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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 85 60
Rank change year-on-year -36 -25 +38
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 75 84 170
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.11% 3.36% 3.81%
As % of the Applications category 32.47% 27.54% 56.48%
Number of salaries quoted 44 58 68
10th Percentile £28,000 £23,750 £22,910
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,500 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £37,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +25.00% -40.00%
75th Percentile £41,063 £43,750 £38,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £52,900 £60,000
North West median annual salary £34,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -9.33% +15.38% -18.75%

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 231 305 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.41% 12.20% 6.75%
Number of salaries quoted 163 140 132
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,480 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,438 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,750 £35,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.58% +7.09% -21.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,625 £45,798
90th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £60,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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
Stockport - 5 - - 3
Bolton +13 4 - - 3
Altrincham +8 3 £40,000 +6.67% 4
Oldham +8 3 - - 5
Bury - 1 £30,000 - 1
Wigan - 1 - - 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 5 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (42.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (17.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (2.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (12.00%) Azure
3 6 (8.00%) Google Workspace
4 4 (5.33%) Vyond
5 3 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.00%) GitHub
6 2 (2.67%) AWS
6 2 (2.67%) ChatGPT
6 2 (2.67%) GCP
6 2 (2.67%) Google Gemini
6 2 (2.67%) Google Sheets
6 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.67%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.33%) Intacct
7 1 (1.33%) SaaS
7 1 (1.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.33%) Internet
2 3 (4.00%) FTP
3 2 (2.67%) DHCP
3 2 (2.67%) DNS
4 1 (1.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) KNIME
1 2 (2.67%) MS Access
2 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.33%) JIRA
2 3 (4.00%) Git
General
1 41 (54.67%) Social Skills
2 31 (41.33%) Finance
3 19 (25.33%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (17.33%) Influencing Skills
4 13 (17.33%) Legal
5 7 (9.33%) Law
5 7 (9.33%) Marketing
6 5 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.33%) Retail
8 3 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.67%) Advertising
9 2 (2.67%) Games
9 2 (2.67%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.33%) Aviation
10 1 (1.33%) Legal Technology
10 1 (1.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (24.00%) Analyst
2 10 (13.33%) Junior
3 9 (12.00%) Account Manager
4 8 (10.67%) Support Analyst
5 7 (9.33%) Administrator
5 7 (9.33%) Junior Account Manager
5 7 (9.33%) Junior Service Manager
6 6 (8.00%) IT Support
7 5 (6.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 5 (6.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Analyst
7 5 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 5 (6.67%) Desktop Analyst
7 5 (6.67%) Desktop Support
7 5 (6.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 5 (6.67%) IT Analyst
7 5 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (5.33%) Coordinator
8 4 (5.33%) Product Manager
8 4 (5.33%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) .NET
1 1 (1.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.33%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (1.33%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (1.33%) CSS
1 1 (1.33%) Entity Framework
1 1 (1.33%) HTML
1 1 (1.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.00%) Onboarding
2 8 (10.67%) Driving Licence
3 5 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.33%) e-Learning
4 4 (5.33%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (5.33%) Solar Energy
5 2 (2.67%) Life Science
5 2 (2.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.67%) NHS
6 1 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.67%) Windows
2 9 (12.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (25.33%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (18.67%) Customer Service
3 13 (17.33%) CRM
4 11 (14.67%) E-Commerce
4 11 (14.67%) Mathematics
4 11 (14.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (12.00%) Mentoring
6 8 (10.67%) Agile
6 8 (10.67%) Process Improvement
6 8 (10.67%) Service Management
6 8 (10.67%) Time Management
7 7 (9.33%) Active Listening
7 7 (9.33%) Analytics
8 6 (8.00%) Business Development
8 6 (8.00%) Coaching
8 6 (8.00%) Data Entry
8 6 (8.00%) Decision-Making
8 6 (8.00%) ITSM
9 5 (6.67%) PRINCE2
9 5 (6.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (24.00%) SQL
2 4 (5.33%) C#
2 4 (5.33%) Python
3 3 (4.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.67%) R
5 1 (1.33%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (14.67%) Degree
2 2 (2.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (1.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.00%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.67%) SLA
3 4 (5.33%) QA
3 4 (5.33%) WCAG
4 2 (2.67%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.33%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.33%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (14.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.00%) Proxmox
3 2 (2.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 70 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.00%) Google
3 5 (6.67%) Salesforce
4 4 (5.33%) Adobe
4 4 (5.33%) Synthesia
4 4 (5.33%) Toshiba
5 3 (4.00%) Meraki
5 3 (4.00%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.00%) VMware
6 2 (2.67%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.67%) Oracle
7 1 (1.33%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.33%) Sage
7 1 (1.33%) SAP
7 1 (1.33%) Ubiquiti