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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 86 89
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 498 504 967
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.95% 3.76% 3.22%
As % of the Applications category 25.47% 40.58% 41.47%
Number of salaries quoted 274 250 630
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £25,480
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,625 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,340 £45,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% +1.12% +4.71%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,000 £57,188
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £63,875
UK median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% -11.11%

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 1,955 1,242 2,332
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.60% 9.26% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 604 774 1,760
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £34,941 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +20.93% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,254 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +27.15% -16.67%

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 19 March 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 49 (9.84%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.21%) Confluence
3 4 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 135 (27.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 126 (25.30%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (5.22%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.41%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (1.81%) InDesign
5 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.60%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.60%) Trello
7 1 (0.20%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.01%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.20%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (1.00%) Magento
6 4 (0.80%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.60%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.60%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.40%) Odoo
9 1 (0.20%) Infor SunSystems
9 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.20%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.20%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 181 (36.35%) Power Platform
2 68 (13.65%) Azure
3 42 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (5.62%) Azure Data Factory
5 25 (5.02%) SaaS
6 24 (4.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 21 (4.22%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (3.82%) AWS
9 12 (2.41%) Power Automate
10 11 (2.21%) OneDrive
10 11 (2.21%) PowerApps
11 10 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.20%) Google Sheets
14 5 (1.00%) Google Analytics
14 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (1.00%) PaaS
14 5 (1.00%) Smartsheet
15 4 (0.80%) GCP
15 4 (0.80%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.81%) Unified Communications
2 5 (1.00%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.80%) Firewall
3 4 (0.80%) LAN
3 4 (0.80%) WAN
4 3 (0.60%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.60%) PuTTY
4 3 (0.60%) VPN
5 1 (0.20%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.20%) Internet
5 1 (0.20%) MPLS
5 1 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.20%) SNA
5 1 (0.20%) Wireless
5 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (34.94%) Power BI
2 49 (9.84%) Tableau
3 33 (6.63%) SQL Server
4 31 (6.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 30 (6.02%) Power Query
6 27 (5.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (2.01%) Big Data
8 8 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.41%) PowerPivot
10 6 (1.20%) QlikView
11 4 (0.80%) DB2
11 4 (0.80%) DB2 UDB
11 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.40%) Ataccama
13 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.40%) Metadata
13 2 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
13 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (5.42%) JIRA
2 4 (0.80%) Git
2 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.60%) Maven
3 3 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.60%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
General
1 284 (57.03%) Social Skills
2 232 (46.59%) Finance
3 190 (38.15%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (12.65%) Organisational Skills
5 57 (11.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (11.04%) Marketing
7 43 (8.63%) Retail
8 39 (7.83%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (5.42%) Billing
10 22 (4.42%) Legal
11 19 (3.82%) Automotive
12 18 (3.61%) Advertising
13 16 (3.21%) Law
13 16 (3.21%) Telecoms
14 15 (3.01%) Public Sector
15 13 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (2.41%) Banking
17 5 (1.00%) Back Office
18 4 (0.80%) French Language
18 4 (0.80%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 161 (32.33%) Analyst
2 45 (9.04%) Senior
3 35 (7.03%) Data Analyst
3 35 (7.03%) Lead
4 30 (6.02%) Administrator
5 25 (5.02%) Accountant
6 21 (4.22%) Report Analyst
7 20 (4.02%) Business Analyst
8 15 (3.01%) Insight Analyst
9 14 (2.81%) Commercial Analyst
9 14 (2.81%) Support Analyst
10 13 (2.61%) Account Manager
10 13 (2.61%) Financial Accountant
10 13 (2.61%) IT Support
11 12 (2.41%) Business Manager
11 12 (2.41%) Customer Analyst
11 12 (2.41%) Developer
11 12 (2.41%) Insight Manager
11 12 (2.41%) Service Manager
12 11 (2.21%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.41%) EDI
2 6 (1.20%) XML
3 3 (0.60%) ActiveMQ
3 3 (0.60%) JSON
3 3 (0.60%) OAuth
3 3 (0.60%) OpenID
3 3 (0.60%) RAML
3 3 (0.60%) REST
3 3 (0.60%) SOAP
4 1 (0.20%) .NET
4 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.20%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.24%) Onboarding
2 38 (7.63%) Management Information System
3 37 (7.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 34 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 18 (3.61%) Public Cloud
5 18 (3.61%) Social Media
6 11 (2.21%) Web Conferencing
7 10 (2.01%) Social Network
8 9 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.81%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.41%) Blog
9 7 (1.41%) CCTV
9 7 (1.41%) Digital Media
9 7 (1.41%) FMCG
9 7 (1.41%) NHS
10 6 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.00%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.00%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.02%) Windows
2 13 (2.61%) Linux
3 10 (2.01%) Unix
4 5 (1.00%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.80%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (39.36%) Business Intelligence
2 142 (28.51%) Problem-Solving
3 129 (25.90%) Decision-Making
4 106 (21.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (20.68%) Data Analysis
6 87 (17.47%) Process Improvement
7 85 (17.07%) Analytics
8 74 (14.86%) CRM
9 69 (13.86%) Project Management
10 68 (13.65%) Visualisation
11 59 (11.85%) AI
12 58 (11.65%) Customer Service
13 56 (11.24%) ERP
14 55 (11.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 52 (10.44%) Actionable Insight
16 45 (9.04%) Agile
17 42 (8.43%) Time Management
18 38 (7.63%) Change Management
19 37 (7.43%) Budgeting
19 37 (7.43%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (21.08%) SQL
2 34 (6.83%) Python
3 27 (5.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 19 (3.82%) VBA
5 6 (1.20%) R
6 5 (1.00%) VB
6 5 (1.00%) VBScript
7 3 (0.60%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) ABAP
8 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (24.50%) Degree
2 77 (15.46%) ACCA
3 63 (12.65%) CIMA
4 17 (3.41%) AWS Certification
5 16 (3.21%) AAT
6 12 (2.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 10 (2.01%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.41%) CFA
8 7 (1.41%) CISSP
8 7 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.41%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.41%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.00%) CIPD
11 4 (0.80%) CISA
11 4 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.80%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.80%) PMP
12 3 (0.60%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.43%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.43%) GDPR
3 20 (4.02%) Actionable Recommendations
4 18 (3.61%) PMO
5 17 (3.41%) IFRS
6 16 (3.21%) GAAP
6 16 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (3.21%) QA
7 13 (2.61%) ISO 9001
8 7 (1.41%) SLA
9 5 (1.00%) COREP
9 5 (1.00%) FINREP
10 4 (0.80%) GRC
10 4 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.60%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.40%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.20%) P3O
13 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.00%) SCCM
1 5 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.20%) Ansible
2 1 (0.20%) Control-M
2 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 224 (44.98%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.23%) Adobe
3 25 (5.02%) Oracle
4 23 (4.62%) Salesforce
5 22 (4.42%) Apple
6 18 (3.61%) SAP
7 12 (2.41%) Sage
8 10 (2.01%) Cisco
9 9 (1.81%) Google
9 9 (1.81%) JD Edwards
9 9 (1.81%) Zoho
10 8 (1.61%) Informatica
11 7 (1.41%) HubSpot
12 5 (1.00%) IBM
12 5 (1.00%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.00%) Snow
12 5 (1.00%) VMware
13 4 (0.80%) Xero
14 3 (0.60%) Mercator
14 3 (0.60%) Openreach