Hybrid/Remote Microsoft Excel Job Trends

Microsoft Excel
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 86 54
Rank change year-on-year -20 -32 +53
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 557 665 1,129
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.40% 4.02% 4.55%
As % of the Applications category 38.60% 26.05% 52.51%
Number of salaries quoted 349 411 382
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £43,183
Median % change year-on-year - +4.21% -13.64%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -6.80%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,443 2,553 2,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.22% 15.44% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 822 840 1,113
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £46,533 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +3.41% -14.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Microsoft Excel salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 55 (9.87%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.44%) Confluence
3 5 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.36%) CMS
5 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.36%) WordPress
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 166 (29.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 157 (28.19%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (3.95%) Acrobat
4 21 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (2.69%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.97%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.90%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.72%) Windchill
9 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.36%) Trello
10 1 (0.18%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.18%) Revit
10 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 25 (4.49%) NetSuite
2 22 (3.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.90%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.72%) Academy Housing
6 3 (0.54%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.54%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.54%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.18%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 175 (31.42%) Power Platform
2 39 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (5.03%) SaaS
4 24 (4.31%) Azure
5 20 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (3.05%) PowerApps
7 14 (2.51%) AWS
7 14 (2.51%) Power Automate
8 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.26%) Smartsheet
10 6 (1.08%) ChatGPT
10 6 (1.08%) Google Analytics
11 4 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (0.72%) GCP
11 4 (0.72%) GitHub
11 4 (0.72%) Miro
12 3 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.54%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.36%) Asana
13 2 (0.36%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.33%) Broadband
2 2 (0.36%) Internet
2 2 (0.36%) LAN
2 2 (0.36%) WAN
2 2 (0.36%) WebEx
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) Intranet
3 1 (0.18%) Network Security
3 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.18%) VPN
3 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (29.80%) Power BI
2 34 (6.10%) Tableau
3 29 (5.21%) Power Query
4 18 (3.23%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.15%) SAP BW
6 9 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.62%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.44%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.08%) Looker
9 6 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.90%) Big Data
11 2 (0.36%) Db2
11 2 (0.36%) DB2 UDB
11 2 (0.36%) KNIME
11 2 (0.36%) MS Access
11 2 (0.36%) PowerPivot
11 2 (0.36%) QlikView
11 2 (0.36%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 38 (6.82%) JIRA
2 6 (1.08%) Git
2 6 (1.08%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.54%) RStudio
4 2 (0.36%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.36%) JMeter
4 2 (0.36%) Postman
4 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 327 (58.71%) Social Skills
2 253 (45.42%) Finance
3 183 (32.85%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (20.65%) Organisational Skills
5 71 (12.75%) Marketing
6 49 (8.80%) Legal
7 45 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (7.72%) Retail
9 38 (6.82%) Public Sector
10 34 (6.10%) Billing
11 33 (5.92%) Influencing Skills
12 31 (5.57%) Banking
13 30 (5.39%) Telecoms
14 28 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (3.23%) Law
16 12 (2.15%) Automotive
16 12 (2.15%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.97%) German Language
18 8 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (1.26%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 168 (30.16%) Analyst
2 48 (8.62%) Administrator
3 45 (8.08%) Data Analyst
4 36 (6.46%) Report Analyst
5 29 (5.21%) Senior
6 28 (5.03%) Financial Analyst
7 27 (4.85%) Accountant
8 24 (4.31%) Business Analyst
9 19 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
10 16 (2.87%) Service Analyst
11 15 (2.69%) Coordinator
12 13 (2.33%) Consultant
12 13 (2.33%) Junior
12 13 (2.33%) Management Accountant
13 12 (2.15%) Project Manager
13 12 (2.15%) Sales Administrator
14 10 (1.80%) Billing Analyst
14 10 (1.80%) Data Engineer
14 10 (1.80%) Senior Consultant
14 10 (1.80%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.90%) ODBC
3 3 (0.54%) Godot
3 3 (0.54%) HTML
3 3 (0.54%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.36%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.36%) NumPy
4 2 (0.36%) OAuth
4 2 (0.36%) OpenID
4 2 (0.36%) Pandas
4 2 (0.36%) PySpark
4 2 (0.36%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.36%) Terraform
5 1 (0.18%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.49%) Management Information System
2 55 (9.87%) Onboarding
3 31 (5.57%) Social Media
4 30 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (3.59%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (2.15%) Web Conferencing
7 10 (1.80%) Housing Association
8 7 (1.26%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.26%) NHS
9 6 (1.08%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.08%) Life Science
9 6 (1.08%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.08%) Reinsurance
10 5 (0.90%) Educational Technology
10 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.90%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.72%) FMCG
11 4 (0.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.90%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (31.24%) Business Intelligence
2 150 (26.93%) Problem-Solving
3 127 (22.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 127 (22.80%) Decision-Making
4 83 (14.90%) CRM
5 82 (14.72%) Project Management
6 80 (14.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 79 (14.18%) Process Improvement
8 71 (12.75%) Agile
9 69 (12.39%) Analytics
10 61 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 59 (10.59%) Data Analysis
12 56 (10.05%) AI
13 55 (9.87%) Data Management
14 54 (9.69%) ERP
15 52 (9.34%) Customer Service
16 49 (8.80%) Project Delivery
17 46 (8.26%) Validation
18 41 (7.36%) E-Commerce
19 39 (7.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 120 (21.54%) SQL
2 51 (9.16%) Python
3 26 (4.67%) VBA
4 15 (2.69%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.97%) R
6 7 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.90%) C#
8 4 (0.72%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.72%) VB
9 3 (0.54%) C
9 3 (0.54%) C++
10 2 (0.36%) Bash
10 2 (0.36%) Java
11 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 98 (17.59%) Degree
2 68 (12.21%) ACCA
3 66 (11.85%) CIMA
4 28 (5.03%) DBS Check
4 28 (5.03%) Security Cleared
5 24 (4.31%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.69%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.51%) AAT
8 11 (1.97%) PMP
9 9 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.62%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.26%) ICAEW
11 3 (0.54%) CIPD
11 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.36%) CISSP
12 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (13.46%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.46%) GDPR
3 31 (5.57%) QA
4 18 (3.23%) IFRS
5 17 (3.05%) PMO
6 15 (2.69%) Accessibility
7 14 (2.51%) GAAP
8 13 (2.33%) COREP
8 13 (2.33%) FINREP
9 8 (1.44%) SLA
10 6 (1.08%) GRC
11 5 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.72%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.72%) ISO 9000
12 4 (0.72%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 4 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.54%) TickIT
14 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.18%) Firmware
1 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.36%) Ansible
1 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.18%) Autotask
2 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 243 (43.63%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.28%) SAP
3 31 (5.57%) Adobe
4 27 (4.85%) Oracle
5 22 (3.95%) HubSpot
6 18 (3.23%) Sage
6 18 (3.23%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.51%) Xero
8 9 (1.62%) Apple
8 9 (1.62%) Google
9 7 (1.26%) Databricks
9 7 (1.26%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.08%) Workday
10 6 (1.08%) YouTube
11 5 (0.90%) BMC
11 5 (0.90%) Zoho
12 4 (0.72%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.72%) VMware
13 3 (0.54%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.54%) JD Edwards