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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 78 123
Rank change year-on-year +26 +45 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 4,503 4,050 4,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.54% 4.01% 3.14%
As % of the Applications category 45.64% 45.80% 37.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,002 2,338 3,336
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £23,813
25th Percentile £26,043 £28,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +1.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £52,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £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 9,866 8,843 13,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.94% 8.75% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,125 4,827 7,050
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £44,345 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.31% -1.46% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £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% +1.28%

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 10 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 10 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 4,105 £32,500 -14.47% 2,016
UK excluding London +24 3,433 £30,500 -10.29% 1,663
Work from Home +12 1,038 £37,000 -17.78% 694
London +34 971 £42,500 -10.53% 467
South East +26 919 £30,500 -11.59% 424
Midlands +18 842 £32,000 -17.42% 325
North of England +21 637 £29,000 -10.77% 417
West Midlands +26 575 £32,500 -18.01% 206
East of England +14 360 £30,000 +3.45% 176
South West +25 350 £32,500 -7.14% 222
North West +2 310 £28,750 -7.26% 236
East Midlands +17 267 £32,000 -12.33% 119
Yorkshire +50 265 £29,500 -15.71% 136
Scotland -46 174 £33,250 +2.31% 98
Wales +28 108 £27,500 - 46
North East -5 62 £28,500 +7.55% 47
Northern Ireland +34 29 £42,500 +30.77% 19
Isle of Man - 19 £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
1 434 (9.64%) SharePoint
2 423 (9.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 53 (1.18%) Confluence
4 49 (1.09%) Skype for Business
5 44 (0.98%) Oracle Service Bus
5 44 (0.98%) WebLogic
6 43 (0.95%) CMS
7 42 (0.93%) SAS
8 37 (0.82%) IIS
9 14 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
10 12 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
11 11 (0.24%) 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 (0.089%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.089%) Moodle
16 3 (0.067%) Apache
16 3 (0.067%) GlassFish
Applications
1 1,401 (31.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 533 (11.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 132 (2.93%) MS Visio
4 95 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
5 50 (1.11%) AutoCAD
6 42 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 36 (0.80%) Photoshop
8 26 (0.58%) InDesign
9 20 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 18 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
11 10 (0.22%) 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 (0.13%) Simulink
15 5 (0.11%) Solid Edge
16 4 (0.089%) Adobe Captivate
16 4 (0.089%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 46 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 25 (0.56%) Primavera
3 23 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (0.40%) Sage 200
5 15 (0.33%) iTrent
6 13 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
7 12 (0.27%) Elite 3E
8 9 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
8 9 (0.20%) Relativity
8 9 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
8 9 (0.20%) Shopify
9 7 (0.16%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.13%) NEC Housing
10 6 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.13%) ResourceLink
11 5 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
11 5 (0.11%) FastStats PeopleStage
11 5 (0.11%) Maximo
11 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
11 5 (0.11%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,130 (25.09%) Microsoft 365
2 552 (12.26%) Azure
3 230 (5.11%) Power Platform
4 196 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 100 (2.22%) AWS
6 76 (1.69%) OneDrive
7 67 (1.49%) Google Workspace
8 58 (1.29%) PowerApps
8 58 (1.29%) SaaS
9 53 (1.18%) Power Automate
10 52 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
11 45 (1.00%) GitHub
12 44 (0.98%) Mimecast
13 26 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
14 23 (0.51%) WhatsApp
15 16 (0.36%) GCP
16 14 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
17 12 (0.27%) Smartsheet
18 11 (0.24%) Google Drive
18 11 (0.24%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 307 (6.82%) Firewall
2 255 (5.66%) DNS
3 207 (4.60%) LAN
4 199 (4.42%) DHCP
5 195 (4.33%) TCP/IP
6 181 (4.02%) VPN
7 176 (3.91%) WAN
8 148 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
9 133 (2.95%) Wireless
10 109 (2.42%) VoIP
11 93 (2.07%) Internet
12 90 (2.00%) VLAN
13 63 (1.40%) Skype
14 59 (1.31%) FTP
15 58 (1.29%) Network Security
16 56 (1.24%) SAN
17 45 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
18 39 (0.87%) Intranet
19 35 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
20 31 (0.69%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (4.55%) Power BI
2 155 (3.44%) SQL Server
3 57 (1.27%) Oracle Database
4 46 (1.02%) Tableau
5 44 (0.98%) Oracle Database 10g
5 44 (0.98%) Oracle Database 11g
5 44 (0.98%) VLDB
6 42 (0.93%) Relational Database
7 34 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 32 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
9 29 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
10 27 (0.60%) Big Data
11 24 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 18 (0.40%) Data Lake
14 14 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
15 12 (0.27%) Metadata
16 10 (0.22%) EDRMS
16 10 (0.22%) MySQL
17 9 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 140 (3.11%) JIRA
2 34 (0.76%) Visual Studio
3 33 (0.73%) Git
4 25 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
5 14 (0.31%) LabVIEW
6 12 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.22%) Subversion
7 10 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.13%) Mercurial
8 6 (0.13%) Postman
9 5 (0.11%) eggPlant
9 5 (0.11%) MSI
9 5 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.089%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.089%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.089%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.089%) GitLab
10 4 (0.089%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.089%) TeamCity
General
1 2,168 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 944 (20.96%) Finance
3 744 (16.52%) Analytical Skills
4 618 (13.72%) Organisational Skills
5 350 (7.77%) Legal
6 285 (6.33%) Retail
7 283 (6.28%) Marketing
8 247 (5.49%) Law
9 242 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 195 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
11 173 (3.84%) Banking
12 167 (3.71%) Manufacturing
13 161 (3.58%) Military
14 156 (3.46%) Public Sector
15 154 (3.42%) Telecoms
16 138 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
17 103 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
18 88 (1.95%) Investment Banking
19 73 (1.62%) Automotive
20 71 (1.58%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,048 (23.27%) Analyst
2 494 (10.97%) IT Support
3 383 (8.51%) Support Engineer
4 297 (6.60%) Senior
5 256 (5.69%) Support Analyst
6 250 (5.55%) IT Engineer
7 225 (5.00%) Coordinator
8 218 (4.84%) Project Manager
9 203 (4.51%) Administrator
10 200 (4.44%) IT Support Engineer
11 189 (4.20%) IT Analyst
12 169 (3.75%) Service Analyst
13 166 (3.69%) IT Technician
14 160 (3.55%) Graduate
15 158 (3.51%) 1st Line Support
16 157 (3.49%) 2nd Line Support
17 154 (3.42%) Service Desk Analyst
18 139 (3.09%) Lead
19 137 (3.04%) Support Technician
20 131 (2.91%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (1.98%) .NET
2 71 (1.58%) HTML
3 32 (0.71%) CSS
4 27 (0.60%) HTML5
5 26 (0.58%) XML
6 24 (0.53%) JSON
7 21 (0.47%) Blazor
7 21 (0.47%) EDI
8 16 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
9 14 (0.31%) LDAP
9 14 (0.31%) REST
9 14 (0.31%) Web Services
10 11 (0.24%) Flash
11 9 (0.20%) .NET Framework
12 8 (0.18%) jQuery
12 8 (0.18%) pytest
13 7 (0.16%) XSL
14 6 (0.13%) ASP.NET
14 6 (0.13%) Classic ASP
14 6 (0.13%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 507 (11.26%) Self-Motivation
2 284 (6.31%) Driving Licence
3 281 (6.24%) Onboarding
4 234 (5.20%) Management Information System
5 122 (2.71%) Social Media
6 77 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
7 72 (1.60%) Data Centre
8 66 (1.47%) Replication
9 61 (1.35%) Smartphone
10 50 (1.11%) CCTV
11 45 (1.00%) NHS
12 40 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
13 36 (0.80%) Life Science
14 35 (0.78%) EPoS
15 30 (0.67%) Blog
15 30 (0.67%) FMCG
15 30 (0.67%) Graphic Design
15 30 (0.67%) Reinsurance
16 28 (0.62%) Product Ownership
17 27 (0.60%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1,389 (30.85%) Windows
2 598 (13.28%) Windows 10
3 400 (8.88%) Windows Server
4 134 (2.98%) Linux
5 123 (2.73%) Windows 7
6 120 (2.66%) Apple iOS
7 113 (2.51%) Android
8 112 (2.49%) Mac OS
9 98 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 87 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
11 78 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
12 77 (1.71%) Unix
13 47 (1.04%) Solaris
14 39 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
15 21 (0.47%) Windows 8
16 19 (0.42%) Mac OS X
17 10 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
18 9 (0.20%) Windows XP
19 6 (0.13%) Windows 2000
20 5 (0.11%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,313 (29.16%) Problem-Solving
2 1,162 (25.81%) Customer Service
3 582 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 517 (11.48%) ITIL
5 508 (11.28%) Project Management
6 343 (7.62%) Time Management
7 297 (6.60%) Agile
8 294 (6.53%) Data Analysis
9 292 (6.48%) CRM
10 273 (6.06%) Process Improvement
11 264 (5.86%) Customer Experience
12 258 (5.73%) Logistics
13 253 (5.62%) Mathematics
14 251 (5.57%) Cybersecurity
15 241 (5.35%) Business Intelligence
16 237 (5.26%) Creative Thinking
17 236 (5.24%) Decision-Making
18 229 (5.09%) ITSM
19 208 (4.62%) Customer Requirements
20 184 (4.09%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 423 (9.39%) SQL
2 168 (3.73%) PowerShell
3 82 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 75 (1.67%) Python
5 61 (1.35%) C#
6 47 (1.04%) PL/SQL
7 43 (0.95%) T-SQL
8 32 (0.71%) VBA
9 26 (0.58%) MATLAB
10 24 (0.53%) VB
11 19 (0.42%) R
12 15 (0.33%) PHP
13 14 (0.31%) VB.NET
14 12 (0.27%) VBScript
15 11 (0.24%) C++
16 10 (0.22%) Bash
16 10 (0.22%) Java
17 7 (0.16%) C
18 6 (0.13%) Perl
18 6 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,459 (32.40%) Degree
2 287 (6.37%) Security Cleared
3 212 (4.71%) DBS Check
4 167 (3.71%) SC Cleared
5 164 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 84 (1.87%) MCP
7 80 (1.78%) A+ Certification
8 61 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
9 58 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 56 (1.24%) DV Cleared
11 55 (1.22%) Master's Degree
12 53 (1.18%) HND
13 52 (1.15%) HNC
14 48 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 44 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
16 42 (0.93%) MCSE
16 42 (0.93%) PMI Certification
17 39 (0.87%) CCNA
18 38 (0.84%) PMP
19 37 (0.82%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 357 (7.93%) SLA
2 125 (2.78%) QA
3 116 (2.58%) GDPR
4 78 (1.73%) ISO 9001
5 69 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 65 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 61 (1.35%) PMO
8 57 (1.27%) Accessibility
9 56 (1.24%) Data Quality
10 40 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 25 (0.56%) ISO 14001
12 15 (0.33%) NEBOSH
13 13 (0.29%) COSHH
13 13 (0.29%) GRC
14 12 (0.27%) COBIT
15 10 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.20%) IFRS
17 8 (0.18%) CDISC
17 8 (0.18%) ISO 26262
18 7 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 942 (20.92%) Active Directory
2 205 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 159 (3.53%) Hyper-V
4 44 (0.98%) Oracle RAC
5 23 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.42%) Firmware
7 18 (0.40%) vSphere
8 15 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (0.31%) KVM
10 13 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
11 10 (0.22%) Terminal Services
11 10 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
11 10 (0.22%) 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 (0.044%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 170 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 151 (3.35%) SCCM
3 44 (0.98%) Data Guard
3 44 (0.98%) Oracle RMAN
4 36 (0.80%) EnCase
5 27 (0.60%) Terraform
5 27 (0.60%) WSUS
6 24 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
7 20 (0.44%) SCOM
8 17 (0.38%) Ansible
8 17 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
9 12 (0.27%) SmoothWall
10 10 (0.22%) Autotask
10 10 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.20%) Functional Safety
12 8 (0.18%) AirWatch
12 8 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 7 (0.16%) Icinga
13 7 (0.16%) vCenter Server
14 6 (0.13%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 3,175 (70.51%) Microsoft
2 253 (5.62%) VMware
3 162 (3.60%) Google
4 155 (3.44%) Apple
5 139 (3.09%) Cisco
6 123 (2.73%) SAP
7 113 (2.51%) Oracle
8 103 (2.29%) ServiceNow
9 91 (2.02%) Citrix
10 84 (1.87%) Adobe
11 73 (1.62%) Veeam
12 70 (1.55%) Salesforce
13 59 (1.31%) Remedy
14 57 (1.27%) iManage
15 56 (1.24%) Dell
16 55 (1.22%) HP
17 51 (1.13%) Sun
18 49 (1.09%) Sage
19 43 (0.95%) Sophos
20 38 (0.84%) Meraki