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Excel Skills for Jobs

A role-by-role view of Excel skills, from everyday to advanced.

Level Skills Learn it
Everyday Tables, filtering, SUM/IF, charts, formatting Excel course
Intermediate XLOOKUP, SUMIFS/COUNTIFS, pivots, data validation Excel course
Advanced Dynamic arrays, Power Query, Power Pivot, automation Advanced Excel
Analytical Profiling, variance analysis, dashboards Data analysis, dashboards

By function

  • Finance and accounts: reconciliations, lookups, variance, pivots
  • MIS: recurring reports, Power Query, dashboards
  • Sales and operations: SUMIFS, pivots, forecasting basics
  • HR: headcount and attrition summaries

Advanced Excel roles

Listings that say “advanced Excel” often mean lookups, pivots, Power Query and sometimes macros. Read each listing for specifics, then match them with the Advanced Excel course topics.

Next level: add Power BI. No course guarantees a job.

Last reviewed: October 2026

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