Microsoft Excel
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Excel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 84 131
Rank change year-on-year +29 +47 +20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 4,325 4,001 4,576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.43% 3.79% 2.97%
As % of the Applications category 44.57% 42.70% 35.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,241 1,982 2,644
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £44,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% -1.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £59,787 £58,813
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,750 £36,975 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.61% -7.56% -

All Software Application Skills
UK

Microsoft Excel is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 9,704 9,369 13,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 8.86% 8.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,126 5,082 7,142
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,799 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -3.85% -2.50%

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 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Top 18 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 23 April 2024. 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 +33 3,882 £40,000 -11.11% 1,669
UK excluding London +15 2,962 £36,750 -0.61% 1,236
Work from Home +42 1,492 £43,865 +3.21% 634
London +62 1,223 £54,148 -5.83% 561
South East +34 1,010 £42,000 +5.00% 327
Midlands +16 565 £37,500 - 229
North of England +6 510 £33,534 +1.62% 324
West Midlands +14 360 £40,000 - 131
North West +21 322 £35,000 +12.90% 187
East of England +32 287 £32,500 +2.98% 137
South West -12 251 £37,500 +6.83% 123
Scotland -4 217 £40,144 +7.77% 101
East Midlands +27 204 £31,500 -4.55% 98
Yorkshire +13 140 £35,000 +4.48% 90
Wales -13 91 £28,500 -24.00% 29
North East -37 48 £30,000 -7.69% 52
Northern Ireland +25 17 £35,000 +22.81% 27
Isle of Man -3 14 £45,000 +28.57% 1

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
1 265 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 55 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (1.04%) Oracle Service Bus
3 45 (1.04%) WebLogic
4 34 (0.79%) SAS
5 32 (0.74%) Confluence
6 24 (0.55%) WordPress
7 23 (0.53%) CMS
8 16 (0.37%) Apache
9 7 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.16%) IIS
10 6 (0.14%) IBM Notes
10 6 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.092%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.092%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.092%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.069%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.069%) JBoss
12 3 (0.069%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1,289 (29.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1,188 (27.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 171 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
3 171 (3.95%) MS Visio
4 121 (2.80%) Spreadsheet
5 41 (0.95%) SPSS
6 36 (0.83%) AutoCAD
7 27 (0.62%) Photoshop
8 25 (0.58%) InDesign
9 16 (0.37%) Trello
10 11 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 9 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
12 7 (0.16%) InfoPath
13 5 (0.12%) Stata
14 4 (0.092%) Revit
15 3 (0.069%) Adobe Captivate
15 3 (0.069%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.069%) Autodesk Inventor
16 2 (0.046%) FileZilla
16 2 (0.046%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 66 (1.53%) Primavera
2 50 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
3 16 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.30%) Epicor Tropos
6 12 (0.28%) SAP QM
7 10 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 9 (0.21%) SAP BPC
8 9 (0.21%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.18%) Magento
9 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 7 (0.16%) Elite 3E
10 7 (0.16%) Relativity
11 6 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
11 6 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
11 6 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 6 (0.14%) SAP PLM
11 6 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 886 (20.49%) Power Platform
2 291 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
3 238 (5.50%) Azure
4 88 (2.03%) AWS
5 63 (1.46%) Entra ID
5 63 (1.46%) OneDrive
6 60 (1.39%) PowerApps
7 56 (1.29%) SaaS
8 53 (1.23%) Power Automate
9 48 (1.11%) Google Analytics
10 38 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
11 37 (0.86%) Google Sheets
12 28 (0.65%) GCP
13 23 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (0.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 16 (0.37%) GitHub
16 15 (0.35%) Google Ads
16 15 (0.35%) Snowflake
16 15 (0.35%) WhatsApp
17 14 (0.32%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 510 (11.79%) Broadband
2 54 (1.25%) Firewall
3 51 (1.18%) Internet
4 43 (0.99%) Intranet
5 31 (0.72%) DNS
6 27 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
7 24 (0.55%) WAN
7 24 (0.55%) Wireless
8 22 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (0.32%) LAN
9 14 (0.32%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.32%) VPN
10 13 (0.30%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.25%) DHCP
11 11 (0.25%) Network Security
12 10 (0.23%) FTP
13 9 (0.21%) HTTP
14 8 (0.18%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (0.16%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (0.16%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 863 (19.95%) Power BI
2 251 (5.80%) Tableau
3 203 (4.69%) SQL Server
4 109 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 86 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
6 65 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 62 (1.43%) Oracle Database
8 60 (1.39%) MS Access
9 53 (1.23%) Power Query
10 47 (1.09%) Relational Database
11 46 (1.06%) Oracle Database 10g
12 45 (1.04%) Oracle Database 11g
12 45 (1.04%) VLDB
13 34 (0.79%) Data Mining
14 33 (0.76%) Big Data
14 33 (0.76%) GIS
15 31 (0.72%) QlikView
16 25 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 22 (0.51%) Amazon QuickSight
18 21 (0.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 154 (3.56%) JIRA
2 34 (0.79%) Git
3 23 (0.53%) Visual Studio
4 21 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 9 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.16%) RStudio
7 6 (0.14%) Mercurial
8 4 (0.092%) GitLab
8 4 (0.092%) Katalon Studio
8 4 (0.092%) Postman
8 4 (0.092%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.069%) PeopleTools
9 3 (0.069%) Toad
9 3 (0.069%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.046%) Balsamiq
10 2 (0.046%) Selenium
10 2 (0.046%) Subversion
11 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.023%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 2,480 (57.34%) Social Skills
2 1,681 (38.87%) Finance
3 1,544 (35.70%) Analytical Skills
4 536 (12.39%) Retail
5 526 (12.16%) Influencing Skills
6 345 (7.98%) Legal
7 322 (7.45%) Marketing
8 283 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
9 262 (6.06%) Banking
10 248 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 221 (5.11%) German Language
12 190 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
13 149 (3.45%) Law
14 136 (3.14%) Telecoms
15 131 (3.03%) Manufacturing
16 128 (2.96%) Investment Banking
17 123 (2.84%) Public Sector
18 108 (2.50%) Military
19 83 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
20 81 (1.87%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,536 (35.51%) Analyst
2 581 (13.43%) Senior
3 389 (8.99%) Senior Analyst
4 292 (6.75%) Graduate
5 288 (6.66%) Data Analyst
6 250 (5.78%) Project Manager
7 220 (5.09%) Financial Analyst
8 189 (4.37%) Commercial Analyst
9 188 (4.35%) Administrator
10 168 (3.88%) Coordinator
11 129 (2.98%) Lead
12 120 (2.77%) Developer
13 102 (2.36%) Business Analyst
14 101 (2.34%) Support Engineer
15 95 (2.20%) Development Manager
16 84 (1.94%) Business Manager
16 84 (1.94%) Business Strategy Analyst
16 84 (1.94%) Strategy Analyst
17 83 (1.92%) Support Analyst
18 79 (1.83%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (1.29%) HTML
2 49 (1.13%) .NET
3 35 (0.81%) CSS
4 29 (0.67%) EDI
5 28 (0.65%) XML
6 23 (0.53%) Web Services
7 22 (0.51%) .NET Framework
8 21 (0.49%) JSON
9 11 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web API
9 11 (0.25%) HTML5
9 11 (0.25%) REST
9 11 (0.25%) SOAP
10 10 (0.23%) COM
11 8 (0.18%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.18%) jQuery
11 8 (0.18%) RESTful
12 7 (0.16%) LDAP
12 7 (0.16%) PySpark
12 7 (0.16%) React
13 6 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 639 (14.77%) Self-Motivation
2 346 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 320 (7.40%) Driving Licence
4 246 (5.69%) Onboarding
5 83 (1.92%) Social Media
6 61 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 43 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
8 40 (0.92%) Data Centre
8 40 (0.92%) Product Ownership
9 38 (0.88%) FMCG
10 36 (0.83%) Data Structures
10 36 (0.83%) NHS
11 32 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 31 (0.72%) Biopharmaceutical
13 30 (0.69%) PMI
14 28 (0.65%) Life Science
15 21 (0.49%) Blog
16 20 (0.46%) Virtual Team
17 19 (0.44%) Digital Media
17 19 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 263 (6.08%) Windows
2 75 (1.73%) Linux
3 54 (1.25%) Unix
4 48 (1.11%) Solaris
5 45 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 34 (0.79%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.25%) Windows 7
8 10 (0.23%) Android
8 10 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.18%) Windows Vista
10 5 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.092%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.069%) AIX
13 2 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.046%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.023%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.023%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.023%) VMS
14 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 920 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
2 892 (20.62%) Decision-Making
3 849 (19.63%) Business Intelligence
4 800 (18.50%) Agile
5 668 (15.45%) Actionable Insight
6 640 (14.80%) Mentoring
7 519 (12.00%) Business Case
7 519 (12.00%) Project Management
8 515 (11.91%) Data Analysis
9 499 (11.54%) Budgeting
10 481 (11.12%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 410 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 398 (9.20%) Customer Service
13 386 (8.92%) Analytics
14 360 (8.32%) Process Improvement
15 337 (7.79%) Time Management
16 306 (7.08%) Data Management
17 261 (6.03%) Visualisation
18 250 (5.78%) Coaching
19 239 (5.53%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 782 (18.08%) SQL
2 243 (5.62%) Python
3 138 (3.19%) VBA
4 98 (2.27%) R
5 93 (2.15%) C#
6 67 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 67 (1.55%) T-SQL
7 57 (1.32%) JavaScript
8 53 (1.23%) PL/SQL
9 41 (0.95%) PowerShell
10 29 (0.67%) VB
11 24 (0.55%) Java
12 21 (0.49%) PHP
13 13 (0.30%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.21%) Groovy
15 7 (0.16%) Bash
15 7 (0.16%) VB.NET
16 6 (0.14%) C++
17 5 (0.12%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.092%) CFML
Qualifications
1 1,332 (30.80%) Degree
2 546 (12.62%) CIMA
3 543 (12.55%) ACCA
4 325 (7.51%) DBS Check
5 156 (3.61%) Security Cleared
6 86 (1.99%) SC Cleared
7 49 (1.13%) HNC
7 49 (1.13%) Master's Degree
8 44 (1.02%) PMI Certification
9 38 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 37 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 32 (0.74%) HND
12 27 (0.62%) CIPD
13 26 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
14 25 (0.58%) MRICS
15 23 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
16 22 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
17 21 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
17 21 (0.49%) PMP
18 16 (0.37%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (4.42%) Data Quality
2 161 (3.72%) QA
3 159 (3.68%) GDPR
4 121 (2.80%) SLA
5 111 (2.57%) PMO
6 81 (1.87%) ISO 9001
7 62 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 55 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 43 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 25 (0.58%) Accessibility
11 18 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 17 (0.39%) COBIT
12 17 (0.39%) ISO 14001
13 14 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
13 14 (0.32%) COSHH
14 11 (0.25%) IFRS
14 11 (0.25%) NEBOSH
15 9 (0.21%) GMP
16 6 (0.14%) GRC
17 2 (0.046%) NIST
System Software
1 144 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 45 (1.04%) Oracle RAC
3 42 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.25%) Docker
6 6 (0.14%) VMware Server
7 5 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.12%) vSphere
8 3 (0.069%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.023%) Firmware
10 1 (0.023%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (1.06%) Oracle RMAN
2 45 (1.04%) Data Guard
3 40 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 39 (0.90%) EnCase
5 11 (0.25%) Ansible
5 11 (0.25%) Kubernetes
6 7 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.16%) Stealthwatch
7 5 (0.12%) Terraform
8 4 (0.092%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.092%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.092%) SCCM
8 4 (0.092%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.069%) Control-M
9 3 (0.069%) Oracle Statspack
10 2 (0.046%) Grafana
10 2 (0.046%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.046%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.046%) WSUS
10 2 (0.046%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2,261 (52.28%) Microsoft
2 191 (4.42%) SAP
3 160 (3.70%) Oracle
4 153 (3.54%) Google
5 73 (1.69%) Alteryx
6 71 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 62 (1.43%) VMware
8 61 (1.41%) Virgin Media
9 56 (1.29%) Adobe
9 56 (1.29%) Remedy
10 49 (1.13%) NEC
11 48 (1.11%) Sun
12 38 (0.88%) ServiceNow
13 34 (0.79%) Sage
14 31 (0.72%) Cisco
15 30 (0.69%) Databricks
16 27 (0.62%) NCR
17 21 (0.49%) Xero
18 20 (0.46%) Citrix
19 18 (0.42%) Openreach