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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 100 56
Rank change year-on-year +1 -44 +40
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 452 486 1,501
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.47% 3.44% 4.62%
As % of the Applications category 38.40% 31.15% 51.37%
Number of salaries quoted 255 258 667
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,675 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £30,500 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,680 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.51% +2.27% +3.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,188 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,750 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -9.09%

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 1,177 1,560 2,922
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.42% 11.04% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 600 811 1,799
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,941 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £51,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.74% +19.77% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,240 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -15.44%

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 6 May 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 (12.17%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.11%) Confluence
3 4 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.44%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 109 (24.12%) Microsoft Office
2 106 (23.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (4.87%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.21%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.66%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.66%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.22%) SPSS
7 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (3.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.11%) Magento
3 5 (1.11%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.11%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.66%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.66%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.44%) Odoo
5 2 (0.44%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.22%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.22%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.22%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 155 (34.29%) Power Platform
2 36 (7.96%) Azure
3 30 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.20%) AWS
5 17 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (3.54%) Power Automate
7 12 (2.65%) PowerApps
7 12 (2.65%) SaaS
8 11 (2.43%) OneDrive
9 9 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.77%) ChatGPT
10 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.33%) Smartsheet
12 5 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.88%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.88%) Miro
14 3 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.44%) Figma
15 2 (0.44%) Intacct
15 2 (0.44%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.65%) Broadband
2 5 (1.11%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.88%) Firewall
3 4 (0.88%) LAN
3 4 (0.88%) WAN
4 3 (0.66%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.66%) PuTTY
4 3 (0.66%) VPN
5 2 (0.44%) Internet
5 2 (0.44%) WebEx
6 1 (0.22%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.22%) MPLS
6 1 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.22%) SNA
6 1 (0.22%) Wireless
6 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (32.96%) Power BI
2 54 (11.95%) Tableau
3 28 (6.19%) Power Query
4 13 (2.88%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.65%) SAP BW
6 11 (2.43%) Big Data
7 10 (2.21%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.55%) PowerPivot
9 6 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.88%) DB2
11 4 (0.88%) DB2 UDB
11 4 (0.88%) QlikView
12 3 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.66%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.22%) Ataccama
13 1 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
13 1 (0.22%) GIS
13 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (5.53%) JIRA
2 7 (1.55%) Git
3 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.66%) Maven
4 3 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.22%) Toad
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 247 (54.65%) Social Skills
2 203 (44.91%) Finance
3 143 (31.64%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (15.04%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (10.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (8.85%) Retail
7 38 (8.41%) Marketing
8 27 (5.97%) Banking
9 25 (5.53%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (4.87%) Legal
11 20 (4.42%) Automotive
11 20 (4.42%) Public Sector
12 14 (3.10%) Law
13 13 (2.88%) Billing
13 13 (2.88%) Telecoms
14 12 (2.65%) Advertising
15 11 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.11%) Aeronautics
16 5 (1.11%) Publishing
17 4 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 145 (32.08%) Analyst
2 38 (8.41%) Administrator
3 32 (7.08%) Accountant
3 32 (7.08%) Report Analyst
4 30 (6.64%) Senior
5 29 (6.42%) Data Analyst
6 23 (5.09%) Lead
7 19 (4.20%) Business Analyst
8 14 (3.10%) Consultant
9 12 (2.65%) Financial Accountant
9 12 (2.65%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (2.21%) Junior
10 10 (2.21%) Management Accountant
10 10 (2.21%) Systems Manager
11 9 (1.99%) Account Manager
11 9 (1.99%) Operations Analyst
11 9 (1.99%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (1.99%) Senior Consultant
11 9 (1.99%) Service Manager
11 9 (1.99%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.33%) EDI
2 6 (1.33%) XML
3 4 (0.88%) OAuth
3 4 (0.88%) OpenID
4 3 (0.66%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (0.66%) RAML
4 3 (0.66%) REST
4 3 (0.66%) SOAP
5 2 (0.44%) Matplotlib
5 2 (0.44%) NumPy
5 2 (0.44%) Pandas
5 2 (0.44%) Seaborn
6 1 (0.22%) .NET
6 1 (0.22%) PySpark
6 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.22%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.40%) Onboarding
2 37 (8.19%) Management Information System
3 25 (5.53%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (4.65%) Social Media
5 18 (3.98%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.76%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.77%) FMCG
9 8 (1.77%) Social Network
9 8 (1.77%) Web Conferencing
10 7 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.55%) Blog
10 7 (1.55%) CCTV
11 6 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.11%) Life Science
12 5 (1.11%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.11%) NHS
13 4 (0.88%) Digital Media
13 4 (0.88%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.65%) Windows
2 8 (1.77%) Linux
3 5 (1.11%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.11%) Unix
4 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (34.96%) Business Intelligence
2 102 (22.57%) Problem-Solving
3 99 (21.90%) Decision-Making
4 78 (17.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 71 (15.71%) Project Management
6 69 (15.27%) Process Improvement
7 66 (14.60%) CRM
8 61 (13.50%) ERP
9 57 (12.61%) Data Analysis
10 47 (10.40%) Customer Service
11 43 (9.51%) AI
12 42 (9.29%) Agile
12 42 (9.29%) Data Management
13 41 (9.07%) Analytics
14 39 (8.63%) Mentoring
15 38 (8.41%) Stakeholder Management
16 34 (7.52%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 33 (7.30%) Visualisation
18 32 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 31 (6.86%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (17.70%) SQL
2 31 (6.86%) Python
3 23 (5.09%) VBA
4 5 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.11%) VB
4 5 (1.11%) VBScript
5 3 (0.66%) Java
5 3 (0.66%) R
6 2 (0.44%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.22%) ABAP
7 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 96 (21.24%) Degree
2 71 (15.71%) ACCA
3 58 (12.83%) CIMA
4 17 (3.76%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.10%) AAT
6 12 (2.65%) DBS Check
6 12 (2.65%) Security Cleared
7 9 (1.99%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.55%) CFA
8 7 (1.55%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.55%) PMP
9 5 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.11%) CISSP
9 5 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.88%) CIPD
10 4 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.66%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.52%) Data Quality
2 31 (6.86%) GDPR
3 19 (4.20%) QA
4 14 (3.10%) IFRS
5 13 (2.88%) COREP
5 13 (2.88%) FINREP
5 13 (2.88%) PMO
6 11 (2.43%) GAAP
7 7 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.55%) GRC
8 5 (1.11%) SLA
9 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.66%) TickIT
11 2 (0.44%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.22%) ISO 9000
12 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (1.77%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.11%) SCCM
2 4 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.22%) Ansible
3 1 (0.22%) Control-M
3 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 177 (39.16%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.64%) SAP
3 27 (5.97%) Adobe
4 26 (5.75%) Oracle
5 22 (4.87%) Apple
6 19 (4.20%) Sage
6 19 (4.20%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.99%) JD Edwards
7 9 (1.99%) Xero
8 8 (1.77%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.77%) Informatica
9 7 (1.55%) Google
9 7 (1.55%) Workday
10 5 (1.11%) IBM
10 5 (1.11%) Snow
10 5 (1.11%) VMware
11 4 (0.88%) Databricks
11 4 (0.88%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.66%) IFS
12 3 (0.66%) MuleSoft