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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 78 122
Rank change year-on-year +25 +44 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 4,442 4,071 4,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.51% 4.01% 3.14%
As % of the Applications category 45.48% 45.73% 37.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,006 2,348 3,352
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,621 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.61% +0.32% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £52,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,375 £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 9,768 8,902 13,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.92% 8.77% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,113 4,843 7,075
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
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 £53,438 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -5.06% -0.39%

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 7 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 7 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 4,046 £32,500 -14.47% 2,219
UK excluding London +22 3,380 £30,500 -10.29% 1,791
Work from Home +8 1,043 £36,539 -18.80% 773
London +37 966 £42,500 -10.53% 549
South East +29 915 £30,500 -10.95% 449
Midlands +20 805 £32,000 -17.42% 351
North of England +22 630 £29,000 -10.77% 449
West Midlands +26 546 £32,500 -18.01% 227
East of England +15 359 £30,000 +3.45% 189
South West +18 348 £32,500 -6.47% 226
North West +2 303 £28,500 -8.80% 258
Yorkshire +47 266 £29,500 -15.71% 145
East Midlands +20 259 £32,000 -12.33% 124
Scotland -49 173 £32,500 - 112
Wales +30 107 £27,500 - 54
North East -8 61 £28,500 +7.55% 49
Northern Ireland +41 28 £42,500 +30.77% 25
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
1 432 (9.73%) SharePoint
2 424 (9.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 53 (1.19%) 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 (0.95%) SAS
8 36 (0.81%) IIS
9 14 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
10 12 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
11 10 (0.23%) 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 (0.068%) Apache
16 3 (0.068%) GlassFish
Applications
1 1,335 (30.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 534 (12.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 131 (2.95%) MS Visio
4 96 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
5 50 (1.13%) AutoCAD
6 41 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 36 (0.81%) Photoshop
8 26 (0.59%) InDesign
9 20 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 18 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
11 10 (0.23%) 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 (0.14%) 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 (0.41%) Sage 200
5 14 (0.32%) iTrent
6 13 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
7 12 (0.27%) Elite 3E
8 10 (0.23%) Carpe Diem
9 9 (0.20%) Relativity
9 9 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
9 9 (0.20%) Shopify
10 6 (0.14%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
11 5 (0.11%) FastStats
11 5 (0.11%) Maximo
11 5 (0.11%) NEC Housing
11 5 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
11 5 (0.11%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,131 (25.46%) Microsoft 365
2 550 (12.38%) Azure
3 225 (5.07%) Power Platform
4 196 (4.41%) Entra ID
5 98 (2.21%) AWS
6 78 (1.76%) OneDrive
7 67 (1.51%) Google Workspace
8 57 (1.28%) PowerApps
8 57 (1.28%) SaaS
9 54 (1.22%) Power Automate
10 51 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
11 45 (1.01%) GitHub
12 44 (0.99%) Mimecast
13 26 (0.59%) 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%) Google Drive
18 11 (0.25%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 304 (6.84%) Firewall
2 252 (5.67%) DNS
3 211 (4.75%) LAN
4 197 (4.43%) DHCP
5 195 (4.39%) TCP/IP
6 180 (4.05%) VPN
7 179 (4.03%) WAN
8 150 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
9 135 (3.04%) Wireless
10 109 (2.45%) VoIP
11 93 (2.09%) Internet
12 91 (2.05%) VLAN
13 64 (1.44%) Skype
14 59 (1.33%) FTP
15 58 (1.31%) Network Security
16 56 (1.26%) SAN
17 44 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
18 39 (0.88%) Intranet
19 36 (0.81%) Cisco IOS
20 34 (0.77%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (4.52%) Power BI
2 152 (3.42%) SQL Server
3 57 (1.28%) 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 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 34 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 32 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (0.59%) Big Data
10 24 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
11 22 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 17 (0.38%) Data Lake
13 14 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
14 11 (0.25%) Metadata
15 10 (0.23%) EDRMS
15 10 (0.23%) MySQL
16 9 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 138 (3.11%) JIRA
2 33 (0.74%) Git
2 33 (0.74%) Visual Studio
3 25 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
4 14 (0.32%) LabVIEW
5 11 (0.25%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.23%) Subversion
6 10 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.14%) Dreamweaver
7 6 (0.14%) Mercurial
7 6 (0.14%) 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 2,159 (48.60%) Social Skills
2 938 (21.12%) Finance
3 743 (16.73%) Analytical Skills
4 605 (13.62%) Organisational Skills
5 342 (7.70%) Legal
6 280 (6.30%) Marketing
7 274 (6.17%) Retail
8 248 (5.58%) Law
9 243 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 195 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
11 174 (3.92%) Banking
12 166 (3.74%) Manufacturing
13 157 (3.53%) Public Sector
14 156 (3.51%) Telecoms
15 139 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
16 122 (2.75%) Military
17 103 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
18 90 (2.03%) Investment Banking
19 73 (1.64%) Automotive
20 71 (1.60%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,049 (23.62%) Analyst
2 500 (11.26%) IT Support
3 388 (8.73%) Support Engineer
4 295 (6.64%) Senior
5 260 (5.85%) Support Analyst
6 254 (5.72%) IT Engineer
7 218 (4.91%) Project Manager
8 210 (4.73%) Coordinator
9 204 (4.59%) IT Support Engineer
10 203 (4.57%) Administrator
11 193 (4.34%) IT Analyst
12 173 (3.89%) Service Analyst
13 166 (3.74%) IT Technician
14 160 (3.60%) 1st Line Support
15 158 (3.56%) 2nd Line Support
15 158 (3.56%) Service Desk Analyst
16 139 (3.13%) Lead
17 137 (3.08%) Support Technician
18 131 (2.95%) 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 (0.59%) XML
6 24 (0.54%) JSON
7 21 (0.47%) Blazor
7 21 (0.47%) EDI
8 17 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
9 14 (0.32%) LDAP
9 14 (0.32%) 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 (0.14%) ASP.NET
15 6 (0.14%) Classic ASP
15 6 (0.14%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 493 (11.10%) Self-Motivation
2 282 (6.35%) Driving Licence
3 240 (5.40%) Onboarding
4 231 (5.20%) Management Information System
5 123 (2.77%) Social Media
6 78 (1.76%) Video Conferencing
7 71 (1.60%) Data Centre
8 66 (1.49%) Replication
9 60 (1.35%) Smartphone
10 50 (1.13%) 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 (0.68%) FMCG
16 30 (0.68%) Reinsurance
17 28 (0.63%) Product Ownership
18 27 (0.61%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1,397 (31.45%) Windows
2 601 (13.53%) Windows 10
3 400 (9.00%) Windows Server
4 134 (3.02%) Linux
5 124 (2.79%) Windows 7
6 120 (2.70%) Apple iOS
7 114 (2.57%) Mac OS
8 113 (2.54%) Android
9 98 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 87 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
11 79 (1.78%) Windows Server 2012
12 77 (1.73%) Unix
13 48 (1.08%) Solaris
14 39 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
15 21 (0.47%) Windows 8
16 19 (0.43%) Mac OS X
17 10 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
17 10 (0.23%) Windows XP
18 6 (0.14%) Windows 2000
19 5 (0.11%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,306 (29.40%) Problem-Solving
2 1,129 (25.42%) Customer Service
3 539 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 516 (11.62%) ITIL
5 508 (11.44%) Project Management
6 339 (7.63%) Time Management
7 293 (6.60%) CRM
8 292 (6.57%) Agile
9 253 (5.70%) Data Analysis
9 253 (5.70%) Mathematics
10 250 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
11 238 (5.36%) Business Intelligence
12 235 (5.29%) Decision-Making
12 235 (5.29%) ITSM
13 232 (5.22%) Process Improvement
14 222 (5.00%) Customer Experience
15 206 (4.64%) Customer Requirements
15 206 (4.64%) Logistics
16 198 (4.46%) Creative Thinking
17 180 (4.05%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 423 (9.52%) SQL
2 165 (3.71%) PowerShell
3 82 (1.85%) JavaScript
4 73 (1.64%) Python
5 62 (1.40%) C#
6 48 (1.08%) PL/SQL
7 42 (0.95%) T-SQL
8 31 (0.70%) VBA
9 26 (0.59%) 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 (0.23%) Bash
15 10 (0.23%) C++
15 10 (0.23%) Java
16 7 (0.16%) C
17 6 (0.14%) Perl
17 6 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,415 (31.86%) Degree
2 290 (6.53%) Security Cleared
3 211 (4.75%) DBS Check
4 169 (3.80%) SC Cleared
5 166 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 84 (1.89%) MCP
7 79 (1.78%) A+ Certification
8 61 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
9 58 (1.31%) DV Cleared
10 57 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 55 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 53 (1.19%) HND
13 52 (1.17%) HNC
14 48 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 47 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
16 42 (0.95%) CCNA
17 41 (0.92%) MCSE
17 41 (0.92%) PMI Certification
18 37 (0.83%) MCSA
18 37 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 361 (8.13%) SLA
2 124 (2.79%) QA
3 115 (2.59%) GDPR
4 79 (1.78%) ISO 9001
5 70 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 63 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 61 (1.37%) PMO
8 56 (1.26%) Accessibility
9 55 (1.24%) Data Quality
10 41 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 25 (0.56%) ISO 14001
12 15 (0.34%) NEBOSH
13 13 (0.29%) COSHH
13 13 (0.29%) GRC
14 11 (0.25%) COBIT
15 10 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (0.18%) CDISC
16 8 (0.18%) IFRS
16 8 (0.18%) ISO 26262
17 7 (0.16%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 942 (21.21%) Active Directory
2 202 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 158 (3.56%) 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 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
11 10 (0.23%) Terminal Services
11 10 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
11 10 (0.23%) XenApp
12 9 (0.20%) Docker
12 9 (0.20%) Forefront TMG
12 9 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
13 7 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
13 7 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 7 (0.16%) XenDesktop
14 2 (0.045%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 171 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 151 (3.40%) 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 (0.59%) 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 (0.23%) 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 (0.14%) CSIRT
16 6 (0.14%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 3,149 (70.89%) Microsoft
2 250 (5.63%) VMware
3 162 (3.65%) Google
4 157 (3.53%) Apple
5 142 (3.20%) Cisco
6 118 (2.66%) SAP
7 114 (2.57%) Oracle
8 106 (2.39%) ServiceNow
9 91 (2.05%) Citrix
10 84 (1.89%) Adobe
11 73 (1.64%) Veeam
12 70 (1.58%) Salesforce
13 61 (1.37%) HP
14 60 (1.35%) Remedy
15 58 (1.31%) Dell
15 58 (1.31%) iManage
16 52 (1.17%) Sun
17 48 (1.08%) Sage
18 43 (0.97%) Sophos
19 38 (0.86%) Meraki