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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 72 68
Rank change year-on-year +24 -4 -11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 50 58 39
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 3.22% 2.83% 3.34%
As % of the Applications category 31.65% 46.77% 43.82%
Number of salaries quoted 30 23 32
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,500 £27,760
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £29,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +4.58%
75th Percentile £54,250 £49,375 £48,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,500 £59,875
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +4.58%

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 158 124 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.16% 6.05% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 54 64 61
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £72,500
West Midlands median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -11.11% +9.09%

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 8 December 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 (8.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (4.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.00%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 25 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (16.00%) Azure
3 4 (8.00%) Azure AI
4 2 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (4.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (4.00%) Google Sheets
4 2 (4.00%) Smartsheet
5 1 (2.00%) AWS
5 1 (2.00%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) Internet
2 1 (2.00%) Kerberos
2 1 (2.00%) Network Security
2 1 (2.00%) PuTTY
2 1 (2.00%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (50.00%) Power BI
2 14 (28.00%) Tableau
3 10 (20.00%) Data Mining
4 6 (12.00%) Power Query
5 3 (6.00%) SQL Server
6 2 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) Git
2 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.00%) Maven
2 1 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (54.00%) Finance
2 18 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.00%) Legal
4 3 (6.00%) Marketing
4 3 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Law
5 2 (4.00%) Military
5 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.00%) Back Office
6 1 (2.00%) Billing
6 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (42.00%) Analyst
2 15 (30.00%) Data Analyst
3 10 (20.00%) Trainee
4 9 (18.00%) Trainee Analyst
4 9 (18.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) Accountant
5 6 (12.00%) Systems Accountant
5 6 (12.00%) Systems Support
6 4 (8.00%) Junior
6 4 (8.00%) Junior Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) Junior Data Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Administrator
7 3 (6.00%) Project Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Senior
8 2 (4.00%) Coordinator
8 2 (4.00%) Lead
8 2 (4.00%) Resource Coordinator
9 1 (2.00%) Desktop Support
9 1 (2.00%) Developer
9 1 (2.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) EDI
2 1 (2.00%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (2.00%) LDAP
2 1 (2.00%) RAML
2 1 (2.00%) REST
2 1 (2.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) FMCG
1 6 (12.00%) Pricing Data
2 5 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (6.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.00%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.00%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.00%) NHS
5 1 (2.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (52.00%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (34.00%) Analytics
2 17 (34.00%) Data Analysis
2 17 (34.00%) Project Management
3 13 (26.00%) Data Analytics
4 11 (22.00%) ERP
5 10 (20.00%) Business Analysis
6 9 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (18.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (16.00%) Process Improvement
8 7 (14.00%) Agile
8 7 (14.00%) AI
8 7 (14.00%) Data Management
8 7 (14.00%) Decision-Making
9 6 (12.00%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (12.00%) Migration
10 3 (6.00%) Service Delivery
10 3 (6.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 26 (52.00%) SQL
2 16 (32.00%) Python
3 2 (4.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Degree
2 4 (8.00%) ACCA
2 4 (8.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (8.00%) CIMA
3 2 (4.00%) AAT
3 2 (4.00%) CCAB
3 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.00%) PMO
3 3 (6.00%) SLA
4 1 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.00%) EMIR
4 1 (2.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (58.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.00%) SAP
3 3 (6.00%) Google
3 3 (6.00%) Remedy
4 1 (2.00%) Adobe
4 1 (2.00%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.00%) Apple
4 1 (2.00%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.00%) Oracle
4 1 (2.00%) Pegasus
4 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud