Microsoft Excel Job Trends in West Sussex

Microsoft Excel
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 42 38
Rank change year-on-year +30 -4 -16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 32 5 24
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 7.73% 1.62% 4.72%
As % of the Applications category 58.18% 10.87% 35.82%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 6
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,560 £30,125
25th Percentile £38,325 £34,525 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £37,800 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.12% -5.50% -30.43%
75th Percentile £58,750 £40,775 £48,500
90th Percentile - £42,560 £57,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £38,450
% change year-on-year - +17.04% -12.61%

All Software Application Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 55 46 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 13.29% 14.89% 13.19%
Number of salaries quoted 28 13 30
10th Percentile £27,500 - £26,125
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,825 £40,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.06% +2.56% -25.71%
75th Percentile £58,750 £43,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £62,625
South East median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +37.68% -10.39%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in West Sussex over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in West Sussex

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 25 January 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
East Grinstead - 13 - -
Crawley +8 10 £57,500 +76.92% 10
Chichester - 7 £41,650 - 2
Shoreham-by-Sea - 1 £26,000 - 1
Microsoft Excel
South East

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (40.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Acrobat
2 1 (3.13%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (3.13%) InDesign
2 1 (3.13%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 15 (46.88%) Power Platform
2 6 (18.75%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) Azure AI
3 1 (3.13%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (3.13%) ChatGPT
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) Intranet
2 1 (3.13%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (46.88%) Power BI
2 8 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 8 (25.00%) Tableau
3 2 (6.25%) Data Mining
General
1 27 (84.38%) Social Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Finance
3 8 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (53.13%) Analyst
2 16 (50.00%) Data Analyst
3 13 (40.63%) Support Engineer
3 13 (40.63%) Systems Engineer
3 13 (40.63%) Systems Support
3 13 (40.63%) Systems Support Engineer
3 13 (40.63%) Technical Engineer
3 13 (40.63%) Technical Support
3 13 (40.63%) Technical Support Engineer
4 8 (25.00%) Report Analyst
5 6 (18.75%) Junior
5 6 (18.75%) Junior Analyst
5 6 (18.75%) Junior Data Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Trainee
6 2 (6.25%) Trainee Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Coordinator
7 1 (3.13%) Information Security Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Security Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (40.63%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (71.88%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (46.88%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (46.88%) Data Analysis
3 13 (40.63%) Mathematics
4 10 (31.25%) Analytics
5 8 (25.00%) Data Extraction
5 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (21.88%) AI
7 3 (9.38%) Project Management
8 2 (6.25%) Business Analysis
8 2 (6.25%) Data Analytics
9 1 (3.13%) Customer Requirements
9 1 (3.13%) Customer Service
9 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (3.13%) Data Entry
9 1 (3.13%) Information Security
9 1 (3.13%) PRINCE2
9 1 (3.13%) Service Delivery
9 1 (3.13%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 16 (50.00%) SQL
2 8 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Degree
2 13 (40.63%) Security Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 19 (59.38%) Microsoft
2 13 (40.63%) SAP
3 1 (3.13%) Adobe