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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 90 49
Rank change year-on-year -16 -41 +38
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 546 632 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.52% 3.84% 4.63%
As % of the Applications category 39.51% 27.44% 52.17%
Number of salaries quoted 328 377 513
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,750 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -0.26% +3.21%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,019 £41,559
% change year-on-year -4.80% +1.11% -2.22%

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 1,382 2,303 2,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.37% 13.99% 8.88%
Number of salaries quoted 761 897 1,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,680 £49,140 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.04% +9.20% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,219 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -10.28%

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 24 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 60 (10.99%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.28%) Confluence
3 5 (0.92%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.37%) CMS
6 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.37%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 153 (28.02%) Microsoft Office
2 152 (27.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (3.85%) Acrobat
4 17 (3.11%) MS Visio
5 16 (2.93%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (2.75%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.92%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.73%) Windchill
9 3 (0.55%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.55%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (4.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (3.85%) NetSuite
3 12 (2.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.92%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.55%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.55%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.37%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.37%) Magento
7 2 (0.37%) Odoo
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%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 177 (32.42%) Power Platform
2 35 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (4.21%) SaaS
4 22 (4.03%) Azure
4 22 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
5 17 (3.11%) Power Automate
5 17 (3.11%) PowerApps
6 10 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
7 9 (1.65%) OneDrive
8 8 (1.47%) AWS
9 7 (1.28%) ChatGPT
9 7 (1.28%) Miro
10 6 (1.10%) Smartsheet
11 5 (0.92%) GitHub
12 4 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (0.55%) Figma
13 3 (0.55%) Google Sheets
14 2 (0.37%) Copilot Studio
14 2 (0.37%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.38%) Broadband
2 4 (0.73%) LAN
2 4 (0.73%) WAN
3 3 (0.55%) Firewall
3 3 (0.55%) VPN
4 2 (0.37%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.37%) Internet
4 2 (0.37%) IP Telephony
4 2 (0.37%) WebEx
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
1 168 (30.77%) Power BI
2 45 (8.24%) Tableau
3 32 (5.86%) Power Query
4 18 (3.30%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.20%) 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 (0.73%) Db2
9 4 (0.73%) DB2 UDB
9 4 (0.73%) QlikView
9 4 (0.73%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.55%) PowerPivot
11 2 (0.37%) KNIME
11 2 (0.37%) Looker
11 2 (0.37%) MS Access
12 1 (0.18%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 35 (6.41%) 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
1 320 (58.61%) Social Skills
2 247 (45.24%) Finance
3 180 (32.97%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (17.22%) Organisational Skills
5 53 (9.71%) Marketing
6 51 (9.34%) Legal
7 46 (8.42%) Retail
8 33 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (5.31%) Banking
10 28 (5.13%) Public Sector
11 25 (4.58%) Billing
12 24 (4.40%) Telecoms
13 22 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (2.93%) Automotive
15 12 (2.20%) Law
16 8 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.47%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.10%) Back Office
17 6 (1.10%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 173 (31.68%) Analyst
2 56 (10.26%) Administrator
3 46 (8.42%) Data Analyst
4 44 (8.06%) Report Analyst
5 34 (6.23%) Senior
6 30 (5.49%) Financial Analyst
7 26 (4.76%) Accountant
8 23 (4.21%) Business Analyst
9 17 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
10 15 (2.75%) Consultant
11 14 (2.56%) Lead
11 14 (2.56%) Service Analyst
12 13 (2.38%) Systems Manager
13 12 (2.20%) Data Administrator
13 12 (2.20%) Junior
13 12 (2.20%) Management Accountant
13 12 (2.20%) Senior Consultant
14 10 (1.83%) Coordinator
14 10 (1.83%) Sales Administrator
14 10 (1.83%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.20%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.55%) EDI
2 3 (0.55%) Godot
2 3 (0.55%) OAuth
2 3 (0.55%) ODBC
2 3 (0.55%) OpenID
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%) 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 56 (10.26%) Management Information System
2 47 (8.61%) Onboarding
3 28 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (3.66%) Social Media
5 19 (3.48%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 11 (2.01%) Web Conferencing
8 8 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.28%) e-Learning
10 6 (1.10%) NHS
10 6 (1.10%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.92%) CCTV
11 5 (0.92%) FMCG
11 5 (0.92%) Life Science
11 5 (0.92%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.73%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.73%) Robotics
12 4 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.55%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.65%) Windows
2 4 (0.73%) Linux
2 4 (0.73%) Unix
3 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (32.78%) Business Intelligence
2 155 (28.39%) Problem-Solving
3 124 (22.71%) Decision-Making
4 121 (22.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (16.30%) Process Improvement
6 86 (15.75%) Project Management
7 81 (14.84%) CRM
8 65 (11.90%) Data Analysis
9 61 (11.17%) ERP
10 60 (10.99%) Stakeholder Management
11 59 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 55 (10.07%) Data Management
13 53 (9.71%) Agile
13 53 (9.71%) Analytics
14 47 (8.61%) Customer Service
15 45 (8.24%) Mentoring
16 42 (7.69%) Validation
17 39 (7.14%) Visualisation
18 36 (6.59%) Actionable Insight
18 36 (6.59%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 118 (21.61%) SQL
2 47 (8.61%) Python
3 29 (5.31%) VBA
4 14 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (1.28%) R
6 6 (1.10%) VB
7 5 (0.92%) C#
8 4 (0.73%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.73%) 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 (18.50%) Degree
2 78 (14.29%) ACCA
3 73 (13.37%) CIMA
4 25 (4.58%) DBS Check
5 22 (4.03%) Security Cleared
6 21 (3.85%) AAT
7 18 (3.30%) SC Cleared
8 12 (2.20%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.83%) PMP
10 7 (1.28%) ICAEW
10 7 (1.28%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.92%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.55%) CISSP
12 3 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.37%) HNC
13 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.36%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.59%) GDPR
3 31 (5.68%) QA
4 17 (3.11%) PMO
5 15 (2.75%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.75%) IFRS
6 14 (2.56%) COREP
6 14 (2.56%) FINREP
7 10 (1.83%) GAAP
8 7 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.10%) GRC
9 6 (1.10%) SLA
10 5 (0.92%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.73%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.73%) ISO 9000
11 4 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 4 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.73%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.55%) TickIT
13 2 (0.37%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 4 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (0.73%) SCCM
2 3 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.37%) Ansible
3 2 (0.37%) Terraform
4 1 (0.18%) Autotask
4 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 231 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.31%) Adobe
2 29 (5.31%) SAP
3 26 (4.76%) Oracle
4 19 (3.48%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.75%) HubSpot
6 14 (2.56%) Sage
7 13 (2.38%) Xero
8 8 (1.47%) JD Edwards
8 8 (1.47%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.28%) Google
10 6 (1.10%) Databricks
10 6 (1.10%) Workday
11 5 (0.92%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.92%) BMC
12 4 (0.73%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.73%) IBM
12 4 (0.73%) Snow
12 4 (0.73%) VMware
13 3 (0.55%) Apple