Microsoft Office Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Office
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 96 74
Rank change year-on-year -10 -22 +29
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 78 71 163
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.31% 3.26% 3.10%
As % of the Applications category 31.45% 25.45% 46.57%
Number of salaries quoted 49 39 109
10th Percentile £27,750 £23,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,750 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year - +22.81% -21.38%
75th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £38,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,203 £48,750
North West median annual salary £36,500 £40,000 £29,500
% change year-on-year -8.75% +35.59% -9.23%

All Software Application Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 248 279 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.17% 12.80% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 164 123 233
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,480 £23,560
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,375 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £41,000 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +15.49% -21.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £57,250
North West median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Manchester

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Manchester over the 6 months to 30 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in Manchester

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 30 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
Bolton +21 5 £30,000 -50.00%
Stockport - 5 - - 1
Oldham +8 3 - - 1
Microsoft Office
North West

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 11 (14.10%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (34.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (20.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (28.21%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (17.95%) Azure
3 10 (12.82%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.41%) Intacct
4 5 (6.41%) OneDrive
4 5 (6.41%) SaaS
5 4 (5.13%) Google Workspace
6 3 (3.85%) Vyond
7 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.28%) GitHub
7 1 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.69%) Structured Cabling
1 6 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (6.41%) DHCP
2 5 (6.41%) DNS
2 5 (6.41%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Git
General
1 49 (62.82%) Social Skills
2 28 (35.90%) Finance
3 13 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (12.82%) Legal
5 7 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.97%) Law
5 7 (8.97%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (7.69%) Retail
7 5 (6.41%) Marketing
8 3 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.56%) Advertising
9 2 (2.56%) Games
9 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.28%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 22 (28.21%) Analyst
2 15 (19.23%) IT Support
3 10 (12.82%) IT Analyst
3 10 (12.82%) IT Support Analyst
3 10 (12.82%) Support Analyst
3 10 (12.82%) Support Specialist
4 7 (8.97%) Project Manager
4 7 (8.97%) Senior
5 5 (6.41%) Administrator
5 5 (6.41%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (6.41%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (6.41%) Infrastructure Support
5 5 (6.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 5 (6.41%) IT Engineer
5 5 (6.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (6.41%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (6.41%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 4 (5.13%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) .NET
1 1 (1.28%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.28%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (1.28%) CSS
1 1 (1.28%) Entity Framework
1 1 (1.28%) HTML
1 1 (1.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Driving Licence
2 8 (10.26%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.69%) EPoS
4 5 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (5.13%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (5.13%) Solar Energy
6 3 (3.85%) Digital Media
6 3 (3.85%) e-Learning
6 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.28%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (30.77%) Windows
2 13 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.77%) Customer Service
2 20 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 15 (19.23%) Coaching
5 14 (17.95%) Decision-Making
6 13 (16.67%) ITIL
7 11 (14.10%) CRM
7 11 (14.10%) E-Commerce
7 11 (14.10%) Process Improvement
7 11 (14.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (10.26%) Business Development
10 7 (8.97%) Agile
10 7 (8.97%) PRINCE2
10 7 (8.97%) Project Management
10 7 (8.97%) Time Management
11 6 (7.69%) Break/Fix
11 6 (7.69%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 6 (7.69%) Conflict Resolution
11 6 (7.69%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.95%) SQL
2 4 (5.13%) C#
3 1 (1.28%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.28%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (11.54%) Degree
2 5 (6.41%) Azure Certification
2 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.56%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.56%) PMP
3 2 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.28%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.13%) SLA
3 3 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.85%) WCAG
4 1 (1.28%) PMO
4 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 20 (25.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.85%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (21.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.13%) SCCM
3 3 (3.85%) Proxmox
4 2 (2.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 71 (91.03%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.41%) Sage
2 5 (6.41%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (5.13%) Google
3 4 (5.13%) Toshiba
4 3 (3.85%) Adobe
4 3 (3.85%) Meraki
4 3 (3.85%) Palo Alto
4 3 (3.85%) Synthesia
4 3 (3.85%) VMware
5 1 (1.28%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.28%) SAP
5 1 (1.28%) ServiceNow