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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 65 50
Rank change year-on-year -2 -15 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 44 37 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.38% 2.99% 3.45%
As % of the Applications category 41.90% 23.57% 52.11%
Number of salaries quoted 18 17 67
10th Percentile £33,700 £28,950 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £47,924 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £74,000
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% -9.64%

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 105 157 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.29% 12.68% 6.62%
Number of salaries quoted 54 64 110
10th Percentile £31,702 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £31,313 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +3.66% +18.84%
75th Percentile £55,188 £50,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,375 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £38,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.67% -6.25%

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 19 July 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 (6.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (68.18%) Power Platform
2 17 (38.64%) Azure
3 15 (34.09%) Azure AI
4 3 (6.82%) Google Sheets
4 3 (6.82%) SaaS
5 2 (4.55%) AWS
5 2 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (4.55%) IaaS
5 2 (4.55%) PaaS
5 2 (4.55%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.55%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (65.91%) Power BI
2 22 (50.00%) Tableau
3 5 (11.36%) Data Mining
4 3 (6.82%) Power Query
4 3 (6.82%) Star Schema
5 2 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 30 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 22 (50.00%) Finance
3 17 (38.64%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.64%) Retail
5 5 (11.36%) Legal
5 5 (11.36%) Manufacturing
5 5 (11.36%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.82%) Social Housing
7 2 (4.55%) Law
7 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 26 (59.09%) Analyst
2 24 (54.55%) Data Analyst
3 18 (40.91%) Junior
3 18 (40.91%) Junior Analyst
3 18 (40.91%) Junior Data Analyst
4 5 (11.36%) Trainee
4 5 (11.36%) Trainee Analyst
4 5 (11.36%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Accountant
5 3 (6.82%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (6.82%) Business Intelligence Specialist
5 3 (6.82%) Developer
5 3 (6.82%) Lead
5 3 (6.82%) Senior
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Accountant
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Systems Accountant
5 3 (6.82%) Systems Accountant
6 2 (4.55%) Business Developer
6 2 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
1 3 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.55%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.27%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (72.73%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (56.82%) AI
3 16 (36.36%) Analytics
4 12 (27.27%) Decision-Making
5 10 (22.73%) Data Analysis
6 9 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (15.91%) Data Analytics
7 7 (15.91%) Project Management
8 6 (13.64%) Business Analysis
8 6 (13.64%) CRM
8 6 (13.64%) Data Modelling
8 6 (13.64%) Workflow
9 5 (11.36%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (11.36%) Dashboard Development
9 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (9.09%) Coaching
10 4 (9.09%) Computer Science
11 3 (6.82%) Data Protection
11 3 (6.82%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (63.64%) SQL
2 22 (50.00%) Python
3 4 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 15 (34.09%) Azure Certification
2 4 (9.09%) Degree
3 3 (6.82%) AAT
3 3 (6.82%) ACCA
3 3 (6.82%) CCAB
3 3 (6.82%) CIMA
4 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.55%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 30 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) Google
3 2 (4.55%) IFS
4 1 (2.27%) Databricks
4 1 (2.27%) Oracle