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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 62 100
Rank change year-on-year -19 +38 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 233 126 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.19% 3.51% 2.01%
As % of the Applications category 35.79% 29.44% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 149 77 44
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,625 £26,700
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% -9.09% +8.20%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £57,813
90th Percentile £56,500 £57,900 £66,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 651 428 462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.11% 11.93% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 433 162 201
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £36,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -15.79% +5.56%

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 16 October 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 October 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 -23 62 £41,250 +3.13% 12
Gloucestershire -29 50 £35,000 +18.64% 4
Somerset -16 30 £32,250 -7.86% 6
Wiltshire -5 29 £28,500 -24.00% 1
Dorset +20 28 £33,500 -39.09% 6
Devon -22 23 £28,750 -39.47% 9
Avon - 4 £32,500 - 6
Cornwall -6 1 £28,500 +4.59% 1
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 24 (10.30%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.15%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.86%) Confluence
3 2 (0.86%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.43%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 77 (33.05%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (27.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (6.87%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (3.86%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.72%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.72%) Windchill
6 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (9.87%) NetSuite
2 7 (3.00%) Visualfiles
3 3 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.86%) Primavera
5 1 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.43%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.43%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (34.33%) Power Platform
2 25 (10.73%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (7.73%) Azure
4 12 (5.15%) Power Automate
4 12 (5.15%) SaaS
5 9 (3.86%) AWS
5 9 (3.86%) PowerApps
6 8 (3.43%) Microsoft Copilot
7 7 (3.00%) Azure AI
8 6 (2.58%) GitHub
9 4 (1.72%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.29%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.86%) GCP
11 2 (0.86%) Google Gemini
11 2 (0.86%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.86%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.43%) DHCP
2 1 (0.43%) DNS
2 1 (0.43%) Firewall
2 1 (0.43%) Internet
2 1 (0.43%) VLAN
2 1 (0.43%) VoIP
2 1 (0.43%) VPN
2 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (34.33%) Power BI
2 11 (4.72%) Tableau
3 10 (4.29%) Power Query
4 7 (3.00%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.15%) Big Data
5 5 (2.15%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.86%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.86%) EDMS
6 2 (0.86%) Metadata
7 1 (0.43%) MS Access
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.15%) JIRA
2 7 (3.00%) Git
3 2 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 147 (63.09%) Social Skills
2 92 (39.48%) Finance
3 76 (32.62%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (30.90%) Organisational Skills
5 34 (14.59%) Manufacturing
6 26 (11.16%) Marketing
7 18 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (6.01%) Retail
9 13 (5.58%) Legal
10 12 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (4.72%) Automotive
11 11 (4.72%) Public Sector
12 10 (4.29%) Advertising
13 9 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (3.43%) Aerospace
14 8 (3.43%) Billing
15 7 (3.00%) Law
16 6 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (2.15%) Banking
17 5 (2.15%) Military
Job Titles
1 50 (21.46%) Analyst
2 35 (15.02%) Administrator
3 19 (8.15%) Junior
4 18 (7.73%) Coordinator
5 17 (7.30%) Junior Analyst
6 12 (5.15%) Accountant
6 12 (5.15%) Applications Support
7 11 (4.72%) Data Analyst
7 11 (4.72%) Management Accountant
7 11 (4.72%) Sales Administrator
8 10 (4.29%) Business Manager
8 10 (4.29%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (3.43%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.43%) Finance Manager
9 8 (3.43%) Lead
9 8 (3.43%) Support Analyst
10 7 (3.00%) Applications Support Analyst
10 7 (3.00%) Developer
10 7 (3.00%) Junior Data Analyst
11 6 (2.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.72%) HTML
2 2 (0.86%) .NET
2 2 (0.86%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.86%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.86%) Entity Framework
2 2 (0.86%) PySpark
2 2 (0.86%) XML
3 1 (0.43%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.43%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 71 (30.47%) Management Information System
2 31 (13.30%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (12.02%) Onboarding
4 14 (6.01%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.00%) NHS
7 6 (2.58%) Robotics
7 6 (2.58%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.72%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.29%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.29%) Photography
9 3 (1.29%) Social Media
10 2 (0.86%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.86%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.43%) Fat Client
11 1 (0.43%) Reference Data
11 1 (0.43%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.43%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.72%) Windows
2 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (37.77%) Business Intelligence
2 78 (33.48%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (29.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (20.17%) Process Improvement
5 42 (18.03%) Data Analysis
6 41 (17.60%) AI
6 41 (17.60%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (17.17%) Collaborative Working
8 38 (16.31%) CRM
9 37 (15.88%) Customer Service
9 37 (15.88%) Decision-Making
10 33 (14.16%) Project Management
11 27 (11.59%) Validation
12 25 (10.73%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 23 (9.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (9.44%) Logistics
14 22 (9.44%) Time Management
14 22 (9.44%) Visualisation
15 19 (8.15%) Agile
16 18 (7.73%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (21.46%) SQL
2 20 (8.58%) Python
3 8 (3.43%) JavaScript
4 7 (3.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (3.00%) VBA
5 3 (1.29%) C#
5 3 (1.29%) VB
6 2 (0.86%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.86%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.43%) C
7 1 (0.43%) Java
7 1 (0.43%) PHP
Qualifications
1 53 (22.75%) Degree
2 25 (10.73%) ACCA
2 25 (10.73%) CIMA
3 23 (9.87%) AAT
4 10 (4.29%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.43%) PMI Certification
6 7 (3.00%) Azure Certification
6 7 (3.00%) PMP
7 5 (2.15%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.29%) CIPD
8 3 (1.29%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.29%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.86%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.43%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.59%) QA
2 25 (10.73%) Data Quality
3 13 (5.58%) PMO
4 11 (4.72%) GDPR
5 7 (3.00%) SLA
6 6 (2.58%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.15%) Software Quality Assurance
8 4 (1.72%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.72%) ISO 9000
8 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (1.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 165 (70.82%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.58%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.43%) HubSpot
4 6 (2.58%) OneTrust
4 6 (2.58%) Oracle
5 5 (2.15%) Databricks
6 3 (1.29%) Apple
6 3 (1.29%) Facebook
6 3 (1.29%) Progress
6 3 (1.29%) Sage
6 3 (1.29%) SAP
7 2 (0.86%) Adobe
7 2 (0.86%) Google
7 2 (0.86%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.86%) Xero
8 1 (0.43%) HP
8 1 (0.43%) Remedy
8 1 (0.43%) Workday
8 1 (0.43%) Zoho