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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 19 54
Rank change year-on-year -30 +35 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 196 358 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.86% 7.88% 4.69%
As % of the Applications category 37.98% 64.27% 47.10%
Number of salaries quoted 112 78 119
10th Percentile £27,875 £28,900 £21,485
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £27,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +4.58%
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,150 £62,500
England median annual salary £41,500 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.78% +2.22% -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 516 557 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.16% 12.25% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 230 188 228
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,675 £24,350
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £30,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -11.11% +6.51%
75th Percentile £46,875 £53,563 £58,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £66,075
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -8.60%

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 December 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 December 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 +20 53 £40,000 - 21
Staffordshire -22 37 £35,000 - 12
Warwickshire -22 31 £32,500 -9.72% 18
Herefordshire +4 17 £30,000 +14.50% 2
Coventry -7 14 £60,000 +118.18% 6
Walsall - 13 £45,000 - 4
Shropshire -18 8 £25,500 -55.65% 4
Worcestershire -12 6 £31,000 -20.00% 5
Wolverhampton - 5 - - 6
Dudley -3 1 £40,000 +14.29% 5
Solihull -15 1 £34,000 - 2
Wednesbury - 1 £55,000 -
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 6 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.53%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 58 (29.59%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (9.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.04%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.51%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 68 (34.69%) Power Platform
2 35 (17.86%) Azure
3 25 (12.76%) Azure AI
4 20 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.59%) Smartsheet
6 8 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.06%) OCI
8 5 (2.55%) AWS
8 5 (2.55%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.02%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.02%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.51%) Contentsquare
10 1 (0.51%) GitHub
10 1 (0.51%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.51%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.55%) Intranet
2 4 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.53%) Internet
4 1 (0.51%) DHCP
4 1 (0.51%) DNS
4 1 (0.51%) Firewall
4 1 (0.51%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.51%) Network Security
4 1 (0.51%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.51%) SMS
4 1 (0.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (34.69%) Power BI
2 40 (20.41%) Tableau
3 16 (8.16%) Data Mining
4 14 (7.14%) GIS
5 7 (3.57%) Relational Database
6 6 (3.06%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (3.06%) Power Query
7 5 (2.55%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.02%) MS Access
8 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.51%) Looker
9 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.57%) JIRA
2 2 (1.02%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.51%) Maven
3 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 103 (52.55%) Social Skills
2 85 (43.37%) Finance
3 54 (27.55%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (13.27%) Legal
5 23 (11.73%) Marketing
6 20 (10.20%) Manufacturing
7 19 (9.69%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (7.14%) Fire and Rescue
9 12 (6.12%) Retail
10 11 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (5.10%) Electronics
12 4 (2.04%) Law
12 4 (2.04%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.53%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.02%) Police
15 1 (0.51%) Billing
15 1 (0.51%) Military
15 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.51%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 81 (41.33%) Analyst
2 41 (20.92%) Data Analyst
3 27 (13.78%) Junior
3 27 (13.78%) Junior Analyst
4 25 (12.76%) Junior Data Analyst
5 14 (7.14%) Network Engineer
6 13 (6.63%) Senior
7 12 (6.12%) Support Analyst
7 12 (6.12%) Trainee
8 11 (5.61%) Trainee Analyst
8 11 (5.61%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 10 (5.10%) Administrator
10 9 (4.59%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (3.57%) Accountant
11 7 (3.57%) Accounts Assistant
11 7 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 6 (3.06%) Insight Analyst
12 6 (3.06%) Service Manager
12 6 (3.06%) Systems Support
13 5 (2.55%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.02%) .NET
2 2 (1.02%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.02%) ADO
2 2 (1.02%) Blazor
2 2 (1.02%) ODBC
2 2 (1.02%) REST
2 2 (1.02%) WPF
3 1 (0.51%) ActiveMQ
3 1 (0.51%) EDI
3 1 (0.51%) Ember.js
3 1 (0.51%) JSON
3 1 (0.51%) LDAP
3 1 (0.51%) RAML
3 1 (0.51%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.71%) Onboarding
2 14 (7.14%) SCADA
3 11 (5.61%) Driving Licence
3 11 (5.61%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (3.06%) FMCG
5 6 (3.06%) Pricing Data
6 5 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.55%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.04%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (1.53%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.02%) Housing Association
9 2 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.51%) iSeries
10 1 (0.51%) NHS
10 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.08%) Windows
2 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (33.67%) Business Intelligence
3 37 (18.88%) Analytics
3 37 (18.88%) Data Analysis
4 33 (16.84%) AI
5 30 (15.31%) ERP
5 30 (15.31%) Project Management
6 25 (12.76%) Data Analytics
6 25 (12.76%) Decision-Making
7 21 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (10.71%) Process Improvement
8 20 (10.20%) Actionable Insight
9 19 (9.69%) Customer Service
10 18 (9.18%) Collaborative Working
11 17 (8.67%) Data Cleansing
11 17 (8.67%) User Acceptance Testing
12 16 (8.16%) Mathematics
12 16 (8.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (8.16%) Visualisation
13 15 (7.65%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (37.24%) SQL
2 50 (25.51%) Python
3 8 (4.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (2.04%) R
4 4 (2.04%) T-SQL
4 4 (2.04%) VBA
5 3 (1.53%) Java
5 3 (1.53%) PHP
6 2 (1.02%) C#
6 2 (1.02%) Delphi
6 2 (1.02%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.02%) XAML
7 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (17.35%) Degree
2 25 (12.76%) Azure Certification
3 21 (10.71%) ACCA
3 21 (10.71%) CIMA
4 13 (6.63%) AAT
5 5 (2.55%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.02%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.02%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.51%) CCAB
7 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.18%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.57%) PMO
3 5 (2.55%) SLA
4 3 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.53%) GDPR
5 1 (0.51%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.51%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 130 (66.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.59%) SAP
3 8 (4.08%) Oracle
4 7 (3.57%) Adobe
5 5 (2.55%) Apple
5 5 (2.55%) Databricks
5 5 (2.55%) Sage
5 5 (2.55%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.53%) Cognos
6 3 (1.53%) Google
6 3 (1.53%) Remedy
6 3 (1.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (1.02%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.51%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.51%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.51%) Pegasus
8 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.51%) Symantec
8 1 (0.51%) Workday