Microsoft Office Job Trends

Microsoft Office
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 43 68
Rank change year-on-year -25 +25 +18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 1,882 2,825 2,305
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.14% 5.28% 4.14%
As % of the Applications category 33.37% 51.06% 51.49%
Number of salaries quoted 930 894 1,715
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,440 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +18.06% -10.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £39,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -1.52%

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 5,639 5,533 4,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.40% 10.34% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,282 2,031 3,180
10th Percentile £26,563 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,683 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +15.60% -9.69%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +21.62% -1.33%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Top 17 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 14 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
England -32 1,566 £35,000 -14.88% 594
UK excluding London -32 1,328 £32,500 -16.67% 540
Work from Home +32 539 £40,000 -5.88% 207
South East -3 422 £32,500 -27.78% 188
London -7 411 £42,000 -12.76% 135
North of England -69 250 £34,000 -16.56% 127
East of England +3 177 £30,370 -2.03% 56
Midlands -70 149 £35,000 - 94
Yorkshire -54 119 £32,500 -13.33% 52
South West -23 116 £32,500 -7.14% 46
Scotland +32 113 £31,500 -38.24% 24
West Midlands -52 111 £40,000 +14.29% 59
North West -47 110 £32,750 -20.12% 63
Northern Ireland +19 81 £30,750 -41.43% 6
East Midlands -67 38 £30,000 +13.21% 34
Wales +4 26 £48,122 +6.94% 12
North East -20 21 £40,000 +6.67% 14

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 190 (10.10%) SharePoint
2 100 (5.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.85%) Confluence
4 15 (0.80%) WordPress
5 13 (0.69%) Skype for Business
6 12 (0.64%) CMS
7 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.11%) Drupal
9 2 (0.11%) SAS
10 1 (0.053%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.053%) IIS
Applications
1 556 (29.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 260 (13.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 58 (3.08%) MS Visio
4 28 (1.49%) AutoCAD
5 27 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
7 18 (0.96%) SOLIDWORKS
8 17 (0.90%) InDesign
9 12 (0.64%) Photoshop
10 11 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 9 (0.48%) Trello
12 6 (0.32%) Acrobat
13 5 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
14 4 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
14 4 (0.21%) Autodesk Inventor
15 3 (0.16%) EPLAN
15 3 (0.16%) Simulink
16 2 (0.11%) Revit
16 2 (0.11%) SPSS
17 1 (0.053%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 35 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.48%) Sage X3
2 9 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.27%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.27%) SAP Business One
5 5 (0.27%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.21%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.16%) SAP APO
8 2 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.11%) Relativity
8 2 (0.11%) Sage 50
8 2 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 512 (27.21%) Microsoft 365
2 159 (8.45%) AWS
3 143 (7.60%) Azure
4 89 (4.73%) Power Platform
5 76 (4.04%) Entra ID
6 57 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
7 40 (2.13%) SaaS
8 33 (1.75%) OneDrive
9 27 (1.43%) Google Workspace
10 25 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (0.96%) PowerApps
12 15 (0.80%) Smartsheet
13 14 (0.74%) Amazon Alexa
14 12 (0.64%) Power Automate
15 10 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.53%) GCP
15 10 (0.53%) GitHub
16 8 (0.43%) Google Analytics
17 7 (0.37%) Google Docs
17 7 (0.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 105 (5.58%) DNS
2 101 (5.37%) DHCP
3 73 (3.88%) TCP/IP
4 66 (3.51%) Firewall
5 57 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
6 53 (2.82%) LAN
7 45 (2.39%) VPN
7 45 (2.39%) WAN
8 33 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
9 32 (1.70%) WebEx
10 30 (1.59%) Internet
11 29 (1.54%) VoIP
12 28 (1.49%) Unified Communications
13 22 (1.17%) Wireless
14 19 (1.01%) VLAN
15 16 (0.85%) Network Security
15 16 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
16 14 (0.74%) Skype
17 12 (0.64%) Broadband
18 8 (0.43%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (3.67%) Power BI
2 34 (1.81%) GIS
3 29 (1.54%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.49%) Relational Database
5 16 (0.85%) Tableau
6 11 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
6 11 (0.58%) Spotfire
7 10 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (0.53%) Metadata
8 6 (0.32%) Power Query
8 6 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.16%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.16%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.11%) DTS
12 2 (0.11%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 76 (4.04%) JIRA
2 10 (0.53%) Git
3 7 (0.37%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.21%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.16%) Maven
5 3 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.11%) NUnit
6 2 (0.11%) Selenium
6 2 (0.11%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.053%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.053%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.053%) GitLab
General
1 1,186 (63.02%) Social Skills
2 379 (20.14%) Finance
3 333 (17.69%) Analytical Skills
4 225 (11.96%) Organisational Skills
5 176 (9.35%) French Language
6 174 (9.25%) Marketing
7 143 (7.60%) Swedish Language
8 120 (6.38%) Legal
9 118 (6.27%) Law
10 99 (5.26%) Manufacturing
11 95 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 92 (4.89%) Retail
13 65 (3.45%) Advertising
13 65 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
14 63 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
15 52 (2.76%) Back Office
16 47 (2.50%) Public Sector
17 44 (2.34%) German Language
18 42 (2.23%) Telecoms
19 35 (1.86%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 446 (23.70%) Analyst
2 291 (15.46%) IT Support
3 210 (11.16%) Senior
4 187 (9.94%) Support Engineer
5 178 (9.46%) Service Analyst
6 176 (9.35%) Service Desk Analyst
7 155 (8.24%) Support Analyst
8 105 (5.58%) Technical Support
9 100 (5.31%) IT Analyst
10 89 (4.73%) IT Support Analyst
11 82 (4.36%) Administrator
11 82 (4.36%) Senior Manager
12 73 (3.88%) IT Engineer
13 65 (3.45%) Coordinator
14 64 (3.40%) Desktop Support
14 64 (3.40%) QA Manager
14 64 (3.40%) Quality Manager
14 64 (3.40%) Senior QA Manager
14 64 (3.40%) Senior Quality Manager
14 64 (3.40%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.17%) CSS
2 15 (0.80%) HTML
3 11 (0.58%) EDI
4 7 (0.37%) pytest
5 5 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (0.27%) FreeMarker
5 5 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.21%) DCOM
6 4 (0.21%) Middleware
6 4 (0.21%) XML
7 3 (0.16%) ActiveMQ
7 3 (0.16%) RAML
7 3 (0.16%) REST
7 3 (0.16%) SOAP
8 2 (0.11%) .NET
8 2 (0.11%) jQuery
8 2 (0.11%) JSON
8 2 (0.11%) LDAP
8 2 (0.11%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.11%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 192 (10.20%) Self-Motivation
2 179 (9.51%) Onboarding
3 145 (7.70%) Driving Licence
4 128 (6.80%) Management Information System
5 62 (3.29%) Social Media
6 61 (3.24%) Video Conferencing
7 33 (1.75%) Web Conferencing
8 29 (1.54%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.12%) EPoS
11 19 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
12 16 (0.85%) e-Learning
13 15 (0.80%) PMI
13 15 (0.80%) Product Ownership
14 14 (0.74%) NHS
15 10 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (0.48%) iPhone
16 9 (0.48%) Learning Management System
16 9 (0.48%) Robotics
16 9 (0.48%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 452 (24.02%) Windows
2 156 (8.29%) Windows 10
3 98 (5.21%) Windows Server
4 42 (2.23%) Linux
5 39 (2.07%) Mac OS
6 34 (1.81%) Android
7 23 (1.22%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.01%) Unix
9 16 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.16%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.053%) Windows 2000
15 1 (0.053%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.053%) Windows Mobile
15 1 (0.053%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 597 (31.72%) Customer Service
2 542 (28.80%) Problem-Solving
3 358 (19.02%) ITIL
4 329 (17.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 240 (12.75%) Project Management
6 233 (12.38%) ITSM
7 175 (9.30%) Decision-Making
8 166 (8.82%) Coaching
9 164 (8.71%) Customer Experience
10 163 (8.66%) CRM
11 144 (7.65%) Performance Metrics
12 132 (7.01%) Agile
13 129 (6.85%) Cybersecurity
14 128 (6.80%) Mentoring
15 127 (6.75%) Time Management
16 125 (6.64%) Logistics
17 117 (6.22%) ERP
18 113 (6.00%) Analytics
19 108 (5.74%) Data Analysis
20 106 (5.63%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 98 (5.21%) SQL
2 49 (2.60%) Python
3 36 (1.91%) PowerShell
4 22 (1.17%) JavaScript
5 14 (0.74%) VBScript
6 13 (0.69%) C#
6 13 (0.69%) MATLAB
7 11 (0.58%) VBA
8 9 (0.48%) R
9 8 (0.43%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.37%) C++
10 7 (0.37%) Java
10 7 (0.37%) Ladder Logic
11 6 (0.32%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.27%) ABAP
12 5 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.27%) PHP
13 4 (0.21%) Bash
13 4 (0.21%) C
13 4 (0.21%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 772 (41.02%) Degree
2 215 (11.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 173 (9.19%) MCSE
4 139 (7.39%) AWS Certification
5 138 (7.33%) Security Cleared
6 93 (4.94%) SC Cleared
7 69 (3.67%) A+ Certification
8 64 (3.40%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
9 56 (2.98%) DBS Check
10 45 (2.39%) ACCA
11 44 (2.34%) CTC Cleared
12 40 (2.13%) CIMA
13 33 (1.75%) MCP
14 31 (1.65%) PMI Certification
15 28 (1.49%) HNC
16 24 (1.28%) CIPD
16 24 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
17 20 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
17 20 (1.06%) Master's Degree
18 18 (0.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (11.26%) QA
2 126 (6.70%) SLA
3 63 (3.35%) GDPR
4 58 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (2.44%) PMO
6 39 (2.07%) Data Quality
7 27 (1.43%) ISO 9001
8 21 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (1.06%) Accessibility
10 10 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
10 10 (0.53%) IEC 61131
11 7 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
12 6 (0.32%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.27%) IFRS
13 5 (0.27%) NEBOSH
13 5 (0.27%) NIST
13 5 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.21%) GRC
15 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 293 (15.57%) Active Directory
2 66 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (1.70%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.27%) Firmware
4 5 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.27%) vSphere
5 4 (0.21%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.11%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.053%) Docker
Systems Management
1 56 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (1.91%) SCCM
3 6 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (0.32%) WSUS
4 4 (0.21%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.16%) Ansible
5 3 (0.16%) Grafana
6 2 (0.11%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.11%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.11%) SCOM
6 2 (0.11%) SCSM
6 2 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.11%) Terraform
7 1 (0.053%) Autotask
7 1 (0.053%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.053%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.053%) Nagios
7 1 (0.053%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.053%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.053%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,485 (78.91%) Microsoft
2 167 (8.87%) ServiceNow
3 104 (5.53%) Cisco
4 86 (4.57%) VMware
5 68 (3.61%) SAP
6 59 (3.13%) Google
7 53 (2.82%) Adobe
8 45 (2.39%) Salesforce
9 44 (2.34%) Apple
10 38 (2.02%) HP
11 33 (1.75%) Sage
12 30 (1.59%) Oracle
13 23 (1.22%) iManage
14 22 (1.17%) HubSpot
15 16 (0.85%) CheckPoint
16 15 (0.80%) Dell
17 14 (0.74%) Citrix
18 13 (0.69%) Meraki
18 13 (0.69%) Mitel
18 13 (0.69%) Polycom