Microsoft Excel
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Excel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 86 140
Rank change year-on-year +32 +54 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 4,462 3,838 4,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.50% 3.78% 2.94%
As % of the Applications category 45.33% 43.11% 34.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,257 1,893 2,641
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,750 £36,975 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.61% -7.56% -

All Software Application Skills
UK

Microsoft Excel is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 9,843 8,902 13,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.92% 8.77% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,126 4,843 7,075
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,345 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.44% -1.46% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,484 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -5.06% -0.39%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary trend for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Top 19 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 8 May 2024. 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 +35 4,019 £40,000 -11.11% 1,906
UK excluding London +20 3,081 £36,750 -0.61% 1,389
Work from Home +35 1,499 £44,000 +3.53% 662
London +61 1,236 £54,000 -6.09% 623
South East +36 1,048 £42,000 +5.00% 324
Midlands +21 610 £37,500 +1.35% 265
North of England +8 543 £33,659 +0.47% 366
West Midlands +16 392 £40,000 - 146
North West +21 346 £35,000 +12.00% 205
East of England +27 278 £32,500 +3.49% 170
South West -6 264 £37,500 +5.63% 163
East Midlands +34 217 £32,000 +0.67% 119
Scotland +1 213 £35,000 -12.23% 91
Yorkshire +20 142 £35,000 +2.94% 113
Wales -4 93 £28,500 -24.00% 37
North East -35 55 £30,000 -7.69% 53
Northern Ireland +35 19 £35,000 +22.81% 24
Isle of Man - 12 £45,000 - 2
Channel Islands -4 1 £67,500 +8.00% 1

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 270 (6.05%) SharePoint
2 54 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (1.01%) Oracle Service Bus
3 45 (1.01%) WebLogic
4 35 (0.78%) SAS
5 29 (0.65%) Confluence
6 24 (0.54%) WordPress
7 23 (0.52%) CMS
8 16 (0.36%) Apache
9 7 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.13%) IBM Notes
10 6 (0.13%) IIS
10 6 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.090%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.090%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.090%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.067%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.067%) JBoss
12 3 (0.067%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1,379 (30.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1,196 (26.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 175 (3.92%) MS Visio
4 169 (3.79%) Microsoft Project
5 120 (2.69%) Spreadsheet
6 40 (0.90%) SPSS
7 34 (0.76%) AutoCAD
8 23 (0.52%) Photoshop
9 21 (0.47%) InDesign
10 16 (0.36%) Trello
11 11 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 9 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
13 8 (0.18%) InfoPath
14 5 (0.11%) Stata
15 4 (0.090%) Revit
16 3 (0.067%) Adobe Captivate
16 3 (0.067%) Adobe Premiere
16 3 (0.067%) Autodesk Inventor
17 2 (0.045%) FileZilla
17 2 (0.045%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 66 (1.48%) Primavera
2 50 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 15 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.29%) Epicor Tropos
6 10 (0.22%) NEC Housing
6 10 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.22%) SAP QM
7 9 (0.20%) SAP BPC
7 9 (0.20%) SAP Business One
8 8 (0.18%) Magento
8 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 8 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.16%) Elite 3E
9 7 (0.16%) Relativity
10 6 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.13%) SAP PLM
10 6 (0.13%) Shopify
10 6 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 885 (19.83%) Power Platform
2 289 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
3 243 (5.45%) Azure
4 89 (1.99%) AWS
5 65 (1.46%) OneDrive
6 62 (1.39%) Entra ID
7 59 (1.32%) PowerApps
7 59 (1.32%) SaaS
8 52 (1.17%) Power Automate
9 49 (1.10%) Google Analytics
10 39 (0.87%) Google Sheets
11 38 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (0.61%) GCP
13 22 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (0.34%) Google Ads
15 15 (0.34%) Snowflake
15 15 (0.34%) WhatsApp
16 14 (0.31%) Smartsheet
17 13 (0.29%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 511 (11.45%) Broadband
2 56 (1.26%) Firewall
3 53 (1.19%) Internet
4 45 (1.01%) Intranet
5 32 (0.72%) DNS
6 27 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
7 25 (0.56%) WAN
8 23 (0.52%) Wireless
9 22 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (0.36%) LAN
10 16 (0.36%) TCP/IP
11 14 (0.31%) VPN
12 12 (0.27%) DHCP
12 12 (0.27%) Network Security
12 12 (0.27%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.25%) FTP
14 10 (0.22%) HTTP
15 8 (0.18%) Cisco Firepower
15 8 (0.18%) Cisco ISE
16 7 (0.16%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 862 (19.32%) Power BI
2 259 (5.80%) Tableau
3 203 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 106 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 89 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
6 67 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 62 (1.39%) Oracle Database
8 59 (1.32%) MS Access
9 55 (1.23%) Power Query
10 49 (1.10%) Relational Database
11 46 (1.03%) Oracle Database 10g
12 45 (1.01%) Oracle Database 11g
12 45 (1.01%) VLDB
13 35 (0.78%) Data Mining
13 35 (0.78%) QlikView
14 33 (0.74%) GIS
15 32 (0.72%) Big Data
16 24 (0.54%) Amazon QuickSight
16 24 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 23 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 148 (3.32%) JIRA
2 35 (0.78%) Git
3 23 (0.52%) Visual Studio
4 21 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 9 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.16%) RStudio
7 6 (0.13%) Mercurial
8 5 (0.11%) Postman
8 5 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.090%) GitLab
9 4 (0.090%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (0.067%) PeopleTools
10 3 (0.067%) Toad
10 3 (0.067%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.045%) Balsamiq
11 2 (0.045%) Selenium
11 2 (0.045%) Subversion
12 1 (0.022%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.022%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 2,562 (57.42%) Social Skills
2 1,725 (38.66%) Finance
3 1,564 (35.05%) Analytical Skills
4 565 (12.66%) Retail
5 533 (11.95%) Influencing Skills
6 374 (8.38%) Legal
7 329 (7.37%) Marketing
8 321 (7.19%) Organisational Skills
9 269 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 252 (5.65%) Banking
11 221 (4.95%) German Language
12 189 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
13 170 (3.81%) Law
14 147 (3.29%) Military
15 140 (3.14%) Telecoms
16 131 (2.94%) Manufacturing
17 130 (2.91%) Public Sector
18 117 (2.62%) Investment Banking
19 92 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
20 85 (1.90%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,548 (34.69%) Analyst
2 595 (13.33%) Senior
3 396 (8.87%) Senior Analyst
4 334 (7.49%) Graduate
5 297 (6.66%) Data Analyst
6 253 (5.67%) Project Manager
7 230 (5.15%) Financial Analyst
8 212 (4.75%) Coordinator
9 190 (4.26%) Commercial Analyst
10 188 (4.21%) Administrator
11 130 (2.91%) Lead
12 124 (2.78%) Developer
13 113 (2.53%) Development Manager
14 100 (2.24%) Business Analyst
15 99 (2.22%) Support Engineer
16 93 (2.08%) Business Manager
17 88 (1.97%) Business Development Manager
18 86 (1.93%) Support Analyst
19 78 (1.75%) SQL Analyst
19 78 (1.75%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (1.23%) HTML
2 52 (1.17%) .NET
3 34 (0.76%) CSS
4 29 (0.65%) EDI
5 27 (0.61%) XML
6 23 (0.52%) .NET Framework
6 23 (0.52%) JSON
6 23 (0.52%) Web Services
7 12 (0.27%) HTML5
7 12 (0.27%) REST
8 11 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web API
8 11 (0.25%) COM
8 11 (0.25%) SOAP
9 10 (0.22%) RESTful
10 8 (0.18%) AngularJS
10 8 (0.18%) jQuery
11 7 (0.16%) LDAP
11 7 (0.16%) PySpark
11 7 (0.16%) React
12 6 (0.13%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 666 (14.93%) Self-Motivation
2 361 (8.09%) Management Information System
3 325 (7.28%) Driving Licence
4 291 (6.52%) Onboarding
5 86 (1.93%) Social Media
6 61 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
7 43 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
8 42 (0.94%) Data Centre
9 40 (0.90%) Product Ownership
10 37 (0.83%) FMCG
10 37 (0.83%) NHS
11 36 (0.81%) Data Structures
12 32 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 30 (0.67%) Biopharmaceutical
13 30 (0.67%) Life Science
14 29 (0.65%) PMI
15 25 (0.56%) Digital Media
16 23 (0.52%) Blog
17 20 (0.45%) Derivative
17 20 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 275 (6.16%) Windows
2 77 (1.73%) Linux
3 55 (1.23%) Unix
4 49 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 48 (1.08%) Solaris
6 33 (0.74%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.25%) Windows 7
8 9 (0.20%) Android
8 9 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.18%) Windows Vista
10 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.090%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.090%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.067%) AIX
13 2 (0.045%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.045%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.022%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.022%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.022%) VMS
14 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 980 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
2 910 (20.39%) Decision-Making
3 851 (19.07%) Business Intelligence
4 812 (18.20%) Agile
5 668 (14.97%) Actionable Insight
6 644 (14.43%) Mentoring
7 568 (12.73%) Data Analysis
8 544 (12.19%) Project Management
9 522 (11.70%) Business Case
10 496 (11.12%) Budgeting
11 488 (10.94%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 462 (10.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 446 (10.00%) Customer Service
14 403 (9.03%) Process Improvement
15 397 (8.90%) Analytics
16 333 (7.46%) Time Management
17 313 (7.01%) Data Management
18 270 (6.05%) Visualisation
19 250 (5.60%) Coaching
19 250 (5.60%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 791 (17.73%) SQL
2 246 (5.51%) Python
3 142 (3.18%) VBA
4 105 (2.35%) R
5 94 (2.11%) C#
6 70 (1.57%) T-SQL
7 68 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 61 (1.37%) JavaScript
9 54 (1.21%) PL/SQL
10 45 (1.01%) PowerShell
11 29 (0.65%) VB
12 25 (0.56%) Java
13 20 (0.45%) PHP
14 14 (0.31%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.20%) Groovy
16 8 (0.18%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.16%) Bash
17 7 (0.16%) C++
18 4 (0.090%) CFML
18 4 (0.090%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 1,399 (31.35%) Degree
2 556 (12.46%) CIMA
3 547 (12.26%) ACCA
4 325 (7.28%) DBS Check
5 161 (3.61%) Security Cleared
6 84 (1.88%) SC Cleared
7 50 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 49 (1.10%) HNC
9 43 (0.96%) PMI Certification
10 41 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 37 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 32 (0.72%) HND
13 29 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
14 27 (0.61%) CIPD
15 25 (0.56%) MRICS
16 24 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
17 23 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
17 23 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
18 21 (0.47%) PMP
19 17 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 199 (4.46%) Data Quality
2 162 (3.63%) GDPR
3 156 (3.50%) QA
4 123 (2.76%) SLA
5 114 (2.55%) PMO
6 79 (1.77%) ISO 9001
7 60 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 55 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 41 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 32 (0.72%) Accessibility
11 17 (0.38%) COBIT
11 17 (0.38%) ISO 14001
12 16 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 14 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 14 (0.31%) COSHH
13 14 (0.31%) IFRS
14 11 (0.25%) NEBOSH
15 9 (0.20%) GMP
16 5 (0.11%) GRC
16 5 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 149 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 45 (1.01%) Oracle RAC
3 44 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.25%) Docker
6 6 (0.13%) VMware Server
7 5 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.11%) vSphere
8 3 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.022%) Firmware
10 1 (0.022%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (1.03%) Oracle RMAN
2 45 (1.01%) Data Guard
3 39 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (0.83%) EnCase
5 11 (0.25%) Kubernetes
6 10 (0.22%) Ansible
7 8 (0.18%) Stealthwatch
8 7 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.11%) SCCM
10 4 (0.090%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.090%) Control-M
10 4 (0.090%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.090%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.090%) Terraform
11 3 (0.067%) Oracle Statspack
11 3 (0.067%) WSUS
12 2 (0.045%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.045%) PaperCut
13 1 (0.022%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.022%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2,319 (51.97%) Microsoft
2 191 (4.28%) SAP
3 161 (3.61%) Oracle
4 158 (3.54%) Google
5 73 (1.64%) Alteryx
6 71 (1.59%) Salesforce
7 64 (1.43%) VMware
8 60 (1.34%) Virgin Media
9 56 (1.26%) NEC
10 55 (1.23%) Remedy
11 52 (1.17%) Adobe
12 48 (1.08%) Sun
13 35 (0.78%) ServiceNow
14 34 (0.76%) Sage
15 33 (0.74%) Cisco
16 31 (0.69%) Databricks
17 27 (0.61%) NCR
18 21 (0.47%) Xero
19 20 (0.45%) Citrix
20 18 (0.40%) Openreach