Microsoft Office Job Trends in Bolton

Microsoft Office
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bolton requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 13 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 3 23 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 4.29% 20.91% 12.50%
As % of the Applications category 50.00% 74.19% 70.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 20 6
10th Percentile £29,600 £39,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £40,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +35.59% +13.46%
75th Percentile £40,625 £43,750 -
90th Percentile £45,500 - £32,000
Manchester median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% -6.25%

All Software Application Skills
Bolton

Microsoft Office 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 Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 6 31 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 8.57% 28.18% 17.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6 26 9
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £28,800
25th Percentile £34,063 £38,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £40,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.13% +35.59% -1.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £43,750 £37,500
90th Percentile - - £52,578
Manchester median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +41.67% -23.08%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bolton.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Bolton

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in Bolton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Bolton over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in Bolton

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) HR Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) HR Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Report Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Social Media
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) Scorecard
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) AAT
2 1 (33.33%) ACCA
2 1 (33.33%) CIMA
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware