Microsoft Office Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Office
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 37 11
Rank change year-on-year -54 -26 +38
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 120 194 723
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.41% 5.67% 11.08%
As % of the Applications category 30.15% 40.67% 77.83%
Number of salaries quoted 90 126 132
10th Percentile £25,225 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £28,344 £27,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £33,057
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -1.68% -17.36%
75th Percentile £43,563 £40,000 £45,297
90th Percentile £49,250 £49,000 £61,125
England median annual salary £32,500 £37,000 £35,631
% change year-on-year -12.16% +3.84% -10.92%

All Software Application Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 398 477 929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.68% 13.95% 14.24%
Number of salaries quoted 246 244 275
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £28,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £37,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -5.13% -4.88%
75th Percentile £50,938 £45,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -3.53% -5.56%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the West Midlands

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Staffordshire -21 25 £28,500 -24.00% 13
Worcestershire -8 21 £28,750 -17.86% 10
Birmingham -55 20 £36,838 +11.63% 31
Warwickshire -30 15 £42,500 +30.77% 11
Shropshire -21 10 £37,500 +31.58% 11
Wolverhampton -8 8 £38,500 - 2
Solihull +21 7 £30,500 - 2
Coventry -17 4 £42,500 -29.17% 15
Bilston - 2 £55,000 -
West Bromwich 0 1 £47,500 +82.69%
Herefordshire -16 1 £37,500 +15.38% 2
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 11 (9.17%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.67%) ArcGIS
3 2 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.83%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (27.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (11.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.67%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.83%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.83%) Revit
5 1 (0.83%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Sage 50
2 2 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.83%) Academy Housing
Cloud Services
1 34 (28.33%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (10.00%) AWS
3 9 (7.50%) Azure
4 7 (5.83%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.00%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.67%) GCP
7 2 (1.67%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.67%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (1.67%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.67%) SaaS
8 1 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.83%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.00%) Wireless
2 5 (4.17%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (1.67%) Firewall
3 2 (1.67%) LAN
3 2 (1.67%) VPN
3 2 (1.67%) WAN
4 1 (0.83%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.00%) Power BI
2 2 (1.67%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.67%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (1.67%) GIS
2 2 (1.67%) Looker
2 2 (1.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.83%) JIRA
General
1 65 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.67%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (14.17%) Finance
4 12 (10.00%) Swedish Language
5 11 (9.17%) Retail
6 10 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (7.50%) Legal
8 7 (5.83%) Public Sector
9 6 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (5.00%) Telecoms
10 4 (3.33%) Billing
10 4 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.33%) Law
11 3 (2.50%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.50%) Marketing
12 2 (1.67%) Local Government
13 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (20.83%) Support Engineer
2 19 (15.83%) Analyst
3 17 (14.17%) Technical Engineer
3 17 (14.17%) Technical Support
3 17 (14.17%) Technical Support Engineer
4 16 (13.33%) Coordinator
5 13 (10.83%) Service Analyst
5 13 (10.83%) Service Desk Analyst
6 9 (7.50%) Administrator
6 9 (7.50%) IT Engineer
7 8 (6.67%) IT Support
7 8 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (4.17%) Sales Executive
9 4 (3.33%) Associate Consultant
9 4 (3.33%) Business Manager
9 4 (3.33%) Consultant
9 4 (3.33%) Implementation Consultant
10 3 (2.50%) Sales Support
10 3 (2.50%) Sales Support Executive
10 3 (2.50%) Service Desk Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.17%) Driving Licence
2 14 (11.67%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.83%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.83%) Management Information System
5 6 (5.00%) Web Conferencing
6 5 (4.17%) IoT
7 4 (3.33%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.67%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.83%) CCTV
9 1 (0.83%) CMDB
9 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.83%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.33%) Windows
2 5 (4.17%) Android
2 5 (4.17%) Linux
3 4 (3.33%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (42.50%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (26.67%) Customer Service
4 19 (15.83%) Decision-Making
4 19 (15.83%) Logistics
5 16 (13.33%) ITIL
6 15 (12.50%) CRM
6 15 (12.50%) ERP
6 15 (12.50%) Workflow
7 14 (11.67%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (10.00%) ITSM
8 12 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
9 9 (7.50%) Validation
10 8 (6.67%) AI
10 8 (6.67%) Customer Engagement
10 8 (6.67%) Service Delivery
11 7 (5.83%) Business Development
11 7 (5.83%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (5.00%) Data Analysis
12 6 (5.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.67%) SQL
2 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (23.33%) Degree
2 14 (11.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (10.00%) AWS Certification
3 12 (10.00%) MCSE
4 2 (1.67%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.67%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.67%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.67%) MCITP
5 1 (0.83%) APMG
5 1 (0.83%) APMP
5 1 (0.83%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.33%) QA
2 8 (6.67%) ISO 9001
3 7 (5.83%) SLA
4 6 (5.00%) Data Quality
5 5 (4.17%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.50%) GDPR
7 2 (1.67%) PMO
8 1 (0.83%) GMP
System Software
1 8 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 92 (76.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.83%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.00%) Cisco
3 6 (5.00%) SAP
4 5 (4.17%) Sage
5 4 (3.33%) Oracle
5 4 (3.33%) Remedy
5 4 (3.33%) Xero
6 2 (1.67%) Adobe
6 2 (1.67%) Dell
6 2 (1.67%) ESRI
6 2 (1.67%) Google
6 2 (1.67%) HP
7 1 (0.83%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.83%) Salesforce