Microsoft Excel Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Excel
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 63 98
Rank change year-on-year -31 +35 +79
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 480 1,503 1,368
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.21% 4.44% 3.20%
As % of the Applications category 30.44% 51.33% 43.82%
Number of salaries quoted 261 668 878
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 -
25th Percentile £30,500 £30,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +3.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £62,250 £56,063 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £47,000 £40,000 £44,494
% change year-on-year +17.50% -10.10% -1.12%

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 1,577 2,928 3,122
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.55% 8.65% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 845 1,808 2,082
10th Percentile £27,502 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £43,586 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.16% -8.24% +5.56%
75th Percentile £66,225 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £44,666
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.04% -0.74%

Microsoft Excel
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Excel trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microsoft Excel salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 44 (9.17%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.75%) Confluence
3 13 (2.71%) CMS
4 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.67%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.67%) WordPress
6 7 (1.46%) IBM Domino
6 7 (1.46%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 145 (30.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 106 (22.08%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (3.54%) Spreadsheet
4 14 (2.92%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.88%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.46%) Trello
7 4 (0.83%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.42%) InDesign
9 1 (0.21%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.21%) Sketch
9 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.83%) Maximo
3 3 (0.63%) CA PPM
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.63%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.21%) iTrent
5 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 208 (43.33%) Power Platform
2 56 (11.67%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (6.67%) Azure
4 24 (5.00%) Google Analytics
5 21 (4.38%) SaaS
6 17 (3.54%) Smartsheet
7 16 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (2.92%) Power Automate
9 10 (2.08%) GCP
10 9 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.67%) Google Sheets
12 7 (1.46%) AWS
12 7 (1.46%) Google Data Studio
13 6 (1.25%) Typeform
14 5 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.04%) Google Ads
14 5 (1.04%) PowerApps
15 4 (0.83%) Google Workspace
15 4 (0.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.25%) Intranet
2 5 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.63%) Firewall
3 3 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.42%) Internet
4 2 (0.42%) LAN
4 2 (0.42%) WAN
4 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.42%) Wireless
5 1 (0.21%) Broadband
5 1 (0.21%) Modbus
5 1 (0.21%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.21%) SSL
5 1 (0.21%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (43.33%) Power BI
2 48 (10.00%) Tableau
3 23 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (3.96%) Power Query
5 14 (2.92%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (2.50%) Relational Database
7 12 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (2.08%) Metadata
9 9 (1.88%) Big Data
9 9 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
10 8 (1.67%) Metadata Repository
11 6 (1.25%) Data Hub
11 6 (1.25%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.83%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.83%) MS Access
13 3 (0.63%) MySQL
13 3 (0.63%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 26 (5.42%) JIRA
2 5 (1.04%) Git
2 5 (1.04%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.83%) Postman
3 4 (0.83%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.63%) Subversion
5 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 244 (50.83%) Social Skills
2 211 (43.96%) Finance
3 120 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (15.21%) Marketing
5 55 (11.46%) Presentation Skills
6 46 (9.58%) Organisational Skills
7 42 (8.75%) Legal
8 40 (8.33%) Banking
9 32 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (6.25%) Retail
11 29 (6.04%) Public Sector
12 18 (3.75%) Publishing
13 13 (2.71%) Advertising
14 11 (2.29%) Law
15 10 (2.08%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.67%) Billing
17 6 (1.25%) Aerospace
17 6 (1.25%) Games
17 6 (1.25%) Investment Banking
17 6 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 188 (39.17%) Analyst
2 71 (14.79%) Data Analyst
3 46 (9.58%) Senior
4 29 (6.04%) Financial Analyst
5 26 (5.42%) Data Manager
5 26 (5.42%) Procurement Analyst
6 23 (4.79%) Lead
7 22 (4.58%) Administrator
7 22 (4.58%) Development Manager
8 21 (4.38%) Developer
9 19 (3.96%) Business Analyst
9 19 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (2.71%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 13 (2.71%) Project Manager
11 11 (2.29%) 1st Line Support
11 11 (2.29%) Business Manager
11 11 (2.29%) Finance Business Analyst
12 10 (2.08%) Digital Executive
12 10 (2.08%) IT Support
12 10 (2.08%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.88%) Pandas
2 7 (1.46%) .NET
2 7 (1.46%) EDI
2 7 (1.46%) HTML
3 6 (1.25%) JSON
4 5 (1.04%) Hugging Face
5 4 (0.83%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.63%) XML
7 2 (0.42%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.42%) CSS
7 2 (0.42%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.42%) MDX
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.42%) React
7 2 (0.42%) Regular Expression
8 1 (0.21%) EJB
8 1 (0.21%) ISPF
8 1 (0.21%) jQuery
8 1 (0.21%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 70 (14.58%) Management Information System
2 35 (7.29%) Social Media
3 14 (2.92%) Life Science
4 12 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (2.29%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.08%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.67%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.46%) Blog
8 7 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.25%) e-Learning
10 5 (1.04%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.04%) Genomics
10 5 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.83%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.83%) NHS
11 4 (0.83%) PMI
11 4 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.42%) Windows
2 15 (3.13%) Linux
3 14 (2.92%) Windows Vista
4 7 (1.46%) Unix
5 5 (1.04%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (35.42%) Business Intelligence
2 167 (34.79%) Analytics
3 139 (28.96%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (23.33%) Visualisation
5 94 (19.58%) Data Analysis
6 90 (18.75%) Decision-Making
7 76 (15.83%) Project Management
8 72 (15.00%) Data Management
9 58 (12.08%) Actionable Insight
10 55 (11.46%) Data Visualisation
11 54 (11.25%) Data Analytics
12 51 (10.63%) Process Improvement
13 50 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (10.42%) ERP
14 48 (10.00%) Agile
15 45 (9.38%) Mentoring
16 43 (8.96%) Customer Service
17 41 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
18 38 (7.92%) Data Modelling
19 35 (7.29%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 129 (26.88%) SQL
2 56 (11.67%) Python
3 24 (5.00%) VBA
4 17 (3.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 11 (2.29%) PowerShell
5 11 (2.29%) R
6 10 (2.08%) Bash
6 10 (2.08%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.04%) C#
7 5 (1.04%) Java
8 2 (0.42%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.42%) Julia
8 2 (0.42%) VB
8 2 (0.42%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.42%) VBScript
9 1 (0.21%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.21%) Formula Language
9 1 (0.21%) JCL
9 1 (0.21%) REXX
9 1 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 123 (25.63%) Degree
2 32 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 25 (5.21%) ACCA
4 24 (5.00%) CIMA
5 16 (3.33%) Security Cleared
6 11 (2.29%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.88%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.67%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.25%) AAT
10 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (1.04%) PMP
11 4 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.83%) HND
11 4 (0.83%) MRICS
12 3 (0.63%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.63%) MCT
13 2 (0.42%) CISM
13 2 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.21%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (11.25%) Data Quality
2 28 (5.83%) QA
3 21 (4.38%) PMO
4 6 (1.25%) GDPR
5 5 (1.04%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.63%) P3O
7 2 (0.42%) COBIT
7 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.42%) NIST
7 2 (0.42%) SLA
8 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) ITGC
8 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.46%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 1 (0.21%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 231 (48.13%) Microsoft
2 50 (10.42%) Salesforce
3 44 (9.17%) Google
4 43 (8.96%) SAP
5 24 (5.00%) Oracle
6 10 (2.08%) Adobe
6 10 (2.08%) YouTube
7 8 (1.67%) Planview
8 7 (1.46%) Ahrefs
8 7 (1.46%) Anaplan
8 7 (1.46%) Instagram
8 7 (1.46%) Screaming Frog
8 7 (1.46%) Sitecore
9 6 (1.25%) Facebook
9 6 (1.25%) Sage
9 6 (1.25%) Xero
9 6 (1.25%) Zoho
10 4 (0.83%) Blue Prism
10 4 (0.83%) NEC
10 4 (0.83%) ServiceNow