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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 397 443
Rank change year-on-year +67 +46 +159
Permanent jobs citing Spreadsheet 46 35 30
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.30% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Applications category 1.89% 2.55% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 35 14 24
10th Percentile - £24,540 £28,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £29,750 £42,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% -30.41% -22.27%
75th Percentile £58,750 £40,348 £56,867
90th Percentile £61,000 £86,125 £62,350
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £27,965
% change year-on-year -7.14% +25.16% -32.21%

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 2,439 1,374 1,378
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.08% 8.26% 6.56%
Number of salaries quoted 648 733 1,040
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,096 £26,200
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.99% -2.90%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,766 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.26% +12.39% -7.74%

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 7 January 2026.

Spreadsheet salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 20 (43.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (36.96%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (28.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (6.52%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Shopify
2 1 (2.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.39%) Azure
2 7 (15.22%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (13.04%) Azure Storage
4 5 (10.87%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.52%) Google Analytics
6 2 (4.35%) AWS
6 2 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (4.35%) Serverless
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 5 (10.87%) Power BI
2 3 (6.52%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.35%) DynamoDB
3 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle APEX
General
1 27 (58.70%) Social Skills
2 22 (47.83%) Finance
3 20 (43.48%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (23.91%) Billing
5 4 (8.70%) Marketing
6 3 (6.52%) Games
6 3 (6.52%) Retail
7 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 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 7 (15.22%) Junior
4 6 (13.04%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (13.04%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (13.04%) Senior
5 4 (8.70%) Account Manager
5 4 (8.70%) Junior Account Manager
5 4 (8.70%) Portfolio Manager
5 4 (8.70%) Senior Manager
6 3 (6.52%) E-Commerce Specialist
7 2 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (4.35%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) HTML
2 2 (4.35%) AWS Amplify
2 2 (4.35%) MapLibre
2 2 (4.35%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.26%) Management Information System
1 13 (28.26%) Onboarding
2 6 (13.04%) CMDB
3 5 (10.87%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
5 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 8 (17.39%) Business Development
4 8 (17.39%) Portfolio Management
4 8 (17.39%) Workflow
5 6 (13.04%) Analytics
5 6 (13.04%) Capacity Planning
5 6 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (13.04%) Migration
5 6 (13.04%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (13.04%) Storage Management
6 5 (10.87%) Agile
6 5 (10.87%) Process Improvement
7 4 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (8.70%) CRM
7 4 (8.70%) Mentoring
7 4 (8.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.74%) SQL
2 6 (13.04%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.35%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.17%) Python
4 1 (2.17%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) AAT
1 8 (17.39%) ACCA
2 2 (4.35%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.35%) 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 8 (17.39%) Sage
2 8 (17.39%) Xero
3 6 (13.04%) SonicWALL
4 3 (6.52%) Google
5 2 (4.35%) Oracle