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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 106 56
Rank change year-on-year +4 -50 +37
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 450 489 1,492
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.43% 3.36% 4.60%
As % of the Applications category 38.63% 30.64% 51.06%
Number of salaries quoted 248 258 661
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,020 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year - +2.59% +3.21%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,438 £57,000
90th Percentile £74,125 £79,750 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -9.09%

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 1,165 1,596 2,922
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.29% 10.98% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 597 808 1,790
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,175 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,223 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% +16.80% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,251 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,375 £68,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +22.67% -15.73%

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 14 May 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 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (0.89%) Confluence
3 3 (0.67%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
5 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 115 (25.56%) Microsoft Office
2 107 (23.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (4.44%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.67%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.67%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.44%) Windchill
8 1 (0.22%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (3.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.11%) Magento
3 5 (1.11%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.11%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.67%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.67%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.67%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.44%) Odoo
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.22%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.22%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.22%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.22%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 153 (34.00%) Power Platform
2 35 (7.78%) Azure
3 29 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.22%) AWS
5 17 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (3.56%) Power Automate
7 11 (2.44%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.44%) PowerApps
8 9 (2.00%) SaaS
9 8 (1.78%) ChatGPT
9 8 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.33%) Smartsheet
11 5 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.89%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.89%) Miro
13 3 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.67%) GitHub
14 2 (0.44%) IaaS
14 2 (0.44%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.67%) Broadband
2 5 (1.11%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.89%) Firewall
3 4 (0.89%) LAN
3 4 (0.89%) WAN
4 3 (0.67%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.67%) PuTTY
4 3 (0.67%) VPN
5 2 (0.44%) Internet
5 2 (0.44%) WebEx
6 1 (0.22%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.22%) MPLS
6 1 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.22%) SNA
6 1 (0.22%) Wireless
6 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (32.67%) Power BI
2 51 (11.33%) Tableau
3 28 (6.22%) Power Query
4 13 (2.89%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.67%) SAP BW
6 11 (2.44%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.56%) Big Data
8 7 (1.56%) PowerPivot
8 7 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.89%) DB2
9 4 (0.89%) DB2 UDB
9 4 (0.89%) QlikView
10 3 (0.67%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.67%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.22%) Looker
11 1 (0.22%) QGIS
11 1 (0.22%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 24 (5.33%) JIRA
2 7 (1.56%) Git
3 5 (1.11%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.67%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.67%) Maven
5 3 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.22%) Toad
6 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 252 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 202 (44.89%) Finance
3 140 (31.11%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (15.56%) Organisational Skills
5 49 (10.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (8.89%) Retail
7 31 (6.89%) Marketing
8 28 (6.22%) Banking
9 23 (5.11%) Public Sector
10 22 (4.89%) Legal
10 22 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (4.44%) Automotive
12 17 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (3.56%) Telecoms
14 15 (3.33%) Billing
15 14 (3.11%) Law
16 10 (2.22%) Advertising
17 5 (1.11%) Aeronautics
17 5 (1.11%) French Language
17 5 (1.11%) German Language
Job Titles
1 145 (32.22%) Analyst
2 41 (9.11%) Administrator
3 32 (7.11%) Report Analyst
4 30 (6.67%) Senior
5 29 (6.44%) Data Analyst
6 27 (6.00%) Accountant
7 21 (4.67%) Lead
8 19 (4.22%) Business Analyst
9 14 (3.11%) Consultant
10 12 (2.67%) Financial Analyst
11 10 (2.22%) Data Administrator
11 10 (2.22%) Systems Manager
12 9 (2.00%) Junior
12 9 (2.00%) Management Accountant
12 9 (2.00%) Operations Analyst
12 9 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (2.00%) Senior Consultant
13 8 (1.78%) Coordinator
13 8 (1.78%) Financial Accountant
13 8 (1.78%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.33%) EDI
2 6 (1.33%) XML
3 4 (0.89%) OAuth
3 4 (0.89%) OpenID
4 3 (0.67%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (0.67%) RAML
4 3 (0.67%) REST
4 3 (0.67%) SOAP
5 2 (0.44%) Matplotlib
5 2 (0.44%) NumPy
5 2 (0.44%) Pandas
5 2 (0.44%) Seaborn
6 1 (0.22%) .NET
6 1 (0.22%) PySpark
6 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.22%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.44%) Onboarding
2 36 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 24 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (4.44%) Social Media
5 18 (4.00%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.78%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.78%) FMCG
10 7 (1.56%) Blog
10 7 (1.56%) CCTV
10 7 (1.56%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.11%) Life Science
12 5 (1.11%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.11%) NHS
13 4 (0.89%) Social Network
14 3 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.67%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.44%) Windows
2 8 (1.78%) Linux
3 5 (1.11%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.11%) Unix
4 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (34.44%) Business Intelligence
2 99 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (20.44%) Decision-Making
4 77 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 73 (16.22%) Project Management
6 67 (14.89%) Process Improvement
7 65 (14.44%) CRM
8 62 (13.78%) ERP
9 52 (11.56%) Data Analysis
10 47 (10.44%) Customer Service
11 44 (9.78%) Data Management
12 40 (8.89%) Agile
13 39 (8.67%) AI
14 38 (8.44%) Analytics
14 38 (8.44%) Mentoring
15 34 (7.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 34 (7.56%) Stakeholder Management
16 32 (7.11%) Validation
17 31 (6.89%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 31 (6.89%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 88 (19.56%) SQL
2 31 (6.89%) Python
3 20 (4.44%) VBA
4 5 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.11%) VB
4 5 (1.11%) VBScript
5 3 (0.67%) Java
5 3 (0.67%) R
6 2 (0.44%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.22%) ABAP
7 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (20.67%) Degree
2 64 (14.22%) ACCA
3 55 (12.22%) CIMA
4 17 (3.78%) AWS Certification
5 16 (3.56%) DBS Check
6 14 (3.11%) AAT
7 12 (2.67%) Security Cleared
8 9 (2.00%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.78%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.78%) PMP
10 6 (1.33%) CFA
11 5 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.11%) CISSP
12 4 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.67%) CIPD
13 3 (0.67%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.56%) Data Quality
2 32 (7.11%) GDPR
3 18 (4.00%) QA
4 14 (3.11%) PMO
5 13 (2.89%) COREP
5 13 (2.89%) FINREP
6 9 (2.00%) IFRS
7 7 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.56%) GAAP
7 7 (1.56%) GRC
8 4 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.89%) Software Quality Assurance
9 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.67%) SLA
9 3 (0.67%) TickIT
10 2 (0.44%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.44%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.44%) ISO 9000
10 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 7 (1.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.11%) SCCM
2 4 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.22%) Ansible
3 1 (0.22%) Control-M
3 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 187 (41.56%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.67%) SAP
3 27 (6.00%) Adobe
4 26 (5.78%) Oracle
5 22 (4.89%) Apple
6 19 (4.22%) Sage
7 15 (3.33%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.22%) HubSpot
8 10 (2.22%) Xero
9 9 (2.00%) JD Edwards
10 8 (1.78%) Informatica
11 7 (1.56%) Google
11 7 (1.56%) Workday
12 5 (1.11%) IBM
12 5 (1.11%) Snow
12 5 (1.11%) VMware
13 4 (0.89%) Databricks
13 4 (0.89%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.67%) IFS
14 3 (0.67%) MuleSoft