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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 86 50
Rank change year-on-year -28 -36 +40
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 544 644 1,229
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.49% 3.91% 4.61%
As % of the Applications category 39.39% 28.33% 52.59%
Number of salaries quoted 329 390 442
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,575 £30,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year - +2.59% +3.21%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,875 £58,563
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,038 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.85% -1.09% -

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 1,381 2,273 2,337
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.31% 13.81% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 765 867 1,285
10th Percentile £28,700 £26,950 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,206 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +2.41% -6.74%

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 29 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 (11.21%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.29%) Confluence
3 5 (0.92%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.37%) CMS
5 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.37%) WordPress
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 149 (27.39%) Microsoft Office
2 147 (27.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (3.86%) Acrobat
4 16 (2.94%) MS Visio
5 15 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (2.76%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.92%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.74%) Windchill
8 3 (0.55%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.55%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (4.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (4.04%) NetSuite
3 12 (2.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.92%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.74%) Academy Housing
5 4 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.55%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.55%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.37%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.18%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.18%) Magento
8 1 (0.18%) Odoo
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 180 (33.09%) Power Platform
2 36 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (4.41%) SaaS
4 22 (4.04%) Azure
5 21 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (3.13%) Power Automate
6 17 (3.13%) PowerApps
7 9 (1.65%) AWS
7 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 8 (1.47%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.10%) ChatGPT
9 6 (1.10%) Miro
9 6 (1.10%) Smartsheet
10 5 (0.92%) GitHub
11 4 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.55%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.55%) Google Sheets
13 2 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.39%) Broadband
2 4 (0.74%) LAN
2 4 (0.74%) WAN
3 3 (0.55%) Firewall
3 3 (0.55%) VPN
4 2 (0.37%) Internet
4 2 (0.37%) IP Telephony
4 2 (0.37%) WebEx
5 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.18%) Intranet
5 1 (0.18%) Network Security
5 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (31.62%) Power BI
2 45 (8.27%) Tableau
3 32 (5.88%) Power Query
4 18 (3.31%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.21%) SAP BW
6 9 (1.65%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.47%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.92%) Big Data
9 4 (0.74%) Db2
9 4 (0.74%) DB2 UDB
9 4 (0.74%) QlikView
9 4 (0.74%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.55%) Looker
10 3 (0.55%) PowerPivot
11 2 (0.37%) KNIME
11 2 (0.37%) MS Access
12 1 (0.18%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 36 (6.62%) JIRA
2 6 (1.10%) Git
2 6 (1.10%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.37%) JMeter
3 2 (0.37%) Postman
3 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.18%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 318 (58.46%) Social Skills
2 247 (45.40%) Finance
3 182 (33.46%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (17.28%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (9.56%) Marketing
6 50 (9.19%) Legal
7 42 (7.72%) Retail
8 34 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 30 (5.51%) Banking
10 29 (5.33%) Public Sector
11 26 (4.78%) Billing
12 25 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (4.60%) Telecoms
13 24 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (2.76%) Automotive
15 13 (2.39%) Law
16 9 (1.65%) Manufacturing
17 8 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (1.10%) Back Office
18 6 (1.10%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 177 (32.54%) Analyst
2 52 (9.56%) Administrator
3 48 (8.82%) Data Analyst
4 43 (7.90%) Report Analyst
5 35 (6.43%) Senior
6 30 (5.51%) Financial Analyst
7 26 (4.78%) Accountant
8 25 (4.60%) Business Analyst
9 19 (3.49%) Senior Analyst
10 16 (2.94%) Service Analyst
11 15 (2.76%) Consultant
12 13 (2.39%) Junior
12 13 (2.39%) Lead
13 12 (2.21%) Data Administrator
13 12 (2.21%) Management Accountant
13 12 (2.21%) Senior Consultant
13 12 (2.21%) Systems Manager
14 10 (1.84%) Coordinator
14 10 (1.84%) Sales Administrator
14 10 (1.84%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.55%) EDI
2 3 (0.55%) Godot
2 3 (0.55%) ODBC
2 3 (0.55%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (0.37%) HTML
3 2 (0.37%) Matplotlib
3 2 (0.37%) NumPy
3 2 (0.37%) OAuth
3 2 (0.37%) OpenID
3 2 (0.37%) Pandas
3 2 (0.37%) PySpark
3 2 (0.37%) Seaborn
3 2 (0.37%) XML
4 1 (0.18%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.18%) SciPy
4 1 (0.18%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.11%) Management Information System
2 47 (8.64%) Onboarding
3 30 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (3.86%) Social Media
5 19 (3.49%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (2.21%) Web Conferencing
8 11 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.29%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.10%) NHS
10 6 (1.10%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.92%) FMCG
11 5 (0.92%) Housing Association
11 5 (0.92%) Life Science
11 5 (0.92%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.74%) CCTV
12 4 (0.74%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.74%) Robotics
12 4 (0.74%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.47%) Windows
2 4 (0.74%) Linux
2 4 (0.74%) Unix
3 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (33.46%) Business Intelligence
2 158 (29.04%) Problem-Solving
3 126 (23.16%) Decision-Making
4 122 (22.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 90 (16.54%) Process Improvement
6 83 (15.26%) Project Management
7 78 (14.34%) CRM
8 66 (12.13%) Data Analysis
9 63 (11.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 60 (11.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 59 (10.85%) ERP
12 57 (10.48%) Agile
13 56 (10.29%) Data Management
14 54 (9.93%) Analytics
15 45 (8.27%) Customer Service
15 45 (8.27%) Mentoring
16 42 (7.72%) Validation
17 40 (7.35%) Visualisation
18 37 (6.80%) Actionable Insight
19 36 (6.62%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 120 (22.06%) SQL
2 48 (8.82%) Python
3 30 (5.51%) VBA
4 14 (2.57%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (1.29%) R
6 6 (1.10%) VB
7 5 (0.92%) C#
8 4 (0.74%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.74%) VBScript
9 3 (0.55%) C
9 3 (0.55%) C++
10 2 (0.37%) Bash
10 2 (0.37%) Java
11 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (18.57%) Degree
2 79 (14.52%) ACCA
3 74 (13.60%) CIMA
4 25 (4.60%) DBS Check
5 23 (4.23%) Security Cleared
6 20 (3.68%) AAT
7 19 (3.49%) SC Cleared
8 12 (2.21%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.84%) PMP
10 8 (1.47%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.29%) ICAEW
12 5 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.92%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.37%) CISSP
13 2 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.37%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 35 (6.43%) GDPR
3 30 (5.51%) QA
4 16 (2.94%) PMO
5 15 (2.76%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.76%) IFRS
6 14 (2.57%) COREP
6 14 (2.57%) FINREP
7 11 (2.02%) GAAP
8 7 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.10%) GRC
9 6 (1.10%) SLA
10 4 (0.74%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.74%) ISO 9000
10 4 (0.74%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 4 (0.74%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.55%) TickIT
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 4 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (0.74%) SCCM
2 2 (0.37%) Ansible
2 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.37%) Terraform
3 1 (0.18%) Autotask
3 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 225 (41.36%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.51%) SAP
3 28 (5.15%) Adobe
3 28 (5.15%) Oracle
4 19 (3.49%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.57%) HubSpot
5 14 (2.57%) Sage
6 13 (2.39%) Xero
7 8 (1.47%) Google
7 8 (1.47%) JD Edwards
7 8 (1.47%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.10%) Databricks
8 6 (1.10%) Workday
9 5 (0.92%) Alteryx
9 5 (0.92%) BMC
10 4 (0.74%) Hyperion
10 4 (0.74%) IBM
10 4 (0.74%) Snow
10 4 (0.74%) VMware
11 3 (0.55%) Apple