Microsoft Office Job Trends in the Highlands

Microsoft Office
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands 8.25% - -
As % of the Applications category 88.89% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £30,800 - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £32,000 £29,500 £52,250
% change year-on-year +8.47% -43.54% +39.33%

All Software Application Skills
Highlands

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 Highlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 9 26 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands 9.28% 32.91% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £30,800 - -
25th Percentile £31,250 £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.05% - -
75th Percentile - £53,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.18% -5.56% +12.15%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in the Highlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Inverness - 5 £32,000 - 5
Alness - 3 - -
Microsoft Office
Scotland

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Back Office
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Legal
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Acquisition
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) Patch Management
3 3 (37.50%) People Management
3 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Software Deployment
3 3 (37.50%) Ticket Management
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CTC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
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