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

6 months to
2 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 2,412 2,304 3,163
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.93% 5.98% 4.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.19% 12.54% 7.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,992 1,990 2,598
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £33,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £48,125 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% +6.94% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,700 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £38,000 £41,659 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.78% -1.98% -

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 14,895 18,376 39,906
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 42.81% 47.68% 53.57%
Number of salaries quoted 12,052 13,886 21,965
10th Percentile £35,920 £38,250 £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% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +6.85%

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 2 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
1 562 (23.30%) SharePoint
2 524 (21.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (1.49%) IIS
4 32 (1.33%) Confluence
5 14 (0.58%) WordPress
6 11 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.29%) CMS
8 6 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2000
9 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.17%) SAS
10 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.083%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.083%) Moodle
11 2 (0.083%) 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
1 246 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.25%) InVision
6 6 (0.25%) Sketch
7 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.12%) SPSS
8 2 (0.083%) 1Password
8 2 (0.083%) CATIA
8 2 (0.083%) NASTRAN
8 2 (0.083%) 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 40 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.25%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.083%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.083%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.083%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.083%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.083%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.083%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.083%) 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 1,443 (59.83%) Azure
2 460 (19.07%) Entra ID
3 268 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 241 (9.99%) AWS
5 175 (7.26%) PowerApps
6 159 (6.59%) Power Automate
6 159 (6.59%) SaaS
7 138 (5.72%) GCP
8 136 (5.64%) Dynamics 365
9 113 (4.68%) OneDrive
10 82 (3.40%) IaaS
11 70 (2.90%) PaaS
12 60 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
13 55 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
14 53 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
15 51 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
16 45 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
17 35 (1.45%) Azure Storage
17 35 (1.45%) WhatsApp
18 26 (1.08%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 410 (17.00%) Firewall
2 327 (13.56%) DNS
3 242 (10.03%) WAN
4 219 (9.08%) DHCP
5 201 (8.33%) LAN
6 158 (6.55%) Wi-Fi
7 136 (5.64%) VPN
8 131 (5.43%) TCP/IP
9 112 (4.64%) SAN
10 104 (4.31%) Wireless
11 95 (3.94%) VLAN
12 80 (3.32%) VoIP
13 79 (3.28%) Internet
14 74 (3.07%) Remote Desktop
15 65 (2.69%) Network Security
16 63 (2.61%) SD-WAN
17 40 (1.66%) NAS
18 38 (1.58%) Unified Communications
19 37 (1.53%) WLAN
20 36 (1.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (6.84%) Power BI
2 124 (5.14%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (0.75%) MySQL
6 17 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (0.66%) Relational Database
8 14 (0.58%) 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 (0.21%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.21%) EDMS
13 4 (0.17%) EDRMS
13 4 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.17%) GIS
13 4 (0.17%) Metadata
14 3 (0.12%) Big Data
14 3 (0.12%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 64 (2.65%) JIRA
2 30 (1.24%) Git
3 10 (0.41%) gulp
3 10 (0.41%) Yeoman
4 5 (0.21%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.083%) GitLab
5 2 (0.083%) 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
1 730 (30.27%) Social Skills
2 331 (13.72%) Finance
3 149 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (5.27%) Law
5 115 (4.77%) Presentation Skills
6 104 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 102 (4.23%) Public Sector
8 98 (4.06%) Legal
9 77 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
10 71 (2.94%) Retail
11 50 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
12 41 (1.70%) Fire and Rescue
12 41 (1.70%) Marketing
13 36 (1.49%) Telecoms
14 34 (1.41%) Manufacturing
15 31 (1.29%) Banking
16 27 (1.12%) Games
17 23 (0.95%) Advertising
18 15 (0.62%) Local Government
19 13 (0.54%) French Language
Job Titles
1 361 (14.97%) IT Support
2 308 (12.77%) Analyst
3 266 (11.03%) Support Engineer
4 251 (10.41%) IT Engineer
5 238 (9.87%) Senior
6 230 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 214 (8.87%) Developer
8 170 (7.05%) Architect
9 162 (6.72%) IT Support Engineer
10 153 (6.34%) Lead
11 135 (5.60%) IT Technician
12 132 (5.47%) IT Analyst
13 125 (5.18%) Support Technician
14 124 (5.14%) Consultant
15 110 (4.56%) 3rd Line Support
16 106 (4.39%) IT Support Technician
17 102 (4.23%) IT Manager
18 100 (4.15%) Cloud Architect
19 91 (3.77%) Support Analyst
20 84 (3.48%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (2.94%) .NET
2 64 (2.65%) SPFx
3 38 (1.58%) ARM Templates
4 29 (1.20%) HTML
5 28 (1.16%) CSS
5 28 (1.16%) Microsoft Graph
6 23 (0.95%) React
7 19 (0.79%) RESTful
8 14 (0.58%) JSON
9 12 (0.50%) HTML5 Canvas
10 11 (0.46%) Node.js
11 8 (0.33%) .NET Core
11 8 (0.33%) Middleware
11 8 (0.33%) OAuth
11 8 (0.33%) YAML
12 6 (0.25%) LDAP
13 5 (0.21%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.21%) ASP.NET MVC
14 4 (0.17%) ASP.NET Web API
14 4 (0.17%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 149 (6.18%) Public Cloud
2 133 (5.51%) Data Centre
3 114 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
4 113 (4.68%) PKI
5 102 (4.23%) Management Information System
6 66 (2.74%) Driving Licence
7 65 (2.69%) Onboarding
8 43 (1.78%) Cyberattack
9 42 (1.74%) Private Cloud
10 36 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
10 36 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 32 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
12 31 (1.29%) Replication
13 30 (1.24%) Virtual Team
14 29 (1.20%) Clustering
15 25 (1.04%) Low-Code
15 25 (1.04%) Product Ownership
16 23 (0.95%) iPad
17 21 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
18 20 (0.83%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1,090 (45.19%) Windows
2 589 (24.42%) Windows Server
3 374 (15.51%) Windows 10
4 126 (5.22%) Linux
5 125 (5.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 113 (4.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 91 (3.77%) Android
8 84 (3.48%) Apple iOS
9 73 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
10 69 (2.86%) Windows 7
11 47 (1.95%) Mac OS
12 45 (1.87%) Windows 8
13 25 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
14 15 (0.62%) Unix
15 12 (0.50%) Mac OS X
15 12 (0.50%) Ubuntu
16 9 (0.37%) CentOS
16 9 (0.37%) Windows XP
17 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.21%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (17.16%) Customer Service
2 408 (16.92%) ITIL
3 343 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
4 327 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 315 (13.06%) Cybersecurity
6 255 (10.57%) Project Management
7 243 (10.07%) Agile
8 218 (9.04%) Migration
9 172 (7.13%) DevOps
10 170 (7.05%) Presales
11 156 (6.47%) Business Intelligence
12 155 (6.43%) Service Delivery
13 146 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 145 (6.01%) Information Security
14 145 (6.01%) Roadmaps
14 145 (6.01%) Service Management
15 135 (5.60%) Mentoring
16 133 (5.51%) Project Delivery
17 121 (5.02%) Configuration Management
18 113 (4.68%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 284 (11.77%) PowerShell
2 198 (8.21%) SQL
3 94 (3.90%) C#
4 40 (1.66%) Bash
5 36 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 34 (1.41%) Python
7 30 (1.24%) Bicep
8 28 (1.16%) Java
9 18 (0.75%) T-SQL
10 17 (0.70%) TypeScript
10 17 (0.70%) VB
10 17 (0.70%) VBScript
11 5 (0.21%) Formula Language
11 5 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.17%) PHP
13 3 (0.12%) AWK
13 3 (0.12%) sed
13 3 (0.12%) VBA
14 2 (0.083%) X++
15 1 (0.041%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 345 (14.30%) Degree
2 166 (6.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 107 (4.44%) Security Cleared
4 93 (3.86%) Azure Certification
5 75 (3.11%) SC Cleared
6 68 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (2.20%) CCNA
8 46 (1.91%) MCP
9 42 (1.74%) PMI Certification
10 40 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 37 (1.53%) CISSP
11 37 (1.53%) MCSE
12 36 (1.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 31 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
14 29 (1.20%) DBS Check
15 28 (1.16%) CEH
16 25 (1.04%) PMP
17 21 (0.87%) CCNP
18 20 (0.83%) DV Cleared
19 18 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (4.15%) SLA
3 92 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 54 (2.24%) GDPR
5 34 (1.41%) NIST
6 30 (1.24%) QA
7 29 (1.20%) PCI DSS
8 22 (0.91%) Accessibility
9 20 (0.83%) GRC
10 17 (0.70%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.50%) Data Quality
11 12 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (0.46%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.37%) PMO
14 8 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.33%) NCSC
15 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.083%) GLP
17 2 (0.083%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1,033 (42.83%) Active Directory
2 360 (14.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 244 (10.12%) Hyper-V
4 115 (4.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 71 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
6 56 (2.32%) vSphere
7 55 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
8 40 (1.66%) XenDesktop
9 39 (1.62%) XenApp
10 27 (1.12%) VirtualBox
11 24 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
12 20 (0.83%) Docker
13 13 (0.54%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 9 (0.37%) VMware Server
15 6 (0.25%) NFS
16 4 (0.17%) Firmware
17 3 (0.12%) BitLocker
17 3 (0.12%) DFS Replication
17 3 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 472 (19.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 140 (5.80%) SCCM
3 63 (2.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 56 (2.32%) WSUS
5 49 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
6 47 (1.95%) Terraform
7 40 (1.66%) vCenter Server
8 34 (1.41%) Kubernetes
9 33 (1.37%) SCOM
10 31 (1.29%) CASB
11 24 (1.00%) Microsoft Clustering
12 17 (0.70%) Ansible
12 17 (0.70%) 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 9 (0.37%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1,728 (71.64%) Microsoft
2 531 (22.01%) VMware
3 213 (8.83%) Cisco
4 140 (5.80%) Citrix
5 118 (4.89%) Google
6 95 (3.94%) Apple
7 90 (3.73%) Meraki
8 88 (3.65%) Veeam
9 87 (3.61%) ServiceNow
10 74 (3.07%) HP
11 70 (2.90%) Fortinet
12 64 (2.65%) Dell
13 55 (2.28%) Adobe
14 43 (1.78%) iManage
15 40 (1.66%) Commvault
15 40 (1.66%) Sophos
16 36 (1.49%) Qualys
17 31 (1.29%) Aruba
18 29 (1.20%) EMC
19 27 (1.12%) Salesforce