Microsoft Office Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Office
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 63 46
Rank change year-on-year -7 -17 +19
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 80 132 157
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.19% 4.14% 5.07%
As % of the Applications category 51.61% 42.04% 57.30%
Number of salaries quoted 70 90 125
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,250 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.34% +22.73% -29.36%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,625 £92,500 £75,000
London median annual salary £41,000 £48,144 £43,000
% change year-on-year -14.84% +11.96% -14.00%

All Software Application Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 155 314 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 6.19% 9.84% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 128 168 230
10th Percentile £32,010 £36,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -26.09%
75th Percentile £70,313 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £90,000 £80,000
London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -10.71%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Central London

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Central London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in Central London

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
City of London -5 76 £40,000 -15.79% 19
West End of London +7 1 £32,838 -30.87% 1
Kensington and Chelsea +7 1 - -
Microsoft Office
London

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 18 (22.50%) SharePoint
2 13 (16.25%) Skype for Business
3 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (46.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (32.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.25%) Acrobat
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (17.50%) OneDrive
3 5 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.75%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 24 (30.00%) WebEx
2 13 (16.25%) Skype
2 13 (16.25%) Unified Communications
3 3 (3.75%) VPN
4 2 (2.50%) Firewall
5 1 (1.25%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.25%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.25%) Metadata
1 5 (6.25%) Power BI
2 3 (3.75%) Power Query
3 2 (2.50%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.25%) MS Access
4 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 41 (51.25%) Social Skills
2 40 (50.00%) Law
3 22 (27.50%) Legal
4 17 (21.25%) Finance
5 11 (13.75%) Telecoms
6 8 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (8.75%) Games
8 4 (5.00%) Financial Institution
8 4 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.50%) Banking
9 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.50%) Front Office
10 1 (1.25%) Advertising
10 1 (1.25%) International Banking
10 1 (1.25%) Japanese Language
10 1 (1.25%) Local Government
10 1 (1.25%) Marketing
10 1 (1.25%) Multimedia
10 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (47.50%) Analyst
2 33 (41.25%) Support Analyst
3 27 (33.75%) IT Support
4 18 (22.50%) IT Analyst
4 18 (22.50%) IT Support Analyst
5 13 (16.25%) Support Assistant
5 13 (16.25%) Support Engineer
6 11 (13.75%) IT Support Specialist
6 11 (13.75%) Support Specialist
7 8 (10.00%) IT Engineer
7 8 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (8.75%) 1st Line Engineer
8 7 (8.75%) 1st Line Support
8 7 (8.75%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 7 (8.75%) Desktop Support
9 5 (6.25%) Desktop Engineer
9 5 (6.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 5 (6.25%) Risk Manager
10 4 (5.00%) IT Trainer
10 4 (5.00%) Legal IT Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (2.50%) XML
1 2 (2.50%) XSLT
2 1 (1.25%) CSS
2 1 (1.25%) HTML
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 24 (30.00%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (11.25%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (8.75%) Fat Client
3 7 (8.75%) Thin Client
4 6 (7.50%) Driving Licence
5 5 (6.25%) e-Learning
6 4 (5.00%) iPhone
7 3 (3.75%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.50%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.50%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (2.50%) Learning Management System
8 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.25%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (1.25%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (1.25%) PMI
9 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.25%) Reinsurance
9 1 (1.25%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 39 (48.75%) Windows
2 22 (27.50%) Windows 10
3 10 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.00%) Android
5 2 (2.50%) Linux
5 2 (2.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (46.25%) ITIL
2 18 (22.50%) Document Management
2 18 (22.50%) Preventative Maintenance
2 18 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (16.25%) Data Management
3 13 (16.25%) ISMS
4 12 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (13.75%) Data Protection
5 11 (13.75%) Mentoring
6 9 (11.25%) Problem Management
7 8 (10.00%) Coaching
8 7 (8.75%) Agile
8 7 (8.75%) Internal Audit
8 7 (8.75%) Inventory Management
8 7 (8.75%) Line Management
9 6 (7.50%) Break/Fix
9 6 (7.50%) Business Development
9 6 (7.50%) Business Strategy
9 6 (7.50%) Creative Thinking
9 6 (7.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.25%) SQL
2 8 (10.00%) Python
3 3 (3.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (3.75%) VBA
4 2 (2.50%) Bash
4 2 (2.50%) C#
4 2 (2.50%) C++
4 2 (2.50%) VC++
Qualifications
1 31 (38.75%) Degree
2 13 (16.25%) A+ Certification
3 2 (2.50%) CEH
3 2 (2.50%) CISSP
3 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.25%) APMP
4 1 (1.25%) MCP
4 1 (1.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (15.00%) SLA
3 5 (6.25%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.50%) EMIR
5 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (2.50%) PMO
5 2 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.25%) GDPR
6 1 (1.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (26.25%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.25%) Firmware
3 1 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.50%) Grafana
3 1 (1.25%) AirWatch
3 1 (1.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 58 (72.50%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.25%) Apple
2 13 (16.25%) Polycom
3 9 (11.25%) iManage
4 7 (8.75%) Acronis
4 7 (8.75%) Datto
5 6 (7.50%) Cisco
5 6 (7.50%) HP
5 6 (7.50%) VMware
6 3 (3.75%) Citrix
6 3 (3.75%) Oracle
7 2 (2.50%) Atlassian
7 2 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (2.50%) CyberArk
7 2 (2.50%) Juniper
7 2 (2.50%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.50%) Rapid7
7 2 (2.50%) Thales
8 1 (1.25%) ConnectWise
8 1 (1.25%) Intapp