Microsoft Office Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Office
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England 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 40 43 36
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 +15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 177 175 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.23% 4.96% 5.38%
As % of the Applications category 45.62% 49.16% 55.74%
Number of salaries quoted 87 47 114
10th Percentile £25,250 £21,500 £22,795
25th Percentile £27,000 £26,125 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,370 £31,000 £32,063
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -3.31% -1.35%
75th Percentile £38,750 £48,375 £43,750
90th Percentile £49,500 £57,500 £56,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £41,117 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.88% +17.48% -12.50%

All Software Application Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 388 356 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.28% 10.09% 9.64%
Number of salaries quoted 188 112 184
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,525 £23,103
25th Percentile £27,000 £29,938 £26,215
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,875 £46,250 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.92% +34.06% -1.43%
75th Percentile £49,500 £65,200 £43,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.51%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in the East of England

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England 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
Cambridgeshire +16 48 £30,370 -5.01% 7
Suffolk -3 32 £40,000 -9.09% 5
Hertfordshire +2 29 £27,500 -8.33% 21
Essex +12 26 £28,000 - 15
Bedfordshire +12 24 £32,500 -35.64% 4
Norfolk +12 18 £37,500 +63.04% 7
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 15 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (19.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.69%) InDesign
3 3 (1.69%) Simulink
4 2 (1.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.13%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.13%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 34 (19.21%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (7.91%) Azure
3 10 (5.65%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (5.65%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.95%) Amazon Alexa
5 6 (3.39%) Power Automate
5 6 (3.39%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.26%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.99%) DNS
2 21 (11.86%) TCP/IP
3 19 (10.73%) DHCP
4 11 (6.21%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (5.65%) VoIP
6 9 (5.08%) Firewall
7 7 (3.95%) VPN
7 7 (3.95%) WAN
8 6 (3.39%) VLAN
9 5 (2.82%) LAN
10 4 (2.26%) Internet
10 4 (2.26%) WLAN
11 3 (1.69%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.56%) IMAP
12 1 (0.56%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.56%) POP3
12 1 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.56%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.95%) GIS
2 4 (2.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 96 (54.24%) Social Skills
2 52 (29.38%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (18.08%) Finance
4 24 (13.56%) Legal
5 22 (12.43%) German Language
6 18 (10.17%) Marketing
7 17 (9.60%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (3.39%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.82%) Advertising
12 5 (2.82%) Telecoms
13 4 (2.26%) Agriculture
13 4 (2.26%) Billing
13 4 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.26%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.69%) Aerospace
15 2 (1.13%) Local Government
15 2 (1.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (21.47%) IT Support
2 25 (14.12%) Senior
3 19 (10.73%) Analyst
4 15 (8.47%) Support Technician
5 12 (6.78%) 1st Line Support
5 12 (6.78%) Administrator
6 11 (6.21%) Coordinator
6 11 (6.21%) IT Support Technician
6 11 (6.21%) IT Technician
7 9 (5.08%) Account Executive
7 9 (5.08%) Financial Analyst
7 9 (5.08%) IT Support Specialist
7 9 (5.08%) Support Specialist
7 9 (5.08%) Technical Support
8 6 (3.39%) Supply Chain Analyst
8 6 (3.39%) Support Engineer
9 5 (2.82%) IT Administrator
9 5 (2.82%) IT Manager
9 5 (2.82%) IT Support Manager
9 5 (2.82%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.51%) Onboarding
2 15 (8.47%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (6.78%) Web Conferencing
4 4 (2.26%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.69%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.69%) Arduino
5 3 (1.69%) Raspberry Pi
5 3 (1.69%) Social Media
6 2 (1.13%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.56%) LLPG
Operating Systems
1 48 (27.12%) Windows
2 10 (5.65%) Mac OS
3 9 (5.08%) Android
4 8 (4.52%) Apple iOS
4 8 (4.52%) Windows 10
4 8 (4.52%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.69%) Linux
6 1 (0.56%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.56%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.56%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.56%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (32.20%) Customer Service
2 56 (31.64%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (24.86%) AI
4 29 (16.38%) Analytical Thinking
4 29 (16.38%) Generative AI
4 29 (16.38%) LLM
4 29 (16.38%) Open Source
5 20 (11.30%) Decision-Making
5 20 (11.30%) Time Management
6 19 (10.73%) Business Development
6 19 (10.73%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (10.17%) Logistics
8 16 (9.04%) Inventory Management
9 15 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (6.78%) CRM
10 12 (6.78%) ERP
11 11 (6.21%) Process Improvement
12 10 (5.65%) Security Patching
13 9 (5.08%) Financial Analysis
13 9 (5.08%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.65%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.95%) VBScript
3 3 (1.69%) Assembly Language
3 3 (1.69%) C
3 3 (1.69%) C++
3 3 (1.69%) Java
3 3 (1.69%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.69%) MATLAB
3 3 (1.69%) Objective-C
3 3 (1.69%) Python
3 3 (1.69%) Swift
4 1 (0.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (39.55%) Degree
2 15 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (5.08%) ACCA
3 9 (5.08%) CIMA
4 7 (3.95%) MCSA
5 6 (3.39%) DBS Check
5 6 (3.39%) MCP
5 6 (3.39%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.82%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.82%) MCITP
7 4 (2.26%) A+ Certification
7 4 (2.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.69%) CCNA
8 3 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.69%) HNC
8 3 (1.69%) MCDST
8 3 (1.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.91%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.82%) GDPR
3 4 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.26%) SLA
4 3 (1.69%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 23 (12.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 142 (80.23%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.08%) Mitel
2 9 (5.08%) YouTube
3 6 (3.39%) Adobe
3 6 (3.39%) Cisco
3 6 (3.39%) HP
4 5 (2.82%) Broadcom
5 4 (2.26%) Aruba
5 4 (2.26%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.69%) Zoho
7 2 (1.13%) Meraki
7 2 (1.13%) Sage
7 2 (1.13%) SAP
7 2 (1.13%) Sophos
8 1 (0.56%) Citrix
8 1 (0.56%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.56%) VMware