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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 67 63
Rank change year-on-year -17 -4 -9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 37 37 65
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.07% 2.92% 2.73%
As % of the Applications category 42.05% 22.42% 46.43%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 35
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,850 £29,500
25th Percentile £34,750 £41,250 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.44% +9.47% +41.79%
75th Percentile £47,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £36,000 £42,500 £36,250
% change year-on-year -15.29% +17.24% -9.38%

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 88 165 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.56% 13.03% 5.88%
Number of salaries quoted 55 61 76
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £27,375
25th Percentile £34,882 £28,500 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +37.68%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £61,500 £65,000 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £38,375 £37,000 £39,750
% change year-on-year +3.72% -6.92% -2.45%

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 16 August 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 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.41%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.70%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 25 (67.57%) Power Platform
2 12 (32.43%) Azure
2 12 (32.43%) Azure AI
3 3 (8.11%) Google Sheets
3 3 (8.11%) SaaS
4 2 (5.41%) AWS
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (64.86%) Power BI
2 16 (43.24%) Tableau
3 3 (8.11%) Power Query
4 2 (5.41%) Data Mining
5 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.70%) Star Schema
General
1 26 (70.27%) Social Skills
2 18 (48.65%) Finance
3 15 (40.54%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (16.22%) Retail
5 5 (13.51%) Manufacturing
5 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
6 4 (10.81%) Legal
7 3 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (8.11%) Social Housing
8 2 (5.41%) Law
8 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (54.05%) Analyst
2 18 (48.65%) Data Analyst
3 15 (40.54%) Junior
3 15 (40.54%) Junior Analyst
3 15 (40.54%) Junior Data Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Accountant
4 3 (8.11%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 3 (8.11%) Lead
4 3 (8.11%) Senior
4 3 (8.11%) Senior Accountant
4 3 (8.11%) Senior Systems Accountant
4 3 (8.11%) Systems Accountant
5 2 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Digital Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Power BI Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Sales Executive
5 2 (5.41%) SQL Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (8.11%) Onboarding
1 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.70%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.70%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (72.97%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (59.46%) AI
3 13 (35.14%) Analytics
4 11 (29.73%) Decision-Making
5 10 (27.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (16.22%) Data Modelling
7 6 (16.22%) Workflow
8 5 (13.51%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (13.51%) CRM
8 5 (13.51%) Dashboard Development
8 5 (13.51%) Data Analysis
8 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (10.81%) Computer Science
9 4 (10.81%) Data Analytics
9 4 (10.81%) Project Management
10 3 (8.11%) Benchmarking
10 3 (8.11%) Data Governance
10 3 (8.11%) SEO
10 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (54.05%) SQL
2 16 (43.24%) Python
3 4 (10.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 12 (32.43%) Azure Certification
2 4 (10.81%) Degree
3 3 (8.11%) AAT
3 3 (8.11%) ACCA
3 3 (8.11%) CCAB
3 3 (8.11%) CIMA
4 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.41%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 25 (67.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Google
3 2 (5.41%) IFS
4 1 (2.70%) Databricks
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle