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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 91 127
Rank change year-on-year +27 +36 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 544 552 567
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.62% 3.37% 2.61%
As % of the Applications category 22.96% 40.83% 39.40%
Number of salaries quoted 320 243 372
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,400 £28,600
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £43,500 £45,122
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -3.59% -9.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,625 £82,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,586
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.24% -8.24%

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 2,369 1,352 1,439
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.76% 8.26% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 635 717 1,092
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,900 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £41,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +14.90% -9.29%

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 13 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 39 (7.17%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.49%) Confluence
3 3 (0.55%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.55%) WordPress
4 2 (0.37%) SAS
5 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 144 (26.47%) Microsoft Office
2 136 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (4.23%) MS Visio
4 19 (3.49%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (2.21%) InDesign
6 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.92%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.55%) Trello
10 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (2.94%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.47%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.29%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.92%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.74%) SAP BPC
6 4 (0.74%) Shopify
6 4 (0.74%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.55%) Magento
7 3 (0.55%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.55%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.37%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.18%) Pegasus Opera
9 1 (0.18%) Primavera
9 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.18%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 201 (36.95%) Power Platform
2 86 (15.81%) Azure
3 61 (11.21%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (6.25%) SaaS
5 27 (4.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 25 (4.60%) AWS
7 24 (4.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 21 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (3.31%) Cloud Computing
10 14 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (2.57%) PowerApps
10 14 (2.57%) Snowflake
11 12 (2.21%) Smartsheet
12 10 (1.84%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.84%) Intacct
13 6 (1.10%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.92%) GCP
14 5 (0.92%) Workato
15 4 (0.74%) Google Tag Manager
16 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.65%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.55%) Ethernet
2 3 (0.55%) PuTTY
3 2 (0.37%) Internet
4 1 (0.18%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (0.18%) Firewall
4 1 (0.18%) Intranet
4 1 (0.18%) LAN
4 1 (0.18%) MPLS
4 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.18%) SNA
4 1 (0.18%) WAN
4 1 (0.18%) Wireless
4 1 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (35.66%) Power BI
2 55 (10.11%) Tableau
3 35 (6.43%) SQL Server
4 30 (5.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 27 (4.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 25 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (4.04%) Power Query
8 18 (3.31%) Big Data
9 11 (2.02%) Oracle Reports
10 10 (1.84%) Crystal Reports
11 8 (1.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 7 (1.29%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.92%) OLAP
14 4 (0.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.74%) Looker
14 4 (0.74%) Metadata
15 3 (0.55%) GIS
15 3 (0.55%) QlikView
15 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (5.88%) JIRA
2 3 (0.55%) Git
2 3 (0.55%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.55%) Maven
2 3 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
General
1 288 (52.94%) Finance
2 262 (48.16%) Social Skills
3 201 (36.95%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (12.87%) Marketing
5 59 (10.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (10.29%) Organisational Skills
7 39 (7.17%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (6.07%) Billing
9 26 (4.78%) Advertising
9 26 (4.78%) Public Sector
9 26 (4.78%) Retail
10 22 (4.04%) Law
11 20 (3.68%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.57%) Legal
14 13 (2.39%) Telecoms
15 12 (2.21%) Banking
16 7 (1.29%) Automotive
17 5 (0.92%) Local Government
18 4 (0.74%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 180 (33.09%) Analyst
2 51 (9.38%) Senior
3 41 (7.54%) Accountant
4 39 (7.17%) Data Analyst
5 27 (4.96%) Business Analyst
5 27 (4.96%) Lead
5 27 (4.96%) Support Analyst
6 19 (3.49%) Administrator
6 19 (3.49%) Developer
6 19 (3.49%) Technical Support
7 18 (3.31%) Business Manager
7 18 (3.31%) Financial Accountant
7 18 (3.31%) Service Manager
7 18 (3.31%) Technical Analyst
8 17 (3.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 17 (3.13%) Systems Accountant
9 15 (2.76%) Financial Analyst
9 15 (2.76%) IT Support
10 14 (2.57%) Commercial Analyst
10 14 (2.57%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.74%) Middleware
2 3 (0.55%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (0.55%) Altair
2 3 (0.55%) JSON
2 3 (0.55%) RAML
2 3 (0.55%) REST
2 3 (0.55%) SOAP
3 2 (0.37%) EDI
3 2 (0.37%) Flash
3 2 (0.37%) HTML
3 2 (0.37%) XML
4 1 (0.18%) .NET
4 1 (0.18%) Ember.js
4 1 (0.18%) Spine.js
Miscellaneous
1 74 (13.60%) Onboarding
2 48 (8.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 47 (8.64%) Management Information System
4 43 (7.90%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (4.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 21 (3.86%) Social Media
7 19 (3.49%) Product Ownership
8 18 (3.31%) Public Cloud
8 18 (3.31%) Social Network
9 12 (2.21%) Web Conferencing
10 8 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.29%) CMDB
11 7 (1.29%) Housing Association
11 7 (1.29%) NHS
12 5 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.92%) Digital Media
12 5 (0.92%) FMCG
13 4 (0.74%) Animation
13 4 (0.74%) Blog
13 4 (0.74%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.13%) Windows
2 12 (2.21%) Linux
3 9 (1.65%) Unix
4 4 (0.74%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (38.24%) Business Intelligence
2 174 (31.99%) Problem-Solving
3 133 (24.45%) Decision-Making
4 109 (20.04%) Data Analysis
5 107 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (18.93%) Analytics
7 82 (15.07%) AI
8 77 (14.15%) Process Improvement
9 74 (13.60%) ERP
10 70 (12.87%) Visualisation
11 64 (11.76%) Agile
12 63 (11.58%) Actionable Insight
13 62 (11.40%) Project Management
14 56 (10.29%) CRM
15 50 (9.19%) Customer Service
16 49 (9.01%) Budgeting
17 47 (8.64%) Budgeting and Forecasting
18 40 (7.35%) Change Management
18 40 (7.35%) Data Visualisation
19 39 (7.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 146 (26.84%) SQL
2 51 (9.38%) Python
3 30 (5.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (4.04%) VBA
5 12 (2.21%) R
6 11 (2.02%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.55%) Java
8 1 (0.18%) ABAP
8 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 131 (24.08%) Degree
2 97 (17.83%) ACCA
3 76 (13.97%) CIMA
4 17 (3.13%) AWS Certification
5 15 (2.76%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.39%) AAT
6 13 (2.39%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.21%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 9 (1.65%) CFA
9 8 (1.47%) CIPD
9 8 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.47%) Numerate Degree
10 7 (1.29%) CISA
10 7 (1.29%) CISSP
11 6 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.92%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.92%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.92%) PMP
13 4 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.70%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.60%) IFRS
3 22 (4.04%) GAAP
4 21 (3.86%) GDPR
5 20 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 15 (2.76%) PMO
6 15 (2.76%) QA
7 14 (2.57%) ISO 9001
8 11 (2.02%) SLA
9 10 (1.84%) Accessibility
10 6 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.37%) GMP
12 1 (0.18%) GRC
12 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.18%) P3O
12 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 14 (2.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.18%) Ansible
2 1 (0.18%) Control-M
2 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 259 (47.61%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.25%) Oracle
3 31 (5.70%) Adobe
4 25 (4.60%) Sage
4 25 (4.60%) Salesforce
5 22 (4.04%) SAP
6 18 (3.31%) Apple
7 14 (2.57%) Google
8 13 (2.39%) Cisco
9 11 (2.02%) Workday
10 10 (1.84%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.65%) Zoho
12 6 (1.10%) Concur
12 6 (1.10%) Xero
13 4 (0.74%) Adaptive Insights
13 4 (0.74%) Informatica
13 4 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 3 (0.55%) Mercator
14 3 (0.55%) MuleSoft
14 3 (0.55%) Openreach