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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 88 124
Rank change year-on-year +27 +36 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 575 569 534
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.80% 3.34% 2.62%
As % of the Applications category 23.23% 40.67% 39.53%
Number of salaries quoted 337 255 349
10th Percentile £28,900 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £34,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £44,654 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.25% -5.99% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £59,375 £59,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%

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 2,475 1,399 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.37% 8.21% 6.62%
Number of salaries quoted 663 757 1,022
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,289 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £61,875 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +12.20% -7.61%

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 1 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 41 (7.13%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.13%) Confluence
3 3 (0.52%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.52%) WordPress
4 2 (0.35%) SAS
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
Applications
1 153 (26.61%) Microsoft Office
2 143 (24.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (3.83%) MS Visio
4 21 (3.65%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (2.09%) InDesign
6 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (1.22%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.52%) Trello
10 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (3.65%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.39%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.22%) Shopify
4 6 (1.04%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.87%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.87%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.70%) SAP BPC
6 4 (0.70%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.52%) Magento
7 3 (0.52%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.35%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.17%) Pegasus Opera
9 1 (0.17%) Primavera
9 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 208 (36.17%) Power Platform
2 86 (14.96%) Azure
3 59 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (5.74%) SaaS
5 27 (4.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (4.52%) AWS
7 24 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 20 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
10 15 (2.61%) Smartsheet
11 14 (2.43%) PowerApps
11 14 (2.43%) Snowflake
12 12 (2.09%) Google Analytics
13 11 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (1.74%) Intacct
15 5 (0.87%) GCP
15 5 (0.87%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.87%) Workato
16 4 (0.70%) Google Tag Manager
17 3 (0.52%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.57%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.52%) Ethernet
2 3 (0.52%) Intranet
2 3 (0.52%) PuTTY
3 2 (0.35%) Internet
4 1 (0.17%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (0.17%) Firewall
4 1 (0.17%) LAN
4 1 (0.17%) MPLS
4 1 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.17%) SNA
4 1 (0.17%) WAN
4 1 (0.17%) Wireless
4 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (35.13%) Power BI
2 53 (9.22%) Tableau
3 35 (6.09%) SQL Server
4 31 (5.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 27 (4.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 27 (4.70%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (3.83%) Power Query
7 19 (3.30%) Big Data
8 16 (2.78%) Oracle Reports
9 13 (2.26%) Crystal Reports
10 10 (1.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 7 (1.22%) Oracle Database
12 6 (1.04%) OLAP
13 4 (0.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.70%) Looker
13 4 (0.70%) Metadata
13 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.52%) GIS
14 3 (0.52%) QlikView
15 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (5.57%) JIRA
2 3 (0.52%) Git
2 3 (0.52%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.52%) Maven
2 3 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 313 (54.43%) Finance
2 259 (45.04%) Social Skills
3 220 (38.26%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (13.04%) Marketing
5 57 (9.91%) Organisational Skills
6 54 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (5.74%) Billing
9 30 (5.22%) Retail
10 28 (4.87%) Advertising
11 25 (4.35%) Public Sector
12 24 (4.17%) Law
13 22 (3.83%) Manufacturing
14 18 (3.13%) Legal
15 16 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (2.26%) Telecoms
17 12 (2.09%) Banking
18 6 (1.04%) Automotive
18 6 (1.04%) General Ledger
19 5 (0.87%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 179 (31.13%) Analyst
2 54 (9.39%) Senior
3 51 (8.87%) Accountant
4 37 (6.43%) Data Analyst
5 27 (4.70%) Support Analyst
6 26 (4.52%) Business Analyst
6 26 (4.52%) Lead
6 26 (4.52%) Systems Accountant
7 22 (3.83%) Developer
8 21 (3.65%) Administrator
8 21 (3.65%) Business Manager
9 20 (3.48%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 19 (3.30%) Financial Accountant
10 19 (3.30%) Financial Analyst
10 19 (3.30%) Service Manager
10 19 (3.30%) Technical Support
11 18 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
12 15 (2.61%) IT Support
13 14 (2.43%) Commercial Analyst
13 14 (2.43%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.70%) HTML
1 4 (0.70%) Middleware
2 3 (0.52%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (0.52%) Altair
2 3 (0.52%) JSON
2 3 (0.52%) RAML
2 3 (0.52%) REST
2 3 (0.52%) SOAP
3 2 (0.35%) EDI
3 2 (0.35%) Flash
4 1 (0.17%) .NET
4 1 (0.17%) Ember.js
4 1 (0.17%) Spine.js
4 1 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (14.26%) Onboarding
2 51 (8.87%) Analytical Mindset
3 48 (8.35%) Management Information System
4 46 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.65%) Social Media
6 20 (3.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 19 (3.30%) Product Ownership
7 19 (3.30%) Social Network
8 18 (3.13%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.09%) Web Conferencing
10 9 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.22%) CMDB
11 7 (1.22%) Housing Association
11 7 (1.22%) NHS
12 6 (1.04%) Digital Media
13 5 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.87%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.87%) Life Science
14 4 (0.70%) Animation
14 4 (0.70%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.96%) Windows
2 12 (2.09%) Linux
3 9 (1.57%) Unix
4 4 (0.70%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (37.57%) Business Intelligence
2 191 (33.22%) Problem-Solving
3 143 (24.87%) Decision-Making
4 115 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 112 (19.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 105 (18.26%) Analytics
7 88 (15.30%) Process Improvement
8 87 (15.13%) AI
9 81 (14.09%) ERP
10 76 (13.22%) Visualisation
11 68 (11.83%) Project Management
12 65 (11.30%) Actionable Insight
13 62 (10.78%) Agile
14 60 (10.43%) CRM
15 55 (9.57%) Budgeting
16 50 (8.70%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 48 (8.35%) Customer Service
18 45 (7.83%) Data Visualisation
19 42 (7.30%) Change Management
20 41 (7.13%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 155 (26.96%) SQL
2 52 (9.04%) Python
3 31 (5.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 27 (4.70%) VBA
5 14 (2.43%) T-SQL
6 12 (2.09%) R
7 3 (0.52%) Java
8 2 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 140 (24.35%) Degree
2 113 (19.65%) ACCA
3 91 (15.83%) CIMA
4 17 (2.96%) AWS Certification
5 15 (2.61%) AAT
5 15 (2.61%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.26%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 11 (1.91%) CIPD
9 9 (1.57%) CFA
9 9 (1.57%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.22%) CISA
11 7 (1.22%) CISSP
12 6 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.87%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.87%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.87%) PMP
14 4 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.22%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.52%) IFRS
3 23 (4.00%) GAAP
4 21 (3.65%) GDPR
5 20 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.61%) Actionable Recommendations
6 15 (2.61%) QA
7 14 (2.43%) ISO 9001
7 14 (2.43%) PMO
8 10 (1.74%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.74%) SLA
9 6 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.35%) GMP
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.17%) P3O
11 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 14 (2.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.17%) Ansible
2 1 (0.17%) Control-M
2 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 280 (48.70%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.78%) Oracle
3 32 (5.57%) Adobe
4 25 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 25 (4.35%) SAP
5 23 (4.00%) Sage
6 22 (3.83%) Workday
7 19 (3.30%) Apple
8 16 (2.78%) Google
9 15 (2.61%) ServiceNow
10 13 (2.26%) Cisco
11 9 (1.57%) Adaptive Insights
11 9 (1.57%) Zoho
12 8 (1.39%) Xero
13 6 (1.04%) Concur
14 4 (0.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 3 (0.52%) Informatica
15 3 (0.52%) Mercator
15 3 (0.52%) MuleSoft
15 3 (0.52%) Openreach