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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 97 99
Rank change year-on-year +36 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 123 131 128
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.42% 2.02% 2.74%
As % of the Applications category 29.15% 28.92% 35.85%
Number of salaries quoted 75 44 110
10th Percentile £26,875 £26,700 £26,677
25th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £30,431
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,250 £38,125
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.20% +5.76%
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,813 £47,573
90th Percentile £58,100 £66,500 £61,123
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -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 422 453 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.73% 6.98% 7.64%
Number of salaries quoted 159 199 291
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £49,188 £56,875 £55,000
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% -1.10%

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 +46 43 £40,000 +14.29% 25
Devon +17 18 £47,500 -22.45% 11
Cornwall 0 17 £27,375 -8.75%
Somerset +6 16 £35,000 -32.04% 17
Wiltshire +21 14 £37,500 - 19
Gloucestershire +28 12 £29,500 -30.59% 17
Dorset -16 3 £55,000 +22.22% 11
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 16 (13.01%) SharePoint
2 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (30.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 33 (26.83%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (7.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.81%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Visualfiles
2 3 (2.44%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.44%) SAP APO
2 3 (2.44%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 58 (47.15%) Power Platform
2 22 (17.89%) Azure
3 16 (13.01%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.69%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.44%) Intacct
6 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.63%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.63%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.81%) Asana
7 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.81%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.81%) SaaS
7 1 (0.81%) Slack
7 1 (0.81%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.76%) Firewall
2 6 (4.88%) Internet
3 5 (4.07%) Broadband
4 4 (3.25%) Wireless
5 3 (2.44%) Intranet
6 1 (0.81%) SMS
6 1 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (47.15%) Power BI
2 18 (14.63%) Data Mining
3 15 (12.20%) BusinessObjects
4 14 (11.38%) Power Query
5 12 (9.76%) Tableau
6 4 (3.25%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.44%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (2.44%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.81%) GIS
8 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Git
1 3 (2.44%) Subversion
2 2 (1.63%) JIRA
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.81%) RStudio
General
1 58 (47.15%) Analytical Skills
2 49 (39.84%) Finance
3 46 (37.40%) Social Skills
4 27 (21.95%) Retail
5 12 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (8.13%) Marketing
7 8 (6.50%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.88%) Legal
9 5 (4.07%) Advertising
9 5 (4.07%) Banking
9 5 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.25%) Electronics
10 4 (3.25%) Local Government
11 3 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.63%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.81%) Billing
13 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.81%) Law
Job Titles
1 36 (29.27%) Analyst
2 17 (13.82%) Junior
3 16 (13.01%) Developer
4 15 (12.20%) Junior Developer
5 12 (9.76%) 1st Line Engineer
5 12 (9.76%) 1st Line Support
5 12 (9.76%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 12 (9.76%) Administrator
5 12 (9.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 12 (9.76%) Financial Analyst
5 12 (9.76%) Power BI Analyst
5 12 (9.76%) Support Engineer
6 9 (7.32%) Data Analyst
6 9 (7.32%) Support Analyst
7 6 (4.88%) Coordinator
7 6 (4.88%) Finance Manager
8 4 (3.25%) IT Administrator
9 3 (2.44%) Data Manager
9 3 (2.44%) Relationships Manager
9 3 (2.44%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.25%) XML
2 1 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.45%) Data Structures
2 15 (12.20%) Driving Licence
3 14 (11.38%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (9.76%) Onboarding
5 9 (7.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (6.50%) Management Information System
7 4 (3.25%) CMDB
7 4 (3.25%) FMCG
8 3 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.63%) Social Network
10 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.81%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.81%) Freedom of Information Act
10 1 (0.81%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.81%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.81%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.81%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.77%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (21.14%) Data Analysis
4 25 (20.33%) Decision-Making
5 20 (16.26%) Coaching
5 20 (16.26%) Customer Experience
6 19 (15.45%) Analytics
6 19 (15.45%) Service Delivery
7 18 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (13.82%) Commercial Awareness
9 15 (12.20%) Data Management
9 15 (12.20%) Performance Management
9 15 (12.20%) WFM
10 14 (11.38%) Process Improvement
10 14 (11.38%) Project Management
11 13 (10.57%) Budgeting
11 13 (10.57%) Customer Service
12 12 (9.76%) Internal Audit
12 12 (9.76%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 9 (7.32%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 46 (37.40%) SQL
2 20 (16.26%) VBA
3 12 (9.76%) Python
4 6 (4.88%) R
5 4 (3.25%) Julia
6 2 (1.63%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 22 (17.89%) Degree
2 15 (12.20%) ACCA
2 15 (12.20%) CIMA
3 4 (3.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (1.63%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.81%) PMP
5 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.63%) GDPR
2 2 (1.63%) PMO
3 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.81%) P3O
3 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 14 (11.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 79 (64.23%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.20%) Facebook
3 12 (9.76%) Apple
3 12 (9.76%) Progress
4 6 (4.88%) Sage
5 5 (4.07%) SAP
6 2 (1.63%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.81%) Google
7 1 (0.81%) Intel
7 1 (0.81%) Oracle
7 1 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.81%) TikTok
7 1 (0.81%) Verint