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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 89 87
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 494 483 1,011
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.94% 3.76% 3.27%
As % of the Applications category 31.03% 40.83% 42.23%
Number of salaries quoted 275 243 640
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £34,000 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +2.27% +1.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,000 £56,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 1,592 1,183 2,394
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.46% 9.22% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 607 750 1,775
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,675 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,059 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,680 £52,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.99% +22.09% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,253 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,932 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.55% +27.82% -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 27 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 51 (10.32%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.02%) Confluence
3 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 132 (26.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 123 (24.90%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (5.26%) MS Visio
4 11 (2.23%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (1.82%) InDesign
5 9 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.61%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.61%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.61%) Trello
7 1 (0.20%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.02%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.62%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.21%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (1.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (1.01%) Magento
6 4 (0.81%) SAP BPC
6 4 (0.81%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.61%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.61%) ResourceLink
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
Cloud Services
1 180 (36.44%) Power Platform
2 67 (13.56%) Azure
3 44 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (5.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 24 (4.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 23 (4.66%) SaaS
7 21 (4.25%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (3.85%) AWS
9 12 (2.43%) OneDrive
9 12 (2.43%) Power Automate
9 12 (2.43%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.21%) Google Sheets
12 6 (1.21%) Smartsheet
13 5 (1.01%) Google Analytics
13 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.01%) PaaS
14 4 (0.81%) GCP
14 4 (0.81%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.82%) Unified Communications
2 5 (1.01%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.81%) Firewall
3 4 (0.81%) LAN
3 4 (0.81%) WAN
4 3 (0.61%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.61%) PuTTY
4 3 (0.61%) 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
1 173 (35.02%) Power BI
2 47 (9.51%) Tableau
3 33 (6.68%) SQL Server
4 31 (6.28%) Power Query
5 30 (6.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 27 (5.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.82%) Big Data
8 7 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.42%) PowerPivot
9 6 (1.21%) QlikView
10 4 (0.81%) DB2
10 4 (0.81%) DB2 UDB
10 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.40%) Ataccama
12 2 (0.40%) Metadata
12 2 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.40%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (5.67%) JIRA
2 4 (0.81%) Git
2 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.61%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.61%) Maven
3 3 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.20%) Toad
General
1 280 (56.68%) Social Skills
2 230 (46.56%) Finance
3 193 (39.07%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (12.55%) Organisational Skills
5 56 (11.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (10.93%) Marketing
7 43 (8.70%) Retail
8 39 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (5.47%) Billing
10 22 (4.45%) Legal
11 20 (4.05%) Automotive
12 17 (3.44%) Advertising
12 17 (3.44%) Law
13 15 (3.04%) Public Sector
13 15 (3.04%) Telecoms
14 12 (2.43%) Banking
14 12 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.21%) Back Office
16 4 (0.81%) French Language
16 4 (0.81%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 160 (32.39%) Analyst
2 44 (8.91%) Senior
3 36 (7.29%) Data Analyst
4 35 (7.09%) Lead
5 32 (6.48%) Administrator
6 24 (4.86%) Accountant
7 22 (4.45%) Report Analyst
8 18 (3.64%) Business Analyst
9 15 (3.04%) Insight Analyst
10 14 (2.83%) Commercial Analyst
11 13 (2.63%) Account Manager
12 12 (2.43%) Business Manager
12 12 (2.43%) Financial Accountant
12 12 (2.43%) Insight Manager
12 12 (2.43%) IT Support
12 12 (2.43%) Support Analyst
13 11 (2.23%) Customer Analyst
13 11 (2.23%) Developer
13 11 (2.23%) Service Manager
13 11 (2.23%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.42%) EDI
2 6 (1.21%) XML
3 4 (0.81%) OAuth
3 4 (0.81%) OpenID
4 3 (0.61%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (0.61%) JSON
4 3 (0.61%) RAML
4 3 (0.61%) REST
4 3 (0.61%) SOAP
5 1 (0.20%) .NET
5 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.20%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 55 (11.13%) Onboarding
2 40 (8.10%) Management Information System
3 37 (7.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 32 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 18 (3.64%) Public Cloud
5 18 (3.64%) Social Media
6 12 (2.43%) Web Conferencing
7 9 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.82%) Social Network
8 8 (1.62%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.42%) Blog
9 7 (1.42%) CCTV
9 7 (1.42%) Digital Media
9 7 (1.42%) FMCG
9 7 (1.42%) NHS
10 6 (1.21%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.81%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.81%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.25%) Windows
2 13 (2.63%) Linux
3 10 (2.02%) Unix
4 5 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (39.68%) Business Intelligence
2 143 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
3 131 (26.52%) Decision-Making
4 102 (20.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 101 (20.45%) Data Analysis
6 89 (18.02%) Process Improvement
7 84 (17.00%) Analytics
8 73 (14.78%) CRM
9 69 (13.97%) Visualisation
10 68 (13.77%) Project Management
11 58 (11.74%) AI
11 58 (11.74%) ERP
12 55 (11.13%) Customer Service
13 54 (10.93%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 52 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
15 46 (9.31%) Agile
16 42 (8.50%) Time Management
17 41 (8.30%) Data Management
18 36 (7.29%) Budgeting
18 36 (7.29%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 104 (21.05%) SQL
2 33 (6.68%) Python
3 27 (5.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 19 (3.85%) VBA
5 6 (1.21%) R
6 5 (1.01%) VB
6 5 (1.01%) VBScript
7 3 (0.61%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) ABAP
8 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (24.70%) Degree
2 77 (15.59%) ACCA
3 64 (12.96%) CIMA
4 17 (3.44%) AWS Certification
5 15 (3.04%) AAT
6 12 (2.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (2.23%) Security Cleared
8 8 (1.62%) CISSP
8 8 (1.62%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.42%) CFA
9 7 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.42%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.01%) CIPD
10 5 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (1.01%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.01%) PMP
11 4 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.81%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.89%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.48%) GDPR
3 20 (4.05%) Actionable Recommendations
4 19 (3.85%) QA
5 18 (3.64%) PMO
6 16 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (3.04%) IFRS
8 14 (2.83%) GAAP
9 12 (2.43%) ISO 9001
10 7 (1.42%) SLA
11 6 (1.21%) COREP
11 6 (1.21%) FINREP
12 5 (1.01%) GRC
13 4 (0.81%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.40%) ISO 14001
16 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
16 1 (0.20%) NIST
16 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 11 (2.23%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.01%) SCCM
1 5 (1.01%) 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
1 219 (44.33%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.29%) Adobe
3 26 (5.26%) Oracle
4 22 (4.45%) Apple
4 22 (4.45%) Salesforce
5 21 (4.25%) SAP
6 13 (2.63%) Sage
7 10 (2.02%) Cisco
8 9 (1.82%) Google
8 9 (1.82%) JD Edwards
8 9 (1.82%) Zoho
9 8 (1.62%) Informatica
10 7 (1.42%) HubSpot
11 5 (1.01%) IBM
11 5 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.01%) Snow
11 5 (1.01%) VMware
12 3 (0.61%) IFS
12 3 (0.61%) Openreach
12 3 (0.61%) Xero