Microsoft Office Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 53 63
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 1,885 2,405 2,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.49% 4.60% 4.76%
As % of the Applications category 42.34% 49.06% 45.20%
Number of salaries quoted 858 1,893 1,600
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,750 £23,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £25,250 £26,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £30,450 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.79% -7.73% +1.54%
75th Percentile £53,750 £43,750 £47,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £58,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £32,500 £39,641
% change year-on-year +38.46% -18.01% +5.71%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4,452 4,902 6,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.60% 9.38% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,092 3,613 3,178
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £26,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -6.67% -2.60%
75th Percentile £58,943 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £66,212 £62,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% +2.27%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 February 2025. 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 of England +35 608 £50,055 +72.60% 224
North West +57 474 £50,055 +74.10% 130
South East -18 422 £42,500 +37.10% 290
Midlands -19 331 £35,000 +16.67% 138
West Midlands -13 224 £35,000 +11.11% 75
East of England -14 178 £31,971 +6.57% 115
South West +1 162 £35,000 +7.69% 95
Scotland +64 132 £51,645 +47.56% 42
East Midlands -23 107 £28,500 +3.64% 64
Yorkshire -23 88 £42,250 +45.69% 72
North East +10 46 £38,750 +33.62% 29
Northern Ireland +26 28 £52,500 +61.54% 11
Wales +10 20 £50,000 +75.44% 24
Isle of Man -3 5 £38,000 -15.56% 1
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 225 (11.94%) SharePoint
2 78 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.17%) IIS
4 12 (0.64%) CMS
5 11 (0.58%) Confluence
6 4 (0.21%) SAS
7 3 (0.16%) Office Communications Server
7 3 (0.16%) WordPress
8 2 (0.11%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.053%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.053%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.053%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.053%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.053%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.053%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.053%) nginx
Applications
1 700 (37.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 351 (18.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 77 (4.08%) Microsoft Project
4 44 (2.33%) MS Visio
5 24 (1.27%) Acrobat
6 17 (0.90%) Photoshop
7 10 (0.53%) Simulink
7 10 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.48%) Fireworks
8 9 (0.48%) RoboHelp
9 4 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
11 2 (0.11%) Sketch
12 1 (0.053%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.053%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 168 (8.91%) Teamcenter
2 26 (1.38%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 7 (0.37%) Magento
4 5 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.21%) Changepoint
5 4 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 4 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.21%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.21%) Visualfiles
6 3 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.16%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.16%) Shopify
7 2 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.11%) SAP EHS
7 2 (0.11%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.11%) TIBCO iProcess
7 2 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 404 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 163 (8.65%) Azure
3 88 (4.67%) Power Platform
4 52 (2.76%) AWS
4 52 (2.76%) Google Workspace
5 40 (2.12%) Entra ID
6 32 (1.70%) OneDrive
7 22 (1.17%) SaaS
8 20 (1.06%) Power Automate
9 19 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (1.01%) GCP
10 16 (0.85%) PowerApps
11 11 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (0.48%) Smartsheet
13 7 (0.37%) Asana
14 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.27%) IaaS
15 5 (0.27%) Mimecast
15 5 (0.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 104 (5.52%) DNS
2 101 (5.36%) DHCP
2 101 (5.36%) Firewall
3 92 (4.88%) TCP/IP
4 55 (2.92%) VPN
5 42 (2.23%) WAN
6 38 (2.02%) LAN
7 36 (1.91%) VLAN
8 30 (1.59%) Broadband
9 29 (1.54%) BGP
9 29 (1.54%) OSPF
9 29 (1.54%) WLAN
10 27 (1.43%) Internet
11 25 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
11 25 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (1.27%) SAN
13 20 (1.06%) Wireless
14 17 (0.90%) Intranet
15 16 (0.85%) 5G
16 14 (0.74%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (3.29%) SQL Server
2 60 (3.18%) Power BI
3 14 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (0.64%) Relational Database
5 12 (0.64%) Tableau
6 11 (0.58%) Big Data
7 10 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.48%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.42%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.37%) DB2
11 5 (0.27%) Power Query
12 3 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.16%) Metadata
12 3 (0.16%) QlikView
13 2 (0.11%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.11%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.11%) Qlik Sense
13 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.11%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 54 (2.86%) JIRA
2 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (0.32%) LabVIEW
4 5 (0.27%) Git
5 4 (0.21%) Postman
6 3 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.053%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.053%) ClearQuest
8 1 (0.053%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.053%) Maven
8 1 (0.053%) NDoc
8 1 (0.053%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.053%) Selenium
8 1 (0.053%) Subversion
8 1 (0.053%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.053%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.053%) WebDriver
General
1 904 (47.96%) Social Skills
2 290 (15.38%) Finance
3 260 (13.79%) Manufacturing
4 215 (11.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 182 (9.66%) Automotive
6 172 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
7 162 (8.59%) Aerospace
8 114 (6.05%) Organisational Skills
9 100 (5.31%) Retail
10 96 (5.09%) Presentation Skills
11 77 (4.08%) Legal
12 67 (3.55%) Marketing
13 61 (3.24%) Telecoms
14 56 (2.97%) Law
15 52 (2.76%) Electronics
16 42 (2.23%) Banking
17 33 (1.75%) Public Sector
18 21 (1.11%) Military
19 16 (0.85%) Advertising
20 15 (0.80%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 261 (13.85%) Analyst
2 228 (12.10%) Senior
3 201 (10.66%) Project Manager
4 154 (8.17%) Graduate
5 145 (7.69%) Test Engineer
6 140 (7.43%) Electrical Engineer
6 140 (7.43%) Safety Engineer
7 131 (6.95%) Systems Engineer
8 115 (6.10%) IT Support
9 96 (5.09%) Lead
10 92 (4.88%) Service Analyst
11 89 (4.72%) IT Engineer
12 81 (4.30%) Service Desk Analyst
13 75 (3.98%) Administrator
14 72 (3.82%) IT Analyst
15 68 (3.61%) Systems Manager
16 67 (3.55%) Engineering Manager
17 64 (3.40%) Support Engineer
18 63 (3.34%) Assistant Project Manager
19 62 (3.29%) Systems Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.39%) .NET
2 31 (1.64%) HTML
3 29 (1.54%) XML
4 11 (0.58%) CSS
5 10 (0.53%) ASP.NET
6 9 (0.48%) Flash
6 9 (0.48%) HTML5
6 9 (0.48%) Node.js
6 9 (0.48%) React
6 9 (0.48%) SPFx
7 6 (0.32%) JSON
7 6 (0.32%) REST
8 4 (0.21%) pytest
8 4 (0.21%) Web Services
9 3 (0.16%) SOAP
10 2 (0.11%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.11%) XSLT
11 1 (0.053%) Drools
11 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.053%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 139 (7.37%) Management Information System
2 100 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
3 84 (4.46%) Social Media
4 74 (3.93%) Driving Licence
5 36 (1.91%) Life Science
6 29 (1.54%) Onboarding
7 27 (1.43%) Smartphone
8 26 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 19 (1.01%) EPoS
10 17 (0.90%) Replication
11 16 (0.85%) Product Ownership
12 15 (0.80%) Analogue Electronics
12 15 (0.80%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.80%) e-Learning
12 15 (0.80%) FPGA
12 15 (0.80%) VHDL
13 14 (0.74%) Private Cloud
14 13 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
15 12 (0.64%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 416 (22.07%) Windows
2 130 (6.90%) Windows 10
2 130 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 55 (2.92%) Linux
4 54 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 45 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 35 (1.86%) Windows Vista
7 29 (1.54%) Mac OS X
8 26 (1.38%) Ubuntu
9 24 (1.27%) Apple iOS
10 22 (1.17%) Windows 7
11 18 (0.95%) Android
12 16 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
13 12 (0.64%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.27%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.21%) Unix
16 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.11%) Debian
17 2 (0.11%) SUSE
17 2 (0.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (23.29%) Customer Service
2 319 (16.92%) Project Management
3 298 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
4 274 (14.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 198 (10.50%) Performance Metrics
6 184 (9.76%) Systems Engineering
7 183 (9.71%) Process Improvement
8 173 (9.18%) Data Analysis
9 172 (9.12%) Creative Thinking
10 167 (8.86%) Logistics
11 161 (8.54%) Project Delivery
12 157 (8.33%) Customer Experience
13 150 (7.96%) Safety Engineering
14 149 (7.90%) PLM
15 141 (7.48%) Contingency Planning
16 134 (7.11%) Agile
17 126 (6.68%) ITIL
18 124 (6.58%) Risk Management
19 117 (6.21%) ERP
20 112 (5.94%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 151 (8.01%) MATLAB
2 120 (6.37%) SQL
3 69 (3.66%) PowerShell
4 51 (2.71%) Python
5 41 (2.18%) C#
6 36 (1.91%) Java
7 31 (1.64%) JavaScript
8 26 (1.38%) C++
9 24 (1.27%) C
10 15 (0.80%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.48%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.42%) RPG
12 8 (0.42%) RPG IV
13 7 (0.37%) R
13 7 (0.37%) VB
14 4 (0.21%) Go
14 4 (0.21%) VBA
15 2 (0.11%) PHP
15 2 (0.11%) VB6
15 2 (0.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 800 (42.44%) Degree
2 213 (11.30%) BPSS Clearance
3 191 (10.13%) HNC
3 191 (10.13%) HND
4 81 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 65 (3.45%) DBS Check
6 37 (1.96%) MCSE
7 36 (1.91%) Chartered Engineer
8 32 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (1.70%) Security Cleared
9 27 (1.43%) SC Cleared
10 25 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
11 24 (1.27%) A+ Certification
11 24 (1.27%) MCP
12 17 (0.90%) ACCA
12 17 (0.90%) CIMA
13 12 (0.64%) PMI Certification
14 11 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.53%) AAT
16 9 (0.48%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (3.45%) SLA
2 46 (2.44%) QA
3 41 (2.18%) PMO
4 38 (2.02%) GDPR
5 28 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (0.85%) ISO 9001
8 15 (0.80%) Data Quality
9 12 (0.64%) Accessibility
9 12 (0.64%) PERC
10 11 (0.58%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.27%) NEBOSH
12 5 (0.27%) NIST
12 5 (0.27%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 2 (0.11%) GRC
14 2 (0.11%) ISO 14001
15 1 (0.053%) GxP
System Software
1 270 (14.32%) Active Directory
2 53 (2.81%) Hyper-V
3 46 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (1.75%) Firmware
5 6 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.21%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.16%) XenApp
7 3 (0.16%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.11%) Docker
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.053%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 36 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.54%) SCCM
3 8 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.27%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.21%) Ansible
5 4 (0.21%) CASB
5 4 (0.21%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.21%) Terraform
5 4 (0.21%) WSUS
6 3 (0.16%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.16%) Grafana
6 3 (0.16%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 2 (0.11%) Autotask
7 2 (0.11%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.053%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.053%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1,374 (72.89%) Microsoft
2 158 (8.38%) SAP
3 147 (7.80%) ANSYS
4 84 (4.46%) Google
5 65 (3.45%) VMware
6 53 (2.81%) Cisco
6 53 (2.81%) Salesforce
7 52 (2.76%) Apple
8 33 (1.75%) Adobe
9 30 (1.59%) Dell
9 30 (1.59%) Fortinet
9 30 (1.59%) Oracle
9 30 (1.59%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.43%) Remedy
10 27 (1.43%) Ubiquiti
11 26 (1.38%) Ariba
11 26 (1.38%) OpenText
12 20 (1.06%) Citrix
12 20 (1.06%) EMC
13 16 (0.85%) Arqiva