There were at least 5 people whose field of expertise was not English in that department.
There were about 5 people in that department who didn't know English very well.
whose field of expertise was not を使うのであれば1つめの答えのように使うといいです。
二つ目の答えの方が若干カジュアルな言い方ではあります。
あえて専門分野という難しい言い方をするのであれば1つめで良いです。単純に英語が得意じゃない、と言いたいのであれば、doesn't know English very well, doesn't speak much English などのような言い方がございます。どうぞご参考までに。