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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 62 90
Rank change year-on-year +6 +28 +17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 248 127 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.77% 3.61% 2.32%
As % of the Applications category 43.36% 34.60% 29.71%
Number of salaries quoted 107 79 75
10th Percentile £25,304 £27,125 £26,100
25th Percentile £28,313 £28,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% -5.88% +15.81%
75th Percentile £43,750 £53,750 £54,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £60,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,750 £44,309
% change year-on-year -4.19% -5.78% -1.54%

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 572 367 626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.38% 10.44% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 332 169 354
10th Percentile £26,525 £26,600 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,500 £28,000 £29,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -2.60% -3.75%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,600 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -3.53% -5.56%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -17 57 £34,000 -15.00% 44
Gloucestershire -4 49 £35,000 +18.64% 35
Dorset +34 45 £33,000 -58.75% 12
Devon 0 37 £28,750 -39.47% 15
Somerset -12 34 £35,000 -29.29% 27
Wiltshire -7 20 £55,000 +10.00% 11
Cornwall -2 2 £32,250 +18.35% 2
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 (6.05%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.02%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.81%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 50 (20.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 46 (18.55%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.82%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.61%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.61%) Windchill
5 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (8.87%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.82%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.81%) Primavera
4 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 147 (59.27%) Power Platform
2 89 (35.89%) Azure
3 82 (33.06%) Azure AI
4 13 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.44%) SaaS
6 8 (3.23%) AWS
6 8 (3.23%) Power Automate
6 8 (3.23%) PowerApps
7 6 (2.42%) GitHub
8 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.61%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.81%) GCP
11 2 (0.81%) Google Gemini
11 2 (0.81%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.81%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.40%) Canva
12 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.81%) LAN
2 1 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (59.27%) Power BI
2 87 (35.08%) Tableau
3 8 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.82%) Power Query
5 5 (2.02%) Big Data
5 5 (2.02%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.40%) MS Access
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.63%) JIRA
2 7 (2.82%) Git
3 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 185 (74.60%) Social Skills
2 71 (28.63%) Finance
3 51 (20.56%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (14.52%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (8.06%) Retail
6 17 (6.85%) Marketing
7 13 (5.24%) Manufacturing
8 12 (4.84%) Legal
9 11 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (4.44%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.63%) Military
11 7 (2.82%) Billing
11 7 (2.82%) Local Government
11 7 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.02%) Banking
12 5 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.02%) Law
13 4 (1.61%) Advertising
13 4 (1.61%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 117 (47.18%) Analyst
2 93 (37.50%) Junior
3 91 (36.69%) Junior Analyst
4 85 (34.27%) Data Analyst
5 82 (33.06%) Junior Data Analyst
6 30 (12.10%) Administrator
7 15 (6.05%) Applications Support
8 13 (5.24%) Sales Administrator
9 11 (4.44%) Accountant
9 11 (4.44%) Management Accountant
10 10 (4.03%) Coordinator
10 10 (4.03%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (3.23%) Lead
12 7 (2.82%) Applications Support Analyst
12 7 (2.82%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 7 (2.82%) Developer
12 7 (2.82%) Support Analyst
13 6 (2.42%) Business Manager
13 6 (2.42%) Data Administrator
13 6 (2.42%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.21%) .NET
1 3 (1.21%) .NET Framework
1 3 (1.21%) ASP.NET
1 3 (1.21%) Entity Framework
1 3 (1.21%) HTML
1 3 (1.21%) JSON
1 3 (1.21%) XML
2 2 (0.81%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 48 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 20 (8.06%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.65%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.42%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.02%) NHS
6 5 (2.02%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.61%) Social Media
8 3 (1.21%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.21%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.21%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.21%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.81%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.81%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.81%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.40%) Social Network
10 1 (0.40%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.21%) Windows
2 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (62.90%) Business Intelligence
2 112 (45.16%) AI
3 52 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (17.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (15.32%) Process Improvement
6 35 (14.11%) Data Analysis
7 30 (12.10%) CRM
7 30 (12.10%) Customer Service
8 27 (10.89%) Decision-Making
9 22 (8.87%) Project Management
10 21 (8.47%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 20 (8.06%) Workflow
12 19 (7.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (7.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (7.26%) Collaborative Working
14 16 (6.45%) Data Management
14 16 (6.45%) Logistics
15 15 (6.05%) Agile
15 15 (6.05%) Visualisation
16 14 (5.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 125 (50.40%) SQL
2 93 (37.50%) Python
3 8 (3.23%) VBA
4 7 (2.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (2.42%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.21%) C#
6 3 (1.21%) VB
6 3 (1.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 82 (33.06%) Azure Certification
2 44 (17.74%) Degree
3 21 (8.47%) ACCA
3 21 (8.47%) CIMA
4 16 (6.45%) AAT
5 12 (4.84%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.42%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.61%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.61%) PMP
8 3 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.21%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.21%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.81%) HPE ATP
9 2 (0.81%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.68%) QA
2 20 (8.06%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.42%) GDPR
3 6 (2.42%) SLA
4 5 (2.02%) Software Quality Assurance
5 4 (1.61%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.61%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.61%) ISO 9000
5 4 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.21%) PMO
7 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.81%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 182 (73.39%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.23%) HubSpot
3 5 (2.02%) Databricks
3 5 (2.02%) OneTrust
3 5 (2.02%) Oracle
3 5 (2.02%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.21%) Google
4 3 (1.21%) HP
5 2 (0.81%) Adobe
5 2 (0.81%) Apple
5 2 (0.81%) Sage
5 2 (0.81%) Xero
6 1 (0.40%) Pinterest
6 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.40%) Zoho