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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 385 490
Rank change year-on-year +34 +105 +102
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 34 28 68
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.20% 0.20% 0.23%
As % of the Applications category 1.66% 2.17% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 34 19 50
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £24,450
25th Percentile £26,438 £25,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £31,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.32% -19.48% -23.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £39,250 £47,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £64,675
UK median annual salary £45,000 £34,965 £27,965
% change year-on-year +28.70% +25.03% -21.23%

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 2,052 1,288 2,316
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.34% 9.23% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 602 778 1,762
10th Percentile £28,560 £27,000 £24,775
25th Percentile £34,191 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £43,586
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +19.30% -8.24%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,254 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £48,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +28.00% -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 11 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 3 (8.82%) IIS
2 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (41.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) AWS
1 6 (17.65%) AWS Lambda
1 6 (17.65%) Power Platform
1 6 (17.65%) Serverless
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.82%) Azure Storage
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.94%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) Firewall
1 3 (8.82%) SD-WAN
1 3 (8.82%) SSL
1 3 (8.82%) VPN
1 3 (8.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) DynamoDB
1 6 (17.65%) Power BI
2 3 (8.82%) Power Query
3 1 (2.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle APEX
General
1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 13 (38.24%) Finance
3 12 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Billing
5 3 (8.82%) Games
6 2 (5.88%) Marketing
7 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Law
7 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) IT Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) IT Support
2 6 (17.65%) IT Support Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Support Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Technical Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Technical Support
2 6 (17.65%) Technical Support Analyst
3 3 (8.82%) Administrator
3 3 (8.82%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Data Administrator
3 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Accountant
4 2 (5.88%) Trainer
5 1 (2.94%) Developer
5 1 (2.94%) Pricing Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Project Assistant
5 1 (2.94%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) AWS Amplify
1 6 (17.65%) MapLibre
1 6 (17.65%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Onboarding
2 6 (17.65%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.82%) CMDB
4 2 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.94%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
1 3 (8.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (29.41%) Data Analysis
3 8 (23.53%) CRM
4 7 (20.59%) Logistics
5 6 (17.65%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (17.65%) Regulatory Compliance
5 6 (17.65%) Release Management
6 5 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (14.71%) ERP
7 4 (11.76%) Change Management
7 4 (11.76%) Data Management
7 4 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (11.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (11.76%) Decision-Making
7 4 (11.76%) Statistical Modelling
7 4 (11.76%) Statistics
7 4 (11.76%) Time Management
7 4 (11.76%) Visualisation
8 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (8.82%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) TypeScript
2 5 (14.71%) SQL
3 3 (8.82%) PowerShell
3 3 (8.82%) VBA
4 1 (2.94%) Python
4 1 (2.94%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) Actionable Recommendations
1 3 (8.82%) Data Quality
1 3 (8.82%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Hyper-V
1 3 (8.82%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (8.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) SonicWALL
3 2 (5.88%) Sage
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle