Spreadsheet Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Spreadsheets
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 489 580
Rank change year-on-year -26 +91 -66
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 142 68 90
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.20% 0.15%
As % of the Applications category 3.54% 1.60% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 95 41 67
10th Percentile £25,304 £25,000 £24,425
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £32,850 £39,005
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -15.78% -6.82%
75th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £48,475
90th Percentile £84,500 £57,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £38,615 £38,000 £39,005
% change year-on-year +1.62% -2.58% -13.32%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4,011 4,257 6,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.19% 12.25% 10.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,215 1,721 2,694
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,625 £24,696
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +0.97%
75th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £53,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,016 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.48% -3.49% -5.56%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Spreadsheet relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Spreadsheet
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Spreadsheet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Spreadsheet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Spreadsheet in the UK excluding London

Spreadsheet
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England -16 48 £33,718 +3.75% 47
South East -17 30 £32,500 +12.07% 40
Midlands -14 22 £36,500 -27.00% 30
Yorkshire -24 22 £33,250 +2.31% 19
North West +5 21 £33,718 - 22
South West -51 19 £75,000 +128.31% 16
West Midlands -15 15 £37,375 -23.33% 9
East of England -13 14 £50,000 +17.65% 15
East Midlands -24 7 £28,750 -58.93% 21
Scotland - 6 £17,820 - 4
North East - 5 - - 8
Wales -60 2 £28,500 - 5
Northern Ireland -67 1 - - 3
Spreadsheet
UK

Spreadsheet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (4.23%) CMS
2 4 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 60 (42.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (14.08%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.41%) Navisworks
3 2 (1.41%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.11%) NetSuite
1 3 (2.11%) Shopify
2 2 (1.41%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.70%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.70%) Magento
3 1 (0.70%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.70%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (11.97%) Power Platform
3 11 (7.75%) SaaS
4 9 (6.34%) Azure
5 6 (4.23%) PowerApps
6 5 (3.52%) Google Analytics
7 4 (2.82%) AWS
7 4 (2.82%) Serverless
8 3 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (2.11%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.11%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.11%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.41%) Canva
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.70%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.70%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.70%) Intacct
10 1 (0.70%) Slack
10 1 (0.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.11%) Firewall
1 3 (2.11%) Internet
1 3 (2.11%) LTE
1 3 (2.11%) NAS
1 3 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.70%) Broadband
2 1 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.97%) Power BI
2 10 (7.04%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.82%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (2.82%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.41%) EDMS
4 2 (1.41%) KNIME
4 2 (1.41%) MS Access
4 2 (1.41%) Power Query
4 2 (1.41%) Tableau
5 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
General
1 58 (40.85%) Social Skills
2 28 (19.72%) Finance
3 23 (16.20%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (8.45%) Manufacturing
6 11 (7.75%) Legal
7 9 (6.34%) Retail
8 8 (5.63%) Marketing
9 6 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.82%) Law
11 3 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.11%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.41%) Advertising
12 2 (1.41%) Banking
12 2 (1.41%) Local Government
13 1 (0.70%) Back Office
13 1 (0.70%) Military
13 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (12.68%) Administrator
2 16 (11.27%) Lead
3 13 (9.15%) Coordinator
4 10 (7.04%) Analyst
5 9 (6.34%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 8 (5.63%) Senior
7 7 (4.93%) Data Administrator
8 6 (4.23%) Project Manager
9 5 (3.52%) Architect
9 5 (3.52%) Consultant
9 5 (3.52%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.52%) Data Architect
9 5 (3.52%) Help Desk Coordinator
9 5 (3.52%) Junior
9 5 (3.52%) QA Manager
10 4 (2.82%) Applications Specialist
10 4 (2.82%) Digital Project Manager
10 4 (2.82%) IT Consultant
10 4 (2.82%) IT Sales Consultant
10 4 (2.82%) Sales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.82%) .NET
1 4 (2.82%) .NET Framework
1 4 (2.82%) ASP.NET
2 3 (2.11%) CSS
2 3 (2.11%) HTML
3 1 (0.70%) Spring
3 1 (0.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.97%) Management Information System
2 11 (7.75%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.82%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.11%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (2.11%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (1.41%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.41%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.41%) NHS
6 2 (1.41%) PMI
6 2 (1.41%) Solar Panel
6 2 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.70%) Blog
7 1 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.70%) Robotics
7 1 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.23%) Mac OS
1 6 (4.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (35.21%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (21.13%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (14.08%) Customer Service
5 17 (11.97%) CRM
5 17 (11.97%) Data Analysis
5 17 (11.97%) ERP
6 15 (10.56%) Analytics
6 15 (10.56%) Decision-Making
6 15 (10.56%) Validation
7 14 (9.86%) B2B
8 13 (9.15%) AI
8 13 (9.15%) Data Protection
9 12 (8.45%) Logistics
10 11 (7.75%) Data Management
10 11 (7.75%) Mathematics
10 11 (7.75%) Time Management
11 10 (7.04%) Agile
11 10 (7.04%) Data Engineering
12 9 (6.34%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.20%) SQL
2 12 (8.45%) VBA
3 6 (4.23%) Python
4 4 (2.82%) C#
4 4 (2.82%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.82%) VBScript
5 2 (1.41%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.41%) R
6 1 (0.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (17.61%) Degree
2 5 (3.52%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.41%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.41%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.70%) ACCA
4 1 (0.70%) CIMA
4 1 (0.70%) ICAEW
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.70%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.38%) QA
2 13 (9.15%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.93%) GDPR
4 6 (4.23%) SLA
5 2 (1.41%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.41%) ISO 19650
5 2 (1.41%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.70%) COSHH
6 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 67 (47.18%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.75%) Google
3 5 (3.52%) Databricks
3 5 (3.52%) Sage
4 4 (2.82%) Adobe
4 4 (2.82%) ANSYS
4 4 (2.82%) SYSPRO
5 3 (2.11%) IFS
5 3 (2.11%) Meraki
5 3 (2.11%) SAP
5 3 (2.11%) Sophos
5 3 (2.11%) Synology
5 3 (2.11%) Ubiquiti
5 3 (2.11%) VMware
6 2 (1.41%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.41%) Oracle
6 2 (1.41%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.70%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow