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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 574 502
Rank change year-on-year +91 -72 +79
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 70 77 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Applications category 1.59% 1.38% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 41 38 55
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,475 £21,328
25th Percentile £27,250 £27,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,850 £32,072 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% -28.73% +52.54%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £50,800
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £66,445
UK median annual salary £38,000 £38,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 4,407 5,576 3,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.85% 10.09% 8.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,692 1,817 2,178
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,105 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,950 £30,000 £26,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +5.13% -2.50%
75th Percentile £51,240 £56,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Spreadsheet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Spreadsheet 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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
South East +40 18 £27,500 -45.00% 54
North of England +49 15 £38,000 +48.29% 33
Midlands +58 11 £52,500 +54.41% 14
South West +70 9 £32,850 -14.68% 10
Yorkshire +20 9 £38,000 +46.15% 9
East of England +5 9 £42,500 +39.34% 10
West Midlands +55 8 £55,000 +44.74% 10
North West -2 6 - - 22
Scotland +59 4 - - 3
Wales +23 3 £24,150 - 6
East Midlands +14 3 £35,000 +16.67% 4
Northern Ireland +16 1 - - 1
Spreadsheet
UK

Spreadsheet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) Moodle
Applications
1 38 (54.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (22.86%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (5.71%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (7.14%) NetSuite
2 4 (5.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.86%) Power Platform
2 7 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (7.14%) Google Analytics
3 5 (7.14%) Google Sheets
3 5 (7.14%) SaaS
4 3 (4.29%) Azure
4 3 (4.29%) Google Docs
4 3 (4.29%) Google Drive
5 2 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.86%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.86%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.43%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.43%) Google Data Studio
6 1 (1.43%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (1.43%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.71%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.43%) Internet
2 1 (1.43%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.86%) Power BI
2 4 (5.71%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.43%) GIS
5 1 (1.43%) MS Access
5 1 (1.43%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.43%) Power Query
General
1 41 (58.57%) Social Skills
2 30 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (34.29%) Finance
4 12 (17.14%) Billing
4 12 (17.14%) Marketing
5 7 (10.00%) Retail
6 5 (7.14%) Legal
7 4 (5.71%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (5.71%) Telecoms
8 3 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.43%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.43%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 17 (24.29%) Analyst
2 12 (17.14%) Administrator
3 11 (15.71%) Support Analyst
4 9 (12.86%) Junior
4 9 (12.86%) Senior
5 8 (11.43%) IT Analyst
6 7 (10.00%) IT Support
6 7 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
6 7 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
6 7 (10.00%) Technical Support
6 7 (10.00%) Technical Support Analyst
7 6 (8.57%) Developer
8 5 (7.14%) Operations Analyst
9 4 (5.71%) Data Administrator
9 4 (5.71%) Installations Engineer
9 4 (5.71%) Junior Account Manager
9 4 (5.71%) Operational Support Analyst
9 4 (5.71%) Operations Support Analyst
9 4 (5.71%) Portfolio Manager
9 4 (5.71%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) HTML
2 1 (1.43%) CrewAI
2 1 (1.43%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.43%) Management Information System
2 7 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 5 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.29%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.86%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.43%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.43%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.43%) Social Media
6 1 (1.43%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.29%) Windows
1 3 (4.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (24.29%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (22.86%) Data Analysis
3 10 (14.29%) Analytics
4 9 (12.86%) Process Improvement
5 8 (11.43%) Business Development
5 8 (11.43%) Portfolio Management
5 8 (11.43%) Workflow
6 7 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 7 (10.00%) Release Management
7 6 (8.57%) Agile
7 6 (8.57%) Time Management
8 5 (7.14%) E-Commerce
8 5 (7.14%) Project Delivery
8 5 (7.14%) Project Management
8 5 (7.14%) Strategic Planning
9 4 (5.71%) Commercial Awareness
9 4 (5.71%) Decision-Making
9 4 (5.71%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.86%) SQL
2 4 (5.71%) Python
3 2 (2.86%) R
4 1 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (11.43%) AAT
1 8 (11.43%) ACCA
2 7 (10.00%) Degree
3 4 (5.71%) NVQ Level 3
4 2 (2.86%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.86%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.86%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.43%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) PMO
2 3 (4.29%) QA
3 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.43%) ISO 19650
3 1 (1.43%) P3O
3 1 (1.43%) SLA
Vendors
1 29 (41.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.86%) Google
3 8 (11.43%) Sage
3 8 (11.43%) Xero
4 4 (5.71%) Salesforce
5 3 (4.29%) Adobe
5 3 (4.29%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.43%) Cognos
6 1 (1.43%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.43%) Oracle