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 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 30 49 82
Rank change year-on-year +19 +33 -20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,440 2,295 3,181
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.95% 6.01% 4.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.23% 12.58% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,994 1,981 2,618
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £33,275 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,664 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £76,250
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 15,032 18,240 40,199
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 42.80% 47.77% 53.47%
Number of salaries quoted 12,101 13,775 22,162
10th Percentile £36,000 £38,155 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,500
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 £64,140 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.35% +2.62% +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 6 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
1 567 (23.24%) SharePoint
2 526 (21.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (1.52%) IIS
4 32 (1.31%) 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
1 249 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.70%) 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 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.45%) 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%) 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%) BambooHR
8 1 (0.041%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.041%) iTrent
8 1 (0.041%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,467 (60.12%) Azure
2 471 (19.30%) Entra ID
3 270 (11.07%) Power Platform
4 244 (10.00%) AWS
5 176 (7.21%) PowerApps
6 162 (6.64%) SaaS
7 160 (6.56%) Power Automate
8 139 (5.70%) GCP
9 137 (5.61%) Dynamics 365
10 113 (4.63%) OneDrive
11 84 (3.44%) IaaS
12 71 (2.91%) PaaS
13 58 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
14 54 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
15 53 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
16 52 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
17 43 (1.76%) Microsoft Purview
18 36 (1.48%) Azure Storage
19 35 (1.43%) WhatsApp
20 27 (1.11%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 415 (17.01%) Firewall
2 330 (13.52%) DNS
3 242 (9.92%) WAN
4 224 (9.18%) DHCP
5 200 (8.20%) LAN
6 160 (6.56%) Wi-Fi
7 137 (5.61%) VPN
8 134 (5.49%) TCP/IP
9 113 (4.63%) SAN
10 107 (4.39%) Wireless
11 98 (4.02%) VLAN
12 80 (3.28%) VoIP
13 76 (3.11%) Internet
14 73 (2.99%) Remote Desktop
15 64 (2.62%) Network Security
15 64 (2.62%) SD-WAN
16 40 (1.64%) NAS
17 39 (1.60%) WLAN
18 38 (1.56%) Unified Communications
19 35 (1.43%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (6.80%) Power BI
2 124 (5.08%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (0.74%) MySQL
7 17 (0.70%) Relational Database
8 14 (0.57%) 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
13 4 (0.16%) EDRMS
13 4 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.16%) GIS
13 4 (0.16%) Metadata
14 3 (0.12%) Big Data
14 3 (0.12%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 64 (2.62%) JIRA
2 30 (1.23%) Git
3 10 (0.41%) gulp
3 10 (0.41%) Yeoman
4 5 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.082%) GitLab
5 2 (0.082%) Subversion
6 1 (0.041%) Atlassian Bamboo
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
1 740 (30.33%) Social Skills
2 328 (13.44%) Finance
3 153 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (5.25%) Law
5 116 (4.75%) Presentation Skills
6 108 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 107 (4.39%) Public Sector
8 99 (4.06%) Legal
9 77 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
10 70 (2.87%) Retail
11 51 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
12 43 (1.76%) Marketing
13 40 (1.64%) Fire and Rescue
14 36 (1.48%) Telecoms
15 35 (1.43%) Manufacturing
16 30 (1.23%) Banking
17 27 (1.11%) Games
18 23 (0.94%) Advertising
19 16 (0.66%) Local Government
20 14 (0.57%) French Language
Job Titles
1 363 (14.88%) IT Support
2 309 (12.66%) Analyst
3 264 (10.82%) Support Engineer
4 251 (10.29%) IT Engineer
5 242 (9.92%) Senior
6 231 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 219 (8.98%) Developer
8 173 (7.09%) Architect
9 161 (6.60%) IT Support Engineer
10 154 (6.31%) Lead
11 135 (5.53%) IT Technician
12 131 (5.37%) IT Analyst
13 126 (5.16%) Consultant
13 126 (5.16%) Support Technician
14 110 (4.51%) 3rd Line Support
15 106 (4.34%) IT Support Technician
16 103 (4.22%) IT Manager
17 99 (4.06%) Cloud Architect
18 94 (3.85%) Support Analyst
19 88 (3.61%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (2.99%) .NET
2 64 (2.62%) SPFx
3 38 (1.56%) ARM Templates
4 29 (1.19%) HTML
5 28 (1.15%) CSS
5 28 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
6 23 (0.94%) React
7 19 (0.78%) RESTful
8 14 (0.57%) JSON
9 13 (0.53%) HTML5 Canvas
10 11 (0.45%) Node.js
11 9 (0.37%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.33%) Middleware
12 8 (0.33%) OAuth
12 8 (0.33%) YAML
13 6 (0.25%) LDAP
14 5 (0.20%) ASP.NET
14 5 (0.20%) ASP.NET MVC
15 4 (0.16%) ASP.NET Web API
15 4 (0.16%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 148 (6.07%) Public Cloud
2 133 (5.45%) Data Centre
3 116 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
4 114 (4.67%) PKI
5 98 (4.02%) Management Information System
6 66 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 66 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 41 (1.68%) Private Cloud
8 40 (1.64%) Cyberattack
9 35 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
9 35 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
10 32 (1.31%) Replication
10 32 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
11 31 (1.27%) Virtual Team
12 29 (1.19%) Clustering
13 25 (1.02%) Product Ownership
14 24 (0.98%) Low-Code
15 23 (0.94%) iPad
16 22 (0.90%) Cloud Native
16 22 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1,105 (45.29%) Windows
2 599 (24.55%) Windows Server
3 378 (15.49%) Windows 10
4 130 (5.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 128 (5.25%) Linux
6 118 (4.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 88 (3.61%) Android
8 81 (3.32%) Apple iOS
9 76 (3.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 70 (2.87%) Windows 7
11 47 (1.93%) Mac OS
12 45 (1.84%) Windows 8
13 25 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
14 13 (0.53%) Unix
15 12 (0.49%) Mac OS X
15 12 (0.49%) Ubuntu
16 9 (0.37%) CentOS
16 9 (0.37%) Windows XP
17 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.20%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (17.42%) Customer Service
2 413 (16.93%) ITIL
3 351 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
4 327 (13.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 320 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
6 257 (10.53%) Project Management
7 244 (10.00%) Agile
8 218 (8.93%) Migration
9 173 (7.09%) Presales
10 172 (7.05%) DevOps
11 160 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
11 160 (6.56%) Service Delivery
12 149 (6.11%) Service Management
13 148 (6.07%) Roadmaps
14 146 (5.98%) Continuous Improvement
14 146 (5.98%) Information Security
15 136 (5.57%) Mentoring
16 134 (5.49%) Project Delivery
17 120 (4.92%) Configuration Management
18 117 (4.80%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 289 (11.84%) PowerShell
2 200 (8.20%) SQL
3 100 (4.10%) C#
4 40 (1.64%) Bash
5 37 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 34 (1.39%) Python
7 31 (1.27%) Bicep
8 28 (1.15%) Java
9 18 (0.74%) T-SQL
9 18 (0.74%) VB
9 18 (0.74%) VBScript
10 17 (0.70%) 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
13 3 (0.12%) VBA
14 2 (0.082%) X++
15 1 (0.041%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 354 (14.51%) Degree
2 170 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 114 (4.67%) Security Cleared
4 95 (3.89%) Azure Certification
5 79 (3.24%) SC Cleared
6 67 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
7 54 (2.21%) CCNA
8 47 (1.93%) MCP
9 42 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 42 (1.72%) PMI Certification
10 36 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 36 (1.48%) MCSE
11 35 (1.43%) CISSP
11 35 (1.43%) DBS Check
12 32 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
13 27 (1.11%) CEH
14 25 (1.02%) PMP
15 22 (0.90%) CCNP
15 22 (0.90%) DV Cleared
16 19 (0.78%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (4.10%) SLA
3 94 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 54 (2.21%) GDPR
5 31 (1.27%) NIST
6 30 (1.23%) QA
7 26 (1.07%) PCI DSS
8 24 (0.98%) Accessibility
9 19 (0.78%) GRC
10 17 (0.70%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.49%) Data Quality
11 12 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (0.45%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.37%) PMO
14 7 (0.29%) NCSC
15 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.082%) GLP
17 2 (0.082%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1,041 (42.66%) Active Directory
2 367 (15.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 251 (10.29%) Hyper-V
4 113 (4.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 70 (2.87%) VMware ESXi
6 58 (2.38%) vSphere
7 57 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
8 40 (1.64%) XenDesktop
9 39 (1.60%) XenApp
10 27 (1.11%) VirtualBox
11 25 (1.02%) 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
1 474 (19.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 141 (5.78%) SCCM
3 65 (2.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 57 (2.34%) WSUS
5 49 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
6 47 (1.93%) Terraform
7 40 (1.64%) vCenter Server
8 35 (1.43%) Kubernetes
8 35 (1.43%) SCOM
9 28 (1.15%) CASB
10 25 (1.02%) Microsoft Clustering
11 18 (0.74%) Ansible
12 17 (0.70%) Nagios
13 14 (0.57%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.53%) ServiceCenter
15 12 (0.49%) Opsgenie
15 12 (0.49%) VxRail
15 12 (0.49%) ZABBIX
16 11 (0.45%) Nmap
17 9 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1,753 (71.84%) Microsoft
2 539 (22.09%) VMware
3 215 (8.81%) Cisco
4 141 (5.78%) Citrix
5 120 (4.92%) Google
6 95 (3.89%) Apple
7 91 (3.73%) Meraki
8 88 (3.61%) Veeam
9 86 (3.52%) ServiceNow
10 73 (2.99%) HP
11 71 (2.91%) Fortinet
12 63 (2.58%) Dell
13 55 (2.25%) Adobe
14 42 (1.72%) iManage
14 42 (1.72%) Sophos
15 41 (1.68%) Commvault
16 33 (1.35%) Qualys
17 31 (1.27%) Aruba
18 29 (1.19%) EMC
19 27 (1.11%) Salesforce