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 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 69 59
Rank change year-on-year +16 -10 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 54 63 72
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 2.93% 3.53% 3.70%
As % of the Applications category 35.29% 50.81% 47.68%
Number of salaries quoted 27 29 63
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,900 £26,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,250 £54,750 £57,500
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -9.09% -3.75%

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 153 124 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 8.31% 6.95% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 51 69 112
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £31,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +4.58%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £56,300 £61,250
West Midlands median annual salary £39,000 £42,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +10.39% -3.75%

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 February 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 (5.56%) Confluence
2 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 24 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 21 (38.89%) Azure
3 8 (14.81%) AWS
4 7 (12.96%) Azure AI
5 4 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (3.70%) IaaS
6 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (3.70%) PaaS
6 2 (3.70%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.70%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.70%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) Internet
2 1 (1.85%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.85%) Network Security
2 1 (1.85%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (44.44%) Power BI
2 21 (38.89%) Tableau
3 14 (25.93%) Data Mining
4 6 (11.11%) Power Query
5 4 (7.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
7 2 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (3.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.85%) Git
3 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.85%) Maven
3 1 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 21 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (37.04%) Finance
4 8 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (11.11%) Legal
6 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Marketing
8 1 (1.85%) Billing
8 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (62.96%) Analyst
2 22 (40.74%) Data Analyst
3 14 (25.93%) Trainee
4 13 (24.07%) Trainee Analyst
4 13 (24.07%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 7 (12.96%) Junior
5 7 (12.96%) Junior Analyst
5 7 (12.96%) Junior Data Analyst
6 6 (11.11%) Systems Support
7 3 (5.56%) Administrator
7 3 (5.56%) Developer
8 2 (3.70%) Business Developer
8 2 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 2 (3.70%) Lead
8 2 (3.70%) Senior
9 1 (1.85%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 1 (1.85%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Analyst
9 1 (1.85%) HR Analyst
9 1 (1.85%) Insight Manager
9 1 (1.85%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (1.85%) LDAP
1 1 (1.85%) RAML
1 1 (1.85%) REST
1 1 (1.85%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 8 (14.81%) Public Cloud
3 6 (11.11%) FMCG
3 6 (11.11%) Pricing Data
4 3 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.85%) NHS
6 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Windows
2 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.85%) Linux
2 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (46.30%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (35.19%) AI
2 19 (35.19%) Data Analysis
3 18 (33.33%) Analytics
4 17 (31.48%) Project Management
5 15 (27.78%) Data Analytics
6 14 (25.93%) Business Analysis
7 8 (14.81%) Client Onboarding
7 8 (14.81%) Cost Optimisation
7 8 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (14.81%) FinOps
7 8 (14.81%) Software Licensing
8 7 (12.96%) Data Management
8 7 (12.96%) ERP
9 6 (11.11%) Agile
9 6 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (11.11%) Decision-Making
9 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (9.26%) Actionable Insight
11 4 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 33 (61.11%) SQL
2 22 (40.74%) Python
3 2 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) AWS Certification
2 7 (12.96%) Azure Certification
3 4 (7.41%) Degree
4 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.56%) SLA
3 2 (3.70%) PMO
4 1 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) Adobe
2 8 (14.81%) Apple
3 3 (5.56%) Remedy
4 2 (3.70%) DocuSign
5 1 (1.85%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.85%) Oracle
5 1 (1.85%) Pegasus