Microsoft Office Job Trends in County Down

Microsoft Office
Northern Ireland > County Down

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Down requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 11 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 3.94% - 41.18%
As % of the Applications category 28.21% - 77.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,000 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 - £37,500
75th Percentile £28,000 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - £52,750
Northern Ireland median annual salary £42,500 £28,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +47.83% -32.35% +30.77%

All Software Application Skills
County Down

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 County Down.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 39 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 13.98% - 52.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - £27,000
25th Percentile £27,000 - £29,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 - £37,500
75th Percentile £28,000 - £38,750
90th Percentile - - £48,750
Northern Ireland median annual salary £42,500 £31,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +34.92% -21.25% +25.00%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in County Down

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in County Down

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in County Down

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the County Down region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
Holywood - 2 - - 1
Newtownards - 1 - -
Castlewellan - 1 - -
Donaghadee - 1 - -
Downpatrick - 1 - -
Microsoft Office
Northern Ireland

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down 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:

Applications
1 9 (81.82%) Acrobat
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 11 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (81.82%) Legal
2 9 (81.82%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Field Service Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Document Management
2 2 (18.18%) Customer Experience
2 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
2 2 (18.18%) Proactive Maintenance
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (81.82%) Adobe