Spreadsheet Job Trends in the South West

Spreadsheets
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 184 215
Rank change year-on-year +14 +31 +36
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 8 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.16% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Applications category 1.86% 2.79% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £26,100
25th Percentile - - £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +52.54%
75th Percentile - - £48,750
90th Percentile - - £49,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £36,250 £27,965
% change year-on-year -17.24% +29.63% -17.75%

All Software Application Skills
South West

Spreadsheet 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 431 323 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.57% 7.52% 7.18%
Number of salaries quoted 171 157 240
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,450 £24,675
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £29,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £45,000 £58,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £77,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +12.20% -8.60%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Spreadsheet relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend in the South West

Spreadsheet
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Spreadsheet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
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 Spreadsheet within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Devon - 8 - - 2
Spreadsheet
England

Spreadsheet
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:

Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 8 (100.00%) Billing
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Account Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Junior
1 4 (50.00%) Junior Account Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Portfolio Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Senior
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Development
1 8 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 8 (100.00%) Workflow
2 4 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) AAT
1 8 (100.00%) ACCA
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Sage
1 8 (100.00%) Xero
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft