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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 78 125
Rank change year-on-year +26 +47 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 4,517 3,983 5,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.52% 4.02% 3.12%
As % of the Applications category 45.83% 45.86% 36.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,972 2,305 3,331
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
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% -2.60%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £51,598
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,750 £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 9,856 8,686 13,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.87% 8.76% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,090 4,760 7,084
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £44,242 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% -1.68% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £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 18 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 18 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 +32 4,121 £32,500 -14.47% 2,092
UK excluding London +25 3,466 £30,500 -10.29% 1,691
Work from Home +17 1,020 £37,127 -17.50% 691
London +35 953 £42,500 -10.53% 522
South East +27 919 £30,950 -10.29% 437
Midlands +23 865 £32,000 -17.42% 339
North of England +22 645 £29,000 -10.77% 433
West Midlands +24 585 £31,750 -19.91% 210
East of England +14 358 £30,000 +3.45% 199
South West +28 356 £32,000 -8.57% 186
North West +10 316 £29,000 -6.45% 252
East Midlands +24 280 £32,000 -12.33% 129
Yorkshire +50 265 £29,000 -17.14% 130
Scotland -54 173 £34,000 +4.62% 93
Wales +25 109 £27,500 - 51
North East -5 64 £27,750 +4.72% 54
Northern Ireland +34 28 £42,500 +30.77% 24
Isle of Man - 18 £43,750 - 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
1 430 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 413 (9.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 53 (1.17%) Confluence
4 50 (1.11%) Skype for Business
5 44 (0.97%) Oracle Service Bus
5 44 (0.97%) WebLogic
6 43 (0.95%) CMS
7 42 (0.93%) SAS
8 36 (0.80%) 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 (0.15%) IBM Notes
14 7 (0.15%) Jupyter
15 4 (0.089%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.089%) Moodle
16 3 (0.066%) Apache
16 3 (0.066%) GlassFish
Applications
1 1,430 (31.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 528 (11.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 133 (2.94%) MS Visio
4 96 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
5 50 (1.11%) AutoCAD
6 42 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 36 (0.80%) Photoshop
8 26 (0.58%) InDesign
9 21 (0.46%) 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%) EPLAN
16 4 (0.089%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 46 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 25 (0.55%) Primavera
3 22 (0.49%) 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 11 (0.24%) ResourceLink
9 9 (0.20%) NEC Housing
9 9 (0.20%) Relativity
9 9 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
9 9 (0.20%) Shopify
10 8 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
11 7 (0.15%) NetSuite
12 6 (0.13%) Maximo
12 6 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
13 5 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
13 5 (0.11%) FastStats
13 5 (0.11%) FastStats PeopleStage
13 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 1,112 (24.62%) Microsoft 365
2 548 (12.13%) Azure
3 228 (5.05%) Power Platform
4 192 (4.25%) Entra ID
5 98 (2.17%) AWS
6 75 (1.66%) OneDrive
7 66 (1.46%) Google Workspace
8 59 (1.31%) SaaS
9 58 (1.28%) PowerApps
10 52 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
11 51 (1.13%) Power Automate
12 44 (0.97%) GitHub
13 41 (0.91%) Mimecast
14 29 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
15 23 (0.51%) WhatsApp
16 16 (0.35%) GCP
17 15 (0.33%) SuccessFactors
18 14 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
19 12 (0.27%) Smartsheet
20 11 (0.24%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 306 (6.77%) Firewall
2 256 (5.67%) DNS
3 205 (4.54%) LAN
4 199 (4.41%) DHCP
5 193 (4.27%) TCP/IP
6 179 (3.96%) VPN
7 173 (3.83%) WAN
8 148 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
9 130 (2.88%) Wireless
10 104 (2.30%) VoIP
11 94 (2.08%) Internet
12 88 (1.95%) VLAN
13 64 (1.42%) Skype
14 59 (1.31%) FTP
14 59 (1.31%) Network Security
15 58 (1.28%) SAN
16 43 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
17 38 (0.84%) Intranet
18 35 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
19 29 (0.64%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (4.47%) Power BI
2 157 (3.48%) SQL Server
3 56 (1.24%) Oracle Database
4 46 (1.02%) Tableau
5 44 (0.97%) Oracle Database 10g
5 44 (0.97%) Oracle Database 11g
5 44 (0.97%) VLDB
6 42 (0.93%) Relational Database
7 32 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 29 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
9 27 (0.60%) Big Data
10 22 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
11 21 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 18 (0.40%) Data Lake
13 14 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
14 12 (0.27%) Metadata
15 10 (0.22%) EDRMS
16 9 (0.20%) Data Mining
16 9 (0.20%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 141 (3.12%) JIRA
2 34 (0.75%) Visual Studio
3 33 (0.73%) Git
4 24 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
5 13 (0.29%) LabVIEW
6 12 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.22%) Subversion
7 10 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (0.20%) eggPlant
9 6 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
9 6 (0.13%) Mercurial
9 6 (0.13%) Postman
10 5 (0.11%) MSI
10 5 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.089%) AdminStudio
11 4 (0.089%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.089%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.089%) GitLab
11 4 (0.089%) InstallShield
12 3 (0.066%) Toad
General
1 2,157 (47.75%) Social Skills
2 950 (21.03%) Finance
3 744 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
4 619 (13.70%) Organisational Skills
5 359 (7.95%) Legal
6 303 (6.71%) Retail
7 296 (6.55%) Marketing
8 246 (5.45%) Law
9 237 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 193 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
11 182 (4.03%) Military
12 166 (3.68%) Banking
13 165 (3.65%) Manufacturing
14 156 (3.45%) Telecoms
15 148 (3.28%) Public Sector
16 134 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
17 101 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
18 84 (1.86%) Investment Banking
19 73 (1.62%) Automotive
20 71 (1.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,027 (22.74%) Analyst
2 492 (10.89%) IT Support
3 377 (8.35%) Support Engineer
4 302 (6.69%) Senior
5 253 (5.60%) Support Analyst
6 251 (5.56%) IT Engineer
7 225 (4.98%) Coordinator
8 221 (4.89%) Project Manager
9 203 (4.49%) Administrator
10 199 (4.41%) IT Support Engineer
11 187 (4.14%) IT Analyst
12 180 (3.98%) Graduate
13 167 (3.70%) IT Technician
14 166 (3.68%) Service Analyst
15 154 (3.41%) 2nd Line Support
16 152 (3.37%) Service Desk Analyst
17 151 (3.34%) 1st Line Support
18 138 (3.06%) Development Manager
18 138 (3.06%) Support Technician
19 137 (3.03%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (1.95%) .NET
2 70 (1.55%) HTML
3 32 (0.71%) CSS
4 26 (0.58%) HTML5
4 26 (0.58%) XML
5 22 (0.49%) JSON
6 21 (0.46%) EDI
7 20 (0.44%) Blazor
8 15 (0.33%) 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 (0.15%) XSL
14 6 (0.13%) ASP.NET
14 6 (0.13%) Classic ASP
14 6 (0.13%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 503 (11.14%) Self-Motivation
2 299 (6.62%) Onboarding
3 281 (6.22%) Driving Licence
4 236 (5.22%) Management Information System
5 123 (2.72%) Social Media
6 79 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
7 72 (1.59%) Data Centre
8 66 (1.46%) Replication
9 61 (1.35%) Smartphone
10 50 (1.11%) CCTV
11 47 (1.04%) NHS
12 40 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
13 36 (0.80%) Life Science
14 35 (0.77%) EPoS
15 30 (0.66%) Blog
15 30 (0.66%) FMCG
15 30 (0.66%) Graphic Design
15 30 (0.66%) Reinsurance
16 28 (0.62%) Product Ownership
17 26 (0.58%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1,383 (30.62%) Windows
2 595 (13.17%) Windows 10
3 404 (8.94%) Windows Server
4 134 (2.97%) Linux
5 125 (2.77%) Windows 7
6 122 (2.70%) Apple iOS
7 115 (2.55%) Android
8 111 (2.46%) Mac OS
9 96 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 87 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
11 81 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
12 76 (1.68%) Unix
13 47 (1.04%) Solaris
14 41 (0.91%) Windows Server 2008
15 20 (0.44%) Mac OS X
16 18 (0.40%) Windows 8
17 10 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
18 9 (0.20%) Windows XP
19 6 (0.13%) Windows 2000
20 5 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,289 (28.54%) Problem-Solving
2 1,177 (26.06%) Customer Service
3 602 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 516 (11.42%) ITIL
5 512 (11.33%) Project Management
6 344 (7.62%) Time Management
7 311 (6.89%) Agile
7 311 (6.89%) Data Analysis
8 298 (6.60%) Logistics
9 290 (6.42%) CRM
10 288 (6.38%) Process Improvement
11 286 (6.33%) Customer Experience
12 257 (5.69%) Creative Thinking
13 252 (5.58%) Mathematics
14 244 (5.40%) Decision-Making
15 237 (5.25%) Business Intelligence
16 234 (5.18%) Cybersecurity
17 220 (4.87%) ITSM
18 215 (4.76%) Customer Requirements
19 200 (4.43%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 420 (9.30%) SQL
2 168 (3.72%) PowerShell
3 80 (1.77%) JavaScript
4 75 (1.66%) Python
5 60 (1.33%) C#
6 47 (1.04%) PL/SQL
7 40 (0.89%) T-SQL
8 32 (0.71%) VBA
9 25 (0.55%) MATLAB
10 24 (0.53%) VB
11 19 (0.42%) R
12 15 (0.33%) PHP
12 15 (0.33%) VB.NET
13 12 (0.27%) VBScript
14 11 (0.24%) C++
15 10 (0.22%) Bash
16 9 (0.20%) Java
17 7 (0.15%) C
18 6 (0.13%) Perl
18 6 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,476 (32.68%) Degree
2 286 (6.33%) Security Cleared
3 214 (4.74%) DBS Check
4 176 (3.90%) SC Cleared
5 163 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 85 (1.88%) MCP
7 80 (1.77%) A+ Certification
8 61 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
9 60 (1.33%) DV Cleared
10 59 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 55 (1.22%) Master's Degree
12 52 (1.15%) HNC
12 52 (1.15%) HND
13 47 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 45 (1.00%) MCSE
15 42 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
15 42 (0.93%) PMI Certification
16 38 (0.84%) PMP
17 37 (0.82%) CCNA
17 37 (0.82%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 351 (7.77%) SLA
2 130 (2.88%) QA
3 115 (2.55%) GDPR
4 68 (1.51%) ISO 9001
5 61 (1.35%) PMO
6 60 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 59 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 55 (1.22%) Data Quality
8 55 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 30 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 25 (0.55%) ISO 14001
11 15 (0.33%) NEBOSH
12 13 (0.29%) COSHH
12 13 (0.29%) GRC
13 12 (0.27%) COBIT
14 10 (0.22%) IFRS
15 9 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (0.18%) CDISC
16 8 (0.18%) ISO 26262
17 7 (0.15%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 932 (20.63%) Active Directory
2 201 (4.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 160 (3.54%) Hyper-V
4 44 (0.97%) Oracle RAC
5 24 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.42%) Firmware
7 18 (0.40%) vSphere
8 15 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (0.31%) KVM
10 12 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
11 11 (0.24%) Terminal Services
11 11 (0.24%) XenApp
12 10 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
13 9 (0.20%) Docker
13 9 (0.20%) Forefront TMG
13 9 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
14 8 (0.18%) XenDesktop
15 7 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
15 7 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.044%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 168 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 152 (3.37%) SCCM
3 44 (0.97%) Data Guard
3 44 (0.97%) Oracle RMAN
4 29 (0.64%) WSUS
5 27 (0.60%) Terraform
6 26 (0.58%) EnCase
7 24 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (0.44%) SCOM
9 17 (0.38%) Ansible
9 17 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
10 12 (0.27%) SmoothWall
11 10 (0.22%) Autotask
11 10 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.20%) Functional Safety
13 8 (0.18%) AirWatch
13 8 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 7 (0.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
14 7 (0.15%) vCenter Server
15 6 (0.13%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 3,186 (70.53%) Microsoft
2 250 (5.53%) VMware
3 160 (3.54%) Google
4 152 (3.37%) Apple
5 135 (2.99%) Cisco
6 128 (2.83%) SAP
7 111 (2.46%) Oracle
8 101 (2.24%) ServiceNow
9 91 (2.01%) Citrix
10 85 (1.88%) Adobe
11 73 (1.62%) Veeam
12 67 (1.48%) Salesforce
13 60 (1.33%) Remedy
14 57 (1.26%) iManage
15 53 (1.17%) Dell
16 52 (1.15%) HP
17 50 (1.11%) Sage
17 50 (1.11%) Sun
18 41 (0.91%) Sophos
19 38 (0.84%) Meraki