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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 87 50
Rank change year-on-year -27 -37 +59
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 556 669 1,142
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.43% 4.04% 4.64%
As % of the Applications category 38.83% 26.96% 52.68%
Number of salaries quoted 352 404 398
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,850
25th Percentile £33,500 £30,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,662
Median % change year-on-year - +0.76% -10.68%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,919
% change year-on-year - -6.80% -4.63%

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 1,432 2,481 2,168
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.25% 15.00% 8.80%
Number of salaries quoted 824 829 1,151
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% - -14.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,250
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 18 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 (9.89%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.44%) Confluence
3 5 (0.90%) 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
1 159 (28.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 156 (28.06%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (3.78%) Acrobat
3 21 (3.78%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (2.88%) MS Visio
5 13 (2.34%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.90%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.72%) Windchill
8 3 (0.54%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.36%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.36%) Trello
10 1 (0.18%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.18%) Revit
10 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 25 (4.50%) NetSuite
2 22 (3.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.90%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.72%) Academy Housing
6 3 (0.54%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.54%) Raiser’s Edge
6 3 (0.54%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.36%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.18%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.18%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 182 (32.73%) Power Platform
2 37 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (5.04%) SaaS
4 24 (4.32%) Azure
5 19 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (3.06%) PowerApps
7 15 (2.70%) Power Automate
8 14 (2.52%) AWS
9 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (1.26%) Smartsheet
11 6 (1.08%) ChatGPT
11 6 (1.08%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.90%) GitHub
13 4 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.72%) GCP
13 4 (0.72%) Miro
14 3 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.54%) OneDrive
15 2 (0.36%) Asana
15 2 (0.36%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.34%) Broadband
2 3 (0.54%) LAN
2 3 (0.54%) WAN
3 2 (0.36%) Firewall
3 2 (0.36%) Internet
3 2 (0.36%) VPN
3 2 (0.36%) WebEx
4 1 (0.18%) Intranet
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (31.12%) Power BI
2 40 (7.19%) Tableau
3 30 (5.40%) Power Query
4 18 (3.24%) Data Lake
5 12 (2.16%) SAP BW
6 10 (1.80%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.44%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.08%) Looker
9 6 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.90%) Big Data
11 3 (0.54%) Db2
11 3 (0.54%) DB2 UDB
11 3 (0.54%) PowerPivot
11 3 (0.54%) QlikView
12 2 (0.36%) KNIME
12 2 (0.36%) MS Access
12 2 (0.36%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 37 (6.65%) JIRA
2 7 (1.26%) Git
3 6 (1.08%) Visual Studio
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%) RStudio
5 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 325 (58.45%) Social Skills
2 256 (46.04%) Finance
3 183 (32.91%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (20.14%) Organisational Skills
5 63 (11.33%) Marketing
6 50 (8.99%) Legal
7 42 (7.55%) Retail
8 39 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 38 (6.83%) Public Sector
10 33 (5.94%) Billing
11 32 (5.76%) Banking
12 30 (5.40%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (5.04%) Telecoms
14 18 (3.24%) Law
15 13 (2.34%) Automotive
16 12 (2.16%) Manufacturing
17 10 (1.80%) German Language
18 8 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (1.26%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 174 (31.29%) Analyst
2 50 (8.99%) Administrator
3 47 (8.45%) Data Analyst
4 40 (7.19%) Report Analyst
5 32 (5.76%) Senior
6 29 (5.22%) Financial Analyst
7 25 (4.50%) Accountant
7 25 (4.50%) Business Analyst
8 19 (3.42%) Senior Analyst
9 16 (2.88%) Coordinator
9 16 (2.88%) Service Analyst
10 15 (2.70%) Consultant
11 14 (2.52%) Junior
12 12 (2.16%) Management Accountant
12 12 (2.16%) Project Manager
12 12 (2.16%) Sales Administrator
12 12 (2.16%) Senior Consultant
13 10 (1.80%) Billing Analyst
13 10 (1.80%) Data Engineer
13 10 (1.80%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.90%) 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
5 1 (0.18%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.18%) SciPy
5 1 (0.18%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 63 (11.33%) Management Information System
2 52 (9.35%) Onboarding
3 31 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (5.04%) Social Media
5 20 (3.60%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (2.16%) Web Conferencing
8 10 (1.80%) Housing Association
9 7 (1.26%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.26%) NHS
10 6 (1.08%) Life Science
10 6 (1.08%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.08%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.90%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.90%) Educational Technology
11 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.90%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.72%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.90%) Windows
2 3 (0.54%) Linux
2 3 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (32.55%) Business Intelligence
2 154 (27.70%) Problem-Solving
3 129 (23.20%) Decision-Making
4 126 (22.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 83 (14.93%) Process Improvement
6 81 (14.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 80 (14.39%) Project Management
8 78 (14.03%) CRM
9 69 (12.41%) Analytics
10 68 (12.23%) Agile
11 63 (11.33%) Data Analysis
12 61 (10.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 58 (10.43%) Data Management
14 53 (9.53%) ERP
15 49 (8.81%) AI
16 48 (8.63%) Validation
17 46 (8.27%) Customer Service
17 46 (8.27%) Project Delivery
18 41 (7.37%) Mentoring
19 39 (7.01%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 120 (21.58%) SQL
2 52 (9.35%) Python
3 29 (5.22%) VBA
4 15 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.62%) R
6 7 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (1.08%) VB
8 5 (0.90%) C#
9 4 (0.72%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.54%) C
10 3 (0.54%) C++
10 3 (0.54%) VBScript
11 2 (0.36%) Bash
11 2 (0.36%) Java
12 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (17.45%) Degree
2 71 (12.77%) ACCA
3 69 (12.41%) CIMA
4 28 (5.04%) DBS Check
4 28 (5.04%) Security Cleared
5 24 (4.32%) SC Cleared
6 17 (3.06%) AAT
7 14 (2.52%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.98%) PMP
9 9 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.62%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.26%) ICAEW
11 3 (0.54%) CIPD
11 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.36%) CISSP
12 2 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.36%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (13.67%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.47%) GDPR
3 30 (5.40%) QA
4 17 (3.06%) IFRS
4 17 (3.06%) PMO
5 15 (2.70%) Accessibility
6 14 (2.52%) COREP
6 14 (2.52%) FINREP
7 13 (2.34%) GAAP
8 8 (1.44%) SLA
9 6 (1.08%) GRC
10 5 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.72%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.72%) ISO 9000
11 4 (0.72%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 4 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.54%) TickIT
13 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (0.54%) SCCM
2 2 (0.36%) Ansible
2 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.36%) Terraform
3 1 (0.18%) Autotask
3 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 234 (42.09%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.47%) SAP
3 29 (5.22%) Adobe
4 28 (5.04%) Oracle
5 21 (3.78%) HubSpot
6 17 (3.06%) Sage
6 17 (3.06%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.34%) Xero
8 10 (1.80%) Google
9 7 (1.26%) Databricks
9 7 (1.26%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.08%) Apple
10 6 (1.08%) Workday
11 5 (0.90%) BMC
11 5 (0.90%) Zoho
12 4 (0.72%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.72%) JD Edwards
12 4 (0.72%) VMware
13 3 (0.54%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.54%) IBM