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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 122 106
Rank change year-on-year +57 -16 -17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 123 100 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.13% 1.64% 2.72%
As % of the Applications category 28.54% 24.75% 34.27%
Number of salaries quoted 74 43 103
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,550 £26,677
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £30,431
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +4.02%
75th Percentile £48,750 £58,125 £47,573
90th Percentile £56,750 £67,250 £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 431 404 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.97% 6.63% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 166 192 290
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £77,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -2.46%

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 5 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 5 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 +47 44 £40,000 +4.58% 19
Devon +23 20 £47,500 -22.45% 10
Cornwall +1 16 £27,500 -8.33%
Wiltshire +19 14 £37,500 - 26
Somerset -6 14 £35,000 -21.35% 15
Gloucestershire +24 11 £50,000 +17.65% 22
Dorset +4 4 £45,000 - 17
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 17 (13.82%) SharePoint
2 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (29.27%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (25.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
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 4 (3.25%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (2.44%) SAP APO
3 3 (2.44%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 53 (43.09%) Power Platform
2 17 (13.82%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (13.01%) Azure
4 8 (6.50%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.44%) Intacct
5 3 (2.44%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
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%) Slack
7 1 (0.81%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.76%) Firewall
2 5 (4.07%) Broadband
3 4 (3.25%) Internet
3 4 (3.25%) Intranet
3 4 (3.25%) Wireless
4 1 (0.81%) SMS
4 1 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (43.09%) Power BI
2 14 (11.38%) Power Query
3 12 (9.76%) Data Mining
3 12 (9.76%) Tableau
4 8 (6.50%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (4.07%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.44%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.63%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.81%) Ataccama
8 1 (0.81%) GIS
8 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Git
1 2 (1.63%) JIRA
1 2 (1.63%) Subversion
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.81%) RStudio
General
1 60 (48.78%) Finance
2 57 (46.34%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (39.84%) Social Skills
4 22 (17.89%) Retail
5 12 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (8.94%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.88%) Legal
7 6 (4.88%) Marketing
8 5 (4.07%) Advertising
8 5 (4.07%) Banking
8 5 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.25%) Electronics
10 3 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.63%) Billing
12 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.81%) Law
Job Titles
1 41 (33.33%) Analyst
2 13 (10.57%) Junior
3 12 (9.76%) 1st Line Engineer
3 12 (9.76%) 1st Line Support
3 12 (9.76%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 12 (9.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 12 (9.76%) Financial Analyst
3 12 (9.76%) Power BI Analyst
3 12 (9.76%) Support Engineer
4 11 (8.94%) Administrator
4 11 (8.94%) Data Analyst
5 9 (7.32%) Developer
6 8 (6.50%) Junior Developer
7 7 (5.69%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.69%) Coordinator
7 7 (5.69%) Finance Manager
8 6 (4.88%) Support Analyst
9 4 (3.25%) IT Administrator
9 4 (3.25%) Junior Analyst
9 4 (3.25%) Trainee Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.82%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (13.01%) Driving Licence
3 12 (9.76%) Onboarding
4 11 (8.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (8.94%) Data Structures
5 9 (7.32%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.25%) CMDB
6 4 (3.25%) FMCG
7 2 (1.63%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.63%) IoT
7 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.63%) SCADA
8 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.81%) Freedom of Information Act
8 1 (0.81%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.81%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.81%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.81%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (40.65%) Business Intelligence
2 40 (32.52%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (23.58%) Data Analysis
3 29 (23.58%) Decision-Making
4 26 (21.14%) Analytics
5 23 (18.70%) Project Management
6 21 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (16.26%) Process Improvement
8 15 (12.20%) Budgeting
9 14 (11.38%) Agile
10 13 (10.57%) Customer Experience
11 12 (9.76%) Coaching
11 12 (9.76%) Customer Service
11 12 (9.76%) Internal Audit
11 12 (9.76%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 12 (9.76%) Service Delivery
12 11 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (8.13%) Commercial Awareness
13 10 (8.13%) Data Analytics
13 10 (8.13%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 41 (33.33%) SQL
2 14 (11.38%) Python
2 14 (11.38%) VBA
3 5 (4.07%) R
4 3 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (2.44%) Julia
5 2 (1.63%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.81%) VB
Qualifications
1 32 (26.02%) Degree
2 16 (13.01%) ACCA
2 16 (13.01%) CIMA
3 6 (4.88%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.44%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.44%) PMP
6 2 (1.63%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.44%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.44%) PMO
2 2 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.81%) P3O
System Software
1 14 (11.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 77 (62.60%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.76%) Apple
2 12 (9.76%) Progress
3 8 (6.50%) Facebook
4 6 (4.88%) Sage
5 5 (4.07%) SAP
6 2 (1.63%) Oracle
7 1 (0.81%) Google
7 1 (0.81%) Intel
7 1 (0.81%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.81%) TikTok
7 1 (0.81%) Verint