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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 69 76
Rank change year-on-year -33 +7 +31
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 66 78 147
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.36% 3.83% 3.06%
As % of the Applications category 30.99% 32.37% 50.52%
Number of salaries quoted 52 43 117
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,362 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £40,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.88% +35.59% -4.32%
75th Percentile £41,250 £44,375 £38,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £48,750
North West median annual salary £34,000 £40,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +37.93% -5.94%

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 213 241 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.38% 11.82% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 141 128 231
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,480 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,438 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +17.14% -10.83%
75th Percentile £47,500 £59,063 £46,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £77,500 £56,250
North West median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% +20.59% -2.86%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 - 2 - -
Bolton +6 1 £30,000 -25.00% 1
Oldham - 1 £35,442 - 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 12 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (19.70%) Azure
3 10 (15.15%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.58%) Intacct
4 5 (7.58%) OneDrive
4 5 (7.58%) SaaS
5 4 (6.06%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.15%) Structured Cabling
1 10 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (7.58%) DHCP
2 5 (7.58%) DNS
2 5 (7.58%) Firewall
General
1 40 (60.61%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 16 (24.24%) Finance
4 12 (18.18%) Marketing
5 10 (15.15%) Legal
6 6 (9.09%) Law
7 4 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.55%) Retail
9 2 (3.03%) Advertising
9 2 (3.03%) Games
9 2 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.52%) Police
10 1 (1.52%) Social Housing
10 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (25.76%) Analyst
2 14 (21.21%) IT Support
2 14 (21.21%) Support Specialist
3 10 (15.15%) Support Analyst
4 9 (13.64%) IT Analyst
4 9 (13.64%) IT Support Analyst
5 6 (9.09%) Project Manager
6 5 (7.58%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (7.58%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 5 (7.58%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) IT Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Senior
6 5 (7.58%) Support Engineer
7 4 (6.06%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.18%) Driving Licence
2 10 (15.15%) EPoS
3 7 (10.61%) Management Information System
4 5 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (6.06%) Onboarding
5 4 (6.06%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (6.06%) Solar Energy
6 3 (4.55%) Digital Media
7 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.52%) Derivative
7 1 (1.52%) Equities
7 1 (1.52%) Fat Client
7 1 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.52%) Social Media
7 1 (1.52%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 24 (36.36%) Windows
2 13 (19.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (51.52%) Customer Service
2 20 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (28.79%) Mentoring
4 18 (27.27%) Coaching
5 16 (24.24%) Decision-Making
6 14 (21.21%) ITIL
7 13 (19.70%) CRM
8 11 (16.67%) Business Development
9 10 (15.15%) Break/Fix
10 7 (10.61%) Project Management
11 6 (9.09%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 6 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
11 6 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
11 6 (9.09%) PRINCE2
11 6 (9.09%) Process Improvement
12 5 (7.58%) Data Entry
12 5 (7.58%) Identity Access Management
12 5 (7.58%) Logistics
12 5 (7.58%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 9 (13.64%) Degree
2 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (7.58%) Azure Certification
3 5 (7.58%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.03%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.03%) PMP
5 1 (1.52%) CCA
5 1 (1.52%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.52%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (6.06%) SLA
3 1 (1.52%) FINRA
3 1 (1.52%) PMO
3 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 19 (28.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (25.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.06%) SCCM
3 3 (4.55%) Proxmox
4 2 (3.03%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (1.52%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.52%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 57 (86.36%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.58%) Sage
2 5 (7.58%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (6.06%) Google
3 4 (6.06%) Toshiba
3 4 (6.06%) VMware
4 3 (4.55%) Meraki
4 3 (4.55%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.52%) Citrix
6 1 (1.52%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.52%) Ivanti
6 1 (1.52%) SAP
6 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow