Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 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 26 42 66
Rank change year-on-year +16 +24 -23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 7,445 6,449 8,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.45% 6.50% 5.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.02% 15.10% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,374 5,312 6,907
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.23% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,000 £36,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -1.37% +1.39% -5.26%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,421 42,712 77,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 43.07% 48.42%
Number of salaries quoted 26,675 28,032 41,298
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 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 +18 6,813 £39,000 -4.58% 1,511
UK excluding London +13 5,631 £36,000 -1.37% 1,263
Work from Home +20 2,370 £45,000 -5.26% 615
London +12 1,588 £52,500 - 371
South East +13 1,470 £37,500 - 317
North of England +23 1,394 £37,500 -3.85% 315
Midlands +26 1,027 £35,000 -2.78% 221
South West +17 679 £37,500 +7.14% 182
North West +15 651 £40,000 -5.88% 154
West Midlands +23 628 £36,500 -8.75% 128
East of England +15 603 £32,500 -7.14% 147
Yorkshire +38 561 £35,000 +0.72% 129
East Midlands +38 392 £33,500 +4.69% 93
Scotland -36 273 £37,500 - 72
North East +26 182 £37,500 +7.14% 36
Wales +15 109 £28,290 -16.79% 29
Northern Ireland +19 54 £35,000 -17.65% 17
Isle of Man - 20 £37,000 - 2
Channel Islands 0 4 £85,000 -5.56%

Microsoft 365
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 1,702 (22.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1,631 (21.91%) SharePoint
3 71 (0.95%) IIS
4 68 (0.91%) Confluence
5 44 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
5 44 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
6 40 (0.54%) Skype for Business
7 33 (0.44%) WordPress
8 26 (0.35%) CMS
9 20 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
10 15 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
11 13 (0.17%) SharePoint 2010
12 9 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
13 8 (0.11%) SAS
14 6 (0.081%) Exchange Server 2000
14 6 (0.081%) OpenStack
15 4 (0.054%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.054%) IBM Notes
15 4 (0.054%) Jupyter
16 3 (0.040%) Apache
Applications
1 1,112 (14.94%) Microsoft Office
2 289 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 110 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 42 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.12%) Trello
8 8 (0.11%) InfoPath
9 7 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 7 (0.094%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.081%) InVision
10 6 (0.081%) LightWave 3D
10 6 (0.081%) Sketch
11 4 (0.054%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.054%) InDesign
12 3 (0.040%) Chatbot
12 3 (0.040%) SPSS
13 2 (0.027%) 1Password
13 2 (0.027%) CATIA
13 2 (0.027%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 94 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 16 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 15 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
5 11 (0.15%) Epicor Tropos
5 11 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
6 8 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 8 (0.11%) Magento
7 7 (0.094%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.094%) Sage 200
8 6 (0.081%) Maximo
8 6 (0.081%) Shopify
9 5 (0.067%) Sage X3
9 5 (0.067%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
10 4 (0.054%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.054%) SAP Business One
10 4 (0.054%) SAP CX
11 3 (0.040%) Eikon
11 3 (0.040%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 3,781 (50.79%) Azure
2 1,265 (16.99%) Entra ID
3 702 (9.43%) Power Platform
4 555 (7.45%) AWS
5 504 (6.77%) OneDrive
6 356 (4.78%) PowerApps
7 321 (4.31%) Power Automate
8 309 (4.15%) SaaS
9 231 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
10 202 (2.71%) GCP
11 198 (2.66%) IaaS
12 180 (2.42%) PaaS
13 170 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
14 128 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
15 119 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
15 119 (1.60%) Mimecast
16 109 (1.46%) Google Workspace
17 86 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
18 83 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
19 80 (1.07%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,371 (18.42%) Firewall
2 975 (13.10%) DNS
3 779 (10.46%) WAN
4 713 (9.58%) DHCP
5 667 (8.96%) LAN
6 535 (7.19%) VPN
7 500 (6.72%) Wi-Fi
8 433 (5.82%) TCP/IP
9 407 (5.47%) Wireless
10 337 (4.53%) VLAN
11 314 (4.22%) SAN
12 285 (3.83%) VoIP
13 213 (2.86%) SD-WAN
14 185 (2.48%) Remote Desktop
15 177 (2.38%) Internet
16 157 (2.11%) Network Security
17 138 (1.85%) Cisco IOS
18 119 (1.60%) NAS
19 97 (1.30%) WebEx
20 93 (1.25%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 399 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 389 (5.22%) Power BI
3 97 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
4 58 (0.78%) MySQL
5 56 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 54 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 36 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 35 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
9 27 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 23 (0.31%) Relational Database
11 19 (0.26%) Metadata
12 17 (0.23%) Data Lake
12 17 (0.23%) GIS
13 14 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
13 14 (0.19%) MariaDB
14 11 (0.15%) EDMS
14 11 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 10 (0.13%) NoSQL
16 9 (0.12%) Power Query
17 7 (0.094%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 128 (1.72%) JIRA
2 49 (0.66%) Git
3 20 (0.27%) Visual Studio
4 18 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.13%) gulp
5 10 (0.13%) Yeoman
6 8 (0.11%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.081%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.067%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.067%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.054%) Hudson
9 4 (0.054%) MSI
9 4 (0.054%) Subversion
10 2 (0.027%) GitLab
11 1 (0.013%) Dreamweaver
11 1 (0.013%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.013%) Postman
11 1 (0.013%) Sourcetree
11 1 (0.013%) Vagrant
General
1 2,477 (33.27%) Social Skills
2 973 (13.07%) Finance
3 574 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
4 376 (5.05%) Law
5 280 (3.76%) Legal
6 276 (3.71%) Manufacturing
7 260 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 258 (3.47%) Retail
9 246 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
10 218 (2.93%) Public Sector
11 211 (2.83%) Telecoms
12 175 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
13 143 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
13 143 (1.92%) Marketing
14 82 (1.10%) Banking
15 73 (0.98%) Games
15 73 (0.98%) Local Government
16 70 (0.94%) Automotive
17 69 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
18 60 (0.81%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 1,547 (20.78%) IT Support
2 1,162 (15.61%) Support Engineer
3 1,060 (14.24%) Analyst
4 972 (13.06%) IT Engineer
5 699 (9.39%) IT Support Engineer
6 690 (9.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 639 (8.58%) Senior
8 535 (7.19%) IT Technician
9 477 (6.41%) 2nd Line Support
10 415 (5.57%) IT Analyst
11 401 (5.39%) Lead
12 389 (5.22%) IT Manager
12 389 (5.22%) Support Technician
13 384 (5.16%) Support Analyst
14 354 (4.75%) Architect
15 321 (4.31%) IT Support Technician
16 309 (4.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 305 (4.10%) Service Analyst
18 294 (3.95%) 1st Line Support
19 287 (3.85%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (2.55%) .NET
2 71 (0.95%) HTML
3 69 (0.93%) SPFx
4 52 (0.70%) CSS
5 50 (0.67%) ARM Templates
6 38 (0.51%) JSON
7 31 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
8 27 (0.36%) React
9 24 (0.32%) ASP.NET
10 23 (0.31%) HTML5 Canvas
11 20 (0.27%) EDI
12 19 (0.26%) RESTful
13 18 (0.24%) Web Services
14 17 (0.23%) .NET Framework
14 17 (0.23%) REST
14 17 (0.23%) SAML
15 16 (0.21%) ASP.NET MVC
15 16 (0.21%) OLE
16 15 (0.20%) OAuth
17 13 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 393 (5.28%) Driving Licence
2 342 (4.59%) Data Centre
3 294 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 255 (3.43%) Management Information System
5 221 (2.97%) Public Cloud
6 204 (2.74%) Video Conferencing
7 173 (2.32%) Onboarding
8 137 (1.84%) PKI
9 131 (1.76%) Replication
10 93 (1.25%) Wiki
11 84 (1.13%) Smartphone
12 77 (1.03%) Clustering
13 74 (0.99%) iPad
14 73 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
14 73 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
15 68 (0.91%) CCTV
16 64 (0.86%) Product Ownership
17 61 (0.82%) iPhone
18 56 (0.75%) Cyberattack
18 56 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4,011 (53.88%) Windows
2 1,973 (26.50%) Windows Server
3 1,325 (17.80%) Windows 10
4 370 (4.97%) Android
5 365 (4.90%) Linux
6 342 (4.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 318 (4.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 254 (3.41%) Apple iOS
8 254 (3.41%) Windows Server 2012
9 232 (3.12%) Mac OS
10 191 (2.57%) Windows 7
11 106 (1.42%) Windows 8
12 83 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
13 63 (0.85%) Mac OS X
14 59 (0.79%) Ubuntu
15 43 (0.58%) CentOS
16 41 (0.55%) VMS
17 31 (0.42%) Unix
18 26 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
19 21 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,460 (19.61%) Customer Service
2 1,458 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
3 1,330 (17.86%) ITIL
4 944 (12.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 840 (11.28%) Cybersecurity
6 565 (7.59%) Project Management
7 497 (6.68%) Agile
8 487 (6.54%) Migration
9 476 (6.39%) Service Delivery
10 402 (5.40%) Mentoring
11 393 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
12 384 (5.16%) Service Management
13 366 (4.92%) ITSM
14 359 (4.82%) Project Delivery
15 350 (4.70%) DevOps
16 345 (4.63%) Continuous Improvement
17 329 (4.42%) Roadmaps
18 324 (4.35%) Information Security
19 301 (4.04%) Disaster Recovery
20 296 (3.98%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 779 (10.46%) PowerShell
2 653 (8.77%) SQL
3 150 (2.01%) C#
4 101 (1.36%) Python
5 89 (1.20%) Bash
6 83 (1.11%) JavaScript
7 42 (0.56%) T-SQL
8 36 (0.48%) Java
8 36 (0.48%) TypeScript
9 30 (0.40%) VB
10 28 (0.38%) Bicep
11 21 (0.28%) R
12 18 (0.24%) VBScript
13 10 (0.13%) PHP
14 9 (0.12%) Perl
14 9 (0.12%) VBA
15 7 (0.094%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.067%) Formula Language
16 5 (0.067%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.067%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,147 (15.41%) Degree
2 528 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 275 (3.69%) Security Cleared
4 215 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
5 206 (2.77%) Azure Certification
6 202 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 195 (2.62%) SC Cleared
8 188 (2.53%) DBS Check
9 163 (2.19%) CCNA
10 142 (1.91%) CISSP
11 141 (1.89%) MCSE
12 140 (1.88%) Master's Degree
13 135 (1.81%) MCP
14 119 (1.60%) A+ Certification
15 109 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
16 93 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 79 (1.06%) MCSA
18 77 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
19 73 (0.98%) PMI Certification
20 54 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 513 (6.89%) SLA
2 281 (3.77%) GDPR
3 251 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 238 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 95 (1.28%) NIST
6 70 (0.94%) QA
7 46 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 46 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 35 (0.47%) Accessibility
8 35 (0.47%) GRC
9 33 (0.44%) PMO
10 32 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 29 (0.39%) Data Quality
12 19 (0.26%) ISO 9001
12 19 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 18 (0.24%) COBIT
13 18 (0.24%) SOC 2
14 15 (0.20%) NCSC
15 6 (0.081%) ISO 14001
15 6 (0.081%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 3,642 (48.92%) Active Directory
2 989 (13.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 875 (11.75%) Hyper-V
4 269 (3.61%) VMware ESXi
5 183 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 181 (2.43%) XenApp
7 171 (2.30%) vSphere
8 164 (2.20%) XenDesktop
9 123 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
10 91 (1.22%) Microsoft App-V
11 57 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
12 50 (0.67%) Terminal Services
13 43 (0.58%) VirtualBox
14 29 (0.39%) Docker
15 20 (0.27%) Firmware
16 17 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 17 (0.23%) VMware Server
17 11 (0.15%) vCloud
18 10 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
19 8 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 1,284 (17.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 511 (6.86%) SCCM
3 109 (1.46%) Terraform
4 105 (1.41%) AirWatch
5 97 (1.30%) vCenter Server
6 85 (1.14%) WSUS
7 79 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
8 75 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 74 (0.99%) Kubernetes
10 70 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
11 46 (0.62%) SCOM
12 43 (0.58%) FortiGate
13 41 (0.55%) Ansible
14 40 (0.54%) CASB
15 37 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
16 28 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
17 26 (0.35%) Autotask
17 26 (0.35%) Nagios
18 22 (0.30%) ZABBIX
19 21 (0.28%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5,322 (71.48%) Microsoft
2 1,553 (20.86%) VMware
3 667 (8.96%) Cisco
4 571 (7.67%) Citrix
5 369 (4.96%) Veeam
6 326 (4.38%) Apple
7 300 (4.03%) Google
8 214 (2.87%) ServiceNow
9 198 (2.66%) Meraki
10 195 (2.62%) HP
11 175 (2.35%) Dell
12 154 (2.07%) Sophos
13 129 (1.73%) Fortinet
14 102 (1.37%) Aruba
15 96 (1.29%) iManage
16 84 (1.13%) Adobe
17 74 (0.99%) SAP
18 62 (0.83%) Salesforce
18 62 (0.83%) SolarWinds
19 59 (0.79%) Palo Alto