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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 48 19
Rank change year-on-year -18 -29 +33
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 173 163 450
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.01% 4.72% 7.11%
As % of the Applications category 45.53% 31.23% 52.20%
Number of salaries quoted 77 111 70
10th Percentile £28,075 £28,000 £25,693
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,000 £29,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £70,500
England median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £43,865
% change year-on-year -1.25% -8.81% -3.80%

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 380 522 862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.42% 15.11% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 234 255 240
10th Percentile £27,650 £26,250 £24,838
25th Percentile £30,813 £28,500 £30,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £37,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -5.13% -2.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £54,202
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,116
% change year-on-year - -7.23% -4.19%

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 August 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 August 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
Staffordshire +11 31 £35,500 -8.39% 16
Birmingham -40 31 £36,500 -24.74% 44
Warwickshire -21 26 £31,750 -17.53% 30
Herefordshire -5 24 £75,000 +150.00% 3
Coventry -10 16 £38,000 -36.67% 13
Shropshire -7 14 £33,250 -39.55% 9
Worcestershire -22 12 £30,000 -3.23% 12
Wolverhampton - 10 - - 2
Walsall 0 5 £37,500 -16.67% 2
Tipton - 1 £33,500 - 1
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 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.73%) IIS
3 2 (1.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (17.34%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (13.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (8.09%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (2.89%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (2.31%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.73%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Primavera
1 5 (2.89%) SAP EHS
2 3 (1.73%) Magento
3 2 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 83 (47.98%) Power Platform
2 55 (31.79%) Azure
3 50 (28.90%) Azure AI
4 11 (6.36%) Smartsheet
5 9 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.31%) AWS
6 4 (2.31%) SaaS
7 3 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.73%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.58%) DHCP
1 1 (0.58%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (47.40%) Power BI
2 58 (33.53%) Tableau
3 9 (5.20%) Power Query
4 3 (1.73%) MySQL
5 2 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.58%) Metadata
6 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.58%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (2.31%) JIRA
2 3 (1.73%) Git
3 2 (1.16%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.16%) GitLab
3 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.16%) JMeter
3 2 (1.16%) Postman
3 2 (1.16%) Selenium
3 2 (1.16%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.16%) Zephyr
General
1 120 (69.36%) Social Skills
2 32 (18.50%) Finance
3 30 (17.34%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (15.03%) Manufacturing
5 18 (10.40%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (9.25%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (9.25%) Public Sector
7 11 (6.36%) Legal
8 8 (4.62%) Retail
9 7 (4.05%) Marketing
10 6 (3.47%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.89%) Law
12 4 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.73%) Electronics
13 3 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.73%) Social Housing
14 2 (1.16%) Billing
14 2 (1.16%) Brand Awareness
15 1 (0.58%) Local Government
15 1 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 73 (42.20%) Analyst
2 67 (38.73%) Data Analyst
3 60 (34.68%) Junior
4 58 (33.53%) Junior Analyst
4 58 (33.53%) Junior Data Analyst
5 11 (6.36%) Coordinator
6 10 (5.78%) Administrator
6 10 (5.78%) Technologist
7 9 (5.20%) Accountant
7 9 (5.20%) Lead
8 5 (2.89%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 4 (2.31%) IT Support
9 4 (2.31%) Management Accountant
9 4 (2.31%) Project Engineer
9 4 (2.31%) Project Leader
9 4 (2.31%) Project Planner
10 3 (1.73%) Business Intelligence Specialist
10 3 (1.73%) Buyer
10 3 (1.73%) Junior IT Support
10 3 (1.73%) SAP Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.89%) JSON
2 3 (1.73%) CSS
2 3 (1.73%) EDI
2 3 (1.73%) HTML
3 2 (1.16%) ADO
3 2 (1.16%) Playwright
3 2 (1.16%) SOAP
3 2 (1.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.94%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.47%) e-Learning
3 6 (3.47%) PMI
3 6 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.89%) Social Media
5 3 (1.73%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.73%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.58%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.58%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.58%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.58%) FMCG
7 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.31%) Windows
1 4 (2.31%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (46.82%) Business Intelligence
2 60 (34.68%) AI
3 50 (28.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 37 (21.39%) Decision-Making
5 36 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (12.14%) Project Management
7 18 (10.40%) Coaching
7 18 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (9.25%) Analytics
8 16 (9.25%) Quality Management
9 15 (8.67%) QMS
10 14 (8.09%) Logistics
11 13 (7.51%) Data Analysis
12 12 (6.94%) Risk Management
13 11 (6.36%) Agile
13 11 (6.36%) ERP
13 11 (6.36%) Internal Audit
14 10 (5.78%) Customer Service
15 9 (5.20%) CRM
16 8 (4.62%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 75 (43.35%) SQL
2 56 (32.37%) Python
3 11 (6.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.73%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.73%) PHP
4 3 (1.73%) VBA
5 2 (1.16%) Java
5 2 (1.16%) R
5 2 (1.16%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 50 (28.90%) Azure Certification
2 36 (20.81%) Degree
3 6 (3.47%) CIMA
3 6 (3.47%) PMI Certification
4 5 (2.89%) ACCA
5 4 (2.31%) CCAB
5 4 (2.31%) CIPD
6 3 (1.73%) AAT
7 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.16%) ISEB
7 2 (1.16%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.16%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.16%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.58%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.58%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.09%) QA
2 6 (3.47%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.89%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.89%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.73%) GDPR
4 3 (1.73%) SLA
5 1 (0.58%) GMP
5 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 118 (68.21%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.83%) SAP
3 5 (2.89%) Oracle
4 3 (1.73%) Adobe
4 3 (1.73%) Databricks
4 3 (1.73%) Google
5 2 (1.16%) Cisco
5 2 (1.16%) IFS
5 2 (1.16%) Pega
5 2 (1.16%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.58%) NEC
6 1 (0.58%) Sage
6 1 (0.58%) VMware