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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 48 52
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 57 67 94
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 2.46% 4.60% 3.97%
As % of the Applications category 40.71% 49.63% 47.72%
Number of salaries quoted 22 32 75
10th Percentile - £31,425 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +10.09%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,813 £48,750
90th Percentile £48,682 £57,125 £60,750
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

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 140 135 197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.03% 9.27% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 53 80 132
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,375 £26,025
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £41,715
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +7.87% +16.96%
75th Percentile £50,250 £50,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £56,420 £63,500
West Midlands median annual salary £38,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -9.41% +13.33% -10.24%

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
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 2 (3.51%) Confluence
1 2 (3.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (49.12%) Azure
2 23 (40.35%) Power Platform
3 14 (24.56%) Azure AI
4 8 (14.04%) AWS
5 4 (7.02%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (5.26%) SaaS
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.51%) IaaS
7 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (3.51%) PaaS
7 2 (3.51%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.51%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.51%) Smartsheet
8 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) Internet
2 1 (1.75%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (52.63%) Tableau
2 23 (40.35%) Power BI
3 16 (28.07%) Data Mining
4 4 (7.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
6 2 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (3.51%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.75%) Git
3 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.75%) Maven
3 1 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 28 (49.12%) Social Skills
2 26 (45.61%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (45.61%) Finance
3 8 (14.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (14.04%) Legal
4 4 (7.02%) Retail
5 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Billing
6 1 (1.75%) Marketing
6 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 40 (70.18%) Analyst
2 30 (52.63%) Data Analyst
3 16 (28.07%) Trainee
4 15 (26.32%) Trainee Analyst
4 15 (26.32%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 14 (24.56%) Junior
5 14 (24.56%) Junior Analyst
5 14 (24.56%) Junior Data Analyst
6 5 (8.77%) Lead
7 3 (5.26%) Administrator
7 3 (5.26%) Developer
8 2 (3.51%) Business Developer
8 2 (3.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 2 (3.51%) Senior
9 1 (1.75%) 2nd Line Support
9 1 (1.75%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 1 (1.75%) Senior Developer
9 1 (1.75%) Senior Support Analyst
9 1 (1.75%) Support Analyst
9 1 (1.75%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (1.75%) RAML
1 1 (1.75%) REST
1 1 (1.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) Onboarding
1 8 (14.04%) Public Cloud
2 5 (8.77%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.75%) NHS
4 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.75%) Linux
1 1 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.88%) AI
2 27 (47.37%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (38.60%) Analytics
4 20 (35.09%) Data Analysis
5 19 (33.33%) Project Management
6 16 (28.07%) Business Analysis
6 16 (28.07%) Data Analytics
7 10 (17.54%) Decision-Making
8 8 (14.04%) Client Onboarding
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%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (10.53%) Agile
11 5 (8.77%) Actionable Insight
11 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 4 (7.02%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 4 (7.02%) Coaching
12 4 (7.02%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 34 (59.65%) SQL
2 30 (52.63%) Python
3 2 (3.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (24.56%) Azure Certification
2 8 (14.04%) AWS Certification
3 3 (5.26%) ACCA
3 3 (5.26%) CIMA
4 2 (3.51%) Degree
5 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.26%) SLA
3 2 (3.51%) PMO
4 1 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (80.70%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) Adobe
2 8 (14.04%) Apple
3 3 (5.26%) Remedy
4 2 (3.51%) DocuSign
5 1 (1.75%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.75%) Oracle