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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 50 77
Rank change year-on-year +21 +27 -20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,398 2,352 3,145
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.09% 5.70% 4.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.40% 11.90% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,019 2,029 2,590
10th Percentile £25,950 £26,450 £25,570
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,020
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.51% +0.05%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% -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 14,621 19,766 36,282
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.24% 47.93% 52.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,954 14,487 21,721
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

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 10 May 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
1 563 (23.48%) SharePoint
2 557 (23.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (1.38%) Confluence
3 33 (1.38%) IIS
4 13 (0.54%) WordPress
5 11 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.29%) CMS
7 6 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2000
8 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.17%) SAS
9 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.083%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.083%) Documentum
10 2 (0.083%) FileNet
10 2 (0.083%) Moodle
10 2 (0.083%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.042%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.042%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 260 (10.84%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.88%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.25%) InVision
6 6 (0.25%) Sketch
7 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.13%) SPSS
8 2 (0.083%) 1Password
8 2 (0.083%) CATIA
8 2 (0.083%) NASTRAN
8 2 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.083%) Trello
9 1 (0.042%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.042%) InDesign
9 1 (0.042%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
3 9 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.13%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.083%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.083%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.042%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.042%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.042%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,436 (59.88%) Azure
2 453 (18.89%) Entra ID
3 268 (11.18%) Power Platform
4 258 (10.76%) AWS
5 169 (7.05%) PowerApps
6 156 (6.51%) SaaS
7 149 (6.21%) Power Automate
8 137 (5.71%) GCP
9 129 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
10 113 (4.71%) OneDrive
11 86 (3.59%) IaaS
12 73 (3.04%) PaaS
13 68 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
14 57 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
15 52 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
16 49 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
17 46 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
18 41 (1.71%) WhatsApp
19 29 (1.21%) Azure Storage
20 25 (1.04%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 405 (16.89%) Firewall
2 341 (14.22%) DNS
3 243 (10.13%) WAN
4 229 (9.55%) DHCP
5 204 (8.51%) LAN
6 154 (6.42%) Wi-Fi
7 143 (5.96%) VPN
8 128 (5.34%) TCP/IP
9 111 (4.63%) SAN
10 101 (4.21%) Wireless
11 94 (3.92%) VLAN
12 85 (3.54%) VoIP
13 76 (3.17%) Remote Desktop
14 72 (3.00%) Internet
15 62 (2.59%) SD-WAN
16 61 (2.54%) Network Security
17 41 (1.71%) NAS
18 38 (1.58%) Unified Communications
19 37 (1.54%) DKIM
19 37 (1.54%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (6.76%) Power BI
2 124 (5.17%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
4 20 (0.83%) MySQL
4 20 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (0.58%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.29%) Power Query
9 6 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.21%) EDMS
11 4 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.17%) GIS
11 4 (0.17%) Metadata
12 3 (0.13%) Big Data
12 3 (0.13%) EDRMS
12 3 (0.13%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 65 (2.71%) JIRA
2 30 (1.25%) Git
3 10 (0.42%) gulp
3 10 (0.42%) Yeoman
4 6 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.13%) Subversion
6 2 (0.083%) GitLab
7 1 (0.042%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.042%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.042%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.042%) MSI
7 1 (0.042%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 735 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 340 (14.18%) Finance
3 145 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (5.38%) Law
5 118 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
6 106 (4.42%) Legal
7 99 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 92 (3.84%) Public Sector
9 72 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
10 71 (2.96%) Retail
11 48 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
12 45 (1.88%) Fire and Rescue
13 39 (1.63%) Marketing
14 38 (1.58%) Banking
15 37 (1.54%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.29%) Manufacturing
17 26 (1.08%) Games
18 21 (0.88%) Advertising
19 17 (0.71%) Local Government
20 12 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 362 (15.10%) IT Support
2 322 (13.43%) Analyst
3 271 (11.30%) Support Engineer
4 250 (10.43%) IT Engineer
5 243 (10.13%) Senior
6 241 (10.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 170 (7.09%) Architect
8 165 (6.88%) Developer
9 162 (6.76%) IT Support Engineer
10 158 (6.59%) Lead
11 136 (5.67%) IT Analyst
12 133 (5.55%) IT Technician
13 123 (5.13%) Consultant
13 123 (5.13%) Support Technician
14 118 (4.92%) 3rd Line Support
15 105 (4.38%) IT Support Technician
16 104 (4.34%) IT Manager
17 103 (4.30%) Cloud Architect
18 95 (3.96%) 2nd Line Support
18 95 (3.96%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (3.00%) .NET
2 64 (2.67%) SPFx
3 39 (1.63%) ARM Templates
4 29 (1.21%) HTML
5 28 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
6 27 (1.13%) CSS
7 22 (0.92%) React
8 18 (0.75%) JSON
8 18 (0.75%) RESTful
9 12 (0.50%) YAML
10 11 (0.46%) Node.js
11 9 (0.38%) HTML5 Canvas
12 7 (0.29%) ASP.NET
12 7 (0.29%) LDAP
12 7 (0.29%) OAuth
13 6 (0.25%) ASP.NET MVC
13 6 (0.25%) Middleware
14 4 (0.17%) .NET Core
14 4 (0.17%) ASP.NET Web API
15 3 (0.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 147 (6.13%) Public Cloud
2 132 (5.50%) Data Centre
3 112 (4.67%) PKI
4 109 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 104 (4.34%) Management Information System
6 65 (2.71%) Onboarding
7 64 (2.67%) Driving Licence
8 46 (1.92%) Private Cloud
9 43 (1.79%) Cyberattack
10 41 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
11 35 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
12 31 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
13 29 (1.21%) Clustering
14 26 (1.08%) iPad
14 26 (1.08%) Low-Code
15 25 (1.04%) Product Ownership
15 25 (1.04%) Replication
15 25 (1.04%) Virtual Team
16 20 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
17 19 (0.79%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1,122 (46.79%) Windows
2 615 (25.65%) Windows Server
3 388 (16.18%) Windows 10
4 125 (5.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 119 (4.96%) Linux
6 112 (4.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 83 (3.46%) Android
8 79 (3.29%) Apple iOS
9 78 (3.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 74 (3.09%) Windows 7
11 51 (2.13%) Windows 8
12 45 (1.88%) Mac OS
13 26 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
14 19 (0.79%) Unix
15 13 (0.54%) Mac OS X
16 11 (0.46%) Ubuntu
17 9 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
18 8 (0.33%) CentOS
18 8 (0.33%) Windows XP
19 4 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (16.93%) Customer Service
2 400 (16.68%) ITIL
3 341 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
4 339 (14.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 318 (13.26%) Cybersecurity
6 256 (10.68%) Agile
7 252 (10.51%) Project Management
8 224 (9.34%) Migration
9 173 (7.21%) DevOps
10 166 (6.92%) Presales
11 154 (6.42%) Information Security
12 151 (6.30%) Business Intelligence
13 148 (6.17%) Service Delivery
14 147 (6.13%) Service Management
15 144 (6.01%) Roadmaps
16 141 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
17 138 (5.75%) Mentoring
17 138 (5.75%) Project Delivery
18 125 (5.21%) Configuration Management
19 113 (4.71%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 303 (12.64%) PowerShell
2 205 (8.55%) SQL
3 79 (3.29%) C#
4 41 (1.71%) Bash
5 33 (1.38%) Python
6 32 (1.33%) JavaScript
7 29 (1.21%) Java
8 26 (1.08%) Bicep
9 17 (0.71%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.67%) T-SQL
11 14 (0.58%) VB
11 14 (0.58%) VBScript
12 5 (0.21%) Formula Language
12 5 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.21%) PHP
13 4 (0.17%) VBA
14 3 (0.13%) AWK
14 3 (0.13%) sed
15 1 (0.042%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.042%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 341 (14.22%) Degree
2 156 (6.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 97 (4.05%) Security Cleared
4 83 (3.46%) Azure Certification
5 71 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
6 66 (2.75%) SC Cleared
7 55 (2.29%) CCNA
8 42 (1.75%) MCP
9 41 (1.71%) CISSP
10 40 (1.67%) PMI Certification
11 39 (1.63%) MCSE
12 35 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 34 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
14 32 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
15 26 (1.08%) CEH
16 23 (0.96%) DBS Check
16 23 (0.96%) PMP
17 22 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
18 19 (0.79%) CCNP
19 17 (0.71%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 114 (4.75%) SLA
3 88 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 54 (2.25%) GDPR
5 39 (1.63%) NIST
6 30 (1.25%) QA
7 29 (1.21%) PCI DSS
8 20 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 20 (0.83%) GRC
9 17 (0.71%) SOC 2
10 12 (0.50%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.46%) ISO 9001
11 11 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 9 (0.38%) PMO
13 8 (0.33%) NCSC
14 7 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.083%) GLP
17 2 (0.083%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1,057 (44.08%) Active Directory
2 377 (15.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 250 (10.43%) Hyper-V
4 113 (4.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 80 (3.34%) VMware ESXi
6 55 (2.29%) vSphere
7 50 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
8 38 (1.58%) XenDesktop
9 37 (1.54%) XenApp
10 30 (1.25%) VirtualBox
11 24 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
12 18 (0.75%) Docker
13 11 (0.46%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.38%) VMware Server
15 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 6 (0.25%) NFS
17 4 (0.17%) DFS Replication
18 3 (0.13%) Firmware
18 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
18 3 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 475 (19.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 146 (6.09%) SCCM
3 59 (2.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 54 (2.25%) WSUS
5 52 (2.17%) Terraform
6 49 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
7 41 (1.71%) vCenter Server
8 31 (1.29%) CASB
8 31 (1.29%) Kubernetes
9 29 (1.21%) SCOM
10 23 (0.96%) Microsoft Clustering
11 18 (0.75%) Ansible
12 17 (0.71%) Nagios
13 14 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.54%) Nmap
14 13 (0.54%) ServiceCenter
15 12 (0.50%) Opsgenie
15 12 (0.50%) VxRail
15 12 (0.50%) ZABBIX
16 11 (0.46%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1,718 (71.64%) Microsoft
2 552 (23.02%) VMware
3 213 (8.88%) Cisco
4 146 (6.09%) Citrix
5 122 (5.09%) Google
6 99 (4.13%) Apple
7 94 (3.92%) ServiceNow
8 93 (3.88%) Meraki
9 82 (3.42%) Veeam
10 74 (3.09%) HP
11 68 (2.84%) Fortinet
12 60 (2.50%) Dell
13 53 (2.21%) Adobe
14 48 (2.00%) iManage
15 42 (1.75%) Sophos
16 37 (1.54%) Salesforce
17 36 (1.50%) Qualys
18 35 (1.46%) Commvault
19 32 (1.33%) Aruba
20 29 (1.21%) SolarWinds