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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 52 79
Rank change year-on-year +1 +27 +40
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 2,379 4,435 4,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.56% 4.51% 4.02%
As % of the Applications category 37.18% 45.32% 45.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,308 3,036 2,423
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -14.47% +1.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £62,136 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £30,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year +47.54% -10.29% +4.62%

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 6,399 9,787 9,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.27% 9.95% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,206 6,127 4,993
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,847 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.04% -0.74%
75th Percentile £60,265 £53,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,432 £67,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -6.67% -4.63%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -6 2,131 £42,500 +30.77% 1,632
UK excluding London -3 1,759 £45,000 +47.54% 1,074
North of England +24 627 £50,055 +72.60% 265
North West +50 534 £50,055 +75.63% 144
London -13 518 £47,250 +12.50% 638
Work from Home -9 452 £45,000 +23.16% 702
South East -27 349 £40,000 +31.15% 308
Midlands -27 313 £35,000 +9.38% 179
West Midlands -26 211 £35,000 +9.38% 97
East of England -12 191 £32,500 +8.33% 105
Scotland +74 132 £51,645 +58.91% 56
South West -14 109 £32,500 - 134
East Midlands -21 102 £31,500 -1.56% 82
Yorkshire -32 79 £37,500 +27.12% 94
Northern Ireland +26 19 £52,500 +23.53% 23
North East +5 14 £35,000 +26.13% 31
Wales -33 14 £37,500 +36.36% 32
Isle of Man +2 4 £38,000 -15.56% 2
Channel Islands - 3 £78,750 -

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
1 195 (8.20%) SharePoint
2 133 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.05%) CMS
3 25 (1.05%) Confluence
4 22 (0.92%) IIS
5 21 (0.88%) WordPress
6 6 (0.25%) Apache
6 6 (0.25%) IBM Domino
7 4 (0.17%) nginx
7 4 (0.17%) SAS
7 4 (0.17%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.13%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.084%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.084%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.042%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.042%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (0.042%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.042%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.042%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.042%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 718 (30.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 416 (17.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 76 (3.19%) Microsoft Project
4 66 (2.77%) MS Visio
5 50 (2.10%) Simulink
6 18 (0.76%) Photoshop
7 15 (0.63%) Acrobat
8 13 (0.55%) Adobe Premiere
9 9 (0.38%) Adobe After Effects
9 9 (0.38%) CapCut
9 9 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
10 7 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.17%) InDesign
12 3 (0.13%) Sketch
13 2 (0.084%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.084%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.084%) GNU Octave
13 2 (0.084%) Revit
14 1 (0.042%) EPLAN
14 1 (0.042%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 151 (6.35%) Teamcenter
2 24 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
3 23 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
4 19 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
6 11 (0.46%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
8 8 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
8 8 (0.34%) Shopify
9 5 (0.21%) Relativity
9 5 (0.21%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
10 4 (0.17%) Ringtail
10 4 (0.17%) Veritas eDiscovery
11 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.13%) Magento
12 2 (0.084%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.084%) Sage 200
13 1 (0.042%) assyst
13 1 (0.042%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 467 (19.63%) Microsoft 365
2 217 (9.12%) Azure
3 92 (3.87%) Power Platform
4 71 (2.98%) Entra ID
5 50 (2.10%) AWS
6 47 (1.98%) OneDrive
7 43 (1.81%) Google Workspace
8 34 (1.43%) Power Automate
9 31 (1.30%) SaaS
10 28 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (0.97%) Google Analytics
11 23 (0.97%) Mimecast
11 23 (0.97%) PowerApps
12 21 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (0.88%) Canva
13 17 (0.71%) Smartsheet
14 15 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (0.55%) Asana
16 12 (0.50%) Dropbox
16 12 (0.50%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 130 (5.46%) Firewall
2 121 (5.09%) DNS
3 116 (4.88%) DHCP
4 102 (4.29%) LAN
5 90 (3.78%) TCP/IP
6 84 (3.53%) WAN
7 70 (2.94%) VPN
8 55 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
9 53 (2.23%) VLAN
10 46 (1.93%) Internet
11 38 (1.60%) VoIP
12 33 (1.39%) Wireless
13 25 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
14 23 (0.97%) Network Security
15 22 (0.92%) SAN
16 19 (0.80%) WebEx
17 18 (0.76%) Intranet
18 16 (0.67%) BGP
18 16 (0.67%) OSPF
18 16 (0.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (3.28%) Power BI
1 78 (3.28%) SQL Server
2 29 (1.22%) Relational Database
3 21 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (0.80%) Tableau
5 17 (0.71%) Metadata
6 15 (0.63%) MySQL
7 11 (0.46%) Big Data
8 10 (0.42%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.38%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.29%) MS Access
10 7 (0.29%) Power Query
11 6 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
11 6 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.17%) EDRMS
13 4 (0.17%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 66 (2.77%) JIRA
2 9 (0.38%) Git
3 7 (0.29%) NDoc
4 6 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
4 6 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.21%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.17%) Selenium
7 3 (0.13%) Postman
7 3 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.084%) AutoIt
8 2 (0.084%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.084%) Maven
9 1 (0.042%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.042%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.042%) ClearQuest
9 1 (0.042%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.042%) GitLab
9 1 (0.042%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.042%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 1,239 (52.08%) Social Skills
2 486 (20.43%) Finance
3 253 (10.63%) Legal
4 242 (10.17%) Marketing
5 239 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
6 233 (9.79%) Manufacturing
7 227 (9.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 212 (8.91%) Aerospace
9 188 (7.90%) Organisational Skills
10 179 (7.52%) Automotive
11 170 (7.15%) Presentation Skills
12 116 (4.88%) Law
13 103 (4.33%) Retail
14 72 (3.03%) Banking
14 72 (3.03%) Telecoms
15 53 (2.23%) Electronics
16 47 (1.98%) Public Sector
17 26 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
18 23 (0.97%) Local Government
19 20 (0.84%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 345 (14.50%) Analyst
2 280 (11.77%) Systems Engineer
3 278 (11.69%) Senior
4 205 (8.62%) IT Support
5 168 (7.06%) Project Manager
6 160 (6.73%) Support Analyst
7 157 (6.60%) Test Engineer
8 152 (6.39%) Electrical Engineer
8 152 (6.39%) Safety Engineer
9 127 (5.34%) Lead
10 123 (5.17%) Customer Executive
11 109 (4.58%) IT Analyst
12 92 (3.87%) Support Engineer
13 80 (3.36%) IT Support Analyst
14 79 (3.32%) Administrator
15 78 (3.28%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 69 (2.90%) Graduate
17 67 (2.82%) Service Analyst
18 63 (2.65%) IT Engineer
19 60 (2.52%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (1.93%) .NET
2 27 (1.13%) XML
3 26 (1.09%) HTML
4 20 (0.84%) CSS
5 12 (0.50%) ASP.NET
5 12 (0.50%) HTML5
6 10 (0.42%) React
7 9 (0.38%) JSON
8 8 (0.34%) SOAP
8 8 (0.34%) SPFx
9 7 (0.29%) REST
10 5 (0.21%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.21%) EDI
10 5 (0.21%) Lightning Web Components
10 5 (0.21%) Middleware
11 4 (0.17%) 802.1X
11 4 (0.17%) pytest
12 3 (0.13%) .NET Core
12 3 (0.13%) Django
12 3 (0.13%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 248 (10.42%) Management Information System
2 132 (5.55%) Self-Motivation
3 88 (3.70%) Social Media
4 84 (3.53%) Driving Licence
5 76 (3.19%) Onboarding
6 52 (2.19%) Video Conferencing
7 26 (1.09%) Product Ownership
8 23 (0.97%) Data Centre
9 22 (0.92%) Private Cloud
10 21 (0.88%) e-Learning
10 21 (0.88%) Graphic Design
11 20 (0.84%) CCTV
12 19 (0.80%) Smartphone
13 17 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (0.71%) iPhone
13 17 (0.71%) NHS
14 15 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (0.59%) Client/Server
15 14 (0.59%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 536 (22.53%) Windows
2 203 (8.53%) Windows 10
3 150 (6.31%) Windows Server
4 72 (3.03%) Linux
5 64 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 47 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 35 (1.47%) Apple iOS
8 33 (1.39%) Mac OS
9 32 (1.35%) Windows 7
10 31 (1.30%) Android
11 30 (1.26%) Mac OS X
12 29 (1.22%) Windows Vista
13 27 (1.13%) Unix
14 20 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
15 17 (0.71%) Ubuntu
16 7 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (0.25%) Windows 8
18 1 (0.042%) OpenBSD
18 1 (0.042%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (19.34%) Customer Service
2 393 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
3 322 (13.54%) Project Management
4 320 (13.45%) Decision-Making
5 217 (9.12%) Systems Engineering
6 215 (9.04%) Business Development
7 202 (8.49%) Safety Engineering
8 190 (7.99%) Agile
9 188 (7.90%) ITIL
10 180 (7.57%) Risk Management
11 177 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 162 (6.81%) Time Management
13 161 (6.77%) Mentoring
14 157 (6.60%) PLM
15 150 (6.31%) CRM
15 150 (6.31%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 140 (5.88%) Project Delivery
17 138 (5.80%) Contract Negotiation
18 134 (5.63%) Data Analysis
19 132 (5.55%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 158 (6.64%) MATLAB
2 154 (6.47%) SQL
3 89 (3.74%) PowerShell
4 46 (1.93%) Python
5 39 (1.64%) JavaScript
6 30 (1.26%) C#
7 27 (1.13%) Java
8 24 (1.01%) T-SQL
9 17 (0.71%) PHP
10 15 (0.63%) C++
11 12 (0.50%) C
12 9 (0.38%) TypeScript
13 8 (0.34%) VBA
14 7 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.25%) Bash
15 6 (0.25%) VB
16 5 (0.21%) VBScript
17 4 (0.17%) R
18 2 (0.084%) Go
18 2 (0.084%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 947 (39.81%) Degree
2 470 (19.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 190 (7.99%) HNC
4 183 (7.69%) HND
5 75 (3.15%) DBS Check
6 69 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 57 (2.40%) A+ Certification
8 40 (1.68%) Security Cleared
9 33 (1.39%) Chartered Engineer
10 30 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
11 28 (1.18%) SC Cleared
12 26 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
13 24 (1.01%) PMI Certification
14 21 (0.88%) ACCA
14 21 (0.88%) CCNP
15 20 (0.84%) MCP
16 19 (0.80%) Azure Certification
17 17 (0.71%) CCNA
17 17 (0.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.19%) GDPR
2 73 (3.07%) SLA
3 43 (1.81%) QA
4 35 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (1.18%) Data Quality
6 28 (1.18%) PMO
7 17 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 16 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.38%) PERC
10 6 (0.25%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.21%) NIST
12 4 (0.17%) COBIT
12 4 (0.17%) GRC
13 2 (0.084%) EMIR
13 2 (0.084%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.084%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.084%) MiFID
13 2 (0.084%) SEPA
14 1 (0.042%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 322 (13.54%) Active Directory
2 55 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (1.60%) Hyper-V
4 28 (1.18%) Firmware
5 17 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.34%) BitLocker
8 6 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.13%) Samba
11 2 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.084%) XenApp
11 2 (0.084%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.042%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.042%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 99 (4.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (2.10%) SCCM
3 10 (0.42%) Terraform
4 8 (0.34%) Ansible
4 8 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (0.34%) WSUS
5 6 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.21%) SCOM
7 2 (0.084%) Autotask
7 2 (0.084%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.084%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 2 (0.084%) Grafana
7 2 (0.084%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.084%) SCSM
7 2 (0.084%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.042%) DameWare
8 1 (0.042%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.042%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.042%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1,625 (68.31%) Microsoft
2 198 (8.32%) Salesforce
3 151 (6.35%) ANSYS
4 110 (4.62%) SAP
5 98 (4.12%) Cisco
6 97 (4.08%) Google
7 78 (3.28%) VMware
8 76 (3.19%) Apple
9 53 (2.23%) Adobe
10 52 (2.19%) ServiceNow
11 50 (2.10%) MathWorks
11 50 (2.10%) Oracle
12 37 (1.56%) YouTube
13 33 (1.39%) Citrix
14 32 (1.35%) Fortinet
15 27 (1.13%) HP
16 24 (1.01%) Dell
16 24 (1.01%) Meraki
17 22 (0.92%) Ubiquiti
18 19 (0.80%) Veeam