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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 64 23
Rank change year-on-year +15 -41 +19
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 197 120 551
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.53% 3.89% 6.51%
As % of the Applications category 48.40% 29.41% 49.59%
Number of salaries quoted 82 79 198
10th Percentile £26,425 £26,075 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,063 £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 £48,125 £51,563
90th Percentile £58,375 £56,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -10.45%

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 407 408 1,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.22% 13.23% 13.14%
Number of salaries quoted 229 202 483
10th Percentile £27,655 £26,025 £23,750
25th Percentile £32,757 £28,125 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £56,250 £63,750
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 29 June 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 29 June 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 40 £40,000 -11.11% 15
Staffordshire +18 37 £36,000 +2.86% 7
Herefordshire +2 28 - - 1
Warwickshire -21 21 £30,000 -7.69% 9
Coventry - 19 £47,500 - 2
Wolverhampton - 17 £60,000 - 2
Shropshire -8 12 £36,250 -34.09% 5
Walsall +5 8 £37,500 -12.79%
Worcestershire -10 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 (3.55%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.52%) IIS
Applications
1 33 (16.75%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (15.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.52%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.02%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.51%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Magento
2 2 (1.02%) 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
1 120 (60.91%) Power Platform
2 85 (43.15%) Azure
3 80 (40.61%) Azure AI
4 9 (4.57%) Power Automate
4 9 (4.57%) PowerApps
5 6 (3.05%) Smartsheet
6 5 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.03%) SaaS
8 2 (1.02%) AWS
8 2 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.02%) IaaS
8 2 (1.02%) PaaS
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.51%) Google Sheets
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
1 120 (60.91%) Power BI
2 93 (47.21%) Tableau
3 12 (6.09%) Power Query
4 5 (2.54%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.52%) Metadata
5 3 (1.52%) MySQL
5 3 (1.52%) Star Schema
6 2 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 139 (70.56%) Social Skills
2 43 (21.83%) Finance
3 36 (18.27%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (13.20%) Manufacturing
5 19 (9.64%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (8.12%) Legal
7 12 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (5.58%) Telecoms
9 8 (4.06%) Public Sector
9 8 (4.06%) Retail
10 7 (3.55%) Marketing
11 6 (3.05%) Law
12 4 (2.03%) Billing
12 4 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.52%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.51%) Games
14 1 (0.51%) Legal Technology
14 1 (0.51%) Local Government
14 1 (0.51%) Police
Job Titles
1 117 (59.39%) Analyst
2 102 (51.78%) Data Analyst
3 88 (44.67%) Junior
3 88 (44.67%) Junior Analyst
3 88 (44.67%) Junior Data Analyst
4 13 (6.60%) Technologist
5 12 (6.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 9 (4.57%) Administrator
6 9 (4.57%) Coordinator
7 7 (3.55%) Power BI Analyst
7 7 (3.55%) Trainee
7 7 (3.55%) Trainee Analyst
8 5 (2.54%) Commissioning Engineer
8 5 (2.54%) Installations Engineer
8 5 (2.54%) IT Analyst
8 5 (2.54%) Lead
8 5 (2.54%) Systems Analyst
8 5 (2.54%) Telecoms Engineer
8 5 (2.54%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 4 (2.03%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.52%) CSS
1 3 (1.52%) HTML
1 3 (1.52%) JSON
2 1 (0.51%) EDI
2 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.06%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.54%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.54%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.52%) e-Learning
4 3 (1.52%) Social Media
4 3 (1.52%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (1.02%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.02%) 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 (2.03%) Windows
1 4 (2.03%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (61.93%) Business Intelligence
2 93 (47.21%) AI
3 41 (20.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (17.77%) Decision-Making
5 31 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (14.21%) Analytics
7 21 (10.66%) Data Analysis
8 18 (9.14%) Coaching
9 17 (8.63%) Project Management
10 14 (7.11%) Internal Audit
10 14 (7.11%) QMS
10 14 (7.11%) Quality Management
10 14 (7.11%) Risk Management
11 13 (6.60%) Visualisation
12 12 (6.09%) Logistics
13 11 (5.58%) CRM
13 11 (5.58%) Data Visualisation
13 11 (5.58%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 11 (5.58%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (5.08%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 118 (59.90%) SQL
2 92 (46.70%) Python
3 16 (8.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (4.06%) VBA
5 7 (3.55%) T-SQL
6 4 (2.03%) R
7 3 (1.52%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.52%) PHP
8 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 80 (40.61%) Azure Certification
2 34 (17.26%) Degree
3 6 (3.05%) CIMA
4 5 (2.54%) ACCA
5 2 (1.02%) CCAB
5 2 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.02%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.02%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.51%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.51%) AAT
6 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.51%) PMP
6 1 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.11%) QA
2 10 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.06%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.54%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.52%) GDPR
6 2 (1.02%) 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 (70.05%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.55%) SAP
3 5 (2.54%) Cisco
3 5 (2.54%) Oracle
4 3 (1.52%) Adobe
5 2 (1.02%) Databricks
5 2 (1.02%) IFS
5 2 (1.02%) Sage
6 1 (0.51%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.51%) Google
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