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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 79 118
Rank change year-on-year +26 +39 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 4,420 4,214 4,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.51% 4.03% 3.19%
As % of the Applications category 45.31% 45.61% 37.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,031 2,447 3,370
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,000 £28,800 £26,810
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +1.33% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £52,000
90th Percentile £61,773 £71,250 £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 9,754 9,239 13,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.95% 8.83% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,111 5,038 7,125
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,666 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.04% -0.74% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -3.85% -1.89%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +32 4,019 £32,500 -16.67% 1,824
UK excluding London +20 3,352 £30,500 -10.29% 1,523
Work from Home +8 1,058 £36,520 -18.85% 534
London +34 977 £42,000 -12.50% 446
South East +24 899 £30,500 -8.96% 395
Midlands +25 788 £32,000 -17.42% 301
North of England +21 618 £29,000 -12.12% 359
West Midlands +23 536 £32,000 -19.27% 194
East of England +17 368 £30,000 -6.05% 151
South West +22 349 £32,500 -7.14% 199
North West +3 288 £28,500 -10.75% 205
Yorkshire +46 269 £29,500 -15.71% 114
East Midlands +25 252 £32,000 -12.33% 107
Scotland -54 177 £32,500 - 106
Wales +31 106 £27,500 - 48
North East -3 61 £27,750 +4.72% 44
Northern Ireland +38 30 £42,500 +32.81% 24
Isle of Man 0 21 £45,000 +28.57% 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
1 434 (9.82%) SharePoint
2 432 (9.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (1.27%) Confluence
4 48 (1.09%) Skype for Business
5 45 (1.02%) Oracle Service Bus
5 45 (1.02%) WebLogic
6 42 (0.95%) CMS
6 42 (0.95%) SAS
7 38 (0.86%) IIS
8 14 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
8 14 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
9 10 (0.23%) WordPress
10 9 (0.20%) Office Communications Server
11 8 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
12 7 (0.16%) IBM Notes
12 7 (0.16%) Jupyter
13 4 (0.090%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.090%) Moodle
14 3 (0.068%) GlassFish
14 3 (0.068%) JBoss
Applications
1 1,294 (29.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 545 (12.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 127 (2.87%) MS Visio
4 97 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
5 49 (1.11%) AutoCAD
6 41 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 35 (0.79%) Photoshop
8 25 (0.57%) 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%) SPSS
13 8 (0.18%) Trello
14 7 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
15 6 (0.14%) Simulink
16 5 (0.11%) Solid Edge
17 4 (0.090%) Adobe Captivate
17 4 (0.090%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 47 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
2 25 (0.57%) Primavera
3 24 (0.54%) 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%) Shopify
10 6 (0.14%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 6 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
11 5 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
11 5 (0.11%) FastStats
11 5 (0.11%) FastStats PeopleStage
11 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
11 5 (0.11%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,152 (26.06%) Microsoft 365
2 552 (12.49%) Azure
3 222 (5.02%) Power Platform
4 200 (4.52%) Entra ID
5 98 (2.22%) AWS
6 77 (1.74%) OneDrive
7 68 (1.54%) Google Workspace
8 58 (1.31%) SaaS
9 56 (1.27%) PowerApps
10 54 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
11 52 (1.18%) Power Automate
12 46 (1.04%) GitHub
13 45 (1.02%) Mimecast
14 26 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
15 23 (0.52%) WhatsApp
16 15 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (0.34%) GCP
17 12 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
17 12 (0.27%) Google Drive
17 12 (0.27%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 304 (6.88%) Firewall
2 255 (5.77%) DNS
3 223 (5.05%) LAN
4 201 (4.55%) TCP/IP
5 196 (4.43%) DHCP
6 193 (4.37%) WAN
7 179 (4.05%) VPN
8 154 (3.48%) Wi-Fi
9 139 (3.14%) Wireless
10 111 (2.51%) VoIP
11 99 (2.24%) VLAN
12 93 (2.10%) Internet
13 64 (1.45%) Skype
14 59 (1.33%) FTP
15 58 (1.31%) Network Security
16 55 (1.24%) SAN
17 43 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
18 40 (0.90%) Broadband
19 37 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
19 37 (0.84%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (4.46%) Power BI
2 155 (3.51%) SQL Server
3 57 (1.29%) Oracle Database
4 45 (1.02%) Oracle Database 10g
4 45 (1.02%) Oracle Database 11g
4 45 (1.02%) VLDB
5 44 (1.00%) Tableau
6 39 (0.88%) Relational Database
7 34 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 30 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
9 29 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
10 25 (0.57%) Big Data
11 23 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
12 22 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 16 (0.36%) Data Lake
14 14 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
15 10 (0.23%) EDRMS
16 9 (0.20%) Data Mining
16 9 (0.20%) EDMS
16 9 (0.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 139 (3.14%) JIRA
2 34 (0.77%) Visual Studio
3 33 (0.75%) Git
4 26 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
5 16 (0.36%) LabVIEW
6 11 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (0.23%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.23%) Subversion
8 6 (0.14%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.14%) Mercurial
8 6 (0.14%) Postman
9 5 (0.11%) eggPlant
9 5 (0.11%) MSI
9 5 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.090%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.090%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.090%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.090%) GitLab
10 4 (0.090%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.090%) TeamCity
General
1 2,117 (47.90%) Social Skills
2 941 (21.29%) Finance
3 747 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 565 (12.78%) Organisational Skills
5 333 (7.53%) Legal
6 270 (6.11%) Marketing
7 259 (5.86%) Retail
8 247 (5.59%) Law
9 236 (5.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 197 (4.46%) Banking
11 195 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
12 167 (3.78%) Manufacturing
13 159 (3.60%) Telecoms
14 154 (3.48%) Public Sector
15 142 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
16 125 (2.83%) Military
17 107 (2.42%) Investment Banking
18 102 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
19 76 (1.72%) Automotive
20 71 (1.61%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,072 (24.25%) Analyst
2 504 (11.40%) IT Support
3 405 (9.16%) Support Engineer
4 293 (6.63%) Senior
5 262 (5.93%) Support Analyst
6 257 (5.81%) IT Engineer
7 218 (4.93%) Project Manager
8 208 (4.71%) IT Support Engineer
9 200 (4.52%) Administrator
10 198 (4.48%) IT Analyst
11 183 (4.14%) Service Analyst
12 172 (3.89%) Coordinator
13 164 (3.71%) 2nd Line Support
13 164 (3.71%) IT Technician
14 163 (3.69%) Service Desk Analyst
15 160 (3.62%) 1st Line Support
16 141 (3.19%) Lead
17 137 (3.10%) Consultant
18 135 (3.05%) Support Technician
19 125 (2.83%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (2.04%) .NET
2 72 (1.63%) HTML
3 32 (0.72%) CSS
4 28 (0.63%) HTML5
5 26 (0.59%) JSON
5 26 (0.59%) XML
6 22 (0.50%) Blazor
7 21 (0.48%) EDI
8 18 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
9 15 (0.34%) REST
10 14 (0.32%) LDAP
11 12 (0.27%) Web Services
12 11 (0.25%) Flash
13 9 (0.20%) .NET Framework
14 8 (0.18%) jQuery
14 8 (0.18%) pytest
15 7 (0.16%) XSL
16 6 (0.14%) ASP.NET
16 6 (0.14%) Classic ASP
16 6 (0.14%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 473 (10.70%) Self-Motivation
2 284 (6.43%) Driving Licence
3 243 (5.50%) Onboarding
4 222 (5.02%) Management Information System
5 120 (2.71%) Social Media
6 80 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
7 70 (1.58%) Data Centre
8 65 (1.47%) Replication
8 65 (1.47%) Smartphone
9 50 (1.13%) CCTV
10 46 (1.04%) NHS
11 40 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
12 36 (0.81%) Life Science
13 35 (0.79%) EPoS
14 32 (0.72%) Blog
14 32 (0.72%) Graphic Design
15 30 (0.68%) FMCG
15 30 (0.68%) Reinsurance
16 28 (0.63%) Product Ownership
17 27 (0.61%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1,422 (32.17%) Windows
2 614 (13.89%) Windows 10
3 410 (9.28%) Windows Server
4 131 (2.96%) Linux
5 128 (2.90%) Windows 7
6 116 (2.62%) Apple iOS
7 114 (2.58%) Android
8 111 (2.51%) Mac OS
9 98 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 88 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
11 79 (1.79%) Unix
11 79 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
12 48 (1.09%) Solaris
13 43 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
14 21 (0.48%) Windows 8
15 20 (0.45%) Mac OS X
16 11 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
16 11 (0.25%) Windows XP
17 7 (0.16%) Windows 2000
18 6 (0.14%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,271 (28.76%) Problem-Solving
2 1,139 (25.77%) Customer Service
3 540 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 520 (11.76%) ITIL
5 505 (11.43%) Project Management
6 343 (7.76%) Time Management
7 295 (6.67%) CRM
8 294 (6.65%) Agile
9 257 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
9 257 (5.81%) Data Analysis
10 253 (5.72%) Mathematics
11 241 (5.45%) ITSM
12 234 (5.29%) Process Improvement
13 233 (5.27%) Business Intelligence
14 227 (5.14%) Decision-Making
15 217 (4.91%) Creative Thinking
15 217 (4.91%) Customer Experience
16 204 (4.62%) Customer Requirements
17 192 (4.34%) Asset Management
18 182 (4.12%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 425 (9.62%) SQL
2 169 (3.82%) PowerShell
3 83 (1.88%) JavaScript
4 72 (1.63%) Python
5 64 (1.45%) C#
6 47 (1.06%) PL/SQL
7 41 (0.93%) T-SQL
8 30 (0.68%) VBA
9 28 (0.63%) 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%) Java
16 9 (0.20%) C++
17 7 (0.16%) C
18 6 (0.14%) Perl
18 6 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,421 (32.15%) Degree
2 296 (6.70%) Security Cleared
3 206 (4.66%) DBS Check
4 176 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 174 (3.94%) SC Cleared
6 83 (1.88%) A+ Certification
6 83 (1.88%) MCP
7 62 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
8 59 (1.33%) DV Cleared
9 57 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 55 (1.24%) HND
11 54 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
12 53 (1.20%) Master's Degree
13 52 (1.18%) HNC
14 49 (1.11%) CCNA
15 48 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 42 (0.95%) MCSE
16 42 (0.95%) PMI Certification
17 39 (0.88%) MCSA
18 38 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 369 (8.35%) SLA
2 126 (2.85%) QA
3 114 (2.58%) GDPR
4 79 (1.79%) ISO 9001
5 70 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 62 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 58 (1.31%) PMO
8 53 (1.20%) Accessibility
9 48 (1.09%) Data Quality
10 41 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 25 (0.57%) ISO 14001
12 15 (0.34%) NEBOSH
13 13 (0.29%) COSHH
13 13 (0.29%) GRC
14 12 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.23%) COBIT
16 8 (0.18%) CDISC
16 8 (0.18%) ISO 26262
17 7 (0.16%) IEC 61508
17 7 (0.16%) IFRS
System Software
1 953 (21.56%) Active Directory
2 203 (4.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 156 (3.53%) Hyper-V
4 45 (1.02%) Oracle RAC
5 23 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (0.48%) Firmware
7 17 (0.38%) vSphere
8 15 (0.34%) KVM
9 14 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
10 12 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
11 10 (0.23%) Terminal Services
11 10 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
12 9 (0.20%) Docker
12 9 (0.20%) Forefront TMG
13 8 (0.18%) XenApp
14 7 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
15 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 5 (0.11%) XenDesktop
17 2 (0.045%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 180 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 158 (3.57%) SCCM
3 45 (1.02%) Data Guard
3 45 (1.02%) Oracle RMAN
4 37 (0.84%) EnCase
5 28 (0.63%) WSUS
6 25 (0.57%) Terraform
7 24 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (0.45%) SCOM
9 17 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
10 15 (0.34%) Ansible
11 12 (0.27%) SmoothWall
12 10 (0.23%) Autotask
13 9 (0.20%) Functional Safety
13 9 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
14 8 (0.18%) AirWatch
14 8 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 7 (0.16%) Icinga
16 6 (0.14%) CSIRT
16 6 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3,121 (70.61%) Microsoft
2 251 (5.68%) VMware
3 164 (3.71%) Google
4 160 (3.62%) Apple
5 154 (3.48%) Cisco
6 115 (2.60%) SAP
7 114 (2.58%) Oracle
8 109 (2.47%) ServiceNow
9 89 (2.01%) Citrix
10 86 (1.95%) Adobe
11 73 (1.65%) Veeam
12 71 (1.61%) Salesforce
13 62 (1.40%) HP
14 60 (1.36%) Remedy
15 59 (1.33%) iManage
16 55 (1.24%) Dell
17 53 (1.20%) Sun
18 49 (1.11%) Sage
19 46 (1.04%) Sophos
20 40 (0.90%) Meraki