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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 54 67
Rank change year-on-year -27 +13 +40
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 67 147 97
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.93% 3.95% 3.82%
As % of the Applications category 22.33% 54.24% 58.79%
Number of salaries quoted 54 44 77
10th Percentile £23,750 £22,910 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £40,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.49% +1.25% +28.97%
75th Percentile £42,500 £44,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £52,000 £60,000 -
North West median annual salary £35,000 £40,748 £32,000
% change year-on-year -14.11% +27.34% -

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 300 271 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 13.14% 7.29% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 122 93 122
10th Percentile £27,100 £24,800 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year - -8.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,500 £67,500
North West median annual salary £38,000 £41,117 £36,500
% change year-on-year -7.58% +12.65% -2.67%

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 25 October 2025.

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 25 October 2025. 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 -5 5 £45,000 +5.88% 11
Salford - 5 £55,000 - 2
Oldham -7 1 £56,504 -
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 9 (13.43%) SharePoint
2 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.99%) CMS
3 2 (2.99%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 22 (32.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.99%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.49%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 21 (31.34%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (22.39%) Azure
3 7 (10.45%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.48%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.99%) Intacct
5 2 (2.99%) Workato
6 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.45%) DHCP
1 7 (10.45%) DNS
1 7 (10.45%) Firewall
1 7 (10.45%) VLAN
2 3 (4.48%) VPN
2 3 (4.48%) WebEx
3 2 (2.99%) LAN
3 2 (2.99%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.99%) WAN
3 2 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.49%) Network Security
4 1 (1.49%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (1.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.45%) Power BI
2 5 (7.46%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.48%) Metadata
3 3 (4.48%) Tableau
General
1 40 (59.70%) Social Skills
2 29 (43.28%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (26.87%) Finance
4 11 (16.42%) Public Sector
5 10 (14.93%) Retail
6 8 (11.94%) Marketing
6 8 (11.94%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (10.45%) Manufacturing
8 6 (8.96%) Police
8 6 (8.96%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (7.46%) Automotive
9 5 (7.46%) Local Government
10 4 (5.97%) Law
11 3 (4.48%) Legal
12 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (2.99%) Games
13 1 (1.49%) Agriculture
13 1 (1.49%) Electronics
13 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (23.88%) Analyst
2 13 (19.40%) IT Support
3 8 (11.94%) Applications Support
4 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (8.96%) Applications Support Analyst
4 6 (8.96%) ERP Analyst
4 6 (8.96%) ERP Support
4 6 (8.96%) Support Analyst
5 5 (7.46%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (7.46%) Lead
5 5 (7.46%) Support Team Leader
5 5 (7.46%) Team Leader
6 4 (5.97%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Commercial Analyst
7 3 (4.48%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (4.48%) IT Trainer
7 3 (4.48%) Legal IT Trainer
7 3 (4.48%) Support Specialist
7 3 (4.48%) Trainer
8 2 (2.99%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.46%) Software Packaging
2 2 (2.99%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.96%) EPoS
3 5 (7.46%) NHS
3 5 (7.46%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.48%) e-Learning
5 3 (4.48%) iPhone
5 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.48%) Social Media
6 2 (2.99%) PlayStation
6 2 (2.99%) Xbox
7 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.49%) LIMS
7 1 (1.49%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 21 (31.34%) Windows
2 7 (10.45%) Windows 10
3 6 (8.96%) Windows Server
4 5 (7.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (7.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (5.97%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (34.33%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (28.36%) Decision-Making
3 14 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (19.40%) Customer Service
4 13 (19.40%) ERP
5 11 (16.42%) Change Management
6 10 (14.93%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 9 (13.43%) ITIL
7 9 (13.43%) Service Delivery
8 7 (10.45%) Project Management
8 7 (10.45%) Validation
9 6 (8.96%) Analytics
9 6 (8.96%) Budget Management
9 6 (8.96%) Master Data Management
10 5 (7.46%) Digital Strategy
10 5 (7.46%) People Management
10 5 (7.46%) Security Operations
10 5 (7.46%) SIAM
10 5 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (7.46%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.46%) SQL
1 5 (7.46%) VB
1 5 (7.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (38.81%) Degree
2 10 (14.93%) DBS Check
3 3 (4.48%) AAT
3 3 (4.48%) ACCA
3 3 (4.48%) CIMA
3 3 (4.48%) Tableau Certification
4 2 (2.99%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.49%) CCNA
5 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.49%) JNCIA
5 1 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.97%) QA
2 2 (2.99%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.99%) P3O
3 1 (1.49%) GDPR
3 1 (1.49%) GLP
3 1 (1.49%) Good Clinical Practice
3 1 (1.49%) GxP
3 1 (1.49%) ISO 14001
3 1 (1.49%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (10.45%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 54 (80.60%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) SAP
2 6 (8.96%) VMware
3 5 (7.46%) Logitech
3 5 (7.46%) MobileIron
3 5 (7.46%) Veeam
4 4 (5.97%) Cisco
5 3 (4.48%) Apple
5 3 (4.48%) Citrix
5 3 (4.48%) Google
5 3 (4.48%) iManage
6 2 (2.99%) Concur
6 2 (2.99%) Sage
6 2 (2.99%) Samsung
7 1 (1.49%) Avaya
7 1 (1.49%) Juniper
7 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.49%) Ubiquiti