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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 70 99
Rank change year-on-year +18 +29 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 253 114 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.91% 3.32% 2.25%
As % of the Applications category 45.34% 35.29% 28.49%
Number of salaries quoted 106 70 83
10th Percentile £25,652 £27,188 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £43,750 £55,625 £53,625
90th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £59,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -

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 558 323 667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.42% 9.42% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 319 159 405
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,625 £25,600
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £29,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -
75th Percentile £44,250 £52,600 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £68,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% -6.67%

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 31 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 31 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 -25 54 £40,000 - 23
Gloucestershire -3 51 £35,000 +18.64% 11
Dorset +31 47 £36,500 -45.93% 8
Devon +10 42 £28,750 -45.24% 6
Somerset -14 35 £35,000 -30.00% 16
Wiltshire -19 18 £55,000 -12.00% 7
Cornwall -1 2 £32,250 +18.35% 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 15 (5.93%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.98%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.79%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 46 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 43 (17.00%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.77%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.58%) Windchill
5 3 (1.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (8.30%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.98%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.79%) Primavera
4 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 159 (62.85%) Power Platform
2 101 (39.92%) Azure
3 95 (37.55%) Azure AI
4 12 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.35%) Power Automate
6 10 (3.95%) SaaS
7 8 (3.16%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.37%) AWS
9 5 (1.98%) GitHub
10 3 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.19%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.40%) Canva
12 1 (0.40%) GCP
12 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
12 1 (0.40%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.79%) LAN
2 1 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (62.85%) Power BI
2 101 (39.92%) Tableau
3 10 (3.95%) Power Query
4 8 (3.16%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.98%) Big Data
5 5 (1.98%) Star Schema
6 3 (1.19%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.79%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.79%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.40%) DataStage
8 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.16%) JIRA
2 6 (2.37%) Git
3 2 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 189 (74.70%) Social Skills
2 68 (26.88%) Finance
3 47 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (12.65%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (7.11%) Retail
6 13 (5.14%) Marketing
7 12 (4.74%) Legal
7 12 (4.74%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (3.95%) Military
10 9 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.56%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.77%) Local Government
11 7 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.37%) Billing
13 4 (1.58%) Environmental Health
14 3 (1.19%) Advertising
14 3 (1.19%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.19%) Agriculture
14 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 131 (51.78%) Analyst
2 106 (41.90%) Junior
3 104 (41.11%) Junior Analyst
4 102 (40.32%) Data Analyst
5 95 (37.55%) Junior Data Analyst
6 29 (11.46%) Administrator
7 13 (5.14%) Applications Support
7 13 (5.14%) Financial Analyst
7 13 (5.14%) Sales Administrator
8 11 (4.35%) Accountant
8 11 (4.35%) Management Accountant
9 8 (3.16%) Coordinator
9 8 (3.16%) Developer
9 8 (3.16%) Lead
10 7 (2.77%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 6 (2.37%) Business Manager
11 6 (2.37%) Data Administrator
11 6 (2.37%) Test Engineer
12 5 (1.98%) Applications Support Analyst
12 5 (1.98%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.19%) .NET
1 3 (1.19%) .NET Framework
1 3 (1.19%) ASP.NET
1 3 (1.19%) Entity Framework
1 3 (1.19%) JSON
1 3 (1.19%) XML
2 2 (0.79%) HTML
2 2 (0.79%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 43 (17.00%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.51%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.74%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.37%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.98%) NHS
7 4 (1.58%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.19%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.19%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.19%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.19%) Social Media
8 3 (1.19%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.79%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.79%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.79%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.79%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.40%) Social Network
10 1 (0.40%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.19%) Windows
2 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (65.22%) Business Intelligence
2 120 (47.43%) AI
3 51 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (15.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (14.23%) Process Improvement
6 34 (13.44%) Data Analysis
7 29 (11.46%) CRM
7 29 (11.46%) Customer Service
8 24 (9.49%) Decision-Making
9 21 (8.30%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 21 (8.30%) Workflow
10 19 (7.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (7.11%) Project Management
12 16 (6.32%) Collaborative Working
12 16 (6.32%) Logistics
13 15 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (5.53%) Agile
14 14 (5.53%) Data Management
14 14 (5.53%) Visualisation
15 12 (4.74%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 135 (53.36%) SQL
2 106 (41.90%) Python
3 8 (3.16%) VBA
4 7 (2.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (1.98%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.19%) C#
6 3 (1.19%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 95 (37.55%) Azure Certification
2 40 (15.81%) Degree
3 21 (8.30%) ACCA
3 21 (8.30%) CIMA
4 16 (6.32%) AAT
5 13 (5.14%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.77%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.58%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.58%) PMP
8 3 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.19%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.19%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.79%) HPE ATP
9 2 (0.79%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.70%) QA
2 18 (7.11%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.98%) SLA
3 5 (1.98%) Software Quality Assurance
4 4 (1.58%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.58%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.58%) GDPR
4 4 (1.58%) ISO 9000
4 4 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (0.79%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.79%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.79%) PMO
Vendors
1 186 (73.52%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.77%) HubSpot
3 5 (1.98%) Databricks
3 5 (1.98%) Oracle
4 4 (1.58%) HP
4 4 (1.58%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.19%) OneTrust
6 2 (0.79%) Google
6 2 (0.79%) Sage
6 2 (0.79%) Xero
7 1 (0.40%) Adobe
7 1 (0.40%) Apple
7 1 (0.40%) Pinterest
7 1 (0.40%) Remedy