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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 111 116
Rank change year-on-year +42 +5 -25
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 126 100 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.96% 1.66% 2.53%
As % of the Applications category 29.23% 24.88% 32.20%
Number of salaries quoted 83 42 95
10th Percentile £27,700 £26,400 £26,677
25th Percentile £33,125 £32,500 £30,431
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +5.63%
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,188 £47,573
90th Percentile £55,000 £68,000 £61,123
England median annual salary £41,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.68% +5.56% -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 431 402 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.11% 6.68% 7.84%
Number of salaries quoted 176 188 287
10th Percentile £26,875 £27,500 £25,074
25th Percentile £28,875 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% -11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £45,698 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £77,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -3.23%

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025. 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 +34 46 £40,000 -3.61% 23
Devon +23 23 £46,507 -24.07% 12
Cornwall +1 16 £27,500 -8.33% 1
Gloucestershire +25 13 £50,000 +17.65% 27
Wiltshire +12 13 £41,250 +10.00% 14
Somerset -9 11 £35,000 -6.67% 14
Dorset -3 4 £45,000 - 20
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 18 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 12 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 39 (30.95%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (19.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (7.94%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Visualfiles
2 4 (3.17%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (2.38%) SAP APO
3 3 (2.38%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.79%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 46 (36.51%) Power Platform
2 17 (13.49%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (5.56%) Azure
5 4 (3.17%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.38%) Intacct
7 2 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.59%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.79%) Asana
8 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.79%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.79%) Slack
8 1 (0.79%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.52%) Firewall
2 5 (3.97%) Broadband
3 4 (3.17%) Internet
3 4 (3.17%) Intranet
3 4 (3.17%) Wireless
4 1 (0.79%) SMS
4 1 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (36.51%) Power BI
2 14 (11.11%) Power Query
2 14 (11.11%) Tableau
3 7 (5.56%) Data Mining
4 5 (3.97%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.59%) Ataccama
5 2 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.59%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.79%) GIS
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.79%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Git
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.79%) RStudio
2 1 (0.79%) Subversion
General
1 70 (55.56%) Finance
2 56 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 51 (40.48%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.32%) Retail
5 12 (9.52%) Manufacturing
5 12 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.76%) Legal
6 6 (4.76%) Marketing
7 5 (3.97%) Advertising
7 5 (3.97%) Banking
7 5 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.17%) Electronics
8 4 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.59%) Billing
11 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 46 (36.51%) Analyst
2 13 (10.32%) Data Analyst
2 13 (10.32%) Financial Analyst
3 12 (9.52%) 1st Line Engineer
3 12 (9.52%) 1st Line Support
3 12 (9.52%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 12 (9.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 12 (9.52%) Power BI Analyst
3 12 (9.52%) Support Engineer
4 11 (8.73%) Administrator
5 9 (7.14%) Business Analyst
6 8 (6.35%) Coordinator
7 7 (5.56%) Finance Manager
7 7 (5.56%) Trainee
7 7 (5.56%) Trainee Analyst
7 7 (5.56%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 6 (4.76%) Support Analyst
9 5 (3.97%) Junior
10 4 (3.17%) IT Administrator
10 4 (3.17%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.70%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (11.90%) Driving Licence
3 12 (9.52%) Onboarding
4 11 (8.73%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (8.73%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.17%) CMDB
5 4 (3.17%) FMCG
6 2 (1.59%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.59%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.59%) IoT
6 2 (1.59%) SCADA
7 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.79%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (0.79%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.79%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (41.27%) Business Intelligence
2 40 (31.75%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (24.60%) Decision-Making
4 30 (23.81%) Analytics
5 29 (23.02%) Project Management
6 25 (19.84%) Data Analysis
7 23 (18.25%) Process Improvement
8 22 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (15.87%) Budgeting
10 16 (12.70%) Agile
11 12 (9.52%) Customer Service
11 12 (9.52%) Data Analytics
11 12 (9.52%) Internal Audit
11 12 (9.52%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 12 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (7.14%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 9 (7.14%) Business Analysis
13 8 (6.35%) Dashboard Development
13 8 (6.35%) ERP
13 8 (6.35%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 35 (27.78%) SQL
2 16 (12.70%) Python
3 4 (3.17%) VBA
4 3 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (2.38%) R
5 2 (1.59%) Julia
5 2 (1.59%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (27.78%) Degree
2 18 (14.29%) ACCA
3 17 (13.49%) CIMA
4 7 (5.56%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.38%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.38%) PMP
6 3 (2.38%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.59%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.79%) IIBA
8 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.17%) Data Quality
1 4 (3.17%) PMO
2 2 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.59%) GDPR
3 1 (0.79%) GAAP
3 1 (0.79%) IFRS
3 1 (0.79%) P3O
System Software
1 14 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 79 (62.70%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.52%) Apple
2 12 (9.52%) Progress
3 6 (4.76%) Sage
3 6 (4.76%) SAP
4 2 (1.59%) Oracle
5 1 (0.79%) Google
5 1 (0.79%) IBM
5 1 (0.79%) Intel
5 1 (0.79%) Remedy
5 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) TikTok
5 1 (0.79%) Verint