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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 411 455
Rank change year-on-year +90 +44 +148
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 46 36 40
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.30% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Applications category 1.94% 2.65% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 38 15 32
10th Percentile - £24,554 £23,942
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £25,869 £34,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.97% -24.47% -42.92%
75th Percentile £58,750 £36,947 £45,563
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,200 £56,867
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £27,965
% change year-on-year -5.80% +23.37% -41.13%

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 2,367 1,361 1,581
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.46% 8.28% 6.91%
Number of salaries quoted 636 719 1,209
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,400 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £71,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -12.09%

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 18 January 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 (13.04%) IIS
2 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (41.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (34.78%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (28.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (4.35%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Shopify
2 1 (2.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) Azure
2 7 (15.22%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (13.04%) Azure Storage
3 6 (13.04%) Power Platform
4 5 (10.87%) AWS
4 5 (10.87%) AWS Lambda
4 5 (10.87%) Serverless
5 3 (6.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (4.35%) Google Analytics
7 1 (2.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.04%) Firewall
1 6 (13.04%) SD-WAN
1 6 (13.04%) SSL
1 6 (13.04%) VPN
1 6 (13.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) Power BI
2 5 (10.87%) DynamoDB
3 4 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (6.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 3 (6.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (2.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle APEX
General
1 25 (54.35%) Social Skills
2 20 (43.48%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (43.48%) Finance
3 9 (19.57%) Billing
4 3 (6.52%) Games
4 3 (6.52%) Marketing
5 2 (4.35%) Retail
6 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (32.61%) Analyst
2 13 (28.26%) IT Analyst
2 13 (28.26%) IT Support
2 13 (28.26%) IT Support Analyst
2 13 (28.26%) Support Analyst
2 13 (28.26%) Technical Analyst
2 13 (28.26%) Technical Support
2 13 (28.26%) Technical Support Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) Senior
4 5 (10.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) Junior
5 3 (6.52%) Account Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Junior Account Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Portfolio Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Developer
6 2 (4.35%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) AWS Amplify
1 5 (10.87%) MapLibre
1 5 (10.87%) React
2 2 (4.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.26%) Management Information System
1 13 (28.26%) Onboarding
2 6 (13.04%) CMDB
3 4 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.04%) Windows
1 6 (13.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (30.43%) Data Analysis
3 13 (28.26%) Regulatory Compliance
3 13 (28.26%) Release Management
4 6 (13.04%) Analytics
4 6 (13.04%) Business Development
4 6 (13.04%) Capacity Planning
4 6 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (13.04%) Migration
4 6 (13.04%) Portfolio Management
4 6 (13.04%) Proactive Monitoring
4 6 (13.04%) Storage Management
4 6 (13.04%) Workflow
5 5 (10.87%) Agile
5 5 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (10.87%) Full-Stack Development
5 5 (10.87%) Logistics
6 4 (8.70%) CRM
6 4 (8.70%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.91%) SQL
2 6 (13.04%) PowerShell
3 5 (10.87%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.17%) Python
4 1 (2.17%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) AAT
1 6 (13.04%) ACCA
2 3 (6.52%) Azure Certification
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.17%) Degree
3 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 6 (13.04%) Hyper-V
1 6 (13.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (13.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) Sage
2 6 (13.04%) SonicWALL
2 6 (13.04%) Xero
3 2 (4.35%) Google
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle