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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 70 57
Rank change year-on-year +5 -13 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 35 52 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.92% 2.25% 4.29%
As % of the Applications category 21.47% 42.62% 50.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25 21 44
10th Percentile - £26,000 £26,375
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,000 £27,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,000 £34,800
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% +17.82% -11.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £55,625
90th Percentile - £80,000 £66,875
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 163 122 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.62% 5.27% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 59 56 92
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £24,325
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,563 £27,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £41,000 £36,360
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +12.76% -16.57%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £52,813
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £63,625
West Midlands median annual salary £37,000 £40,000 £41,029
% change year-on-year -7.50% -2.51% +2.57%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel 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 20 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in Birmingham

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.86%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 20 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 3 (8.57%) Google Sheets
3 1 (2.86%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.86%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Kerberos
1 1 (2.86%) Network Security
1 1 (2.86%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (57.14%) Power BI
2 6 (17.14%) Power Query
3 2 (5.71%) Data Mining
3 2 (5.71%) Tableau
4 1 (2.86%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) RStudio
General
1 22 (62.86%) Finance
2 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (20.00%) Law
3 7 (20.00%) Military
3 7 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.71%) Legal
6 2 (5.71%) Marketing
7 1 (2.86%) Back Office
7 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Analyst
1 8 (22.86%) Project Manager
2 6 (17.14%) Accountant
2 6 (17.14%) Systems Accountant
2 6 (17.14%) Systems Support
3 5 (14.29%) Data Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Coordinator
4 2 (5.71%) Resource Coordinator
4 2 (5.71%) Trainee
4 2 (5.71%) Trainee Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) Business Development Director
5 1 (2.86%) CRM Executive
5 1 (2.86%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) Data Technician
5 1 (2.86%) Energy Trading Project Manager
5 1 (2.86%) HR Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) IT Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) PMO Manager
5 1 (2.86%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) EDI
2 1 (2.86%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.86%) Driving Licence
2 6 (17.14%) FMCG
2 6 (17.14%) Pricing Data
3 4 (11.43%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.86%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (54.29%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (37.14%) Project Management
3 12 (34.29%) ERP
4 8 (22.86%) Analytics
5 7 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 7 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 7 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (17.14%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (17.14%) Data Management
6 6 (17.14%) Migration
6 6 (17.14%) Process Improvement
7 5 (14.29%) Data Analytics
8 4 (11.43%) Decision-Making
9 3 (8.57%) Actionable Insight
9 3 (8.57%) Agile
9 3 (8.57%) Project Delivery
9 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (37.14%) SQL
2 4 (11.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Degree
2 4 (11.43%) ACCA
2 4 (11.43%) CIMA
3 2 (5.71%) AAT
3 2 (5.71%) CCAB
4 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.57%) PMO
3 1 (2.86%) EMIR
3 1 (2.86%) GDPR
Vendors
1 17 (48.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Google
2 4 (11.43%) SAP
3 1 (2.86%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.86%) Pegasus
3 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud