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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 43 19
Rank change year-on-year -14 -24 +24
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 213 161 432
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.35% 4.94% 7.41%
As % of the Applications category 45.42% 27.24% 54.27%
Number of salaries quoted 104 107 52
10th Percentile £26,550 £27,650 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,250 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.06% +21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £44,688 £48,125 £46,875
90th Percentile £58,041 £60,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -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 469 591 796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.18% 18.13% 13.65%
Number of salaries quoted 286 238 176
10th Percentile £26,875 £26,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £37,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.36% -6.88% -5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £53,938
90th Percentile £63,125 £60,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 October 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 October 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
Warwickshire -5 44 £30,500 -6.15% 34
Birmingham -32 39 £45,000 +5.88% 66
Staffordshire +9 29 £35,500 -11.25% 26
Herefordshire -5 23 £75,000 +150.00% 3
Worcestershire -8 22 £28,000 -9.68% 22
Shropshire -9 16 £35,000 -36.36% 10
Coventry -12 16 £38,000 -36.67% 11
Tipton - 5 £33,500 - 1
Walsall -4 4 £37,500 -16.67% 7
Wolverhampton - 4 - - 11
Solihull +7 2 £38,000 +11.76% 8
Smethwick - 1 - - 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 10 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.88%) Confluence
3 3 (1.41%) IIS
3 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 44 (20.66%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (15.49%) Microsoft Project
3 27 (12.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.76%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.88%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.41%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.47%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.47%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (9.86%) Primavera
1 21 (9.86%) SAP EHS
2 3 (1.41%) Magento
2 3 (1.41%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.94%) Shopify
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.47%) Maximo
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.47%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 61 (28.64%) Power Platform
2 28 (13.15%) Azure
3 25 (11.74%) Smartsheet
4 20 (9.39%) Azure AI
5 13 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.88%) AWS
6 4 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.88%) SaaS
7 3 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.41%) Google Sheets
7 3 (1.41%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.94%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.47%) GitHub
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.94%) DHCP
1 2 (0.94%) DNS
1 2 (0.94%) LAN
1 2 (0.94%) VPN
1 2 (0.94%) WAN
1 2 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (28.17%) Power BI
2 25 (11.74%) Tableau
3 9 (4.23%) Power Query
4 3 (1.41%) MySQL
5 2 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.94%) MS Access
5 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.47%) Looker
6 1 (0.47%) Metadata
6 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.82%) JIRA
2 5 (2.35%) Git
3 2 (0.94%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.94%) GitLab
3 2 (0.94%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.94%) JMeter
3 2 (0.94%) Postman
3 2 (0.94%) Selenium
3 2 (0.94%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.94%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 135 (63.38%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.07%) Finance
3 44 (20.66%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (19.72%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (15.49%) Manufacturing
6 25 (11.74%) Legal
7 17 (7.98%) Public Sector
8 16 (7.51%) Retail
9 15 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (4.69%) Marketing
11 6 (2.82%) Electronics
11 6 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.82%) Social Housing
12 4 (1.88%) Automotive
12 4 (1.88%) Law
12 4 (1.88%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.94%) Advertising
14 2 (0.94%) Brand Awareness
14 2 (0.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (23.94%) Analyst
2 36 (16.90%) Data Analyst
3 28 (13.15%) Junior
4 26 (12.21%) Administrator
5 25 (11.74%) Junior Analyst
5 25 (11.74%) Junior Data Analyst
5 25 (11.74%) Lead
6 11 (5.16%) Coordinator
7 10 (4.69%) Technologist
8 9 (4.23%) Accountant
9 7 (3.29%) Development Manager
10 5 (2.35%) Information Manager
10 5 (2.35%) IT Engineer
10 5 (2.35%) IT Support
10 5 (2.35%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (2.35%) PMO Analyst
10 5 (2.35%) Support Engineer
11 4 (1.88%) E-Commerce Administrator
11 4 (1.88%) Repair Technician
11 4 (1.88%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.82%) JSON
2 3 (1.41%) CSS
2 3 (1.41%) EDI
2 3 (1.41%) HTML
3 2 (0.94%) ADO
3 2 (0.94%) MIDP
3 2 (0.94%) Playwright
3 2 (0.94%) SOAP
3 2 (0.94%) XML
4 1 (0.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.33%) PMI
2 20 (9.39%) Management Information System
3 14 (6.57%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.69%) e-Learning
6 6 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.82%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.35%) Social Media
8 3 (1.41%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.94%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.94%) Photography
9 2 (0.94%) Robotics
9 2 (0.94%) Social Network
9 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.47%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.47%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.47%) NHS
10 1 (0.47%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.35%) Windows
2 3 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (30.99%) Continuous Improvement
2 62 (29.11%) Decision-Making
3 60 (28.17%) Business Intelligence
4 56 (26.29%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (21.13%) Project Management
6 37 (17.37%) ERP
7 32 (15.02%) AI
8 31 (14.55%) QMS
9 30 (14.08%) Agile
10 27 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 25 (11.74%) Customer Service
13 24 (11.27%) Analytics
13 24 (11.27%) Coaching
13 24 (11.27%) Logistics
14 23 (10.80%) Project Planning
15 21 (9.86%) Conflict Management
15 21 (9.86%) Work Breakdown Structure
16 20 (9.39%) Data Analysis
17 17 (7.98%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 49 (23.00%) SQL
2 28 (13.15%) Python
3 12 (5.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.88%) VBA
5 3 (1.41%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.41%) PHP
6 2 (0.94%) Java
6 2 (0.94%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.94%) R
Qualifications
1 52 (24.41%) Degree
2 22 (10.33%) PMI Certification
3 20 (9.39%) Azure Certification
4 18 (8.45%) SC Cleared
4 18 (8.45%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.29%) ACCA
6 6 (2.82%) CIMA
7 5 (2.35%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.88%) CIPD
9 3 (1.41%) AAT
9 3 (1.41%) CCAB
10 2 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.94%) ISEB
10 2 (0.94%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.47%) City & Guilds
11 1 (0.47%) HNC
11 1 (0.47%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.04%) QA
2 9 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.29%) GDPR
4 5 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.35%) PMO
5 4 (1.88%) SLA
6 3 (1.41%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.94%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (0.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Docker
Vendors
1 133 (62.44%) Microsoft
2 37 (17.37%) SAP
3 5 (2.35%) Oracle
3 5 (2.35%) Sage
4 4 (1.88%) Databricks
4 4 (1.88%) Zoho
5 3 (1.41%) Adobe
5 3 (1.41%) Google
6 2 (0.94%) Facebook
6 2 (0.94%) IFS
6 2 (0.94%) NEC
6 2 (0.94%) Pega
6 2 (0.94%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.47%) Apple
7 1 (0.47%) Autodesk