Microsoft Office Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Office
England > South West

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 62 60
Rank change year-on-year -13 -2 +28
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 151 108 349
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.97% 4.03% 3.90%
As % of the Applications category 34.09% 45.19% 43.19%
Number of salaries quoted 89 60 261
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,625 £24,610
25th Percentile £27,668 £27,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -5.80%
75th Percentile £34,500 £48,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £61,250 £61,250
England median annual salary £32,794 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.55% +15.38% -14.47%

All Software Application Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 443 239 808
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.78% 8.92% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 201 138 568
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,625 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £29,268
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,750 £39,005
Median % change year-on-year -23.98% +9.60% +4.01%
75th Percentile £44,250 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,114 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -14.89% +25.33% -16.67%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the South West

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the South West

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Wiltshire +17 49 £32,500 +8.33% 6
Somerset -7 27 £34,000 -26.09% 7
Dorset -10 23 £28,500 -64.38% 9
Devon -19 18 £25,000 -19.35% 4
Bristol -21 18 £35,250 -17.06% 12
Gloucestershire -37 12 £32,250 +9.79% 10
Cornwall -8 4 £32,500 +16.59% 1
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.97%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.65%) WordPress
4 2 (1.32%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (17.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (15.89%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (11.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.31%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (2.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (2.65%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.66%) InDesign
6 1 (0.66%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 48 (31.79%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (7.28%) Azure
3 8 (5.30%) GitHub
4 6 (3.97%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.31%) AWS
6 4 (2.65%) Canva
6 4 (2.65%) Google Analytics
6 4 (2.65%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.32%) SaaS
8 1 (0.66%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.66%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.66%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.66%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.66%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.60%) 4G
1 16 (10.60%) Broadband
2 13 (8.61%) Firewall
2 13 (8.61%) VPN
3 12 (7.95%) WAN
4 8 (5.30%) 5G
4 8 (5.30%) SD-WAN
4 8 (5.30%) Wireless
5 6 (3.97%) LAN
6 4 (2.65%) Bluetooth
6 4 (2.65%) DNS
6 4 (2.65%) VoIP
6 4 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.65%) WLAN
7 3 (1.99%) DHCP
8 2 (1.32%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.66%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.66%) Internet
9 1 (0.66%) Intranet
9 1 (0.66%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.32%) DTS
2 1 (0.66%) DataStage
2 1 (0.66%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (5.30%) Git
1 8 (5.30%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.99%) JIRA
General
1 84 (55.63%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (10.60%) Electronics
4 14 (9.27%) Back Office
4 14 (9.27%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (7.95%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (5.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.30%) Finance
7 8 (5.30%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.97%) Marketing
8 6 (3.97%) Military
9 5 (3.31%) Local Government
10 4 (2.65%) Advertising
10 4 (2.65%) Brand Awareness
10 4 (2.65%) Legal
10 4 (2.65%) Retail
11 3 (1.99%) Law
12 2 (1.32%) Aviation
12 2 (1.32%) Avionics
12 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (21.85%) Support Engineer
2 31 (20.53%) IT Support
3 26 (17.22%) Analyst
4 25 (16.56%) Senior
5 23 (15.23%) Senior Manager
6 22 (14.57%) Project Manager
7 21 (13.91%) Senior Project Manager
8 19 (12.58%) Support Analyst
9 17 (11.26%) IT Analyst
9 17 (11.26%) IT Support Analyst
10 14 (9.27%) Desktop Engineer
10 14 (9.27%) Desktop Support
10 14 (9.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 14 (9.27%) Site Engineer
11 10 (6.62%) IT Engineer
11 10 (6.62%) Test Engineer
12 9 (5.96%) IT Support Engineer
13 8 (5.30%) Product Engineer
13 8 (5.30%) Product Test Engineer
13 8 (5.30%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.30%) pytest
2 3 (1.99%) JSON
2 3 (1.99%) XML
3 1 (0.66%) EDI
3 1 (0.66%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.66%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.26%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (9.93%) Driving Licence
3 8 (5.30%) Self-Driving Car
4 7 (4.64%) Social Media
5 6 (3.97%) Web Conferencing
6 5 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.65%) IoT
7 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Licensing
7 4 (2.65%) Podcast
7 4 (2.65%) Video Editing
8 3 (1.99%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (1.32%) Blog
9 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.32%) Learning Management System
9 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.66%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.66%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (40.40%) Windows
2 42 (27.81%) Windows 10
3 17 (11.26%) Android
4 12 (7.95%) Windows Server
5 8 (5.30%) Unix
6 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (31.13%) Customer Experience
2 44 (29.14%) Customer Service
3 43 (28.48%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (25.83%) ITIL
5 33 (21.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (19.87%) Project Management
7 27 (17.88%) Coaching
8 26 (17.22%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (17.22%) Service Management
9 25 (16.56%) Budget Management
9 25 (16.56%) Operations Management
10 23 (15.23%) CRM
10 23 (15.23%) Project Delivery
11 21 (13.91%) Agile
11 21 (13.91%) Analytics
11 21 (13.91%) B2B
11 21 (13.91%) Conflict Management
11 21 (13.91%) Impact Analysis
11 21 (13.91%) PRINCE2
11 21 (13.91%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.30%) MATLAB
1 8 (5.30%) Python
2 3 (1.99%) SQL
3 1 (0.66%) Bash
3 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 86 (56.95%) Degree
2 39 (25.83%) Security Cleared
3 26 (17.22%) SC Cleared
4 21 (13.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 20 (13.25%) A+ Certification
6 14 (9.27%) CTC Cleared
7 9 (5.96%) HND
8 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (3.97%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.32%) HPE ATP
11 1 (0.66%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.93%) SLA
2 4 (2.65%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.32%) GDPR
3 2 (1.32%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.32%) QA
4 1 (0.66%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 10 (6.62%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.96%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.66%) Firmware
4 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (3.31%) SCCM
2 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 72 (47.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.60%) Starlink
3 14 (9.27%) Cisco
4 9 (5.96%) Adobe
4 9 (5.96%) VMware
5 5 (3.31%) HP
6 4 (2.65%) Google
6 4 (2.65%) HubSpot
6 4 (2.65%) Marketo
6 4 (2.65%) Pardot
7 3 (1.99%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.32%) Apple
8 2 (1.32%) Remedy
9 1 (0.66%) Draytek
9 1 (0.66%) Red Hat