Microsoft Office Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Office
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 83 85
Rank change year-on-year -13 +2 +30
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 9 18 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.88% 1.52% 2.16%
As % of the Applications category 11.11% 28.13% 55.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 21
10th Percentile £29,150 £21,840 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £23,443 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £34,000 £43,586
Median % change year-on-year - -21.99% +42.90%
75th Percentile £55,625 £41,138 £44,733
90th Percentile £62,500 £41,934 £50,000
Scotland median annual salary £34,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -24.44% +5.88% +17.29%

All Software Application Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 81 64 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.89% 5.41% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 25 15 29
10th Percentile £27,950 £23,104 £26,850
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,250 £30,888
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £43,586
Median % change year-on-year - -8.23% +11.43%
75th Percentile £55,625 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £48,450 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +9.76% +2.81%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in Edinburgh

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Stack
3 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
3 1 (11.11%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DHCP
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Retail
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) IT Support
2 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 2 (22.22%) Robotics
2 2 (22.22%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server
3 3 (33.33%) Android
4 2 (22.22%) Linux
4 2 (22.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Data Protection
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL
4 3 (33.33%) ITSM
4 3 (33.33%) Service Management
5 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
5 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
5 2 (22.22%) Change Management
5 2 (22.22%) Chat Support
5 2 (22.22%) Conflict Resolution
5 2 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (22.22%) Innovative Thinking
5 2 (22.22%) Patch Management
5 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) User Experience
6 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (11.11%) Data Centre Operations
6 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (22.22%) CCNA
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) GDPR
2 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Ansible
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (11.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Apple
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco
4 1 (11.11%) Dell
4 1 (11.11%) iManage
4 1 (11.11%) Proofpoint
4 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow