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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 45 20
Rank change year-on-year -14 -25 +28
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 193 159 435
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.19% 4.84% 7.21%
As % of the Applications category 46.17% 30.99% 53.64%
Number of salaries quoted 85 110 63
10th Percentile £27,664 £27,975 £26,050
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £40,000 £51,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £73,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £44,309
% change year-on-year -6.25% -9.72% -2.83%

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 418 513 811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.73% 15.60% 13.45%
Number of salaries quoted 244 250 195
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,125 £35,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% -11.25% -1.23%
75th Percentile £52,813 £45,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,050
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 14 September 2026.

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 14 September 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
Warwickshire -13 36 £31,750 -2.31% 29
Birmingham -37 31 £45,000 +5.88% 63
Staffordshire +2 28 £35,250 -11.88% 26
Herefordshire -3 26 £75,000 +150.00% 3
Coventry -12 18 £34,000 -43.33% 7
Worcestershire -18 18 £29,000 -6.45% 9
Shropshire -9 14 £35,000 -36.36% 15
Wolverhampton - 8 - - 1
Walsall +1 5 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Tipton - 5 £33,500 - 1
Solihull +9 2 £38,000 +11.76% 8
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 8 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.07%) Confluence
3 3 (1.55%) IIS
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 34 (17.62%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (14.51%) Microsoft Project
3 26 (13.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.11%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (2.07%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.55%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.52%) Revit
Business Applications
1 17 (8.81%) Primavera
1 17 (8.81%) SAP EHS
2 3 (1.55%) Magento
3 2 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.04%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 73 (37.82%) Power Platform
2 45 (23.32%) Azure
3 40 (20.73%) Azure AI
4 21 (10.88%) Smartsheet
5 12 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.07%) AWS
6 4 (2.07%) SaaS
7 3 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.55%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.52%) DHCP
1 1 (0.52%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (37.31%) Power BI
2 48 (24.87%) Tableau
3 9 (4.66%) Power Query
4 3 (1.55%) MySQL
5 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.52%) Metadata
6 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (3.11%) JIRA
2 3 (1.55%) Git
3 2 (1.04%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.04%) GitLab
3 2 (1.04%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.04%) JMeter
3 2 (1.04%) Postman
3 2 (1.04%) Selenium
3 2 (1.04%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.04%) Zephyr
General
1 129 (66.84%) Social Skills
2 35 (18.13%) Finance
3 31 (16.06%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (14.51%) Manufacturing
5 27 (13.99%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (11.92%) Legal
7 15 (7.77%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (7.77%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.15%) Retail
9 6 (3.11%) Marketing
10 5 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.59%) Social Housing
11 4 (2.07%) Electronics
11 4 (2.07%) Law
11 4 (2.07%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.04%) Automotive
13 2 (1.04%) Brand Awareness
13 2 (1.04%) Military
14 1 (0.52%) Billing
Job Titles
1 63 (32.64%) Analyst
2 54 (27.98%) Data Analyst
3 49 (25.39%) Junior
4 46 (23.83%) Junior Analyst
4 46 (23.83%) Junior Data Analyst
5 21 (10.88%) Lead
6 15 (7.77%) Administrator
7 14 (7.25%) Coordinator
8 10 (5.18%) Technologist
9 9 (4.66%) Accountant
10 6 (3.11%) Development Manager
11 5 (2.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 4 (2.07%) IT Support
12 4 (2.07%) Management Accountant
12 4 (2.07%) Project Engineer
12 4 (2.07%) Project Leader
12 4 (2.07%) Project Manager
12 4 (2.07%) Project Planner
12 4 (2.07%) SAP Administrator
12 4 (2.07%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.59%) JSON
2 3 (1.55%) CSS
2 3 (1.55%) EDI
2 3 (1.55%) HTML
3 2 (1.04%) ADO
3 2 (1.04%) Playwright
3 2 (1.04%) SOAP
3 2 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.33%) PMI
2 13 (6.74%) Onboarding
3 12 (6.22%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.66%) e-Learning
5 8 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.59%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.59%) Social Media
8 3 (1.55%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.04%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.04%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.52%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.52%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.52%) FMCG
10 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.07%) Windows
1 4 (2.07%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (36.79%) Business Intelligence
2 56 (29.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 51 (26.42%) AI
4 49 (25.39%) Decision-Making
5 40 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (19.17%) Project Management
7 28 (14.51%) ERP
8 27 (13.99%) QMS
9 22 (11.40%) Agile
9 22 (11.40%) Coaching
9 22 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (10.36%) Logistics
11 19 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 18 (9.33%) Project Planning
13 17 (8.81%) Analytics
13 17 (8.81%) Conflict Management
13 17 (8.81%) Quality Management
13 17 (8.81%) Work Breakdown Structure
14 16 (8.29%) Data Analysis
15 15 (7.77%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 64 (33.16%) SQL
2 44 (22.80%) Python
3 9 (4.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.55%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.55%) PHP
4 3 (1.55%) VBA
5 2 (1.04%) Java
6 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 48 (24.87%) Degree
2 40 (20.73%) Azure Certification
3 18 (9.33%) PMI Certification
4 14 (7.25%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.25%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.59%) ACCA
5 5 (2.59%) CIMA
6 4 (2.07%) CIPD
7 3 (1.55%) AAT
7 3 (1.55%) CCAB
7 3 (1.55%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.04%) ISEB
8 2 (1.04%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.04%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.52%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.52%) HNC
9 1 (0.52%) HND
9 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.77%) QA
2 6 (3.11%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.59%) GDPR
4 3 (1.55%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.55%) PMO
4 3 (1.55%) SLA
5 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.52%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 124 (64.25%) Microsoft
2 32 (16.58%) SAP
3 5 (2.59%) Oracle
4 3 (1.55%) Adobe
4 3 (1.55%) Databricks
4 3 (1.55%) Google
4 3 (1.55%) Sage
5 2 (1.04%) IFS
5 2 (1.04%) NEC
5 2 (1.04%) Pega
5 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.04%) Zoho
6 1 (0.52%) Apple
6 1 (0.52%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.52%) VMware