Microsoft Office Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Office
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 94 53
Rank change year-on-year -15 -41 +19
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 286 293 679
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.45% 3.61% 3.63%
As % of the Applications category 27.98% 30.97% 48.19%
Number of salaries quoted 200 168 508
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £22,675
25th Percentile £29,250 £29,875 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £37,500 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +27.12% -14.49%
75th Percentile £42,500 £51,240 £38,750
90th Percentile £52,875 £59,260 £48,750
England median annual salary £33,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +15.38% -17.72%

All Software Application Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,022 946 1,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.18% 11.64% 7.53%
Number of salaries quoted 572 381 967
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,480 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,613 £29,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,886 £40,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% +21.21% -10.89%
75th Percentile £47,250 £51,240 £44,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +16.88% -14.44%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the North of England

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
North West -32 134 £36,500 -8.75% 59
Yorkshire -6 108 £32,500 -4.41% 33
North East -9 44 £40,000 - 16
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 29 (10.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (8.74%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.40%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.35%) WildFly
Applications
1 74 (25.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (10.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.40%) Sage 50
3 3 (1.05%) BambooHR
3 3 (1.05%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.35%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.35%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 78 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (15.73%) Azure
3 17 (5.94%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.80%) AWS
4 8 (2.80%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.10%) SaaS
6 5 (1.75%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.75%) Intacct
7 4 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.40%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.05%) GitHub
8 3 (1.05%) Vyond
9 2 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.70%) GCP
9 2 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.70%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.70%) Google Tag Manager
10 1 (0.35%) GitHub Copilot
10 1 (0.35%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.94%) DHCP
1 37 (12.94%) DNS
2 26 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 25 (8.74%) Firewall
4 19 (6.64%) LAN
5 17 (5.94%) WAN
6 15 (5.24%) VPN
7 14 (4.90%) VLAN
8 11 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (2.45%) Network Security
9 7 (2.45%) NGFW
10 6 (2.10%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (1.40%) Skype
12 2 (0.70%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.70%) WebEx
13 1 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.35%) HTTP
13 1 (0.35%) SAN
13 1 (0.35%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.10%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.40%) Power BI
3 3 (1.05%) MySQL
4 2 (0.70%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.70%) Looker
5 1 (0.35%) GIS
5 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (3.85%) JIRA
2 2 (0.70%) Git
2 2 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.35%) Maven
General
1 161 (56.29%) Social Skills
2 71 (24.83%) Finance
3 42 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (11.19%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (8.04%) Retail
6 19 (6.64%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (6.29%) Advertising
8 15 (5.24%) Manufacturing
9 14 (4.90%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (4.90%) Public Sector
10 13 (4.55%) Law
10 13 (4.55%) Legal
11 10 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (3.15%) Marketing
13 8 (2.80%) French Language
14 7 (2.45%) Telecoms
15 6 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (1.75%) Social Housing
17 4 (1.40%) Aerospace
17 4 (1.40%) German Language
Job Titles
1 72 (25.17%) Analyst
2 58 (20.28%) IT Support
3 37 (12.94%) Support Engineer
4 25 (8.74%) Senior
5 22 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
5 22 (7.69%) Technical Support
5 22 (7.69%) Technical Support Engineer
6 19 (6.64%) Service Analyst
6 19 (6.64%) Service Desk Analyst
7 17 (5.94%) Coordinator
7 17 (5.94%) Support Analyst
8 16 (5.59%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (5.24%) IT Analyst
9 15 (5.24%) IT Engineer
9 15 (5.24%) IT Support Analyst
9 15 (5.24%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support
11 12 (4.20%) Administrator
12 11 (3.85%) 1st Line Support
12 11 (3.85%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (0.70%) .NET
2 2 (0.70%) .NET Core
2 2 (0.70%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.70%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (0.70%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 2 (0.70%) CSS
2 2 (0.70%) Entity Framework
2 2 (0.70%) HTML
2 2 (0.70%) Vue
3 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.35%) EJB
3 1 (0.35%) GWT
3 1 (0.35%) JDBC
3 1 (0.35%) JPA
3 1 (0.35%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.94%) Driving Licence
2 28 (9.79%) Onboarding
3 23 (8.04%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (6.99%) Renewable Energy
5 19 (6.64%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.80%) e-Learning
7 6 (2.10%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.75%) EPoS
9 4 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.40%) Solar Energy
10 3 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (1.05%) Digital Media
10 3 (1.05%) IoT
10 3 (1.05%) Life Science
11 2 (0.70%) Blog
12 1 (0.35%) CCTV
12 1 (0.35%) NHS
12 1 (0.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 85 (29.72%) Windows
2 35 (12.24%) Windows Server
3 30 (10.49%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.75%) Android
5 4 (1.40%) Linux
5 4 (1.40%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.05%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.70%) VMS
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (27.27%) Customer Service
2 76 (26.57%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (11.54%) Business Development
5 32 (11.19%) CRM
5 32 (11.19%) ITIL
6 30 (10.49%) ERP
7 28 (9.79%) Mentoring
8 27 (9.44%) B2B
9 24 (8.39%) Data Entry
10 23 (8.04%) Coaching
10 23 (8.04%) ITSM
10 23 (8.04%) Time Management
11 22 (7.69%) Agile
11 22 (7.69%) Commercial Awareness
12 20 (6.99%) B2B Sales
12 20 (6.99%) Mathematics
13 19 (6.64%) Decision-Making
14 18 (6.29%) Customer Experience
14 18 (6.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.24%) SQL
3 5 (1.75%) C#
3 5 (1.75%) VBScript
4 3 (1.05%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.70%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.70%) VB
5 2 (0.70%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 39 (13.64%) Degree
2 24 (8.39%) SC Cleared
2 24 (8.39%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (5.59%) HNC
5 8 (2.80%) ACCA
5 8 (2.80%) AWS Certification
5 8 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.80%) CIMA
5 8 (2.80%) MCSE
6 5 (1.75%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.40%) AAT
7 4 (1.40%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.40%) ICAEW
7 4 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.40%) NVQ Level 3
8 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.70%) PMP
8 2 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.29%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.94%) QA
3 13 (4.55%) SLA
4 12 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.85%) Accessibility
6 9 (3.15%) GMP
7 7 (2.45%) NIST
7 7 (2.45%) PMO
8 5 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.75%) ISO 9001
9 4 (1.40%) GDPR
10 3 (1.05%) IFRS
10 3 (1.05%) TickIT
10 3 (1.05%) WCAG
11 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.35%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 78 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.45%) BitLocker
3 7 (2.45%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.05%) vSphere
5 2 (0.70%) Docker
5 2 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 32 (11.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (8.04%) SCCM
3 3 (1.05%) Proxmox
4 2 (0.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 269 (94.06%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.79%) VMware
3 20 (6.99%) ServiceNow
4 18 (6.29%) Citrix
5 12 (4.20%) Sage
6 9 (3.15%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.45%) Google
7 7 (2.45%) SAP
7 7 (2.45%) Xero
8 5 (1.75%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (1.40%) Meraki
9 4 (1.40%) Toshiba
10 3 (1.05%) Adobe
10 3 (1.05%) Apple
10 3 (1.05%) Aruba
10 3 (1.05%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.05%) Synthesia
10 3 (1.05%) Workday
11 2 (0.70%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.70%) Planon