Microsoft Office Jobs

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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 74 116
Rank change year-on-year +25 +42 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 4,930 3,853 5,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.55% 4.14% 3.22%
As % of the Applications category 47.88% 46.81% 37.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,923 2,291 3,438
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,800 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,043 £28,500 £27,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +1.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +6.06% -2.94%

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 10,296 8,232 14,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.49% 8.84% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,990 4,631 7,281
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,799 £31,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +2.27%
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% -1.25%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 4,533 £32,500 -17.92% 2,008
UK excluding London +24 3,884 £30,500 -12.86% 1,645
Midlands +26 1,101 £32,000 -19.27% 331
South East +29 1,024 £30,500 -12.86% 386
Work from Home +4 1,022 £37,000 -19.01% 788
London +22 935 £43,500 -8.42% 450
West Midlands +28 717 £32,500 -18.01% 198
North of England +20 693 £29,500 -15.71% 413
East Midlands +23 384 £32,000 -12.33% 133
South West +30 383 £31,500 -16.00% 205
North West +13 370 £29,500 -13.24% 219
East of England +8 364 £30,000 +3.45% 180
Yorkshire +33 257 £29,500 -15.71% 140
Scotland -47 170 £32,500 -5.80% 124
Wales +24 111 £27,500 - 42
North East -8 66 £28,500 -8.06% 64
Northern Ireland +33 26 £42,500 +30.77% 23
Isle of Man - 18 £42,500 - 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
1 433 (8.78%) SharePoint
2 411 (8.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 55 (1.12%) Skype for Business
4 52 (1.05%) Confluence
5 43 (0.87%) CMS
5 43 (0.87%) Oracle Service Bus
5 43 (0.87%) WebLogic
6 42 (0.85%) SAS
7 28 (0.57%) IIS
8 14 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
9 12 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
9 12 (0.24%) WordPress
10 9 (0.18%) Office Communications Server
11 8 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 8 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
12 7 (0.14%) Jupyter
13 6 (0.12%) IBM Notes
14 4 (0.081%) Apache
14 4 (0.081%) IBM Domino
14 4 (0.081%) Moodle
Applications
1 1,806 (36.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 559 (11.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 132 (2.68%) MS Visio
4 99 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
5 55 (1.12%) AutoCAD
6 42 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
7 35 (0.71%) Photoshop
8 24 (0.49%) InDesign
9 21 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 16 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
11 10 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
11 10 (0.20%) Revit
12 9 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
13 8 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
13 8 (0.16%) SPSS
13 8 (0.16%) Trello
14 6 (0.12%) Simulink
15 5 (0.10%) Adobe Captivate
15 5 (0.10%) OrCAD
15 5 (0.10%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 45 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 22 (0.45%) Primavera
3 20 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (0.41%) NEC Housing
4 18 (0.37%) Sage 200
5 15 (0.30%) iTrent
6 13 (0.26%) Infor SunSystems
7 11 (0.22%) Elite 3E
7 11 (0.22%) ResourceLink
8 10 (0.20%) Maximo
9 9 (0.18%) Relativity
9 9 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
9 9 (0.18%) Shopify
10 7 (0.14%) NetSuite
11 6 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
12 5 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
12 5 (0.10%) FastStats
12 5 (0.10%) FastStats PeopleStage
12 5 (0.10%) Sage 50
12 5 (0.10%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,108 (22.47%) Microsoft 365
2 545 (11.05%) Azure
3 230 (4.67%) Power Platform
4 193 (3.91%) Entra ID
5 96 (1.95%) AWS
6 73 (1.48%) OneDrive
7 68 (1.38%) Google Workspace
8 63 (1.28%) PowerApps
9 60 (1.22%) SaaS
10 50 (1.01%) Power Automate
11 48 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
12 44 (0.89%) Mimecast
13 40 (0.81%) GitHub
14 26 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (0.45%) WhatsApp
16 16 (0.32%) GCP
16 16 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
17 15 (0.30%) PaaS
18 13 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
18 13 (0.26%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 325 (6.59%) Firewall
2 264 (5.35%) DNS
3 208 (4.22%) DHCP
4 203 (4.12%) LAN
5 197 (4.00%) TCP/IP
6 179 (3.63%) VPN
7 171 (3.47%) WAN
8 150 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
9 126 (2.56%) Wireless
10 103 (2.09%) VoIP
11 99 (2.01%) Internet
12 87 (1.76%) VLAN
13 68 (1.38%) Skype
14 65 (1.32%) Network Security
15 61 (1.24%) SAN
16 58 (1.18%) FTP
17 44 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
18 38 (0.77%) Intranet
19 31 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
20 29 (0.59%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (4.10%) Power BI
2 151 (3.06%) SQL Server
3 53 (1.08%) Oracle Database
4 45 (0.91%) Tableau
5 44 (0.89%) Relational Database
6 43 (0.87%) Oracle Database 10g
6 43 (0.87%) Oracle Database 11g
6 43 (0.87%) VLDB
7 31 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
9 27 (0.55%) Big Data
10 24 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 20 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
13 19 (0.39%) Data Lake
14 14 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
15 13 (0.26%) Metadata
16 12 (0.24%) EDRMS
17 9 (0.18%) Data Mining
17 9 (0.18%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 145 (2.94%) JIRA
2 31 (0.63%) Git
2 31 (0.63%) Visual Studio
3 20 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
4 13 (0.26%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.22%) LabVIEW
5 11 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
6 9 (0.18%) MSI
7 8 (0.16%) Subversion
8 7 (0.14%) AdminStudio
8 7 (0.14%) InstallShield
9 6 (0.12%) Dreamweaver
9 6 (0.12%) eggPlant
9 6 (0.12%) Mercurial
10 5 (0.10%) Postman
10 5 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.081%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.081%) GitLab
12 3 (0.061%) PeopleTools
12 3 (0.061%) Toad
General
1 2,282 (46.29%) Social Skills
2 1,204 (24.42%) Finance
3 956 (19.39%) Analytical Skills
4 678 (13.75%) Organisational Skills
5 589 (11.95%) Retail
6 512 (10.39%) Marketing
7 428 (8.68%) Legal
8 245 (4.97%) Law
8 245 (4.97%) Military
9 236 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 198 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
11 171 (3.47%) Telecoms
12 162 (3.29%) Manufacturing
13 151 (3.06%) Public Sector
14 141 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
15 126 (2.56%) Banking
16 102 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
17 72 (1.46%) Advertising
17 72 (1.46%) Automotive
18 67 (1.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,002 (20.32%) Analyst
2 511 (10.37%) IT Support
3 373 (7.57%) Support Engineer
4 357 (7.24%) Development Manager
5 304 (6.17%) Senior
6 268 (5.44%) Coordinator
7 255 (5.17%) IT Engineer
7 255 (5.17%) Support Analyst
8 244 (4.95%) Graduate
9 228 (4.62%) Project Manager
10 218 (4.42%) Administrator
11 202 (4.10%) IT Support Engineer
12 189 (3.83%) IT Analyst
13 174 (3.53%) IT Technician
14 173 (3.51%) Business Manager
15 168 (3.41%) Business Development Manager
16 164 (3.33%) Service Analyst
17 157 (3.18%) Service Desk Analyst
18 150 (3.04%) 2nd Line Support
19 149 (3.02%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (1.62%) .NET
2 66 (1.34%) HTML
3 32 (0.65%) CSS
4 25 (0.51%) XML
5 22 (0.45%) EDI
5 22 (0.45%) HTML5
6 18 (0.37%) JSON
6 18 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
7 16 (0.32%) Blazor
7 16 (0.32%) Web Services
8 14 (0.28%) LDAP
9 13 (0.26%) REST
10 12 (0.24%) Flash
11 9 (0.18%) .NET Framework
11 9 (0.18%) Middleware
12 8 (0.16%) jQuery
12 8 (0.16%) pytest
13 6 (0.12%) ADO
13 6 (0.12%) Razor View Engine
13 6 (0.12%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 516 (10.47%) Self-Motivation
2 360 (7.30%) Onboarding
3 279 (5.66%) Driving Licence
4 234 (4.75%) Management Information System
5 127 (2.58%) Social Media
6 83 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
7 73 (1.48%) Data Centre
8 67 (1.36%) Replication
9 57 (1.16%) Smartphone
10 53 (1.08%) CCTV
11 49 (0.99%) NHS
12 40 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
13 35 (0.71%) EPoS
14 31 (0.63%) Life Science
15 30 (0.61%) Blog
15 30 (0.61%) Graphic Design
15 30 (0.61%) Reinsurance
16 29 (0.59%) iPhone
16 29 (0.59%) Operational Technology
17 28 (0.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1,386 (28.11%) Windows
2 598 (12.13%) Windows 10
3 408 (8.28%) Windows Server
4 134 (2.72%) Linux
5 128 (2.60%) Apple iOS
6 124 (2.52%) Android
7 122 (2.47%) Windows 7
8 111 (2.25%) Mac OS
9 95 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
10 91 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
11 85 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
12 73 (1.48%) Unix
13 46 (0.93%) Solaris
14 42 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
15 21 (0.43%) Mac OS X
16 17 (0.34%) Windows 8
17 10 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
17 10 (0.20%) Windows Vista
17 10 (0.20%) Windows XP
18 7 (0.14%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,300 (26.37%) Problem-Solving
2 1,264 (25.64%) Customer Service
3 703 (14.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 652 (13.23%) Logistics
5 540 (10.95%) Project Management
6 533 (10.81%) ITIL
7 516 (10.47%) Agile
8 485 (9.84%) Business Development
9 414 (8.40%) Customer Requirements
10 374 (7.59%) Data Analysis
11 362 (7.34%) Customer Experience
12 347 (7.04%) Time Management
13 332 (6.73%) Process Improvement
14 301 (6.11%) CRM
15 298 (6.04%) Data Management
16 295 (5.98%) CAD
16 295 (5.98%) Decision-Making
17 294 (5.96%) Creative Thinking
18 287 (5.82%) Commercial Awareness
19 260 (5.27%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 406 (8.24%) SQL
2 167 (3.39%) PowerShell
3 77 (1.56%) JavaScript
4 73 (1.48%) Python
5 57 (1.16%) C#
6 46 (0.93%) PL/SQL
7 35 (0.71%) VBA
8 34 (0.69%) T-SQL
9 27 (0.55%) VB
10 24 (0.49%) MATLAB
11 20 (0.41%) R
12 16 (0.32%) VB.NET
13 14 (0.28%) PHP
14 12 (0.24%) C++
14 12 (0.24%) VBScript
15 9 (0.18%) Bash
16 8 (0.16%) Java
17 7 (0.14%) C
18 6 (0.12%) Perl
18 6 (0.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,593 (32.31%) Degree
2 298 (6.04%) Security Cleared
3 229 (4.65%) DBS Check
4 184 (3.73%) SC Cleared
5 166 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 88 (1.78%) MCP
7 84 (1.70%) A+ Certification
8 67 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 61 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
10 60 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 60 (1.22%) Master's Degree
11 52 (1.05%) HNC
12 49 (0.99%) HND
13 48 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 44 (0.89%) MCSE
14 44 (0.89%) PMI Certification
15 39 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
16 37 (0.75%) PMP
17 36 (0.73%) MCSA
18 35 (0.71%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 335 (6.80%) SLA
2 146 (2.96%) QA
3 118 (2.39%) GDPR
4 70 (1.42%) Accessibility
5 62 (1.26%) ISO 9001
6 59 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 59 (1.20%) PMO
7 57 (1.16%) Data Quality
8 51 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 27 (0.55%) ISO 14001
10 24 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 15 (0.30%) NEBOSH
12 13 (0.26%) COSHH
13 12 (0.24%) COBIT
14 10 (0.20%) IFRS
15 9 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (0.18%) GRC
16 8 (0.16%) CDISC
16 8 (0.16%) ISO 26262
17 7 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 944 (19.15%) Active Directory
2 213 (4.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 163 (3.31%) Hyper-V
4 43 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
5 18 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (0.34%) Firmware
6 17 (0.34%) vSphere
7 16 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (0.28%) XenApp
9 13 (0.26%) Terminal Services
10 11 (0.22%) KVM
10 11 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (0.22%) XenDesktop
11 10 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
12 9 (0.18%) Docker
12 9 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
12 9 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
12 9 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
13 7 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.061%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 165 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 154 (3.12%) SCCM
3 43 (0.87%) Data Guard
3 43 (0.87%) Oracle RMAN
4 34 (0.69%) WSUS
5 27 (0.55%) Terraform
6 20 (0.41%) EnCase
6 20 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
7 19 (0.39%) SCOM
8 18 (0.37%) Ansible
9 17 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
10 14 (0.28%) SmoothWall
11 10 (0.20%) Autotask
12 9 (0.18%) Functional Safety
12 9 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.18%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 8 (0.16%) AirWatch
13 8 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 7 (0.14%) Icinga
15 6 (0.12%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3,532 (71.64%) Microsoft
2 258 (5.23%) VMware
3 157 (3.18%) Google
4 152 (3.08%) Apple
5 132 (2.68%) Cisco
6 129 (2.62%) SAP
7 107 (2.17%) Oracle
8 104 (2.11%) Citrix
8 104 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 82 (1.66%) Adobe
10 75 (1.52%) Veeam
11 73 (1.48%) Salesforce
12 63 (1.28%) Remedy
13 60 (1.22%) iManage
14 52 (1.05%) Dell
15 49 (0.99%) Sage
16 46 (0.93%) Sun
17 45 (0.91%) HP
18 43 (0.87%) Sophos
19 41 (0.83%) Meraki