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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 97 52
Rank change year-on-year -15 -45 +35
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 523 620 1,402
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.44% 3.76% 4.55%
As % of the Applications category 37.93% 26.79% 51.98%
Number of salaries quoted 320 366 584
10th Percentile £28,950 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £30,063 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -3.41% +3.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,038 £40,144
% change year-on-year -4.85% +4.72% -5.54%

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 1,379 2,314 2,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.44% 14.03% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 749 915 1,601
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,925 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +11.11% -8.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,225 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -10.45%

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 17 July 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 61 (11.66%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.96%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.57%) Confluence
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.38%) CMS
5 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.38%) WordPress
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 139 (26.58%) Microsoft Office
2 137 (26.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
3 15 (2.87%) Spreadsheet
4 13 (2.49%) MS Visio
5 11 (2.10%) Acrobat
6 4 (0.76%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.76%) Windchill
7 3 (0.57%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (4.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (3.63%) NetSuite
3 12 (2.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.96%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.57%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.57%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.38%) Magento
6 2 (0.38%) Odoo
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 173 (33.08%) Power Platform
2 37 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
4 20 (3.82%) SaaS
5 19 (3.63%) Azure
6 16 (3.06%) PowerApps
7 15 (2.87%) Power Automate
8 11 (2.10%) OneDrive
9 10 (1.91%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (1.53%) ChatGPT
11 6 (1.15%) Miro
11 6 (1.15%) Smartsheet
12 5 (0.96%) AWS
12 5 (0.96%) GitHub
13 4 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.76%) Google Sheets
14 3 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 2 (0.38%) Canva
15 2 (0.38%) Copilot Studio
15 2 (0.38%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.49%) Broadband
2 4 (0.76%) LAN
2 4 (0.76%) WAN
3 3 (0.57%) Firewall
3 3 (0.57%) IP Telephony
3 3 (0.57%) VPN
4 2 (0.38%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.38%) Internet
4 2 (0.38%) WebEx
5 1 (0.19%) Intranet
5 1 (0.19%) Network Security
5 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (31.74%) Power BI
2 46 (8.80%) Tableau
3 31 (5.93%) Power Query
4 18 (3.44%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.29%) SAP BW
6 9 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.53%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.53%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.96%) Big Data
9 4 (0.76%) Db2
9 4 (0.76%) DB2 UDB
9 4 (0.76%) PowerPivot
9 4 (0.76%) QlikView
9 4 (0.76%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.38%) KNIME
10 2 (0.38%) MS Access
11 1 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.19%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 29 (5.54%) JIRA
2 6 (1.15%) Git
2 6 (1.15%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.38%) JMeter
3 2 (0.38%) Postman
3 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.19%) Toad
General
1 297 (56.79%) Social Skills
2 235 (44.93%) Finance
3 173 (33.08%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (18.16%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (8.60%) Retail
6 42 (8.03%) Marketing
7 40 (7.65%) Legal
8 32 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (5.54%) Banking
10 26 (4.97%) Public Sector
11 24 (4.59%) Telecoms
12 21 (4.02%) Billing
13 19 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (3.25%) Automotive
15 13 (2.49%) Law
16 8 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.53%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.15%) Advertising
18 5 (0.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 162 (30.98%) Analyst
2 58 (11.09%) Administrator
3 44 (8.41%) Report Analyst
4 41 (7.84%) Data Analyst
5 32 (6.12%) Senior
6 30 (5.74%) Financial Analyst
7 27 (5.16%) Accountant
8 18 (3.44%) Business Analyst
9 16 (3.06%) Consultant
10 14 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (2.49%) Lead
11 13 (2.49%) Management Accountant
11 13 (2.49%) Senior Consultant
12 12 (2.29%) Data Administrator
12 12 (2.29%) Service Analyst
13 11 (2.10%) Coordinator
13 11 (2.10%) Junior
13 11 (2.10%) Systems Manager
14 10 (1.91%) Architect
14 10 (1.91%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.76%) EDI
2 4 (0.76%) OAuth
2 4 (0.76%) OpenID
3 3 (0.57%) Godot
3 3 (0.57%) Unreal Engine
3 3 (0.57%) XML
4 2 (0.38%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.38%) NumPy
4 2 (0.38%) Pandas
4 2 (0.38%) PySpark
4 2 (0.38%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.19%) HTML
5 1 (0.19%) ODBC
5 1 (0.19%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.19%) SciPy
5 1 (0.19%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 44 (8.41%) Onboarding
3 25 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (3.82%) Social Media
5 19 (3.63%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.10%) Web Conferencing
8 9 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.34%) e-Learning
11 6 (1.15%) CCTV
11 6 (1.15%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.96%) FMCG
12 5 (0.96%) Life Science
12 5 (0.96%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.96%) NHS
12 5 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.76%) Robotics
14 3 (0.57%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.57%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.91%) Windows
2 5 (0.96%) Linux
2 5 (0.96%) Unix
3 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (33.27%) Business Intelligence
2 139 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (23.14%) Decision-Making
4 117 (22.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 86 (16.44%) Project Management
6 84 (16.06%) Process Improvement
7 80 (15.30%) CRM
8 63 (12.05%) Data Analysis
9 61 (11.66%) ERP
10 55 (10.52%) Data Management
11 51 (9.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 50 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
13 49 (9.37%) Analytics
14 48 (9.18%) Customer Service
15 44 (8.41%) Agile
16 43 (8.22%) Mentoring
17 39 (7.46%) Validation
18 38 (7.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
18 38 (7.27%) Visualisation
19 34 (6.50%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 106 (20.27%) SQL
2 45 (8.60%) Python
3 28 (5.35%) VBA
4 11 (2.10%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (1.15%) R
6 6 (1.15%) VB
7 5 (0.96%) C#
7 5 (0.96%) VBScript
8 4 (0.76%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.57%) C
9 3 (0.57%) C++
10 2 (0.38%) Bash
10 2 (0.38%) Java
11 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (18.93%) Degree
2 79 (15.11%) ACCA
3 74 (14.15%) CIMA
4 26 (4.97%) DBS Check
5 22 (4.21%) AAT
6 21 (4.02%) Security Cleared
7 17 (3.25%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.10%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.91%) PMP
10 7 (1.34%) ICAEW
10 7 (1.34%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.15%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.76%) CISSP
12 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.57%) HNC
14 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (10.13%) Data Quality
2 37 (7.07%) GDPR
3 30 (5.74%) QA
4 14 (2.68%) COREP
4 14 (2.68%) FINREP
4 14 (2.68%) IFRS
4 14 (2.68%) PMO
5 12 (2.29%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.91%) GAAP
7 7 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (1.15%) GRC
9 5 (0.96%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.96%) SLA
10 4 (0.76%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.76%) ISO 9000
10 4 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 4 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.57%) TickIT
12 2 (0.38%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 5 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.96%) SCCM
2 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.38%) Ansible
3 2 (0.38%) Terraform
4 1 (0.19%) Autotask
4 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 215 (41.11%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.54%) SAP
3 26 (4.97%) Oracle
4 20 (3.82%) Adobe
5 18 (3.44%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.68%) Sage
6 14 (2.68%) Xero
7 13 (2.49%) HubSpot
8 9 (1.72%) JD Edwards
9 7 (1.34%) Google
9 7 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.15%) Databricks
10 6 (1.15%) Workday
11 5 (0.96%) BMC
11 5 (0.96%) IBM
11 5 (0.96%) Snow
11 5 (0.96%) VMware
12 4 (0.76%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.76%) Apple
12 4 (0.76%) Hyperion