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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 89 78
Rank change year-on-year -10 -11 +29
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 75 83 151
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.35% 3.72% 3.01%
As % of the Applications category 31.51% 32.42% 45.76%
Number of salaries quoted 49 47 110
10th Percentile £27,750 £23,796 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £37,500 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +31.58% -16.18%
75th Percentile £41,250 £45,625 £38,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £53,500 £48,750
North West median annual salary £36,000 £40,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +37.93% -4.92%

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 238 256 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.30% 11.46% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 158 130 231
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,480 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £30,875 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +19.29% -17.65%
75th Percentile £47,152 £60,000 £46,905
90th Percentile £59,125 £77,500 £56,250
North West median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £35,000
% 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 16 May 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 May 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 +16 5 £30,000 -25.00% 1
Stockport - 5 - - 2
Oldham - 4 £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 11 (14.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 26 (34.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 22 (29.33%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (17.33%) Azure
3 10 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.67%) Intacct
4 5 (6.67%) OneDrive
4 5 (6.67%) SaaS
5 4 (5.33%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.67%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.33%) Structured Cabling
1 7 (9.33%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (6.67%) DHCP
2 5 (6.67%) DNS
2 5 (6.67%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (2.67%) JIRA
General
1 47 (62.67%) Social Skills
2 27 (36.00%) Finance
3 13 (17.33%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (13.33%) Legal
5 8 (10.67%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (9.33%) Law
7 5 (6.67%) Marketing
7 5 (6.67%) Retail
8 2 (2.67%) Advertising
8 2 (2.67%) Games
8 2 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.67%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.33%) Social Housing
9 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (30.67%) Analyst
2 15 (20.00%) IT Support
3 11 (14.67%) Support Analyst
3 11 (14.67%) Support Specialist
4 10 (13.33%) IT Analyst
4 10 (13.33%) IT Support Analyst
5 6 (8.00%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.00%) Senior
6 5 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 5 (6.67%) Administrator
6 5 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (6.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) IT Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.00%) Driving Licence
2 7 (9.33%) EPoS
2 7 (9.33%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.33%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (5.33%) Solar Energy
5 3 (4.00%) Digital Media
5 3 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.67%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.33%) Fat Client
7 1 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.33%) Social Media
7 1 (1.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 25 (33.33%) Windows
2 13 (17.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 20 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (24.00%) Mentoring
4 15 (20.00%) Coaching
4 15 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 14 (18.67%) ITIL
6 11 (14.67%) E-Commerce
6 11 (14.67%) Process Improvement
7 10 (13.33%) CRM
7 10 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (9.33%) Break/Fix
9 7 (9.33%) Project Management
9 7 (9.33%) Time Management
10 6 (8.00%) Agile
10 6 (8.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 6 (8.00%) Business Development
10 6 (8.00%) Conflict Resolution
10 6 (8.00%) Data Entry
10 6 (8.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.67%) SQL
2 3 (4.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (10.67%) Degree
2 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.67%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.67%) PMP
5 1 (1.33%) CCA
5 1 (1.33%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.33%) MCSE
5 1 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.33%) SLA
3 2 (2.67%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.67%) WCAG
4 1 (1.33%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (22.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.33%) SCCM
3 3 (4.00%) Proxmox
4 2 (2.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (1.33%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.33%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 70 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.67%) Sage
2 5 (6.67%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (5.33%) Google
3 4 (5.33%) Toshiba
3 4 (5.33%) VMware
4 3 (4.00%) Meraki
4 3 (4.00%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.67%) Adobe
5 2 (2.67%) Synthesia
6 1 (1.33%) Citrix
6 1 (1.33%) Ivanti
6 1 (1.33%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.33%) SAP
6 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow