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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 77 85
Rank change year-on-year +32 +8 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 239 83 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.17% 3.10% 2.98%
As % of the Applications category 57.18% 39.15% 32.44%
Number of salaries quoted 72 62 147
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £26,500 £27,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £43,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +14.67% +5.63%
75th Percentile £44,438 £63,124 £49,375
90th Percentile £52,926 £69,811 £59,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% +8.75% -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 418 212 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.54% 7.93% 9.18%
Number of salaries quoted 187 138 570
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,625 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,652 £27,750 £29,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £43,250 £39,005
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% +10.88% +4.01%
75th Percentile £44,250 £55,340 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,114 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -16.67%

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 May 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 May 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
Devon +19 56 £26,875 -23.21% 17
Somerset +6 43 £35,000 -30.00% 11
Dorset +12 42 £40,000 -39.62% 13
Bristol -21 41 £40,000 -9.05% 11
Gloucestershire +6 38 £26,500 -10.17% 15
Wiltshire -7 11 £45,000 -28.00% 6
Cornwall -9 8 £26,450 -2.94% 3
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 17 (7.11%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.67%) Confluence
3 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
Applications
1 28 (11.72%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (8.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.42%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 168 (70.29%) Power Platform
2 145 (60.67%) Azure
3 144 (60.25%) Azure AI
4 11 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.60%) Power Automate
5 3 (1.26%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.26%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.84%) Intacct
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.42%) Canva
7 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.42%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.42%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.93%) Firewall
2 2 (0.84%) LAN
3 1 (0.42%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (70.29%) Power BI
2 152 (63.60%) Tableau
3 9 (3.77%) Power Query
4 8 (3.35%) PowerPivot
5 7 (2.93%) Data Mining
6 4 (1.67%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.84%) DTS
8 1 (0.42%) Ataccama
8 1 (0.42%) Big Data
8 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.42%) DataStage
8 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Git
2 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 193 (80.75%) Social Skills
2 45 (18.83%) Finance
3 23 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.44%) Retail
5 12 (5.02%) Legal
6 9 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.35%) Agriculture
7 8 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.51%) Military
9 5 (2.09%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.67%) Local Government
11 3 (1.26%) Back Office
12 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.84%) Aviation
12 2 (0.84%) Avionics
12 2 (0.84%) Electronics
12 2 (0.84%) Marketing
12 2 (0.84%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 172 (71.97%) Analyst
2 160 (66.95%) Data Analyst
3 152 (63.60%) Junior
4 147 (61.51%) Junior Analyst
5 144 (60.25%) Junior Data Analyst
6 16 (6.69%) Administrator
7 10 (4.18%) 1st Line Engineer
7 10 (4.18%) 1st Line Support
7 10 (4.18%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 10 (4.18%) Financial Analyst
7 10 (4.18%) Support Engineer
8 8 (3.35%) Trainee
8 8 (3.35%) Trainee Analyst
8 8 (3.35%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 7 (2.93%) Data Administrator
9 7 (2.93%) Developer
10 6 (2.51%) Business Analyst
11 5 (2.09%) Applications Support
12 4 (1.67%) IT Support Engineer
12 4 (1.67%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.26%) .NET
1 3 (1.26%) .NET Framework
1 3 (1.26%) ASP.NET
1 3 (1.26%) Entity Framework
1 3 (1.26%) JSON
1 3 (1.26%) XML
2 1 (0.42%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.18%) Driving Licence
2 9 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.35%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (2.09%) e-Learning
5 3 (1.26%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.26%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (0.84%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.84%) Learning Management System
6 2 (0.84%) NHS
6 2 (0.84%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.84%) Social Media
7 1 (0.42%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.42%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.42%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.42%) IoT
7 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.42%) SCADA
7 1 (0.42%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (73.22%) Business Intelligence
2 151 (63.18%) AI
3 28 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (9.21%) Data Analysis
4 22 (9.21%) Process Improvement
5 21 (8.79%) Project Management
6 20 (8.37%) Analytics
7 15 (6.28%) Budgeting
8 14 (5.86%) Workflow
9 13 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (5.02%) Budget Management
11 11 (4.60%) Decision-Making
12 10 (4.18%) Agile
12 10 (4.18%) Customer Service
13 9 (3.77%) Business Analysis
13 9 (3.77%) CRM
13 9 (3.77%) Data Analytics
13 9 (3.77%) Data Management
14 7 (2.93%) Logistics
14 7 (2.93%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 161 (67.36%) SQL
2 154 (64.44%) Python
3 6 (2.51%) VBA
4 3 (1.26%) C#
4 3 (1.26%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 144 (60.25%) Azure Certification
2 18 (7.53%) Degree
3 10 (4.18%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.51%) ACCA
5 5 (2.09%) CIMA
5 5 (2.09%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.09%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.67%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.84%) HPE ATP
8 2 (0.84%) IIBA
8 2 (0.84%) RIBA
9 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.26%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.84%) JSP 440
2 2 (0.84%) PMO
3 1 (0.42%) GAAP
3 1 (0.42%) GDPR
3 1 (0.42%) IFRS
3 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 7 (2.93%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 206 (86.19%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.93%) Apple
3 4 (1.67%) HP
4 3 (1.26%) Progress
4 3 (1.26%) Remedy
5 2 (0.84%) IBM
5 2 (0.84%) Sage
5 2 (0.84%) SAP
6 1 (0.42%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.42%) Databricks
6 1 (0.42%) Google
6 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.42%) Pinterest