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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 86 141
Rank change year-on-year +32 +55 +6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 4,465 3,833 4,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.51% 3.78% 2.93%
As % of the Applications category 45.35% 43.19% 34.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,256 1,895 2,626
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £33,253
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 £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 9,845 8,874 13,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 8.76% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,127 4,829 7,032
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,572 £44,345 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.27% -1.46% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £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% -0.78%

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 9 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 9 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 +36 4,023 £40,000 -11.11% 1,834
UK excluding London +20 3,081 £36,750 -0.61% 1,367
Work from Home +38 1,495 £44,000 +3.53% 632
London +60 1,237 £54,000 -6.09% 572
South East +33 1,053 £42,000 +5.00% 303
Midlands +20 609 £37,500 +2.74% 265
North of England +10 541 £33,567 -1.27% 369
West Midlands +15 392 £40,000 - 147
North West +16 345 £35,000 - 206
East of England +30 276 £32,500 +3.49% 163
South West -5 265 £37,500 +6.51% 173
East Midlands +34 216 £32,000 +0.67% 118
Scotland +1 213 £35,000 -8.95% 83
Yorkshire +24 141 £35,000 +2.94% 120
Wales -10 93 £28,500 -24.00% 36
North East -34 55 £30,000 -7.69% 48
Northern Ireland +35 19 £35,000 +22.81% 23
Isle of Man - 11 £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
1 272 (6.09%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 44 (0.99%) Oracle Service Bus
3 44 (0.99%) WebLogic
4 35 (0.78%) SAS
5 29 (0.65%) Confluence
6 24 (0.54%) WordPress
7 22 (0.49%) 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 1,383 (30.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1,192 (26.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 174 (3.90%) MS Visio
4 169 (3.78%) Microsoft Project
5 121 (2.71%) Spreadsheet
6 40 (0.90%) SPSS
7 34 (0.76%) AutoCAD
8 20 (0.45%) Photoshop
9 18 (0.40%) InDesign
10 16 (0.36%) Trello
11 10 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 8 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
12 8 (0.18%) InfoPath
13 5 (0.11%) Stata
14 4 (0.090%) Revit
15 3 (0.067%) Adobe Captivate
15 3 (0.067%) Autodesk Inventor
16 2 (0.045%) EViews
16 2 (0.045%) FileZilla
16 2 (0.045%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 66 (1.48%) Primavera
2 49 (1.10%) 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
1 882 (19.75%) Power Platform
2 290 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
3 245 (5.49%) Azure
4 90 (2.02%) AWS
5 65 (1.46%) OneDrive
6 63 (1.41%) Entra ID
7 60 (1.34%) SaaS
8 59 (1.32%) PowerApps
9 52 (1.16%) Power Automate
10 49 (1.10%) Google Analytics
11 39 (0.87%) Google Sheets
12 38 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
13 27 (0.60%) GCP
14 22 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 16 (0.36%) WhatsApp
17 15 (0.34%) Google Ads
17 15 (0.34%) Snowflake
18 14 (0.31%) Smartsheet
19 13 (0.29%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 510 (11.42%) Broadband
2 56 (1.25%) Firewall
3 53 (1.19%) Internet
4 46 (1.03%) Intranet
5 33 (0.74%) DNS
6 27 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
7 25 (0.56%) WAN
8 23 (0.52%) Wireless
9 22 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (0.38%) LAN
10 17 (0.38%) TCP/IP
11 14 (0.31%) VPN
12 13 (0.29%) DHCP
13 11 (0.25%) FTP
13 11 (0.25%) Network Security
13 11 (0.25%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.22%) HTTP
15 7 (0.16%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (0.16%) Cisco ISE
15 7 (0.16%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 859 (19.24%) Power BI
2 259 (5.80%) Tableau
3 202 (4.52%) SQL Server
4 104 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 88 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
6 67 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 61 (1.37%) Oracle Database
8 59 (1.32%) MS Access
9 56 (1.25%) Power Query
10 48 (1.08%) Relational Database
11 45 (1.01%) Oracle Database 10g
12 44 (0.99%) Oracle Database 11g
12 44 (0.99%) 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 (3.31%) JIRA
2 36 (0.81%) 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%) NUnit
12 1 (0.022%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 2,568 (57.51%) Social Skills
2 1,722 (38.57%) Finance
3 1,561 (34.96%) Analytical Skills
4 564 (12.63%) Retail
5 534 (11.96%) Influencing Skills
6 373 (8.35%) Legal
7 328 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
8 325 (7.28%) Marketing
9 268 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 250 (5.60%) Banking
11 221 (4.95%) German Language
12 188 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
13 172 (3.85%) Law
14 147 (3.29%) Military
15 140 (3.14%) Telecoms
16 131 (2.93%) Manufacturing
17 130 (2.91%) Public Sector
18 115 (2.58%) Investment Banking
19 92 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
20 85 (1.90%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,545 (34.60%) Analyst
2 594 (13.30%) Senior
3 396 (8.87%) Senior Analyst
4 334 (7.48%) Graduate
5 298 (6.67%) Data Analyst
6 252 (5.64%) Project Manager
7 231 (5.17%) Financial Analyst
8 221 (4.95%) Coordinator
9 190 (4.26%) Commercial Analyst
10 188 (4.21%) Administrator
11 131 (2.93%) Lead
12 124 (2.78%) Developer
13 113 (2.53%) Development Manager
14 99 (2.22%) Business Analyst
14 99 (2.22%) Support Engineer
15 93 (2.08%) Business Manager
16 88 (1.97%) Business Development Manager
17 86 (1.93%) Support Analyst
18 79 (1.77%) Systems Analyst
19 77 (1.72%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (1.21%) HTML
2 53 (1.19%) .NET
3 34 (0.76%) CSS
4 29 (0.65%) EDI
5 27 (0.60%) 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
1 671 (15.03%) Self-Motivation
2 362 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 325 (7.28%) Driving Licence
4 291 (6.52%) Onboarding
5 85 (1.90%) 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 31 (0.69%) Life Science
14 30 (0.67%) Biopharmaceutical
15 29 (0.65%) PMI
16 24 (0.54%) Digital Media
17 23 (0.52%) Blog
18 20 (0.45%) Derivative
18 20 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 275 (6.16%) Windows
2 76 (1.70%) Linux
3 54 (1.21%) Unix
4 49 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 47 (1.05%) 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
1 983 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
2 907 (20.31%) Decision-Making
3 845 (18.92%) Business Intelligence
4 808 (18.10%) Agile
5 665 (14.89%) Actionable Insight
6 645 (14.45%) Mentoring
7 567 (12.70%) Data Analysis
8 545 (12.21%) Project Management
9 522 (11.69%) Business Case
10 495 (11.09%) Budgeting
11 488 (10.93%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 461 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 444 (9.94%) Customer Service
14 402 (9.00%) Process Improvement
15 397 (8.89%) Analytics
16 333 (7.46%) Time Management
17 311 (6.97%) Data Management
18 268 (6.00%) Visualisation
19 251 (5.62%) Coaching
20 248 (5.55%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 786 (17.60%) SQL
2 246 (5.51%) Python
3 143 (3.20%) VBA
4 104 (2.33%) R
5 94 (2.11%) C#
6 71 (1.59%) T-SQL
7 67 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 61 (1.37%) JavaScript
9 53 (1.19%) 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 1,398 (31.31%) Degree
2 556 (12.45%) CIMA
3 547 (12.25%) ACCA
4 325 (7.28%) DBS Check
5 160 (3.58%) Security Cleared
6 83 (1.86%) SC Cleared
7 50 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 49 (1.10%) HNC
9 43 (0.96%) PMI Certification
10 40 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 37 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 32 (0.72%) HND
13 29 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
14 27 (0.60%) 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 (3.49%) QA
4 122 (2.73%) SLA
5 114 (2.55%) PMO
6 79 (1.77%) ISO 9001
7 60 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 56 (1.25%) 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%) COSHH
13 14 (0.31%) IFRS
14 13 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.25%) NEBOSH
16 9 (0.20%) GMP
17 5 (0.11%) GRC
17 5 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 149 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 44 (0.99%) Oracle RAC
2 44 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 11 (0.25%) Docker
5 6 (0.13%) VMware Server
6 5 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.11%) vSphere
7 3 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.022%) Firmware
9 1 (0.022%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 45 (1.01%) Oracle RMAN
2 44 (0.99%) Data Guard
3 39 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (0.83%) EnCase
5 11 (0.25%) Kubernetes
6 10 (0.22%) Ansible
7 7 (0.16%) Stealthwatch
8 6 (0.13%) 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%) DatAdvantage
13 1 (0.022%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 2,323 (52.03%) Microsoft
2 191 (4.28%) SAP
3 159 (3.56%) Google
3 159 (3.56%) Oracle
4 72 (1.61%) Alteryx
5 70 (1.57%) Salesforce
6 64 (1.43%) VMware
7 59 (1.32%) Virgin Media
8 56 (1.25%) NEC
9 54 (1.21%) Remedy
10 49 (1.10%) Adobe
11 47 (1.05%) Sun
12 35 (0.78%) ServiceNow
13 34 (0.76%) Sage
14 32 (0.72%) Cisco
14 32 (0.72%) Databricks
15 27 (0.60%) NCR
16 21 (0.47%) Xero
17 20 (0.45%) Citrix
18 18 (0.40%) Openreach