Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 22 January 2022

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Microsoft Excel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 22 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Excel
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
22 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 136 182 178
Rank change year-on-year +46 -4 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 741 172 112
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.53% 1.59% 1.52%
As % of the Applications category 39.71% 34.75% 32.09%
Number of salaries quoted 428 148 86
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £25,375
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.74%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,375 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%

Microsoft Excel is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for software application skills.

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,866 495 349
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.38% 4.58% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,227 407 277
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.47% -15.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £74,250
UK median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% +8.97% -2.50%

Microsoft Excel
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Excel trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 22 January 2022.

Microsoft Excel salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 22 January 2022, Microsoft Excel job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Microsoft Excel.

1 355 (47.91%) Social Skills
2 334 (45.07%) Microsoft
3 292 (39.41%) SQL
4 277 (37.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 271 (36.57%) Analytical Skills
6 262 (35.36%) Business Intelligence
7 253 (34.14%) Finance
8 221 (29.82%) Power BI
8 221 (29.82%) Power Platform
9 209 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
10 206 (27.80%) Analytics
11 199 (26.86%) Degree
12 175 (23.62%) Project Management
13 172 (23.21%) Microsoft Office
14 150 (20.24%) Data Analysis
15 144 (19.43%) Python
16 141 (19.03%) Data Management
17 136 (18.35%) SQL Server
18 114 (15.38%) Data Modelling
19 112 (15.11%) Visualisation
20 111 (14.98%) Time Management
21 110 (14.84%) Oracle
22 106 (14.30%) Agile Software Development
23 105 (14.17%) Data Warehouse
24 104 (14.04%) Azure
25 97 (13.09%) Presentation Skills
26 96 (12.96%) C#
27 87 (11.74%) Windows
27 87 (11.74%) Clinical Data Management
28 85 (11.47%) VB

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 51 (6.88%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.99%) SAS
3 21 (2.83%) Oracle Workflow
4 11 (1.48%) CMS
5 8 (1.08%) MS Exchange
6 7 (0.94%) WordPress
7 6 (0.81%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.67%) Confluence
9 4 (0.54%) Apache
9 4 (0.54%) IIS
9 4 (0.54%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.27%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 277 (37.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 172 (23.21%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (6.07%) MS Visio
4 41 (5.53%) Microsoft Project
5 26 (3.51%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.40%) SPSS
7 2 (0.27%) MadCap Flare
7 2 (0.27%) RoboHelp
8 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.13%) InDesign
8 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 64 (8.64%) Oracle Clinical
2 13 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.62%) Dynamics AX
3 12 (1.62%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.21%) Unit4 Business World
5 7 (0.94%) SAP MDG
6 5 (0.67%) SAP BPC
6 5 (0.67%) SAP HR
6 5 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.40%) Maximo
9 2 (0.27%) Eikon
9 2 (0.27%) MFGPRO
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.27%) Raiser's Edge
9 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.13%) iTrent
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 221 (29.82%) Power Platform
2 104 (14.04%) Azure
3 43 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (5.53%) Google Analytics
5 25 (3.37%) SaaS
6 15 (2.02%) Google Sheets
7 13 (1.75%) Power Automate
8 12 (1.62%) AWS
8 12 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (1.62%) Google Tag Manager
9 10 (1.35%) Adobe Analytics
9 10 (1.35%) Google Data Studio
10 9 (1.21%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.08%) GCP
11 8 (1.08%) Google Ads
12 7 (0.94%) Azure Active Directory
13 5 (0.67%) PaaS
14 4 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.54%) Basecamp
14 4 (0.54%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.48%) Firewall
1 11 (1.48%) WebEx
2 10 (1.35%) Intranet
3 6 (0.81%) VPN
4 5 (0.67%) BGP
4 5 (0.67%) LAN
4 5 (0.67%) OSPF
5 4 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (0.54%) DMZ
5 4 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
5 4 (0.54%) MPLS
5 4 (0.54%) Multicast
5 4 (0.54%) Network Security
5 4 (0.54%) NX-OS
5 4 (0.54%) VXLAN
5 4 (0.54%) WLAN
6 3 (0.40%) DNS
6 3 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (29.82%) Power BI
2 136 (18.35%) SQL Server
3 105 (14.17%) Data Warehouse
4 82 (11.07%) Relational Database
5 64 (8.64%) RDBMS
6 60 (8.10%) Tableau
7 59 (7.96%) MySQL
8 53 (7.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 40 (5.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 35 (4.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 24 (3.24%) Oracle Reports
12 22 (2.97%) Power Query
13 16 (2.16%) MS Access
14 15 (2.02%) QlikView
15 14 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
15 14 (1.89%) Spotfire
16 13 (1.75%) SQL Server 2012
16 13 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 12 (1.62%) BusinessObjects
18 11 (1.48%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 42 (5.67%) JIRA
2 21 (2.83%) Oracle Forms
3 17 (2.29%) Axure RP
4 11 (1.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (1.08%) Git (software)
6 6 (0.81%) Postman
7 4 (0.54%) ProC
7 4 (0.54%) Subversion
8 3 (0.40%) Toad
9 2 (0.27%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.13%) DBeaver
10 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 355 (47.91%) Social Skills
2 271 (36.57%) Analytical Skills
3 253 (34.14%) Finance
4 97 (13.09%) Presentation Skills
5 83 (11.20%) Marketing
6 55 (7.42%) Publishing
7 46 (6.21%) Retail
8 43 (5.80%) Pharmaceutical
9 40 (5.40%) Law
10 34 (4.59%) Legal
11 32 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
11 32 (4.32%) Public Sector
12 21 (2.83%) Advertising
13 17 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.75%) Manufacturing
15 12 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (1.48%) Banking
17 10 (1.35%) Telecoms
18 6 (0.81%) Billing
19 5 (0.67%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 256 (34.55%) Analyst
2 94 (12.69%) Data Analyst
3 67 (9.04%) Data Manager
4 60 (8.10%) Administrator
5 54 (7.29%) Data Administrator
6 51 (6.88%) Senior Analyst
7 39 (5.26%) E-Commerce Administrator
8 34 (4.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 34 (4.59%) Project Manager
9 33 (4.45%) Business Analyst
10 32 (4.32%) Consultant
10 32 (4.32%) Senior Manager
11 29 (3.91%) Developer
12 25 (3.37%) Programmer
13 23 (3.10%) Financial Analyst
13 23 (3.10%) Senior Programmer
14 22 (2.97%) Junior
15 17 (2.29%) Insight Analyst
16 16 (2.16%) Data Engineer
16 16 (2.16%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.56%) XML
2 16 (2.16%) HTML
3 13 (1.75%) CSS
4 12 (1.62%) .NET
5 9 (1.21%) DOM
5 9 (1.21%) Node.js
6 8 (1.08%) JSON
6 8 (1.08%) Web Services
7 5 (0.67%) PySpark
7 5 (0.67%) RESTful
7 5 (0.67%) XSLT
8 4 (0.54%) JSP
8 4 (0.54%) ODBC
8 4 (0.54%) XAMPP
9 3 (0.40%) ADO
10 2 (0.27%) COM
10 2 (0.27%) MDX
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.27%) XHTML
11 1 (0.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.64%) Driving Licence
2 56 (7.56%) User Experience
3 52 (7.02%) Management Information System
4 49 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.29%) Digital Media
5 17 (2.29%) PMI
6 13 (1.75%) Biotechnology
7 12 (1.62%) FMCG
8 11 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (1.48%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.08%) NHS
10 8 (1.08%) Social Media
10 8 (1.08%) Taxonomies
11 7 (0.94%) Data Centre
11 7 (0.94%) Smart Meter
12 6 (0.81%) CMDB
12 6 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.67%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (11.74%) Windows
2 5 (0.67%) Linux
2 5 (0.67%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.54%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.40%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.27%) Unix
6 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (35.36%) Business Intelligence
2 209 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
3 206 (27.80%) Analytics
4 175 (23.62%) Project Management
5 150 (20.24%) Data Analysis
6 141 (19.03%) Data Management
7 114 (15.38%) Data Modelling
8 112 (15.11%) Visualisation
9 111 (14.98%) Time Management
10 106 (14.30%) Agile Software Development
11 87 (11.74%) Clinical Data Management
12 73 (9.85%) E-Commerce
13 72 (9.72%) Stakeholder Management
14 66 (8.91%) DataOps
14 66 (8.91%) Decision-Making
15 59 (7.96%) Analytical Thinking
15 59 (7.96%) Revenue Recognition
16 57 (7.69%) Process Improvement
17 54 (7.29%) Business Analytics
18 53 (7.15%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 292 (39.41%) SQL
2 144 (19.43%) Python
3 96 (12.96%) C#
4 85 (11.47%) VB
5 54 (7.29%) R
6 39 (5.26%) T-SQL
7 37 (4.99%) VBA
8 22 (2.97%) JavaScript
8 22 (2.97%) PL/SQL
9 16 (2.16%) PHP
9 16 (2.16%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.94%) VB.NET
11 6 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
12 4 (0.54%) Bash
12 4 (0.54%) PROC SQL
12 4 (0.54%) SAS Macro
13 3 (0.40%) Java
13 3 (0.40%) Perl
14 1 (0.13%) C
14 1 (0.13%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 199 (26.86%) Degree
2 24 (3.24%) PMI Certification
3 17 (2.29%) APMP
4 15 (2.02%) ACCA
4 15 (2.02%) CIMA
5 13 (1.75%) Security Cleared
6 10 (1.35%) CIPD
7 9 (1.21%) Analytics IQ
7 9 (1.21%) PMP
8 8 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (0.94%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.81%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.67%) AAT
11 5 (0.67%) CCNP
11 5 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.31%) Good Clinical Practice
2 63 (8.50%) Data Quality
3 31 (4.18%) GDPR
3 31 (4.18%) QA
4 30 (4.05%) PMO
5 17 (2.29%) SLA
6 12 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.81%) P3O
8 5 (0.67%) COBIT
8 5 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 5 (0.67%) Solvency II
9 4 (0.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.54%) CDISC
9 4 (0.54%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.54%) HL7
10 3 (0.40%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) GAAP
12 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.54%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.54%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.13%) Docker
4 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (1.21%) Matomo
2 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.40%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (0.13%) Ansible
4 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.13%) Opscode Chef
4 1 (0.13%) Puppet
4 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 334 (45.07%) Microsoft
2 110 (14.84%) Oracle
3 47 (6.34%) SAP
4 43 (5.80%) Google
5 19 (2.56%) Salesforce.com
6 14 (1.89%) Adobe
6 14 (1.89%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.62%) Alteryx
8 9 (1.21%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.21%) Cisco
8 9 (1.21%) JD Edwards
8 9 (1.21%) Snowplow
8 9 (1.21%) VMware
9 8 (1.08%) hybris
10 6 (0.81%) Databricks
10 6 (0.81%) Informatica
10 6 (0.81%) Siebel
10 6 (0.81%) Talend
11 5 (0.67%) Cognos
11 5 (0.67%) HP