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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 46 46
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 -13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 69 17 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 2.77% 2.29% 2.82%
As % of the Applications category 56.56% 30.36% 45.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £26,400 £15,750 £28,290
25th Percentile £27,413 £21,375 £29,573
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £28,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -13.85% +4.84%
75th Percentile £30,653 £45,000 £40,000
90th Percentile £43,911 - £46,375
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,038 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.85% -1.09% -

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 122 56 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.89% 7.56% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 55 24 59
10th Percentile £26,355 £18,900 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £24,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £28,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% -6.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £55,873 £46,125 £35,625
90th Percentile £73,050 £51,188 £47,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% -5.97%

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 August 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 August 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 -13 41 £28,500 -21.92% 18
West Wales - 25 £26,400 - 4
North Wales -6 3 £28,500 +72.73% 6
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 7 (10.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.35%) Confluence
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.90%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.90%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 45 (65.22%) Azure
2 44 (63.77%) Power Platform
3 42 (60.87%) Azure AI
4 6 (8.70%) Google Ads
4 6 (8.70%) Meta Ads
4 6 (8.70%) SaaS
5 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (7.25%) Power Automate
6 4 (5.80%) ChatGPT
7 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.45%) AWS
8 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (68.12%) Tableau
2 44 (63.77%) Power BI
3 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.45%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 53 (76.81%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.49%) Finance
2 10 (14.49%) Marketing
2 10 (14.49%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Welsh Language
6 1 (1.45%) Legal
6 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (62.32%) Analyst
1 43 (62.32%) Data Analyst
2 42 (60.87%) Junior
2 42 (60.87%) Junior Analyst
2 42 (60.87%) Junior Data Analyst
3 10 (14.49%) Senior
4 4 (5.80%) Administrator
4 4 (5.80%) Marketing Manager
4 4 (5.80%) Product Manager
4 4 (5.80%) Product Marketing Manager
4 4 (5.80%) Senior Manager
4 4 (5.80%) Senior Marketing Manager
4 4 (5.80%) Senior Product Manager
4 4 (5.80%) Senior Product Marketing Manager
5 3 (4.35%) Sales Administrator
6 2 (2.90%) E-Commerce Support
7 1 (1.45%) Compliance Officer
7 1 (1.45%) Risk Officer
7 1 (1.45%) Service Transition Manager
7 1 (1.45%) Trainee Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (24.64%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.80%) Social Media
4 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.45%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Linux
1 1 (1.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (76.81%) AI
2 50 (72.46%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (17.39%) E-Commerce
4 11 (15.94%) Data Analysis
5 10 (14.49%) Customer Segmentation
5 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (10.14%) CRM
8 6 (8.70%) A/B Testing
8 6 (8.70%) B2B
8 6 (8.70%) B2B Marketing
8 6 (8.70%) Demand Generation
8 6 (8.70%) Marketing Automation
8 6 (8.70%) Mathematical Modelling
8 6 (8.70%) Mathematics
8 6 (8.70%) Planning and Forecasting
8 6 (8.70%) Regression Analysis
8 6 (8.70%) Standard Deviation
8 6 (8.70%) Statistics
8 6 (8.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 54 (78.26%) SQL
2 43 (62.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (60.87%) Azure Certification
2 5 (7.25%) Degree
3 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.45%) GDPR
2 1 (1.45%) QA
Vendors
1 59 (85.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.14%) Sage
3 6 (8.70%) Google
4 3 (4.35%) SAP
5 1 (1.45%) OneTrust
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle
5 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow