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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 37 42
Rank change year-on-year -16 +5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 180 241 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.11% 6.10% 5.00%
As % of the Applications category 36.29% 58.92% 48.81%
Number of salaries quoted 91 84 224
10th Percentile £25,250 £28,100 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.68% -11.25% +3.86%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% -11.11%

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 496 409 545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.56% 10.36% 10.25%
Number of salaries quoted 208 178 427
10th Percentile £26,775 £29,050 £22,975
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £40,889 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% +6.21% -2.88%
75th Percentile £50,500 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,375 £57,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -16.67%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +10 55 £40,000 -11.11% 19
Staffordshire -12 33 £26,750 -23.57% 11
Warwickshire -19 28 £32,500 -9.72% 14
Herefordshire 0 16 £30,000 +14.50%
Coventry +1 14 £60,000 - 5
Shropshire -20 10 £30,000 -47.83% 3
Wolverhampton - 10 £60,000 - 2
Walsall - 4 £45,000 - 3
Worcestershire -20 2 £67,000 +72.90% 7
Solihull +1 1 £75,000 - 3
Dudley -3 1 £40,000 +14.29%
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 (1.67%) Confluence
1 3 (1.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 40 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (13.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.11%) Trello
4 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 82 (45.56%) Power Platform
2 61 (33.89%) Azure
3 45 (25.00%) Azure AI
4 15 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.44%) AWS
5 8 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.89%) Power Automate
6 7 (3.89%) PowerApps
7 6 (3.33%) Smartsheet
8 4 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.22%) OCI
9 2 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.11%) IaaS
9 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.11%) PaaS
9 2 (1.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.56%) Asana
10 1 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.56%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.67%) Internet
3 1 (0.56%) DHCP
3 1 (0.56%) DNS
3 1 (0.56%) Firewall
3 1 (0.56%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.56%) Modbus
3 1 (0.56%) Network Security
3 1 (0.56%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (45.56%) Power BI
2 63 (35.00%) Tableau
3 16 (8.89%) Data Mining
4 7 (3.89%) Power Query
4 7 (3.89%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.78%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.22%) GIS
6 4 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.11%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.11%) Metadata
7 2 (1.11%) MS Access
7 2 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.11%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.56%) Looker
8 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.78%) JIRA
2 2 (1.11%) Git
2 2 (1.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.56%) Maven
3 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 114 (63.33%) Social Skills
2 58 (32.22%) Finance
3 51 (28.33%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 15 (8.33%) Legal
6 14 (7.78%) Marketing
7 13 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.22%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (2.22%) Law
11 2 (1.11%) Billing
11 2 (1.11%) Retail
11 2 (1.11%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.56%) Games
12 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 102 (56.67%) Analyst
2 62 (34.44%) Data Analyst
3 47 (26.11%) Junior
3 47 (26.11%) Junior Analyst
4 45 (25.00%) Junior Data Analyst
5 18 (10.00%) Trainee
6 17 (9.44%) Trainee Analyst
7 15 (8.33%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 10 (5.56%) Administrator
8 10 (5.56%) Support Analyst
9 7 (3.89%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 7 (3.89%) Systems Analyst
10 6 (3.33%) Systems Support
11 5 (2.78%) Developer
11 5 (2.78%) IT Analyst
12 4 (2.22%) ERP Analyst
12 4 (2.22%) ERP Support
12 4 (2.22%) Insight Analyst
12 4 (2.22%) Power BI Analyst
12 4 (2.22%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.11%) .NET
2 2 (1.11%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.11%) ADO
2 2 (1.11%) Blazor
2 2 (1.11%) ODBC
2 2 (1.11%) REST
2 2 (1.11%) WPF
3 1 (0.56%) ActiveMQ
3 1 (0.56%) Ember.js
3 1 (0.56%) JSON
3 1 (0.56%) LDAP
3 1 (0.56%) RAML
3 1 (0.56%) SOAP
3 1 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 10 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.44%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (3.33%) FMCG
5 6 (3.33%) Pricing Data
6 4 (2.22%) SCADA
6 4 (2.22%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.67%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.11%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.56%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.56%) IoT
9 1 (0.56%) iSeries
9 1 (0.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.89%) Windows
2 2 (1.11%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (45.00%) Business Intelligence
2 57 (31.67%) AI
3 45 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (20.56%) Analytics
5 33 (18.33%) Project Management
6 28 (15.56%) Data Analysis
7 25 (13.89%) Decision-Making
8 22 (12.22%) Data Analytics
9 21 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (11.67%) ERP
10 16 (8.89%) Business Analysis
10 16 (8.89%) Data Cleansing
11 15 (8.33%) Mathematics
11 15 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (7.78%) CRM
12 14 (7.78%) Visualisation
13 12 (6.67%) Coaching
13 12 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (6.67%) Data Visualisation
13 12 (6.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 92 (51.11%) SQL
2 66 (36.67%) Python
3 10 (5.56%) VBA
4 4 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.67%) Java
5 3 (1.67%) PHP
6 2 (1.11%) C#
6 2 (1.11%) Delphi
6 2 (1.11%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.11%) XAML
7 1 (0.56%) R
7 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 45 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 20 (11.11%) Degree
3 8 (4.44%) AWS Certification
4 7 (3.89%) ACCA
4 7 (3.89%) CIMA
5 4 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.67%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.67%) PMP
7 2 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.56%) AAT
8 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.89%) PMO
3 4 (2.22%) QA
4 3 (1.67%) SLA
5 2 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.56%) GDPR
6 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.56%) Docker
1 1 (0.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.56%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 123 (68.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.56%) Adobe
3 8 (4.44%) Apple
3 8 (4.44%) SAP
4 6 (3.33%) Oracle
4 6 (3.33%) Sage
5 5 (2.78%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.67%) Cognos
6 3 (1.67%) Remedy
7 2 (1.11%) DocuSign
7 2 (1.11%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (1.11%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.56%) Cisco
8 1 (0.56%) Google
8 1 (0.56%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.56%) Symantec
8 1 (0.56%) Workday