Microsoft Office Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Office
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 56 44
Rank change year-on-year -5 -12 +16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 23 10 74
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.85% 1.78% 4.74%
As % of the Applications category 21.10% 34.48% 51.39%
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 43
10th Percentile - - £23,500
25th Percentile £24,125 £36,250 £24,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £50,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +81.82% -16.25%
75th Percentile £36,188 £55,000 £32,250
90th Percentile £48,337 £55,018 £34,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £40,748 £32,500
% change year-on-year -20.24% +25.38% -18.75%

All Software Application Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 109 29 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 8.75% 5.15% 9.22%
Number of salaries quoted 26 20 97
10th Percentile £24,125 £36,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,938 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £50,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +75.44% -22.97%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,015 £35,000
90th Percentile £51,685 £58,250 £48,650
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +27.15% -16.67%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Wales

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Wales over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in Wales

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 March 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
South Wales -2 19 £24,250 -35.33% 10
West Wales - 2 £25,000 - 2
North Wales - 1 £37,500 - 3
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Remote Desktop
1 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
1 4 (17.39%) VoIP
2 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) Spotfire
1 1 (4.35%) Tableau
General
1 11 (47.83%) Manufacturing
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 7 (30.43%) Retail
4 3 (13.04%) Back Office
5 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Billing
5 2 (8.70%) Dutch Language
5 2 (8.70%) German Language
5 2 (8.70%) Spanish Language
6 1 (4.35%) Finance
6 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Project Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) 1st Line Support
2 4 (17.39%) First Line Help Desk Support
2 4 (17.39%) Help Desk Support
3 3 (13.04%) Control Systems Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Site Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Administrator
5 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Sales Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) SCADA
2 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.35%) Handset
2 1 (4.35%) iPad
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (34.78%) Windows
1 8 (34.78%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (39.13%) Customer Service
3 7 (30.43%) PRINCE2
3 7 (30.43%) Project Governance
3 7 (30.43%) Project Management
4 4 (17.39%) Analytics
4 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (13.04%) Customer Acquisition
5 3 (13.04%) Customer Experience
5 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (13.04%) ITIL
5 3 (13.04%) Patch Management
5 3 (13.04%) People Management
5 3 (13.04%) Software Deployment
5 3 (13.04%) System Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (13.04%) Ticket Management
5 3 (13.04%) Validation
6 1 (4.35%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Python
1 1 (4.35%) R
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (13.04%) CTC Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) SLA
2 3 (13.04%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Allen-Bradley
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco
2 3 (13.04%) Siemens
3 1 (4.35%) Sage
3 1 (4.35%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) TIBCO