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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 65 24
Rank change year-on-year +13 -41 +20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 195 123 546
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.49% 3.92% 6.47%
As % of the Applications category 48.03% 29.78% 49.32%
Number of salaries quoted 79 80 193
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,163 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,813 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £64,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -10.28%

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 406 413 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.18% 13.17% 13.11%
Number of salaries quoted 226 203 479
10th Percentile £27,597 £26,050 £23,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,375 £56,250 £62,100
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% +11.54% -13.33%

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 2 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 2 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 -17 41 £40,000 -11.11% 17
Staffordshire +17 36 £36,000 +2.86% 8
Herefordshire +3 28 - - 1
Warwickshire -23 19 £30,000 -7.69% 13
Coventry - 19 £47,500 - 3
Wolverhampton - 17 £60,000 - 1
Shropshire -5 12 £36,250 -34.09% 7
Walsall +5 8 £37,500 -12.79%
Worcestershire -12 8 £37,500 +20.97% 12
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 7 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.54%) IIS
Applications
1 32 (16.41%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.54%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Magento
2 2 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.51%) Primavera
3 1 (0.51%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (60.51%) Power Platform
2 85 (43.59%) Azure
3 80 (41.03%) Azure AI
4 7 (3.59%) Power Automate
4 7 (3.59%) PowerApps
5 6 (3.08%) Smartsheet
6 5 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.05%) SaaS
8 2 (1.03%) AWS
8 2 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.03%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.03%) IaaS
8 2 (1.03%) PaaS
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) DHCP
1 1 (0.51%) DNS
1 1 (0.51%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (60.51%) Power BI
2 93 (47.69%) Tableau
3 12 (6.15%) Power Query
4 5 (2.56%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.54%) Metadata
5 3 (1.54%) MySQL
5 3 (1.54%) Star Schema
6 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 139 (71.28%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.05%) Finance
3 34 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (13.33%) Manufacturing
5 19 (9.74%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (8.21%) Legal
7 13 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (5.64%) Telecoms
9 9 (4.62%) Public Sector
10 8 (4.10%) Retail
11 7 (3.59%) Marketing
12 6 (3.08%) Law
13 5 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (2.05%) Billing
15 3 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.54%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.51%) Legal Technology
16 1 (0.51%) Local Government
16 1 (0.51%) Police
16 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 115 (58.97%) Analyst
2 102 (52.31%) Data Analyst
3 88 (45.13%) Junior
3 88 (45.13%) Junior Analyst
3 88 (45.13%) Junior Data Analyst
4 13 (6.67%) Technologist
5 10 (5.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 9 (4.62%) Administrator
6 9 (4.62%) Coordinator
7 7 (3.59%) Trainee
7 7 (3.59%) Trainee Analyst
8 5 (2.56%) Commissioning Engineer
8 5 (2.56%) Installations Engineer
8 5 (2.56%) IT Analyst
8 5 (2.56%) Lead
8 5 (2.56%) Power BI Analyst
8 5 (2.56%) Telecoms Engineer
8 5 (2.56%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 4 (2.05%) Accountant
9 4 (2.05%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.54%) CSS
1 3 (1.54%) HTML
1 3 (1.54%) JSON
2 2 (1.03%) EDI
3 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.10%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.56%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.54%) e-Learning
4 3 (1.54%) Social Media
4 3 (1.54%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.51%) FMCG
6 1 (0.51%) IoT
6 1 (0.51%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.05%) Windows
1 4 (2.05%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (61.54%) Business Intelligence
2 93 (47.69%) AI
3 38 (19.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (17.95%) Decision-Making
5 31 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (13.33%) Analytics
7 21 (10.77%) Data Analysis
8 18 (9.23%) Coaching
9 16 (8.21%) Project Management
10 14 (7.18%) Internal Audit
10 14 (7.18%) QMS
10 14 (7.18%) Quality Management
11 13 (6.67%) Risk Management
12 12 (6.15%) Logistics
13 11 (5.64%) CRM
13 11 (5.64%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 11 (5.64%) Visualisation
14 10 (5.13%) Data Modelling
14 10 (5.13%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (4.62%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 116 (59.49%) SQL
2 92 (47.18%) Python
3 16 (8.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (3.59%) T-SQL
5 5 (2.56%) VBA
6 4 (2.05%) R
7 3 (1.54%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.54%) PHP
8 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 80 (41.03%) Azure Certification
2 34 (17.44%) Degree
3 6 (3.08%) CIMA
4 5 (2.56%) ACCA
5 3 (1.54%) CCAB
6 2 (1.03%) AAT
6 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.03%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.51%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.18%) QA
2 10 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.10%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.56%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.54%) GDPR
6 2 (1.03%) PMO
7 1 (0.51%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.51%) Firmware
1 1 (0.51%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 138 (70.77%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.59%) SAP
3 5 (2.56%) Cisco
3 5 (2.56%) Oracle
4 3 (1.54%) Adobe
5 2 (1.03%) Databricks
5 2 (1.03%) Google
5 2 (1.03%) IFS
5 2 (1.03%) Sage
6 1 (0.51%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.51%) HighQ
6 1 (0.51%) Legora
6 1 (0.51%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.51%) VMware