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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 50 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 -31 +32
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 208 145 521
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.50% 4.26% 7.60%
As % of the Applications category 49.64% 31.80% 53.71%
Number of salaries quoted 91 99 104
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,400 £25,225
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,113
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £47,783 £52,875 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £59,000 £72,100
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -

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 419 456 970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.04% 13.40% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 248 236 302
10th Percentile £27,275 £26,250 £24,520
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £26,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% -4.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £50,313 £46,563 £56,265
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £66,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +2.41% -7.78%

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 30 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 30 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 -21 43 £40,000 -11.11% 30
Staffordshire +17 40 £36,000 -4.00% 11
Herefordshire -4 26 £75,000 +150.00% 1
Warwickshire -19 24 £30,000 -22.08% 14
Coventry -3 19 £47,500 -20.83% 4
Wolverhampton - 16 £60,000 - 2
Worcestershire -11 14 £28,750 -7.26% 6
Shropshire -8 11 £35,000 -36.36% 7
Walsall +3 8 £37,500 -15.73% 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 8 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.44%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (16.35%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (15.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (5.77%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.44%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.44%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.92%) Primavera
1 4 (1.92%) SAP EHS
2 3 (1.44%) Magento
3 2 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 117 (56.25%) Power Platform
2 79 (37.98%) Azure
3 75 (36.06%) Azure AI
4 12 (5.77%) Smartsheet
5 9 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.37%) SaaS
7 5 (2.40%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.40%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.44%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.96%) AWS
10 2 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.96%) IaaS
10 2 (0.96%) PaaS
11 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.48%) DHCP
1 1 (0.48%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (55.77%) Power BI
2 87 (41.83%) Tableau
3 12 (5.77%) Power Query
4 4 (1.92%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.44%) Metadata
5 3 (1.44%) MySQL
5 3 (1.44%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.96%) JIRA
1 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 146 (70.19%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.60%) Finance
3 39 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (13.94%) Manufacturing
5 18 (8.65%) Legal
6 17 (8.17%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (7.21%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (6.73%) Public Sector
9 11 (5.29%) Telecoms
10 10 (4.81%) Retail
11 8 (3.85%) Law
11 8 (3.85%) Marketing
12 6 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.92%) Billing
14 3 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.44%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.48%) Electronics
15 1 (0.48%) Local Government
15 1 (0.48%) Police
15 1 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 109 (52.40%) Analyst
2 97 (46.63%) Data Analyst
3 85 (40.87%) Junior
4 84 (40.38%) Junior Analyst
4 84 (40.38%) Junior Data Analyst
5 12 (5.77%) Coordinator
6 11 (5.29%) Lead
7 10 (4.81%) Technologist
8 8 (3.85%) Accountant
8 8 (3.85%) Administrator
8 8 (3.85%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 6 (2.88%) Trainee
9 6 (2.88%) Trainee Analyst
10 5 (2.40%) Commissioning Engineer
10 5 (2.40%) Installations Engineer
10 5 (2.40%) IT Analyst
10 5 (2.40%) Telecoms Engineer
11 4 (1.92%) Data Scientist
11 4 (1.92%) IT Support
11 4 (1.92%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.44%) CSS
1 3 (1.44%) EDI
1 3 (1.44%) HTML
1 3 (1.44%) JSON
2 1 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.77%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.40%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.92%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.92%) PMI
5 4 (1.92%) Social Media
6 3 (1.44%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.96%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.48%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.48%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.48%) FMCG
8 1 (0.48%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.92%) Windows
1 4 (1.92%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (56.73%) Business Intelligence
2 88 (42.31%) AI
3 48 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (21.15%) Decision-Making
5 39 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (12.50%) Analytics
7 25 (12.02%) Project Management
8 21 (10.10%) Data Analysis
9 17 (8.17%) Coaching
10 15 (7.21%) Logistics
10 15 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (6.73%) QMS
11 14 (6.73%) Quality Management
12 13 (6.25%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 12 (5.77%) Risk Management
14 11 (5.29%) Internal Audit
15 10 (4.81%) Agile
15 10 (4.81%) CRM
15 10 (4.81%) Data Modelling
15 10 (4.81%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 110 (52.88%) SQL
2 86 (41.35%) Python
3 16 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (3.37%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.92%) R
6 3 (1.44%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.44%) PHP
6 3 (1.44%) VBA
7 1 (0.48%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 75 (36.06%) Azure Certification
2 38 (18.27%) Degree
3 8 (3.85%) CIMA
4 7 (3.37%) ACCA
5 4 (1.92%) CCAB
5 4 (1.92%) CIPD
5 4 (1.92%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.44%) AAT
7 2 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.96%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.48%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.48%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.29%) QA
3 8 (3.85%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.44%) GDPR
5 3 (1.44%) SLA
6 1 (0.48%) GMP
6 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 142 (68.27%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.25%) SAP
3 5 (2.40%) Cisco
3 5 (2.40%) Oracle
4 3 (1.44%) Adobe
4 3 (1.44%) Google
5 2 (0.96%) Databricks
5 2 (0.96%) IFS
5 2 (0.96%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.48%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.48%) VMware