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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 89 49
Rank change year-on-year -18 -40 +20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 100 69 152
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.31% 2.92% 3.89%
As % of the Applications category 38.61% 22.12% 53.90%
Number of salaries quoted 52 54 49
10th Percentile £25,300 £23,750 £22,910
25th Percentile £27,750 £29,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £56,053 £60,000
North West median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £40,748
% change year-on-year -7.14% -14.11% +26.35%

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 259 312 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.39% 13.21% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 163 114 97
10th Percentile £27,320 £28,000 £23,800
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,250 £52,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £68,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +17.14%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 +4 10 £28,500 -36.67% 3
Stockport - 6 £27,000 - 6
Wigan - 5 £45,000 - 1
Altrincham - 4 £40,000 - 1
Oldham +5 3 - - 4
Bury - 1 £30,000 - 1
Cheadle - 1 - - 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 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 47 (47.00%) 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 11 (11.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (4.00%) Vyond
3 3 (3.00%) Azure
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 63 (63.00%) Social Skills
2 39 (39.00%) Finance
3 24 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (14.00%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (13.00%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (9.00%) Marketing
7 8 (8.00%) Retail
8 7 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (7.00%) Public Sector
9 6 (6.00%) Legal
10 3 (3.00%) Banking
10 3 (3.00%) Electronics
10 3 (3.00%) Manufacturing
10 3 (3.00%) Police
10 3 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.00%) Aerospace
11 2 (2.00%) Automotive
11 2 (2.00%) Law
12 1 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (17.00%) Administrator
2 16 (16.00%) Analyst
3 11 (11.00%) Junior
4 7 (7.00%) Account Manager
4 7 (7.00%) Junior Account Manager
4 7 (7.00%) Junior Service Manager
5 6 (6.00%) Business Development Manager
5 6 (6.00%) Business Manager
5 6 (6.00%) Development Manager
5 6 (6.00%) Help Desk Administrator
6 5 (5.00%) Coordinator
6 5 (5.00%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.00%) Senior
7 4 (4.00%) Digital Learning Specialist
7 4 (4.00%) IT Analyst
7 4 (4.00%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.00%) IT Support
7 4 (4.00%) IT Support Analyst
8 3 (3.00%) Pensions Analyst
8 3 (3.00%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
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 14 (14.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (9.00%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 6 (6.00%) Driving Licence
5 4 (4.00%) e-Learning
5 4 (4.00%) Social Media
6 3 (3.00%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.00%) Acoustics
7 2 (2.00%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (2.00%) Life Science
7 2 (2.00%) NHS
8 1 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.00%) Credit Risk
8 1 (1.00%) FMCG
8 1 (1.00%) IoT
8 1 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.00%) Windows
2 4 (4.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.00%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 16 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (14.00%) Time Management
5 13 (13.00%) Collaborative Working
5 13 (13.00%) CRM
6 12 (12.00%) Business Development
6 12 (12.00%) E-Commerce
6 12 (12.00%) Mathematics
7 10 (10.00%) Customer Experience
8 9 (9.00%) CAFM
8 9 (9.00%) Facilities Management
9 8 (8.00%) Analytics
9 8 (8.00%) Mentoring
9 8 (8.00%) Process Improvement
9 8 (8.00%) Project Management
9 8 (8.00%) Service Management
10 7 (7.00%) Active Listening
10 7 (7.00%) Decision-Making
10 7 (7.00%) Project Delivery
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 19 (19.00%) 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
4 1 (1.00%) HNC
4 1 (1.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.00%) QA
2 4 (4.00%) WCAG
3 3 (3.00%) GDPR
3 3 (3.00%) ISO 19650
4 2 (2.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.00%) PMO
5 1 (1.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (3.00%) SCCM
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%) SAP
5 2 (2.00%) Thales
6 1 (1.00%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.00%) Sage