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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 64 21
Rank change year-on-year +13 -43 +22
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 204 131 548
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.53% 3.87% 7.03%
As % of the Applications category 48.80% 29.84% 52.09%
Number of salaries quoted 85 86 156
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% -11.24%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,438 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,250 £56,250 £68,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +3.66% -6.55%

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 418 439 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.19% 12.97% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 234 219 389
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £28,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.14% -6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £48,938 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £58,375 £56,250 £65,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -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 18 July 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 18 July 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
Birmingham -7 44 £40,000 -11.11% 26
Staffordshire +24 39 £36,000 -0.69% 10
Herefordshire -4 25 - - 1
Warwickshire -23 23 £30,000 -22.08% 7
Coventry - 18 £47,500 -
Wolverhampton - 16 £60,000 - 2
Shropshire -5 12 £36,250 -34.09% 4
Worcestershire -16 12 £37,500 +20.97% 8
Walsall +6 8 £37,500 -15.73%
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 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.47%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 34 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.47%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.49%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Primavera
1 4 (1.96%) SAP EHS
2 3 (1.47%) Magento
3 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 115 (56.37%) Power Platform
2 80 (39.22%) Azure
3 75 (36.76%) Azure AI
4 12 (5.88%) Smartsheet
5 8 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.43%) SaaS
7 5 (2.45%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.45%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.47%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.98%) AWS
10 2 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.98%) IaaS
10 2 (0.98%) PaaS
11 1 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.49%) DHCP
1 1 (0.49%) DNS
1 1 (0.49%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (55.88%) Power BI
2 88 (43.14%) Tableau
3 12 (5.88%) Power Query
4 5 (2.45%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.47%) Metadata
5 3 (1.47%) MySQL
5 3 (1.47%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.98%) JIRA
1 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 144 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 46 (22.55%) Finance
3 37 (18.14%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (13.73%) Manufacturing
5 19 (9.31%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (8.82%) Legal
7 15 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (5.88%) Public Sector
9 11 (5.39%) Telecoms
10 9 (4.41%) Retail
11 8 (3.92%) Law
12 7 (3.43%) Marketing
13 6 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.96%) Billing
15 3 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.47%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.49%) Games
16 1 (0.49%) Local Government
16 1 (0.49%) Police
16 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 111 (54.41%) Analyst
2 98 (48.04%) Data Analyst
3 84 (41.18%) Junior
3 84 (41.18%) Junior Analyst
3 84 (41.18%) Junior Data Analyst
4 13 (6.37%) Technologist
5 11 (5.39%) Coordinator
5 11 (5.39%) Lead
6 9 (4.41%) Administrator
7 8 (3.92%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 7 (3.43%) Accountant
8 7 (3.43%) Trainee
8 7 (3.43%) Trainee Analyst
9 5 (2.45%) Commissioning Engineer
9 5 (2.45%) Installations Engineer
9 5 (2.45%) IT Analyst
9 5 (2.45%) Telecoms Engineer
9 5 (2.45%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 4 (1.96%) Data Scientist
10 4 (1.96%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.47%) CSS
1 3 (1.47%) EDI
1 3 (1.47%) HTML
1 3 (1.47%) JSON
2 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.41%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (3.92%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.96%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.96%) e-Learning
4 4 (1.96%) PMI
5 3 (1.47%) Social Media
5 3 (1.47%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.98%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.49%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.49%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.49%) FMCG
7 1 (0.49%) IoT
7 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.96%) Windows
1 4 (1.96%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (56.86%) Business Intelligence
2 88 (43.14%) AI
3 45 (22.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 39 (19.12%) Decision-Making
5 36 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (12.25%) Analytics
6 25 (12.25%) Project Management
7 22 (10.78%) Data Analysis
8 19 (9.31%) Coaching
9 17 (8.33%) QMS
9 17 (8.33%) Quality Management
10 14 (6.86%) Internal Audit
10 14 (6.86%) Logistics
11 13 (6.37%) Risk Management
11 13 (6.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (5.88%) CRM
13 11 (5.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 10 (4.90%) Agile
14 10 (4.90%) Data Modelling
15 9 (4.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 109 (53.43%) SQL
2 87 (42.65%) Python
3 16 (7.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (3.43%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.96%) R
6 3 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.47%) PHP
6 3 (1.47%) VBA
7 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 75 (36.76%) Azure Certification
2 38 (18.63%) Degree
3 6 (2.94%) CIMA
4 5 (2.45%) ACCA
5 4 (1.96%) CCAB
5 4 (1.96%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.47%) AAT
7 2 (0.98%) CIPD
7 2 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.98%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.49%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.86%) QA
2 11 (5.39%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.92%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.45%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.47%) GDPR
6 2 (0.98%) PMO
6 2 (0.98%) SLA
7 1 (0.49%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.49%) Firmware
1 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 139 (68.14%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.37%) SAP
3 5 (2.45%) Cisco
3 5 (2.45%) Oracle
4 3 (1.47%) Adobe
4 3 (1.47%) Google
4 3 (1.47%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.98%) Databricks
5 2 (0.98%) IFS
6 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.49%) VMware