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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 107 57
Rank change year-on-year +9 -50 +34
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 453 493 1,493
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.44% 3.37% 4.60%
As % of the Applications category 38.75% 30.68% 51.63%
Number of salaries quoted 249 260 662
10th Percentile £28,450 £25,020 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,848 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,577 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +1.62% +3.21%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £56,188
90th Percentile £74,000 £85,000 £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 1,169 1,607 2,892
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.31% 10.98% 8.92%
Number of salaries quoted 598 813 1,788
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,050 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,191 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,602 £50,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +16.28% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,253 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £68,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +22.67% -15.44%

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 15 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 (11.92%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (0.88%) Confluence
3 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.66%) 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 (25.39%) Microsoft Office
2 107 (23.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (4.19%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.21%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.66%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.66%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.44%) Windchill
8 1 (0.22%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (3.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.10%) Magento
3 5 (1.10%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.10%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.66%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.66%) 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
1 154 (34.00%) Power Platform
2 35 (7.73%) Azure
3 29 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.19%) AWS
5 16 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
5 16 (3.53%) Power Automate
6 11 (2.43%) OneDrive
6 11 (2.43%) PowerApps
7 8 (1.77%) ChatGPT
7 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
7 8 (1.77%) SaaS
8 6 (1.32%) Smartsheet
9 5 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.10%) Miro
10 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.88%) Google Sheets
11 3 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.66%) GitHub
12 2 (0.44%) IaaS
12 2 (0.44%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.65%) Broadband
2 5 (1.10%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.88%) Firewall
3 4 (0.88%) LAN
3 4 (0.88%) WAN
4 3 (0.66%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.66%) PuTTY
4 3 (0.66%) 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
1 148 (32.67%) Power BI
2 51 (11.26%) Tableau
3 28 (6.18%) Power Query
4 13 (2.87%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.65%) SAP BW
6 11 (2.43%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.55%) Big Data
8 7 (1.55%) PowerPivot
8 7 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.88%) DB2
9 4 (0.88%) DB2 UDB
9 4 (0.88%) QlikView
10 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.66%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.22%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.22%) GIS
11 1 (0.22%) Looker
11 1 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 25 (5.52%) JIRA
2 7 (1.55%) Git
3 5 (1.10%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.66%) Maven
5 3 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.22%) Toad
6 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 252 (55.63%) Social Skills
2 203 (44.81%) Finance
3 141 (31.13%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (15.67%) Organisational Skills
5 49 (10.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (8.61%) Retail
7 31 (6.84%) Marketing
8 28 (6.18%) Banking
9 24 (5.30%) Public Sector
10 22 (4.86%) Legal
11 21 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (4.42%) Automotive
13 17 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (3.53%) Billing
14 16 (3.53%) Telecoms
15 14 (3.09%) Law
16 10 (2.21%) Advertising
17 5 (1.10%) Aeronautics
17 5 (1.10%) French Language
17 5 (1.10%) German Language
Job Titles
1 145 (32.01%) Analyst
2 42 (9.27%) Administrator
3 32 (7.06%) Report Analyst
4 30 (6.62%) Senior
5 29 (6.40%) Data Analyst
6 27 (5.96%) Accountant
7 21 (4.64%) Lead
8 19 (4.19%) Business Analyst
9 14 (3.09%) Consultant
10 13 (2.87%) Financial Analyst
11 10 (2.21%) Data Administrator
12 9 (1.99%) Junior
12 9 (1.99%) Management Accountant
12 9 (1.99%) Operations Analyst
12 9 (1.99%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (1.99%) Senior Consultant
12 9 (1.99%) Service Manager
12 9 (1.99%) Systems Manager
13 8 (1.77%) Coordinator
13 8 (1.77%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.32%) EDI
2 6 (1.32%) XML
3 4 (0.88%) OAuth
3 4 (0.88%) OpenID
4 3 (0.66%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (0.66%) RAML
4 3 (0.66%) REST
4 3 (0.66%) 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
6 1 (0.22%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.38%) Onboarding
2 36 (7.95%) Management Information System
3 24 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (4.42%) Social Media
5 18 (3.97%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.75%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.77%) FMCG
10 7 (1.55%) Blog
10 7 (1.55%) CCTV
10 7 (1.55%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.10%) Life Science
12 5 (1.10%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.10%) NHS
13 4 (0.88%) Social Network
14 3 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.66%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.43%) Windows
2 8 (1.77%) Linux
3 5 (1.10%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.10%) Unix
4 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (34.44%) Business Intelligence
2 97 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (20.31%) Decision-Making
4 79 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 75 (16.56%) Project Management
6 68 (15.01%) Process Improvement
7 65 (14.35%) CRM
8 61 (13.47%) ERP
9 52 (11.48%) Data Analysis
10 48 (10.60%) Customer Service
11 44 (9.71%) Data Management
12 40 (8.83%) Agile
12 40 (8.83%) AI
13 39 (8.61%) Mentoring
14 38 (8.39%) Analytics
15 34 (7.51%) Stakeholder Management
16 33 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 32 (7.06%) Validation
18 31 (6.84%) Coaching
18 31 (6.84%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 88 (19.43%) SQL
2 31 (6.84%) Python
3 20 (4.42%) VBA
4 5 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.10%) VB
4 5 (1.10%) VBScript
5 3 (0.66%) Java
5 3 (0.66%) R
6 2 (0.44%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.22%) ABAP
7 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (20.97%) Degree
2 63 (13.91%) ACCA
3 54 (11.92%) CIMA
4 18 (3.97%) DBS Check
5 17 (3.75%) AWS Certification
6 14 (3.09%) AAT
7 12 (2.65%) Security Cleared
8 9 (1.99%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.77%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.77%) PMP
10 6 (1.32%) CFA
11 5 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.10%) CISSP
12 4 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.66%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.66%) HNC
13 3 (0.66%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.51%) Data Quality
2 32 (7.06%) GDPR
3 18 (3.97%) QA
4 14 (3.09%) PMO
5 13 (2.87%) COREP
5 13 (2.87%) FINREP
6 9 (1.99%) IFRS
7 8 (1.77%) GRC
8 7 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (1.55%) GAAP
9 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.66%) SLA
10 3 (0.66%) TickIT
11 2 (0.44%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.44%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.44%) ISO 9000
11 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 7 (1.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.10%) SCCM
2 4 (0.88%) 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
1 190 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.62%) SAP
3 27 (5.96%) Adobe
4 26 (5.74%) Oracle
5 22 (4.86%) Apple
6 19 (4.19%) Sage
7 15 (3.31%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.43%) Xero
9 10 (2.21%) HubSpot
10 9 (1.99%) JD Edwards
11 8 (1.77%) Informatica
12 7 (1.55%) Google
12 7 (1.55%) Workday
13 6 (1.32%) ServiceNow
14 5 (1.10%) IBM
14 5 (1.10%) Snow
14 5 (1.10%) VMware
15 4 (0.88%) BMC
15 4 (0.88%) Databricks
16 3 (0.66%) Hyperion