Microsoft Excel Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 72 78
Rank change year-on-year +36 +6 +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 198 76 141
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.90% 3.06% 3.14%
As % of the Applications category 39.60% 37.25% 34.47%
Number of salaries quoted 77 39 72
10th Percentile £27,550 - £23,650
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -15.15% +23.13%
75th Percentile £45,000 £44,500 £49,625
90th Percentile £48,839 £49,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% -11.11%

All Software Application Skills
Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 500 204 409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 12.39% 8.21% 9.11%
Number of salaries quoted 160 92 304
10th Percentile £25,633 £25,250 £23,089
25th Percentile £30,625 £27,372 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £40,000 £31,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% +25.98% -16.99%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,656
90th Percentile - £63,652 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -16.67%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in Yorkshire

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -1 76 £40,000 +48.15% 21
South Yorkshire +23 58 £40,000 +0.20% 13
East Yorkshire +9 28 £45,000 -5.26% 1
North Yorkshire +15 27 £40,000 -15.79% 11
Humberside - 1 - - 2
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 7 (3.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (7.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.53%) Shopify
3 3 (1.52%) Magento
4 2 (1.01%) Odoo
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.51%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.51%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.51%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 125 (63.13%) Power Platform
2 94 (47.47%) Azure
3 90 (45.45%) Azure AI
4 13 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.05%) Power Automate
6 7 (3.54%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (3.03%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.01%) IaaS
9 2 (1.01%) PaaS
9 2 (1.01%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.52%) DNS
1 3 (1.52%) Ethernet
1 3 (1.52%) Internet
1 3 (1.52%) LAN
1 3 (1.52%) WAN
2 2 (1.01%) VoIP
3 1 (0.51%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (64.14%) Tableau
2 125 (63.13%) Power BI
3 32 (16.16%) Data Mining
4 6 (3.03%) Power Query
4 6 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (2.53%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (2.02%) PowerPivot
6 4 (2.02%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.52%) OLAP
7 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.01%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.02%) JIRA
2 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 126 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 81 (40.91%) Finance
3 64 (32.32%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 10 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.04%) Marketing
6 8 (4.04%) Retail
7 7 (3.54%) Advertising
8 6 (3.03%) Legal
8 6 (3.03%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.02%) Automotive
9 4 (2.02%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.01%) Billing
12 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.51%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 143 (72.22%) Analyst
2 129 (65.15%) Data Analyst
3 90 (45.45%) Junior
3 90 (45.45%) Junior Analyst
3 90 (45.45%) Junior Data Analyst
4 32 (16.16%) Trainee
5 30 (15.15%) Trainee Analyst
5 30 (15.15%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 10 (5.05%) Accountant
7 8 (4.04%) Management Accountant
8 7 (3.54%) Systems Analyst
9 6 (3.03%) Support Assistant
9 6 (3.03%) Support Officer
10 5 (2.53%) Developer
10 5 (2.53%) HR Analyst
10 5 (2.53%) HR Data Analyst
10 5 (2.53%) Project Manager
10 5 (2.53%) Senior
11 4 (2.02%) Support Analyst
11 4 (2.02%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.03%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (1.52%) Blog
3 3 (1.52%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.01%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.51%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.51%) Social Media
5 1 (0.51%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (64.14%) Business Intelligence
2 95 (47.98%) AI
3 49 (24.75%) Analytics
4 46 (23.23%) Data Analysis
5 45 (22.73%) Project Management
6 39 (19.70%) Data Analytics
7 34 (17.17%) Decision-Making
8 32 (16.16%) Business Analysis
9 25 (12.63%) Process Improvement
10 24 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (10.10%) CRM
13 16 (8.08%) Actionable Insight
14 12 (6.06%) Visualisation
15 9 (4.55%) Data Governance
15 9 (4.55%) ERP
15 9 (4.55%) Order Management
16 8 (4.04%) Budget Management
16 8 (4.04%) Cost Accounting
16 8 (4.04%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 143 (72.22%) SQL
2 122 (61.62%) Python
3 6 (3.03%) T-SQL
4 4 (2.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.01%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (45.45%) Azure Certification
2 19 (9.60%) Degree
3 11 (5.56%) ACCA
3 11 (5.56%) CIMA
4 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.51%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.51%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.05%) Data Quality
1 10 (5.05%) GDPR
2 9 (4.55%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.54%) QA
4 5 (2.53%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.02%) PMO
6 1 (0.51%) GMP
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (1.52%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.52%) Firmware
Vendors
1 154 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.04%) Xero
3 7 (3.54%) SAP
4 4 (2.02%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.52%) Adobe
5 3 (1.52%) Apple
5 3 (1.52%) Openreach
6 1 (0.51%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.51%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.51%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.51%) Infor
6 1 (0.51%) Planon
6 1 (0.51%) Workday