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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 55 94
Rank change year-on-year -11 +39 +13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 243 133 172
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.38% 3.80% 2.30%
As % of the Applications category 37.73% 35.37% 30.23%
Number of salaries quoted 132 82 57
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,625 £27,150
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £37,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% -11.18% +13.33%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £43,337
% change year-on-year -6.25% -7.70% -3.70%

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 644 376 569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.30% 10.75% 7.59%
Number of salaries quoted 401 165 256
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £36,625 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +4.64% -12.50%
75th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £55,688
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £72,500
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 20 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 20 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 -33 56 £43,250 +8.13% 47
Gloucestershire -18 52 £35,000 +18.64% 30
Dorset +26 36 £33,000 -40.00% 27
Devon -12 33 £28,750 -39.47% 22
Somerset -16 31 £35,000 -6.67% 33
Wiltshire -8 27 £41,750 +11.33% 23
Cornwall -3 2 £32,250 +18.35% 3
Avon - 1 £32,500 - 28
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 18 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.06%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.82%) Confluence
3 2 (0.82%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 57 (23.46%) Microsoft Office
1 57 (23.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (4.94%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.65%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.65%) Windchill
5 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (9.05%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.88%) Visualfiles
3 3 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.82%) Primavera
5 1 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.41%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 122 (50.21%) Power Platform
2 58 (23.87%) Azure
3 49 (20.16%) Azure AI
4 22 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.94%) Power Automate
5 12 (4.94%) SaaS
6 9 (3.70%) PowerApps
7 8 (3.29%) AWS
8 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.47%) GitHub
10 4 (1.65%) ChatGPT
11 3 (1.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.82%) GCP
12 2 (0.82%) Google Gemini
12 2 (0.82%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.82%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.41%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (50.21%) Power BI
2 53 (21.81%) Tableau
3 9 (3.70%) Power Query
4 8 (3.29%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.06%) Big Data
5 5 (2.06%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.41%) MS Access
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.94%) JIRA
2 7 (2.88%) Git
3 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 164 (67.49%) Social Skills
2 76 (31.28%) Finance
3 62 (25.51%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (23.05%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (10.29%) Manufacturing
6 24 (9.88%) Marketing
7 16 (6.58%) Retail
8 15 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.94%) Legal
10 11 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (4.53%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.29%) Advertising
11 8 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.88%) Automotive
12 7 (2.88%) Billing
13 6 (2.47%) Aerospace
13 6 (2.47%) Law
13 6 (2.47%) Local Government
13 6 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (2.06%) Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (36.63%) Analyst
2 61 (25.10%) Junior
3 59 (24.28%) Junior Analyst
4 52 (21.40%) Data Analyst
5 49 (20.16%) Junior Data Analyst
6 28 (11.52%) Administrator
7 14 (5.76%) Applications Support
7 14 (5.76%) Coordinator
8 11 (4.53%) Accountant
8 11 (4.53%) Management Accountant
9 10 (4.12%) Business Manager
9 10 (4.12%) Financial Analyst
9 10 (4.12%) Sales Administrator
10 8 (3.29%) Developer
10 8 (3.29%) Finance Manager
10 8 (3.29%) Lead
11 7 (2.88%) Applications Support Analyst
11 7 (2.88%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 7 (2.88%) Support Analyst
12 6 (2.47%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.65%) HTML
1 4 (1.65%) XML
2 3 (1.23%) .NET
2 3 (1.23%) .NET Framework
2 3 (1.23%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.23%) Entity Framework
3 2 (0.82%) JSON
3 2 (0.82%) PySpark
4 1 (0.41%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 61 (25.10%) Management Information System
2 26 (10.70%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (9.88%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.94%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.88%) NHS
7 6 (2.47%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.65%) Social Media
9 3 (1.23%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.23%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.82%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.82%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.82%) Robotics
10 2 (0.82%) Web Conferencing
11 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.41%) Photography
11 1 (0.41%) Social Network
11 1 (0.41%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.82%) Windows
2 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (53.91%) Business Intelligence
2 81 (33.33%) AI
3 67 (27.57%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (24.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (16.05%) Data Analysis
6 37 (15.23%) CRM
6 37 (15.23%) Process Improvement
7 36 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (12.76%) Customer Service
8 31 (12.76%) Decision-Making
9 29 (11.93%) Collaborative Working
9 29 (11.93%) Project Management
10 24 (9.88%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 22 (9.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (8.23%) Validation
12 20 (8.23%) Visualisation
13 18 (7.41%) Workflow
14 17 (7.00%) Agile
14 17 (7.00%) Time Management
15 16 (6.58%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (39.09%) SQL
2 62 (25.51%) Python
3 8 (3.29%) JavaScript
3 8 (3.29%) VBA
4 7 (2.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (1.65%) C#
6 3 (1.23%) VB
6 3 (1.23%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.41%) C
7 1 (0.41%) Java
7 1 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 49 (20.16%) Azure Certification
2 47 (19.34%) Degree
3 24 (9.88%) ACCA
3 24 (9.88%) CIMA
4 20 (8.23%) AAT
5 10 (4.12%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.47%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.47%) PMP
6 6 (2.47%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.23%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.23%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.82%) CIPD
9 1 (0.41%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.41%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.35%) QA
2 24 (9.88%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.70%) GDPR
4 6 (2.47%) PMO
4 6 (2.47%) SLA
5 5 (2.06%) Software Quality Assurance
6 4 (1.65%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.65%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.65%) ISO 9000
6 4 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.41%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 173 (71.19%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.35%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.29%) HubSpot
4 6 (2.47%) OneTrust
4 6 (2.47%) Oracle
5 5 (2.06%) Databricks
6 3 (1.23%) Google
6 3 (1.23%) Progress
7 2 (0.82%) Adobe
7 2 (0.82%) Apple
7 2 (0.82%) Sage
7 2 (0.82%) Xero
8 1 (0.41%) Facebook
8 1 (0.41%) Pinterest
8 1 (0.41%) SAP
8 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.41%) Workday
8 1 (0.41%) Zoho