Microsoft Office Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Office
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 73 90
Rank change year-on-year +4 +17 -6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 307 344 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.12% 4.39% 3.48%
As % of the Applications category 41.83% 51.96% 44.17%
Number of salaries quoted 241 184 213
10th Percentile £22,910 £21,250 £21,654
25th Percentile £25,000 £22,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £31,250 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% +5.93% -19.18%
75th Percentile £38,000 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £63,750 £53,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -14.47% +1.33% -2.28%

All Software Application Skills
North West

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 advertised in the North West with a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 734 662 738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.46% 8.46% 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 509 388 426
10th Percentile £23,500 £22,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +6.80%
75th Percentile £44,240 £52,649 £52,052
90th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +3.45%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the North West

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the North West.

Salary trend for Microsoft Office in the North West

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the North West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in the North West

Microsoft Office
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Manchester +21 148 £28,500 -12.31% 113
Lancashire -8 54 £28,500 +14.00% 27
Cheshire -13 54 £27,500 -5.17% 49
Merseyside -13 37 £29,500 -30.59% 29
Cumbria -5 13 £37,500 - 13
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 31 (10.10%) SharePoint
2 30 (9.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.30%) ArcGIS
3 4 (1.30%) CMS
3 4 (1.30%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.65%) Confluence
4 2 (0.65%) SAS
5 1 (0.33%) Documentum
5 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 94 (30.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (10.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.28%) AutoCAD
4 4 (1.30%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.30%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.30%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.33%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 13 (4.23%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (4.23%) iTrent
2 5 (1.63%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.98%) Maximo
4 2 (0.65%) Primavera
4 2 (0.65%) SAP PLM
4 2 (0.65%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.33%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.33%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 64 (20.85%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (10.10%) Azure
3 19 (6.19%) Entra ID
4 11 (3.58%) AWS
5 8 (2.61%) OneDrive
6 6 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (1.95%) Amazon ELB
6 6 (1.95%) Amazon S3
6 6 (1.95%) GitHub
7 5 (1.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 4 (1.30%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.98%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.33%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.33%) MailChimp
10 1 (0.33%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.33%) SaaS
10 1 (0.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.17%) Firewall
2 18 (5.86%) LAN
3 13 (4.23%) WAN
4 12 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (3.58%) DNS
5 11 (3.58%) TCP/IP
5 11 (3.58%) Wireless
6 8 (2.61%) VPN
7 6 (1.95%) VoIP
8 5 (1.63%) DHCP
9 4 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (1.30%) Skype
9 4 (1.30%) TETRA
9 4 (1.30%) VLAN
10 2 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.65%) Internet
10 2 (0.65%) SAN
10 2 (0.65%) SSL
10 2 (0.65%) WPA
11 1 (0.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.54%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.23%) BusinessObjects
3 9 (2.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.98%) Power BI
7 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (2.61%) Visual Studio
2 6 (1.95%) Dreamweaver
2 6 (1.95%) Git
3 3 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.65%) JIRA
5 1 (0.33%) Postman
General
1 126 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 80 (26.06%) Finance
3 50 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (14.01%) Legal
5 29 (9.45%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (9.12%) Retail
7 19 (6.19%) Marketing
8 14 (4.56%) Law
9 13 (4.23%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.28%) Local Government
11 7 (2.28%) Military
12 6 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.30%) French Language
14 4 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.30%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.30%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.98%) Electronics
15 3 (0.98%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 85 (27.69%) Analyst
2 42 (13.68%) IT Support
3 35 (11.40%) Support Engineer
4 28 (9.12%) Systems Analyst
5 25 (8.14%) Financial Analyst
6 22 (7.17%) IT Engineer
7 19 (6.19%) Senior
8 18 (5.86%) IT Analyst
8 18 (5.86%) IT Support Engineer
9 17 (5.54%) Coordinator
9 17 (5.54%) IT Manager
9 17 (5.54%) Project Manager
9 17 (5.54%) Support Analyst
10 13 (4.23%) Desktop Support
11 12 (3.91%) Desktop Engineer
11 12 (3.91%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 12 (3.91%) Finance Systems Analyst
11 12 (3.91%) HR Analyst
11 12 (3.91%) IT Technician
11 12 (3.91%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.23%) HTML
2 6 (1.95%) .NET
2 6 (1.95%) ASP.NET
2 6 (1.95%) Classic ASP
2 6 (1.95%) HTML5
2 6 (1.95%) Razor View Engine
3 4 (1.30%) CSS
4 2 (0.65%) Web Services
5 1 (0.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.89%) Driving Licence
2 14 (4.56%) EPoS
3 11 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.93%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.95%) Blog
5 6 (1.95%) CCTV
5 6 (1.95%) Social Media
6 5 (1.63%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.30%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.98%) Animation
8 3 (0.98%) Social Network
8 3 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.65%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.65%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.65%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.65%) FMCG
9 2 (0.65%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.65%) PMI
9 2 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.65%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 90 (29.32%) Windows
2 27 (8.79%) Windows 10
3 25 (8.14%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (3.91%) Android
6 5 (1.63%) Linux
6 5 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.30%) Debian
8 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.98%) Windows Vista
9 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.65%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (31.60%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (23.45%) Customer Service
3 46 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 40 (13.03%) Project Management
5 34 (11.07%) ITIL
6 33 (10.75%) Decision-Making
7 28 (9.12%) Coaching
8 27 (8.79%) Root Cause Analysis
9 22 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (6.19%) Business Development
10 19 (6.19%) Logistics
10 19 (6.19%) Time Management
11 17 (5.54%) Commercial Awareness
11 17 (5.54%) CRM
12 15 (4.89%) Data Analysis
13 14 (4.56%) Business Case
13 14 (4.56%) Process Improvement
14 13 (4.23%) Change Management
14 13 (4.23%) Release Management
14 13 (4.23%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.82%) SQL
2 13 (4.23%) JavaScript
3 11 (3.58%) PowerShell
4 10 (3.26%) C#
5 6 (1.95%) VB
5 6 (1.95%) VBScript
6 2 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (25.41%) Degree
2 13 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (3.26%) CIMA
4 7 (2.28%) AAT
4 7 (2.28%) PMI Certification
4 7 (2.28%) Security Cleared
5 6 (1.95%) AWS Certification
5 6 (1.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 6 (1.95%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.95%) PMP
6 5 (1.63%) CCNA
6 5 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (1.63%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.30%) HNC
7 4 (1.30%) HND
7 4 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.98%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.98%) CISSP
8 3 (0.98%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.73%) SLA
2 8 (2.61%) GDPR
3 7 (2.28%) COSHH
3 7 (2.28%) NEBOSH
4 5 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.98%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.65%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.65%) PMO
6 2 (0.65%) QA
7 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.33%) GxP
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 58 (18.89%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.26%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.65%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.65%) vSphere
6 1 (0.33%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (5.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 6 (1.95%) Terraform
4 4 (1.30%) SCCM
5 2 (0.65%) vRealize
6 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.33%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 239 (77.85%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.82%) SAP
3 16 (5.21%) VMware
4 13 (4.23%) Infor
5 12 (3.91%) Google
6 10 (3.26%) Adobe
6 10 (3.26%) Apple
7 9 (2.93%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.28%) Citrix
9 6 (1.95%) iManage
9 6 (1.95%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.63%) Rapid7
10 5 (1.63%) Sage
11 4 (1.30%) CA
11 4 (1.30%) Cisco
11 4 (1.30%) Facebook
12 3 (0.98%) Aruba
12 3 (0.98%) Dell
12 3 (0.98%) HP
13 2 (0.65%) McAfee