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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 85 59
Rank change year-on-year -23 -26 +17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 100 76 145
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.31% 3.20% 3.61%
As % of the Applications category 39.53% 25.08% 53.31%
Number of salaries quoted 53 57 46
10th Percentile £25,300 £23,750 £22,910
25th Percentile £27,750 £29,500 £24,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +8.70% -18.82%
75th Percentile £38,750 £46,375 £43,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £60,000 £60,000
North West median annual salary £33,109 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -5.40% -6.67% +13.64%

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 253 303 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.32% 12.74% 6.77%
Number of salaries quoted 161 113 90
10th Percentile £27,256 £28,100 £23,711
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,588
North West median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - +12.68%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +5 8 £28,500 -45.71% 4
Stockport - 6 £27,000 - 5
Wigan - 5 £45,000 -
Altrincham - 4 £40,000 - 1
Oldham +5 3 - - 3
Cheadle 0 1 - - 2
Bury - 1 £30,000 - 3
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 6 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 43 (43.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.00%) AutoCAD
3 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.00%) Navisworks
3 3 (3.00%) ProjectWise
3 3 (3.00%) Revit
4 2 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.00%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.00%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (4.00%) Azure
2 4 (4.00%) Vyond
3 3 (3.00%) GitHub
3 3 (3.00%) Google Workspace
3 3 (3.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.00%) AWS
4 2 (2.00%) ChatGPT
4 2 (2.00%) GCP
4 2 (2.00%) Google Gemini
4 2 (2.00%) Google Sheets
4 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.00%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.00%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.00%) Internet
2 3 (3.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.00%) Power BI
2 2 (2.00%) KNIME
2 2 (2.00%) MS Access
3 1 (1.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.00%) JIRA
2 3 (3.00%) Git
General
1 60 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 41 (41.00%) Finance
3 23 (23.00%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (14.00%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (9.00%) Legal
6 9 (9.00%) Marketing
7 8 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (8.00%) Retail
8 7 (7.00%) Public Sector
9 4 (4.00%) Law
10 3 (3.00%) Banking
10 3 (3.00%) Police
10 3 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.00%) Aerospace
11 2 (2.00%) Electronics
11 2 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.00%) Telecoms
12 1 (1.00%) Advertising
12 1 (1.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 18 (18.00%) Analyst
2 15 (15.00%) Administrator
3 11 (11.00%) Junior
4 8 (8.00%) Account Manager
5 7 (7.00%) Coordinator
5 7 (7.00%) Junior Account Manager
5 7 (7.00%) Junior Service Manager
6 6 (6.00%) Business Development Manager
6 6 (6.00%) Business Manager
6 6 (6.00%) Development Manager
7 5 (5.00%) Project Manager
7 5 (5.00%) Senior
8 4 (4.00%) Digital Learning Specialist
8 4 (4.00%) Help Desk Administrator
8 4 (4.00%) IT Analyst
8 4 (4.00%) IT Manager
8 4 (4.00%) IT Support
8 4 (4.00%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (4.00%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.00%) .NET
1 1 (1.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (1.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (1.00%) CSS
1 1 (1.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (1.00%) HTML
1 1 (1.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 8 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (7.00%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.00%) e-Learning
4 4 (4.00%) Social Media
5 3 (3.00%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.00%) Acoustics
6 2 (2.00%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (2.00%) Life Science
6 2 (2.00%) NHS
7 1 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.00%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.00%) IoT
7 1 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.00%) Windows
2 6 (6.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.00%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 15 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (13.00%) Business Development
4 13 (13.00%) CRM
5 12 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (12.00%) E-Commerce
5 12 (12.00%) Time Management
6 11 (11.00%) Mathematics
7 10 (10.00%) Customer Experience
8 8 (8.00%) Analytics
8 8 (8.00%) Decision-Making
8 8 (8.00%) Mentoring
8 8 (8.00%) Process Improvement
8 8 (8.00%) Service Management
9 7 (7.00%) Active Listening
9 7 (7.00%) CAFM
9 7 (7.00%) Coaching
9 7 (7.00%) Facilities Management
9 7 (7.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (19.00%) SQL
2 4 (4.00%) C#
2 4 (4.00%) Python
3 3 (3.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.00%) R
5 1 (1.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (18.00%) Degree
2 5 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 5 (5.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.00%) QA
2 4 (4.00%) WCAG
3 3 (3.00%) ISO 19650
3 3 (3.00%) SLA
4 2 (2.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.00%) GDPR
5 1 (1.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.00%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (7.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.00%) Docker
2 1 (1.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.00%) SCCM
3 1 (1.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 91 (91.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 4 (4.00%) Adobe
3 4 (4.00%) Synthesia
4 3 (3.00%) Autodesk
4 3 (3.00%) Google
5 2 (2.00%) Alteryx
5 2 (2.00%) Oracle
5 2 (2.00%) Thales
6 1 (1.00%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.00%) Meraki
6 1 (1.00%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.00%) Sage
6 1 (1.00%) SAP
6 1 (1.00%) VMware