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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 20 49
Rank change year-on-year -22 +29 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 158 435 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.85% 7.26% 5.22%
As % of the Applications category 30.98% 54.10% 48.03%
Number of salaries quoted 109 63 145
10th Percentile £27,950 £26,050 £22,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,125 £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 £52,000 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £73,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £44,309 £46,000
% change year-on-year -9.72% -3.68% -3.16%

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 510 804 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.64% 13.41% 10.86%
Number of salaries quoted 247 189 269
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £22,200
25th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £40,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.23% +1.25%
75th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel 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 September 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 September 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 +12 35 £42,500 +3.66% 34
Warwickshire -7 35 £35,500 -30.73% 28
Staffordshire -9 28 £40,000 +14.29% 36
Walsall - 13 £45,000 - 4
Herefordshire +8 10 £30,000 +9.09% 2
Worcestershire +10 9 £31,000 -11.43% 14
Coventry -4 8 £60,000 +118.18% 13
West Bromwich +5 5 £26,000 - 2
Wednesbury - 3 £45,000 -
Solihull -16 2 £34,000 - 4
Shropshire -5 1 £55,000 +57.14% 19
Microsoft Excel
England

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 57 (36.08%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (12.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.53%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.53%) SAP FI
2 3 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.63%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.63%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 45 (28.48%) Power Platform
2 22 (13.92%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (4.43%) Smartsheet
4 5 (3.16%) Snowflake
5 3 (1.90%) Google Sheets
5 3 (1.90%) SaaS
6 2 (1.27%) Canva
6 2 (1.27%) MailChimp
6 2 (1.27%) OCI
6 2 (1.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.63%) Azure
7 1 (0.63%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.63%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.63%) Miro
7 1 (0.63%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.63%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.63%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.70%) Intranet
2 5 (3.16%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (3.16%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.63%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.63%) Network Security
3 1 (0.63%) SMS
3 1 (0.63%) VPN
3 1 (0.63%) WebEx
3 1 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (27.85%) Power BI
2 14 (8.86%) GIS
3 6 (3.80%) Power Query
4 5 (3.16%) Data Mining
5 4 (2.53%) Tableau
6 3 (1.90%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.27%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.63%) Big Data
8 1 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.63%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (2.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) RStudio
General
1 86 (54.43%) Finance
2 70 (44.30%) Social Skills
3 28 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (13.92%) Legal
5 19 (12.03%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (11.39%) Marketing
7 17 (10.76%) Telecoms
8 14 (8.86%) Fire and Rescue
9 13 (8.23%) Manufacturing
10 12 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (7.59%) Retail
11 10 (6.33%) Electronics
12 9 (5.70%) Law
12 9 (5.70%) Military
13 8 (5.06%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (1.27%) Automotive
15 2 (1.27%) Police
15 2 (1.27%) Tech for Good
16 1 (0.63%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 33 (20.89%) Analyst
2 14 (8.86%) Network Engineer
3 12 (7.59%) Senior
4 11 (6.96%) Data Analyst
5 10 (6.33%) Delivery Manager
5 10 (6.33%) Project Manager
6 8 (5.06%) Accountant
6 8 (5.06%) Graduate
7 7 (4.43%) Accounts Assistant
7 7 (4.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 7 (4.43%) Coordinator
7 7 (4.43%) Service Delivery Manager
7 7 (4.43%) Service Manager
7 7 (4.43%) Systems Support
8 6 (3.80%) Systems Accountant
9 5 (3.16%) 1st Line Support
9 5 (3.16%) Administrator
9 5 (3.16%) ERP Manager
10 4 (2.53%) Insight Analyst
10 4 (2.53%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.53%) EDI
2 2 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.63%) Ember.js
3 1 (0.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.86%) Management Information System
1 14 (8.86%) Onboarding
1 14 (8.86%) SCADA
2 10 (6.33%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.80%) FMCG
3 6 (3.80%) Pricing Data
4 4 (2.53%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.90%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.27%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.27%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.43%) Windows
2 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (39.87%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (25.95%) Business Intelligence
3 29 (18.35%) Customer Service
3 29 (18.35%) Data Analysis
4 28 (17.72%) Project Management
5 24 (15.19%) ERP
6 21 (13.29%) Collaborative Working
7 20 (12.66%) Actionable Insight
8 18 (11.39%) Decision-Making
9 16 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (10.13%) Project Delivery
10 15 (9.49%) Process Improvement
11 14 (8.86%) Analytics
11 14 (8.86%) Incident Management
11 14 (8.86%) Regulatory Compliance
12 12 (7.59%) Agile
12 12 (7.59%) Logistics
12 12 (7.59%) Service Delivery
13 11 (6.96%) CRM
14 10 (6.33%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 35 (22.15%) SQL
2 11 (6.96%) Python
3 5 (3.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (2.53%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.90%) R
6 2 (1.27%) VBA
7 1 (0.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (20.25%) Degree
2 21 (13.29%) ACCA
2 21 (13.29%) CIMA
3 16 (10.13%) AAT
4 3 (1.90%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.27%) CCAB
5 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.27%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.63%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.63%) CBAP
6 1 (0.63%) ISEB
6 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.13%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.43%) PMO
3 4 (2.53%) GDPR
3 4 (2.53%) SLA
4 3 (1.90%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.63%) EMIR
6 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.63%) P3O
6 1 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 6 (3.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.63%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 96 (60.76%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.16%) Databricks
3 4 (2.53%) Google
3 4 (2.53%) SAP
4 3 (1.90%) Oracle
4 3 (1.90%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (1.27%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.27%) Sage
5 2 (1.27%) Zoho
6 1 (0.63%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.63%) Pegasus