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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 96 104
Rank change year-on-year +49 +8 -24
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 193 69 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.95% 2.52% 2.59%
As % of the Applications category 49.36% 37.70% 28.90%
Number of salaries quoted 64 44 148
10th Percentile £25,120 £27,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £27,250 £30,899 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% +16.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £45,000 £61,250 £49,375
90th Percentile £52,500 £68,114 £62,500
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% -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 391 183 706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.97% 6.67% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 159 119 556
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,850 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,375 £30,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £39,005
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +8.96% +4.01%
75th Percentile £45,000 £56,875 £56,063
90th Percentile £55,750 £67,623 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,863 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.43% +27.63% -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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +27 42 £25,000 -28.57% 7
Bristol -8 41 £40,000 -8.05% 11
Gloucestershire +29 31 £46,250 +56.78% 14
Somerset +6 31 £33,750 -34.15% 18
Dorset +6 31 £43,500 -34.34% 9
Cornwall -12 9 £26,700 -3.78% 4
Wiltshire -4 8 £41,875 -33.00% 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 15 (7.77%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.59%) Confluence
3 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 26 (13.47%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (9.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.04%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.52%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 123 (63.73%) Power Platform
2 105 (54.40%) Azure
3 102 (52.85%) Azure AI
4 13 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.66%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.07%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.04%) Intacct
8 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.15%) Firewall
2 2 (1.04%) Broadband
2 2 (1.04%) LAN
3 1 (0.52%) Internet
3 1 (0.52%) Intranet
3 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (63.73%) Power BI
2 111 (57.51%) Tableau
3 10 (5.18%) Power Query
4 9 (4.66%) Data Mining
5 8 (4.15%) PowerPivot
6 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.04%) Ataccama
7 2 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.04%) DTS
7 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.52%) DataStage
8 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.11%) JIRA
General
1 148 (76.68%) Social Skills
2 51 (26.42%) Finance
3 23 (11.92%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.22%) Legal
5 8 (4.15%) Agriculture
5 8 (4.15%) Retail
6 7 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.11%) Military
8 4 (2.07%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.04%) Aviation
9 2 (1.04%) Avionics
9 2 (1.04%) Back Office
9 2 (1.04%) Electronics
10 1 (0.52%) Billing
10 1 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 137 (70.98%) Analyst
2 120 (62.18%) Data Analyst
3 110 (56.99%) Junior
4 105 (54.40%) Junior Analyst
5 102 (52.85%) Junior Data Analyst
6 12 (6.22%) Administrator
7 10 (5.18%) Financial Analyst
8 9 (4.66%) 1st Line Engineer
8 9 (4.66%) 1st Line Support
8 9 (4.66%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 9 (4.66%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.66%) Support Engineer
8 9 (4.66%) Trainee
8 9 (4.66%) Trainee Analyst
8 9 (4.66%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 6 (3.11%) Data Administrator
10 5 (2.59%) IT Support
11 4 (2.07%) IT Support Engineer
11 4 (2.07%) Junior IT Support
11 4 (2.07%) Procurement Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) JSON
1 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.18%) Driving Licence
2 8 (4.15%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.07%) e-Learning
5 3 (1.55%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.55%) Learning Management System
5 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.04%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.04%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.04%) IoT
6 2 (1.04%) SCADA
6 2 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.52%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (66.84%) Business Intelligence
2 108 (55.96%) AI
3 30 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (14.51%) Process Improvement
5 26 (13.47%) Project Management
6 25 (12.95%) Data Analysis
7 23 (11.92%) Analytics
8 19 (9.84%) Budgeting
9 14 (7.25%) Agile
9 14 (7.25%) Workflow
10 12 (6.22%) Business Analysis
11 11 (5.70%) Decision-Making
12 10 (5.18%) Budget Management
12 10 (5.18%) Data Analytics
13 9 (4.66%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (4.66%) ERP
14 8 (4.15%) Customer Service
14 8 (4.15%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 7 (3.63%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 7 (3.63%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 122 (63.21%) SQL
2 113 (58.55%) Python
3 3 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (1.55%) VBA
4 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (52.85%) Azure Certification
2 23 (11.92%) Degree
3 9 (4.66%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.15%) ACCA
5 7 (3.63%) CIMA
5 7 (3.63%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.07%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.55%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.55%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.55%) PMP
8 2 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.04%) HPE ATP
8 2 (1.04%) IIBA
9 1 (0.52%) RIBA
9 1 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.55%) Data Quality
1 3 (1.55%) PMO
2 2 (1.04%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.52%) GAAP
3 1 (0.52%) IFRS
3 1 (0.52%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.52%) P3O
System Software
1 8 (4.15%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 158 (81.87%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.15%) Apple
3 4 (2.07%) HP
3 4 (2.07%) Progress
4 3 (1.55%) Remedy
5 2 (1.04%) IBM
5 2 (1.04%) Sage
5 2 (1.04%) SAP
6 1 (0.52%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle