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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 454 468
Rank change year-on-year +84 +14 +272
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 55 41 46
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Applications category 2.07% 2.03% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 29 22 39
10th Percentile - £27,425 £32,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,036 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,850 £48,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.62% +8.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £86,750 £73,950
UK median annual salary £38,000 £38,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -0.65% -15.00% -

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 2,656 2,017 1,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.40% 8.67% 7.22%
Number of salaries quoted 826 917 1,421
10th Percentile £27,125 £28,389 £28,600
25th Percentile £31,625 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,195 £46,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% -11.43% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,000 £66,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

Spreadsheet
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Spreadsheet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Spreadsheet trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Spreadsheet
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Spreadsheet over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Spreadsheet salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Spreadsheet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.27%) IIS
1 4 (7.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.82%) Moodle
Applications
1 27 (49.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (29.09%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (7.27%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Shopify
2 1 (1.82%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.64%) Power Platform
2 9 (16.36%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (14.55%) Azure
4 4 (7.27%) Azure Storage
4 4 (7.27%) Google Analytics
4 4 (7.27%) Google Sheets
5 3 (5.45%) Google Docs
5 3 (5.45%) Google Drive
6 2 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.64%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.64%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.64%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.27%) Firewall
1 4 (7.27%) SD-WAN
1 4 (7.27%) SSL
1 4 (7.27%) VPN
1 4 (7.27%) WAN
2 1 (1.82%) Internet
2 1 (1.82%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (23.64%) Power BI
2 5 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.82%) MS Access
5 1 (1.82%) MySQL
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.82%) Power Query
5 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.82%) Tableau
General
1 30 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 28 (50.91%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (43.64%) Finance
4 9 (16.36%) Marketing
5 8 (14.55%) Billing
6 7 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (10.91%) Legal
7 6 (10.91%) Retail
8 4 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (5.45%) Environmental Health
10 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (29.09%) Analyst
2 9 (16.36%) Junior
3 8 (14.55%) IT Analyst
4 7 (12.73%) IT Support
4 7 (12.73%) IT Support Analyst
4 7 (12.73%) Support Analyst
4 7 (12.73%) Technical Analyst
4 7 (12.73%) Technical Support
4 7 (12.73%) Technical Support Analyst
5 6 (10.91%) Administrator
5 6 (10.91%) Data Analyst
5 6 (10.91%) Senior
6 5 (9.09%) Developer
7 4 (7.27%) Account Manager
7 4 (7.27%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Consultant
7 4 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Junior Account Manager
7 4 (7.27%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 7 (12.73%) Onboarding
3 5 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (7.27%) CMDB
5 3 (5.45%) Learning Management System
5 3 (5.45%) NHS
6 2 (3.64%) Algorithms
6 2 (3.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (3.64%) Social Media
7 1 (1.82%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.82%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.73%) Windows
2 4 (7.27%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.73%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (29.09%) Data Analysis
3 10 (18.18%) Business Development
4 9 (16.36%) Analytics
4 9 (16.36%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (16.36%) Decision-Making
5 8 (14.55%) Mentoring
5 8 (14.55%) Portfolio Management
5 8 (14.55%) Workflow
6 7 (12.73%) Agile
6 7 (12.73%) CRM
6 7 (12.73%) Data Visualisation
6 7 (12.73%) Process Improvement
6 7 (12.73%) Regulatory Compliance
6 7 (12.73%) Release Management
6 7 (12.73%) Visualisation
7 6 (10.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (10.91%) Migration
8 5 (9.09%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 16 (29.09%) SQL
2 4 (7.27%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.27%) Python
2 4 (7.27%) R
3 1 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (18.18%) Degree
2 8 (14.55%) AAT
2 8 (14.55%) ACCA
3 5 (9.09%) DBS Check
4 4 (7.27%) Azure Certification
4 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) QA
2 3 (5.45%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.45%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.45%) GDPR
3 2 (3.64%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (3.64%) PMO
4 1 (1.82%) P3O
4 1 (1.82%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) Hyper-V
1 4 (7.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (7.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 10 (18.18%) Sage
3 8 (14.55%) Google
3 8 (14.55%) Xero
4 4 (7.27%) SonicWALL
5 3 (5.45%) Adobe
5 3 (5.45%) Freshdesk
5 3 (5.45%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.64%) Foundry
6 2 (3.64%) SAP
7 1 (1.82%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.82%) Oracle