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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 78 60
Rank change year-on-year +27 -18 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 43 49 52
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 3.59% 2.25% 4.14%
As % of the Applications category 25.44% 45.37% 53.06%
Number of salaries quoted 29 12 41
10th Percentile - £27,025 £27,760
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +9.38% +3.86%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,625 £68,750
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -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 169 108 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 14.10% 4.96% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 54 47 76
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £26,125
25th Percentile £29,625 £36,875 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,465
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.97% -0.08%
75th Percentile £56,875 £54,030 £57,813
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,050 £70,625
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -9.09% +10.00%

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 27 October 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 3 (6.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (9.30%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.33%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 20 (46.51%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.98%) Google Sheets
3 1 (2.33%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) Internet
2 1 (2.33%) Kerberos
2 1 (2.33%) Network Security
2 1 (2.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (46.51%) Power BI
2 6 (13.95%) Power Query
3 5 (11.63%) Data Mining
3 5 (11.63%) Tableau
4 1 (2.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) RStudio
General
1 25 (58.14%) Finance
2 14 (32.56%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (16.28%) Law
4 7 (16.28%) Military
4 7 (16.28%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.98%) Legal
5 3 (6.98%) Marketing
5 3 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Back Office
6 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
2 8 (18.60%) Project Manager
3 7 (16.28%) Data Analyst
4 6 (13.95%) Accountant
4 6 (13.95%) Systems Accountant
4 6 (13.95%) Systems Support
5 5 (11.63%) Trainee
6 4 (9.30%) Trainee Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Administrator
8 2 (4.65%) Coordinator
8 2 (4.65%) Resource Coordinator
8 2 (4.65%) Senior
9 1 (2.33%) CRM Executive
9 1 (2.33%) Data Analytics Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Data Business Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Data Technician
9 1 (2.33%) Development Director
9 1 (2.33%) HR Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) EDI
2 1 (2.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Driving Licence
2 6 (13.95%) FMCG
2 6 (13.95%) Pricing Data
3 4 (9.30%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (37.21%) Project Management
3 12 (27.91%) ERP
4 10 (23.26%) Analytics
4 10 (23.26%) Data Analysis
5 7 (16.28%) Commercial Awareness
5 7 (16.28%) Customer Service
5 7 (16.28%) Data Analytics
5 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (13.95%) Agile
6 6 (13.95%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (13.95%) Data Management
6 6 (13.95%) Migration
6 6 (13.95%) Process Improvement
7 5 (11.63%) Business Analysis
8 4 (9.30%) Decision-Making
9 3 (6.98%) Project Delivery
9 3 (6.98%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (37.21%) SQL
2 7 (16.28%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) ACCA
2 4 (9.30%) CIMA
3 2 (4.65%) AAT
3 2 (4.65%) CCAB
4 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.98%) PMO
2 3 (6.98%) SLA
3 1 (2.33%) EMIR
3 1 (2.33%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (55.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) Google
2 4 (9.30%) SAP
3 3 (6.98%) Remedy
4 1 (2.33%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.33%) Pegasus
4 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud