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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 29 46
Rank change year-on-year -23 +17 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 186 284 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.51% 6.84% 4.71%
As % of the Applications category 38.51% 60.68% 52.37%
Number of salaries quoted 105 81 145
10th Percentile £26,850 £29,500 £22,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -7.37%

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 483 468 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.11% 11.28% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 218 183 264
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,800 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,063 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year - -7.51% +5.49%
75th Percentile £51,000 £53,625 £60,313
90th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.29%

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 January 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 January 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 +22 55 £40,000 -5.88% 13
Staffordshire -11 38 £37,500 +7.14% 9
Warwickshire -19 28 £37,250 +3.47% 9
Herefordshire +3 16 £30,000 +14.50% 2
Coventry -2 14 £60,000 - 3
Walsall - 11 £45,000 - 2
Shropshire -16 7 £25,500 -55.65% 7
Wolverhampton - 5 - - 4
Worcestershire -21 2 £41,750 +7.74% 3
Dudley -4 1 £40,000 +14.29% 1
Solihull -10 1 £75,000 - 2
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 3 (1.61%) Confluence
2 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 51 (27.42%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (10.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.61%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.08%) Trello
5 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.61%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.54%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.54%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 68 (36.56%) Power Platform
2 38 (20.43%) Azure
3 25 (13.44%) Azure AI
4 17 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.84%) Smartsheet
6 8 (4.30%) AWS
6 8 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.15%) OCI
7 4 (2.15%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.15%) PowerApps
7 4 (2.15%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.08%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.54%) Asana
9 1 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.54%) GitHub
9 1 (0.54%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.61%) Internet
3 1 (0.54%) DHCP
3 1 (0.54%) DNS
3 1 (0.54%) Firewall
3 1 (0.54%) Intranet
3 1 (0.54%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.54%) Network Security
3 1 (0.54%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.54%) SMS
3 1 (0.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (36.56%) Power BI
2 42 (22.58%) Tableau
3 17 (9.14%) Data Mining
4 12 (6.45%) GIS
5 7 (3.76%) Relational Database
6 6 (3.23%) Power Query
7 5 (2.69%) SQL Server
8 4 (2.15%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.08%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.08%) MS Access
9 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.54%) Looker
10 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.23%) JIRA
2 2 (1.08%) Git
3 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.54%) Maven
3 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 92 (49.46%) Social Skills
2 72 (38.71%) Finance
3 54 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.29%) Legal
5 19 (10.22%) Manufacturing
6 18 (9.68%) Marketing
7 13 (6.99%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (6.45%) Fire and Rescue
8 12 (6.45%) Retail
9 10 (5.38%) Electronics
9 10 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.15%) Law
11 3 (1.61%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.08%) Billing
12 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.54%) Military
13 1 (0.54%) Police
13 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.54%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 84 (45.16%) Analyst
2 42 (22.58%) Data Analyst
3 27 (14.52%) Junior
3 27 (14.52%) Junior Analyst
4 25 (13.44%) Junior Data Analyst
5 14 (7.53%) Trainee
6 13 (6.99%) Trainee Analyst
6 13 (6.99%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 12 (6.45%) Network Engineer
8 10 (5.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 10 (5.38%) Senior
8 10 (5.38%) Support Analyst
9 9 (4.84%) Administrator
10 8 (4.30%) Systems Analyst
11 6 (3.23%) Systems Support
12 5 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
12 5 (2.69%) Developer
12 5 (2.69%) ERP Manager
12 5 (2.69%) Insight Analyst
12 5 (2.69%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.08%) .NET
2 2 (1.08%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.08%) ADO
2 2 (1.08%) Blazor
2 2 (1.08%) ODBC
2 2 (1.08%) REST
2 2 (1.08%) WPF
3 1 (0.54%) ActiveMQ
3 1 (0.54%) Ember.js
3 1 (0.54%) JSON
3 1 (0.54%) LDAP
3 1 (0.54%) RAML
3 1 (0.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.90%) Onboarding
2 12 (6.45%) SCADA
3 11 (5.91%) Driving Licence
3 11 (5.91%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (4.30%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.23%) FMCG
5 6 (3.23%) Pricing Data
6 4 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.15%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.61%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.08%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.54%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.54%) iSeries
9 1 (0.54%) NHS
9 1 (0.54%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.30%) Windows
2 2 (1.08%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (36.02%) Business Intelligence
2 60 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (21.51%) Analytics
4 36 (19.35%) AI
5 33 (17.74%) Data Analysis
6 32 (17.20%) Project Management
7 29 (15.59%) ERP
8 24 (12.90%) Data Analytics
8 24 (12.90%) Decision-Making
9 21 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (10.22%) Customer Service
11 18 (9.68%) Visualisation
12 17 (9.14%) Actionable Insight
12 17 (9.14%) Data Cleansing
12 17 (9.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (8.06%) Business Analysis
13 15 (8.06%) Collaborative Working
13 15 (8.06%) Mathematics
14 14 (7.53%) CRM
14 14 (7.53%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 74 (39.78%) SQL
2 50 (26.88%) Python
3 10 (5.38%) VBA
4 7 (3.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.61%) Java
5 3 (1.61%) PHP
5 3 (1.61%) R
5 3 (1.61%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.08%) C#
6 2 (1.08%) Delphi
6 2 (1.08%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.08%) XAML
7 1 (0.54%) VB
Qualifications
1 28 (15.05%) Degree
2 25 (13.44%) Azure Certification
3 15 (8.06%) ACCA
3 15 (8.06%) CIMA
4 8 (4.30%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.69%) AAT
5 5 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.61%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.61%) PMP
7 2 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.54%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.54%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.14%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.23%) PMO
3 3 (1.61%) GDPR
3 3 (1.61%) SLA
4 2 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.54%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 125 (67.20%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.38%) Adobe
3 8 (4.30%) Apple
3 8 (4.30%) SAP
4 7 (3.76%) Sage
5 6 (3.23%) Oracle
6 5 (2.69%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.15%) Databricks
8 3 (1.61%) Cognos
8 3 (1.61%) Remedy
8 3 (1.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (1.08%) Google
9 2 (1.08%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.54%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.54%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.54%) Pegasus
10 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.54%) Symantec
10 1 (0.54%) Workday