Microsoft Office Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Office
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 55 36
Rank change year-on-year +3 -19 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 21 24 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.68% 3.24% 3.76%
As % of the Applications category 15.79% 60.00% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 18 8 14
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,295 £23,025
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +11.54% +42.86%
75th Percentile £42,500 £46,563 £37,188
90th Percentile £52,500 £54,625 £38,525
North East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £32,250
% change year-on-year +6.67% +16.28% +29.00%

All Software Application Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 133 40 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 16.99% 5.41% 9.41%
Number of salaries quoted 58 19 34
10th Percentile - £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £27,616 £29,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £37,500 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% +2.04% -8.13%
75th Percentile £57,500 £49,736 £53,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £60,250
North East median annual salary £41,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year +9.33% +4.17% -4.00%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 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
Gateshead +9 13 £40,000 -15.79% 1
Newcastle upon Tyne -9 3 £39,500 +12.86% 2
Prudhoe - 2 £27,500 -
Hebburn - 2 - - 1
Wallsend - 1 - -
Microsoft Office
North East

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.52%) Azure AI
3 2 (9.52%) Google Docs
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DHCP
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
1 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
General
1 13 (61.90%) Advertising
2 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Electronics
5 1 (4.76%) Games
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Support Engineer
1 10 (47.62%) Technical Engineer
1 10 (47.62%) Technical Support
1 10 (47.62%) Technical Support Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Business Systems Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Trainer
5 1 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Electronics Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Electronics Test Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Driving Licence
2 10 (47.62%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (9.52%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 11 (52.38%) Mathematics
3 10 (47.62%) B2B
3 10 (47.62%) B2B Sales
3 10 (47.62%) Business Development
3 10 (47.62%) Commercial Awareness
3 10 (47.62%) Customer Experience
3 10 (47.62%) Data Entry
3 10 (47.62%) Telesales
4 3 (14.29%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 3 (14.29%) DevOps
4 3 (14.29%) Microservices
4 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (14.29%) SDLC
4 3 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (9.52%) AI
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) HNC
2 2 (9.52%) A+ Certification
2 2 (9.52%) MCP
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Google
2 2 (9.52%) iManage