Microsoft 365 Jobs

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 24 53
Rank change year-on-year -9 +29 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 4,010 4,743 7,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.28% 8.20% 5.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.31% 19.12% 12.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,404 4,155 6,519
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £30,311
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,048 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.02% -1.06% +2.41%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +0.67%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,164 24,806 62,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.47% 42.86% 44.97%
Number of salaries quoted 13,396 19,459 37,311
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,758 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 -9 3,722 £45,000 +8.43% 1,205
UK excluding London -7 2,860 £40,000 +6.67% 984
Work from Home +1 1,447 £50,000 +5.14% 491
London -15 1,078 £55,000 +10.00% 276
North of England -6 681 £41,500 +10.67% 268
South East -14 670 £41,000 +2.50% 233
Midlands -12 537 £40,000 +1.27% 183
South West 0 408 £37,250 +3.47% 118
West Midlands -12 352 £42,500 +6.25% 107
East of England -4 315 £37,250 +9.56% 128
Yorkshire +3 314 £42,500 +21.43% 93
North West -18 310 £40,000 - 149
East Midlands -7 183 £34,000 -9.33% 75
Scotland -6 142 £42,500 +6.25% 57
Wales +13 62 £47,500 +18.75% 15
North East -24 55 £38,750 +10.71% 35
Northern Ireland +14 24 £52,500 +16.67% 15
Channel Islands - 15 £50,000 -
Isle of Man +1 9 £25,000 -65.52% 3

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
1 971 (24.21%) SharePoint
2 859 (21.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (0.82%) IIS
4 19 (0.47%) Confluence
5 14 (0.35%) SharePoint 2010
5 14 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
6 9 (0.22%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.17%) CMS
7 7 (0.17%) nginx
8 6 (0.15%) Apache
8 6 (0.15%) WordPress
9 5 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
10 4 (0.100%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (0.100%) Exchange Server 2013
10 4 (0.100%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.075%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.075%) IBM Notes
12 2 (0.050%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.050%) Site Server
13 1 (0.025%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 582 (14.51%) Microsoft Office
2 141 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 66 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.15%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.15%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.100%) Acrobat
8 4 (0.100%) Adobe Captivate
8 4 (0.100%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.100%) InfoPath
9 3 (0.075%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (0.050%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.050%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.025%) Revit
11 1 (0.025%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 53 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
2 15 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 10 (0.25%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.22%) Elite 3E
4 9 (0.22%) NEC Housing
5 7 (0.17%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.12%) SAP WM
7 4 (0.100%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 4 (0.100%) iTrent
7 4 (0.100%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.075%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.050%) assyst
9 2 (0.050%) BambooHR
9 2 (0.050%) Magento
9 2 (0.050%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.050%) SAP EHS
9 2 (0.050%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.050%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 2,072 (51.67%) Azure
2 767 (19.13%) Entra ID
3 351 (8.75%) Power Platform
4 322 (8.03%) AWS
5 304 (7.58%) OneDrive
6 202 (5.04%) SaaS
7 154 (3.84%) PowerApps
8 142 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
9 139 (3.47%) IaaS
10 137 (3.42%) Power Automate
11 106 (2.64%) PaaS
12 89 (2.22%) Mimecast
13 81 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
14 63 (1.57%) GCP
15 62 (1.55%) Google Workspace
16 59 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
17 51 (1.27%) WhatsApp
18 47 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
19 45 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
20 43 (1.07%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 726 (18.10%) Firewall
2 608 (15.16%) DNS
3 446 (11.12%) DHCP
4 365 (9.10%) VPN
5 353 (8.80%) LAN
6 336 (8.38%) WAN
7 322 (8.03%) TCP/IP
8 200 (4.99%) Wi-Fi
9 197 (4.91%) VLAN
10 173 (4.31%) SAN
11 153 (3.82%) Wireless
12 131 (3.27%) VoIP
13 93 (2.32%) Internet
14 88 (2.19%) Network Security
15 83 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
16 71 (1.77%) NAS
17 61 (1.52%) WLAN
18 37 (0.92%) SD-WAN
19 36 (0.90%) SSL
20 32 (0.80%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 184 (4.59%) Power BI
3 59 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
4 36 (0.90%) MySQL
5 30 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (0.47%) Relational Database
7 14 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.22%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.17%) DB2
10 7 (0.17%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.100%) Parquet
12 4 (0.100%) Tableau
13 3 (0.075%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (0.075%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.075%) Metadata
13 3 (0.075%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 55 (1.37%) JIRA
2 15 (0.37%) Jenkins
3 13 (0.32%) Git
4 8 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (0.17%) MSI
6 5 (0.12%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.075%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.050%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.050%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.050%) GitLab
8 2 (0.050%) Subversion
8 2 (0.050%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.025%) InstallShield
9 1 (0.025%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.025%) Postman
9 1 (0.025%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.025%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.025%) TestRail
General
1 1,453 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 455 (11.35%) Finance
3 376 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 212 (5.29%) Law
5 185 (4.61%) Legal
6 164 (4.09%) Manufacturing
7 158 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
8 121 (3.02%) Public Sector
9 116 (2.89%) Retail
10 107 (2.67%) Telecoms
11 96 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 61 (1.52%) Marketing
13 50 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
14 44 (1.10%) Banking
15 41 (1.02%) Local Government
16 33 (0.82%) Advertising
16 33 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
17 30 (0.75%) Automotive
17 30 (0.75%) Police
18 23 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 747 (18.63%) Analyst
2 614 (15.31%) IT Support
3 455 (11.35%) Support Engineer
4 396 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 370 (9.23%) IT Engineer
6 320 (7.98%) Senior
7 313 (7.81%) Support Analyst
8 307 (7.66%) IT Analyst
9 274 (6.83%) 2nd Line Support
10 256 (6.38%) Service Analyst
11 238 (5.94%) Service Desk Analyst
12 217 (5.41%) Consultant
13 201 (5.01%) IT Manager
14 198 (4.94%) Lead
15 187 (4.66%) IT Support Analyst
16 185 (4.61%) IT Support Engineer
16 185 (4.61%) IT Technician
17 183 (4.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 146 (3.64%) Administrator
19 140 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (1.40%) .NET
2 47 (1.17%) HTML
3 30 (0.75%) Web Services
4 24 (0.60%) CSS
5 19 (0.47%) ARM Templates
5 19 (0.47%) HTML5 Canvas
6 18 (0.45%) REST
7 15 (0.37%) XML
8 14 (0.35%) JSON
9 11 (0.27%) .NET Core
9 11 (0.27%) BREW
9 11 (0.27%) YAML
10 10 (0.25%) LDAP
11 9 (0.22%) Middleware
12 8 (0.20%) Node.js
12 8 (0.20%) SAML
12 8 (0.20%) Software Packaging
13 6 (0.15%) 802.1X
13 6 (0.15%) RESTful
14 5 (0.12%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 188 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
2 162 (4.04%) Driving Licence
3 151 (3.77%) Management Information System
4 122 (3.04%) Onboarding
5 114 (2.84%) Data Centre
6 74 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 64 (1.60%) Public Cloud
7 64 (1.60%) Replication
8 55 (1.37%) Smartphone
9 53 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
10 51 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
11 46 (1.15%) Security Posture
12 38 (0.95%) PKI
13 33 (0.82%) Product Ownership
14 32 (0.80%) Clustering
15 30 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
16 29 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
17 27 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
18 24 (0.60%) Data Structures
19 23 (0.57%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2,171 (54.14%) Windows
2 1,006 (25.09%) Windows Server
3 681 (16.98%) Windows 10
4 267 (6.66%) Linux
5 184 (4.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 168 (4.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 146 (3.64%) Android
8 139 (3.47%) Apple iOS
9 132 (3.29%) Mac OS
10 112 (2.79%) Windows Server 2012
11 58 (1.45%) Windows 7
12 34 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
13 33 (0.82%) Ubuntu
14 27 (0.67%) Mac OS X
15 20 (0.50%) Unix
16 12 (0.30%) CentOS
16 12 (0.30%) VMS
17 9 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 7 (0.17%) Windows 8
19 6 (0.15%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 988 (24.64%) Problem-Solving
2 869 (21.67%) Customer Service
3 756 (18.85%) ITIL
4 522 (13.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 473 (11.80%) Cybersecurity
6 295 (7.36%) Project Management
7 289 (7.21%) Service Delivery
8 267 (6.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 264 (6.58%) Disaster Recovery
10 243 (6.06%) Migration
11 233 (5.81%) Service Management
12 230 (5.74%) ITSM
13 223 (5.56%) Change Management
14 203 (5.06%) Agile
15 197 (4.91%) Information Security
16 190 (4.74%) Mentoring
16 190 (4.74%) Project Delivery
17 182 (4.54%) Incident Management
18 181 (4.51%) Business Intelligence
19 171 (4.26%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 476 (11.87%) PowerShell
2 262 (6.53%) SQL
3 121 (3.02%) Python
4 110 (2.74%) C#
5 72 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 51 (1.27%) Bash
7 24 (0.60%) T-SQL
8 22 (0.55%) VB
8 22 (0.55%) VBA
9 16 (0.40%) Bicep
10 15 (0.37%) PHP
10 15 (0.37%) VBScript
11 9 (0.22%) Java
12 8 (0.20%) RPG
12 8 (0.20%) RPG IV
13 7 (0.17%) Go
14 6 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.15%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.100%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.100%) X++
Qualifications
1 532 (13.27%) Degree
2 372 (9.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 233 (5.81%) Security Cleared
4 174 (4.34%) Azure Certification
5 164 (4.09%) SC Cleared
6 126 (3.14%) DBS Check
7 113 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 85 (2.12%) MCSE
9 75 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
10 71 (1.77%) MCP
11 67 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
12 63 (1.57%) CCNA
13 57 (1.42%) A+ Certification
14 52 (1.30%) CISSP
15 47 (1.17%) MCSA
16 46 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
17 38 (0.95%) CISM
18 37 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 36 (0.90%) MCITP
20 34 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (7.76%) SLA
2 185 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 162 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 155 (3.87%) GDPR
5 72 (1.80%) NIST
6 54 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 32 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 21 (0.52%) PMO
9 16 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 14 (0.35%) Accessibility
10 14 (0.35%) NIST 800
11 12 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.27%) COBIT
12 11 (0.27%) Data Quality
12 11 (0.27%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.27%) NCSC
13 10 (0.25%) QA
13 10 (0.25%) SOC 2
14 9 (0.22%) IASME
15 7 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 1,928 (48.08%) Active Directory
2 587 (14.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 503 (12.54%) Hyper-V
4 130 (3.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 91 (2.27%) vSphere
6 73 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
7 69 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
8 64 (1.60%) Virtual Servers
9 48 (1.20%) XenApp
10 37 (0.92%) XenDesktop
11 28 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 20 (0.50%) Docker
13 19 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
14 16 (0.40%) VMware NSX
15 15 (0.37%) Firmware
16 9 (0.22%) BitLocker
16 9 (0.22%) Terminal Services
17 8 (0.20%) Terminal Server
18 4 (0.100%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 4 (0.100%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 721 (17.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 283 (7.06%) SCCM
3 78 (1.95%) WSUS
4 54 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
5 50 (1.25%) vCenter Server
6 49 (1.22%) Terraform
7 43 (1.07%) SCOM
8 39 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 38 (0.95%) Ansible
10 32 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
11 28 (0.70%) Kubernetes
12 25 (0.62%) Backup Exec
12 25 (0.62%) ZABBIX
13 23 (0.57%) Grafana
14 21 (0.52%) Autotask
15 16 (0.40%) CASB
15 16 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
16 14 (0.35%) Nessus
17 13 (0.32%) FortiGate
17 13 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 2,838 (70.77%) Microsoft
2 870 (21.70%) VMware
3 338 (8.43%) Cisco
4 256 (6.38%) Citrix
5 156 (3.89%) Apple
6 151 (3.77%) Veeam
7 136 (3.39%) Google
8 118 (2.94%) Meraki
9 112 (2.79%) Dell
10 111 (2.77%) ServiceNow
11 110 (2.74%) HP
12 70 (1.75%) Fortinet
13 68 (1.70%) Palo Alto
14 65 (1.62%) SAP
15 59 (1.47%) Sophos
16 56 (1.40%) iManage
17 47 (1.17%) Adobe
17 47 (1.17%) Oracle
18 43 (1.07%) IBM
19 41 (1.02%) Juniper