Microsoft Excel Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 55 76
Rank change year-on-year -8 +21 +41
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 61 50 69
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 3.35% 3.34% 3.53%
As % of the Applications category 25.52% 27.93% 38.55%
Number of salaries quoted 38 32 36
10th Percentile £26,500 - £25,875
25th Percentile £29,938 £25,000 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £26,250 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% -44.44% +26.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £47,750 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £29,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +35.59% -34.44% +21.62%

All Software Application Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 239 179 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 13.14% 11.95% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 77 61 138
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £25,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £32,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% -4.41% -20.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £52,188
90th Percentile £59,750 £55,250 £71,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +10.29% -20.00%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in West Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Leeds -2 54 £40,000 +52.38% 11
Bradford - 5 - - 3
Huddersfield +5 2 £40,000 - 3
Microsoft Excel
Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (19.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (8.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.64%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 22 (36.07%) Power Platform
2 13 (21.31%) Azure
3 10 (16.39%) Azure AI
4 9 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.28%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (3.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (3.28%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.28%) PowerApps
5 2 (3.28%) SaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.64%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (44.26%) Tableau
2 22 (36.07%) Power BI
3 14 (22.95%) Data Mining
4 5 (8.20%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (8.20%) OLAP
4 5 (8.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (6.56%) SQL Server
5 4 (6.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (4.92%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (3.28%) Power Query
8 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (9.84%) JIRA
General
1 41 (67.21%) Finance
2 23 (37.70%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (36.07%) Social Skills
4 9 (14.75%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (13.11%) Marketing
6 3 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.92%) Legal
6 3 (4.92%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.64%) Advertising
7 1 (1.64%) Billing
7 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (50.82%) Analyst
2 26 (42.62%) Data Analyst
3 14 (22.95%) Trainee
4 12 (19.67%) Trainee Analyst
4 12 (19.67%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 10 (16.39%) Junior
5 10 (16.39%) Junior Analyst
5 10 (16.39%) Junior Data Analyst
6 7 (11.48%) Support Assistant
6 7 (11.48%) Support Officer
7 6 (9.84%) Project Officer
7 6 (9.84%) Project Support Officer
8 5 (8.20%) Developer
8 5 (8.20%) SQL Developer
9 4 (6.56%) Senior
10 3 (4.92%) HR Analyst
10 3 (4.92%) HR Data Analyst
10 3 (4.92%) Report Developer
10 3 (4.92%) Senior Project Officer
10 3 (4.92%) Senior Project Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.11%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.28%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.28%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.64%) Blog
4 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (40.98%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (32.79%) Analytics
2 20 (32.79%) Project Management
3 19 (31.15%) Data Analysis
4 16 (26.23%) Decision-Making
5 15 (24.59%) AI
5 15 (24.59%) Business Analysis
6 13 (21.31%) Data Analytics
7 12 (19.67%) Actionable Insight
8 10 (16.39%) Order Management
8 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (14.75%) Agile
9 9 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (14.75%) CRM
9 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (13.11%) Service Delivery
11 7 (11.48%) Business Development
11 7 (11.48%) Process Improvement
11 7 (11.48%) Supplier Management
11 7 (11.48%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 38 (62.30%) SQL
2 25 (40.98%) Python
3 8 (13.11%) T-SQL
4 4 (6.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 10 (16.39%) Azure Certification
2 5 (8.20%) Degree
3 3 (4.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.64%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.64%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.20%) GDPR
3 3 (4.92%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.92%) PMO
4 1 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.64%) QA
Vendors
1 45 (73.77%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.48%) Xero
3 5 (8.20%) SAP
4 3 (4.92%) Openreach
5 1 (1.64%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud