Microsoft Office
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 78 121
Rank change year-on-year +26 +43 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 4,446 4,151 4,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.50% 4.01% 3.15%
As % of the Applications category 45.32% 45.64% 37.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,023 2,396 3,369
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £26,000 £28,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,871 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.18% +0.99% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £52,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -10.29% +4.62% -4.41%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 9,811 9,096 13,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 8.80% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,130 4,948 7,110
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £25,982
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,345 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.44% -1.46% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -5.06% +1.28%

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 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Top 18 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 6 May 2024. 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 +31 4,048 £32,500 -14.47% 2,088
UK excluding London +23 3,377 £30,500 -10.29% 1,715
Work from Home +12 1,049 £36,539 -18.80% 742
London +34 973 £42,500 -10.53% 503
South East +25 922 £30,500 -10.29% 430
Midlands +19 799 £32,000 -17.42% 338
North of England +18 621 £29,000 -10.77% 424
West Midlands +26 544 £32,500 -18.01% 212
East of England +16 361 £30,000 -4.00% 182
South West +16 349 £32,500 -7.14% 220
North West +3 293 £28,500 -9.52% 240
Yorkshire +50 267 £29,250 -16.43% 137
East Midlands +19 255 £32,000 -12.33% 126
Scotland -50 175 £32,500 - 109
Wales +31 107 £27,500 - 55
North East -8 61 £27,750 +4.72% 50
Northern Ireland +33 28 £42,500 +30.77% 23
Isle of Man - 20 £45,000 - 2

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
1 435 (9.78%) SharePoint
2 429 (9.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 54 (1.21%) Confluence
4 48 (1.08%) Skype for Business
5 45 (1.01%) Oracle Service Bus
5 45 (1.01%) WebLogic
6 43 (0.97%) CMS
7 42 (0.94%) SAS
8 37 (0.83%) IIS
9 14 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
10 12 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
11 10 (0.22%) WordPress
12 9 (0.20%) Office Communications Server
13 8 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
14 7 (0.16%) IBM Notes
14 7 (0.16%) Jupyter
15 4 (0.090%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.090%) Moodle
16 3 (0.067%) Apache
16 3 (0.067%) GlassFish
Applications
1 1,324 (29.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 531 (11.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 131 (2.95%) MS Visio
4 97 (2.18%) Microsoft Project
5 51 (1.15%) AutoCAD
6 41 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 36 (0.81%) Photoshop
8 26 (0.58%) InDesign
9 20 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 18 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
11 10 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
12 9 (0.20%) Revit
12 9 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
13 8 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
13 8 (0.18%) SPSS
13 8 (0.18%) Trello
14 6 (0.13%) Simulink
15 5 (0.11%) Solid Edge
16 4 (0.090%) Adobe Captivate
16 4 (0.090%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 47 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
2 25 (0.56%) Primavera
3 23 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (0.40%) Sage 200
5 14 (0.31%) iTrent
6 13 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
7 12 (0.27%) Elite 3E
8 10 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
9 9 (0.20%) Relativity
9 9 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
9 9 (0.20%) Shopify
10 6 (0.13%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
11 5 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
11 5 (0.11%) FastStats
11 5 (0.11%) Maximo
11 5 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
11 5 (0.11%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,143 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
2 549 (12.35%) Azure
3 227 (5.11%) Power Platform
4 196 (4.41%) Entra ID
5 98 (2.20%) AWS
6 78 (1.75%) OneDrive
7 67 (1.51%) Google Workspace
8 58 (1.30%) PowerApps
8 58 (1.30%) SaaS
9 54 (1.21%) Power Automate
10 53 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
11 45 (1.01%) GitHub
12 44 (0.99%) Mimecast
13 26 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (0.47%) WhatsApp
15 15 (0.34%) GCP
16 13 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
17 12 (0.27%) Smartsheet
18 11 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
18 11 (0.25%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 303 (6.82%) Firewall
2 254 (5.71%) DNS
3 215 (4.84%) LAN
4 197 (4.43%) DHCP
5 196 (4.41%) TCP/IP
6 185 (4.16%) WAN
7 179 (4.03%) VPN
8 151 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
9 137 (3.08%) Wireless
10 110 (2.47%) VoIP
11 94 (2.11%) Internet
11 94 (2.11%) VLAN
12 64 (1.44%) Skype
13 59 (1.33%) FTP
13 59 (1.33%) Network Security
14 55 (1.24%) SAN
15 43 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
16 39 (0.88%) Intranet
17 37 (0.83%) Broadband
18 36 (0.81%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (4.54%) Power BI
2 154 (3.46%) SQL Server
3 58 (1.30%) Oracle Database
4 45 (1.01%) Oracle Database 10g
4 45 (1.01%) Oracle Database 11g
4 45 (1.01%) Tableau
4 45 (1.01%) VLDB
5 42 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 35 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 32 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (0.58%) Big Data
10 24 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
11 22 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 18 (0.40%) Data Lake
13 14 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
14 11 (0.25%) Metadata
15 10 (0.22%) EDRMS
15 10 (0.22%) MySQL
16 9 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 139 (3.13%) JIRA
2 33 (0.74%) Git
2 33 (0.74%) Visual Studio
3 25 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
4 15 (0.34%) LabVIEW
5 11 (0.25%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.22%) Subversion
6 10 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
7 6 (0.13%) Mercurial
7 6 (0.13%) Postman
8 5 (0.11%) eggPlant
8 5 (0.11%) MSI
8 5 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.090%) AdminStudio
9 4 (0.090%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.090%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.090%) GitLab
9 4 (0.090%) InstallShield
9 4 (0.090%) TeamCity
General
1 2,157 (48.52%) Social Skills
2 927 (20.85%) Finance
3 743 (16.71%) Analytical Skills
4 604 (13.59%) Organisational Skills
5 334 (7.51%) Legal
6 275 (6.19%) Marketing
7 259 (5.83%) Retail
8 248 (5.58%) Law
9 242 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 195 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
11 178 (4.00%) Banking
12 167 (3.76%) Manufacturing
13 157 (3.53%) Public Sector
13 157 (3.53%) Telecoms
14 140 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
15 123 (2.77%) Military
16 104 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
17 92 (2.07%) Investment Banking
18 75 (1.69%) Automotive
19 71 (1.60%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,051 (23.64%) Analyst
2 501 (11.27%) IT Support
3 394 (8.86%) Support Engineer
4 295 (6.64%) Senior
5 263 (5.92%) Support Analyst
6 252 (5.67%) IT Engineer
7 219 (4.93%) Project Manager
8 211 (4.75%) Coordinator
9 204 (4.59%) Administrator
10 203 (4.57%) IT Support Engineer
11 196 (4.41%) IT Analyst
12 175 (3.94%) Service Analyst
13 166 (3.73%) IT Technician
14 161 (3.62%) 2nd Line Support
15 160 (3.60%) 1st Line Support
16 158 (3.55%) Service Desk Analyst
17 138 (3.10%) Lead
17 138 (3.10%) Support Technician
18 133 (2.99%) Consultant
19 125 (2.81%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (1.98%) .NET
2 71 (1.60%) HTML
3 32 (0.72%) CSS
4 27 (0.61%) HTML5
5 26 (0.58%) XML
6 24 (0.54%) JSON
7 21 (0.47%) Blazor
7 21 (0.47%) EDI
8 17 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
9 14 (0.31%) LDAP
9 14 (0.31%) REST
10 13 (0.29%) Web Services
11 11 (0.25%) Flash
12 9 (0.20%) .NET Framework
13 8 (0.18%) jQuery
13 8 (0.18%) pytest
14 7 (0.16%) XSL
15 6 (0.13%) ASP.NET
15 6 (0.13%) Classic ASP
15 6 (0.13%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 495 (11.13%) Self-Motivation
2 282 (6.34%) Driving Licence
3 241 (5.42%) Onboarding
4 230 (5.17%) Management Information System
5 123 (2.77%) Social Media
6 78 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
7 71 (1.60%) Data Centre
8 66 (1.48%) Replication
9 61 (1.37%) Smartphone
10 50 (1.12%) CCTV
11 45 (1.01%) NHS
12 40 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
13 36 (0.81%) Life Science
14 35 (0.79%) EPoS
15 31 (0.70%) Blog
15 31 (0.70%) Graphic Design
16 30 (0.67%) FMCG
16 30 (0.67%) Reinsurance
17 28 (0.63%) Product Ownership
18 27 (0.61%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1,410 (31.71%) Windows
2 607 (13.65%) Windows 10
3 402 (9.04%) Windows Server
4 133 (2.99%) Linux
5 125 (2.81%) Windows 7
6 119 (2.68%) Apple iOS
7 113 (2.54%) Mac OS
8 112 (2.52%) Android
9 97 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 86 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
11 79 (1.78%) Windows Server 2012
12 78 (1.75%) Unix
13 48 (1.08%) Solaris
14 40 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
15 21 (0.47%) Windows 8
16 19 (0.43%) Mac OS X
17 10 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
17 10 (0.22%) Windows XP
18 6 (0.13%) Windows 2000
19 5 (0.11%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,306 (29.37%) Problem-Solving
2 1,132 (25.46%) Customer Service
3 541 (12.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 518 (11.65%) ITIL
5 508 (11.43%) Project Management
6 341 (7.67%) Time Management
7 293 (6.59%) CRM
8 290 (6.52%) Agile
9 255 (5.74%) Cybersecurity
10 254 (5.71%) Data Analysis
11 252 (5.67%) Mathematics
12 238 (5.35%) Business Intelligence
13 237 (5.33%) ITSM
14 235 (5.29%) Process Improvement
15 227 (5.11%) Decision-Making
16 220 (4.95%) Customer Experience
17 202 (4.54%) Customer Requirements
18 200 (4.50%) Creative Thinking
19 187 (4.21%) Logistics
20 180 (4.05%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 425 (9.56%) SQL
2 167 (3.76%) PowerShell
3 82 (1.84%) JavaScript
4 74 (1.66%) Python
5 62 (1.39%) C#
6 48 (1.08%) PL/SQL
7 42 (0.94%) T-SQL
8 31 (0.70%) VBA
9 27 (0.61%) MATLAB
10 24 (0.54%) VB
11 19 (0.43%) R
12 15 (0.34%) PHP
13 13 (0.29%) VB.NET
14 12 (0.27%) VBScript
15 10 (0.22%) Bash
15 10 (0.22%) C++
15 10 (0.22%) Java
16 7 (0.16%) C
17 6 (0.13%) Perl
17 6 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,420 (31.94%) Degree
2 291 (6.55%) Security Cleared
3 210 (4.72%) DBS Check
4 172 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 170 (3.82%) SC Cleared
6 84 (1.89%) MCP
7 81 (1.82%) A+ Certification
8 62 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
9 58 (1.30%) DV Cleared
10 57 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 55 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 54 (1.21%) HND
13 52 (1.17%) HNC
14 51 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
15 48 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 46 (1.03%) CCNA
17 42 (0.94%) MCSE
17 42 (0.94%) PMI Certification
18 38 (0.85%) MCSA
18 38 (0.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 365 (8.21%) SLA
2 124 (2.79%) QA
3 115 (2.59%) GDPR
4 79 (1.78%) ISO 9001
5 70 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 63 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 61 (1.37%) PMO
8 55 (1.24%) Accessibility
8 55 (1.24%) Data Quality
9 41 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 25 (0.56%) ISO 14001
11 15 (0.34%) NEBOSH
12 13 (0.29%) COSHH
12 13 (0.29%) GRC
13 11 (0.25%) COBIT
13 11 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (0.18%) CDISC
14 8 (0.18%) IFRS
14 8 (0.18%) ISO 26262
15 7 (0.16%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 946 (21.28%) Active Directory
2 201 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 157 (3.53%) Hyper-V
4 45 (1.01%) Oracle RAC
5 23 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.45%) Firmware
7 17 (0.38%) vSphere
8 15 (0.34%) KVM
9 14 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
11 10 (0.22%) Terminal Services
11 10 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
11 10 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
12 9 (0.20%) Docker
12 9 (0.20%) Forefront TMG
12 9 (0.20%) XenApp
13 7 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
13 7 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 6 (0.13%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.045%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 174 (3.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 152 (3.42%) SCCM
3 45 (1.01%) Data Guard
3 45 (1.01%) Oracle RMAN
4 37 (0.83%) EnCase
5 27 (0.61%) WSUS
6 26 (0.58%) Terraform
7 24 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
8 19 (0.43%) SCOM
9 17 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
10 16 (0.36%) Ansible
11 12 (0.27%) SmoothWall
12 10 (0.22%) Autotask
13 9 (0.20%) AirWatch
13 9 (0.20%) Functional Safety
13 9 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
14 8 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 7 (0.16%) Icinga
16 6 (0.13%) CSIRT
16 6 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3,148 (70.81%) Microsoft
2 249 (5.60%) VMware
3 162 (3.64%) Google
4 159 (3.58%) Apple
5 146 (3.28%) Cisco
6 118 (2.65%) SAP
7 115 (2.59%) Oracle
8 107 (2.41%) ServiceNow
9 90 (2.02%) Citrix
10 85 (1.91%) Adobe
11 72 (1.62%) Veeam
12 70 (1.57%) Salesforce
13 61 (1.37%) HP
14 60 (1.35%) Remedy
15 58 (1.30%) iManage
16 57 (1.28%) Dell
17 53 (1.19%) Sun
18 49 (1.10%) Sage
19 43 (0.97%) Sophos
20 38 (0.85%) Meraki