Microsoft Excel Job Trends in Birmingham

Microsoft Excel
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 69 61
Rank change year-on-year +23 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 57 59 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 3.29% 3.15% 3.01%
As % of the Applications category 37.75% 50.43% 43.02%
Number of salaries quoted 31 25 33
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,200 £27,760
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +4.58%
75th Percentile £52,250 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £54,500 £57,000
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -22.22% +17.65%

All Software Application Skills
Birmingham

Microsoft Excel falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 151 117 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 8.72% 6.24% 7.00%
Number of salaries quoted 55 64 61
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +4.23%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £63,750
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +5.88%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in Birmingham

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (7.02%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.75%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 25 (43.86%) Power Platform
2 17 (29.82%) Azure
3 8 (14.04%) AWS
4 5 (8.77%) Azure AI
5 2 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.51%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.75%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) Internet
2 1 (1.75%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.75%) Network Security
2 1 (1.75%) PuTTY
2 1 (1.75%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (43.86%) Power BI
2 18 (31.58%) Tableau
3 13 (22.81%) Data Mining
4 6 (10.53%) Power Query
5 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
6 2 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.75%) Maven
2 1 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (42.11%) Finance
2 21 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (35.09%) Social Skills
4 8 (14.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (7.02%) Legal
6 3 (5.26%) Marketing
6 3 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.75%) Billing
8 1 (1.75%) Law
8 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.75%) Military
8 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Retail
8 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (56.14%) Analyst
2 19 (33.33%) Data Analyst
3 13 (22.81%) Trainee
4 12 (21.05%) Trainee Analyst
4 12 (21.05%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Systems Support
6 5 (8.77%) Junior
6 5 (8.77%) Junior Analyst
6 5 (8.77%) Junior Data Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Accountant
7 4 (7.02%) Systems Accountant
8 3 (5.26%) Administrator
8 3 (5.26%) Senior
9 2 (3.51%) Lead
10 1 (1.75%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
10 1 (1.75%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Analyst
10 1 (1.75%) CRM Executive
10 1 (1.75%) Data Analytics Analyst
10 1 (1.75%) Development Director
10 1 (1.75%) HR Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (1.75%) LDAP
1 1 (1.75%) RAML
1 1 (1.75%) REST
1 1 (1.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Onboarding
2 8 (14.04%) Public Cloud
3 6 (10.53%) FMCG
3 6 (10.53%) Pricing Data
4 5 (8.77%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.75%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.75%) NHS
6 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.26%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.75%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (45.61%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (35.09%) Analytics
2 20 (35.09%) Data Analysis
3 17 (29.82%) Project Management
4 16 (28.07%) AI
4 16 (28.07%) Data Analytics
5 13 (22.81%) Business Analysis
6 11 (19.30%) ERP
7 10 (17.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (14.04%) Agile
8 8 (14.04%) Client Onboarding
8 8 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (14.04%) Cost Optimisation
8 8 (14.04%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (14.04%) FinOps
8 8 (14.04%) Software Licensing
9 7 (12.28%) Data Management
9 7 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (12.28%) Process Improvement
10 6 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 30 (52.63%) SQL
2 20 (35.09%) Python
3 2 (3.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) AWS Certification
2 6 (10.53%) Degree
3 5 (8.77%) Azure Certification
4 4 (7.02%) ACCA
4 4 (7.02%) CIMA
5 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.28%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.26%) SLA
3 2 (3.51%) PMO
4 1 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.75%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) Adobe
2 8 (14.04%) Apple
3 4 (7.02%) SAP
4 3 (5.26%) Remedy
5 1 (1.75%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.75%) DocuSign
5 1 (1.75%) Google
5 1 (1.75%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.75%) Oracle
5 1 (1.75%) Pegasus
5 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud