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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 87 137
Rank change year-on-year +32 +50 +11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 4,397 3,895 4,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.46% 3.75% 2.95%
As % of the Applications category 44.85% 42.64% 34.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,257 1,928 2,645
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £44,583 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.28% -0.93% +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 9,804 9,135 13,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.94% 8.80% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,122 4,972 7,110
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,494 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.72% -1.12% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,322
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.63% -1.70%

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 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the UK

Microsoft Excel
Top 18 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 3 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 3,953 £40,000 -11.11% 1,693
UK excluding London +17 3,017 £36,750 -0.61% 1,216
Work from Home +40 1,502 £44,000 +3.53% 586
London +61 1,233 £54,000 -6.09% 555
South East +37 1,042 £42,000 +5.00% 321
Midlands +16 567 £37,500 - 223
North of England +6 524 £33,659 +0.47% 318
West Midlands +11 361 £40,000 - 124
North West +14 329 £35,000 +12.00% 181
East of England +33 282 £32,500 +2.98% 144
South West -4 265 £37,500 +5.63% 132
Scotland -1 214 £37,572 +1.55% 83
East Midlands +32 205 £31,750 -1.23% 98
Yorkshire +20 142 £35,000 +2.94% 87
Wales -5 92 £28,500 -24.00% 31
North East -35 53 £30,000 -7.69% 53
Northern Ireland +36 19 £35,000 +22.81% 21
Isle of Man - 12 £45,000 - 2

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
1 271 (6.16%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (1.02%) Oracle Service Bus
3 45 (1.02%) WebLogic
4 36 (0.82%) SAS
5 31 (0.71%) Confluence
6 24 (0.55%) 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 (0.14%) IBM Notes
10 6 (0.14%) IIS
10 6 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.091%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.091%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.091%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.068%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.068%) JBoss
12 3 (0.068%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1,323 (30.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1,193 (27.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 175 (3.98%) MS Visio
4 169 (3.84%) Microsoft Project
5 121 (2.75%) Spreadsheet
6 40 (0.91%) SPSS
7 35 (0.80%) AutoCAD
8 24 (0.55%) Photoshop
9 22 (0.50%) InDesign
10 16 (0.36%) Trello
11 11 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 9 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
13 7 (0.16%) InfoPath
14 5 (0.11%) Stata
15 4 (0.091%) Revit
16 3 (0.068%) Adobe Captivate
16 3 (0.068%) Adobe Premiere
16 3 (0.068%) Autodesk Inventor
17 2 (0.045%) FileZilla
17 2 (0.045%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 66 (1.50%) Primavera
2 50 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
3 15 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.30%) Epicor Tropos
6 11 (0.25%) SAP QM
7 10 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 9 (0.20%) SAP BPC
8 9 (0.20%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.18%) Magento
9 8 (0.18%) NEC Housing
9 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 7 (0.16%) Elite 3E
10 7 (0.16%) Relativity
11 6 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
11 6 (0.14%) SAP PLM
11 6 (0.14%) Shopify
11 6 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 888 (20.20%) Power Platform
2 292 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
3 243 (5.53%) Azure
4 90 (2.05%) AWS
5 64 (1.46%) OneDrive
6 62 (1.41%) Entra ID
7 60 (1.36%) PowerApps
8 59 (1.34%) SaaS
9 53 (1.21%) Power Automate
10 49 (1.11%) Google Analytics
11 39 (0.89%) Google Sheets
12 37 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
13 28 (0.64%) GCP
14 22 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 15 (0.34%) Google Ads
16 15 (0.34%) Snowflake
16 15 (0.34%) WhatsApp
17 14 (0.32%) GitHub
17 14 (0.32%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 510 (11.60%) Broadband
2 56 (1.27%) Firewall
3 53 (1.21%) Internet
4 44 (1.00%) Intranet
5 32 (0.73%) DNS
6 27 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
7 26 (0.59%) WAN
8 23 (0.52%) Wireless
9 22 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (0.36%) LAN
10 16 (0.36%) TCP/IP
11 14 (0.32%) VPN
12 13 (0.30%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.27%) DHCP
13 12 (0.27%) Network Security
14 10 (0.23%) FTP
15 9 (0.20%) HTTP
16 8 (0.18%) Cisco Firepower
16 8 (0.18%) Cisco ISE
17 7 (0.16%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 865 (19.67%) Power BI
2 258 (5.87%) Tableau
3 206 (4.69%) SQL Server
4 106 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 87 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
6 67 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 63 (1.43%) Oracle Database
8 59 (1.34%) MS Access
9 55 (1.25%) Power Query
10 50 (1.14%) Relational Database
11 46 (1.05%) Oracle Database 10g
12 45 (1.02%) Oracle Database 11g
12 45 (1.02%) VLDB
13 35 (0.80%) QlikView
14 34 (0.77%) Data Mining
15 33 (0.75%) Big Data
15 33 (0.75%) GIS
16 25 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 23 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
18 22 (0.50%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 151 (3.43%) JIRA
2 35 (0.80%) Git
3 23 (0.52%) Visual Studio
4 21 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 9 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.16%) RStudio
7 6 (0.14%) Mercurial
8 5 (0.11%) Postman
8 5 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.091%) GitLab
9 4 (0.091%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (0.068%) PeopleTools
10 3 (0.068%) Toad
10 3 (0.068%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.045%) Balsamiq
11 2 (0.045%) Selenium
11 2 (0.045%) Subversion
12 1 (0.023%) Gradle
12 1 (0.023%) SoapUI
General
1 2,541 (57.79%) Social Skills
2 1,698 (38.62%) Finance
3 1,558 (35.43%) Analytical Skills
4 546 (12.42%) Retail
5 532 (12.10%) Influencing Skills
6 355 (8.07%) Legal
7 327 (7.44%) Marketing
8 318 (7.23%) Organisational Skills
9 271 (6.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 263 (5.98%) Banking
11 221 (5.03%) German Language
12 190 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
13 169 (3.84%) Law
14 139 (3.16%) Telecoms
15 133 (3.02%) Manufacturing
16 127 (2.89%) Public Sector
17 126 (2.87%) Investment Banking
18 108 (2.46%) Military
19 92 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
20 85 (1.93%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,540 (35.02%) Analyst
2 591 (13.44%) Senior
3 392 (8.92%) Senior Analyst
4 293 (6.66%) Data Analyst
4 293 (6.66%) Graduate
5 254 (5.78%) Project Manager
6 222 (5.05%) Financial Analyst
7 206 (4.69%) Coordinator
8 189 (4.30%) Commercial Analyst
9 188 (4.28%) Administrator
10 130 (2.96%) Lead
11 124 (2.82%) Developer
12 101 (2.30%) Business Analyst
13 100 (2.27%) Development Manager
14 99 (2.25%) Support Engineer
15 85 (1.93%) Business Manager
15 85 (1.93%) Support Analyst
16 80 (1.82%) Business Development Manager
17 78 (1.77%) SQL Analyst
17 78 (1.77%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (1.25%) HTML
2 51 (1.16%) .NET
3 34 (0.77%) CSS
4 29 (0.66%) EDI
5 28 (0.64%) XML
6 23 (0.52%) .NET Framework
6 23 (0.52%) JSON
6 23 (0.52%) Web Services
7 11 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web API
7 11 (0.25%) HTML5
7 11 (0.25%) REST
7 11 (0.25%) SOAP
8 10 (0.23%) COM
8 10 (0.23%) RESTful
9 8 (0.18%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.18%) jQuery
10 7 (0.16%) LDAP
10 7 (0.16%) PySpark
10 7 (0.16%) React
11 6 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 667 (15.17%) Self-Motivation
2 359 (8.16%) Management Information System
3 322 (7.32%) Driving Licence
4 245 (5.57%) Onboarding
5 85 (1.93%) Social Media
6 62 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 43 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
8 42 (0.96%) Data Centre
9 41 (0.93%) Product Ownership
10 37 (0.84%) FMCG
10 37 (0.84%) NHS
11 36 (0.82%) Data Structures
12 32 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 31 (0.71%) Biopharmaceutical
14 29 (0.66%) Life Science
14 29 (0.66%) PMI
15 22 (0.50%) Blog
16 20 (0.45%) Derivative
16 20 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
16 20 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 272 (6.19%) Windows
2 77 (1.75%) Linux
3 54 (1.23%) Unix
4 49 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 48 (1.09%) Solaris
6 34 (0.77%) 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 (0.091%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.091%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.068%) AIX
13 2 (0.045%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.045%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.023%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.023%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.023%) VMS
14 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 975 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
2 904 (20.56%) Decision-Making
3 854 (19.42%) Business Intelligence
4 808 (18.38%) Agile
5 669 (15.21%) Actionable Insight
6 645 (14.67%) Mentoring
7 540 (12.28%) Project Management
8 525 (11.94%) Data Analysis
9 522 (11.87%) Business Case
10 497 (11.30%) Budgeting
11 483 (10.98%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 419 (9.53%) Continuous Improvement
13 405 (9.21%) Customer Service
14 395 (8.98%) Analytics
15 364 (8.28%) Process Improvement
16 332 (7.55%) Time Management
17 306 (6.96%) Data Management
18 266 (6.05%) Visualisation
19 251 (5.71%) Coaching
20 233 (5.30%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 787 (17.90%) SQL
2 245 (5.57%) Python
3 141 (3.21%) VBA
4 101 (2.30%) R
5 94 (2.14%) C#
6 70 (1.59%) T-SQL
7 68 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 60 (1.36%) JavaScript
9 54 (1.23%) PL/SQL
10 44 (1.00%) PowerShell
11 29 (0.66%) VB
12 24 (0.55%) Java
13 20 (0.45%) PHP
14 14 (0.32%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.20%) Groovy
16 8 (0.18%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.16%) Bash
17 7 (0.16%) C++
18 4 (0.091%) CFML
18 4 (0.091%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 1,353 (30.77%) Degree
2 548 (12.46%) CIMA
3 544 (12.37%) ACCA
4 325 (7.39%) DBS Check
5 160 (3.64%) Security Cleared
6 85 (1.93%) SC Cleared
7 50 (1.14%) Master's Degree
8 49 (1.11%) HNC
9 43 (0.98%) PMI Certification
10 39 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 37 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 32 (0.73%) HND
13 29 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
14 27 (0.61%) CIPD
15 25 (0.57%) MRICS
16 23 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
16 23 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
16 23 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
17 21 (0.48%) PMP
18 16 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (4.34%) Data Quality
2 162 (3.68%) GDPR
3 159 (3.62%) QA
4 123 (2.80%) SLA
5 114 (2.59%) PMO
6 79 (1.80%) ISO 9001
7 60 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 55 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 41 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 30 (0.68%) Accessibility
11 17 (0.39%) COBIT
11 17 (0.39%) ISO 14001
11 17 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 14 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (0.32%) COSHH
13 12 (0.27%) 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 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 45 (1.02%) Oracle RAC
3 44 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.25%) Docker
6 6 (0.14%) VMware Server
7 5 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.11%) vSphere
8 3 (0.068%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.023%) Firmware
10 1 (0.023%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (1.05%) Oracle RMAN
2 45 (1.02%) Data Guard
3 39 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (0.84%) EnCase
5 11 (0.25%) Ansible
5 11 (0.25%) Kubernetes
6 8 (0.18%) Stealthwatch
7 7 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.11%) SCCM
9 4 (0.091%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.091%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.091%) Terraform
10 3 (0.068%) Control-M
10 3 (0.068%) Oracle Statspack
10 3 (0.068%) WSUS
11 2 (0.045%) Grafana
11 2 (0.045%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.045%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.045%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2,296 (52.22%) Microsoft
2 191 (4.34%) SAP
3 163 (3.71%) Oracle
4 158 (3.59%) Google
5 73 (1.66%) Alteryx
6 72 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 64 (1.46%) VMware
8 60 (1.36%) Virgin Media
9 55 (1.25%) Remedy
10 54 (1.23%) NEC
11 53 (1.21%) Adobe
12 48 (1.09%) Sun
13 37 (0.84%) ServiceNow
14 34 (0.77%) Sage
15 33 (0.75%) Cisco
16 32 (0.73%) Databricks
17 27 (0.61%) NCR
18 21 (0.48%) Xero
19 20 (0.45%) Citrix
20 18 (0.41%) Openreach