Microsoft Excel Jobs

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 86 145
Rank change year-on-year +37 +59 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 4,758 3,628 4,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.52% 3.83% 2.92%
As % of the Applications category 47.33% 43.21% 34.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,258 1,818 2,754
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 £61,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,100 £36,975 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.37% -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 10,052 8,396 14,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.55% 8.86% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,019 4,686 7,202
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% - +2.27%
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 £39,322
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.63% -1.23%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +41 4,313 £40,000 -11.11% 2,060
UK excluding London +26 3,367 £36,100 -2.37% 1,450
Work from Home +35 1,495 £43,865 -0.91% 695
London +44 1,237 £55,000 -4.35% 640
South East +37 1,163 £42,000 +5.00% 347
Midlands +28 750 £37,500 +4.17% 292
North of England +15 575 £33,250 -0.75% 387
West Midlands +13 467 £38,500 -3.75% 164
North West +31 381 £35,000 +12.90% 233
East Midlands +48 282 £32,000 +3.23% 129
East of England +18 280 £32,500 - 178
South West -7 266 £37,500 +6.83% 178
Scotland -13 209 £35,000 -4.63% 70
Yorkshire +11 140 £35,000 - 110
Wales -1 94 £28,500 -12.31% 38
North East -34 54 £30,000 -3.23% 51
Northern Ireland +32 21 £35,000 +22.81% 16
Isle of Man - 10 £42,500 -
Channel Islands -3 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 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 44 (0.92%) Oracle Service Bus
3 44 (0.92%) WebLogic
4 33 (0.69%) SAS
5 27 (0.57%) Confluence
6 24 (0.50%) WordPress
7 23 (0.48%) CMS
8 16 (0.34%) Apache
9 7 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.15%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.13%) IBM Notes
10 6 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.11%) IIS
12 4 (0.084%) ColdFusion
12 4 (0.084%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.084%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.063%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.063%) JBoss
13 3 (0.063%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1,616 (33.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1,192 (25.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 177 (3.72%) MS Visio
4 172 (3.61%) Microsoft Project
5 121 (2.54%) Spreadsheet
6 38 (0.80%) SPSS
7 36 (0.76%) AutoCAD
8 19 (0.40%) Photoshop
9 16 (0.34%) InDesign
9 16 (0.34%) Trello
10 10 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 8 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
11 8 (0.17%) InfoPath
12 5 (0.11%) Stata
13 4 (0.084%) Adobe Captivate
13 4 (0.084%) Revit
14 3 (0.063%) Autodesk Inventor
15 2 (0.042%) FileZilla
15 2 (0.042%) Fireworks
15 2 (0.042%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 66 (1.39%) Primavera
2 48 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
3 15 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 11 (0.23%) NEC Housing
5 11 (0.23%) ResourceLink
6 10 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.19%) Epicor Tropos
7 9 (0.19%) SAP Business One
8 8 (0.17%) Magento
8 8 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
8 8 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.17%) SAP BPC
9 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
9 7 (0.15%) Relativity
9 7 (0.15%) SAP QM
9 7 (0.15%) Shopify
10 6 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.13%) SAP PLM
10 6 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 898 (18.87%) Power Platform
2 295 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
3 247 (5.19%) Azure
4 82 (1.72%) AWS
5 69 (1.45%) OneDrive
6 66 (1.39%) Entra ID
7 61 (1.28%) PowerApps
8 60 (1.26%) SaaS
9 52 (1.09%) Power Automate
10 49 (1.03%) Google Analytics
11 40 (0.84%) Google Sheets
12 35 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
13 25 (0.53%) GCP
14 22 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
15 21 (0.44%) Google Ads
16 17 (0.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 16 (0.34%) WhatsApp
18 15 (0.32%) Snowflake
19 14 (0.29%) Azure Data Factory
19 14 (0.29%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 508 (10.68%) Broadband
2 56 (1.18%) Firewall
3 55 (1.16%) Internet
4 46 (0.97%) Intranet
5 35 (0.74%) DNS
6 32 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
7 24 (0.50%) WAN
8 23 (0.48%) Wireless
9 21 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (0.42%) LAN
11 17 (0.36%) TCP/IP
12 13 (0.27%) DHCP
12 13 (0.27%) VPN
13 11 (0.23%) FTP
14 10 (0.21%) HTTP
15 8 (0.17%) Network Security
15 8 (0.17%) SD-WAN
16 7 (0.15%) Ethernet
16 7 (0.15%) MPLS
17 6 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 875 (18.39%) Power BI
2 263 (5.53%) Tableau
3 205 (4.31%) SQL Server
4 100 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 93 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
6 70 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 61 (1.28%) Oracle Database
8 60 (1.26%) Power Query
9 57 (1.20%) MS Access
10 46 (0.97%) Relational Database
11 45 (0.95%) Oracle Database 10g
12 44 (0.92%) Oracle Database 11g
12 44 (0.92%) VLDB
13 37 (0.78%) Data Mining
14 34 (0.71%) GIS
14 34 (0.71%) QlikView
15 32 (0.67%) Big Data
16 26 (0.55%) Amazon QuickSight
17 24 (0.50%) Qlik Sense
17 24 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 146 (3.07%) JIRA
2 38 (0.80%) Git
3 27 (0.57%) Visual Studio
4 19 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 9 (0.19%) 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 (0.084%) GitLab
9 4 (0.084%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (0.063%) PeopleTools
10 3 (0.063%) Toad
10 3 (0.063%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.042%) Balsamiq
11 2 (0.042%) Selenium
11 2 (0.042%) Subversion
12 1 (0.021%) Gradle
12 1 (0.021%) SoapUI
General
1 2,645 (55.59%) Social Skills
2 1,879 (39.49%) Finance
3 1,692 (35.56%) Analytical Skills
4 737 (15.49%) Retail
5 531 (11.16%) Influencing Skills
6 454 (9.54%) Marketing
7 410 (8.62%) Legal
8 363 (7.63%) Organisational Skills
9 277 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 224 (4.71%) German Language
11 215 (4.52%) Banking
12 210 (4.41%) Military
13 205 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
14 172 (3.61%) Law
15 147 (3.09%) Telecoms
16 133 (2.80%) Manufacturing
17 112 (2.35%) Public Sector
18 100 (2.10%) Pharmaceutical
19 87 (1.83%) Investment Banking
20 86 (1.81%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,555 (32.68%) Analyst
2 624 (13.11%) Senior
3 404 (8.49%) Senior Analyst
4 397 (8.34%) Graduate
5 317 (6.66%) Data Analyst
6 254 (5.34%) Project Manager
7 244 (5.13%) Coordinator
8 239 (5.02%) Financial Analyst
9 221 (4.64%) Development Manager
10 201 (4.22%) Administrator
11 194 (4.08%) Commercial Analyst
12 146 (3.07%) Lead
13 140 (2.94%) Business Manager
14 129 (2.71%) Business Development Manager
15 125 (2.63%) Developer
16 99 (2.08%) Support Engineer
17 94 (1.98%) Business Analyst
18 87 (1.83%) Support Analyst
19 84 (1.77%) IT Support
20 76 (1.60%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (1.22%) .NET
2 56 (1.18%) HTML
3 36 (0.76%) CSS
4 30 (0.63%) EDI
5 26 (0.55%) XML
6 23 (0.48%) Web Services
7 22 (0.46%) .NET Framework
8 21 (0.44%) JSON
9 12 (0.25%) HTML5
10 11 (0.23%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (0.23%) COM
10 11 (0.23%) SOAP
11 10 (0.21%) REST
11 10 (0.21%) RESTful
12 8 (0.17%) jQuery
13 7 (0.15%) AngularJS
13 7 (0.15%) LDAP
13 7 (0.15%) PySpark
13 7 (0.15%) XSLT
14 6 (0.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 661 (13.89%) Self-Motivation
2 352 (7.40%) Onboarding
3 349 (7.34%) Management Information System
4 321 (6.75%) Driving Licence
5 88 (1.85%) Social Media
6 66 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 45 (0.95%) Data Centre
8 44 (0.92%) Life Science
8 44 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
9 40 (0.84%) NHS
10 39 (0.82%) Product Ownership
11 37 (0.78%) FMCG
12 36 (0.76%) Data Structures
13 32 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 29 (0.61%) PMI
15 27 (0.57%) Biopharmaceutical
16 23 (0.48%) Blog
16 23 (0.48%) Virtual Team
17 21 (0.44%) Derivative
18 20 (0.42%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 295 (6.20%) Windows
2 78 (1.64%) Linux
3 58 (1.22%) Unix
4 47 (0.99%) Solaris
4 47 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 38 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.25%) Windows Vista
7 11 (0.23%) Android
7 11 (0.23%) Windows 7
8 8 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.11%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.084%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.063%) AIX
11 3 (0.063%) VxWorks
12 2 (0.042%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.042%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.021%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.021%) VMS
13 1 (0.021%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,003 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
2 931 (19.57%) Decision-Making
3 923 (19.40%) Agile
4 861 (18.10%) Business Intelligence
5 666 (14.00%) Actionable Insight
6 649 (13.64%) Mentoring
7 646 (13.58%) Data Analysis
8 565 (11.87%) Project Management
9 542 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 525 (11.03%) Business Case
11 517 (10.87%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 508 (10.68%) Customer Service
13 504 (10.59%) Budgeting
14 481 (10.11%) Logistics
15 439 (9.23%) Process Improvement
16 427 (8.97%) Data Management
17 416 (8.74%) Analytics
18 392 (8.24%) Business Development
19 338 (7.10%) Time Management
20 272 (5.72%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 790 (16.60%) SQL
2 236 (4.96%) Python
3 144 (3.03%) VBA
4 103 (2.16%) R
5 89 (1.87%) C#
6 72 (1.51%) T-SQL
7 70 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 60 (1.26%) JavaScript
9 53 (1.11%) PL/SQL
10 42 (0.88%) PowerShell
11 29 (0.61%) VB
12 26 (0.55%) Java
13 19 (0.40%) PHP
14 12 (0.25%) MATLAB
15 11 (0.23%) VB.NET
16 10 (0.21%) C++
17 9 (0.19%) Groovy
18 7 (0.15%) Bash
19 4 (0.084%) Scala
19 4 (0.084%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 1,501 (31.55%) Degree
2 563 (11.83%) CIMA
3 553 (11.62%) ACCA
4 326 (6.85%) DBS Check
5 150 (3.15%) Security Cleared
6 81 (1.70%) SC Cleared
7 53 (1.11%) Master's Degree
8 51 (1.07%) HNC
9 46 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 44 (0.92%) PMI Certification
11 37 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 32 (0.67%) HND
13 30 (0.63%) CIPD
13 30 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
14 25 (0.53%) MRICS
15 24 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
16 23 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
17 22 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
17 22 (0.46%) PMP
18 20 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (4.22%) Data Quality
2 164 (3.45%) GDPR
3 160 (3.36%) QA
4 122 (2.56%) SLA
5 112 (2.35%) PMO
6 65 (1.37%) ISO 9001
7 45 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 41 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 31 (0.65%) Accessibility
10 26 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 17 (0.36%) COBIT
11 17 (0.36%) ISO 14001
12 15 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
12 15 (0.32%) IFRS
13 14 (0.29%) COSHH
14 13 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.23%) NEBOSH
17 10 (0.21%) NIST
18 9 (0.19%) GMP
System Software
1 156 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 44 (0.92%) Oracle RAC
2 44 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 11 (0.23%) Docker
5 6 (0.13%) VMware Server
6 4 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.084%) vSphere
7 3 (0.063%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.042%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.042%) XenApp
9 1 (0.021%) Firmware
9 1 (0.021%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 45 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
1 45 (0.95%) Oracle RMAN
2 44 (0.92%) Data Guard
3 22 (0.46%) EnCase
4 11 (0.23%) Kubernetes
5 10 (0.21%) Ansible
6 7 (0.15%) Control-M
7 4 (0.084%) AirWatch
7 4 (0.084%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.084%) SCCM
7 4 (0.084%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.084%) Stealthwatch
7 4 (0.084%) Terraform
8 3 (0.063%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.063%) Oracle Statspack
8 3 (0.063%) WSUS
9 2 (0.042%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.042%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.021%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.021%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2,524 (53.05%) Microsoft
2 193 (4.06%) SAP
3 171 (3.59%) Google
4 157 (3.30%) Oracle
5 74 (1.56%) Salesforce
6 67 (1.41%) Alteryx
7 63 (1.32%) VMware
8 60 (1.26%) NEC
9 59 (1.24%) Remedy
10 57 (1.20%) Virgin Media
11 49 (1.03%) Adobe
12 47 (0.99%) Sun
13 33 (0.69%) Sage
14 32 (0.67%) ServiceNow
15 31 (0.65%) Databricks
16 29 (0.61%) Cisco
17 27 (0.57%) NCR
18 22 (0.46%) Citrix
19 21 (0.44%) Xero
20 18 (0.38%) Workday