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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 60 90
Rank change year-on-year -34 +30 -34
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 40 39 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.10% 3.31% 1.98%
As % of the Applications category 45.45% 22.16% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 19 26 11
10th Percentile £34,750 - £26,000
25th Percentile £37,285 £29,000 £29,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,438 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -6.67%

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 88 176 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.42% 14.92% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 59 55 50
10th Percentile £23,500 £28,500 £32,375
25th Percentile £35,563 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -15.68% +12.22%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £57,015
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £68,250
West Midlands median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +2.67% -6.25% -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 11 October 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 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.50%) Chatbot
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 22 (55.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.50%) Azure
2 3 (7.50%) Azure AI
2 3 (7.50%) Google Sheets
3 2 (5.00%) AWS
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (52.50%) Power BI
2 4 (10.00%) Power Query
3 3 (7.50%) Tableau
4 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.50%) Star Schema
General
1 25 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 21 (52.50%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (42.50%) Finance
4 12 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (17.50%) Public Sector
6 5 (12.50%) Law
7 4 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (10.00%) Social Housing
8 3 (7.50%) Marketing
8 3 (7.50%) Military
8 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (5.00%) Retail
9 2 (5.00%) Telecoms
10 1 (2.50%) Automotive
10 1 (2.50%) Legal
10 1 (2.50%) Local Government
10 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Analyst
2 7 (17.50%) Data Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Junior
3 5 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Junior Data Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Senior
5 3 (7.50%) Accountant
5 3 (7.50%) Business Intelligence Specialist
5 3 (7.50%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Report Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Accountant
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Systems Accountant
5 3 (7.50%) Systems Accountant
6 2 (5.00%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Data Insight Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Insight Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Insight Data Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Insight Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 3 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.00%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.50%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (42.50%) Decision-Making
4 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (27.50%) AI
6 10 (25.00%) Analytics
7 9 (22.50%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
8 8 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
9 7 (17.50%) Data Analysis
9 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (15.00%) Benchmarking
10 6 (15.00%) CRM
10 6 (15.00%) Project Management
11 5 (12.50%) Data Modelling
11 5 (12.50%) Project Delivery
12 4 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 4 (10.00%) ERP
12 4 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) SQL
2 7 (17.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (12.50%) Python
4 2 (5.00%) R
5 1 (2.50%) PHP
5 1 (2.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) Degree
2 3 (7.50%) AAT
2 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
2 3 (7.50%) CCAB
3 2 (5.00%) ACCA
3 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.50%) CIMA
4 1 (2.50%) City & Guilds
4 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) QA
2 3 (7.50%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 26 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.50%) Google
2 3 (7.50%) NEC
3 2 (5.00%) IFS
4 1 (2.50%) Databricks
4 1 (2.50%) Oracle