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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 86 139
Rank change year-on-year +32 +53 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 4,486 3,830 4,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.52% 3.79% 2.94%
As % of the Applications category 45.47% 43.31% 34.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,257 1,899 2,640
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 £37,032 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.76% -7.42% -

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 9,866 8,843 13,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.94% 8.75% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,125 4,827 7,050
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £44,345 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.31% -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% +1.28%

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 10 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 10 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 4,044 £40,000 -11.11% 1,850
UK excluding London +21 3,099 £36,750 -0.76% 1,379
Work from Home +36 1,495 £44,000 +3.53% 648
London +60 1,240 £54,000 -6.09% 574
South East +34 1,062 £42,000 +5.00% 310
Midlands +17 615 £37,500 +4.17% 268
North of England +6 543 £33,567 -1.27% 371
West Midlands +15 393 £40,000 - 150
North West +17 347 £35,000 - 208
East of England +29 277 £32,500 +3.49% 160
South West -5 265 £37,500 +5.63% 178
East Midlands +31 221 £32,000 -0.45% 118
Scotland +8 213 £35,000 -12.23% 82
Yorkshire +18 141 £35,000 +2.94% 121
Wales -7 93 £28,500 -24.00% 36
North East -33 55 £30,000 -7.69% 48
Northern Ireland +30 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
1 274 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 53 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 44 (0.98%) Oracle Service Bus
3 44 (0.98%) WebLogic
4 35 (0.78%) SAS
5 29 (0.65%) Confluence
6 24 (0.53%) 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 (0.089%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.089%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.089%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.067%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.067%) JBoss
12 3 (0.067%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1,401 (31.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1,193 (26.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 175 (3.90%) MS Visio
4 169 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
5 121 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
6 40 (0.89%) 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 (0.089%) 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 (1.47%) Primavera
2 49 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
3 15 (0.33%) 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%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.13%) ResourceLink
10 6 (0.13%) SAP PLM
10 6 (0.13%) Shopify
10 6 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 883 (19.68%) Power Platform
2 290 (6.46%) Microsoft 365
3 245 (5.46%) Azure
4 90 (2.01%) AWS
5 65 (1.45%) OneDrive
6 63 (1.40%) Entra ID
7 60 (1.34%) PowerApps
7 60 (1.34%) SaaS
8 53 (1.18%) Power Automate
9 49 (1.09%) Google Analytics
10 39 (0.87%) Google Sheets
11 38 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (0.60%) GCP
13 22 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 16 (0.36%) WhatsApp
16 15 (0.33%) Google Ads
16 15 (0.33%) Snowflake
17 14 (0.31%) Smartsheet
18 13 (0.29%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 510 (11.37%) Broadband
2 56 (1.25%) Firewall
3 53 (1.18%) Internet
4 46 (1.03%) Intranet
5 33 (0.74%) DNS
6 27 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
7 25 (0.56%) WAN
8 23 (0.51%) Wireless
9 22 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (0.40%) TCP/IP
11 17 (0.38%) LAN
12 15 (0.33%) VPN
13 13 (0.29%) DHCP
14 11 (0.25%) FTP
14 11 (0.25%) Network Security
14 11 (0.25%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.22%) HTTP
16 7 (0.16%) Cisco Firepower
16 7 (0.16%) Cisco ISE
16 7 (0.16%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 860 (19.17%) Power BI
2 259 (5.77%) Tableau
3 204 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 103 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 89 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
6 68 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 61 (1.36%) Oracle Database
8 59 (1.32%) MS Access
9 55 (1.23%) Power Query
10 48 (1.07%) Relational Database
11 45 (1.00%) Oracle Database 10g
12 44 (0.98%) Oracle Database 11g
12 44 (0.98%) VLDB
13 35 (0.78%) Data Mining
13 35 (0.78%) QlikView
14 33 (0.74%) GIS
15 32 (0.71%) Big Data
16 24 (0.53%) Amazon QuickSight
17 23 (0.51%) MySQL
17 23 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 149 (3.32%) JIRA
2 36 (0.80%) Git
3 25 (0.56%) Visual Studio
4 20 (0.45%) 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 (0.089%) GitLab
9 4 (0.089%) 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 2,582 (57.56%) Social Skills
2 1,730 (38.56%) Finance
3 1,564 (34.86%) Analytical Skills
4 574 (12.80%) Retail
5 534 (11.90%) Influencing Skills
6 379 (8.45%) Legal
7 335 (7.47%) Organisational Skills
8 327 (7.29%) Marketing
9 268 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 250 (5.57%) Banking
11 221 (4.93%) German Language
12 189 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
13 171 (3.81%) Law
14 147 (3.28%) Military
15 139 (3.10%) Telecoms
16 130 (2.90%) Manufacturing
17 128 (2.85%) Public Sector
18 115 (2.56%) Investment Banking
19 92 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
20 85 (1.89%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,552 (34.60%) Analyst
2 597 (13.31%) Senior
3 398 (8.87%) Senior Analyst
4 334 (7.45%) Graduate
5 304 (6.78%) Data Analyst
6 252 (5.62%) Project Manager
7 232 (5.17%) Financial Analyst
8 228 (5.08%) Coordinator
9 190 (4.24%) Commercial Analyst
10 188 (4.19%) Administrator
11 133 (2.96%) Lead
12 123 (2.74%) Developer
13 118 (2.63%) Development Manager
14 99 (2.21%) Business Analyst
15 98 (2.18%) Support Engineer
16 95 (2.12%) Business Manager
17 90 (2.01%) Business Development Manager
18 86 (1.92%) Support Analyst
19 78 (1.74%) Systems Analyst
20 77 (1.72%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (1.20%) .NET
1 54 (1.20%) HTML
2 34 (0.76%) CSS
3 29 (0.65%) EDI
4 26 (0.58%) XML
5 23 (0.51%) .NET Framework
5 23 (0.51%) Web Services
6 22 (0.49%) JSON
7 12 (0.27%) HTML5
8 11 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web API
8 11 (0.25%) COM
8 11 (0.25%) REST
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
1 679 (15.14%) Self-Motivation
2 362 (8.07%) Management Information System
3 328 (7.31%) Driving Licence
4 291 (6.49%) Onboarding
5 85 (1.89%) Social Media
6 61 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 43 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
8 42 (0.94%) Data Centre
9 40 (0.89%) Product Ownership
10 37 (0.82%) FMCG
10 37 (0.82%) NHS
11 36 (0.80%) Data Structures
12 32 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 32 (0.71%) Life Science
13 30 (0.67%) Biopharmaceutical
14 29 (0.65%) PMI
15 24 (0.53%) Digital Media
16 23 (0.51%) Blog
17 20 (0.45%) Derivative
17 20 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 276 (6.15%) Windows
2 76 (1.69%) Linux
3 54 (1.20%) Unix
4 49 (1.09%) 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 (0.089%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.089%) 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
1 990 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
2 909 (20.26%) Decision-Making
3 847 (18.88%) Business Intelligence
4 812 (18.10%) Agile
5 665 (14.82%) Actionable Insight
6 645 (14.38%) Mentoring
7 571 (12.73%) Data Analysis
8 547 (12.19%) Project Management
9 522 (11.64%) Business Case
10 495 (11.03%) Budgeting
11 489 (10.90%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 462 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 444 (9.90%) Customer Service
14 401 (8.94%) Process Improvement
15 398 (8.87%) Analytics
16 334 (7.45%) Time Management
17 314 (7.00%) Data Management
18 268 (5.97%) Visualisation
19 258 (5.75%) Logistics
20 251 (5.60%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 790 (17.61%) SQL
2 247 (5.51%) Python
3 143 (3.19%) VBA
4 105 (2.34%) R
5 95 (2.12%) C#
6 71 (1.58%) T-SQL
7 67 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 61 (1.36%) JavaScript
9 53 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 45 (1.00%) PowerShell
11 30 (0.67%) VB
12 25 (0.56%) Java
13 20 (0.45%) PHP
14 14 (0.31%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.20%) Groovy
15 9 (0.20%) VB.NET
16 8 (0.18%) C++
17 7 (0.16%) Bash
18 4 (0.089%) Scala
18 4 (0.089%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 1,403 (31.28%) Degree
2 557 (12.42%) CIMA
3 547 (12.19%) ACCA
4 325 (7.24%) DBS Check
5 159 (3.54%) Security Cleared
6 83 (1.85%) SC Cleared
7 50 (1.11%) Master's Degree
8 49 (1.09%) HNC
9 43 (0.96%) PMI Certification
10 41 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 37 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 32 (0.71%) HND
13 29 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
14 27 (0.60%) CIPD
15 25 (0.56%) MRICS
16 24 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
17 23 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
17 23 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
18 21 (0.47%) PMP
19 17 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 199 (4.44%) Data Quality
2 163 (3.63%) GDPR
3 156 (3.48%) QA
4 122 (2.72%) SLA
5 114 (2.54%) PMO
6 78 (1.74%) ISO 9001
7 59 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 55 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 40 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 32 (0.71%) 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 6 (0.13%) NIST
18 5 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 150 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 45 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (0.98%) Oracle RAC
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%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.022%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 45 (1.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 44 (0.98%) Data Guard
3 39 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (0.80%) 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 (0.089%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.089%) Control-M
10 4 (0.089%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.089%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.089%) 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 2,345 (52.27%) Microsoft
2 194 (4.32%) SAP
3 159 (3.54%) Google
3 159 (3.54%) Oracle
4 72 (1.60%) Alteryx
5 71 (1.58%) Salesforce
6 65 (1.45%) VMware
7 59 (1.32%) Virgin Media
8 56 (1.25%) NEC
9 54 (1.20%) Remedy
10 49 (1.09%) Adobe
11 47 (1.05%) Sun
12 35 (0.78%) ServiceNow
13 33 (0.74%) Sage
14 32 (0.71%) Cisco
14 32 (0.71%) Databricks
15 27 (0.60%) NCR
16 21 (0.47%) Xero
17 20 (0.45%) Citrix
18 18 (0.40%) Openreach