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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 466 563
Rank change year-on-year +4 +97 -66
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 218 72 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Applications category 4.75% 1.44% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 140 44 29
10th Percentile £25,235 - £24,925
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,675 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% -3.90% -21.71%
75th Percentile £41,750 £43,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,125 £56,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £33,000 £38,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.16% -10.59% -5.56%

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 4,585 5,003 5,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.30% 14.46% 10.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,679 1,707 1,645
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% +10.39%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -15 62 £31,500 -17.11% 77
South East -14 53 £32,500 +18.18% 73
Midlands -24 35 £30,750 -41.43% 46
Yorkshire -16 34 £32,000 -15.79% 33
South West -51 33 £36,990 +12.60% 34
West Midlands -26 22 £35,000 -36.36% 20
East of England -29 20 £42,500 - 32
North West -20 19 £28,000 - 37
East Midlands -28 13 £28,000 -20.00% 26
Scotland +11 12 £17,820 - 48
North East - 9 £32,500 - 8
Wales -74 2 £28,500 +18.01% 18
Northern Ireland -83 1 - - 18
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 7 (3.21%) CMS
2 6 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.46%) SAS
Applications
1 113 (51.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (20.64%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.38%) Navisworks
4 3 (1.38%) Revit
5 1 (0.46%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (2.29%) Odoo
2 4 (1.83%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.83%) Teamcenter
3 3 (1.38%) Shopify
3 3 (1.38%) SystmOne
4 2 (0.92%) Magento
4 2 (0.92%) Primavera
5 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.46%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.46%) iTrent
5 1 (0.46%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.46%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
1 15 (6.88%) Power Platform
2 11 (5.05%) SaaS
3 10 (4.59%) Azure
4 7 (3.21%) PowerApps
5 5 (2.29%) Azure Databricks
6 4 (1.83%) AWS
6 4 (1.83%) Power Automate
6 4 (1.83%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 4 (1.83%) Serverless
7 3 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.38%) Canva
7 3 (1.38%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.92%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.46%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.46%) MailChimp
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.38%) Internet
1 3 (1.38%) LTE
1 3 (1.38%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.46%) Firewall
2 1 (0.46%) NAS
2 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.88%) Power BI
2 6 (2.75%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.83%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.92%) EDMS
4 2 (0.92%) KNIME
4 2 (0.92%) MS Access
4 2 (0.92%) Tableau
5 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.46%) Metadata
5 1 (0.46%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Git
General
1 89 (40.83%) Social Skills
2 54 (24.77%) Finance
3 52 (23.85%) Organisational Skills
4 47 (21.56%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.93%) Retail
6 21 (9.63%) Manufacturing
7 18 (8.26%) Marketing
8 17 (7.80%) Legal
9 12 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (4.13%) Law
10 9 (4.13%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.75%) Advertising
11 6 (2.75%) Banking
11 6 (2.75%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.29%) Local Government
12 5 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.83%) Military
14 3 (1.38%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.38%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 65 (29.82%) Administrator
2 18 (8.26%) Lead
3 13 (5.96%) Coordinator
4 10 (4.59%) Analyst
4 10 (4.59%) Data Administrator
5 9 (4.13%) Senior
6 8 (3.67%) MIS Administrator
7 7 (3.21%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 5 (2.29%) Architect
8 5 (2.29%) Data Analyst
8 5 (2.29%) Data Architect
8 5 (2.29%) Document Controller
8 5 (2.29%) E-Commerce Executive
8 5 (2.29%) Head of Operations
8 5 (2.29%) Help Desk Coordinator
8 5 (2.29%) Junior
8 5 (2.29%) Project Manager
9 4 (1.83%) Digital Project Manager
9 4 (1.83%) QA Manager
9 4 (1.83%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.83%) Flash
2 1 (0.46%) Middleware
2 1 (0.46%) Spring
2 1 (0.46%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.46%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.60%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.50%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.50%) Onboarding
2 12 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.75%) Social Media
5 5 (2.29%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.38%) PMI
6 3 (1.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.92%) Blog
7 2 (0.92%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.92%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.92%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.92%) NHS
7 2 (0.92%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.92%) Solar Panel
8 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.83%) Mac OS
1 4 (1.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (30.28%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (14.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (14.22%) Customer Service
3 31 (14.22%) Logistics
4 29 (13.30%) Business Intelligence
5 22 (10.09%) Validation
6 21 (9.63%) Data Protection
7 20 (9.17%) AI
7 20 (9.17%) E-Commerce
7 20 (9.17%) Mathematics
8 19 (8.72%) Analytics
8 19 (8.72%) CRM
8 19 (8.72%) Data Analysis
8 19 (8.72%) Data Management
8 19 (8.72%) ERP
8 19 (8.72%) Time Management
9 18 (8.26%) Data Entry
10 16 (7.34%) Decision-Making
11 15 (6.88%) Process Improvement
12 13 (5.96%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.55%) SQL
2 9 (4.13%) Python
3 7 (3.21%) VBA
4 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.92%) R
5 1 (0.46%) Java
Qualifications
1 34 (15.60%) Degree
2 6 (2.75%) AAT
2 6 (2.75%) ACCA
3 5 (2.29%) DBS Check
3 5 (2.29%) Postgraduate
4 3 (1.38%) CIMA
4 3 (1.38%) CISA
4 3 (1.38%) PMI Certification
4 3 (1.38%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.92%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.46%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.47%) QA
2 19 (8.72%) Data Quality
3 12 (5.50%) GDPR
4 6 (2.75%) SLA
5 3 (1.38%) COSHH
5 3 (1.38%) COSO
5 3 (1.38%) GMP
5 3 (1.38%) ISO 19650
5 3 (1.38%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 104 (47.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.05%) SAP
3 10 (4.59%) Google
4 8 (3.67%) Sage
5 7 (3.21%) Databricks
6 6 (2.75%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.83%) ANSYS
7 4 (1.83%) Progress
7 4 (1.83%) TikTok
8 3 (1.38%) IFS
8 3 (1.38%) VMware
8 3 (1.38%) Xero
9 2 (0.92%) Adobe
9 2 (0.92%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.92%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.46%) Concur
10 1 (0.46%) Meraki
10 1 (0.46%) Oracle
10 1 (0.46%) Sophos
10 1 (0.46%) Synology