Microsoft Excel Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Excel
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Microsoft Excel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 20 49
Rank change year-on-year -20 +29 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 165 423 182
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 5.16% 7.51% 5.12%
As % of the Applications category 29.05% 55.22% 48.28%
Number of salaries quoted 109 45 140
10th Percentile £27,400 £25,505 £21,950
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £27,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £50,125
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,250 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%

All Software Application Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 568 766 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 17.77% 13.61% 10.60%
Number of salaries quoted 234 162 257
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £22,305
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £54,075
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,125 £64,550
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -1.42%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Microsoft Excel job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Microsoft Excel
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Excel in the West Midlands

Microsoft Excel
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 October 2025. 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
Birmingham +30 39 £42,500 +13.33% 28
Warwickshire -9 31 £32,500 -40.91% 33
Staffordshire -15 31 £40,000 +14.29% 22
Walsall - 13 £45,000 - 2
Herefordshire +7 10 £30,000 +14.50% 4
Worcestershire +10 9 £31,000 -27.06% 7
Coventry -10 9 £60,000 +118.18% 11
West Bromwich +5 4 £26,000 - 2
Shropshire -5 4 £55,000 -4.35% 2
Wednesbury - 3 £45,000 -
Solihull -15 2 £34,000 - 3
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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 7 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.82%) Confluence
3 1 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 60 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (12.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.42%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.82%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.21%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.42%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.61%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.61%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 46 (27.88%) Power Platform
2 21 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (4.85%) Smartsheet
4 5 (3.03%) Snowflake
5 3 (1.82%) Google Sheets
5 3 (1.82%) SaaS
6 2 (1.21%) Azure
6 2 (1.21%) Canva
6 2 (1.21%) MailChimp
6 2 (1.21%) OCI
6 2 (1.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.61%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.61%) GitHub
7 1 (0.61%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.61%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.61%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.45%) Intranet
2 4 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (2.42%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.82%) Internet
4 2 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.61%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.61%) Network Security
5 1 (0.61%) SMS
5 1 (0.61%) VPN
5 1 (0.61%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (27.88%) Power BI
2 14 (8.48%) GIS
3 7 (4.24%) Data Mining
4 6 (3.64%) Power Query
4 6 (3.64%) Tableau
5 3 (1.82%) MS Access
5 3 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.21%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.21%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.61%) Big Data
7 1 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.61%) Looker
7 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Git
2 1 (0.61%) RStudio
General
1 91 (55.15%) Finance
2 77 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 33 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (15.15%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (13.33%) Legal
6 21 (12.73%) Marketing
7 16 (9.70%) Manufacturing
7 16 (9.70%) Telecoms
8 14 (8.48%) Fire and Rescue
9 13 (7.88%) Retail
10 12 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (6.67%) Law
12 10 (6.06%) Electronics
13 9 (5.45%) Military
14 8 (4.85%) Public Sector
15 3 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (1.21%) Automotive
16 2 (1.21%) Police
17 1 (0.61%) Back Office
17 1 (0.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 36 (21.82%) Analyst
2 14 (8.48%) Network Engineer
3 13 (7.88%) Data Analyst
4 12 (7.27%) Senior
5 11 (6.67%) Administrator
6 10 (6.06%) Delivery Manager
6 10 (6.06%) Project Manager
7 9 (5.45%) Coordinator
8 8 (4.85%) Accountant
8 8 (4.85%) Graduate
8 8 (4.85%) Service Manager
9 7 (4.24%) Accounts Assistant
9 7 (4.24%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 7 (4.24%) Service Delivery Manager
9 7 (4.24%) Systems Support
10 6 (3.64%) Systems Accountant
11 5 (3.03%) 1st Line Support
11 5 (3.03%) ERP Manager
12 4 (2.42%) Applications Manager
12 4 (2.42%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.42%) EDI
2 2 (1.21%) .NET
2 2 (1.21%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.21%) ADO
2 2 (1.21%) Blazor
2 2 (1.21%) ODBC
2 2 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.21%) WPF
3 1 (0.61%) Ember.js
3 1 (0.61%) JSON
3 1 (0.61%) LDAP
3 1 (0.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.48%) Management Information System
1 14 (8.48%) Onboarding
1 14 (8.48%) SCADA
2 11 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.64%) FMCG
3 6 (3.64%) Pricing Data
4 4 (2.42%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.82%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.82%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.21%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.64%) Windows
2 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (41.21%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (25.45%) Business Intelligence
3 31 (18.79%) Data Analysis
3 31 (18.79%) Project Management
4 27 (16.36%) Customer Service
5 25 (15.15%) ERP
6 22 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
6 22 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 19 (11.52%) Decision-Making
8 18 (10.91%) Analytics
8 18 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (9.70%) Agile
9 16 (9.70%) Process Improvement
10 15 (9.09%) Project Delivery
11 14 (8.48%) Incident Management
11 14 (8.48%) Regulatory Compliance
12 13 (7.88%) Data Analytics
12 13 (7.88%) Logistics
12 13 (7.88%) Service Delivery
13 12 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 36 (21.82%) SQL
2 15 (9.09%) Python
3 5 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (2.42%) R
4 4 (2.42%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.82%) VBA
6 2 (1.21%) C#
6 2 (1.21%) Delphi
6 2 (1.21%) Java
6 2 (1.21%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.21%) PHP
6 2 (1.21%) XAML
Qualifications
1 32 (19.39%) Degree
2 20 (12.12%) ACCA
2 20 (12.12%) CIMA
3 16 (9.70%) AAT
4 3 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.82%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.21%) CCAB
5 2 (1.21%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.21%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.61%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.70%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.85%) PMO
3 5 (3.03%) SLA
4 4 (2.42%) GDPR
5 3 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.61%) EMIR
7 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.61%) P3O
7 1 (0.61%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.61%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 101 (61.21%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.85%) SAP
3 5 (3.03%) Databricks
3 5 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.42%) Google
5 3 (1.82%) Cognos
5 3 (1.82%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.82%) Oracle
5 3 (1.82%) Remedy
5 3 (1.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (1.21%) Adobe
6 2 (1.21%) Sage
6 2 (1.21%) Zoho
7 1 (0.61%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.61%) Pegasus
7 1 (0.61%) ServiceNow