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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 84 53
Rank change year-on-year -34 -31 +56
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 551 675 1,136
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.39% 4.07% 4.59%
As % of the Applications category 38.72% 26.29% 52.57%
Number of salaries quoted 345 408 384
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year - +2.59% -12.27%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,878 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -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 1,423 2,568 2,161
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.17% 15.47% 8.73%
Number of salaries quoted 812 840 1,119
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,102 £46,533 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% +3.41% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -3.53% -5.56%

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 24 August 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 55 (9.98%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.45%) Confluence
3 5 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.36%) CMS
5 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.36%) WordPress
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 164 (29.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 157 (28.49%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (3.99%) Acrobat
4 21 (3.81%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (2.72%) MS Visio
6 11 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.91%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.73%) Windchill
9 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.36%) Trello
10 1 (0.18%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.18%) Revit
10 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 25 (4.54%) NetSuite
2 21 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.91%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.73%) Academy Housing
6 3 (0.54%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.54%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.36%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.18%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 175 (31.76%) Power Platform
2 39 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (5.08%) SaaS
4 24 (4.36%) Azure
5 19 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (3.09%) PowerApps
7 14 (2.54%) AWS
7 14 (2.54%) Power Automate
8 9 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.27%) Smartsheet
10 6 (1.09%) ChatGPT
10 6 (1.09%) Google Analytics
11 4 (0.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (0.73%) GCP
11 4 (0.73%) GitHub
11 4 (0.73%) Miro
12 3 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.54%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.36%) Asana
13 2 (0.36%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.36%) Broadband
2 2 (0.36%) Internet
2 2 (0.36%) LAN
2 2 (0.36%) WAN
2 2 (0.36%) WebEx
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) Intranet
3 1 (0.18%) Network Security
3 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.18%) VPN
3 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (30.13%) Power BI
2 35 (6.35%) Tableau
3 28 (5.08%) Power Query
4 18 (3.27%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.18%) SAP BW
6 9 (1.63%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.45%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.09%) Looker
9 6 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.91%) Big Data
11 3 (0.54%) Db2
11 3 (0.54%) DB2 UDB
11 3 (0.54%) QlikView
12 2 (0.36%) KNIME
12 2 (0.36%) MS Access
12 2 (0.36%) PowerPivot
12 2 (0.36%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.18%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 38 (6.90%) JIRA
2 6 (1.09%) Git
2 6 (1.09%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.36%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.36%) JMeter
3 2 (0.36%) Postman
3 2 (0.36%) RStudio
3 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 323 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 250 (45.37%) Finance
3 181 (32.85%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (20.69%) Organisational Skills
5 68 (12.34%) Marketing
6 48 (8.71%) Legal
7 44 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (7.80%) Retail
9 38 (6.90%) Public Sector
10 34 (6.17%) Billing
11 32 (5.81%) Influencing Skills
12 31 (5.63%) Banking
13 29 (5.26%) Telecoms
14 28 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (3.27%) Law
16 12 (2.18%) Automotive
16 12 (2.18%) Manufacturing
17 10 (1.81%) German Language
18 8 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (1.27%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 170 (30.85%) Analyst
2 48 (8.71%) Administrator
3 45 (8.17%) Data Analyst
4 37 (6.72%) Report Analyst
5 29 (5.26%) Financial Analyst
5 29 (5.26%) Senior
6 25 (4.54%) Business Analyst
7 24 (4.36%) Accountant
8 19 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
9 16 (2.90%) Service Analyst
10 15 (2.72%) Coordinator
11 13 (2.36%) Consultant
11 13 (2.36%) Junior
12 12 (2.18%) Project Manager
12 12 (2.18%) Sales Administrator
13 11 (2.00%) Management Accountant
14 10 (1.81%) Billing Analyst
14 10 (1.81%) Data Engineer
14 10 (1.81%) Senior Consultant
14 10 (1.81%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.91%) 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%) OAuth
4 2 (0.36%) OpenID
4 2 (0.36%) Pandas
4 2 (0.36%) PySpark
4 2 (0.36%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.36%) Terraform
5 1 (0.18%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 63 (11.43%) Management Information System
2 53 (9.62%) Onboarding
3 31 (5.63%) Social Media
4 30 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (3.63%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (2.18%) Web Conferencing
7 10 (1.81%) Housing Association
8 7 (1.27%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.27%) NHS
9 6 (1.09%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.09%) Life Science
9 6 (1.09%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.09%) Reinsurance
10 5 (0.91%) Educational Technology
10 5 (0.91%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.91%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.73%) FMCG
11 4 (0.73%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.91%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
2 150 (27.22%) Problem-Solving
3 126 (22.87%) Decision-Making
4 125 (22.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 83 (15.06%) Project Management
6 80 (14.52%) CRM
7 79 (14.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 78 (14.16%) Process Improvement
9 70 (12.70%) Agile
10 68 (12.34%) Analytics
11 61 (11.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 58 (10.53%) Data Analysis
13 55 (9.98%) Data Management
14 54 (9.80%) AI
15 52 (9.44%) ERP
16 49 (8.89%) Customer Service
17 47 (8.53%) Project Delivery
18 45 (8.17%) Validation
19 40 (7.26%) E-Commerce
20 38 (6.90%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 120 (21.78%) SQL
2 50 (9.07%) Python
3 26 (4.72%) VBA
4 15 (2.72%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.63%) R
6 7 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.91%) C#
8 4 (0.73%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.73%) 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 96 (17.42%) Degree
2 67 (12.16%) ACCA
3 65 (11.80%) CIMA
4 28 (5.08%) DBS Check
4 28 (5.08%) Security Cleared
5 24 (4.36%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.72%) AAT
6 15 (2.72%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.00%) PMP
8 9 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.63%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.27%) ICAEW
10 3 (0.54%) CIPD
10 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (13.43%) Data Quality
2 35 (6.35%) GDPR
3 30 (5.44%) QA
4 17 (3.09%) IFRS
4 17 (3.09%) PMO
5 15 (2.72%) Accessibility
6 13 (2.36%) COREP
6 13 (2.36%) FINREP
6 13 (2.36%) GAAP
7 8 (1.45%) SLA
8 6 (1.09%) GRC
9 5 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.73%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.73%) ISO 9000
10 4 (0.73%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 4 (0.73%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.54%) TickIT
12 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 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
1 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.18%) Autotask
2 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 239 (43.38%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.35%) SAP
3 31 (5.63%) Adobe
4 26 (4.72%) Oracle
5 21 (3.81%) HubSpot
6 18 (3.27%) Salesforce
7 17 (3.09%) Sage
8 14 (2.54%) Xero
9 9 (1.63%) Apple
9 9 (1.63%) Google
10 7 (1.27%) Databricks
10 7 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.09%) Workday
12 5 (0.91%) BMC
12 5 (0.91%) YouTube
12 5 (0.91%) Zoho
13 4 (0.73%) Hyperion
13 4 (0.73%) JD Edwards
14 3 (0.54%) Alteryx
14 3 (0.54%) VMware