Microsoft Office Job Trends in Devon

Microsoft Office
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 46 21
Rank change year-on-year +19 -25 +15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 26 9 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 4.48% 2.00% 10.28%
As % of the Applications category 36.62% 60.00% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 27
10th Percentile £24,993 £30,250 -
25th Percentile £25,000 £30,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £32,500 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% +41.30% -20.69%
75th Percentile £48,750 £35,625 £27,750
90th Percentile - £36,750 £32,395
South West median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%

All Software Application Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 71 15 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 12.24% 3.33% 10.56%
Number of salaries quoted 17 8 27
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,750 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,849 £40,000 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +73.91% -20.69%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,813 £27,750
90th Percentile - £71,750 £32,395
South West median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -1.23% +8.00%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Devon

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Devon over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in Devon

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Devon region over the 6 months to 14 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
Exeter +7 9 £47,500 +58.33% 6
Paignton +7 7 - - 1
Newton Abbot - 6 - -
Plymouth -9 1 £25,549 -27.00% 2
Microsoft Office
South West

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 15 (57.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (15.38%) MS Visio
4 3 (11.54%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) 5G
1 7 (26.92%) SD-WAN
1 7 (26.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) DTS
Development Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Git
1 7 (26.92%) LabVIEW
General
1 18 (69.23%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 8 (30.77%) Finance
4 7 (26.92%) Electronics
4 7 (26.92%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (11.54%) Banking
6 3 (11.54%) Billing
7 1 (3.85%) Law
7 1 (3.85%) Legal
7 1 (3.85%) Local Government
7 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Administrator
2 7 (26.92%) Product Engineer
2 7 (26.92%) Product Test Engineer
2 7 (26.92%) Test Engineer
2 7 (26.92%) Verification Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Business Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) IT Administrator
5 3 (11.54%) Junior
5 3 (11.54%) Junior Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Junior Business Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Senior
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Graduate
6 2 (7.69%) Graduate Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Graduate Business Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Procurement Assistant
7 1 (3.85%) Project Administrator
7 1 (3.85%) Project Officer
7 1 (3.85%) Project Support Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (26.92%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Self-Driving Car
1 7 (26.92%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (15.38%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Unix
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (26.92%) Analytics
2 7 (26.92%) B2B
2 7 (26.92%) Kalman Filter
2 7 (26.92%) Physics
2 7 (26.92%) System Testing
2 7 (26.92%) Test Assurance
2 7 (26.92%) Test Automation
2 7 (26.92%) Test Scripting
2 7 (26.92%) Validation
2 7 (26.92%) Verification and Validation
3 5 (19.23%) Agile
3 5 (19.23%) Business Analytics
3 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (19.23%) Dashboard Development
3 5 (19.23%) Data Analysis
3 5 (19.23%) Economics
3 5 (19.23%) Invoice Processing
3 5 (19.23%) Project Management
4 4 (15.38%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) MATLAB
1 7 (26.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) Degree
2 7 (26.92%) HND
3 5 (19.23%) Master's Degree
4 4 (15.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (11.54%) AAT
5 3 (11.54%) ACCA
6 1 (3.85%) CIPD
Vendors
1 19 (73.08%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) Sage
3 3 (11.54%) Xero