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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 85 138
Rank change year-on-year +34 +53 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 4,557 3,752 4,811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.56% 3.79% 2.95%
As % of the Applications category 46.13% 43.50% 34.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,245 1,863 2,721
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £33,171
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% -3.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £59,146 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,401 £36,975 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.55% -7.56% +1.91%

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 9,879 8,625 13,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.88% 8.72% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,069 4,733 7,146
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -2.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,373
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.76% +0.96%

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 21 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 21 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 +37 4,116 £40,000 -11.11% 1,960
UK excluding London +24 3,172 £36,401 -1.55% 1,429
Work from Home +33 1,482 £44,000 +3.53% 691
London +60 1,236 £54,000 -6.09% 604
South East +33 1,090 £42,000 +5.00% 301
Midlands +22 661 £37,500 +4.65% 286
North of England +9 546 £33,534 +0.10% 413
West Midlands +13 423 £38,500 -3.75% 152
North West +23 352 £35,000 - 239
East of England +24 280 £32,500 +2.98% 164
South West -5 263 £37,500 +2.18% 175
East Midlands +43 237 £32,000 +3.23% 135
Scotland -9 211 £35,000 -4.63% 81
Yorkshire +14 139 £35,000 +4.48% 130
Wales -4 94 £28,500 -14.93% 46
North East -33 55 £30,000 -7.69% 50
Northern Ireland +38 18 £35,000 +25.00% 16
Isle of Man - 10 £43,750 - 1
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
1 274 (6.01%) SharePoint
2 52 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 44 (0.97%) Oracle Service Bus
3 44 (0.97%) WebLogic
4 35 (0.77%) SAS
5 29 (0.64%) Confluence
6 24 (0.53%) WordPress
7 22 (0.48%) CMS
8 16 (0.35%) Apache
9 7 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.15%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.13%) IBM Notes
10 6 (0.13%) IIS
10 6 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.088%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.088%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.088%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.066%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.066%) JBoss
12 3 (0.066%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1,458 (31.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1,181 (25.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 175 (3.84%) MS Visio
4 171 (3.75%) Microsoft Project
5 121 (2.66%) Spreadsheet
6 40 (0.88%) SPSS
7 34 (0.75%) AutoCAD
8 18 (0.39%) Photoshop
9 16 (0.35%) InDesign
9 16 (0.35%) Trello
10 10 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 8 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
11 8 (0.18%) InfoPath
12 5 (0.11%) Stata
13 4 (0.088%) Revit
14 3 (0.066%) Adobe Captivate
14 3 (0.066%) Autodesk Inventor
15 2 (0.044%) EViews
15 2 (0.044%) FileZilla
15 2 (0.044%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 66 (1.45%) Primavera
2 48 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
3 14 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.26%) Epicor Tropos
5 11 (0.24%) ResourceLink
6 10 (0.22%) NEC Housing
6 10 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.20%) SAP BPC
7 9 (0.20%) SAP Business One
7 9 (0.20%) SAP QM
8 8 (0.18%) Magento
8 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 8 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
9 7 (0.15%) Relativity
10 6 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.13%) SAP PLM
10 6 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 883 (19.38%) Power Platform
2 290 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
3 247 (5.42%) Azure
4 86 (1.89%) AWS
5 69 (1.51%) OneDrive
6 66 (1.45%) Entra ID
7 60 (1.32%) PowerApps
7 60 (1.32%) SaaS
8 53 (1.16%) Power Automate
9 49 (1.08%) Google Analytics
10 40 (0.88%) Google Sheets
11 36 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (0.59%) GCP
13 22 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (0.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 17 (0.37%) Google Ads
16 16 (0.35%) WhatsApp
17 15 (0.33%) Snowflake
18 14 (0.31%) Smartsheet
18 14 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 508 (11.15%) Broadband
2 56 (1.23%) Firewall
3 53 (1.16%) Internet
4 46 (1.01%) Intranet
5 33 (0.72%) DNS
6 31 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
7 24 (0.53%) WAN
8 23 (0.50%) Wireless
9 21 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (0.39%) TCP/IP
11 17 (0.37%) LAN
12 14 (0.31%) VPN
13 13 (0.29%) DHCP
14 11 (0.24%) FTP
15 10 (0.22%) HTTP
15 10 (0.22%) Network Security
15 10 (0.22%) SD-WAN
16 7 (0.15%) MPLS
17 6 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
17 6 (0.13%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 860 (18.87%) Power BI
2 257 (5.64%) Tableau
3 204 (4.48%) SQL Server
4 101 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 91 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
6 70 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 61 (1.34%) Oracle Database
8 58 (1.27%) MS Access
8 58 (1.27%) Power Query
9 45 (0.99%) Oracle Database 10g
9 45 (0.99%) Relational Database
10 44 (0.97%) Oracle Database 11g
10 44 (0.97%) VLDB
11 36 (0.79%) Data Mining
12 35 (0.77%) QlikView
13 34 (0.75%) GIS
14 30 (0.66%) Big Data
15 25 (0.55%) Amazon QuickSight
16 24 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
17 23 (0.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 147 (3.23%) JIRA
2 37 (0.81%) Git
3 25 (0.55%) Visual Studio
4 19 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 9 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.15%) RStudio
7 6 (0.13%) Mercurial
8 5 (0.11%) Postman
8 5 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.088%) GitLab
9 4 (0.088%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (0.066%) PeopleTools
10 3 (0.066%) Toad
10 3 (0.066%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.044%) Balsamiq
11 2 (0.044%) Selenium
11 2 (0.044%) Subversion
12 1 (0.022%) JMeter
12 1 (0.022%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 2,573 (56.46%) Social Skills
2 1,775 (38.95%) Finance
3 1,592 (34.94%) Analytical Skills
4 617 (13.54%) Retail
5 533 (11.70%) Influencing Skills
6 385 (8.45%) Legal
7 356 (7.81%) Marketing
8 331 (7.26%) Organisational Skills
9 267 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 242 (5.31%) Banking
11 223 (4.89%) German Language
12 191 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
13 189 (4.15%) Military
14 169 (3.71%) Law
15 141 (3.09%) Telecoms
16 129 (2.83%) Manufacturing
17 113 (2.48%) Public Sector
18 109 (2.39%) Investment Banking
19 93 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
20 86 (1.89%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,553 (34.08%) Analyst
2 611 (13.41%) Senior
3 403 (8.84%) Senior Analyst
4 376 (8.25%) Graduate
5 309 (6.78%) Data Analyst
6 253 (5.55%) Project Manager
7 233 (5.11%) Financial Analyst
8 228 (5.00%) Coordinator
9 189 (4.15%) Administrator
9 189 (4.15%) Commercial Analyst
10 139 (3.05%) Lead
11 135 (2.96%) Development Manager
12 122 (2.68%) Developer
13 105 (2.30%) Business Manager
14 99 (2.17%) Business Development Manager
15 98 (2.15%) Support Engineer
16 95 (2.08%) Business Analyst
17 86 (1.89%) Support Analyst
18 77 (1.69%) SQL Analyst
19 76 (1.67%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (1.21%) .NET
1 55 (1.21%) HTML
2 35 (0.77%) CSS
3 29 (0.64%) EDI
4 26 (0.57%) XML
5 23 (0.50%) Web Services
6 22 (0.48%) .NET Framework
7 21 (0.46%) JSON
8 12 (0.26%) HTML5
9 11 (0.24%) ASP.NET Web API
9 11 (0.24%) COM
9 11 (0.24%) SOAP
10 10 (0.22%) REST
10 10 (0.22%) RESTful
11 8 (0.18%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.18%) jQuery
12 7 (0.15%) LDAP
12 7 (0.15%) PySpark
12 7 (0.15%) React
12 7 (0.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 667 (14.64%) Self-Motivation
2 351 (7.70%) Management Information System
3 329 (7.22%) Onboarding
4 320 (7.02%) Driving Licence
5 85 (1.87%) Social Media
6 66 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
7 43 (0.94%) Data Centre
7 43 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
8 39 (0.86%) Product Ownership
9 38 (0.83%) Life Science
10 37 (0.81%) FMCG
11 35 (0.77%) Data Structures
11 35 (0.77%) NHS
12 32 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 29 (0.64%) Biopharmaceutical
13 29 (0.64%) PMI
14 23 (0.50%) Blog
14 23 (0.50%) Digital Media
15 22 (0.48%) Virtual Team
16 21 (0.46%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 281 (6.17%) Windows
2 76 (1.67%) Linux
3 55 (1.21%) Unix
4 47 (1.03%) Solaris
4 47 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 33 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 11 (0.24%) Windows 7
7 9 (0.20%) Android
7 9 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.18%) Windows Vista
9 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.088%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.088%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.066%) AIX
12 2 (0.044%) VxWorks
12 2 (0.044%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.044%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.022%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.022%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 970 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
2 908 (19.93%) Decision-Making
3 844 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
4 839 (18.41%) Agile
5 667 (14.64%) Actionable Insight
6 645 (14.15%) Mentoring
7 619 (13.58%) Data Analysis
8 557 (12.22%) Project Management
9 520 (11.41%) Business Case
10 511 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 499 (10.95%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 495 (10.86%) Budgeting
13 482 (10.58%) Customer Service
14 427 (9.37%) Process Improvement
15 404 (8.87%) Analytics
16 343 (7.53%) Logistics
17 338 (7.42%) Data Management
18 327 (7.18%) Time Management
19 272 (5.97%) Creative Thinking
20 266 (5.84%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 787 (17.27%) SQL
2 241 (5.29%) Python
3 141 (3.09%) VBA
4 106 (2.33%) R
5 93 (2.04%) C#
6 71 (1.56%) T-SQL
7 69 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 60 (1.32%) JavaScript
9 53 (1.16%) PL/SQL
10 44 (0.97%) PowerShell
11 29 (0.64%) VB
12 24 (0.53%) Java
13 20 (0.44%) PHP
14 14 (0.31%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.22%) VB.NET
16 9 (0.20%) C++
16 9 (0.20%) Groovy
17 7 (0.15%) Bash
18 4 (0.088%) Scala
18 4 (0.088%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 1,454 (31.91%) Degree
2 558 (12.24%) CIMA
3 548 (12.03%) ACCA
4 325 (7.13%) DBS Check
5 149 (3.27%) Security Cleared
6 83 (1.82%) SC Cleared
7 50 (1.10%) Master's Degree
8 49 (1.08%) HNC
9 43 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 43 (0.94%) PMI Certification
10 37 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 32 (0.70%) HND
12 29 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
13 27 (0.59%) CIPD
14 25 (0.55%) MRICS
15 24 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
16 23 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
17 22 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
18 21 (0.46%) PMP
19 19 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (4.32%) Data Quality
2 163 (3.58%) GDPR
3 152 (3.34%) QA
4 123 (2.70%) SLA
5 111 (2.44%) PMO
6 65 (1.43%) ISO 9001
7 46 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
8 42 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 32 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 27 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 17 (0.37%) COBIT
11 17 (0.37%) ISO 14001
12 15 (0.33%) IFRS
12 15 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 14 (0.31%) COSHH
14 13 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.24%) NEBOSH
16 9 (0.20%) GMP
16 9 (0.20%) Good Clinical Practice
17 7 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 152 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 45 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (0.97%) Oracle RAC
4 20 (0.44%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.24%) Docker
6 6 (0.13%) VMware Server
7 4 (0.088%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.088%) vSphere
8 3 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.044%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.022%) Firmware
10 1 (0.022%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 45 (0.99%) Oracle RMAN
2 44 (0.97%) Data Guard
2 44 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (0.50%) EnCase
4 11 (0.24%) Kubernetes
5 10 (0.22%) Ansible
6 6 (0.13%) Stealthwatch
7 5 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (0.11%) Control-M
8 4 (0.088%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.088%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.088%) SCCM
8 4 (0.088%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.088%) Terraform
9 3 (0.066%) Oracle Statspack
9 3 (0.066%) WSUS
10 2 (0.044%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.044%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.022%) DatAdvantage
11 1 (0.022%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 2,367 (51.94%) Microsoft
2 197 (4.32%) SAP
3 164 (3.60%) Google
4 158 (3.47%) Oracle
5 70 (1.54%) Alteryx
6 68 (1.49%) Salesforce
7 64 (1.40%) VMware
8 57 (1.25%) Virgin Media
9 56 (1.23%) NEC
9 56 (1.23%) Remedy
10 48 (1.05%) Adobe
11 47 (1.03%) Sun
12 34 (0.75%) ServiceNow
13 33 (0.72%) Sage
14 32 (0.70%) Databricks
15 31 (0.68%) Cisco
16 27 (0.59%) NCR
17 21 (0.46%) Xero
18 20 (0.44%) Citrix
19 18 (0.39%) Openreach