Microsoft Excel Jobs

Microsoft Excel
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 94 88
Rank change year-on-year +26 -6 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 2,411 1,956 3,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.72% 3.09% 3.64%
As % of the Applications category 35.36% 38.64% 41.80%
Number of salaries quoted 929 1,281 2,191
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,850 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.59% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,100 £68,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -6.25% +2.56%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Microsoft Excel 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 6,818 5,062 9,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.51% 7.99% 8.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,630 3,660 5,555
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,696 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,574 £28,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £60,265 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £36,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +32.45% -4.00% -2.60%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 20 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the UK over the 6 months to 20 January 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
England +17 2,077 £47,500 +11.76% 1,002
UK excluding London +40 1,714 £45,000 +20.00% 701
Work from Home +23 610 £44,460 -1.20% 806
London -6 594 £60,000 +4.35% 342
North of England +48 492 £42,500 +18.06% 192
South East +27 391 £45,000 +12.50% 174
North West +62 381 £47,000 +34.29% 106
Midlands -6 340 £37,500 - 133
West Midlands -8 260 £35,000 -12.50% 86
Scotland +98 208 £58,033 +42.85% 40
East of England -15 128 £39,000 +11.43% 71
South West +23 118 £51,250 +32.26% 83
Yorkshire -5 85 £31,000 -30.73% 67
East Midlands -13 80 £42,250 +17.36% 47
North East -6 26 £36,250 +20.83% 19
Wales +7 24 £44,315 +84.65% 11
Northern Ireland +22 13 £47,500 +34.75% 12

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 173 (7.18%) SharePoint
2 43 (1.78%) Confluence
3 40 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (1.00%) CMS
5 22 (0.91%) SAS
6 9 (0.37%) Apache
6 9 (0.37%) Tomcat
7 7 (0.29%) IBM Domino
7 7 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
8 5 (0.21%) IIS
8 5 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.083%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.083%) Smallworld
10 2 (0.083%) TPMS
11 1 (0.041%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.041%) nginx
11 1 (0.041%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.041%) WordPress
Applications
1 941 (39.03%) Microsoft Office
2 749 (31.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 151 (6.26%) Microsoft Project
4 96 (3.98%) MS Visio
5 53 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.58%) AutoCAD
7 10 (0.41%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
8 7 (0.29%) InDesign
9 6 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.21%) SPSS
11 4 (0.17%) Trello
12 3 (0.12%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.041%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.041%) EPLAN
13 1 (0.041%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 174 (7.22%) Teamcenter
2 26 (1.08%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 20 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.41%) Primavera
4 10 (0.41%) SAP Business One
5 9 (0.37%) Raiser’s Edge
6 8 (0.33%) iTrent
6 8 (0.33%) SAP GTS
7 7 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
8 6 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
9 5 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
9 5 (0.21%) Markit EDM
10 4 (0.17%) Changepoint
10 4 (0.17%) SAP PM
10 4 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
11 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 3 (0.12%) Sage X3
12 2 (0.083%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 480 (19.91%) Power Platform
2 145 (6.01%) Azure
3 137 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (2.70%) SaaS
5 40 (1.66%) AWS
6 38 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
7 35 (1.45%) PowerApps
8 28 (1.16%) Power Automate
9 27 (1.12%) Google Workspace
10 26 (1.08%) Google Sheets
11 25 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (0.87%) Entra ID
12 21 (0.87%) Google Analytics
13 20 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (0.66%) GCP
14 16 (0.66%) OneDrive
15 15 (0.62%) Snowflake
16 14 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (0.58%) GitHub
17 11 (0.46%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 78 (3.24%) Broadband
2 45 (1.87%) Firewall
3 42 (1.74%) DHCP
3 42 (1.74%) DNS
4 39 (1.62%) TCP/IP
4 39 (1.62%) VLAN
5 35 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
6 29 (1.20%) Ethernet
7 26 (1.08%) BGP
7 26 (1.08%) OSPF
7 26 (1.08%) WLAN
8 21 (0.87%) Wireless
9 19 (0.79%) SAN
10 18 (0.75%) Internet
11 15 (0.62%) Intranet
11 15 (0.62%) RFID
12 10 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
12 10 (0.41%) VSAT
13 9 (0.37%) PBX
13 9 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 469 (19.45%) Power BI
2 200 (8.30%) Tableau
3 103 (4.27%) SQL Server
4 59 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (2.12%) Power Query
5 51 (2.12%) Relational Database
6 46 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 38 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 34 (1.41%) Qlik Sense
9 28 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
10 27 (1.12%) MS Access
11 21 (0.87%) Big Data
11 21 (0.87%) Data Mining
12 17 (0.71%) Data Lake
13 15 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
14 14 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
15 12 (0.50%) BigQuery
15 12 (0.50%) GIS
16 10 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
17 9 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 105 (4.36%) JIRA
2 25 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 15 (0.62%) SoapUI
3 15 (0.62%) Visual Studio
4 11 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
5 9 (0.37%) PyCharm
5 9 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (0.33%) Selenium
7 4 (0.17%) Git
7 4 (0.17%) Postman
7 4 (0.17%) RStudio
8 2 (0.083%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.083%) MSI
8 2 (0.083%) Subversion
8 2 (0.083%) Tricentis qTest
9 1 (0.041%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.041%) Cactus
9 1 (0.041%) GitLab
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,005 (41.68%) Social Skills
2 689 (28.58%) Finance
3 590 (24.47%) Analytical Skills
4 230 (9.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 213 (8.83%) Automotive
6 187 (7.76%) Aerospace
7 183 (7.59%) Organisational Skills
8 174 (7.22%) Marketing
9 169 (7.01%) Retail
10 147 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
11 127 (5.27%) Legal
12 94 (3.90%) Manufacturing
13 90 (3.73%) Telecoms
14 61 (2.53%) Military
15 60 (2.49%) Billing
16 57 (2.36%) Law
17 51 (2.12%) Banking
18 48 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
18 48 (1.99%) Public Sector
19 44 (1.82%) Games
Job Titles
1 636 (26.38%) Analyst
2 513 (21.28%) Senior
3 215 (8.92%) Project Manager
4 190 (7.88%) Graduate
5 159 (6.59%) Senior Manager
6 140 (5.81%) Data Analyst
7 137 (5.68%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 135 (5.60%) Systems Engineer
9 110 (4.56%) Financial Analyst
10 109 (4.52%) Engineering Manager
11 94 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
11 94 (3.90%) Systems Manager
12 92 (3.82%) Systems Engineering Manager
13 68 (2.82%) Administrator
14 66 (2.74%) Lead
14 66 (2.74%) Senior Project Manager
15 62 (2.57%) Developer
16 58 (2.41%) Consultant
17 56 (2.32%) Assistant Project Manager
18 54 (2.24%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (1.78%) HTML
2 36 (1.49%) XML
3 26 (1.08%) JSON
4 21 (0.87%) Web Services
5 14 (0.58%) .NET
6 13 (0.54%) CSS
6 13 (0.54%) EDI
6 13 (0.54%) REST
7 12 (0.50%) SOAP
8 11 (0.46%) .NET Framework
8 11 (0.46%) WSDL
8 11 (0.46%) XML Messaging
8 11 (0.46%) XSD
9 10 (0.41%) pyodbc
9 10 (0.41%) SQLAlchemy
10 9 (0.37%) JSP
11 8 (0.33%) NumPy
11 8 (0.33%) Pandas
12 7 (0.29%) Flash
13 6 (0.25%) BREW
Miscellaneous
1 243 (10.08%) Management Information System
2 111 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
3 103 (4.27%) Social Media
4 71 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 49 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 31 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 31 (1.29%) NHS
7 29 (1.20%) Data Structures
8 28 (1.16%) Smartphone
9 26 (1.08%) Cyberattack
10 21 (0.87%) FMCG
11 19 (0.79%) Credit Risk
12 18 (0.75%) Driving Licence
13 17 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
13 17 (0.71%) Robotics
14 16 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
14 16 (0.66%) Product Ownership
15 14 (0.58%) Life Science
16 12 (0.50%) Lidar
16 12 (0.50%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 169 (7.01%) Windows
2 73 (3.03%) Linux
3 66 (2.74%) Windows Server
4 60 (2.49%) Windows 10
5 43 (1.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 39 (1.62%) Windows Vista
7 30 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
8 27 (1.12%) Ubuntu
9 26 (1.08%) Mac OS X
10 17 (0.71%) Unix
11 13 (0.54%) Mac OS
12 10 (0.41%) Android
13 4 (0.17%) Apple iOS
13 4 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.083%) Solaris
15 1 (0.041%) CentOS
15 1 (0.041%) Rocky
15 1 (0.041%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.041%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 615 (25.51%) Data Analysis
2 455 (18.87%) Business Intelligence
3 414 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
4 391 (16.22%) Project Management
5 389 (16.13%) Analytics
6 349 (14.48%) Customer Service
7 343 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 321 (13.31%) Visualisation
9 317 (13.15%) Process Improvement
10 265 (10.99%) Customer Experience
11 246 (10.20%) Logistics
12 217 (9.00%) Decision-Making
13 212 (8.79%) Performance Metrics
14 209 (8.67%) Data Science
15 208 (8.63%) Creative Thinking
15 208 (8.63%) Systems Engineering
16 200 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
17 191 (7.92%) Data Management
18 176 (7.30%) PLM
19 172 (7.13%) Contingency Planning
Programming Languages
1 510 (21.15%) SQL
2 183 (7.59%) Python
3 174 (7.22%) MATLAB
4 107 (4.44%) VBA
5 68 (2.82%) T-SQL
6 58 (2.41%) PowerShell
7 43 (1.78%) R
8 33 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 29 (1.20%) Java
10 24 (1.00%) JavaScript
11 21 (0.87%) C#
12 20 (0.83%) C++
13 15 (0.62%) Bash
13 15 (0.62%) VB
14 6 (0.25%) Groovy
15 5 (0.21%) Scala
16 4 (0.17%) VBScript
17 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
18 2 (0.083%) C
18 2 (0.083%) PHP
Qualifications
1 951 (39.44%) Degree
2 235 (9.75%) HND
3 212 (8.79%) HNC
4 136 (5.64%) Chartered Engineer
5 127 (5.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 90 (3.73%) Master's Degree
7 81 (3.36%) DBS Check
8 77 (3.19%) Security Cleared
9 50 (2.07%) MBA
10 49 (2.03%) ACCA
11 45 (1.87%) CIMA
12 43 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 42 (1.74%) SC Cleared
14 39 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
15 37 (1.53%) DV Cleared
16 30 (1.24%) PMP
17 27 (1.12%) PMI Certification
18 26 (1.08%) CCAB
18 26 (1.08%) CISA
18 26 (1.08%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (4.89%) Data Quality
2 86 (3.57%) QA
3 52 (2.16%) PMO
4 44 (1.82%) GDPR
5 35 (1.45%) SLA
6 26 (1.08%) ITGC
7 16 (0.66%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.25%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.12%) GRC
10 3 (0.12%) IFRS
10 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.083%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.083%) EMIR
11 2 (0.083%) GAMP
11 2 (0.083%) GxP
11 2 (0.083%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.083%) MiFID
12 1 (0.041%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.041%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 78 (3.24%) Active Directory
2 24 (1.00%) Hyper-V
3 20 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.29%) Docker
7 4 (0.17%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.12%) Firmware
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.083%) pfSense
9 2 (0.083%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.041%) Samba
Systems Management
1 19 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.50%) SCCM
3 9 (0.37%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.33%) WSUS
5 3 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.083%) DameWare
6 2 (0.083%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.041%) Grafana
7 1 (0.041%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1,276 (52.92%) Microsoft
2 173 (7.18%) ANSYS
3 108 (4.48%) SAP
4 82 (3.40%) Google
4 82 (3.40%) Salesforce
5 53 (2.20%) NEC
6 51 (2.12%) Oracle
7 46 (1.91%) Cisco
8 38 (1.58%) Apple
9 30 (1.24%) Ariba
10 28 (1.16%) Dell
11 26 (1.08%) Fortinet
11 26 (1.08%) OpenText
11 26 (1.08%) Ubiquiti
12 21 (0.87%) VMware
13 19 (0.79%) Databricks
13 19 (0.79%) Remedy
14 17 (0.71%) Adobe
14 17 (0.71%) ServiceNow
15 13 (0.54%) Minitab