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 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 458 515
Rank change year-on-year -10 +57 -66
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 107 49 238
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.18% 0.35%
As % of the Applications category 2.72% 1.64% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 83 36 174
10th Percentile £27,694 £24,500 £21,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £24,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,250 £27,965
Median % change year-on-year +24.03% +15.32% -20.10%
75th Percentile £60,000 £43,750 £40,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £50,000 £48,668
UK median annual salary £40,000 £34,982 £27,965
% change year-on-year +14.34% +25.09% -37.86%

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 3,930 2,986 7,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.96% 10.73% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,736 1,522 4,530
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,313 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,876 £43,375 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% +23.93% -6.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,625 £66,273 £61,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -15.54%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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
South East -12 34 £62,500 +92.31% 21
North of England -51 28 £40,000 +60.00% 27
Midlands -20 22 £27,694 -20.88% 14
North West -8 20 £30,000 -30.64% 15
West Midlands -10 18 £27,694 -6.91% 10
East of England -9 11 £50,000 +17.65% 3
Yorkshire -59 8 £40,000 +46.79% 10
South West -45 6 £60,000 +82.65% 9
East Midlands -41 4 £28,750 -64.06% 4
Scotland - 4 £16,640 - 6
Wales - 2 £28,500 - 3
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 (8.41%) CMS
2 7 (6.54%) WordPress
3 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 39 (36.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.87%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.87%) Shopify
3 1 (0.93%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 25 (23.36%) Power Platform
2 8 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.54%) Google Analytics
4 5 (4.67%) Azure
5 4 (3.74%) SaaS
5 4 (3.74%) Smartsheet
6 3 (2.80%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.80%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.87%) AWS
7 2 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.87%) Serverless
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.93%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.93%) OCI
8 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.21%) Internet
2 3 (2.80%) Firewall
2 3 (2.80%) NAS
2 3 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.93%) Broadband
3 1 (0.93%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (23.36%) Power BI
2 8 (7.48%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.74%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (2.80%) Power Query
5 2 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.87%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.87%) Tableau
6 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle APEX
General
1 41 (38.32%) Social Skills
2 26 (24.30%) Finance
3 22 (20.56%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.15%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (11.21%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (10.28%) Marketing
7 4 (3.74%) Law
8 3 (2.80%) Legal
9 2 (1.87%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.93%) Advertising
10 1 (0.93%) Local Government
10 1 (0.93%) Police
10 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (18.69%) Analyst
2 15 (14.02%) Data Analyst
3 13 (12.15%) Financial Analyst
4 12 (11.21%) Instructor
5 11 (10.28%) Coordinator
6 9 (8.41%) Lead
7 8 (7.48%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 7 (6.54%) Administrator
9 6 (5.61%) Consultant
9 6 (5.61%) IT Consultant
9 6 (5.61%) IT Sales Consultant
9 6 (5.61%) Sales Consultant
10 5 (4.67%) QA Manager
11 4 (3.74%) Applications Specialist
11 4 (3.74%) Senior
12 3 (2.80%) Accountant
12 3 (2.80%) Applications Support
12 3 (2.80%) Architect
12 3 (2.80%) Commercial Analyst
12 3 (2.80%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.54%) CSS
1 7 (6.54%) HTML
2 4 (3.74%) .NET
2 4 (3.74%) .NET Framework
2 4 (3.74%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.93%) Spring
3 1 (0.93%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.15%) Social Media
2 9 (8.41%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.61%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.80%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.87%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.87%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.02%) Windows
2 3 (2.80%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (33.64%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (31.78%) Business Intelligence
3 25 (23.36%) ERP
4 24 (22.43%) Decision-Making
5 16 (14.95%) Agile
5 16 (14.95%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 16 (14.95%) ETL
6 15 (14.02%) Budgeting
7 13 (12.15%) CRM
7 13 (12.15%) Financial Analysis
8 12 (11.21%) Analytics
8 12 (11.21%) Cost Optimisation
8 12 (11.21%) Data Analysis
8 12 (11.21%) Performance Analysis
9 11 (10.28%) B2B
10 9 (8.41%) AI
10 9 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (8.41%) Data Engineering
10 9 (8.41%) Digital Marketing
10 9 (8.41%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.43%) SQL
2 22 (20.56%) VBA
3 15 (14.02%) Python
4 4 (3.74%) C#
4 4 (3.74%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.74%) VBScript
5 1 (0.93%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (13.08%) DBS Check
1 14 (13.08%) Degree
2 13 (12.15%) ACCA
2 13 (12.15%) CIMA
3 2 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.93%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.95%) QA
2 7 (6.54%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.74%) SLA
4 3 (2.80%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.80%) GDPR
5 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (2.80%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (21.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.08%) Google
3 12 (11.21%) SAP
4 4 (3.74%) SYSPRO
5 3 (2.80%) Adobe
5 3 (2.80%) Meraki
5 3 (2.80%) Oracle
5 3 (2.80%) Sage
5 3 (2.80%) Sophos
5 3 (2.80%) Synology
5 3 (2.80%) Ubiquiti
6 2 (1.87%) Databricks
6 2 (1.87%) IFS
6 2 (1.87%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.93%) Facebook
7 1 (0.93%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.93%) Instagram
7 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow