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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 87 57
Rank change year-on-year -3 -30 +46
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 481 460 1,501
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.74% 3.49% 4.64%
As % of the Applications category 38.73% 34.12% 51.39%
Number of salaries quoted 269 241 663
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.27% +3.53%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,250 £56,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £44,480 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.07% +11.20% -10.10%

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 1,242 1,348 2,921
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.08% 10.22% 9.02%
Number of salaries quoted 604 761 1,817
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +22.09% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,253 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -16.67%

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 16 April 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 54 (11.23%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.46%) Confluence
3 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.21%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 114 (23.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 106 (22.04%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (4.78%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.49%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.62%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.62%) InDesign
6 3 (0.62%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.42%) Trello
8 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.04%) Magento
3 5 (1.04%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.04%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.62%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.42%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.42%) Odoo
5 2 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.21%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 181 (37.63%) Power Platform
2 60 (12.47%) Azure
3 39 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 24 (4.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 19 (3.95%) AWS
6 19 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (3.12%) SaaS
8 14 (2.91%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.70%) Power Automate
10 11 (2.29%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.25%) Google Sheets
12 6 (1.25%) Smartsheet
13 5 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.04%) ChatGPT
13 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.83%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.83%) Miro
14 4 (0.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.25%) Broadband
2 5 (1.04%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.83%) Firewall
3 4 (0.83%) LAN
3 4 (0.83%) WAN
4 3 (0.62%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.62%) PuTTY
4 3 (0.62%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.62%) VPN
5 2 (0.42%) Internet
6 1 (0.21%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.21%) MPLS
6 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.21%) SNA
6 1 (0.21%) WebEx
6 1 (0.21%) Wireless
6 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (36.38%) Power BI
2 47 (9.77%) Tableau
3 32 (6.65%) Power Query
3 32 (6.65%) SQL Server
4 28 (5.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 26 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.66%) Big Data
7 7 (1.46%) PowerPivot
8 6 (1.25%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.25%) SAP BW
9 5 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.04%) QlikView
10 4 (0.83%) DB2
10 4 (0.83%) DB2 UDB
10 4 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.62%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.42%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.42%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.21%) Metadata
13 1 (0.21%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 26 (5.41%) JIRA
2 4 (0.83%) Git
2 4 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.62%) Maven
3 3 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.21%) Toad
General
1 269 (55.93%) Social Skills
2 223 (46.36%) Finance
3 179 (37.21%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (14.14%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (10.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (10.19%) Marketing
7 42 (8.73%) Retail
8 36 (7.48%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (4.99%) Billing
9 24 (4.99%) Legal
10 23 (4.78%) Automotive
11 19 (3.95%) Banking
11 19 (3.95%) Public Sector
12 17 (3.53%) Law
13 15 (3.12%) Advertising
14 13 (2.70%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.46%) Back Office
17 5 (1.04%) Aerospace
17 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 161 (33.47%) Analyst
2 37 (7.69%) Administrator
2 37 (7.69%) Data Analyst
3 36 (7.48%) Senior
4 28 (5.82%) Accountant
4 28 (5.82%) Report Analyst
5 27 (5.61%) Lead
6 16 (3.33%) Business Analyst
7 15 (3.12%) Insight Analyst
8 14 (2.91%) Commercial Analyst
8 14 (2.91%) Consultant
9 13 (2.70%) Account Manager
10 12 (2.49%) Business Manager
10 12 (2.49%) Financial Accountant
10 12 (2.49%) Insight Manager
11 11 (2.29%) Systems Manager
12 10 (2.08%) Customer Analyst
12 10 (2.08%) Junior
12 10 (2.08%) Management Accountant
12 10 (2.08%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.25%) EDI
1 6 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
1 6 (1.25%) XML
2 4 (0.83%) OAuth
2 4 (0.83%) OpenID
3 3 (0.62%) ActiveMQ
3 3 (0.62%) RAML
3 3 (0.62%) REST
3 3 (0.62%) SOAP
4 2 (0.42%) JSON
4 2 (0.42%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.42%) NumPy
4 2 (0.42%) Pandas
4 2 (0.42%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.21%) .NET
5 1 (0.21%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.21%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.40%) Onboarding
2 38 (7.90%) Management Information System
3 34 (7.07%) Analytical Mindset
4 32 (6.65%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.74%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.53%) Social Media
7 13 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (2.49%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.87%) Web Conferencing
10 8 (1.66%) FMCG
10 8 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.66%) Social Network
11 7 (1.46%) Blog
11 7 (1.46%) CCTV
11 7 (1.46%) Digital Media
11 7 (1.46%) NHS
12 6 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (1.04%) Life Science
14 4 (0.83%) e-Learning
14 4 (0.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.12%) Windows
2 8 (1.66%) Linux
3 5 (1.04%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.04%) Unix
4 4 (0.83%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.62%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (39.29%) Business Intelligence
2 132 (27.44%) Decision-Making
2 132 (27.44%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 92 (19.13%) Process Improvement
4 90 (18.71%) Data Analysis
5 70 (14.55%) Analytics
6 68 (14.14%) CRM
7 67 (13.93%) Project Management
8 63 (13.10%) Visualisation
9 56 (11.64%) ERP
10 53 (11.02%) Actionable Insight
11 52 (10.81%) AI
12 51 (10.60%) Customer Service
13 48 (9.98%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 45 (9.36%) Time Management
15 43 (8.94%) Agile
16 40 (8.32%) Data Management
17 39 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
18 38 (7.90%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 99 (20.58%) SQL
2 32 (6.65%) Python
3 29 (6.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 23 (4.78%) VBA
5 5 (1.04%) VB
5 5 (1.04%) VBScript
6 3 (0.62%) Java
6 3 (0.62%) R
7 2 (0.42%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.21%) ABAP
8 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 113 (23.49%) Degree
2 70 (14.55%) ACCA
3 57 (11.85%) CIMA
4 17 (3.53%) AWS Certification
5 14 (2.91%) AAT
6 12 (2.49%) Security Cleared
6 12 (2.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 9 (1.87%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.46%) CFA
9 6 (1.25%) CIPD
9 6 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.25%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.25%) PMP
10 5 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.04%) CISSP
10 5 (1.04%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.04%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.83%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.15%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.65%) GDPR
3 20 (4.16%) QA
4 19 (3.95%) Actionable Recommendations
5 16 (3.33%) PMO
6 13 (2.70%) IFRS
7 11 (2.29%) COREP
7 11 (2.29%) FINREP
7 11 (2.29%) GAAP
8 8 (1.66%) SLA
9 7 (1.46%) GRC
9 7 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (1.04%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.62%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.62%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.42%) TickIT
13 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.04%) SCCM
2 4 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.21%) Ansible
3 1 (0.21%) Control-M
3 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 193 (40.12%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.24%) Adobe
3 26 (5.41%) SAP
4 23 (4.78%) Oracle
5 22 (4.57%) Apple
5 22 (4.57%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.53%) Sage
7 9 (1.87%) Google
7 9 (1.87%) JD Edwards
8 8 (1.66%) Informatica
8 8 (1.66%) Xero
9 7 (1.46%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.25%) Zoho
11 5 (1.04%) IBM
11 5 (1.04%) Snow
11 5 (1.04%) VMware
12 4 (0.83%) Cisco
12 4 (0.83%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.83%) Workday
13 3 (0.62%) Alteryx