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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 472 492 558
Rank change year-on-year +20 +66 -90
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 126 48 195
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.16% 0.25%
As % of the Applications category 3.18% 1.27% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 95 33 144
10th Percentile £26,700 - £22,000
25th Percentile £28,313 £25,000 £24,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £28,250
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +15.04% -32.51%
75th Percentile £63,125 £43,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £66,000 £52,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,600 £31,125
% change year-on-year +4.68% +30.44% -30.83%

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 3,959 3,772 7,700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.79% 12.34% 9.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,004 1,588 4,443
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,274 £62,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £39,005
% change year-on-year -8.31% +11.84% -13.32%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -17 39 £40,000 +60.00% 22
South East -12 35 £62,500 +92.31% 19
North West +18 26 £31,859 -26.34% 14
Midlands -9 16 £33,250 -52.50% 11
South West -45 16 £75,000 +128.31% 13
East of England -10 11 £50,000 +17.65% 9
Yorkshire -33 11 £40,000 +60.00% 7
West Midlands -11 10 £38,250 -7.27% 7
East Midlands -18 6 £28,750 -64.06% 4
Scotland - 6 £17,820 - 1
North East -45 2 - - 2
Wales - 2 £28,500 - 2
Northern Ireland -36 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 9 (7.14%) CMS
2 7 (5.56%) WordPress
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (38.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.38%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.59%) Shopify
3 1 (0.79%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.79%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.79%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.25%) Power Platform
2 15 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (7.94%) Azure
4 9 (7.14%) Google Analytics
5 7 (5.56%) SaaS
6 4 (3.17%) Serverless
6 4 (3.17%) Smartsheet
7 3 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.38%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.38%) Mimecast
7 3 (2.38%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.38%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.59%) AWS
8 2 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.79%) Canva
9 1 (0.79%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.79%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.79%) Intacct
9 1 (0.79%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.17%) Internet
2 3 (2.38%) Firewall
2 3 (2.38%) LTE
2 3 (2.38%) NAS
2 3 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.79%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (18.25%) Power BI
2 11 (8.73%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.17%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (2.38%) Power Query
5 2 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.59%) KNIME
5 2 (1.59%) MS Access
5 2 (1.59%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.59%) Tableau
6 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 53 (42.06%) Social Skills
2 34 (26.98%) Finance
3 25 (19.84%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (12.70%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (10.32%) Marketing
6 9 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (5.56%) Legal
7 7 (5.56%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.97%) Law
9 5 (3.97%) Retail
10 3 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.59%) Advertising
11 2 (1.59%) Banking
11 2 (1.59%) Local Government
12 1 (0.79%) Back Office
12 1 (0.79%) Military
12 1 (0.79%) Police
Job Titles
1 18 (14.29%) Analyst
2 15 (11.90%) Lead
3 14 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 14 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 10 (7.94%) Administrator
5 9 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Lead
5 9 (7.14%) Financial Analyst
5 9 (7.14%) Senior
6 7 (5.56%) Consultant
7 6 (4.76%) Architect
7 6 (4.76%) Data Administrator
7 6 (4.76%) IT Consultant
7 6 (4.76%) IT Sales Consultant
7 6 (4.76%) Sales Consultant
8 5 (3.97%) Data Architect
8 5 (3.97%) QA Manager
9 4 (3.17%) Applications Specialist
10 3 (2.38%) Applications Support
10 3 (2.38%) Project Manager
10 3 (2.38%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.56%) CSS
1 7 (5.56%) HTML
2 4 (3.17%) .NET
2 4 (3.17%) .NET Framework
2 4 (3.17%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.79%) Spring
3 1 (0.79%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.94%) Onboarding
2 9 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.97%) Social Media
4 4 (3.17%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (2.38%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.59%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.59%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.59%) NHS
7 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.14%) Windows
2 6 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (29.37%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 27 (21.43%) Decision-Making
4 24 (19.05%) ERP
5 20 (15.87%) Analytics
6 18 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (14.29%) Data Analysis
7 17 (13.49%) Customer Service
8 16 (12.70%) Agile
8 16 (12.70%) B2B
9 15 (11.90%) AI
9 15 (11.90%) CRM
10 13 (10.32%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 13 (10.32%) ETL
11 12 (9.52%) Budgeting
12 10 (7.94%) Data Engineering
12 10 (7.94%) Digital Marketing
12 10 (7.94%) Financial Analysis
13 9 (7.14%) Data Protection
13 9 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (22.22%) SQL
2 19 (15.08%) VBA
3 13 (10.32%) Python
4 4 (3.17%) C#
4 4 (3.17%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.17%) VBScript
5 2 (1.59%) R
6 1 (0.79%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (16.67%) Degree
2 10 (7.94%) ACCA
2 10 (7.94%) CIMA
3 5 (3.97%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.79%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.08%) QA
2 10 (7.94%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.97%) GDPR
3 5 (3.97%) SLA
4 3 (2.38%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (2.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 39 (30.95%) Microsoft
2 17 (13.49%) Google
3 9 (7.14%) SAP
4 6 (4.76%) Sage
5 5 (3.97%) Databricks
6 4 (3.17%) SYSPRO
7 3 (2.38%) Adobe
7 3 (2.38%) Meraki
7 3 (2.38%) Sophos
7 3 (2.38%) Synology
7 3 (2.38%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (2.38%) VMware
8 2 (1.59%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.59%) IFS
8 2 (1.59%) Oracle
8 2 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.79%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow