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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 82 63
Rank change year-on-year -21 -19 +17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 90 81 140
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.23% 3.37% 3.43%
As % of the Applications category 36.59% 28.22% 55.12%
Number of salaries quoted 52 59 43
10th Percentile £26,550 £23,750 £22,910
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,500 £25,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +11.94% -21.18%
75th Percentile £38,188 £45,063 £43,750
90th Percentile £43,625 £60,000 £60,000
North West median annual salary £34,000 £36,500 £36,250
% change year-on-year -6.85% +0.69% +1.40%

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 246 287 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.36% 11.94% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 168 122 80
10th Percentile £27,577 £25,557 £22,910
25th Percentile £30,875 £31,313 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £38,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.87% -2.56% -8.24%
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,300
North West median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.67%

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 12 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 12 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 6 £28,500 -45.71% 7
Stockport - 5 £27,000 - 4
Altrincham +12 4 £40,000 +6.67% 1
Oldham +6 3 - - 4
Wigan - 3 - - 2
Bury - 1 £30,000 - 2
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 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 40 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (17.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.22%) AutoCAD
4 2 (2.22%) Navisworks
4 2 (2.22%) ProjectWise
4 2 (2.22%) Revit
4 2 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 2 (2.22%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (2.22%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.56%) Azure
3 4 (4.44%) Vyond
4 3 (3.33%) GitHub
4 3 (3.33%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.22%) AWS
5 2 (2.22%) ChatGPT
5 2 (2.22%) GCP
5 2 (2.22%) Google Gemini
5 2 (2.22%) Google Sheets
5 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.22%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.11%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.11%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.89%) Internet
2 3 (3.33%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.22%) KNIME
1 2 (2.22%) MS Access
1 2 (2.22%) Power BI
2 1 (1.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.44%) JIRA
2 3 (3.33%) Git
General
1 51 (56.67%) Social Skills
2 35 (38.89%) Finance
3 22 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (15.56%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (12.22%) Legal
6 7 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (6.67%) Law
7 6 (6.67%) Marketing
7 6 (6.67%) Public Sector
8 5 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (5.56%) Retail
9 3 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.22%) Advertising
10 2 (2.22%) Games
10 2 (2.22%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.11%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.11%) Billing
11 1 (1.11%) Electronics
11 1 (1.11%) Local Government
11 1 (1.11%) Police
Job Titles
1 19 (21.11%) Analyst
2 12 (13.33%) Administrator
3 11 (12.22%) Junior
4 9 (10.00%) Account Manager
5 7 (7.78%) Coordinator
5 7 (7.78%) Junior Account Manager
5 7 (7.78%) Junior Service Manager
6 6 (6.67%) Project Manager
6 6 (6.67%) Support Analyst
7 5 (5.56%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 5 (5.56%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Analyst
7 5 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 5 (5.56%) Desktop Analyst
7 5 (5.56%) Desktop Support
7 5 (5.56%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 5 (5.56%) Senior
8 4 (4.44%) Digital Learning Specialist
8 4 (4.44%) IT Analyst
8 4 (4.44%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.11%) .NET
1 1 (1.11%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.11%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.11%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (1.11%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (1.11%) CSS
1 1 (1.11%) Entity Framework
1 1 (1.11%) HTML
1 1 (1.11%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.89%) Driving Licence
1 8 (8.89%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.44%) e-Learning
4 3 (3.33%) Social Media
5 2 (2.22%) Life Science
5 2 (2.22%) NHS
6 1 (1.11%) Acoustics
6 1 (1.11%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.11%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.56%) Windows
2 8 (8.89%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (32.22%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 13 (14.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (13.33%) E-Commerce
5 11 (12.22%) Mathematics
6 10 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (11.11%) CRM
6 10 (11.11%) Time Management
7 9 (10.00%) Business Development
7 9 (10.00%) Mentoring
8 8 (8.89%) Analytics
8 8 (8.89%) Customer Experience
8 8 (8.89%) Process Improvement
8 8 (8.89%) Project Management
8 8 (8.89%) Service Management
9 7 (7.78%) Active Listening
9 7 (7.78%) Agile
9 7 (7.78%) Decision-Making
9 7 (7.78%) Project Delivery
10 6 (6.67%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (21.11%) SQL
2 4 (4.44%) C#
2 4 (4.44%) Python
3 3 (3.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.22%) R
5 1 (1.11%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (18.89%) Degree
2 2 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (2.22%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.11%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.56%) SLA
3 4 (4.44%) QA
3 4 (4.44%) WCAG
4 2 (2.22%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.22%) GDPR
4 2 (2.22%) ISO 19650
4 2 (2.22%) PMO
5 1 (1.11%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 9 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.22%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.33%) SCCM
3 2 (2.22%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 81 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 4 (4.44%) Adobe
3 4 (4.44%) Synthesia
4 3 (3.33%) Google
5 2 (2.22%) Alteryx
5 2 (2.22%) Autodesk
5 2 (2.22%) Meraki
5 2 (2.22%) Oracle
5 2 (2.22%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.22%) VMware
6 1 (1.11%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.11%) SAP
6 1 (1.11%) Thales