Excel jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-28, Excel appears in 5,158 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Analyst has the most postings mentioning Excel, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28

Postings · last 90 days
5,158
Demand vs prior month
down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 9.1% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about Excel

+Is Excel in demand in 2026?

Yes. Excel appears in 5,158 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks. Data Analyst accounts for the most postings mentioning Excel (9.1% of all postings mentioning Excel).

+What jobs require Excel?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Excel are Finance Analyst (54.5% of that role’s postings mention Excel), FP&A Analyst (50.0% of that role’s postings mention Excel), Business Operations Analyst (43.8% of that role’s postings mention Excel).

+What skills are commonly paired with Excel?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Excel most often appears alongside SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, PowerPoint.

+Where is Excel most in demand?

As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Excel are New York City, Toronto, Bengaluru, São Paulo, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Excel content and jobs?

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Weekly job postings requiring Excel — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Roles most likely to require Excel

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Finance Analyst1854.5%
FP&A Analyst2150.0%
Business Operations Analyst1443.8%
Finance Data Analyst1142.3%
Actuarial Analyst840.0%
Sales Operations Analyst2339.0%
FP&A Manager1638.1%
Sales Operations Manager1035.7%
Financial Data Analyst1230.8%
Operations Analyst2130.0%

Roles with the most Excel postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Data Analyst4719.1%
Business Analyst4007.8%
Program Manager2625.1%
Product Manager1512.9%
Data Scientist801.6%
Business Intelligence Analyst731.4%
Systems Engineer631.2%
Analytics Manager460.9%
Software Engineer410.8%
Analyst330.6%

Top metros hiring for Excel

NamePostingsShare
New York City2114.1%
Toronto881.7%
Bengaluru691.3%
São Paulo681.3%
London661.3%
San Francisco561.1%
Berlin521.0%
Singapore521.0%
Washington521.0%

Skills commonly paired with Excel

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Excel by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Excel postings by all Excel postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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a04333e882384cba
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2026-09-28
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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index