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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 467 570
Rank change year-on-year -8 +103 -62
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 179 70 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Applications category 4.21% 1.60% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 114 40 40
10th Percentile £25,022 £26,250 £24,125
25th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,675 £32,072
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +1.88% -28.73%
75th Percentile £48,438 £43,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £55,250 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £38,000 £38,250
% change year-on-year -7.89% -0.65% -15.00%

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 4,256 4,385 5,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.12% 12.68% 10.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,419 1,725 1,901
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,527 £27,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year - -9.64% +7.11%
75th Percentile £51,250 £51,240 £56,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 11 September 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 11 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
North of England -3 53 £28,250 -25.66% 43
South East -19 42 £32,500 +18.18% 51
Midlands -27 30 £35,000 -30.00% 34
Yorkshire -27 28 £31,500 -17.11% 20
South West -61 24 £55,000 +67.43% 27
West Midlands -19 19 £36,500 -30.48% 16
North West -11 18 £29,000 - 22
East of England -21 17 £50,000 +17.65% 17
East Midlands -25 11 £28,250 -19.29% 18
Scotland +15 10 £17,820 - 12
North East - 7 £22,500 - 6
Wales -69 2 £28,500 +18.01% 5
Northern Ireland -76 1 - - 5
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 (4.47%) CMS
2 4 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 82 (45.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (19.55%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.68%) Navisworks
3 3 (1.68%) Revit
4 1 (0.56%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.23%) Teamcenter
2 3 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.68%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.68%) Odoo
2 3 (1.68%) Shopify
2 3 (1.68%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.56%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.56%) Magento
3 1 (0.56%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.56%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 20 (11.17%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (9.50%) Power Platform
3 10 (5.59%) Azure
3 10 (5.59%) SaaS
4 7 (3.91%) PowerApps
5 5 (2.79%) Azure Databricks
6 4 (2.23%) AWS
6 4 (2.23%) Google Analytics
6 4 (2.23%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.23%) Serverless
7 3 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.68%) Canva
7 3 (1.68%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.68%) Mimecast
7 3 (1.68%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.56%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.68%) Firewall
1 3 (1.68%) Internet
1 3 (1.68%) LTE
1 3 (1.68%) NAS
1 3 (1.68%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.56%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.50%) Power BI
2 10 (5.59%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.23%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (2.23%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.12%) EDMS
4 2 (1.12%) KNIME
4 2 (1.12%) MS Access
4 2 (1.12%) Tableau
5 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.56%) Metadata
General
1 79 (44.13%) Social Skills
2 38 (21.23%) Finance
2 38 (21.23%) Organisational Skills
3 31 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (11.17%) Retail
5 18 (10.06%) Manufacturing
6 16 (8.94%) Legal
7 14 (7.82%) Marketing
8 8 (4.47%) Law
9 7 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.91%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.35%) Banking
10 6 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.23%) Advertising
11 4 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.23%) Local Government
11 4 (2.23%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.68%) Automotive
12 3 (1.68%) Military
13 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 37 (20.67%) Administrator
2 17 (9.50%) Lead
3 15 (8.38%) Coordinator
4 9 (5.03%) Analyst
4 9 (5.03%) Senior
5 8 (4.47%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 7 (3.91%) Data Administrator
7 6 (3.35%) Project Manager
8 5 (2.79%) Architect
8 5 (2.79%) Data Analyst
8 5 (2.79%) Data Architect
8 5 (2.79%) Help Desk Coordinator
8 5 (2.79%) Junior
8 5 (2.79%) QA Manager
9 4 (2.23%) Applications Specialist
9 4 (2.23%) Digital Project Manager
9 4 (2.23%) E-Commerce Executive
9 4 (2.23%) IT Support
9 4 (2.23%) SAP Administrator
10 3 (1.68%) Buyer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.23%) .NET
1 4 (2.23%) .NET Framework
1 4 (2.23%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.68%) Flash
3 2 (1.12%) CSS
3 2 (1.12%) HTML
4 1 (0.56%) Middleware
4 1 (0.56%) Spring
4 1 (0.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.85%) Management Information System
2 12 (6.70%) Onboarding
2 12 (6.70%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.35%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.23%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.23%) Social Media
6 3 (1.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.68%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.12%) NHS
7 2 (1.12%) PMI
7 2 (1.12%) Solar Panel
8 1 (0.56%) Blog
8 1 (0.56%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.56%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.56%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.35%) Mac OS
1 6 (3.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (32.96%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (16.76%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (12.85%) Customer Service
5 22 (12.29%) Logistics
6 18 (10.06%) ERP
7 17 (9.50%) AI
7 17 (9.50%) Data Analysis
8 16 (8.94%) Analytics
8 16 (8.94%) CRM
8 16 (8.94%) Mathematics
8 16 (8.94%) Validation
9 15 (8.38%) Data Management
9 15 (8.38%) E-Commerce
10 14 (7.82%) Decision-Making
11 13 (7.26%) B2B
12 12 (6.70%) Data Entry
12 12 (6.70%) Data Protection
12 12 (6.70%) Project Delivery
13 11 (6.15%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.97%) SQL
2 10 (5.59%) VBA
3 7 (3.91%) Python
4 4 (2.23%) C#
4 4 (2.23%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.23%) VBScript
5 2 (1.12%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.12%) R
6 1 (0.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (16.76%) Degree
2 7 (3.91%) ACCA
3 5 (2.79%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.23%) CIMA
5 3 (1.68%) AAT
5 3 (1.68%) CISA
5 3 (1.68%) Postgraduate
5 3 (1.68%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.12%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.56%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.56%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.17%) QA
2 17 (9.50%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.91%) GDPR
4 6 (3.35%) SLA
5 3 (1.68%) COSHH
5 3 (1.68%) COSO
5 3 (1.68%) ISO 19650
5 3 (1.68%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.12%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.56%) GMP
7 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.68%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 88 (49.16%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.03%) SAP
3 8 (4.47%) Google
4 6 (3.35%) Sage
5 5 (2.79%) Databricks
5 5 (2.79%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.23%) Adobe
6 4 (2.23%) ANSYS
6 4 (2.23%) SYSPRO
7 3 (1.68%) IFS
7 3 (1.68%) Meraki
7 3 (1.68%) Progress
7 3 (1.68%) Sophos
7 3 (1.68%) Synology
7 3 (1.68%) TikTok
7 3 (1.68%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (1.68%) VMware
8 2 (1.12%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.56%) Concur
9 1 (0.56%) Oracle