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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 92 107
Rank change year-on-year +31 +15 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 130 172 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.74% 2.29% 2.77%
As % of the Applications category 34.95% 29.86% 38.44%
Number of salaries quoted 80 56 109
10th Percentile £26,625 £27,000 £26,677
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,188 £30,431
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £43,480 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +12.21% +3.33%
75th Percentile £48,813 £56,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £61,123
England median annual salary £40,000 £44,000 £45,600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% -4.00%

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 372 576 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.69% 7.68% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 159 265 283
10th Percentile £26,600 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,625 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.64% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,500 £73,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +53 50 £40,000 +14.29% 39
Devon +29 20 £47,500 -13.64% 23
Somerset +1 16 £37,500 -27.18% 29
Wiltshire +28 14 £37,500 - 24
Gloucestershire +24 14 £29,500 -9.23% 34
Cornwall -1 13 £27,250 -9.17% 4
Dorset -29 3 £55,000 +15.79% 23
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 39 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 37 (28.46%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.38%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.77%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Visualfiles
2 3 (2.31%) SAP APO
2 3 (2.31%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 60 (46.15%) Power Platform
2 22 (16.92%) Azure
3 12 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.62%) GCP
5 3 (2.31%) Intacct
6 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.54%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.77%) Asana
7 1 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.77%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.77%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.77%) SaaS
7 1 (0.77%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.69%) Firewall
2 5 (3.85%) Internet
3 3 (2.31%) Intranet
4 1 (0.77%) Broadband
4 1 (0.77%) SMS
4 1 (0.77%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (46.15%) Power BI
2 16 (12.31%) Data Mining
3 15 (11.54%) BusinessObjects
4 14 (10.77%) Tableau
5 13 (10.00%) Power Query
6 6 (4.62%) Data Hub
7 5 (3.85%) Data Lake
7 5 (3.85%) SQL Server
8 4 (3.08%) MS Access
8 4 (3.08%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.77%) GIS
9 1 (0.77%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Git
1 4 (3.08%) Subversion
2 1 (0.77%) JIRA
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.77%) RStudio
General
1 61 (46.92%) Analytical Skills
2 54 (41.54%) Finance
3 53 (40.77%) Social Skills
4 28 (21.54%) Retail
5 15 (11.54%) Marketing
6 12 (9.23%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (8.46%) Banking
8 10 (7.69%) Manufacturing
9 8 (6.15%) Local Government
10 5 (3.85%) Electronics
10 5 (3.85%) Telecoms
11 4 (3.08%) Advertising
11 4 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.31%) Legal
12 3 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.54%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.54%) Aviation
13 2 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 37 (28.46%) Analyst
2 17 (13.08%) Junior
3 16 (12.31%) Developer
4 15 (11.54%) Junior Developer
5 14 (10.77%) Administrator
6 12 (9.23%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 12 (9.23%) Financial Analyst
6 12 (9.23%) Power BI Analyst
6 12 (9.23%) Support Analyst
7 10 (7.69%) 1st Line Engineer
7 10 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
7 10 (7.69%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 10 (7.69%) Data Analyst
7 10 (7.69%) Support Engineer
8 8 (6.15%) Data Manager
9 6 (4.62%) Analytics Manager
10 5 (3.85%) Data Analytics Manager
11 4 (3.08%) IT Administrator
11 4 (3.08%) Risk Manager
11 4 (3.08%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.15%) XML
2 2 (1.54%) Middleware
3 1 (0.77%) .NET
3 1 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.38%) Data Structures
2 13 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 11 (8.46%) Onboarding
3 11 (8.46%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (6.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (5.38%) Management Information System
6 6 (4.62%) FMCG
7 4 (3.08%) CMDB
7 4 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (3.08%) Social Network
8 2 (1.54%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.77%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.77%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (0.77%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.77%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.77%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.54%) Windows
1 2 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (35.38%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (29.23%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (21.54%) Data Analysis
4 27 (20.77%) Analytics
4 27 (20.77%) Decision-Making
5 22 (16.92%) WFM
6 21 (16.15%) Coaching
7 20 (15.38%) Data Management
8 18 (13.85%) Service Delivery
9 17 (13.08%) Customer Service
10 16 (12.31%) Commercial Awareness
10 16 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (12.31%) Customer Experience
11 15 (11.54%) Data Analytics
11 15 (11.54%) Performance Management
12 13 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (9.23%) Actionable Insight
13 12 (9.23%) Internal Audit
14 11 (8.46%) Project Management
15 10 (7.69%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 47 (36.15%) SQL
2 22 (16.92%) VBA
3 11 (8.46%) Python
4 7 (5.38%) R
5 5 (3.85%) Julia
6 2 (1.54%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.77%) C#
7 1 (0.77%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (16.92%) Degree
2 12 (9.23%) ACCA
2 12 (9.23%) CIMA
3 4 (3.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.77%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.77%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.31%) PMO
2 3 (2.31%) QA
3 2 (1.54%) GDPR
4 1 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.77%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.77%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (9.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 85 (65.38%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.54%) Facebook
3 10 (7.69%) Apple
3 10 (7.69%) Progress
4 7 (5.38%) Google
5 6 (4.62%) Sage
6 5 (3.85%) SAP
7 3 (2.31%) Oracle
8 2 (1.54%) Citrix
8 2 (1.54%) NetApp
8 2 (1.54%) Planview
8 2 (1.54%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.54%) VMware
9 1 (0.77%) Intel
9 1 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.77%) TikTok
9 1 (0.77%) Verint
9 1 (0.77%) Xero