Hybrid/Remote Spreadsheet Job Trends

Spreadsheets
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Spreadsheet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 398 470
Rank change year-on-year +59 +72 +133
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 43 31 61
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.26% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Applications category 2.03% 2.26% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 42 15 44
10th Percentile - £24,554 £24,150
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £25,869 £37,250
Median % change year-on-year +68.16% -30.55% -32.27%
75th Percentile £62,500 £39,250 £45,563
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,200 £60,460
UK median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £27,965
% change year-on-year +21.43% +25.16% -30.09%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

Spreadsheet 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 2,122 1,370 2,117
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.95% 8.93% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 634 770 1,630
10th Percentile £28,560 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,563 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £44,993
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.68% -5.28%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,273 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,200 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -16.67%

Spreadsheet
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Spreadsheet and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Spreadsheet job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Spreadsheet
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Spreadsheet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Spreadsheet over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Spreadsheet salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Spreadsheet
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 6 (13.95%) IIS
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (41.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (25.58%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (23.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.93%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) Power Platform
3 7 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (13.95%) AWS
4 6 (13.95%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (13.95%) Azure Storage
4 6 (13.95%) Serverless
5 3 (6.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.33%) Google Analytics
6 1 (2.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) Firewall
1 6 (13.95%) SD-WAN
1 6 (13.95%) SSL
1 6 (13.95%) VPN
1 6 (13.95%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) Power BI
2 6 (13.95%) DynamoDB
3 4 (9.30%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (6.98%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 3 (6.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (6.98%) Power Query
4 3 (6.98%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.33%) Oracle Database
5 1 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
1 1 (2.33%) Oracle APEX
General
1 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 18 (41.86%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (39.53%) Finance
4 3 (6.98%) Billing
4 3 (6.98%) Games
4 3 (6.98%) Marketing
4 3 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Law
5 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) IT Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) IT Support
2 10 (23.26%) IT Support Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Support Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Technical Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Technical Support
2 10 (23.26%) Technical Support Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (6.98%) Senior
5 2 (4.65%) Accountant
5 2 (4.65%) Administrator
5 2 (4.65%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (4.65%) Data Administrator
5 2 (4.65%) Developer
5 2 (4.65%) Senior Developer
5 2 (4.65%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) AWS Amplify
1 6 (13.95%) MapLibre
1 6 (13.95%) React
2 1 (2.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) Onboarding
2 10 (23.26%) Management Information System
3 6 (13.95%) CMDB
4 4 (9.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (2.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.95%) Windows
1 6 (13.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (30.23%) Data Analysis
3 10 (23.26%) Regulatory Compliance
3 10 (23.26%) Release Management
4 7 (16.28%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (16.28%) CRM
4 7 (16.28%) Logistics
5 6 (13.95%) Capacity Planning
5 6 (13.95%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (13.95%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (13.95%) Migration
5 6 (13.95%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (13.95%) Storage Management
6 5 (11.63%) Analytics
6 5 (11.63%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (11.63%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 5 (11.63%) Decision-Making
6 5 (11.63%) Project Delivery
6 5 (11.63%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.58%) SQL
2 6 (13.95%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.95%) TypeScript
3 2 (4.65%) VBA
4 1 (2.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.33%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (6.98%) Azure Certification
1 3 (6.98%) Degree
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (4.65%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.65%) GDPR
2 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (13.95%) Hyper-V
1 6 (13.95%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (13.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) SonicWALL
3 2 (4.65%) Oracle
3 2 (4.65%) Sage
4 1 (2.33%) Google