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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 40 20
Rank change year-on-year -16 -20 +29
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 216 165 423
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.40% 5.16% 7.51%
As % of the Applications category 43.90% 29.05% 55.22%
Number of salaries quoted 117 109 45
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,400 £25,505
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.47% +21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £58,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% -

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 492 568 766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.46% 17.77% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 316 234 162
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,813 £45,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £61,125
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -15.79% +5.56%

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 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 15 October 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 -4 47 £32,500 - 10
Birmingham -38 39 £51,250 +20.59% 24
Staffordshire +7 27 £36,500 -8.75% 9
Worcestershire -10 25 £27,500 -11.29% 5
Herefordshire +1 23 £51,750 +72.50% 1
Shropshire -10 17 £35,000 -36.36% 4
Coventry -15 11 £38,000 -36.67% 7
Tipton - 6 £33,500 -
Walsall -7 3 £37,500 -16.67%
Solihull +6 2 £38,000 +11.76% 5
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 1
Smethwick - 1 - -
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 10 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.85%) Confluence
3 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.46%) Apache
4 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.46%) IIS
4 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (23.61%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (15.74%) Microsoft Project
3 30 (13.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.85%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.93%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.46%) Revit
Business Applications
1 22 (10.19%) Primavera
2 21 (9.72%) SAP EHS
3 3 (1.39%) Sage 50
3 3 (1.39%) Shopify
4 2 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.46%) Magento
5 1 (0.46%) Maximo
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.46%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 47 (21.76%) Power Platform
2 25 (11.57%) Smartsheet
3 13 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.56%) Azure
5 5 (2.31%) Azure AI
5 5 (2.31%) SaaS
6 4 (1.85%) AWS
6 4 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.39%) Google Sheets
7 3 (1.39%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.93%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.46%) GitHub
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.93%) DHCP
1 2 (0.93%) DNS
1 2 (0.93%) LAN
1 2 (0.93%) VPN
1 2 (0.93%) WAN
1 2 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (21.30%) Power BI
2 8 (3.70%) Power Query
2 8 (3.70%) Tableau
3 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.93%) MS Access
3 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.46%) Looker
4 1 (0.46%) MySQL
4 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.78%) JIRA
2 5 (2.31%) Git
3 2 (0.93%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.93%) GitLab
3 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.93%) JMeter
3 2 (0.93%) Postman
3 2 (0.93%) Selenium
3 2 (0.93%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.93%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 135 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 51 (23.61%) Finance
2 51 (23.61%) Organisational Skills
3 48 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 25 (11.57%) Legal
6 16 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 15 (6.94%) Retail
8 14 (6.48%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (5.56%) Marketing
10 8 (3.70%) Law
11 7 (3.24%) Electronics
12 6 (2.78%) Automotive
12 6 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.78%) Social Housing
13 4 (1.85%) Military
13 4 (1.85%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.39%) Advertising
14 3 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.93%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 34 (15.74%) Analyst
2 30 (13.89%) Administrator
3 26 (12.04%) Lead
4 16 (7.41%) Data Analyst
5 11 (5.09%) Coordinator
5 11 (5.09%) Junior
6 10 (4.63%) Technologist
7 9 (4.17%) Development Manager
7 9 (4.17%) Information Manager
8 8 (3.70%) Accountant
9 7 (3.24%) Junior Analyst
9 7 (3.24%) Junior Data Analyst
10 6 (2.78%) PMO Analyst
10 6 (2.78%) Project Manager
11 5 (2.31%) E-Commerce Administrator
11 5 (2.31%) Senior
12 4 (1.85%) Project Leader
12 4 (1.85%) Project Planner
12 4 (1.85%) Repair Technician
12 4 (1.85%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.78%) MIDP
2 4 (1.85%) JSON
3 3 (1.39%) EDI
4 2 (0.93%) ADO
4 2 (0.93%) Playwright
4 2 (0.93%) SOAP
4 2 (0.93%) XML
5 1 (0.46%) CSS
5 1 (0.46%) HTML
5 1 (0.46%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.96%) Management Information System
2 22 (10.19%) PMI
3 16 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 13 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (5.56%) e-Learning
6 8 (3.70%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.31%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.39%) Photography
8 3 (1.39%) Social Media
8 3 (1.39%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.93%) Robotics
9 2 (0.93%) Social Network
9 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.46%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.46%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.46%) NHS
10 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.39%) Windows
2 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 64 (29.63%) Decision-Making
2 64 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (24.54%) Project Management
4 46 (21.30%) Business Intelligence
5 40 (18.52%) ERP
6 34 (15.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 31 (14.35%) QMS
8 30 (13.89%) Agile
8 30 (13.89%) Customer Service
9 28 (12.96%) Analytics
9 28 (12.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 27 (12.50%) Logistics
11 26 (12.04%) Coaching
12 24 (11.11%) Project Planning
13 21 (9.72%) Conflict Management
13 21 (9.72%) Work Breakdown Structure
14 20 (9.26%) Data Analysis
15 19 (8.80%) CRM
15 19 (8.80%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (15.74%) SQL
2 13 (6.02%) Python
3 11 (5.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.85%) VBA
5 3 (1.39%) R
6 2 (0.93%) Java
6 2 (0.93%) PHP
6 2 (0.93%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.46%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 51 (23.61%) Degree
2 22 (10.19%) PMI Certification
3 19 (8.80%) Security Cleared
4 18 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.24%) ACCA
6 6 (2.78%) CIMA
7 5 (2.31%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.31%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.85%) CIPD
9 3 (1.39%) AAT
9 3 (1.39%) CCAB
10 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.93%) ISEB
10 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.46%) City & Guilds
11 1 (0.46%) HNC
11 1 (0.46%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.33%) QA
2 12 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.17%) GDPR
3 9 (4.17%) PMO
4 6 (2.78%) ISO 19650
5 4 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.85%) SLA
6 3 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Docker
Vendors
1 133 (61.57%) Microsoft
2 38 (17.59%) SAP
3 6 (2.78%) Zoho
4 5 (2.31%) Oracle
4 5 (2.31%) Sage
5 4 (1.85%) Databricks
5 4 (1.85%) NEC
5 4 (1.85%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.39%) Facebook
6 3 (1.39%) Google
7 2 (0.93%) IFS
7 2 (0.93%) Pega
8 1 (0.46%) Adobe
8 1 (0.46%) Apple
8 1 (0.46%) Autodesk