Microsoft 365 Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 49 83
Rank change year-on-year +19 +34 -21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,448 2,293 3,188
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.94% 6.02% 4.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.26% 12.60% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,993 1,983 2,623
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,100 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £33,275 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,350 £76,280
UK median annual salary £38,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.43% -2.35% -

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,054 18,201 40,272
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 42.68% 47.77% 53.49%
Number of salaries quoted 12,102 13,759 22,214
10th Percentile £36,010 £38,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.16% +2.40% +6.84%

Microsoft 365
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365.

Microsoft 365 salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Microsoft 365 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 571 (23.33%) SharePoint
2 525 (21.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (1.51%) IIS
4 33 (1.35%) Confluence
5 14 (0.57%) WordPress
6 11 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.29%) CMS
8 6 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2000
9 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.16%) SAS
10 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.082%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.082%) Moodle
11 2 (0.082%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.041%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.041%) Documentum
12 1 (0.041%) FileNet
12 1 (0.041%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 252 (10.29%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.25%) InVision
6 6 (0.25%) Sketch
7 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.12%) SPSS
8 2 (0.082%) 1Password
8 2 (0.082%) CATIA
8 2 (0.082%) NASTRAN
8 2 (0.082%) Trello
9 1 (0.041%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.041%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.041%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.041%) InDesign
9 1 (0.041%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.041%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 41 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.25%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.16%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.082%) BambooHR
7 2 (0.082%) iTrent
7 2 (0.082%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.082%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.082%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.082%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.082%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.041%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1,472 (60.13%) Azure
2 476 (19.44%) Entra ID
3 271 (11.07%) Power Platform
4 243 (9.93%) AWS
5 177 (7.23%) PowerApps
6 166 (6.78%) SaaS
7 161 (6.58%) Power Automate
8 138 (5.64%) Dynamics 365
8 138 (5.64%) GCP
9 113 (4.62%) OneDrive
10 84 (3.43%) IaaS
11 71 (2.90%) PaaS
12 58 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
13 55 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
13 55 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
14 53 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
15 43 (1.76%) Microsoft Purview
16 38 (1.55%) Azure Storage
17 35 (1.43%) WhatsApp
18 27 (1.10%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 413 (16.87%) Firewall
2 327 (13.36%) DNS
3 242 (9.89%) WAN
4 223 (9.11%) DHCP
5 199 (8.13%) LAN
6 159 (6.50%) Wi-Fi
7 136 (5.56%) VPN
8 134 (5.47%) TCP/IP
9 113 (4.62%) SAN
10 108 (4.41%) Wireless
11 97 (3.96%) VLAN
12 80 (3.27%) VoIP
13 77 (3.15%) Internet
14 71 (2.90%) Remote Desktop
15 64 (2.61%) Network Security
15 64 (2.61%) SD-WAN
16 41 (1.67%) NAS
17 39 (1.59%) WLAN
18 38 (1.55%) Unified Communications
19 35 (1.43%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (6.74%) Power BI
2 126 (5.15%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
4 23 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (0.74%) MySQL
7 17 (0.69%) Relational Database
8 13 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (0.29%) Power Query
11 6 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.20%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.20%) EDMS
12 5 (0.20%) EDRMS
13 4 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.16%) GIS
13 4 (0.16%) Metadata
14 3 (0.12%) Ingres
14 3 (0.12%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 66 (2.70%) JIRA
2 31 (1.27%) Git
3 10 (0.41%) gulp
3 10 (0.41%) Yeoman
4 5 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.082%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.082%) GitLab
5 2 (0.082%) Subversion
6 1 (0.041%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (0.041%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.041%) MSI
6 1 (0.041%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.041%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.041%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 743 (30.35%) Social Skills
2 326 (13.32%) Finance
3 155 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (5.35%) Law
5 116 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
6 108 (4.41%) Public Sector
7 107 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 100 (4.08%) Legal
9 78 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
10 70 (2.86%) Retail
11 51 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 43 (1.76%) Marketing
13 40 (1.63%) Fire and Rescue
14 35 (1.43%) Manufacturing
14 35 (1.43%) Telecoms
15 30 (1.23%) Banking
16 27 (1.10%) Games
17 23 (0.94%) Advertising
18 16 (0.65%) Local Government
19 14 (0.57%) French Language
Job Titles
1 363 (14.83%) IT Support
2 310 (12.66%) Analyst
3 264 (10.78%) Support Engineer
4 251 (10.25%) IT Engineer
5 242 (9.89%) Senior
6 229 (9.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 222 (9.07%) Developer
8 173 (7.07%) Architect
9 161 (6.58%) IT Support Engineer
10 153 (6.25%) Lead
11 135 (5.51%) IT Technician
12 133 (5.43%) IT Analyst
13 128 (5.23%) Consultant
14 126 (5.15%) Support Technician
15 108 (4.41%) 3rd Line Support
16 106 (4.33%) IT Support Technician
17 104 (4.25%) IT Manager
18 99 (4.04%) Cloud Architect
19 92 (3.76%) Support Analyst
20 88 (3.59%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (2.98%) .NET
2 64 (2.61%) SPFx
3 38 (1.55%) ARM Templates
4 30 (1.23%) HTML
5 29 (1.18%) CSS
6 28 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
7 24 (0.98%) React
8 20 (0.82%) RESTful
9 14 (0.57%) JSON
10 13 (0.53%) HTML5 Canvas
11 11 (0.45%) Node.js
12 9 (0.37%) .NET Core
13 8 (0.33%) Middleware
13 8 (0.33%) OAuth
13 8 (0.33%) YAML
14 6 (0.25%) LDAP
15 4 (0.16%) ASP.NET
15 4 (0.16%) ASP.NET MVC
15 4 (0.16%) ASP.NET Web API
15 4 (0.16%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 150 (6.13%) Public Cloud
2 132 (5.39%) Data Centre
3 116 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
4 114 (4.66%) PKI
5 97 (3.96%) Management Information System
6 67 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 66 (2.70%) Driving Licence
8 41 (1.67%) Private Cloud
9 40 (1.63%) Cyberattack
10 36 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
11 35 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
12 33 (1.35%) Replication
13 32 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
13 32 (1.31%) Virtual Team
14 29 (1.18%) Clustering
15 25 (1.02%) Product Ownership
16 24 (0.98%) Low-Code
17 23 (0.94%) iPad
18 22 (0.90%) Cloud Native
18 22 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1,107 (45.22%) Windows
2 597 (24.39%) Windows Server
3 379 (15.48%) Windows 10
4 130 (5.31%) Linux
4 130 (5.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 119 (4.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 88 (3.59%) Android
7 81 (3.31%) Apple iOS
8 76 (3.10%) Windows Server 2012
9 70 (2.86%) Windows 7
10 48 (1.96%) Mac OS
11 45 (1.84%) Windows 8
12 25 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
13 13 (0.53%) Mac OS X
13 13 (0.53%) Unix
14 12 (0.49%) Ubuntu
15 9 (0.37%) CentOS
15 9 (0.37%) Windows XP
16 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (0.20%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (17.52%) Customer Service
2 415 (16.95%) ITIL
3 350 (14.30%) Problem-Solving
4 327 (13.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 319 (13.03%) Cybersecurity
6 258 (10.54%) Project Management
7 248 (10.13%) Agile
8 218 (8.91%) Migration
9 174 (7.11%) DevOps
10 173 (7.07%) Presales
11 163 (6.66%) Service Delivery
12 159 (6.50%) Business Intelligence
13 151 (6.17%) Service Management
14 148 (6.05%) Roadmaps
15 147 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
16 146 (5.96%) Information Security
17 136 (5.56%) Project Delivery
18 134 (5.47%) Mentoring
19 121 (4.94%) Change Management
20 120 (4.90%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 287 (11.72%) PowerShell
2 200 (8.17%) SQL
3 100 (4.08%) C#
4 41 (1.67%) Bash
5 38 (1.55%) JavaScript
6 35 (1.43%) Python
7 31 (1.27%) Bicep
8 28 (1.14%) Java
9 18 (0.74%) VB
9 18 (0.74%) VBScript
10 17 (0.69%) T-SQL
10 17 (0.69%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.20%) Formula Language
11 5 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.16%) PHP
13 3 (0.12%) AWK
13 3 (0.12%) sed
14 2 (0.082%) VBA
14 2 (0.082%) X++
15 1 (0.041%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 357 (14.58%) Degree
2 172 (7.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 116 (4.74%) Security Cleared
4 99 (4.04%) Azure Certification
5 79 (3.23%) SC Cleared
6 66 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (2.17%) CCNA
8 46 (1.88%) MCP
9 44 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 42 (1.72%) PMI Certification
11 37 (1.51%) MCSE
12 36 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 35 (1.43%) CISSP
13 35 (1.43%) DBS Check
14 31 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
15 27 (1.10%) CEH
16 25 (1.02%) PMP
17 22 (0.90%) CCNP
17 22 (0.90%) DV Cleared
18 19 (0.78%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 99 (4.04%) SLA
3 97 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 57 (2.33%) GDPR
5 30 (1.23%) NIST
5 30 (1.23%) QA
6 26 (1.06%) PCI DSS
7 24 (0.98%) Accessibility
8 19 (0.78%) GRC
9 16 (0.65%) SOC 2
10 13 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 12 (0.49%) Data Quality
12 11 (0.45%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.37%) PMO
14 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.25%) NCSC
15 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.082%) GLP
16 2 (0.082%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1,042 (42.57%) Active Directory
2 368 (15.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 251 (10.25%) Hyper-V
4 114 (4.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 70 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
6 59 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
7 58 (2.37%) vSphere
8 40 (1.63%) XenDesktop
9 39 (1.59%) XenApp
10 27 (1.10%) VirtualBox
11 26 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
12 21 (0.86%) Docker
13 15 (0.61%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 8 (0.33%) VMware Server
16 6 (0.25%) NFS
17 4 (0.16%) Firmware
18 3 (0.12%) BitLocker
18 3 (0.12%) DFS Replication
18 3 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 471 (19.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 141 (5.76%) SCCM
3 65 (2.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 57 (2.33%) WSUS
5 49 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
6 47 (1.92%) Terraform
7 40 (1.63%) vCenter Server
8 35 (1.43%) Kubernetes
8 35 (1.43%) SCOM
9 28 (1.14%) CASB
10 25 (1.02%) Microsoft Clustering
11 17 (0.69%) Ansible
11 17 (0.69%) Nagios
12 14 (0.57%) Cisco CUCM
13 13 (0.53%) ServiceCenter
14 12 (0.49%) Opsgenie
14 12 (0.49%) VxRail
14 12 (0.49%) ZABBIX
15 11 (0.45%) Nmap
16 9 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1,758 (71.81%) Microsoft
2 538 (21.98%) VMware
3 216 (8.82%) Cisco
4 140 (5.72%) Citrix
5 120 (4.90%) Google
6 96 (3.92%) Apple
7 91 (3.72%) Meraki
8 90 (3.68%) Veeam
9 86 (3.51%) ServiceNow
10 72 (2.94%) HP
11 71 (2.90%) Fortinet
12 63 (2.57%) Dell
13 55 (2.25%) Adobe
14 42 (1.72%) Commvault
14 42 (1.72%) iManage
14 42 (1.72%) Sophos
15 33 (1.35%) Qualys
16 31 (1.27%) Aruba
17 29 (1.18%) EMC
18 27 (1.10%) Salesforce