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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 87 55
Rank change year-on-year -21 -32 +49
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 559 643 1,105
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.40% 3.91% 4.55%
As % of the Applications category 38.55% 25.28% 52.54%
Number of salaries quoted 348 408 355
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,469 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.25% -5.88% -6.80%

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 1,450 2,544 2,103
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.22% 15.47% 8.66%
Number of salaries quoted 829 835 1,054
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £27,075
25th Percentile £34,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,037 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% +3.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,101 £43,116
% change year-on-year -0.25% -6.99% -4.19%

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 1 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 54 (9.66%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.43%) Confluence
3 5 (0.89%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.36%) CMS
4 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.36%) WordPress
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 167 (29.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 161 (28.80%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (4.29%) Acrobat
4 22 (3.94%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (2.50%) MS Visio
6 12 (2.15%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.89%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.72%) Windchill
9 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.36%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.36%) Revit
9 2 (0.36%) Trello
10 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 25 (4.47%) NetSuite
2 22 (3.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.89%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.72%) Academy Housing
5 4 (0.72%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.54%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.54%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.18%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 171 (30.59%) Power Platform
2 40 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (4.83%) SaaS
4 23 (4.11%) Azure
5 20 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (2.68%) PowerApps
7 14 (2.50%) AWS
8 13 (2.33%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (1.25%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.07%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.89%) ChatGPT
13 4 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.72%) GCP
13 4 (0.72%) GitHub
13 4 (0.72%) Miro
14 3 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.36%) Canva
15 2 (0.36%) Figma
15 2 (0.36%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.33%) Broadband
2 2 (0.36%) Internet
2 2 (0.36%) WebEx
3 1 (0.18%) Intranet
3 1 (0.18%) LAN
3 1 (0.18%) Network Security
3 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.18%) WAN
3 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (29.16%) Power BI
2 32 (5.72%) Tableau
3 29 (5.19%) Power Query
4 18 (3.22%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.15%) SAP BW
6 9 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.61%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.43%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.07%) Looker
9 6 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.89%) Big Data
11 2 (0.36%) Db2
11 2 (0.36%) DB2 UDB
11 2 (0.36%) KNIME
11 2 (0.36%) MS Access
11 2 (0.36%) QlikView
11 2 (0.36%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.18%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 39 (6.98%) JIRA
2 6 (1.07%) Git
2 6 (1.07%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.54%) RStudio
4 2 (0.36%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.36%) JMeter
4 2 (0.36%) Postman
4 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 328 (58.68%) Social Skills
2 253 (45.26%) Finance
3 182 (32.56%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (21.11%) Organisational Skills
5 70 (12.52%) Marketing
6 50 (8.94%) Legal
7 48 (8.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (7.87%) Retail
9 38 (6.80%) Public Sector
10 35 (6.26%) Billing
11 33 (5.90%) Influencing Skills
12 31 (5.55%) Telecoms
13 30 (5.37%) Banking
14 28 (5.01%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (3.22%) Law
16 12 (2.15%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.97%) Automotive
17 11 (1.97%) German Language
18 8 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (1.25%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 166 (29.70%) Analyst
2 47 (8.41%) Administrator
3 45 (8.05%) Data Analyst
4 35 (6.26%) Report Analyst
5 30 (5.37%) Senior
6 29 (5.19%) Financial Analyst
7 28 (5.01%) Accountant
8 24 (4.29%) Business Analyst
9 20 (3.58%) Senior Analyst
10 16 (2.86%) Coordinator
10 16 (2.86%) Service Analyst
11 13 (2.33%) Consultant
11 13 (2.33%) Junior
11 13 (2.33%) Management Accountant
12 12 (2.15%) Project Manager
12 12 (2.15%) Sales Administrator
13 10 (1.79%) Data Engineer
13 10 (1.79%) Senior Consultant
13 10 (1.79%) Service Desk Analyst
13 10 (1.79%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.89%) ODBC
3 3 (0.54%) Godot
3 3 (0.54%) HTML
3 3 (0.54%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.36%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.36%) NumPy
4 2 (0.36%) Pandas
4 2 (0.36%) PySpark
4 2 (0.36%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.36%) Terraform
5 1 (0.18%) OAuth
5 1 (0.18%) OpenID
5 1 (0.18%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 66 (11.81%) Management Information System
2 55 (9.84%) Onboarding
3 32 (5.72%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (5.55%) Social Media
5 19 (3.40%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (2.15%) Web Conferencing
7 10 (1.79%) Housing Association
8 7 (1.25%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.25%) NHS
9 6 (1.07%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.07%) Life Science
9 6 (1.07%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.07%) Reinsurance
10 5 (0.89%) Educational Technology
10 5 (0.89%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.89%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.72%) FMCG
11 4 (0.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.72%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
2 151 (27.01%) Problem-Solving
3 129 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 127 (22.72%) Decision-Making
5 84 (15.03%) CRM
6 82 (14.67%) Project Management
7 81 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
8 76 (13.60%) Process Improvement
9 70 (12.52%) Agile
10 67 (11.99%) Analytics
11 63 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 57 (10.20%) Data Analysis
13 56 (10.02%) AI
14 55 (9.84%) Customer Service
14 55 (9.84%) Data Management
15 53 (9.48%) ERP
16 51 (9.12%) Project Delivery
17 44 (7.87%) Validation
18 41 (7.33%) Mentoring
19 40 (7.16%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 119 (21.29%) SQL
2 50 (8.94%) Python
3 26 (4.65%) VBA
4 15 (2.68%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.97%) R
6 7 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.89%) C#
8 4 (0.72%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.72%) VB
9 3 (0.54%) C
9 3 (0.54%) C++
10 2 (0.36%) Bash
10 2 (0.36%) Java
11 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (18.07%) Degree
2 69 (12.34%) ACCA
3 67 (11.99%) CIMA
4 30 (5.37%) DBS Check
5 27 (4.83%) Security Cleared
6 24 (4.29%) SC Cleared
7 15 (2.68%) PMI Certification
8 14 (2.50%) AAT
9 11 (1.97%) PMP
10 9 (1.61%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.25%) ICAEW
13 3 (0.54%) CIPD
13 3 (0.54%) CIPFA
13 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.54%) Postgraduate
14 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (13.60%) Data Quality
2 35 (6.26%) GDPR
3 30 (5.37%) QA
4 18 (3.22%) PMO
5 17 (3.04%) IFRS
6 15 (2.68%) Accessibility
7 13 (2.33%) GAAP
8 12 (2.15%) COREP
8 12 (2.15%) FINREP
9 8 (1.43%) SLA
10 6 (1.07%) GRC
11 5 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.72%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.72%) ISO 9000
12 4 (0.72%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 4 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.54%) TickIT
14 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.18%) Firmware
1 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.36%) Ansible
2 1 (0.18%) Autotask
2 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.18%) SCCM
2 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 247 (44.19%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.26%) SAP
3 33 (5.90%) Adobe
4 27 (4.83%) Oracle
5 22 (3.94%) HubSpot
6 19 (3.40%) Sage
7 18 (3.22%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.86%) Xero
9 9 (1.61%) Apple
9 9 (1.61%) Google
10 7 (1.25%) Databricks
10 7 (1.25%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.25%) YouTube
11 6 (1.07%) Workday
12 5 (0.89%) BMC
12 5 (0.89%) Zoho
13 4 (0.72%) VMware
14 3 (0.54%) Alteryx
14 3 (0.54%) Hyperion
14 3 (0.54%) JD Edwards