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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 92 108
Rank change year-on-year +11 +16 +16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 518 560 748
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.31% 3.45% 2.90%
As % of the Applications category 21.73% 40.14% 40.02%
Number of salaries quoted 308 244 516
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,692
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,340 £44,827 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -0.39% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,313 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £41,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -7.78% +12.50% -15.79%

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 2,384 1,395 1,869
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.25% 8.59% 7.24%
Number of salaries quoted 638 762 1,454
10th Percentile £28,693 £28,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,340 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £38,625
% change year-on-year -20.00% +29.45% -14.17%

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 27 January 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 44 (8.49%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.47%) Confluence
3 3 (0.58%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.58%) WordPress
4 2 (0.39%) SAS
5 1 (0.19%) CMS
Applications
1 140 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
2 131 (25.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (3.86%) MS Visio
4 18 (3.47%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (2.32%) InDesign
6 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.77%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.58%) Trello
9 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.32%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.54%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.35%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.97%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.77%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.58%) Magento
6 3 (0.58%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.39%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.39%) Shopify
8 1 (0.19%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.19%) Primavera
8 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 200 (38.61%) Power Platform
2 87 (16.80%) Azure
3 65 (12.55%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (6.56%) SaaS
5 27 (5.21%) Azure Data Factory
6 24 (4.63%) AWS
6 24 (4.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 21 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (3.28%) PowerApps
9 15 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (2.70%) Snowflake
11 10 (1.93%) Intacct
12 9 (1.74%) Google Analytics
12 9 (1.74%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.35%) Smartsheet
14 5 (0.97%) GCP
14 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.97%) OneDrive
14 5 (0.97%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.74%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.58%) Ethernet
2 3 (0.58%) PuTTY
3 2 (0.39%) Internet
4 1 (0.19%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (0.19%) Firewall
4 1 (0.19%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.19%) LAN
4 1 (0.19%) MPLS
4 1 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.19%) SNA
4 1 (0.19%) WAN
4 1 (0.19%) Wireless
4 1 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (36.87%) Power BI
2 55 (10.62%) Tableau
3 34 (6.56%) SQL Server
4 29 (5.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 27 (5.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (4.25%) Power Query
7 21 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (2.90%) Big Data
9 7 (1.35%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (1.16%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.77%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.77%) Looker
12 4 (0.77%) Metadata
12 4 (0.77%) PowerPivot
13 3 (0.58%) GIS
13 3 (0.58%) OLAP
13 3 (0.58%) QlikView
14 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 33 (6.37%) JIRA
2 3 (0.58%) Git
2 3 (0.58%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.58%) Maven
2 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
General
1 260 (50.19%) Social Skills
2 259 (50.00%) Finance
3 183 (35.33%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (12.93%) Marketing
5 61 (11.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 60 (11.58%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (6.95%) Presentation Skills
8 34 (6.56%) Billing
9 26 (5.02%) Retail
10 24 (4.63%) Advertising
10 24 (4.63%) Law
10 24 (4.63%) Public Sector
11 17 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (2.90%) Manufacturing
13 13 (2.51%) Telecoms
14 12 (2.32%) Banking
14 12 (2.32%) Legal
15 9 (1.74%) Automotive
16 5 (0.97%) Local Government
17 4 (0.77%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 176 (33.98%) Analyst
2 50 (9.65%) Senior
3 35 (6.76%) Data Analyst
4 30 (5.79%) Accountant
5 29 (5.60%) Lead
6 27 (5.21%) Support Analyst
7 25 (4.83%) Business Analyst
8 19 (3.67%) Technical Support
9 18 (3.47%) Administrator
9 18 (3.47%) Service Manager
9 18 (3.47%) Technical Analyst
10 17 (3.28%) IT Support
11 16 (3.09%) Business Manager
11 16 (3.09%) Developer
11 16 (3.09%) Financial Accountant
12 15 (2.90%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 15 (2.90%) IT Analyst
13 14 (2.70%) Commercial Analyst
13 14 (2.70%) Consultant
13 14 (2.70%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.77%) EDI
1 4 (0.77%) Middleware
1 4 (0.77%) XML
2 3 (0.58%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (0.58%) JSON
2 3 (0.58%) RAML
2 3 (0.58%) REST
2 3 (0.58%) SOAP
3 2 (0.39%) OAuth
3 2 (0.39%) OpenID
4 1 (0.19%) .NET
4 1 (0.19%) Altair
4 1 (0.19%) Ember.js
4 1 (0.19%) HTML
4 1 (0.19%) Spine.js
Miscellaneous
1 75 (14.48%) Onboarding
2 47 (9.07%) Management Information System
3 44 (8.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 41 (7.92%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (4.05%) Social Media
6 20 (3.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 19 (3.67%) Product Ownership
8 18 (3.47%) Public Cloud
9 15 (2.90%) Social Network
10 12 (2.32%) Web Conferencing
11 7 (1.35%) Housing Association
12 6 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.16%) NHS
13 5 (0.97%) Blog
13 5 (0.97%) CMDB
13 5 (0.97%) Driving Licence
14 4 (0.77%) Animation
14 4 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.77%) Digital Media
14 4 (0.77%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.67%) Windows
2 11 (2.12%) Linux
3 8 (1.54%) Unix
4 4 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (39.00%) Business Intelligence
2 152 (29.34%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (24.13%) Decision-Making
4 107 (20.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (20.27%) Data Analysis
6 102 (19.69%) Analytics
7 78 (15.06%) AI
8 69 (13.32%) Process Improvement
9 65 (12.55%) Visualisation
10 63 (12.16%) ERP
11 62 (11.97%) Agile
12 61 (11.78%) Project Management
13 60 (11.58%) Actionable Insight
13 60 (11.58%) CRM
14 54 (10.42%) Customer Service
15 46 (8.88%) Budgeting and Forecasting
16 40 (7.72%) Budgeting
17 38 (7.34%) Change Management
17 38 (7.34%) Line Management
18 35 (6.76%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 129 (24.90%) SQL
2 49 (9.46%) Python
3 29 (5.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 17 (3.28%) VBA
5 10 (1.93%) R
6 9 (1.74%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.58%) Java
8 1 (0.19%) ABAP
8 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.19%) VB
8 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 118 (22.78%) Degree
2 77 (14.86%) ACCA
3 59 (11.39%) CIMA
4 17 (3.28%) AWS Certification
5 15 (2.90%) Security Cleared
6 14 (2.70%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.32%) AAT
7 12 (2.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 9 (1.74%) CFA
9 8 (1.54%) CISSP
9 8 (1.54%) Numerate Degree
10 7 (1.35%) CIPD
10 7 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.35%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.16%) CISA
11 6 (1.16%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.97%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.97%) PMP
13 4 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.79%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.44%) GDPR
3 22 (4.25%) IFRS
4 20 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (3.67%) GAAP
6 15 (2.90%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (2.70%) ISO 9001
7 14 (2.70%) PMO
8 13 (2.51%) QA
9 11 (2.12%) SLA
10 10 (1.93%) Accessibility
11 6 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.39%) GMP
12 2 (0.39%) GRC
12 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.19%) NIST
13 1 (0.19%) P3O
13 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 14 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.19%) Ansible
2 1 (0.19%) Control-M
2 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.19%) SCCM
2 1 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 245 (47.30%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.98%) Adobe
3 28 (5.41%) Oracle
3 28 (5.41%) Salesforce
4 23 (4.44%) Sage
5 20 (3.86%) Apple
6 14 (2.70%) Google
6 14 (2.70%) SAP
7 13 (2.51%) Cisco
8 9 (1.74%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.74%) Zoho
9 6 (1.16%) Concur
9 6 (1.16%) Informatica
10 5 (0.97%) Xero
11 4 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.58%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.58%) Mercator
12 3 (0.58%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.58%) Openreach
12 3 (0.58%) Workday