Microsoft Office Jobs

Microsoft Office
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 49 75
Rank change year-on-year -7 +26 +34
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 2,440 4,956 3,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.36% 4.51% 4.14%
As % of the Applications category 35.99% 47.86% 46.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,334 2,925 2,279
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,043 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -14.47% +1.33%
75th Percentile £51,645 £47,500 £55,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,748 £30,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +33.60% -12.86% +6.06%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 6,780 10,355 8,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.11% 9.42% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,201 6,010 4,612
10th Percentile £27,000 £24,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £28,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £39,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £60,265 £53,750 £60,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £35,446 £37,500
% change year-on-year +34.52% -5.48% -5.06%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office.

Salary trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Top 19 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 13 June 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
England -16 2,177 £40,748 +25.38% 2,443
UK excluding London -14 1,770 £40,748 +33.60% 1,817
North of England +7 641 £50,055 +69.68% 374
North West +25 561 £50,055 +69.68% 201
Work from Home -31 536 £42,500 +14.86% 814
London -12 512 £45,000 - 881
South East -38 363 £32,500 +6.56% 581
Midlands -56 261 £32,500 +1.56% 296
East of England -16 222 £32,500 +8.33% 200
West Midlands -48 164 £34,000 +5.43% 154
Scotland +62 127 £51,645 +58.91% 109
South West -8 126 £31,000 -1.59% 212
East Midlands -44 97 £31,500 -1.56% 134
Yorkshire -48 68 £34,000 +16.24% 127
Northern Ireland +33 16 £26,000 -38.82% 46
North East 0 12 £40,000 +40.35% 47
Wales -37 12 £27,500 - 46
Channel Islands - 3 £78,750 - 16
Isle of Man -2 1 £31,000 -27.06%

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 166 (6.80%) SharePoint
2 120 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 99 (4.06%) Confluence
4 23 (0.94%) CMS
5 21 (0.86%) WordPress
6 14 (0.57%) IIS
7 9 (0.37%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.29%) Skype for Business
9 6 (0.25%) Apache
9 6 (0.25%) IBM Domino
10 4 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
11 3 (0.12%) nginx
11 3 (0.12%) Office Communications Server
12 2 (0.082%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.082%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.082%) Drupal
12 2 (0.082%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 654 (26.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 378 (15.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 84 (3.44%) Microsoft Project
4 61 (2.50%) MS Visio
5 50 (2.05%) Simulink
6 13 (0.53%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
7 8 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.29%) Acrobat
9 6 (0.25%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.16%) CapCut
10 4 (0.16%) InDesign
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.12%) GNU Octave
11 3 (0.12%) MicroStation
11 3 (0.12%) Sketch
12 2 (0.082%) Revit
12 2 (0.082%) Trello
Business Applications
1 157 (6.43%) Teamcenter
2 27 (1.11%) Dynamics NAV
3 26 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
4 22 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 15 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
6 13 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
7 12 (0.49%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.33%) Shopify
9 6 (0.25%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.20%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.20%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
11 4 (0.16%) Elite 3E
11 4 (0.16%) Primavera
11 4 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
11 4 (0.16%) Relativity
11 4 (0.16%) Ringtail
11 4 (0.16%) Veritas eDiscovery
12 2 (0.082%) Dynamics AX
12 2 (0.082%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 443 (18.16%) Microsoft 365
2 200 (8.20%) Azure
3 94 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 87 (3.57%) Asana
5 82 (3.36%) Miro
6 67 (2.75%) Power Platform
7 43 (1.76%) OneDrive
8 42 (1.72%) Google Workspace
9 33 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (1.35%) Power Automate
10 31 (1.27%) AWS
11 27 (1.11%) Google Analytics
12 18 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
13 17 (0.70%) Canva
13 17 (0.70%) Mimecast
13 17 (0.70%) SaaS
14 15 (0.61%) PowerApps
15 12 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (0.49%) Google Ads
16 11 (0.45%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 120 (4.92%) DNS
2 116 (4.75%) DHCP
3 110 (4.51%) Firewall
4 97 (3.98%) LAN
5 94 (3.85%) TCP/IP
6 79 (3.24%) WAN
7 78 (3.20%) Broadband
8 69 (2.83%) VPN
9 59 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (2.21%) VLAN
11 38 (1.56%) Internet
12 33 (1.35%) VoIP
13 24 (0.98%) Network Security
14 23 (0.94%) Remote Desktop
15 20 (0.82%) WebEx
15 20 (0.82%) Wireless
16 18 (0.74%) SAN
17 17 (0.70%) Intranet
18 14 (0.57%) SSL
19 12 (0.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (2.62%) SQL Server
2 61 (2.50%) Power BI
3 33 (1.35%) Relational Database
4 24 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (0.82%) Tableau
6 13 (0.53%) MySQL
7 12 (0.49%) Data Lake
8 11 (0.45%) Big Data
9 9 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.29%) Metadata
11 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.20%) MS Access
13 5 (0.20%) SAP BW
14 4 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
14 4 (0.16%) EDRMS
14 4 (0.16%) GIS
15 3 (0.12%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 146 (5.98%) JIRA
2 9 (0.37%) Git
3 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (0.25%) NDoc
4 6 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.12%) LabVIEW
5 3 (0.12%) Postman
5 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.082%) Bazaar
6 2 (0.082%) Maven
7 1 (0.041%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.041%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.041%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.041%) Katalon Studio
7 1 (0.041%) MSI
7 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.041%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.041%) Selenium
General
1 1,346 (55.16%) Social Skills
2 555 (22.75%) Finance
3 270 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
4 255 (10.45%) Marketing
5 254 (10.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 247 (10.12%) Manufacturing
7 235 (9.63%) Legal
8 219 (8.98%) Aerospace
9 192 (7.87%) Organisational Skills
10 178 (7.30%) Automotive
11 158 (6.48%) Presentation Skills
12 117 (4.80%) Law
13 99 (4.06%) Retail
14 91 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
15 86 (3.52%) Telecoms
16 78 (3.20%) Banking
17 54 (2.21%) Electronics
18 51 (2.09%) Public Sector
19 25 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
20 24 (0.98%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 394 (16.15%) Analyst
2 300 (12.30%) Systems Engineer
3 277 (11.35%) Senior
4 258 (10.57%) IT Support
5 178 (7.30%) Support Analyst
6 158 (6.48%) Test Engineer
7 155 (6.35%) Electrical Engineer
8 152 (6.23%) Safety Engineer
9 143 (5.86%) Project Manager
10 127 (5.20%) Customer Executive
11 115 (4.71%) Lead
12 112 (4.59%) Administrator
13 111 (4.55%) Support Engineer
14 94 (3.85%) IT Analyst
15 80 (3.28%) IT Support Analyst
16 74 (3.03%) Account Executive
17 73 (2.99%) Mechanical Engineer
17 73 (2.99%) Platform Engineer
18 72 (2.95%) 1st Line Support
18 72 (2.95%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (0.82%) .NET
2 17 (0.70%) XML
3 16 (0.66%) HTML
4 12 (0.49%) JSON
5 10 (0.41%) SOAP
6 9 (0.37%) REST
7 8 (0.33%) CSS
7 8 (0.33%) EDI
7 8 (0.33%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (0.20%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.20%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.20%) HTML5
8 5 (0.20%) Lightning Web Components
8 5 (0.20%) Middleware
9 4 (0.16%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.16%) 802.1X
9 4 (0.16%) RESTful
10 3 (0.12%) Django
10 3 (0.12%) pytest
10 3 (0.12%) React
Miscellaneous
1 227 (9.30%) Self-Motivation
2 225 (9.22%) Management Information System
3 102 (4.18%) Product Ownership
4 99 (4.06%) Driving Licence
5 80 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 72 (2.95%) Over-the-Top Content
6 72 (2.95%) Video\Live Streaming
7 68 (2.79%) Social Media
8 59 (2.42%) Video Conferencing
9 38 (1.56%) Data Centre
10 25 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 21 (0.86%) NHS
13 18 (0.74%) CCTV
14 16 (0.66%) Graphic Design
15 15 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
16 14 (0.57%) Private Cloud
17 13 (0.53%) iPhone
18 12 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
18 12 (0.49%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 510 (20.90%) Windows
2 194 (7.95%) Windows 10
3 120 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 69 (2.83%) Linux
5 41 (1.68%) Apple iOS
6 40 (1.64%) Unix
7 38 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 38 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 37 (1.52%) Mac OS
9 33 (1.35%) Android
10 32 (1.31%) Windows 7
11 23 (0.94%) Mac OS X
12 15 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.20%) Windows 8
14 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.16%) Windows Vista
16 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
17 2 (0.082%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (21.89%) Customer Service
2 450 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
3 314 (12.87%) Decision-Making
4 297 (12.17%) Project Management
5 277 (11.35%) Agile
6 252 (10.33%) Business Development
7 248 (10.16%) CRM
8 219 (8.98%) Systems Engineering
9 202 (8.28%) Safety Engineering
10 196 (8.03%) ITIL
11 195 (7.99%) Time Management
12 193 (7.91%) Mentoring
13 188 (7.70%) Stakeholder Management
14 186 (7.62%) Risk Management
15 162 (6.64%) PLM
16 146 (5.98%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 142 (5.82%) Contract Negotiation
18 138 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
19 127 (5.20%) ERP
19 127 (5.20%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 165 (6.76%) MATLAB
2 124 (5.08%) SQL
3 79 (3.24%) PowerShell
4 32 (1.31%) JavaScript
5 28 (1.15%) Python
6 22 (0.90%) T-SQL
7 20 (0.82%) Java
8 15 (0.61%) PHP
8 15 (0.61%) VBA
9 13 (0.53%) C#
10 6 (0.25%) Bash
10 6 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.25%) VB
11 5 (0.20%) C++
12 3 (0.12%) C
12 3 (0.12%) R
12 3 (0.12%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.082%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.082%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.082%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 929 (38.07%) Degree
2 497 (20.37%) BPSS Clearance
3 204 (8.36%) HNC
4 187 (7.66%) HND
5 68 (2.79%) DBS Check
6 65 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 64 (2.62%) Security Cleared
8 63 (2.58%) A+ Certification
9 53 (2.17%) SC Cleared
10 33 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
11 26 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
13 20 (0.82%) MCP
14 18 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 18 (0.74%) PMI Certification
15 17 (0.70%) Azure Certification
15 17 (0.70%) CCNP
16 16 (0.66%) CTC Cleared
17 15 (0.61%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (3.24%) GDPR
1 79 (3.24%) SLA
2 43 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (1.56%) QA
4 31 (1.27%) PMO
5 26 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
6 23 (0.94%) Data Quality
7 13 (0.53%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.41%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.33%) NIST
11 5 (0.20%) PERC
12 4 (0.16%) GRC
12 4 (0.16%) ISO 14001
12 4 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.12%) COBIT
13 3 (0.12%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.082%) COSHH
14 2 (0.082%) Def Stans
System Software
1 304 (12.46%) Active Directory
2 56 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (1.35%) Hyper-V
4 19 (0.78%) Firmware
5 12 (0.49%) BitLocker
6 11 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.12%) ISA Server
8 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.12%) Samba
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.041%) Docker
9 1 (0.041%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.041%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.041%) vSphere
9 1 (0.041%) Xen
Systems Management
1 109 (4.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (2.09%) SCCM
3 11 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.41%) Terraform
5 7 (0.29%) Ansible
6 6 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
7 5 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.12%) Grafana
8 3 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.082%) SCOM
9 2 (0.082%) SCSM
9 2 (0.082%) WSUS
10 1 (0.041%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.041%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.041%) DameWare
10 1 (0.041%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.041%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.041%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,732 (70.98%) Microsoft
2 271 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 157 (6.43%) ANSYS
4 137 (5.61%) SAP
5 97 (3.98%) Google
6 93 (3.81%) Cisco
7 80 (3.28%) Apple
8 79 (3.24%) VMware
9 52 (2.13%) YouTube
10 50 (2.05%) MathWorks
11 43 (1.76%) Adobe
12 42 (1.72%) ServiceNow
13 41 (1.68%) Oracle
14 37 (1.52%) HP
15 30 (1.23%) Citrix
16 25 (1.02%) Fortinet
16 25 (1.02%) Meraki
17 22 (0.90%) MobileIron
18 19 (0.78%) Veeam
19 17 (0.70%) Facebook