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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 85 53
Rank change year-on-year -13 -32 +48
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 671 651 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.70% 3.86% 4.71%
As % of the Applications category 41.39% 19.27% 52.42%
Number of salaries quoted 403 418 284
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -12.46%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% -

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 1,621 3,378 2,001
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.52% 20.05% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 934 818 882
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,763 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.10% -13.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 4 October 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 (9.39%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.34%) CMS
3 8 (1.19%) Confluence
4 5 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.45%) SAS
6 3 (0.45%) WordPress
7 2 (0.30%) IIS
7 2 (0.30%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.15%) Moodle
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 200 (29.81%) Microsoft Office
2 188 (28.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (5.37%) Spreadsheet
4 24 (3.58%) Acrobat
5 21 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (1.94%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.75%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.60%) Windchill
9 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.30%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.30%) Revit
9 2 (0.30%) SPSS
9 2 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (4.62%) NetSuite
2 21 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (1.19%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.60%) Academy Housing
5 4 (0.60%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.45%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.45%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.30%) FastStats
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.30%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.15%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 182 (27.12%) Power Platform
2 52 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (4.47%) Azure
4 26 (3.87%) SaaS
5 21 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (2.38%) AWS
7 14 (2.09%) PowerApps
8 13 (1.94%) Power Automate
9 10 (1.49%) Google Analytics
9 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.75%) GCP
12 4 (0.60%) ChatGPT
12 4 (0.60%) GitHub
12 4 (0.60%) Google Ads
12 4 (0.60%) Miro
12 4 (0.60%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.60%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.09%) Broadband
2 5 (0.75%) WAN
2 5 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.45%) LAN
3 3 (0.45%) Network Security
4 2 (0.30%) DHCP
4 2 (0.30%) DNS
4 2 (0.30%) Internet
4 2 (0.30%) NGN
4 2 (0.30%) VPN
4 2 (0.30%) WebEx
5 1 (0.15%) 5G
5 1 (0.15%) Intranet
5 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (25.78%) Power BI
2 34 (5.07%) Tableau
3 27 (4.02%) Power Query
4 18 (2.68%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.79%) SAP BW
6 9 (1.34%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.34%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.04%) Looker
8 6 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.75%) Big Data
10 2 (0.30%) KNIME
10 2 (0.30%) MS Access
10 2 (0.30%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 2 (0.30%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.15%) Metadata
11 1 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 34 (5.07%) JIRA
2 7 (1.04%) Git
3 6 (0.89%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.45%) RStudio
5 2 (0.30%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.30%) JMeter
5 2 (0.30%) Postman
5 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.15%) Moq
General
1 410 (61.10%) Social Skills
2 283 (42.18%) Finance
3 232 (34.58%) Analytical Skills
4 171 (25.48%) Organisational Skills
5 95 (14.16%) Marketing
6 72 (10.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 61 (9.09%) Retail
8 57 (8.49%) Legal
9 49 (7.30%) Public Sector
10 46 (6.86%) Billing
11 40 (5.96%) Influencing Skills
12 39 (5.81%) Telecoms
13 35 (5.22%) Manufacturing
14 29 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
15 25 (3.73%) Law
16 24 (3.58%) Banking
17 15 (2.24%) Advertising
18 14 (2.09%) German Language
19 11 (1.64%) Electronics
19 11 (1.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 168 (25.04%) Analyst
2 72 (10.73%) Administrator
3 48 (7.15%) Data Analyst
4 34 (5.07%) Accountant
4 34 (5.07%) Senior
5 31 (4.62%) Report Analyst
6 27 (4.02%) Financial Analyst
7 25 (3.73%) Business Analyst
8 20 (2.98%) Coordinator
9 18 (2.68%) Service Analyst
10 17 (2.53%) Lead
10 17 (2.53%) Management Accountant
10 17 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (1.94%) Consultant
11 13 (1.94%) Data Engineer
11 13 (1.94%) Junior
11 13 (1.94%) Project Manager
12 12 (1.79%) PMO Analyst
12 12 (1.79%) Sales Administrator
13 11 (1.64%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.75%) Flash
2 5 (0.75%) Matplotlib
2 5 (0.75%) NumPy
2 5 (0.75%) ODBC
2 5 (0.75%) Pandas
3 3 (0.45%) Godot
3 3 (0.45%) HTML
3 3 (0.45%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.30%) PySpark
4 2 (0.30%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.30%) Terraform
5 1 (0.15%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 100 (14.90%) Management Information System
2 59 (8.79%) Onboarding
3 44 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (5.37%) Social Media
5 15 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (2.24%) Data Structures
5 15 (2.24%) Driving Licence
5 15 (2.24%) Housing Association
6 11 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 11 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
7 9 (1.34%) Data Centre
7 9 (1.34%) NHS
8 8 (1.19%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.04%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.89%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.89%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.75%) Educational Technology
11 5 (0.75%) FMCG
12 4 (0.60%) PMI
12 4 (0.60%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (28.02%) Business Intelligence
2 185 (27.57%) Problem-Solving
3 168 (25.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 155 (23.10%) Decision-Making
5 116 (17.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 97 (14.46%) CRM
7 89 (13.26%) Analytics
7 89 (13.26%) Customer Service
8 85 (12.67%) Project Management
9 81 (12.07%) AI
9 81 (12.07%) Process Improvement
10 69 (10.28%) Agile
10 69 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 66 (9.84%) Data Analysis
12 64 (9.54%) Data Management
13 58 (8.64%) Project Delivery
14 56 (8.35%) Actionable Insight
14 56 (8.35%) ERP
15 53 (7.90%) Coaching
15 53 (7.90%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 124 (18.48%) SQL
2 54 (8.05%) Python
3 24 (3.58%) VBA
4 16 (2.38%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.09%) R
6 11 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (1.34%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.75%) C#
8 5 (0.75%) VB
9 3 (0.45%) C
9 3 (0.45%) C++
10 2 (0.30%) Bash
10 2 (0.30%) Java
10 2 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 104 (15.50%) Degree
2 69 (10.28%) ACCA
3 67 (9.99%) CIMA
4 36 (5.37%) DBS Check
5 31 (4.62%) Security Cleared
6 30 (4.47%) SC Cleared
7 16 (2.38%) AAT
8 12 (1.79%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.19%) PMP
10 7 (1.04%) ICAEW
10 7 (1.04%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.60%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.45%) CIPD
13 3 (0.45%) CIPFA
13 3 (0.45%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (13.26%) Data Quality
2 44 (6.56%) GDPR
3 32 (4.77%) QA
4 25 (3.73%) PMO
5 17 (2.53%) IFRS
6 16 (2.38%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.94%) GAAP
8 8 (1.19%) SLA
9 6 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.89%) COREP
9 6 (0.89%) FINREP
9 6 (0.89%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.60%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.60%) ISO 9000
10 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 3 (0.45%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.45%) TickIT
12 2 (0.30%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.30%) Ansible
2 1 (0.15%) Autotask
2 1 (0.15%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 326 (48.58%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.07%) Adobe
3 31 (4.62%) SAP
4 29 (4.32%) Oracle
5 25 (3.73%) Salesforce
6 24 (3.58%) HubSpot
7 22 (3.28%) Sage
8 18 (2.68%) Google
9 13 (1.94%) Xero
10 11 (1.64%) YouTube
11 10 (1.49%) Apple
12 8 (1.19%) Databricks
13 7 (1.04%) ServiceNow
14 5 (0.75%) Progress
14 5 (0.75%) Workday
14 5 (0.75%) Zoho
15 4 (0.60%) BMC
15 4 (0.60%) Criteo
15 4 (0.60%) TikTok
16 3 (0.45%) Alteryx