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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 105 57
Rank change year-on-year -6 -48 +29
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 495 550 1,499
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.39% 3.48% 4.48%
As % of the Applications category 36.75% 25.49% 50.99%
Number of salaries quoted 303 324 670
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,625 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £29,750 £29,761
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,125 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.69% +3.21%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £66,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -6.10%

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 1,347 2,158 2,940
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.51% 13.66% 8.79%
Number of salaries quoted 720 869 1,807
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £25,150
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,269 £50,000 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +13.99% -8.61%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,230 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £39,005
% change year-on-year -8.05% +11.52% -13.32%

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 30 June 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 63 (12.73%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.01%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.81%) Confluence
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.40%) CMS
5 2 (0.40%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.40%) WordPress
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 122 (24.65%) Microsoft Office
2 115 (23.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
4 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (2.22%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.81%) Windchill
7 3 (0.61%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.61%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (4.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.42%) NetSuite
2 12 (2.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (1.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (1.01%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.61%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.61%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.40%) Magento
6 2 (0.40%) Odoo
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.20%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.20%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 169 (34.14%) Power Platform
2 37 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
4 17 (3.43%) Azure
4 17 (3.43%) Power Automate
5 16 (3.23%) PowerApps
6 14 (2.83%) SaaS
7 12 (2.42%) OneDrive
8 8 (1.62%) ChatGPT
8 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.21%) Miro
9 6 (1.21%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.01%) GitHub
11 4 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.81%) Google Sheets
12 3 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.40%) Canva
13 2 (0.40%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (0.40%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.63%) Broadband
2 3 (0.61%) Firewall
2 3 (0.61%) IP Telephony
2 3 (0.61%) LAN
2 3 (0.61%) VPN
2 3 (0.61%) WAN
3 2 (0.40%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.40%) Internet
3 2 (0.40%) WebEx
4 1 (0.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (33.13%) Power BI
2 47 (9.49%) Tableau
3 31 (6.26%) Power Query
4 15 (3.03%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.42%) SAP BW
6 9 (1.82%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.62%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.21%) PowerPivot
9 5 (1.01%) Big Data
9 5 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.81%) Db2
10 4 (0.81%) DB2 UDB
10 4 (0.81%) QlikView
10 4 (0.81%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.40%) KNIME
11 2 (0.40%) MS Access
12 1 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.20%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 30 (6.06%) JIRA
2 6 (1.21%) Git
2 6 (1.21%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.20%) Toad
General
1 277 (55.96%) Social Skills
2 214 (43.23%) Finance
3 161 (32.53%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
5 40 (8.08%) Retail
6 35 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (6.26%) Marketing
8 29 (5.86%) Banking
8 29 (5.86%) Public Sector
9 26 (5.25%) Legal
10 23 (4.65%) Telecoms
11 21 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (3.84%) Automotive
13 19 (3.84%) Billing
14 14 (2.83%) Law
15 8 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.41%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.21%) Advertising
18 5 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 157 (31.72%) Analyst
2 55 (11.11%) Administrator
3 42 (8.48%) Report Analyst
4 35 (7.07%) Data Analyst
5 31 (6.26%) Senior
6 23 (4.65%) Financial Analyst
7 22 (4.44%) Accountant
8 20 (4.04%) Business Analyst
9 18 (3.64%) Consultant
10 15 (3.03%) Lead
11 13 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (2.63%) Senior Consultant
12 12 (2.42%) Data Administrator
13 11 (2.22%) Coordinator
13 11 (2.22%) Service Manager
14 10 (2.02%) Architect
14 10 (2.02%) Junior
14 10 (2.02%) Service Analyst
14 10 (2.02%) Systems Manager
15 9 (1.82%) Management Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.42%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.01%) EDI
2 5 (1.01%) XML
3 4 (0.81%) OAuth
3 4 (0.81%) OpenID
4 2 (0.40%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.40%) NumPy
4 2 (0.40%) Pandas
4 2 (0.40%) PySpark
4 2 (0.40%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.20%) Godot
5 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.20%) SciPy
5 1 (0.20%) TAPI
5 1 (0.20%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.49%) Management Information System
2 40 (8.08%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (4.04%) Social Media
5 17 (3.43%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.22%) Web Conferencing
7 10 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.41%) CCTV
9 7 (1.41%) FMCG
10 6 (1.21%) e-Learning
10 6 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.01%) Life Science
11 5 (1.01%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.01%) NHS
12 4 (0.81%) Reinsurance
13 3 (0.61%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.61%) Blog
13 3 (0.61%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.82%) Windows
2 5 (1.01%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.01%) Linux
2 5 (1.01%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (33.74%) Business Intelligence
2 127 (25.66%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (22.63%) Decision-Making
4 107 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 87 (17.58%) Project Management
6 76 (15.35%) CRM
7 75 (15.15%) Process Improvement
8 64 (12.93%) Data Analysis
9 59 (11.92%) ERP
10 55 (11.11%) Data Management
11 45 (9.09%) Agile
11 45 (9.09%) Analytics
11 45 (9.09%) Customer Service
11 45 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 45 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 41 (8.28%) Mentoring
13 39 (7.88%) Validation
14 35 (7.07%) Visualisation
15 34 (6.87%) Time Management
16 33 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 101 (20.40%) SQL
2 38 (7.68%) Python
3 27 (5.45%) VBA
4 7 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (1.41%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.01%) R
5 5 (1.01%) VB
5 5 (1.01%) VBScript
6 3 (0.61%) C#
7 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.20%) ABAP
8 1 (0.20%) C
8 1 (0.20%) C++
8 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (19.60%) Degree
2 73 (14.75%) ACCA
3 68 (13.74%) CIMA
4 25 (5.05%) DBS Check
5 21 (4.24%) AAT
6 19 (3.84%) Security Cleared
7 15 (3.03%) SC Cleared
8 10 (2.02%) PMI Certification
8 10 (2.02%) PMP
9 7 (1.41%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.21%) ICAEW
11 5 (1.01%) CISSP
12 4 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.81%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.61%) HNC
13 3 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.49%) Data Quality
2 35 (7.07%) GDPR
3 29 (5.86%) QA
4 15 (3.03%) PMO
5 14 (2.83%) COREP
5 14 (2.83%) FINREP
6 13 (2.63%) IFRS
7 9 (1.82%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.62%) GAAP
9 7 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (1.41%) GRC
10 5 (1.01%) ISO 9001
10 5 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.81%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.81%) ISO 9000
11 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 4 (0.81%) SLA
11 4 (0.81%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.61%) TickIT
13 2 (0.40%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 5 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.01%) SCCM
2 4 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.20%) Autotask
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 198 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.06%) SAP
3 24 (4.85%) Oracle
4 18 (3.64%) Salesforce
5 16 (3.23%) Sage
6 14 (2.83%) Xero
7 10 (2.02%) HubSpot
7 10 (2.02%) JD Edwards
8 9 (1.82%) Adobe
8 9 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.41%) Google
10 6 (1.21%) Databricks
10 6 (1.21%) Workday
11 5 (1.01%) Apple
11 5 (1.01%) BMC
11 5 (1.01%) IBM
11 5 (1.01%) Informatica
11 5 (1.01%) Snow
11 5 (1.01%) VMware
12 4 (0.81%) Hyperion