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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 99 56
Rank change year-on-year -4 -43 +40
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 451 487 1,498
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.47% 3.42% 4.61%
As % of the Applications category 38.51% 31.02% 51.34%
Number of salaries quoted 253 260 666
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,340 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,250 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.27% +3.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,063 £56,813
90th Percentile £74,750 £77,500 £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 1,171 1,570 2,918
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.42% 11.04% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 596 814 1,796
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,941 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,042 £50,445 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +17.31% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,240 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
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 8 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 55 (12.20%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.11%) Confluence
3 4 (0.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.67%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.44%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 112 (24.83%) Microsoft Office
2 104 (23.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (4.88%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.67%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.67%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.22%) SPSS
7 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.66%) 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
5 2 (0.44%) ResourceLink
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%) 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
1 156 (34.59%) Power Platform
2 36 (7.98%) Azure
3 30 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.21%) AWS
5 17 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (3.55%) Power Automate
7 12 (2.66%) PowerApps
8 11 (2.44%) OneDrive
8 11 (2.44%) SaaS
9 8 (1.77%) ChatGPT
9 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.33%) Smartsheet
12 5 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.89%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.89%) Miro
14 3 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.44%) Figma
15 2 (0.44%) Intacct
15 2 (0.44%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.66%) 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
1 150 (33.26%) Power BI
2 53 (11.75%) Tableau
3 28 (6.21%) Power Query
4 13 (2.88%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.66%) SAP BW
6 10 (2.22%) SQL Server
7 9 (2.00%) Big Data
8 8 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.55%) PowerPivot
9 7 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.89%) DB2
10 4 (0.89%) DB2 UDB
10 4 (0.89%) QlikView
11 3 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.67%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.67%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.22%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.22%) GIS
12 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (5.54%) JIRA
2 7 (1.55%) 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
1 247 (54.77%) Social Skills
2 201 (44.57%) Finance
3 142 (31.49%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (15.74%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (8.87%) Retail
7 35 (7.76%) Marketing
8 27 (5.99%) Banking
9 22 (4.88%) Legal
9 22 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (4.66%) Public Sector
11 20 (4.43%) Automotive
12 15 (3.33%) Billing
13 14 (3.10%) Law
13 14 (3.10%) Telecoms
14 12 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (2.44%) Advertising
16 5 (1.11%) Aeronautics
16 5 (1.11%) French Language
17 4 (0.89%) German Language
Job Titles
1 146 (32.37%) Analyst
2 40 (8.87%) Administrator
3 32 (7.10%) Report Analyst
4 30 (6.65%) Accountant
4 30 (6.65%) Senior
5 29 (6.43%) Data Analyst
6 23 (5.10%) Lead
7 19 (4.21%) Business Analyst
8 14 (3.10%) Consultant
9 12 (2.66%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (2.22%) Data Administrator
10 10 (2.22%) Financial Accountant
10 10 (2.22%) Junior
10 10 (2.22%) Management Accountant
10 10 (2.22%) Systems Manager
11 9 (2.00%) Operations Analyst
11 9 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (2.00%) Senior Consultant
11 9 (2.00%) Service Manager
11 9 (2.00%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.66%) 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 (10.42%) Onboarding
2 37 (8.20%) Management Information System
3 24 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (4.66%) Social Media
5 18 (3.99%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.77%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.77%) FMCG
9 8 (1.77%) Web Conferencing
10 7 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.55%) Blog
10 7 (1.55%) CCTV
11 6 (1.33%) Social Network
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%) e-Learning
14 3 (0.67%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.66%) Windows
2 8 (1.77%) Linux
3 5 (1.11%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.11%) Unix
4 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (34.81%) Business Intelligence
2 99 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (21.06%) Decision-Making
4 77 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 74 (16.41%) Project Management
6 68 (15.08%) Process Improvement
7 65 (14.41%) CRM
8 61 (13.53%) ERP
9 57 (12.64%) Data Analysis
10 48 (10.64%) Customer Service
11 42 (9.31%) Agile
11 42 (9.31%) Data Management
12 41 (9.09%) AI
13 39 (8.65%) Analytics
14 38 (8.43%) Mentoring
15 37 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
16 33 (7.32%) Budgeting and Forecasting
16 33 (7.32%) Visualisation
17 32 (7.10%) Coaching
17 32 (7.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 83 (18.40%) SQL
2 31 (6.87%) Python
3 22 (4.88%) 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 96 (21.29%) Degree
2 68 (15.08%) ACCA
3 57 (12.64%) CIMA
4 17 (3.77%) AWS Certification
5 16 (3.55%) DBS Check
6 14 (3.10%) AAT
7 12 (2.66%) Security Cleared
8 9 (2.00%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.55%) CFA
9 7 (1.55%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.55%) PMP
10 5 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.11%) CISSP
11 4 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.89%) CIPD
11 4 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 32 (7.10%) GDPR
3 18 (3.99%) QA
4 13 (2.88%) COREP
4 13 (2.88%) FINREP
4 13 (2.88%) PMO
5 11 (2.44%) IFRS
6 9 (2.00%) GAAP
7 7 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.55%) GRC
8 5 (1.11%) SLA
9 4 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.89%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.67%) TickIT
11 2 (0.44%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.22%) ISO 9000
12 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (1.77%) 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
1 182 (40.35%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.65%) SAP
3 27 (5.99%) Adobe
4 26 (5.76%) Oracle
5 22 (4.88%) Apple
6 19 (4.21%) Sage
7 17 (3.77%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.22%) Xero
9 9 (2.00%) HubSpot
9 9 (2.00%) JD Edwards
10 8 (1.77%) Informatica
11 7 (1.55%) Google
11 7 (1.55%) 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