Microsoft Office Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Office
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 49 18
Rank change year-on-year -53 -31 +26
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 167 257 1,113
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.35% 5.11% 7.93%
As % of the Applications category 25.65% 40.86% 64.48%
Number of salaries quoted 130 162 427
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,000 £22,700
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £32,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +1.56% -19.27%
75th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £42,500
90th Percentile £48,554 £48,000 £58,000
England median annual salary £32,879 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.32% +15.38% -17.92%

All Software Application Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 651 629 1,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.25% 12.52% 12.30%
Number of salaries quoted 342 296 852
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,625 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% - -11.39%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -11.11% +16.13% -13.89%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the Midlands

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
West Midlands -41 111 £37,500 +13.64% 52
East Midlands -46 56 £29,000 -7.94% 49
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 13 (7.78%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.19%) ArcGIS
2 7 (4.19%) CMS
3 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.40%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (2.40%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (2.40%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (29.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (14.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.20%) Trello
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.99%) Q-Pulse
2 4 (2.40%) Sage 50
3 3 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.60%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 43 (25.75%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (5.99%) Azure
3 8 (4.79%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.19%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.99%) AWS
5 5 (2.99%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.80%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.20%) GCP
8 2 (1.20%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.20%) SaaS
9 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.60%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.58%) Wireless
2 10 (5.99%) Firewall
3 6 (3.59%) DHCP
3 6 (3.59%) DNS
3 6 (3.59%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.99%) LAN
4 5 (2.99%) VLAN
4 5 (2.99%) VPN
4 5 (2.99%) WAN
5 2 (1.20%) Intranet
6 1 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.60%) Internet
6 1 (0.60%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.79%) Power BI
2 7 (4.19%) Geospatial Data
2 7 (4.19%) GIS
3 2 (1.20%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.20%) Looker
3 2 (1.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 69 (41.32%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.16%) Finance
3 29 (17.37%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (11.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.99%) Legal
6 10 (5.99%) Manufacturing
7 9 (5.39%) Telecoms
8 8 (4.79%) Marketing
9 7 (4.19%) Local Government
9 7 (4.19%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.59%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.59%) Retail
11 5 (2.99%) Swedish Language
12 4 (2.40%) Billing
12 4 (2.40%) Dutch Language
12 4 (2.40%) German Language
12 4 (2.40%) Portuguese Language
12 4 (2.40%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 31 (18.56%) Support Engineer
2 22 (13.17%) Technical Engineer
2 22 (13.17%) Technical Support
2 22 (13.17%) Technical Support Engineer
3 19 (11.38%) IT Engineer
4 18 (10.78%) Analyst
5 14 (8.38%) IT Support
6 13 (7.78%) Administrator
7 12 (7.19%) Support Technician
8 10 (5.99%) Coordinator
8 10 (5.99%) IT Technician
9 9 (5.39%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Service Analyst
10 8 (4.79%) Service Desk Analyst
10 8 (4.79%) Service Desk Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Consultant
11 7 (4.19%) GIS Technician
11 7 (4.19%) Products Support Technician
12 5 (2.99%) Help Desk Technician
12 5 (2.99%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.20%) .NET
2 1 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.37%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (13.77%) Driving Licence
3 13 (7.78%) Onboarding
4 12 (7.19%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.19%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.99%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.99%) EPoS
7 4 (2.40%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.20%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.60%) Blog
9 1 (0.60%) CCTV
9 1 (0.60%) CMDB
9 1 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.60%) FMCG
9 1 (0.60%) IoT
9 1 (0.60%) iPad
9 1 (0.60%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 32 (19.16%) Windows
2 16 (9.58%) Windows Server
3 15 (8.98%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.59%) Android
5 5 (2.99%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (46.11%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (22.75%) Customer Service
3 31 (18.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (14.37%) CRM
5 21 (12.57%) Decision-Making
5 21 (12.57%) Logistics
6 18 (10.78%) Root Cause Analysis
7 14 (8.38%) ITSM
8 13 (7.78%) User Experience
9 12 (7.19%) Data Analysis
10 11 (6.59%) AI
10 11 (6.59%) ITIL
10 11 (6.59%) Service Delivery
11 10 (5.99%) Analytics
11 10 (5.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (5.39%) B2B
12 9 (5.39%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (5.39%) ERP
12 9 (5.39%) Mentoring
12 9 (5.39%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.78%) SQL
2 7 (4.19%) VBA
3 2 (1.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (24.55%) Degree
2 12 (7.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.99%) A+ Certification
3 5 (2.99%) AWS Certification
3 5 (2.99%) MCITP
3 5 (2.99%) MCSE
4 3 (1.80%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.20%) HND
5 2 (1.20%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.20%) PMP
5 2 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.60%) AAT
6 1 (0.60%) ACCA
6 1 (0.60%) APMG
6 1 (0.60%) APMP
6 1 (0.60%) CIMA
6 1 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.38%) QA
2 11 (6.59%) SLA
3 8 (4.79%) GDPR
4 6 (3.59%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.59%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.59%) GMP
5 5 (2.99%) COSHH
6 3 (1.80%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.80%) PMO
7 2 (1.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 26 (15.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.59%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 111 (66.47%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.19%) ESRI
2 7 (4.19%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.40%) Dell
3 4 (2.40%) HP
3 4 (2.40%) HubSpot
3 4 (2.40%) Sage
3 4 (2.40%) Xero
4 3 (1.80%) Cisco
4 3 (1.80%) Google
4 3 (1.80%) Oracle
5 2 (1.20%) SAP
6 1 (0.60%) Adobe
6 1 (0.60%) Apple
6 1 (0.60%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.60%) HighQ
6 1 (0.60%) Legora
6 1 (0.60%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.60%) VMware