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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 85 54
Rank change year-on-year -27 -31 +52
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 563 641 1,102
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.41% 3.91% 4.53%
As % of the Applications category 38.69% 25.22% 52.53%
Number of salaries quoted 351 407 355
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,001 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.00% +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,063 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.25% -5.88% -6.80%

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 1,455 2,542 2,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.23% 15.51% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 831 834 1,052
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £27,025
25th Percentile £34,757 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,037 £45,945 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.98% +2.10% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,116
% change year-on-year - -7.23% -4.19%

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 2 September 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 (9.59%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.42%) Confluence
3 5 (0.89%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.36%) CMS
4 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.36%) WordPress
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 167 (29.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 162 (28.77%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (4.26%) Acrobat
4 22 (3.91%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (2.49%) MS Visio
6 12 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.89%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.71%) Windchill
9 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.36%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.36%) Revit
9 2 (0.36%) Trello
10 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 25 (4.44%) NetSuite
2 23 (4.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.89%) Sage 50
4 5 (0.89%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.71%) Academy Housing
6 3 (0.53%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.53%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.18%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) FastStats
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 172 (30.55%) Power Platform
2 40 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (4.80%) SaaS
4 23 (4.09%) Azure
5 21 (3.73%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (2.66%) PowerApps
7 14 (2.49%) AWS
8 13 (2.31%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (1.24%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.07%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.89%) ChatGPT
13 4 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.71%) GCP
13 4 (0.71%) GitHub
13 4 (0.71%) Miro
14 3 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.36%) Canva
15 2 (0.36%) Figma
15 2 (0.36%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.31%) Broadband
2 2 (0.36%) Internet
2 2 (0.36%) WebEx
3 1 (0.18%) Intranet
3 1 (0.18%) LAN
3 1 (0.18%) Network Security
3 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.18%) WAN
3 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (29.13%) Power BI
2 32 (5.68%) Tableau
3 31 (5.51%) Power Query
4 18 (3.20%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.13%) SAP BW
6 9 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.60%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.42%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.07%) Looker
9 6 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.89%) Big Data
11 2 (0.36%) KNIME
11 2 (0.36%) MS Access
11 2 (0.36%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.18%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.18%) Db2
12 1 (0.18%) DB2 UDB
12 1 (0.18%) PowerPivot
12 1 (0.18%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 39 (6.93%) JIRA
2 6 (1.07%) Git
2 6 (1.07%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.53%) RStudio
4 2 (0.36%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.36%) JMeter
4 2 (0.36%) Postman
4 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 330 (58.61%) Social Skills
2 255 (45.29%) Finance
3 183 (32.50%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (21.14%) Organisational Skills
5 72 (12.79%) Marketing
6 51 (9.06%) Legal
7 50 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (7.99%) Retail
9 38 (6.75%) Public Sector
10 35 (6.22%) Billing
11 33 (5.86%) Influencing Skills
12 32 (5.68%) Telecoms
13 29 (5.15%) Banking
14 28 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (3.20%) Law
16 12 (2.13%) German Language
16 12 (2.13%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.95%) Automotive
18 8 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (1.24%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 164 (29.13%) Analyst
2 47 (8.35%) Administrator
3 45 (7.99%) Data Analyst
4 34 (6.04%) Report Analyst
5 30 (5.33%) Accountant
5 30 (5.33%) Senior
6 28 (4.97%) Financial Analyst
7 23 (4.09%) Business Analyst
8 20 (3.55%) Senior Analyst
9 16 (2.84%) Coordinator
9 16 (2.84%) Service Analyst
10 15 (2.66%) Management Accountant
11 13 (2.31%) Consultant
11 13 (2.31%) Junior
12 12 (2.13%) Project Manager
12 12 (2.13%) Sales Administrator
13 11 (1.95%) Service Manager
14 10 (1.78%) Data Engineer
14 10 (1.78%) Senior Consultant
14 10 (1.78%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.89%) ODBC
3 3 (0.53%) Godot
3 3 (0.53%) HTML
3 3 (0.53%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.36%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.36%) NumPy
4 2 (0.36%) Pandas
4 2 (0.36%) PySpark
4 2 (0.36%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.36%) Terraform
5 1 (0.18%) OAuth
5 1 (0.18%) OpenID
5 1 (0.18%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 67 (11.90%) Management Information System
2 55 (9.77%) Onboarding
3 33 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (5.51%) Social Media
5 19 (3.37%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (2.13%) Web Conferencing
7 10 (1.78%) Housing Association
8 7 (1.24%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.24%) NHS
9 6 (1.07%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.07%) Life Science
9 6 (1.07%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.07%) Reinsurance
10 5 (0.89%) Educational Technology
10 5 (0.89%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.89%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.71%) FMCG
11 4 (0.71%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.71%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (30.73%) Business Intelligence
2 152 (27.00%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (23.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 129 (22.91%) Decision-Making
5 87 (15.45%) CRM
6 82 (14.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 81 (14.39%) Project Management
8 75 (13.32%) Process Improvement
9 71 (12.61%) Agile
10 68 (12.08%) Analytics
11 63 (11.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 57 (10.12%) AI
12 57 (10.12%) Customer Service
12 57 (10.12%) Data Analysis
13 55 (9.77%) Data Management
14 54 (9.59%) ERP
15 52 (9.24%) Project Delivery
16 44 (7.82%) Validation
17 41 (7.28%) E-Commerce
17 41 (7.28%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 120 (21.31%) SQL
2 51 (9.06%) Python
3 26 (4.62%) VBA
4 15 (2.66%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.95%) R
6 8 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.89%) C#
8 4 (0.71%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.71%) VB
9 3 (0.53%) C
9 3 (0.53%) C++
10 2 (0.36%) Bash
10 2 (0.36%) Java
11 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 102 (18.12%) Degree
2 69 (12.26%) ACCA
3 67 (11.90%) CIMA
4 30 (5.33%) DBS Check
5 27 (4.80%) Security Cleared
6 24 (4.26%) SC Cleared
7 15 (2.66%) PMI Certification
8 14 (2.49%) AAT
9 11 (1.95%) PMP
10 9 (1.60%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.24%) ICAEW
13 4 (0.71%) Postgraduate
14 3 (0.53%) CIPD
14 3 (0.53%) CIPFA
14 3 (0.53%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (13.50%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.39%) GDPR
3 30 (5.33%) QA
4 18 (3.20%) IFRS
4 18 (3.20%) PMO
5 15 (2.66%) Accessibility
6 14 (2.49%) GAAP
7 11 (1.95%) COREP
7 11 (1.95%) FINREP
8 8 (1.42%) SLA
9 6 (1.07%) GRC
10 5 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.71%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.71%) ISO 9000
11 4 (0.71%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 4 (0.71%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.53%) TickIT
13 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.18%) Firmware
1 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.36%) Ansible
2 1 (0.18%) Autotask
2 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.18%) SCCM
2 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 251 (44.58%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.22%) SAP
3 33 (5.86%) Adobe
4 27 (4.80%) Oracle
5 23 (4.09%) HubSpot
6 20 (3.55%) Sage
7 18 (3.20%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.84%) Xero
9 9 (1.60%) Apple
9 9 (1.60%) Google
10 7 (1.24%) Databricks
10 7 (1.24%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.24%) YouTube
11 6 (1.07%) Workday
12 5 (0.89%) BMC
12 5 (0.89%) Zoho
13 4 (0.71%) VMware
14 3 (0.53%) Alteryx
14 3 (0.53%) Hyperion
15 2 (0.36%) Broadcom