Microsoft Office Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Office
England > East Midlands

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 53 26
Rank change year-on-year -63 -27 +13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 48 89 267
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.06% 4.86% 6.31%
As % of the Applications category 18.53% 43.20% 52.77%
Number of salaries quoted 40 40 187
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,450 £22,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £31,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% -1.56% -12.33%
75th Percentile £29,625 £37,813 £38,525
90th Percentile £34,750 £45,250 £48,750
England median annual salary £32,838 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.43% +15.38% -14.47%

All Software Application Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 259 206 506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.71% 11.24% 11.95%
Number of salaries quoted 93 90 334
10th Percentile £25,887 £25,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,188 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,625 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.94% +23.08% -8.45%
75th Percentile £42,500 £56,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £66,400 £65,000 £52,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,842 £37,500
% change year-on-year -14.61% +24.91% -16.67%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the East Midlands

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Nottinghamshire -20 14 £28,500 -9.52% 12
Leicestershire -36 13 £29,000 -33.33% 3
Derbyshire -6 11 £27,000 -10.00% 11
Northamptonshire -16 7 £29,000 +5.45% 11
Lincolnshire -36 3 £40,258 +23.87% 3
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 6 (12.50%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.08%) Sage 200
2 1 (2.08%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.08%) Azure
2 1 (2.08%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.50%) DHCP
1 6 (12.50%) DNS
1 6 (12.50%) Internet
1 6 (12.50%) Network Security
2 3 (6.25%) Wireless
3 1 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
General
1 16 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.92%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 6 (12.50%) Finance
6 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (10.42%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (8.33%) Dutch Language
7 4 (8.33%) German Language
7 4 (8.33%) Marketing
7 4 (8.33%) Portuguese Language
7 4 (8.33%) Spanish Language
8 3 (6.25%) French Language
Job Titles
1 14 (29.17%) IT Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Service Desk Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Technical Support
2 8 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) Field Service Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) Products Support Technician
3 6 (12.50%) Support Technician
4 5 (10.42%) Help Desk Technician
4 5 (10.42%) IT Technician
5 3 (6.25%) Analyst
5 3 (6.25%) Consultant
5 3 (6.25%) Recruitment Consultant
6 2 (4.17%) IT Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) IT Support
6 2 (4.17%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Support Analyst
7 1 (2.08%) Personal Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 7 (14.58%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (12.50%) iPad
3 6 (12.50%) PMI
4 5 (10.42%) EPoS
5 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.08%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 23 (47.92%) Windows
2 15 (31.25%) Windows Server
3 9 (18.75%) Windows 10
4 5 (10.42%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (52.08%) Customer Service
2 24 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (27.08%) CRM
4 8 (16.67%) Case Management
4 8 (16.67%) ITSM
4 8 (16.67%) Logistics
5 7 (14.58%) B2B
6 6 (12.50%) Preventative Maintenance
6 6 (12.50%) Server Management
6 6 (12.50%) User Experience
7 5 (10.42%) Customer Experience
7 5 (10.42%) E-Commerce
7 5 (10.42%) Proactive Maintenance
7 5 (10.42%) QMS
7 5 (10.42%) Quality Management
8 4 (8.33%) Product Requirements
9 3 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (6.25%) Decision-Making
9 3 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (47.92%) Degree
2 6 (12.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) COSHH
1 5 (10.42%) GMP
2 4 (8.33%) GDPR
3 2 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 18 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 6 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 6 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.50%) Apple
2 6 (12.50%) VMware
3 4 (8.33%) HubSpot
4 1 (2.08%) Cisco
4 1 (2.08%) Google