leader
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%) HTML
2 2 (0.78%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.02%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.03%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.69%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.34%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.95%) NHS
7 4 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.17%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.17%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.17%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.17%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.78%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.78%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.78%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.78%) Social Media
10 1 (0.39%) Social Network
10 1 (0.39%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.17%) Windows
2 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (66.80%) Business Intelligence
2 125 (48.83%) AI
3 50 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (13.67%) Data Analysis
6 34 (13.28%) Process Improvement
7 28 (10.94%) Customer Service
8 27 (10.55%) CRM
9 24 (9.38%) Decision-Making
10 22 (8.59%) Workflow
11 21 (8.20%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 19 (7.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 17 (6.64%) Project Management
14 16 (6.25%) Logistics
15 14 (5.47%) Agile
15 14 (5.47%) Collaborative Working
15 14 (5.47%) Data Management
15 14 (5.47%) Visualisation
16 13 (5.08%) Budgeting
16 13 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 142 (55.47%) SQL
2 114 (44.53%) Python
3 8 (3.13%) VBA
4 7 (2.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (1.95%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.17%) C#
6 3 (1.17%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (39.84%) Azure Certification
2 38 (14.84%) Degree
3 21 (8.20%) ACCA
3 21 (8.20%) CIMA
4 16 (6.25%) AAT
5 12 (4.69%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.73%) 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
9 2 (0.78%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.78%) HPE ATP
9 2 (0.78%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.20%) QA
2 17 (6.64%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.95%) Software Quality Assurance
4 4 (1.56%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.56%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.56%) ISO 9000
4 4 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (1.56%) SLA
5 3 (1.17%) GDPR
6 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.78%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.39%) PMO
Vendors
1 189 (73.83%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.34%) HubSpot
3 5 (1.95%) Databricks
3 5 (1.95%) Oracle
4 4 (1.56%) HP
5 3 (1.17%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.78%) Google
6 2 (0.78%) OneTrust
6 2 (0.78%) Sage
6 2 (0.78%) Xero
7 1 (0.39%) Pinterest
7 1 (0.39%) Remedy