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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 367 510
Rank change year-on-year 0 +143 +50
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 26 35 64
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Applications category 2.12% 2.35% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 22 20 45
10th Percentile £28,125 £24,500 £24,200
25th Percentile £33,063 £25,000 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £30,250 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +98.35% -21.43% -30.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £34,750 £45,000
90th Percentile - £58,000 £73,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £27,965
% change year-on-year +14.29% +25.16% -37.86%

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 1,226 1,492 2,916
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.79% 11.06% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 601 801 1,809
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,336 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,680 £52,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +20.93% -9.47%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -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 26 April 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:

Applications
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Power Platform
2 6 (23.08%) AWS
2 6 (23.08%) AWS Lambda
2 6 (23.08%) Serverless
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Azure
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.85%) OCI
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) Power BI
2 6 (23.08%) DynamoDB
3 5 (19.23%) Power Query
4 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle APEX
General
1 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 9 (34.62%) Finance
3 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) German Language
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Law
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Accountant
3 3 (11.54%) Administrator
3 3 (11.54%) Data Administrator
3 3 (11.54%) Data Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) IT Director
5 1 (3.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Coordinator
5 1 (3.85%) Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Head of Engineering
5 1 (3.85%) Management Accountant
5 1 (3.85%) Project Assistant
5 1 (3.85%) Senior
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) AWS Amplify
1 6 (23.08%) MapLibre
1 6 (23.08%) React
2 2 (7.69%) Matplotlib
2 2 (7.69%) NumPy
2 2 (7.69%) Pandas
2 2 (7.69%) Seaborn
3 1 (3.85%) Spring
3 1 (3.85%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.85%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) Logistics
2 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
2 6 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (19.23%) Data Protection
3 5 (19.23%) ETL
4 4 (15.38%) CRM
4 4 (15.38%) Data Management
4 4 (15.38%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (15.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (15.38%) ERP
4 4 (15.38%) Time Management
4 4 (15.38%) Visualisation
5 3 (11.54%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (11.54%) Data Interpretation
5 3 (11.54%) Data Science
5 3 (11.54%) Exploratory Data Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (11.54%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) TypeScript
2 5 (19.23%) VBA
3 3 (11.54%) SQL
4 2 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 2 (7.69%) Python
5 1 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) ACCA
2 2 (7.69%) CIMA
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.85%) ICAEW
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) GDPR
2 3 (11.54%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (11.54%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.85%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Sage
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) Xero