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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 86 141
Rank change year-on-year +35 +55 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 4,528 3,781 4,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.53% 3.81% 2.95%
As % of the Applications category 45.94% 43.53% 34.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,253 1,880 2,689
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 £59,146 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,736 £37,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.71% -7.50% -

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 9,856 8,686 13,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.87% 8.76% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,090 4,760 7,084
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £44,242 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% -1.68% +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 £39,500
% 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 18 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 18 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 +38 4,085 £40,000 -11.11% 1,994
UK excluding London +23 3,144 £36,736 -0.71% 1,474
Work from Home +37 1,494 £43,933 +3.37% 699
London +57 1,234 £54,000 -6.09% 647
South East +36 1,079 £42,000 +5.00% 325
Midlands +23 641 £37,500 +4.65% 288
North of England +6 549 £33,359 -1.88% 413
West Midlands +12 405 £40,000 - 159
North West +25 352 £35,000 - 234
East of England +26 277 £32,500 +2.98% 171
South West -9 265 £37,500 +3.88% 176
East Midlands +41 235 £32,000 +3.23% 130
Scotland -3 211 £35,000 -4.63% 87
Yorkshire +16 141 £35,000 +2.94% 137
Wales +1 94 £28,500 -18.57% 49
North East -33 56 £30,000 -7.69% 48
Northern Ireland +31 19 £35,000 +25.00% 18
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 (6.05%) SharePoint
2 52 (1.15%) 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 (0.49%) 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 1,430 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1,193 (26.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 175 (3.86%) MS Visio
4 170 (3.75%) Microsoft Project
5 122 (2.69%) Spreadsheet
6 40 (0.88%) SPSS
7 34 (0.75%) AutoCAD
8 18 (0.40%) 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 (1.46%) Primavera
2 48 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
3 15 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 12 (0.27%) Epicor Tropos
6 11 (0.24%) ResourceLink
7 10 (0.22%) NEC Housing
7 10 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 9 (0.20%) SAP BPC
8 9 (0.20%) SAP Business One
8 9 (0.20%) SAP QM
9 8 (0.18%) Magento
9 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
10 7 (0.15%) Relativity
11 6 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
11 6 (0.13%) SAP PLM
11 6 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 884 (19.52%) Power Platform
2 289 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
3 249 (5.50%) Azure
4 88 (1.94%) AWS
5 67 (1.48%) OneDrive
6 65 (1.44%) Entra ID
7 60 (1.33%) PowerApps
7 60 (1.33%) SaaS
8 53 (1.17%) Power Automate
9 49 (1.08%) Google Analytics
10 40 (0.88%) Google Sheets
11 38 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (0.60%) GCP
13 22 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 17 (0.38%) 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 (11.22%) Broadband
2 56 (1.24%) Firewall
3 53 (1.17%) Internet
4 46 (1.02%) Intranet
5 33 (0.73%) DNS
6 29 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
7 24 (0.53%) WAN
8 23 (0.51%) Wireless
9 22 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (0.40%) TCP/IP
11 17 (0.38%) 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 Firepower
17 6 (0.13%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 861 (19.02%) Power BI
2 260 (5.74%) Tableau
3 203 (4.48%) SQL Server
4 101 (2.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 92 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
6 71 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 61 (1.35%) Oracle Database
8 58 (1.28%) MS Access
8 58 (1.28%) 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 (0.80%) Data Mining
12 35 (0.77%) QlikView
13 34 (0.75%) GIS
14 31 (0.68%) Big Data
15 25 (0.55%) Amazon QuickSight
16 23 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
16 23 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 149 (3.29%) JIRA
2 37 (0.82%) Git
3 26 (0.57%) 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%) Gradle
12 1 (0.022%) SoapUI
General
1 2,585 (57.09%) Social Skills
2 1,753 (38.71%) Finance
3 1,570 (34.67%) Analytical Skills
4 594 (13.12%) Retail
5 533 (11.77%) Influencing Skills
6 387 (8.55%) Legal
7 331 (7.31%) Marketing
8 330 (7.29%) Organisational Skills
9 268 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 244 (5.39%) Banking
11 222 (4.90%) German Language
12 191 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
13 170 (3.75%) Law
14 168 (3.71%) Military
15 141 (3.11%) Telecoms
16 129 (2.85%) Manufacturing
17 116 (2.56%) Public Sector
18 110 (2.43%) Investment Banking
19 93 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
20 86 (1.90%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,550 (34.23%) Analyst
2 608 (13.43%) Senior
3 400 (8.83%) Senior Analyst
4 355 (7.84%) Graduate
5 308 (6.80%) Data Analyst
6 254 (5.61%) Project Manager
7 234 (5.17%) Financial Analyst
8 228 (5.04%) Coordinator
9 190 (4.20%) Commercial Analyst
10 188 (4.15%) Administrator
11 138 (3.05%) Lead
12 135 (2.98%) Development Manager
13 124 (2.74%) Developer
14 105 (2.32%) Business Manager
15 99 (2.19%) Business Development Manager
16 98 (2.16%) Support Engineer
17 96 (2.12%) Business Analyst
18 86 (1.90%) Support Analyst
19 77 (1.70%) SQL Analyst
19 77 (1.70%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (1.26%) .NET
2 55 (1.21%) HTML
3 35 (0.77%) CSS
4 29 (0.64%) EDI
5 25 (0.55%) XML
6 23 (0.51%) .NET Framework
6 23 (0.51%) Web Services
7 21 (0.46%) JSON
8 12 (0.27%) 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
13 6 (0.13%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 677 (14.95%) Self-Motivation
2 363 (8.02%) Management Information System
3 323 (7.13%) Driving Licence
4 312 (6.89%) Onboarding
5 85 (1.88%) Social Media
6 66 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
7 43 (0.95%) Data Centre
7 43 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
8 40 (0.88%) Product Ownership
9 37 (0.82%) FMCG
9 37 (0.82%) Life Science
10 36 (0.80%) Data Structures
10 36 (0.80%) NHS
11 32 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 29 (0.64%) Biopharmaceutical
12 29 (0.64%) PMI
13 24 (0.53%) Digital Media
14 23 (0.51%) Blog
15 21 (0.46%) Virtual Team
16 20 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 280 (6.18%) Windows
2 76 (1.68%) Linux
3 55 (1.21%) Unix
4 48 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 47 (1.04%) Solaris
6 33 (0.73%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.24%) 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 (0.088%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.088%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.066%) AIX
13 2 (0.044%) VxWorks
13 2 (0.044%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.044%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.022%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.022%) VMS
14 1 (0.022%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 983 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
2 919 (20.30%) Decision-Making
3 844 (18.64%) Business Intelligence
4 819 (18.09%) Agile
5 667 (14.73%) Actionable Insight
6 647 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 597 (13.18%) Data Analysis
8 556 (12.28%) Project Management
9 521 (11.51%) Business Case
10 499 (11.02%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 495 (10.93%) Budgeting
12 490 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 461 (10.18%) Customer Service
14 418 (9.23%) Process Improvement
15 406 (8.97%) Analytics
16 336 (7.42%) Time Management
17 326 (7.20%) Data Management
18 299 (6.60%) Logistics
19 268 (5.92%) Visualisation
20 251 (5.54%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 787 (17.38%) SQL
2 247 (5.45%) Python
3 142 (3.14%) VBA
4 107 (2.36%) R
5 95 (2.10%) C#
6 72 (1.59%) T-SQL
7 69 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 61 (1.35%) JavaScript
9 53 (1.17%) PL/SQL
10 45 (0.99%) PowerShell
11 30 (0.66%) VB
12 25 (0.55%) 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 1,434 (31.67%) Degree
2 558 (12.32%) CIMA
3 548 (12.10%) ACCA
4 325 (7.18%) DBS Check
5 149 (3.29%) Security Cleared
6 83 (1.83%) SC Cleared
7 50 (1.10%) Master's Degree
8 49 (1.08%) HNC
9 43 (0.95%) PMI Certification
10 42 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 37 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 32 (0.71%) HND
13 29 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
14 27 (0.60%) CIPD
15 25 (0.55%) MRICS
16 24 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
17 23 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
17 23 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
18 21 (0.46%) PMP
19 18 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 199 (4.39%) Data Quality
2 163 (3.60%) GDPR
3 153 (3.38%) QA
4 124 (2.74%) SLA
5 112 (2.47%) PMO
6 68 (1.50%) ISO 9001
7 49 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
8 45 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 32 (0.71%) Accessibility
10 30 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 17 (0.38%) COBIT
11 17 (0.38%) 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
17 8 (0.18%) Good Clinical Practice
18 7 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 151 (3.33%) 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 5 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.11%) 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
3 41 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (0.57%) EnCase
5 11 (0.24%) Kubernetes
6 10 (0.22%) Ansible
7 6 (0.13%) Stealthwatch
8 5 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.11%) Control-M
8 5 (0.11%) SCCM
9 4 (0.088%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.088%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.088%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.088%) Terraform
10 3 (0.066%) Oracle Statspack
10 3 (0.066%) WSUS
11 2 (0.044%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.044%) PaperCut
12 1 (0.022%) Grafana
12 1 (0.022%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 2,359 (52.10%) Microsoft
2 197 (4.35%) SAP
3 164 (3.62%) Google
4 158 (3.49%) Oracle
5 72 (1.59%) Alteryx
6 68 (1.50%) Salesforce
7 65 (1.44%) VMware
8 57 (1.26%) Virgin Media
9 56 (1.24%) NEC
9 56 (1.24%) Remedy
10 47 (1.04%) Adobe
10 47 (1.04%) Sun
11 34 (0.75%) ServiceNow
12 33 (0.73%) Databricks
12 33 (0.73%) Sage
13 31 (0.68%) Cisco
14 27 (0.60%) NCR
15 21 (0.46%) Xero
16 20 (0.44%) Citrix
17 18 (0.40%) Openreach