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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 74 65
Rank change year-on-year +24 -9 -9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 48 56 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 3.26% 2.65% 3.52%
As % of the Applications category 30.97% 45.90% 46.07%
Number of salaries quoted 30 20 34
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,575 £27,753
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £28,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -0.65%
75th Percentile £54,250 £46,875 £47,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £59,625
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +4.58%

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 155 122 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.52% 5.77% 7.64%
Number of salaries quoted 53 61 62
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £25,784
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £28,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £54,063
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £71,625
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% +10.02%

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 1 December 2025.

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 4 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.08%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 24 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (12.50%) Azure
3 3 (6.25%) Azure AI
4 2 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (4.17%) Google Sheets
4 2 (4.17%) Smartsheet
5 1 (2.08%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) Internet
2 1 (2.08%) Kerberos
2 1 (2.08%) Network Security
2 1 (2.08%) PuTTY
2 1 (2.08%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (50.00%) Power BI
2 12 (25.00%) Tableau
3 9 (18.75%) Data Mining
4 6 (12.50%) Power Query
5 3 (6.25%) SQL Server
6 2 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (2.08%) Git
2 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.08%) Maven
2 1 (2.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (56.25%) Finance
2 17 (35.42%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (31.25%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Law
4 3 (6.25%) Legal
4 3 (6.25%) Marketing
4 3 (6.25%) Military
4 3 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.08%) Back Office
6 1 (2.08%) Billing
6 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (37.50%) Analyst
2 13 (27.08%) Data Analyst
3 9 (18.75%) Trainee
4 8 (16.67%) Trainee Analyst
4 8 (16.67%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 6 (12.50%) Accountant
5 6 (12.50%) Systems Accountant
5 6 (12.50%) Systems Support
6 4 (8.33%) Project Manager
7 3 (6.25%) Administrator
7 3 (6.25%) Junior
7 3 (6.25%) Junior Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) Junior Data Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) Senior
8 2 (4.17%) Coordinator
8 2 (4.17%) Lead
8 2 (4.17%) Resource Coordinator
9 1 (2.08%) Desktop Support
9 1 (2.08%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 1 (2.08%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) EDI
2 1 (2.08%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (2.08%) LDAP
2 1 (2.08%) RAML
2 1 (2.08%) REST
2 1 (2.08%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) FMCG
1 6 (12.50%) Pricing Data
2 5 (10.42%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.08%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.08%) NHS
5 1 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.08%) Linux
2 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (52.08%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (35.42%) Project Management
3 16 (33.33%) Analytics
3 16 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 12 (25.00%) Data Analytics
5 11 (22.92%) ERP
6 9 (18.75%) Business Analysis
6 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (16.67%) Process Improvement
8 7 (14.58%) Agile
8 7 (14.58%) Data Management
8 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
9 6 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (12.50%) Migration
10 5 (10.42%) AI
11 3 (6.25%) Service Delivery
11 3 (6.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 24 (50.00%) SQL
2 14 (29.17%) Python
3 2 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Degree
2 4 (8.33%) ACCA
2 4 (8.33%) CIMA
3 3 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.17%) AAT
4 2 (4.17%) CCAB
4 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.08%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.58%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.33%) PMO
3 3 (6.25%) SLA
4 1 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.08%) EMIR
4 1 (2.08%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.33%) SAP
3 3 (6.25%) Google
3 3 (6.25%) Remedy
4 1 (2.08%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.08%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle
4 1 (2.08%) Pegasus
4 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud