Microsoft Excel Job Trends

Microsoft Excel
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 58 89
Rank change year-on-year +10 +31 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 2,613 2,570 1,669
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.63% 4.14% 3.31%
As % of the Applications category 40.29% 42.19% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,179 814 1,034
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,028
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,265 £60,105
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £74,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -6.25%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 6,485 6,092 4,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.50% 9.81% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,500 2,270 3,031
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -7.10%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £43,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -11.49% +16.00% -2.60%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2025. 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
England +8 2,260 £41,500 -7.78% 1,789
UK excluding London +12 1,927 £40,000 - 1,745
North of England +25 646 £40,000 - 369
Work from Home +36 615 £47,500 +5.56% 601
London +18 531 £55,000 -8.33% 317
South East +12 459 £41,500 -7.78% 525
Yorkshire +54 423 £40,000 +37.34% 140
Midlands -33 283 £40,000 +6.67% 322
West Midlands -29 195 £40,000 +14.29% 181
East of England +34 173 £37,500 -3.85% 239
North West -6 172 £40,000 -5.33% 192
South West +60 155 £40,000 - 170
Scotland +31 137 £41,250 -19.93% 71
East Midlands -31 91 £40,000 -4.76% 127
North East +27 51 £55,000 +107.55% 40
Wales +29 42 £40,000 -9.74% 48
Northern Ireland +21 42 £52,500 +20.00% 30

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 213 (8.15%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (1.53%) Confluence
4 21 (0.80%) CMS
5 12 (0.46%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.34%) SAS
7 7 (0.27%) WordPress
8 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.11%) Drupal
9 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.077%) IIS
11 1 (0.038%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.038%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.038%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 662 (25.33%) Microsoft Office
2 488 (18.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (1.99%) MS Visio
4 51 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
5 37 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
6 21 (0.80%) Photoshop
7 16 (0.61%) InDesign
8 12 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
9 9 (0.34%) Trello
10 7 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
11 6 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.23%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.11%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.11%) Stata
13 2 (0.077%) SPSS
14 1 (0.038%) CapCut
14 1 (0.038%) EPLAN
14 1 (0.038%) Oracle Smart View
14 1 (0.038%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 32 (1.22%) NetSuite
2 23 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.57%) Shopify
4 12 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
4 12 (0.46%) SAP FI
5 10 (0.38%) Magento
5 10 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (0.34%) Sage X3
6 9 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
7 8 (0.31%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
7 8 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
8 7 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.27%) Visualfiles
9 6 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
10 5 (0.19%) SAP IBP
11 4 (0.15%) SAP BPC
11 4 (0.15%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
12 3 (0.11%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 871 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 433 (16.57%) Azure
3 222 (8.50%) Azure AI
4 182 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
5 62 (2.37%) SaaS
6 42 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
7 35 (1.34%) Google Analytics
8 33 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 32 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (1.22%) PowerApps
10 30 (1.15%) Smartsheet
10 30 (1.15%) Snowflake
11 29 (1.11%) AWS
11 29 (1.11%) OneDrive
12 28 (1.07%) Power Automate
13 24 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 23 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
15 19 (0.73%) Entra ID
15 19 (0.73%) GCP
16 14 (0.54%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.15%) SMS
2 25 (0.96%) Firewall
3 24 (0.92%) Intranet
4 21 (0.80%) Unified Communications
5 19 (0.73%) Wireless
6 18 (0.69%) WebEx
7 16 (0.61%) Internet
8 15 (0.57%) DNS
8 15 (0.57%) WAN
9 13 (0.50%) LAN
9 13 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.46%) DHCP
10 12 (0.46%) Skype
11 11 (0.42%) Broadband
12 9 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
13 8 (0.31%) SD-WAN
14 7 (0.27%) TCP/IP
15 5 (0.19%) MPLS
15 5 (0.19%) Network Security
15 5 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 863 (33.03%) Power BI
2 442 (16.92%) Tableau
3 116 (4.44%) Data Mining
4 74 (2.83%) SQL Server
5 68 (2.60%) Data Lake
6 63 (2.41%) Power Query
6 63 (2.41%) SAP BW
7 46 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
8 38 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 37 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
10 36 (1.38%) GIS
11 30 (1.15%) Relational Database
12 26 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
13 24 (0.92%) Big Data
14 21 (0.80%) Looker
15 17 (0.65%) Crystal Reports
15 17 (0.65%) Qlik Sense
16 16 (0.61%) Metadata
17 15 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
18 11 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 89 (3.41%) JIRA
2 8 (0.31%) Git
3 6 (0.23%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.077%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.077%) Maven
7 1 (0.038%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.038%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.038%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.038%) RStudio
General
1 1,551 (59.36%) Social Skills
2 954 (36.51%) Finance
3 789 (30.20%) Analytical Skills
4 556 (21.28%) Marketing
5 391 (14.96%) Manufacturing
6 326 (12.48%) Electronics
7 233 (8.92%) Organisational Skills
8 133 (5.09%) Legal
9 113 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 106 (4.06%) Retail
11 100 (3.83%) Law
12 90 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
13 70 (2.68%) Advertising
14 63 (2.41%) Public Sector
15 61 (2.33%) Telecoms
16 48 (1.84%) Billing
17 45 (1.72%) Banking
18 33 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
19 24 (0.92%) German Language
20 17 (0.65%) French Language
Job Titles
1 867 (33.18%) Analyst
2 461 (17.64%) Data Analyst
3 271 (10.37%) Junior
4 241 (9.22%) Junior Analyst
5 240 (9.18%) Senior
6 223 (8.53%) Junior Data Analyst
7 137 (5.24%) Coordinator
8 115 (4.40%) Support Analyst
9 113 (4.32%) Lead
10 110 (4.21%) Trainee
11 109 (4.17%) Administrator
12 95 (3.64%) Trainee Analyst
13 94 (3.60%) Senior Manager
14 92 (3.52%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 89 (3.41%) Accountant
16 70 (2.68%) Support Specialist
17 65 (2.49%) Financial Analyst
18 64 (2.45%) Quality Manager
18 64 (2.45%) Senior QA Manager
18 64 (2.45%) Senior Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (0.34%) .NET
2 9 (0.34%) HTML
2 9 (0.34%) JSON
3 8 (0.31%) EDI
4 7 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (0.19%) FreeMarker
6 4 (0.15%) Middleware
6 4 (0.15%) REST
7 3 (0.11%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.11%) Altair
7 3 (0.11%) CSS
7 3 (0.11%) Flash
7 3 (0.11%) SOAP
7 3 (0.11%) YAML
8 2 (0.077%) ADO
8 2 (0.077%) Blazor
8 2 (0.077%) ODBC
8 2 (0.077%) RAML
8 2 (0.077%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 200 (7.65%) Onboarding
2 120 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
3 115 (4.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 112 (4.29%) Management Information System
5 81 (3.10%) Driving Licence
6 70 (2.68%) Social Media
7 36 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
8 32 (1.22%) Data Structures
9 30 (1.15%) FMCG
10 29 (1.11%) Product Ownership
11 27 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 22 (0.84%) Social Network
13 20 (0.77%) Digital Media
13 20 (0.77%) SCADA
14 17 (0.65%) Web Conferencing
15 16 (0.61%) NHS
16 13 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 12 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
18 11 (0.42%) Wiki
19 10 (0.38%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 99 (3.79%) Windows
2 25 (0.96%) Linux
2 25 (0.96%) Windows 10
3 19 (0.73%) Unix
4 15 (0.57%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Android
7 3 (0.11%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.11%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 897 (34.33%) Business Intelligence
2 632 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
3 500 (19.14%) Analytics
4 480 (18.37%) CRM
5 473 (18.10%) Data Analysis
6 398 (15.23%) Project Management
7 379 (14.50%) Line Management
8 368 (14.08%) AI
9 350 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 349 (13.36%) Decision-Making
11 316 (12.09%) Data Entry
12 304 (11.63%) Supply Chain Management
13 247 (9.45%) Customer Service
14 231 (8.84%) Process Improvement
15 229 (8.76%) ERP
16 200 (7.65%) Actionable Insight
17 197 (7.54%) Data Analytics
18 187 (7.16%) Visualisation
19 183 (7.00%) Agile
20 158 (6.05%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 752 (28.78%) SQL
2 503 (19.25%) Python
3 82 (3.14%) VBA
4 55 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 32 (1.22%) R
6 25 (0.96%) T-SQL
7 22 (0.84%) JavaScript
8 18 (0.69%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.31%) Bash
10 6 (0.23%) C#
10 6 (0.23%) Java
10 6 (0.23%) VB
11 5 (0.19%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.15%) PHP
13 3 (0.11%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.077%) Delphi
14 2 (0.077%) XAML
15 1 (0.038%) C
15 1 (0.038%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.038%) SQR
Qualifications
1 898 (34.37%) Degree
2 222 (8.50%) Azure Certification
3 199 (7.62%) ACCA
4 163 (6.24%) CIMA
5 89 (3.41%) DBS Check
6 68 (2.60%) Security Cleared
7 64 (2.45%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 60 (2.30%) Master's Degree
9 38 (1.45%) SC Cleared
10 32 (1.22%) PMI Certification
11 30 (1.15%) PMP
12 28 (1.07%) AAT
13 17 (0.65%) A+ Certification
13 17 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (0.65%) MBA
14 12 (0.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (0.38%) CFA
15 10 (0.38%) CISSP
15 10 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (7.81%) Data Quality
2 130 (4.98%) QA
3 92 (3.52%) GDPR
4 80 (3.06%) PMO
5 40 (1.53%) SLA
6 39 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 36 (1.38%) GAAP
7 36 (1.38%) IFRS
8 26 (1.00%) Accessibility
9 18 (0.69%) ISO 9001
10 17 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.15%) GMP
13 4 (0.15%) MiFID
13 4 (0.15%) NIST
14 3 (0.11%) GRC
15 2 (0.077%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.077%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.077%) Solvency II
System Software
1 68 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.19%) Firmware
5 3 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.077%) vSphere
7 1 (0.038%) Docker
7 1 (0.038%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 7 (0.27%) Grafana
4 6 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.19%) SCCM
6 4 (0.15%) Ansible
7 3 (0.11%) Autotask
7 3 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.077%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.077%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.038%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.038%) Control-M
9 1 (0.038%) SCOM
9 1 (0.038%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 1,302 (49.83%) Microsoft
2 506 (19.36%) SAP
3 81 (3.10%) Salesforce
4 70 (2.68%) Oracle
5 65 (2.49%) Google
6 46 (1.76%) Sage
7 42 (1.61%) Adobe
8 39 (1.49%) Cisco
9 35 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 34 (1.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 30 (1.15%) Xero
11 30 (1.15%) YouTube
12 28 (1.07%) Apple
13 27 (1.03%) Workday
14 20 (0.77%) HubSpot
15 17 (0.65%) Atlassian
15 17 (0.65%) Databricks
16 15 (0.57%) VMware
17 12 (0.46%) Polycom
17 12 (0.46%) Progress