Microsoft Office Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Office
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 11 41
Rank change year-on-year -72 +30 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 38 29 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 2.63% 9.32% 2.72%
As % of the Applications category 36.54% 78.38% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 6
10th Percentile £27,000 - £32,250
25th Percentile £34,125 £26,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £28,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.83% -28.13% +31.15%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,125 £55,000
90th Percentile - £58,750 £76,875
UK median annual salary £32,500 £36,500 £39,750
% change year-on-year -10.96% -8.18% +4.61%

All Software Application Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 104 37 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 7.21% 11.90% 8.95%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 19
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £26,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £31,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.92% -21.25% +31.15%
75th Percentile £43,750 £58,750 £58,125
90th Percentile £45,000 £59,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
County Antrim -37 24 £42,500 +47.83% 25
County Down - 11 £27,500 - 2
Newry - 2 £27,500 -
County Armagh - 2 - - 4
County Londonderry - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 21 (55.26%) Acrobat
1 21 (55.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (55.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) AWS
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.89%) Smartsheet
3 2 (5.26%) Azure
3 2 (5.26%) Azure Stack
3 2 (5.26%) IaaS
3 2 (5.26%) PaaS
3 2 (5.26%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Big Data
General
1 32 (84.21%) Social Skills
2 21 (55.26%) Legal
2 21 (55.26%) Marketing
3 6 (15.79%) Finance
4 4 (10.53%) Retail
5 3 (7.89%) Aerospace
5 3 (7.89%) French Language
6 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Banking
6 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (13.16%) Support Engineer
1 5 (13.16%) Technical Engineer
1 5 (13.16%) Technical Support
1 5 (13.16%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (7.89%) Analyst
2 3 (7.89%) Service Analyst
2 3 (7.89%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (5.26%) Field Service Technician
3 2 (5.26%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 2 (5.26%) Information Security Specialist
3 2 (5.26%) Information Specialist
3 2 (5.26%) Security Specialist
3 2 (5.26%) Technical Assurance Specialist
3 2 (5.26%) Technical Security Specialist
3 2 (5.26%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (2.63%) Lead
4 1 (2.63%) Senior
4 1 (2.63%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (2.63%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Housing Association
1 5 (13.16%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.26%) EPoS
3 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.26%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.63%) Acoustics
4 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (55.26%) Document Management
2 5 (13.16%) Agile
2 5 (13.16%) Customer Service
2 5 (13.16%) Risk Management
3 4 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (7.89%) Budgeting
4 3 (7.89%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (7.89%) Business Case
4 3 (7.89%) Change Control
4 3 (7.89%) Decision-Making
4 3 (7.89%) ITIL
4 3 (7.89%) ITSM
4 3 (7.89%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (7.89%) PRINCE2
4 3 (7.89%) Programme Management
4 3 (7.89%) Project Management
5 2 (5.26%) Change Management
5 2 (5.26%) Cloud Security
5 2 (5.26%) Data Security
5 2 (5.26%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) Degree
2 3 (7.89%) AWS Certification
2 3 (7.89%) CAPM
2 3 (7.89%) MCSE
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (7.89%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.89%) PMP
2 3 (7.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (5.26%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.26%) CCSK
3 2 (5.26%) CCSP
3 2 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.26%) CISM
3 2 (5.26%) CISSP
3 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) QA
2 2 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.26%) Def Stans
2 2 (5.26%) GDPR
2 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.26%) NCSC
2 2 (5.26%) NIST
2 2 (5.26%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 35 (92.11%) Microsoft
2 21 (55.26%) Adobe
3 3 (7.89%) Planview
3 3 (7.89%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.89%) Thales
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle
5 1 (2.63%) Google
5 1 (2.63%) SAP