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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 491 491 566
Rank change year-on-year 0 +75 -68
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 137 61 116
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Applications category 3.41% 1.52% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 95 38 90
10th Percentile £25,342 £25,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £33,925 £36,446
Median % change year-on-year +7.59% -6.92% -8.89%
75th Percentile £58,750 £43,750 £45,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £61,250 £56,875
UK median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -15.29%

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 4,021 4,002 6,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.39% 11.70% 10.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,187 1,728 3,040
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £24,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,438 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,253 £66,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% -5.62%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 0 48 £33,718 +4.55% 28
South East -21 29 £38,750 +29.17% 35
North West +17 25 £33,718 - 13
Midlands -32 19 £36,500 -27.00% 24
Yorkshire -24 18 £35,500 +10.08% 12
South West -52 18 £75,000 +128.31% 13
East of England -14 13 £50,000 +17.65% 10
West Midlands -14 12 £37,375 -23.33% 9
East Midlands -21 7 £28,750 -58.93% 15
Scotland - 7 £17,820 - 4
North East - 5 - - 4
Wales -57 2 £28,500 - 2
Northern Ireland -65 1 - - 1
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 8 (5.84%) CMS
2 5 (3.65%) WordPress
3 4 (2.92%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 53 (38.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (9.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.73%) Navisworks
3 1 (0.73%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.19%) NetSuite
1 3 (2.19%) Shopify
2 1 (0.73%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.73%) Magento
2 1 (0.73%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.73%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.87%) Power Platform
2 16 (11.68%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.57%) Azure
3 9 (6.57%) SaaS
4 7 (5.11%) Google Analytics
5 6 (4.38%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.92%) Serverless
7 3 (2.19%) AWS
7 3 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.19%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.19%) Mimecast
7 3 (2.19%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.46%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.73%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.73%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.73%) Canva
9 1 (0.73%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.73%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.73%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.19%) Firewall
1 3 (2.19%) Internet
1 3 (2.19%) LTE
1 3 (2.19%) NAS
1 3 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.73%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (13.87%) Power BI
2 10 (7.30%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.92%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (2.19%) Power Query
4 3 (2.19%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.46%) KNIME
5 2 (1.46%) MS Access
5 2 (1.46%) Tableau
6 1 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.73%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.73%) EDMS
6 1 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.73%) JIRA
General
1 55 (40.15%) Social Skills
2 31 (22.63%) Finance
3 20 (14.60%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.87%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (8.03%) Marketing
6 10 (7.30%) Manufacturing
7 8 (5.84%) Legal
7 8 (5.84%) Retail
8 6 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.65%) Law
10 3 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.46%) Advertising
11 2 (1.46%) Banking
11 2 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.46%) Local Government
12 1 (0.73%) Back Office
12 1 (0.73%) Military
12 1 (0.73%) Police
12 1 (0.73%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (11.68%) Lead
2 15 (10.95%) Administrator
3 14 (10.22%) Coordinator
4 12 (8.76%) Analyst
5 9 (6.57%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 8 (5.84%) Data Analyst
6 8 (5.84%) Senior
7 7 (5.11%) Consultant
7 7 (5.11%) Data Administrator
8 6 (4.38%) Architect
8 6 (4.38%) IT Consultant
8 6 (4.38%) IT Sales Consultant
8 6 (4.38%) Sales Consultant
9 5 (3.65%) Data Architect
9 5 (3.65%) Help Desk Coordinator
9 5 (3.65%) Junior
9 5 (3.65%) Project Manager
9 5 (3.65%) QA Manager
10 4 (2.92%) Applications Specialist
11 3 (2.19%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.65%) CSS
1 5 (3.65%) HTML
2 4 (2.92%) .NET
2 4 (2.92%) .NET Framework
2 4 (2.92%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.73%) Spring
3 1 (0.73%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.76%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.03%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.38%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.92%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.92%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (2.19%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.46%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.46%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.46%) NHS
6 2 (1.46%) PMI
6 2 (1.46%) Social Media
7 1 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.73%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.73%) Robotics
7 1 (0.73%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.38%) Mac OS
1 6 (4.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.85%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (23.36%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (14.60%) Customer Service
4 20 (14.60%) Decision-Making
4 20 (14.60%) ERP
5 17 (12.41%) Analytics
5 17 (12.41%) Data Analysis
6 16 (11.68%) CRM
7 15 (10.95%) B2B
8 14 (10.22%) AI
9 11 (8.03%) Agile
9 11 (8.03%) Data Management
9 11 (8.03%) Data Protection
9 11 (8.03%) Logistics
9 11 (8.03%) Time Management
9 11 (8.03%) Validation
10 10 (7.30%) Data Engineering
10 10 (7.30%) Mathematics
10 10 (7.30%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (18.25%) SQL
2 16 (11.68%) VBA
3 8 (5.84%) Python
4 4 (2.92%) C#
4 4 (2.92%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.92%) VBScript
5 2 (1.46%) R
6 1 (0.73%) Java
6 1 (0.73%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (18.98%) Degree
2 5 (3.65%) DBS Check
3 4 (2.92%) ACCA
3 4 (2.92%) CIMA
4 2 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.46%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.73%) ICAEW
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.73%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.73%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.14%) QA
2 12 (8.76%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.65%) GDPR
3 5 (3.65%) SLA
4 3 (2.19%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.19%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.73%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 3 (2.19%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 54 (39.42%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.95%) Google
3 6 (4.38%) Sage
4 5 (3.65%) Databricks
4 5 (3.65%) SAP
5 4 (2.92%) Adobe
5 4 (2.92%) ANSYS
5 4 (2.92%) SYSPRO
6 3 (2.19%) Meraki
6 3 (2.19%) Sophos
6 3 (2.19%) Synology
6 3 (2.19%) Ubiquiti
6 3 (2.19%) VMware
7 2 (1.46%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.46%) IFS
7 2 (1.46%) Oracle
7 2 (1.46%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.73%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.73%) ServiceNow