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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 68 30
Rank change year-on-year +11 -38 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Excel 204 113 468
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.52% 3.71% 5.80%
As % of the Applications category 49.28% 31.22% 46.47%
Number of salaries quoted 84 79 217
10th Percentile £26,775 £25,300 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £29,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £37,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -2.60% -3.75%
75th Percentile £48,065 £48,125 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +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 414 362 1,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.11% 11.89% 12.48%
Number of salaries quoted 234 188 503
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,375 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £56,500
90th Percentile £59,625 £55,375 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +16.88% -14.44%

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 5 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 5 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 -8 52 £40,000 -11.11% 17
Staffordshire +1 36 £36,000 +2.86% 10
Herefordshire +1 27 - - 3
Coventry - 20 £47,500 - 6
Warwickshire -25 18 £40,000 +23.08% 14
Wolverhampton - 18 £60,000 - 1
Shropshire - 9 £37,500 - 6
Walsall +5 8 £37,500 -10.71% 1
Worcestershire -19 8 £37,500 -50.00% 9
Solihull +11 1 £75,000 - 2
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 5 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.47%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 30 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.47%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.98%) Trello
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.47%) Magento
2 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 122 (59.80%) Power Platform
2 98 (48.04%) Azure
3 85 (41.67%) Azure AI
4 9 (4.41%) AWS
4 9 (4.41%) Power Automate
4 9 (4.41%) PowerApps
5 5 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.96%) SaaS
6 4 (1.96%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.98%) IaaS
7 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.98%) PaaS
8 1 (0.49%) Asana
8 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.49%) DHCP
1 1 (0.49%) DNS
1 1 (0.49%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (59.80%) Power BI
2 101 (49.51%) Tableau
3 12 (5.88%) Power Query
4 8 (3.92%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.47%) Metadata
5 3 (1.47%) MySQL
5 3 (1.47%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.49%) JIRA
General
1 144 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 48 (23.53%) Finance
3 38 (18.63%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.29%) Manufacturing
5 16 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (7.84%) Legal
6 12 (5.88%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.43%) Marketing
9 7 (3.43%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.94%) Law
10 6 (2.94%) Retail
11 5 (2.45%) Billing
12 3 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.47%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.49%) Games
13 1 (0.49%) Local Government
13 1 (0.49%) Police
13 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 130 (63.73%) Analyst
2 108 (52.94%) Data Analyst
3 93 (45.59%) Junior
3 93 (45.59%) Junior Analyst
3 93 (45.59%) Junior Data Analyst
4 12 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 10 (4.90%) Technologist
5 10 (4.90%) Trainee
5 10 (4.90%) Trainee Analyst
6 9 (4.41%) Administrator
7 8 (3.92%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 7 (3.43%) Power BI Analyst
9 6 (2.94%) Coordinator
10 5 (2.45%) Commissioning Engineer
10 5 (2.45%) Installations Engineer
10 5 (2.45%) IT Analyst
10 5 (2.45%) Systems Analyst
10 5 (2.45%) Telecoms Engineer
11 4 (1.96%) Data Scientist
11 4 (1.96%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.47%) CSS
1 3 (1.47%) HTML
1 3 (1.47%) JSON
2 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (3.43%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.45%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.47%) Social Media
7 2 (0.98%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.98%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.49%) FMCG
8 1 (0.49%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.96%) Windows
1 4 (1.96%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (60.78%) Business Intelligence
2 105 (51.47%) AI
3 33 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (16.18%) Decision-Making
4 31 (15.20%) Analytics
5 27 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (10.78%) Data Analysis
7 20 (9.80%) Project Management
8 16 (7.84%) Coaching
9 13 (6.37%) Visualisation
10 12 (5.88%) CRM
10 12 (5.88%) Data Visualisation
10 12 (5.88%) Risk Management
10 12 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (5.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 11 (5.39%) Internal Audit
11 11 (5.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (4.90%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (4.90%) Data Analytics
12 10 (4.90%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 124 (60.78%) SQL
2 99 (48.53%) Python
3 16 (7.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (4.41%) VBA
5 7 (3.43%) T-SQL
6 4 (1.96%) R
7 3 (1.47%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.47%) PHP
8 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 85 (41.67%) Azure Certification
2 30 (14.71%) Degree
3 7 (3.43%) AWS Certification
3 7 (3.43%) CIMA
4 6 (2.94%) ACCA
5 3 (1.47%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.47%) PMP
6 2 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.98%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.49%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.49%) CCAB
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.39%) QA
2 10 (4.90%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.45%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.98%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.98%) PMO
5 1 (0.49%) GDPR
5 1 (0.49%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.49%) Firmware
1 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 147 (72.06%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.90%) Adobe
3 7 (3.43%) Apple
4 5 (2.45%) Cisco
5 4 (1.96%) SAP
6 3 (1.47%) Oracle
6 3 (1.47%) Sage
7 2 (0.98%) Databricks
7 2 (0.98%) DocuSign
7 2 (0.98%) HighQ
7 2 (0.98%) IFS
8 1 (0.49%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.49%) VMware