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 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 80 58
Rank change year-on-year +23 -22 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 46 51 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 3.48% 2.36% 4.11%
As % of the Applications category 27.06% 47.66% 53.13%
Number of salaries quoted 30 13 40
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £27,759
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £30,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +6.25% +3.16%
75th Percentile £57,813 £52,500 £54,063
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,500 £69,125
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +5.26%

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 170 107 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.87% 4.95% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 54 45 72
10th Percentile £28,928 £35,300 £26,025
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £30,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £41,215
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +9.18% -1.87%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,560 £55,625
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,700 £72,125
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £44,388
% change year-on-year -6.25% -9.89% +10.97%

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 10 November 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 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.70%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.17%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 23 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.52%) Google Sheets
3 2 (4.35%) Azure
3 2 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (4.35%) Smartsheet
4 1 (2.17%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) Internet
2 1 (2.17%) Kerberos
2 1 (2.17%) Network Security
2 1 (2.17%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (50.00%) Power BI
2 7 (15.22%) Data Mining
2 7 (15.22%) Tableau
3 6 (13.04%) Power Query
4 2 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.17%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) RStudio
General
1 28 (60.87%) Finance
2 14 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (30.43%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Law
3 5 (10.87%) Military
3 5 (10.87%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.52%) Legal
4 3 (6.52%) Marketing
4 3 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.17%) Back Office
5 1 (2.17%) Billing
5 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) Analyst
2 9 (19.57%) Data Analyst
3 7 (15.22%) Trainee
4 6 (13.04%) Accountant
4 6 (13.04%) Project Manager
4 6 (13.04%) Systems Accountant
4 6 (13.04%) Systems Support
4 6 (13.04%) Trainee Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Administrator
6 2 (4.35%) Coordinator
6 2 (4.35%) Lead
6 2 (4.35%) Resource Coordinator
6 2 (4.35%) Senior
7 1 (2.17%) Business Manager
7 1 (2.17%) Desktop Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) Performance Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) Senior Desktop Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) Senior Desktop Support
7 1 (2.17%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) EDI
2 1 (2.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Driving Licence
1 6 (13.04%) FMCG
1 6 (13.04%) Pricing Data
2 4 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Windows
2 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (36.96%) Project Management
3 15 (32.61%) Analytics
4 14 (30.43%) Data Analysis
5 12 (26.09%) ERP
6 10 (21.74%) Data Analytics
7 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (17.39%) Process Improvement
8 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (15.22%) Agile
9 7 (15.22%) Business Analysis
9 7 (15.22%) Decision-Making
10 6 (13.04%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (13.04%) Data Management
10 6 (13.04%) Migration
11 5 (10.87%) Commercial Awareness
11 5 (10.87%) Customer Service
12 3 (6.52%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 20 (43.48%) SQL
2 9 (19.57%) Python
3 2 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Degree
2 4 (8.70%) ACCA
2 4 (8.70%) CIMA
3 2 (4.35%) AAT
3 2 (4.35%) CCAB
4 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.70%) PMO
3 3 (6.52%) SLA
4 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.17%) EMIR
4 1 (2.17%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) Google
2 4 (8.70%) SAP
3 3 (6.52%) Remedy
4 1 (2.17%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.17%) Pegasus
4 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud