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 3 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 405 456
Rank change year-on-year +8 +51 -64
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 79 25 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Applications category 3.99% 1.10% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 57 15 26
10th Percentile £25,304 £28,800 £24,813
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,600 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -8.76% -1.11%
75th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £62,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £39,250
% change year-on-year -5.88% +8.28% -12.78%

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 1,979 2,265 2,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.93% 12.03% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 832 1,026
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £24,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £27,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £51,240 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £69,500
UK median annual salary £41,791 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.48% -5.88% -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 3 months to 19 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 3 months to 19 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England 0 21 £33,718 +3.75% 25
South East +6 18 £38,750 +29.17% 14
South West -42 13 £75,000 +128.31% 11
North West +15 11 £30,000 - 14
East of England +6 11 £50,000 +17.65% 11
Yorkshire -19 9 £40,000 +23.08% 8
Midlands -12 8 £40,750 -18.50% 7
West Midlands -10 5 £45,000 +9.09% 6
Scotland - 5 £17,820 - 1
East Midlands -7 3 £30,000 -57.14% 1
Wales - 2 £28,500 - 2
Northern Ireland -12 1 - -
North East - 1 - - 4
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 (7.03%) CMS
2 7 (5.47%) WordPress
3 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 47 (36.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.34%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.56%) Shopify
3 1 (0.78%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.78%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.78%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.97%) Power Platform
2 14 (10.94%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (7.81%) Azure
4 9 (7.03%) Google Analytics
5 7 (5.47%) SaaS
6 4 (3.13%) Serverless
6 4 (3.13%) Smartsheet
7 3 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.34%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.34%) Mimecast
7 3 (2.34%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.34%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.56%) AWS
8 2 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.78%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.78%) Canva
9 1 (0.78%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.78%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.78%) Intacct
9 1 (0.78%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.47%) Internet
2 3 (2.34%) Firewall
2 3 (2.34%) LTE
2 3 (2.34%) NAS
2 3 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.78%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (17.97%) Power BI
2 11 (8.59%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.13%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (2.34%) Power Query
5 2 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.56%) KNIME
5 2 (1.56%) MS Access
5 2 (1.56%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.56%) Tableau
6 1 (0.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (2.34%) JIRA
General
1 51 (39.84%) Social Skills
2 35 (27.34%) Finance
3 25 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (10.16%) Marketing
6 9 (7.03%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (5.47%) Legal
7 7 (5.47%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.91%) Law
8 5 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.91%) Retail
9 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.56%) Advertising
10 2 (1.56%) Banking
10 2 (1.56%) Local Government
11 1 (0.78%) Back Office
11 1 (0.78%) Military
11 1 (0.78%) Police
Job Titles
1 19 (14.84%) Analyst
2 15 (11.72%) Lead
3 14 (10.94%) Data Analyst
4 13 (10.16%) Coordinator
5 10 (7.81%) Administrator
5 10 (7.81%) Financial Analyst
6 9 (7.03%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 9 (7.03%) Senior
7 7 (5.47%) Consultant
8 6 (4.69%) Architect
8 6 (4.69%) Data Administrator
8 6 (4.69%) Instructor
8 6 (4.69%) IT Consultant
8 6 (4.69%) IT Sales Consultant
8 6 (4.69%) Sales Consultant
9 5 (3.91%) Data Architect
9 5 (3.91%) QA Manager
10 4 (3.13%) Applications Specialist
11 3 (2.34%) Applications Support
11 3 (2.34%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.47%) CSS
1 7 (5.47%) HTML
2 4 (3.13%) .NET
2 4 (3.13%) .NET Framework
2 4 (3.13%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.78%) Spring
3 1 (0.78%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.81%) Onboarding
2 9 (7.03%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.25%) Social Media
4 5 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.13%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (2.34%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.56%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.56%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.56%) NHS
8 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.59%) Windows
2 5 (3.91%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (30.47%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (28.13%) Business Intelligence
3 27 (21.09%) Decision-Making
4 24 (18.75%) ERP
5 20 (15.63%) Analytics
6 18 (14.06%) Data Analysis
7 16 (12.50%) B2B
7 16 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (11.72%) Agile
8 15 (11.72%) AI
8 15 (11.72%) CRM
8 15 (11.72%) Customer Service
9 13 (10.16%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 13 (10.16%) ETL
10 12 (9.38%) Budgeting
11 10 (7.81%) Data Engineering
11 10 (7.81%) Digital Marketing
11 10 (7.81%) Financial Analysis
12 9 (7.03%) Data Protection
12 9 (7.03%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.88%) SQL
2 19 (14.84%) VBA
3 13 (10.16%) Python
4 4 (3.13%) C#
4 4 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.13%) VBScript
5 2 (1.56%) R
6 1 (0.78%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (16.41%) Degree
2 10 (7.81%) ACCA
2 10 (7.81%) CIMA
3 8 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.78%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.84%) QA
2 10 (7.81%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.91%) GDPR
3 5 (3.91%) SLA
4 3 (2.34%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.34%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (2.34%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 38 (29.69%) Microsoft
2 17 (13.28%) Google
3 9 (7.03%) SAP
4 6 (4.69%) Sage
5 5 (3.91%) Databricks
6 4 (3.13%) SYSPRO
7 3 (2.34%) Adobe
7 3 (2.34%) Meraki
7 3 (2.34%) Sophos
7 3 (2.34%) Synology
7 3 (2.34%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (1.56%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.56%) IFS
8 2 (1.56%) Oracle
8 2 (1.56%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.56%) VMware
9 1 (0.78%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.78%) ServiceNow