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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 57 90
Rank change year-on-year -12 +33 +12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 240 132 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.38% 3.78% 2.30%
As % of the Applications category 38.16% 35.29% 29.98%
Number of salaries quoted 130 81 56
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,625 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £38,000 £43,480
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% -12.60% +12.21%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £55,250 £70,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -9.09% -3.51%

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 629 374 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.24% 10.70% 7.68%
Number of salaries quoted 391 160 264
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,613 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,652 £28,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £36,813 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +1.55% -9.38%
75th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £55,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,250 £73,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -34 55 £36,500 -8.75% 46
Gloucestershire -18 51 £35,000 +18.64% 28
Dorset +33 39 £33,000 -40.00% 25
Devon -11 32 £28,750 -39.47% 22
Somerset -18 31 £35,000 -6.67% 33
Wiltshire -7 25 £41,750 +11.33% 20
Cornwall -4 2 £32,250 +18.35% 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 17 (7.08%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.08%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.83%) Confluence
3 2 (0.83%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 57 (23.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 56 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.67%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.67%) Windchill
6 1 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (9.17%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.92%) Visualfiles
3 3 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.83%) Primavera
5 1 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.42%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 122 (50.83%) Power Platform
2 58 (24.17%) Azure
3 49 (20.42%) Azure AI
4 21 (8.75%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (5.00%) Power Automate
5 12 (5.00%) SaaS
6 9 (3.75%) PowerApps
7 8 (3.33%) AWS
8 7 (2.92%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.50%) GitHub
10 4 (1.67%) ChatGPT
11 3 (1.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.83%) GCP
12 2 (0.83%) Google Gemini
12 2 (0.83%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.83%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.42%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (50.83%) Power BI
2 53 (22.08%) Tableau
3 9 (3.75%) Power Query
4 8 (3.33%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.08%) Big Data
5 5 (2.08%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) MS Access
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (5.42%) JIRA
2 7 (2.92%) Git
3 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 161 (67.08%) Social Skills
2 76 (31.67%) Finance
3 61 (25.42%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (22.08%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (9.58%) Manufacturing
5 23 (9.58%) Marketing
6 18 (7.50%) Retail
7 15 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (5.42%) Legal
9 11 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (4.58%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.92%) Advertising
10 7 (2.92%) Automotive
10 7 (2.92%) Billing
10 7 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.92%) Local Government
10 7 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.50%) Law
12 5 (2.08%) Aerospace
12 5 (2.08%) Banking
Job Titles
1 88 (36.67%) Analyst
2 61 (25.42%) Junior
3 59 (24.58%) Junior Analyst
4 52 (21.67%) Data Analyst
5 49 (20.42%) Junior Data Analyst
6 27 (11.25%) Administrator
7 15 (6.25%) Applications Support
8 13 (5.42%) Coordinator
9 11 (4.58%) Accountant
9 11 (4.58%) Management Accountant
10 10 (4.17%) Business Manager
10 10 (4.17%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (4.17%) Sales Administrator
11 8 (3.33%) Developer
11 8 (3.33%) Finance Manager
11 8 (3.33%) Lead
12 7 (2.92%) Applications Support Analyst
12 7 (2.92%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 7 (2.92%) Support Analyst
13 6 (2.50%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.08%) XML
2 4 (1.67%) HTML
3 3 (1.25%) .NET
3 3 (1.25%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.25%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.25%) Entity Framework
3 3 (1.25%) JSON
4 2 (0.83%) PySpark
5 1 (0.42%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 58 (24.17%) Management Information System
2 24 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (9.17%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.42%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.92%) NHS
7 6 (2.50%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.67%) Social Media
9 3 (1.25%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.25%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.83%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.83%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.83%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.83%) Web Conferencing
11 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.42%) Robotics
11 1 (0.42%) Social Network
11 1 (0.42%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.83%) Windows
2 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (55.00%) Business Intelligence
2 80 (33.33%) AI
3 67 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (24.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (16.25%) Data Analysis
6 37 (15.42%) CRM
7 36 (15.00%) Process Improvement
7 36 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 30 (12.50%) Project Management
9 29 (12.08%) Decision-Making
10 28 (11.67%) Collaborative Working
11 24 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 23 (9.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (8.33%) Validation
14 18 (7.50%) Visualisation
14 18 (7.50%) Workflow
15 17 (7.08%) Agile
16 16 (6.67%) Analytical Thinking
17 15 (6.25%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (40.00%) SQL
2 62 (25.83%) Python
3 8 (3.33%) JavaScript
3 8 (3.33%) VBA
4 7 (2.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (1.67%) C#
6 3 (1.25%) VB
6 3 (1.25%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.42%) C
7 1 (0.42%) Java
7 1 (0.42%) PHP
Qualifications
1 49 (20.42%) Azure Certification
2 46 (19.17%) Degree
3 24 (10.00%) ACCA
3 24 (10.00%) CIMA
4 20 (8.33%) AAT
5 12 (5.00%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.92%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.50%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.50%) PMP
8 4 (1.67%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.25%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.83%) RIBA
11 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.42%) CIPD
11 1 (0.42%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.50%) QA
2 24 (10.00%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.33%) GDPR
4 6 (2.50%) PMO
4 6 (2.50%) SLA
5 5 (2.08%) Software Quality Assurance
6 4 (1.67%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.67%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.67%) ISO 9000
6 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.83%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 171 (71.25%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.42%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.33%) HubSpot
4 6 (2.50%) OneTrust
4 6 (2.50%) Oracle
5 5 (2.08%) Databricks
6 3 (1.25%) Google
6 3 (1.25%) Progress
7 2 (0.83%) Adobe
7 2 (0.83%) Apple
7 2 (0.83%) Sage
7 2 (0.83%) Xero
8 1 (0.42%) Pinterest
8 1 (0.42%) SAP
8 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.42%) Workday
8 1 (0.42%) Zoho