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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 386 483
Rank change year-on-year +33 +97 +123
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 41 31 64
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.25% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Applications category 1.96% 2.28% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 40 17 47
10th Percentile - £24,581 £24,300
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £28,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £29,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +47.46% -23.38% -30.00%
75th Percentile £62,813 £43,750 £47,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £67,450
UK median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £27,965
% change year-on-year +21.43% +25.16% -25.43%

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 2,092 1,360 2,169
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.72% 9.19% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 619 776 1,660
10th Percentile £28,548 £28,375 £24,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £44,137
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +18.95% -7.08%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,274 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,250 £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 1 March 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 5 (12.20%) IIS
2 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (21.95%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (19.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.44%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) Power Platform
2 7 (17.07%) Azure
3 6 (14.63%) AWS
3 6 (14.63%) AWS Lambda
3 6 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (14.63%) Serverless
4 5 (12.20%) Azure Storage
5 2 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.44%) Google Analytics
6 1 (2.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) Firewall
1 5 (12.20%) SD-WAN
1 5 (12.20%) SSL
1 5 (12.20%) VPN
1 5 (12.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) Power BI
2 6 (14.63%) DynamoDB
3 4 (9.76%) Power Query
4 3 (7.32%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.88%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.44%) Oracle Database
6 1 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle APEX
General
1 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 16 (39.02%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (39.02%) Finance
3 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Billing
4 3 (7.32%) Games
4 3 (7.32%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) IT Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) IT Support
2 8 (19.51%) IT Support Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Support Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Technical Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Technical Support
2 8 (19.51%) Technical Support Analyst
3 6 (14.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Administrator
5 3 (7.32%) Data Administrator
6 2 (4.88%) Accountant
6 2 (4.88%) Senior
6 2 (4.88%) Trainer
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Data Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Data Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) AWS Amplify
1 6 (14.63%) MapLibre
1 6 (14.63%) React
2 1 (2.44%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Onboarding
2 8 (19.51%) Management Information System
3 5 (12.20%) CMDB
4 3 (7.32%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.44%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Windows
1 5 (12.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (29.27%) Data Analysis
3 8 (19.51%) CRM
3 8 (19.51%) Regulatory Compliance
3 8 (19.51%) Release Management
4 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (17.07%) Logistics
5 6 (14.63%) ERP
5 6 (14.63%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (12.20%) Capacity Planning
6 5 (12.20%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (12.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 5 (12.20%) Decision-Making
6 5 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (12.20%) ETL
6 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (12.20%) Migration
6 5 (12.20%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (12.20%) Storage Management
6 5 (12.20%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.95%) SQL
2 6 (14.63%) TypeScript
3 5 (12.20%) PowerShell
4 3 (7.32%) VBA
5 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.44%) Python
5 1 (2.44%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) Degree
2 2 (4.88%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) Actionable Recommendations
1 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
1 3 (7.32%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Hyper-V
1 5 (12.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (12.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) SonicWALL
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle
3 2 (4.88%) Sage
4 1 (2.44%) Google