Microsoft Office Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft Office
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 28 31
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 28 22 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 4.98% 4.77% 5.06%
As % of the Applications category 23.14% 78.57% 72.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15 3 17
10th Percentile - £28,200 £25,900
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,875 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £34,250 - £37,664
90th Percentile £37,500 - £47,750
South West median annual salary £31,500 £35,000 £36,349
% change year-on-year -10.00% -3.71% +21.16%

All Software Application Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 121 28 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 21.53% 6.07% 7.02%
Number of salaries quoted 35 6 22
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,750 £26,525
25th Percentile £26,875 £28,313 £27,698
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -3.23% -38.00%
75th Percentile £37,500 £36,563 £44,688
90th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £52,975
South West median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +13.33%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Somerset

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Somerset over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in Somerset

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Bath +4 14 £35,000 +16.67% 2
Taunton - 6 £32,500 -
Weston-super-Mare -4 4 - -
Clevedon - 3 - -
Frome 0 1 - -
Bridgwater - 1 - - 2
Yeovil - 1 £29,290 -
Microsoft Office
South West

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.57%) Drupal
3 1 (3.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (53.57%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) Entra ID
3 4 (14.29%) OneDrive
4 3 (10.71%) AWS
5 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) DKIM
1 5 (17.86%) DMARC
1 5 (17.86%) Firewall
2 4 (14.29%) DHCP
2 4 (14.29%) DNS
General
1 23 (82.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Back Office
3 7 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (14.29%) Advertising
4 4 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Finance
6 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.57%) Banking
7 1 (3.57%) Law
7 1 (3.57%) Legal
7 1 (3.57%) Marketing
7 1 (3.57%) Military
7 1 (3.57%) Retail
7 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Support Engineer
2 10 (35.71%) Desktop Engineer
2 10 (35.71%) Desktop Support
2 10 (35.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Site Engineer
4 8 (28.57%) IT Support
5 4 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (14.29%) IT Technician
5 4 (14.29%) Support Technician
6 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) IT Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Support Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Technical Support
7 2 (7.14%) Technical Support Analyst
8 1 (3.57%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.57%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Windows
2 10 (35.71%) Windows 10
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) ITIL
2 13 (46.43%) Customer Service
3 9 (32.14%) Analytics
3 9 (32.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (32.14%) Customer Acquisition
3 9 (32.14%) Customer Experience
3 9 (32.14%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (32.14%) Patch Management
3 9 (32.14%) People Management
3 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (32.14%) Software Deployment
3 9 (32.14%) Ticket Management
4 4 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 3 (10.71%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (10.71%) Decision-Making
5 3 (10.71%) Logistics
6 2 (7.14%) CRM
7 1 (3.57%) Agile
7 1 (3.57%) Investment Management
7 1 (3.57%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) Degree
2 10 (35.71%) SC Cleared
2 10 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 9 (32.14%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Certification
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (32.14%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) McAfee
3 1 (3.57%) MobileIron