Microsoft 365 Jobs in the North West

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 35 45
Rank change year-on-year +9 +10 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 666 552 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.05% 7.56% 6.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.66% 17.28% 16.11%
Number of salaries quoted 575 438 532
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £29,285 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £63,500
England median annual salary £38,500 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.10% -3.53% -

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 advertised in the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,569 3,194 4,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 32.44% 43.76% 42.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,734 1,842 2,643
10th Percentile £29,075 £33,028 £30,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,125 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North West over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Manchester +18 326 £42,500 -7.61% 67
Cheshire 0 158 £37,500 - 34
Merseyside 0 92 £42,500 +6.25% 12
Lancashire +9 76 £32,000 -32.63% 26
Cumbria -12 13 £32,000 -28.89% 7
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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
1 109 (16.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 94 (14.11%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.95%) IIS
4 4 (0.60%) CMS
4 4 (0.60%) Confluence
4 4 (0.60%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 68 (10.21%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.15%) InDesign
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (2.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.05%) Epicor Tropos
3 3 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.45%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.45%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.15%) BambooHR
5 1 (0.15%) iTrent
5 1 (0.15%) Magento
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 326 (48.95%) Azure
2 107 (16.07%) Entra ID
3 102 (15.32%) AWS
4 50 (7.51%) Power Platform
5 33 (4.95%) GCP
6 24 (3.60%) SaaS
7 19 (2.85%) OneDrive
7 19 (2.85%) PowerApps
8 18 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (2.70%) Power Automate
9 13 (1.95%) IaaS
10 12 (1.80%) PaaS
11 8 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (1.20%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (0.90%) Amazon ELB
13 6 (0.90%) Amazon S3
13 6 (0.90%) GitHub
13 6 (0.90%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 110 (16.52%) DNS
2 85 (12.76%) DHCP
3 84 (12.61%) Firewall
4 81 (12.16%) WAN
5 68 (10.21%) LAN
6 39 (5.86%) VPN
7 35 (5.26%) Internet
7 35 (5.26%) TCP/IP
7 35 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
8 29 (4.35%) Wireless
9 26 (3.90%) SAN
10 25 (3.75%) SSL
11 24 (3.60%) Remote Desktop
11 24 (3.60%) VoIP
12 20 (3.00%) Network Security
12 20 (3.00%) SD-WAN
13 12 (1.80%) iSCSI
14 11 (1.65%) Broadband
14 11 (1.65%) NAS
14 11 (1.65%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.11%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.40%) Power BI
3 10 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.60%) PowerPivot
7 3 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.15%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.15%) MySQL
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (1.20%) Git
2 4 (0.60%) JIRA
3 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.15%) MSI
General
1 205 (30.78%) Social Skills
2 62 (9.31%) Finance
3 59 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.56%) Retail
5 43 (6.46%) Law
6 39 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (4.05%) Legal
8 26 (3.90%) Telecoms
9 21 (3.15%) Public Sector
10 19 (2.85%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.20%) Billing
13 8 (1.20%) Local Government
14 6 (0.90%) Police
15 4 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.60%) Games
16 3 (0.45%) Advertising
16 3 (0.45%) Marketing
17 2 (0.30%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 119 (17.87%) Analyst
2 103 (15.47%) IT Support
3 75 (11.26%) Support Engineer
4 68 (10.21%) IT Engineer
5 66 (9.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 52 (7.81%) IT Support Engineer
7 49 (7.36%) Service Analyst
8 48 (7.21%) IT Manager
9 45 (6.76%) Service Desk Analyst
10 42 (6.31%) IT Analyst
11 36 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
12 35 (5.26%) Senior
13 34 (5.11%) IT Technician
14 32 (4.80%) Cloud Engineer
14 32 (4.80%) Lead
15 29 (4.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 28 (4.20%) Architect
17 27 (4.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 27 (4.05%) Administrator
18 26 (3.90%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.40%) OLE
2 6 (0.90%) CSS
2 6 (0.90%) HTML
2 6 (0.90%) SPFx
3 5 (0.75%) .NET
3 5 (0.75%) LDAP
4 4 (0.60%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.30%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.30%) REST
6 2 (0.30%) Web Services
7 1 (0.15%) Classic ASP
7 1 (0.15%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.15%) Laravel
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.15%) SAML
7 1 (0.15%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 56 (8.41%) Driving Licence
2 36 (5.41%) Smartphone
3 23 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 23 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.00%) Public Cloud
5 17 (2.55%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.10%) PKI
7 12 (1.80%) PMI
7 12 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.65%) Blog
9 10 (1.50%) EPoS
10 9 (1.35%) Cyberattack
10 9 (1.35%) iPad
10 9 (1.35%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.20%) Replication
12 7 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.05%) FMCG
13 6 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 251 (37.69%) Windows
2 105 (15.77%) Windows Server
3 77 (11.56%) Windows 10
4 42 (6.31%) Linux
5 23 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (3.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.95%) Mac OS
9 11 (1.65%) Android
10 10 (1.50%) Apple iOS
11 9 (1.35%) Windows Phone
12 8 (1.20%) Windows Vista
13 4 (0.60%) Debian
14 3 (0.45%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.45%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.30%) Unix
15 2 (0.30%) Windows XP
16 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (18.32%) ITIL
2 116 (17.42%) Customer Service
3 99 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 80 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (11.26%) Cybersecurity
6 73 (10.96%) Disaster Recovery
7 71 (10.66%) Migration
8 70 (10.51%) Project Management
9 55 (8.26%) ITSM
10 53 (7.96%) Agile
11 50 (7.51%) ERP
12 49 (7.36%) CRM
13 46 (6.91%) Time Management
14 44 (6.61%) Service Management
15 36 (5.41%) Presales
16 34 (5.11%) Capacity Planning
16 34 (5.11%) Continuous Improvement
17 32 (4.80%) Information Security
18 31 (4.65%) Mentoring
19 30 (4.50%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (8.86%) SQL
2 58 (8.71%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.40%) R
4 9 (1.35%) C#
5 8 (1.20%) Python
6 7 (1.05%) Bash
6 7 (1.05%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.60%) Bicep
8 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 80 (12.01%) Degree
2 66 (9.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 28 (4.20%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (3.45%) CCNA
4 23 (3.45%) MCP
5 19 (2.85%) A+ Certification
6 18 (2.70%) DBS Check
6 18 (2.70%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.25%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.80%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.80%) Security Cleared
9 10 (1.50%) CCNP
9 10 (1.50%) MCSA
9 10 (1.50%) MCSE
9 10 (1.50%) SC Cleared
10 7 (1.05%) CISSP
10 7 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (0.90%) Citrix Certification
11 6 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.31%) SLA
2 27 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.00%) GDPR
4 17 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.95%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.65%) NIST
7 7 (1.05%) GRC
8 4 (0.60%) ISO 14001
8 4 (0.60%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.60%) QA
9 3 (0.45%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.45%) NCSC
10 2 (0.30%) PMO
11 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 363 (54.50%) Active Directory
2 79 (11.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (10.51%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.25%) Terminal Services
5 7 (1.05%) vSphere
6 4 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.60%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.30%) XenApp
8 2 (0.30%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.15%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.15%) Docker
9 1 (0.15%) Snort
9 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 111 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.70%) SCCM
3 17 (2.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (2.25%) Terraform
5 12 (1.80%) Opsgenie
5 12 (1.80%) VxRail
5 12 (1.80%) ZABBIX
6 9 (1.35%) AirWatch
7 8 (1.20%) CASB
8 5 (0.75%) Autotask
8 5 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.75%) WSUS
9 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.45%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.45%) SELinux
10 3 (0.45%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.30%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.30%) Grafana
11 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 455 (68.32%) Microsoft
2 120 (18.02%) VMware
3 56 (8.41%) Citrix
4 44 (6.61%) Cisco
5 28 (4.20%) Apple
6 27 (4.05%) Veeam
7 23 (3.45%) Google
8 20 (3.00%) Fortinet
9 17 (2.55%) Sophos
10 16 (2.40%) Adobe
10 16 (2.40%) NetApp
11 15 (2.25%) Dell
12 14 (2.10%) ServiceNow
12 14 (2.10%) SolarWinds
13 12 (1.80%) HP
14 11 (1.65%) SAP
14 11 (1.65%) Virgin Media
15 9 (1.35%) Datto
15 9 (1.35%) iManage
15 9 (1.35%) Meraki