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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 89 56
Rank change year-on-year -7 -33 +47
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 665 649 1,050
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.69% 3.94% 4.56%
As % of the Applications category 41.00% 22.35% 52.53%
Number of salaries quoted 398 417 304
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,575 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -12.46%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £43,337
% change year-on-year -6.25% -7.70% -3.70%

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 1,622 2,904 1,999
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.56% 17.61% 8.68%
Number of salaries quoted 925 826 899
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,056 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% -11.43%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £84,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 25 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 61 (9.17%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.20%) CMS
2 8 (1.20%) Confluence
3 5 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.45%) SAS
5 3 (0.45%) WordPress
6 2 (0.30%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) Moodle
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 197 (29.62%) Microsoft Office
2 187 (28.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 34 (5.11%) Spreadsheet
4 24 (3.61%) Acrobat
5 22 (3.31%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (1.95%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.75%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.60%) Windchill
9 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.30%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.30%) Revit
9 2 (0.30%) SPSS
9 2 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 30 (4.51%) NetSuite
2 22 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (1.20%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.60%) Academy Housing
5 4 (0.60%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.45%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.45%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.30%) FastStats
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.30%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.15%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 183 (27.52%) Power Platform
2 51 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (4.06%) Azure
4 26 (3.91%) SaaS
5 21 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (2.41%) AWS
7 15 (2.26%) PowerApps
8 13 (1.95%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (1.35%) Google Analytics
11 5 (0.75%) ChatGPT
12 4 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.60%) GCP
12 4 (0.60%) GitHub
12 4 (0.60%) Miro
12 4 (0.60%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.60%) Smartsheet
13 3 (0.45%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.11%) Broadband
2 2 (0.30%) Internet
2 2 (0.30%) LAN
2 2 (0.30%) NGN
2 2 (0.30%) WAN
2 2 (0.30%) WebEx
2 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.15%) 5G
3 1 (0.15%) DHCP
3 1 (0.15%) DNS
3 1 (0.15%) Intranet
3 1 (0.15%) Network Security
3 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.15%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (26.17%) Power BI
2 33 (4.96%) Tableau
3 30 (4.51%) Power Query
4 18 (2.71%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.80%) SAP BW
6 11 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.35%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.35%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.90%) Looker
9 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.75%) Big Data
11 2 (0.30%) KNIME
11 2 (0.30%) MS Access
11 2 (0.30%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 2 (0.30%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.15%) GIS
Development Applications
1 36 (5.41%) JIRA
2 6 (0.90%) Git
2 6 (0.90%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.45%) RStudio
4 2 (0.30%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.30%) JMeter
4 2 (0.30%) Postman
4 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.15%) Moq
General
1 403 (60.60%) Social Skills
2 288 (43.31%) Finance
3 228 (34.29%) Analytical Skills
4 164 (24.66%) Organisational Skills
5 92 (13.83%) Marketing
6 71 (10.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (8.72%) Legal
8 55 (8.27%) Retail
9 50 (7.52%) Public Sector
10 45 (6.77%) Billing
11 38 (5.71%) Telecoms
12 37 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (4.51%) Manufacturing
14 28 (4.21%) Banking
15 27 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
16 26 (3.91%) Law
17 13 (1.95%) German Language
18 12 (1.80%) Advertising
18 12 (1.80%) Automotive
19 11 (1.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 175 (26.32%) Analyst
2 71 (10.68%) Administrator
3 50 (7.52%) Data Analyst
4 35 (5.26%) Accountant
4 35 (5.26%) Senior
5 33 (4.96%) Report Analyst
6 28 (4.21%) Financial Analyst
7 26 (3.91%) Business Analyst
8 19 (2.86%) Coordinator
8 19 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
9 17 (2.56%) Management Accountant
9 17 (2.56%) Service Analyst
10 16 (2.41%) Lead
11 14 (2.11%) Consultant
12 13 (1.95%) Junior
12 13 (1.95%) Project Manager
13 12 (1.80%) Data Engineer
13 12 (1.80%) PMO Analyst
13 12 (1.80%) Sales Administrator
14 11 (1.65%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.75%) Matplotlib
2 5 (0.75%) NumPy
2 5 (0.75%) ODBC
2 5 (0.75%) Pandas
3 4 (0.60%) Flash
4 3 (0.45%) Godot
4 3 (0.45%) HTML
4 3 (0.45%) Unreal Engine
5 2 (0.30%) PySpark
5 2 (0.30%) Seaborn
5 2 (0.30%) Terraform
6 1 (0.15%) OAuth
6 1 (0.15%) OpenID
6 1 (0.15%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 98 (14.74%) Management Information System
2 61 (9.17%) Onboarding
3 43 (6.47%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (5.11%) Social Media
5 15 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (2.26%) Data Structures
5 15 (2.26%) Housing Association
6 13 (1.95%) Driving Licence
7 12 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.65%) Web Conferencing
9 9 (1.35%) NHS
10 8 (1.20%) e-Learning
11 7 (1.05%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.90%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.90%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.90%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.75%) Educational Technology
13 5 (0.75%) FMCG
14 4 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (28.12%) Business Intelligence
2 182 (27.37%) Problem-Solving
3 160 (24.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 151 (22.71%) Decision-Making
5 111 (16.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 92 (13.83%) CRM
7 89 (13.38%) Project Management
8 88 (13.23%) Analytics
9 83 (12.48%) Process Improvement
10 80 (12.03%) Customer Service
11 78 (11.73%) AI
12 72 (10.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 71 (10.68%) Agile
14 65 (9.77%) Data Analysis
15 60 (9.02%) Data Management
16 58 (8.72%) ERP
16 58 (8.72%) Project Delivery
17 55 (8.27%) Actionable Insight
18 50 (7.52%) Coaching
19 49 (7.37%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 125 (18.80%) SQL
2 54 (8.12%) Python
3 26 (3.91%) VBA
4 16 (2.41%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (1.80%) R
6 8 (1.20%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.75%) C#
7 5 (0.75%) VB
8 3 (0.45%) C
8 3 (0.45%) C++
9 2 (0.30%) Bash
9 2 (0.30%) Java
10 1 (0.15%) PHP
10 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (15.79%) Degree
2 73 (10.98%) ACCA
3 71 (10.68%) CIMA
4 35 (5.26%) DBS Check
5 30 (4.51%) Security Cleared
6 29 (4.36%) SC Cleared
7 16 (2.41%) AAT
8 13 (1.95%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.35%) PMP
10 8 (1.20%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.05%) ICAEW
12 6 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.60%) Postgraduate
14 3 (0.45%) CIPD
14 3 (0.45%) CIPFA
14 3 (0.45%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.30%) APMP
15 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (13.08%) Data Quality
2 42 (6.32%) GDPR
3 34 (5.11%) QA
4 27 (4.06%) PMO
5 17 (2.56%) IFRS
6 16 (2.41%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.95%) GAAP
8 8 (1.20%) COREP
8 8 (1.20%) FINREP
8 8 (1.20%) SLA
9 6 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.90%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.60%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.60%) ISO 9000
10 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 3 (0.45%) GRC
11 3 (0.45%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.45%) TickIT
12 2 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.30%) Ansible
2 1 (0.15%) Autotask
2 1 (0.15%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 316 (47.52%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.96%) Adobe
2 33 (4.96%) SAP
3 29 (4.36%) Oracle
4 23 (3.46%) Sage
4 23 (3.46%) Salesforce
5 22 (3.31%) HubSpot
6 15 (2.26%) Google
6 15 (2.26%) Xero
7 10 (1.50%) Apple
8 9 (1.35%) YouTube
9 7 (1.05%) Databricks
9 7 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.90%) Workday
11 5 (0.75%) BMC
11 5 (0.75%) Progress
11 5 (0.75%) Zoho
12 3 (0.45%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.45%) Criteo
12 3 (0.45%) VMware