Microsoft Office Job Trends in Cumbria

Microsoft Office
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 26 25
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 12 20 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 3.16% 4.10% 2.93%
As % of the Applications category 20.34% 43.48% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 4
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,327 £39,125
25th Percentile £28,125 - £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,250 £40,748 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.22% -29.13% +21.05%
75th Percentile £42,813 £50,818 £66,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £51,254 -
North West median annual salary £35,000 £41,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -14.63% +36.67% -9.09%

All Software Application Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 59 46 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 15.53% 9.43% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 21 17 4
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,540 £39,125
25th Percentile £49,453 £40,748 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.34% -18.26% +21.05%
75th Percentile - £53,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,787 -
North West median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +34.92% -16.00%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in Cumbria

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 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
Barrow-in-Furness +12 5 £29,000 -7.94% 2
Broughton-in-Furness 0 2 - -
Cockermouth - 1 £68,000 -
Kirkby-in-Furness - 1 - -
Microsoft Office
North West

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) LAN
1 4 (33.33%) WAN
1 4 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (25.00%) DHCP
2 3 (25.00%) DNS
2 3 (25.00%) VLAN
2 3 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) Broadband
3 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (8.33%) Firewall
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Electronics
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) EMC Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Mechanical Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Project Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Financial Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Direct Sales Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Field Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Field Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Sales Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (8.33%) Educational Technology
1 1 (8.33%) Robotics
1 1 (8.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) ITSM
1 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (16.67%) CAD
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Revenue Recognition
3 1 (8.33%) B2B
3 1 (8.33%) Business Development
3 1 (8.33%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (8.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) CRM
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Generation
3 1 (8.33%) Mathematical Modelling
3 1 (8.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (8.33%) People Management
3 1 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (8.33%) Physics
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C++
1 1 (8.33%) MATLAB
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) AAT
3 2 (16.67%) ACCA
3 2 (16.67%) CIMA
3 2 (16.67%) HNC
3 2 (16.67%) ICAEW
4 1 (8.33%) CCNA
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (8.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (16.67%) IFRS
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (16.67%) EMC
3 2 (16.67%) SAP
4 1 (8.33%) Apple
4 1 (8.33%) Aruba
4 1 (8.33%) Google
4 1 (8.33%) HP
4 1 (8.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (8.33%) VMware
4 1 (8.33%) YouTube