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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 57 59
Rank change year-on-year -26 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 40 38 71
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.19% 3.03% 2.96%
As % of the Applications category 40.40% 24.36% 48.63%
Number of salaries quoted 15 20 40
10th Percentile £32,650 £30,300 £29,985
25th Percentile £34,875 £41,250 £35,338
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +18.29% +22.39%
75th Percentile £47,500 £65,000 £59,063
90th Percentile £58,750 £66,250 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £36,250
% change year-on-year -11.76% +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 99 156 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.94% 12.43% 6.09%
Number of salaries quoted 56 65 77
10th Percentile £32,004 £27,750 £27,600
25th Percentile £34,760 £30,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% +39.71%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £77,000
West Midlands median annual salary £38,500 £37,000 £37,750
% change year-on-year +4.05% -1.99% -5.63%

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 2 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 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.50%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (67.50%) Power Platform
2 14 (35.00%) Azure
2 14 (35.00%) Azure AI
3 3 (7.50%) Google Sheets
3 3 (7.50%) SaaS
4 2 (5.00%) AWS
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (65.00%) Power BI
2 20 (50.00%) Tableau
3 4 (10.00%) Data Mining
4 3 (7.50%) Power Query
5 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.50%) Star Schema
General
1 27 (67.50%) Social Skills
2 19 (47.50%) Finance
3 16 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Retail
5 5 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 5 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (7.50%) Legal
6 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Social Housing
7 2 (5.00%) Law
7 2 (5.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (60.00%) Analyst
2 22 (55.00%) Data Analyst
3 17 (42.50%) Junior
3 17 (42.50%) Junior Analyst
3 17 (42.50%) Junior Data Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Trainee
4 4 (10.00%) Trainee Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Accountant
5 3 (7.50%) Business Intelligence Specialist
5 3 (7.50%) Lead
5 3 (7.50%) Senior
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Accountant
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Systems Accountant
5 3 (7.50%) Systems Accountant
6 2 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Power BI Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Sales Executive
6 2 (5.00%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (72.50%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (60.00%) AI
3 15 (37.50%) Analytics
4 10 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 9 (22.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (17.50%) Data Analysis
6 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (15.00%) Data Analytics
7 6 (15.00%) Data Modelling
7 6 (15.00%) Project Management
7 6 (15.00%) Workflow
8 5 (12.50%) Business Analysis
8 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
8 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (10.00%) Computer Science
9 4 (10.00%) CRM
10 3 (7.50%) Benchmarking
10 3 (7.50%) SEO
10 3 (7.50%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (60.00%) SQL
2 20 (50.00%) Python
3 4 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (10.00%) Degree
3 3 (7.50%) AAT
3 3 (7.50%) ACCA
3 3 (7.50%) CCAB
3 3 (7.50%) CIMA
4 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 28 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.50%) Google
3 2 (5.00%) IFS
4 1 (2.50%) Databricks
4 1 (2.50%) Oracle