Microsoft Office Job Trends in Durham

Microsoft Office
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 28 37
Rank change year-on-year -10 +9 -10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 10 6 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 2.04% 2.69% 2.37%
As % of the Applications category 29.41% 60.00% 38.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £28,425 - £27,600
25th Percentile £29,438 - £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.79%
75th Percentile - - £40,000
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £34,500 £40,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -13.75% +21.21% +6.45%

All Software Application Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 34 10 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 6.95% 4.48% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 9
10th Percentile £29,012 - £27,700
25th Percentile £29,927 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,200 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -10.86% -5.49%
75th Percentile £32,750 - £40,000
90th Percentile £36,200 - £41,750
North East median annual salary £38,000 £52,000 £34,284
% change year-on-year -26.92% +51.68% -7.42%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Durham

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Durham region over the 6 months to 7 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
Peterlee - 3 £30,000 - 1
Microsoft Office
North East

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Junior
1 3 (30.00%) Junior Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Junior PMO
1 3 (30.00%) Junior PMO Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Administrator
2 2 (20.00%) PMO Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (30.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Android
1 3 (30.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Invoice Processing
1 5 (50.00%) Logistics
1 5 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 5 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Client Onboarding
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (10.00%) Building Information Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Physics
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) ANSYS