Microsoft Excel Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Excel
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 57 40
Rank change year-on-year +30 -17 -13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 81 4 74
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 4.90% 0.75% 4.10%
As % of the Applications category 69.83% 11.11% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 36
10th Percentile £27,750 - £26,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £45,000 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,750 £50,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.50% +75.44% -24.00%
75th Percentile £42,188 £55,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £45,250 - £41,875
UK median annual salary £40,000 £43,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -10.10%

All Software Application Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 116 36 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 7.02% 6.74% 8.69%
Number of salaries quoted 34 25 96
10th Percentile £24,388 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £33,625 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £49,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.65% +63.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £46,500 £55,000 £35,625
90th Percentile £55,872 £57,500 £47,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -16.04%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Wales

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in Wales

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 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 Wales - 53 £32,500 - 17
West Wales - 21 - - 1
North Wales -4 7 £28,500 -
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 5 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.47%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (9.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.47%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 64 (79.01%) Power Platform
2 63 (77.78%) Azure
2 63 (77.78%) Azure AI
3 5 (6.17%) Power Automate
4 4 (4.94%) ChatGPT
4 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.23%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (80.25%) Tableau
2 64 (79.01%) Power BI
3 2 (2.47%) Data Mining
General
1 74 (91.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.64%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (4.94%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.70%) Finance
5 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.47%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (81.48%) Analyst
2 65 (80.25%) Data Analyst
3 64 (79.01%) Junior
4 63 (77.78%) Junior Analyst
4 63 (77.78%) Junior Data Analyst
5 3 (3.70%) Administrator
5 3 (3.70%) Sales Administrator
6 2 (2.47%) E-Commerce Support
6 2 (2.47%) Trainee
6 2 (2.47%) Trainee Analyst
6 2 (2.47%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 1 (1.23%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (6.17%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.94%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (82.72%) AI
2 64 (79.01%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (8.64%) CRM
3 7 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (7.41%) Analytics
4 6 (7.41%) Project Management
5 4 (4.94%) Benchmarking
5 4 (4.94%) Compliance Management
5 4 (4.94%) Decision-Making
5 4 (4.94%) Digital Transformation Strategy
6 3 (3.70%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 3 (3.70%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (3.70%) Data Analysis
6 3 (3.70%) Time Management
7 2 (2.47%) Business Analysis
7 2 (2.47%) Client Onboarding
7 2 (2.47%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (2.47%) Data Analytics
7 2 (2.47%) E-Commerce
7 2 (2.47%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 65 (80.25%) Python
1 65 (80.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (77.78%) Azure Certification
2 8 (9.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 70 (86.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.64%) Sage
3 3 (3.70%) SAP