Microsoft Office
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 76 124
Rank change year-on-year +25 +48 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 4,619 3,974 5,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.50% 4.08% 3.11%
As % of the Applications category 46.34% 46.35% 36.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,948 2,324 3,386
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,043 £28,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +1.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.86% +7.69% -4.29%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 9,968 8,573 14,165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.71% 8.81% 8.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,053 4,742 7,170
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% - +3.19%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,322
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.63% -1.70%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office.

Salary trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
England +31 4,225 £32,500 -17.72% 2,066
UK excluding London +24 3,597 £30,500 -12.86% 1,658
Work from Home +11 1,003 £37,127 -18.73% 699
Midlands +25 951 £32,000 -19.20% 339
South East +29 946 £30,500 -12.86% 391
London +28 921 £42,500 -10.53% 476
North of England +18 658 £29,000 -14.71% 435
West Midlands +26 645 £32,000 -19.27% 199
South West +30 366 £31,500 -14.86% 191
East of England +8 358 £30,000 +3.45% 184
North West +7 333 £29,250 -8.59% 261
East Midlands +24 306 £32,000 -12.33% 141
Yorkshire +39 262 £29,000 -17.14% 127
Scotland -51 170 £32,500 -0.60% 119
Wales +26 109 £27,500 - 42
North East -6 63 £27,000 -10.00% 52
Northern Ireland +35 28 £42,500 +30.77% 19
Isle of Man - 17 £42,500 -

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 424 (9.18%) SharePoint
2 410 (8.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 52 (1.13%) Confluence
3 52 (1.13%) Skype for Business
4 44 (0.95%) CMS
4 44 (0.95%) Oracle Service Bus
4 44 (0.95%) WebLogic
5 42 (0.91%) SAS
6 31 (0.67%) IIS
7 14 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
8 12 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
9 11 (0.24%) WordPress
10 9 (0.19%) Office Communications Server
11 8 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2007
12 7 (0.15%) IBM Notes
12 7 (0.15%) Jupyter
13 6 (0.13%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.087%) Apache
14 4 (0.087%) Moodle
15 3 (0.065%) GlassFish
Applications
1 1,528 (33.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 516 (11.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 131 (2.84%) MS Visio
4 94 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
5 52 (1.13%) AutoCAD
6 42 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
7 36 (0.78%) Photoshop
8 25 (0.54%) InDesign
9 21 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 17 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
11 10 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
12 9 (0.19%) Revit
12 9 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
13 8 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
13 8 (0.17%) SPSS
13 8 (0.17%) Trello
14 6 (0.13%) Simulink
15 5 (0.11%) Solid Edge
16 4 (0.087%) Adobe Captivate
16 4 (0.087%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 46 (1.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 23 (0.50%) Primavera
3 20 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (0.39%) Sage 200
5 15 (0.32%) iTrent
6 13 (0.28%) Infor SunSystems
7 12 (0.26%) Elite 3E
7 12 (0.26%) NEC Housing
8 11 (0.24%) ResourceLink
9 9 (0.19%) Maximo
9 9 (0.19%) Relativity
9 9 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
9 9 (0.19%) Shopify
10 8 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
11 7 (0.15%) NetSuite
12 6 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
13 5 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
13 5 (0.11%) FastStats
13 5 (0.11%) FastStats PeopleStage
13 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 1,097 (23.75%) Microsoft 365
2 544 (11.78%) Azure
3 227 (4.91%) Power Platform
4 191 (4.14%) Entra ID
5 94 (2.04%) AWS
6 74 (1.60%) OneDrive
7 65 (1.41%) Google Workspace
8 58 (1.26%) PowerApps
9 56 (1.21%) SaaS
10 49 (1.06%) Power Automate
11 47 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
12 42 (0.91%) GitHub
12 42 (0.91%) Mimecast
13 30 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
14 22 (0.48%) WhatsApp
15 17 (0.37%) GCP
16 15 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
17 13 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
18 12 (0.26%) Smartsheet
19 11 (0.24%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 310 (6.71%) Firewall
2 259 (5.61%) DNS
3 203 (4.39%) DHCP
4 202 (4.37%) LAN
5 197 (4.26%) TCP/IP
6 179 (3.88%) VPN
7 171 (3.70%) WAN
8 147 (3.18%) Wi-Fi
9 129 (2.79%) Wireless
10 103 (2.23%) VoIP
11 96 (2.08%) Internet
12 87 (1.88%) VLAN
13 66 (1.43%) Skype
14 62 (1.34%) Network Security
15 60 (1.30%) SAN
16 58 (1.26%) FTP
17 44 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
18 38 (0.82%) Intranet
19 33 (0.71%) Cisco IOS
20 29 (0.63%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (4.33%) Power BI
2 152 (3.29%) SQL Server
3 55 (1.19%) Oracle Database
4 46 (1.00%) Tableau
5 44 (0.95%) Oracle Database 10g
5 44 (0.95%) Oracle Database 11g
5 44 (0.95%) VLDB
6 42 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 31 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
9 28 (0.61%) Big Data
10 27 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 21 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
12 20 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 19 (0.41%) Data Lake
14 14 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
15 12 (0.26%) Metadata
16 10 (0.22%) EDRMS
17 9 (0.19%) Data Mining
17 9 (0.19%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 140 (3.03%) JIRA
2 33 (0.71%) Visual Studio
3 32 (0.69%) Git
4 22 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
5 13 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.26%) LabVIEW
7 10 (0.22%) eggPlant
7 10 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (0.19%) Subversion
9 8 (0.17%) MSI
10 6 (0.13%) AdminStudio
10 6 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
10 6 (0.13%) InstallShield
10 6 (0.13%) Mercurial
10 6 (0.13%) Postman
11 5 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.087%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.087%) GitLab
13 3 (0.065%) PeopleTools
13 3 (0.065%) Toad
General
1 2,162 (46.81%) Social Skills
2 1,018 (22.04%) Finance
3 808 (17.49%) Analytical Skills
4 620 (13.42%) Organisational Skills
5 399 (8.64%) Retail
6 376 (8.14%) Legal
7 371 (8.03%) Marketing
8 245 (5.30%) Law
9 233 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 222 (4.81%) Military
11 195 (4.22%) Influencing Skills
12 161 (3.49%) Manufacturing
13 158 (3.42%) Telecoms
14 148 (3.20%) Public Sector
15 145 (3.14%) Banking
16 136 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
17 102 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
18 73 (1.58%) Automotive
19 71 (1.54%) Advertising
20 70 (1.52%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,004 (21.74%) Analyst
2 501 (10.85%) IT Support
3 375 (8.12%) Support Engineer
4 303 (6.56%) Senior
5 253 (5.48%) IT Engineer
6 252 (5.46%) Support Analyst
7 226 (4.89%) Coordinator
8 222 (4.81%) Project Manager
9 221 (4.78%) Graduate
10 206 (4.46%) Administrator
11 201 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
12 187 (4.05%) IT Analyst
13 174 (3.77%) Development Manager
14 168 (3.64%) IT Technician
15 165 (3.57%) Service Analyst
16 155 (3.36%) Service Desk Analyst
17 151 (3.27%) 2nd Line Support
18 149 (3.23%) 1st Line Support
19 139 (3.01%) Support Technician
20 136 (2.94%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (1.80%) .NET
2 69 (1.49%) HTML
3 33 (0.71%) CSS
4 27 (0.58%) XML
5 24 (0.52%) HTML5
6 20 (0.43%) EDI
6 20 (0.43%) JSON
7 18 (0.39%) Blazor
8 16 (0.35%) Web Services
9 15 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
9 15 (0.32%) REST
10 14 (0.30%) LDAP
11 12 (0.26%) Flash
12 9 (0.19%) .NET Framework
12 9 (0.19%) jQuery
13 8 (0.17%) pytest
14 7 (0.15%) Middleware
14 7 (0.15%) XSL
15 6 (0.13%) ASP.NET
15 6 (0.13%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 480 (10.39%) Self-Motivation
2 333 (7.21%) Onboarding
3 279 (6.04%) Driving Licence
4 223 (4.83%) Management Information System
5 125 (2.71%) Social Media
6 81 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
7 73 (1.58%) Data Centre
8 66 (1.43%) Replication
9 59 (1.28%) Smartphone
10 51 (1.10%) CCTV
11 49 (1.06%) NHS
12 40 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
13 35 (0.76%) EPoS
14 34 (0.74%) Life Science
15 30 (0.65%) Blog
15 30 (0.65%) FMCG
15 30 (0.65%) Graphic Design
15 30 (0.65%) Reinsurance
16 28 (0.61%) Operational Technology
16 28 (0.61%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1,381 (29.90%) Windows
2 596 (12.90%) Windows 10
3 403 (8.72%) Windows Server
4 136 (2.94%) Linux
5 126 (2.73%) Apple iOS
6 121 (2.62%) Windows 7
7 120 (2.60%) Android
8 107 (2.32%) Mac OS
9 98 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 90 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
11 81 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
12 76 (1.65%) Unix
13 47 (1.02%) Solaris
14 43 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
15 18 (0.39%) Mac OS X
15 18 (0.39%) Windows 8
16 11 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
17 10 (0.22%) Windows XP
18 7 (0.15%) Windows 2000
19 5 (0.11%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,265 (27.39%) Problem-Solving
2 1,219 (26.39%) Customer Service
3 656 (14.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 521 (11.28%) ITIL
5 520 (11.26%) Project Management
6 438 (9.48%) Logistics
7 379 (8.21%) Agile
8 350 (7.58%) Data Analysis
9 335 (7.25%) Customer Experience
10 330 (7.14%) Time Management
11 310 (6.71%) Process Improvement
12 294 (6.37%) Business Development
13 288 (6.24%) CRM
14 286 (6.19%) Creative Thinking
15 282 (6.11%) Customer Requirements
16 250 (5.41%) Decision-Making
17 248 (5.37%) Mathematics
18 233 (5.04%) Business Intelligence
19 225 (4.87%) Cybersecurity
20 217 (4.70%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 411 (8.90%) SQL
2 171 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 78 (1.69%) JavaScript
4 73 (1.58%) Python
5 59 (1.28%) C#
6 47 (1.02%) PL/SQL
7 35 (0.76%) T-SQL
8 33 (0.71%) VBA
9 26 (0.56%) VB
10 24 (0.52%) MATLAB
11 19 (0.41%) R
12 16 (0.35%) VB.NET
13 14 (0.30%) PHP
14 12 (0.26%) C++
14 12 (0.26%) VBScript
15 10 (0.22%) Bash
15 10 (0.22%) Java
16 7 (0.15%) C
17 6 (0.13%) Perl
17 6 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,521 (32.93%) Degree
2 285 (6.17%) Security Cleared
3 221 (4.78%) DBS Check
4 178 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 163 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 86 (1.86%) MCP
7 83 (1.80%) A+ Certification
8 62 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 59 (1.28%) DV Cleared
9 59 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
10 57 (1.23%) Master's Degree
11 52 (1.13%) HNC
12 51 (1.10%) HND
13 47 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 44 (0.95%) MCSE
15 42 (0.91%) PMI Certification
16 40 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
17 37 (0.80%) MCSA
18 36 (0.78%) PMP
19 35 (0.76%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 336 (7.27%) SLA
2 134 (2.90%) QA
3 116 (2.51%) GDPR
4 65 (1.41%) ISO 9001
5 62 (1.34%) Accessibility
6 58 (1.26%) PMO
7 57 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 57 (1.23%) Data Quality
8 51 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 27 (0.58%) ISO 14001
9 27 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 15 (0.32%) NEBOSH
11 13 (0.28%) COSHH
12 12 (0.26%) COBIT
13 11 (0.24%) GRC
14 10 (0.22%) IFRS
15 8 (0.17%) CDISC
15 8 (0.17%) ISO 26262
16 7 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
16 7 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 937 (20.29%) Active Directory
2 206 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 160 (3.46%) Hyper-V
4 44 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
5 23 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (0.37%) Firmware
6 17 (0.37%) vSphere
7 15 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.26%) KVM
8 12 (0.26%) XenApp
9 11 (0.24%) Terminal Services
9 11 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
10 10 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
11 9 (0.19%) Docker
11 9 (0.19%) Forefront TMG
11 9 (0.19%) XenDesktop
12 7 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.065%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 162 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 153 (3.31%) SCCM
3 44 (0.95%) Data Guard
3 44 (0.95%) Oracle RMAN
4 33 (0.71%) WSUS
5 27 (0.58%) Terraform
6 23 (0.50%) EnCase
7 21 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
7 21 (0.45%) SCOM
8 18 (0.39%) Ansible
9 17 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
10 12 (0.26%) SmoothWall
11 10 (0.22%) Autotask
11 10 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.19%) Functional Safety
13 8 (0.17%) AirWatch
13 8 (0.17%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 8 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 7 (0.15%) Icinga
14 7 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3,253 (70.43%) Microsoft
2 253 (5.48%) VMware
3 158 (3.42%) Google
4 146 (3.16%) Apple
5 131 (2.84%) Cisco
6 125 (2.71%) SAP
7 107 (2.32%) Oracle
8 100 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 98 (2.12%) Citrix
10 82 (1.78%) Adobe
11 74 (1.60%) Veeam
12 71 (1.54%) Salesforce
13 60 (1.30%) Remedy
14 57 (1.23%) iManage
15 52 (1.13%) Dell
16 50 (1.08%) Sage
17 49 (1.06%) HP
18 47 (1.02%) Sun
19 41 (0.89%) Sophos
20 38 (0.82%) Meraki