Microsoft Excel Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Excel
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 81 27
Rank change year-on-year +39 -54 +26
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 393 186 854
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.18% 3.71% 6.15%
As % of the Applications category 60.37% 29.90% 49.80%
Number of salaries quoted 145 123 339
10th Percentile £27,400 £25,425 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £37,350
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.29% +4.23%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £54,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,362 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.58% +5.91% -11.11%

All Software Application Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 651 622 1,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.27% 12.42% 12.35%
Number of salaries quoted 341 295 857
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,625 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £25,822
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -9.68%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -11.11% +16.13% -13.89%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Excel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Excel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +17 198 £38,000 - 60
East Midlands +40 195 £30,500 -3.17% 53
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.76%) IIS
Applications
1 49 (12.47%) Microsoft Office
1 49 (12.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.27%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.76%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.51%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 3 (0.76%) Magento
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 233 (59.29%) Power Platform
2 186 (47.33%) Azure
3 176 (44.78%) Azure AI
4 25 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.80%) SaaS
6 10 (2.54%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.29%) PowerApps
8 7 (1.78%) AWS
9 4 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.02%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.51%) IaaS
10 2 (0.51%) PaaS
11 1 (0.25%) Asana
11 1 (0.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.29%) DHCP
1 9 (2.29%) DNS
2 8 (2.04%) Firewall
2 8 (2.04%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.04%) VLAN
3 1 (0.25%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (59.29%) Power BI
2 196 (49.87%) Tableau
3 16 (4.07%) Power Query
4 7 (1.78%) Data Mining
5 4 (1.02%) MySQL
6 3 (0.76%) GIS
6 3 (0.76%) Metadata
6 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.76%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.25%) JIRA
General
1 301 (76.59%) Social Skills
2 68 (17.30%) Finance
3 60 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.70%) Manufacturing
5 37 (9.41%) Influencing Skills
6 32 (8.14%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (4.58%) Retail
9 15 (3.82%) Legal
9 15 (3.82%) Marketing
10 13 (3.31%) Public Sector
11 12 (3.05%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.54%) Law
13 8 (2.04%) German Language
14 7 (1.78%) Billing
15 4 (1.02%) Games
16 3 (0.76%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.76%) Electronics
16 3 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.76%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 239 (60.81%) Analyst
2 203 (51.65%) Data Analyst
3 189 (48.09%) Junior
4 188 (47.84%) Junior Analyst
4 188 (47.84%) Junior Data Analyst
5 32 (8.14%) Technologist
6 23 (5.85%) Administrator
7 14 (3.56%) Systems Analyst
8 13 (3.31%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 13 (3.31%) Developer
9 12 (3.05%) IT Support
10 10 (2.54%) Coordinator
11 9 (2.29%) Analyst Developer
11 9 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
11 9 (2.29%) IT Support Technician
11 9 (2.29%) IT Technician
11 9 (2.29%) Support Technician
11 9 (2.29%) Systems Developer
11 9 (2.29%) Trainee
11 9 (2.29%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.02%) CSS
1 4 (1.02%) HTML
2 3 (0.76%) JSON
3 1 (0.25%) Bootstrap
3 1 (0.25%) CSS3
3 1 (0.25%) HTML5
3 1 (0.25%) jQuery
3 1 (0.25%) Laravel
3 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.83%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.07%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (1.78%) Digital Signage
5 5 (1.27%) Public Cloud
6 3 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (0.76%) Social Media
7 2 (0.51%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.51%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.25%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.25%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.25%) EPoS
8 1 (0.25%) FMCG
8 1 (0.25%) IoT
8 1 (0.25%) NHS
8 1 (0.25%) W3C
8 1 (0.25%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.05%) Windows
1 12 (3.05%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (59.80%) Business Intelligence
2 195 (49.62%) AI
3 78 (19.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 62 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (13.23%) Decision-Making
6 40 (10.18%) Analytics
7 36 (9.16%) Coaching
8 32 (8.14%) Internal Audit
9 31 (7.89%) QMS
9 31 (7.89%) Quality Management
10 27 (6.87%) Data Analysis
11 26 (6.62%) Benchmarking
11 26 (6.62%) Data Interpretation
12 23 (5.85%) CRM
12 23 (5.85%) Project Management
13 20 (5.09%) Visualisation
14 18 (4.58%) Risk Management
15 16 (4.07%) Service Delivery
15 16 (4.07%) Validation
16 15 (3.82%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 229 (58.27%) SQL
2 191 (48.60%) Python
3 20 (5.09%) VBA
4 17 (4.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 8 (2.04%) T-SQL
6 5 (1.27%) R
7 4 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.02%) PHP
8 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 176 (44.78%) Azure Certification
2 48 (12.21%) Degree
3 7 (1.78%) CIMA
4 6 (1.53%) ACCA
4 6 (1.53%) PMI Certification
4 6 (1.53%) PMP
5 5 (1.27%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.27%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.76%) MBA
7 2 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.25%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.25%) CCAB
8 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.25%) HND
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.67%) QA
2 18 (4.58%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.56%) GDPR
4 11 (2.80%) SLA
5 6 (1.53%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.51%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) GMP
System Software
1 9 (2.29%) Active Directory
1 9 (2.29%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.25%) Firmware
2 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 299 (76.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.54%) Cognos
3 9 (2.29%) IBM
3 9 (2.29%) Workday
4 8 (2.04%) Adobe
4 8 (2.04%) SAP
5 7 (1.78%) HubSpot
5 7 (1.78%) Oracle
6 5 (1.27%) Apple
6 5 (1.27%) Cisco
7 3 (0.76%) QAD
7 3 (0.76%) Sage
8 2 (0.51%) Databricks
8 2 (0.51%) IFS
9 1 (0.25%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.25%) HighQ
9 1 (0.25%) Legora
9 1 (0.25%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.25%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.25%) VMware