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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 35 46
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 -17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 654 575 654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.37% 7.59% 6.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.91% 17.66% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 573 459 524
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £29,625 £26,000
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 £49,438
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £63,200
England median annual salary £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% -

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 3,458 3,256 4,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.66% 42.96% 42.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,688 1,870 2,638
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,860 £30,850
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 £84,974 £86,250 £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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +15 320 £42,500 -7.10% 80
Cheshire -2 151 £37,500 - 41
Merseyside -2 90 £42,500 +6.25% 15
Lancashire +15 77 £32,000 -32.63% 30
Cumbria -13 15 £32,000 -28.89% 6
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
1 111 (16.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (14.07%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.99%) IIS
4 4 (0.61%) CMS
4 4 (0.61%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.46%) Confluence
6 2 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 66 (10.09%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.15%) InDesign
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.22%) Epicor Tropos
3 3 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.46%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.31%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.15%) Magento
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 318 (48.62%) Azure
2 105 (16.06%) Entra ID
3 101 (15.44%) AWS
4 52 (7.95%) Power Platform
5 32 (4.89%) GCP
6 23 (3.52%) SaaS
7 20 (3.06%) PowerApps
8 19 (2.91%) Power Automate
9 18 (2.75%) OneDrive
10 16 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (1.99%) IaaS
12 12 (1.83%) PaaS
13 8 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.22%) Google Workspace
14 7 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.92%) Amazon ELB
15 6 (0.92%) Amazon S3
15 6 (0.92%) GitHub
15 6 (0.92%) Twilio
16 5 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 110 (16.82%) DNS
2 84 (12.84%) DHCP
2 84 (12.84%) Firewall
3 79 (12.08%) WAN
4 65 (9.94%) LAN
5 39 (5.96%) VPN
6 36 (5.50%) Wi-Fi
7 35 (5.35%) Internet
8 33 (5.05%) TCP/IP
9 27 (4.13%) Wireless
10 26 (3.98%) SAN
11 25 (3.82%) SSL
12 23 (3.52%) Remote Desktop
12 23 (3.52%) VoIP
13 20 (3.06%) Network Security
13 20 (3.06%) SD-WAN
14 12 (1.83%) iSCSI
15 11 (1.68%) Broadband
15 11 (1.68%) NAS
15 11 (1.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.20%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.60%) Power BI
3 10 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.61%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.61%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.15%) MySQL
7 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (1.22%) Git
2 3 (0.46%) JIRA
3 1 (0.15%) MSI
General
1 203 (31.04%) Social Skills
2 61 (9.33%) Finance
3 58 (8.87%) Retail
4 57 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (5.96%) Law
5 39 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (3.98%) Telecoms
7 25 (3.82%) Legal
8 21 (3.21%) Public Sector
9 19 (2.91%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.22%) Billing
13 7 (1.07%) Local Government
14 6 (0.92%) Banking
15 5 (0.76%) Police
16 4 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.61%) Games
17 3 (0.46%) Advertising
17 3 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 116 (17.74%) Analyst
2 102 (15.60%) IT Support
3 74 (11.31%) Support Engineer
4 69 (10.55%) IT Engineer
5 65 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 52 (7.95%) IT Support Engineer
7 47 (7.19%) Service Analyst
8 46 (7.03%) IT Manager
9 45 (6.88%) Service Desk Analyst
10 41 (6.27%) IT Analyst
11 35 (5.35%) 2nd Line Support
12 33 (5.05%) Lead
12 33 (5.05%) Senior
13 32 (4.89%) Cloud Engineer
13 32 (4.89%) IT Technician
14 29 (4.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 27 (4.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 27 (4.13%) Administrator
15 27 (4.13%) Architect
16 26 (3.98%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.45%) OLE
2 6 (0.92%) CSS
2 6 (0.92%) HTML
2 6 (0.92%) SPFx
3 5 (0.76%) .NET
3 5 (0.76%) LDAP
4 4 (0.61%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.31%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.31%) REST
6 2 (0.31%) Web Services
7 1 (0.15%) Classic ASP
7 1 (0.15%) Laravel
7 1 (0.15%) SAML
7 1 (0.15%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.41%) Driving Licence
2 36 (5.50%) Smartphone
3 24 (3.67%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.36%) Data Centre
5 20 (3.06%) Public Cloud
6 16 (2.45%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.14%) PKI
8 12 (1.83%) PMI
8 12 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.68%) Blog
10 10 (1.53%) Cyberattack
10 10 (1.53%) EPoS
11 9 (1.38%) iPad
11 9 (1.38%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.22%) Replication
12 8 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
13 7 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.07%) FMCG
14 6 (0.92%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 242 (37.00%) Windows
2 102 (15.60%) Windows Server
3 76 (11.62%) Windows 10
4 41 (6.27%) Linux
5 23 (3.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (3.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.99%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.38%) Android
9 9 (1.38%) Windows Phone
10 8 (1.22%) Apple iOS
10 8 (1.22%) Windows Vista
11 4 (0.61%) Debian
12 3 (0.46%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.46%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.31%) Unix
13 2 (0.31%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (18.35%) ITIL
2 113 (17.28%) Customer Service
3 100 (15.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 80 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (11.01%) Disaster Recovery
6 71 (10.86%) Migration
7 70 (10.70%) Cybersecurity
7 70 (10.70%) Project Management
8 54 (8.26%) Agile
8 54 (8.26%) ITSM
9 51 (7.80%) ERP
10 48 (7.34%) CRM
11 46 (7.03%) Time Management
12 43 (6.57%) Service Management
13 37 (5.66%) Mentoring
14 36 (5.50%) Presales
15 34 (5.20%) Capacity Planning
16 32 (4.89%) Continuous Improvement
17 29 (4.43%) Information Security
18 28 (4.28%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 59 (9.02%) SQL
2 58 (8.87%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.45%) R
4 10 (1.53%) C#
5 8 (1.22%) Python
6 7 (1.07%) Bash
6 7 (1.07%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.61%) Bicep
8 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 75 (11.47%) Degree
2 65 (9.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 28 (4.28%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (3.52%) CCNA
4 23 (3.52%) MCP
5 19 (2.91%) A+ Certification
6 18 (2.75%) PMI Certification
7 16 (2.45%) DBS Check
8 14 (2.14%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.14%) Security Cleared
9 12 (1.83%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.83%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.53%) CCNP
10 10 (1.53%) MCSA
10 10 (1.53%) MCSE
11 7 (1.07%) CISSP
11 7 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.92%) PMP
12 6 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.96%) SLA
2 27 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.91%) GDPR
4 17 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.99%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.68%) NIST
7 7 (1.07%) GRC
8 4 (0.61%) ISO 14001
8 4 (0.61%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.61%) QA
9 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.46%) NCSC
10 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.31%) PMO
11 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 356 (54.43%) Active Directory
2 78 (11.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (10.55%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.14%) Terminal Services
5 5 (0.76%) vSphere
6 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.61%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.15%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.15%) Docker
9 1 (0.15%) Snort
9 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 110 (16.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.75%) SCCM
3 17 (2.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (2.29%) Terraform
5 12 (1.83%) Opsgenie
5 12 (1.83%) VxRail
5 12 (1.83%) ZABBIX
6 9 (1.38%) AirWatch
6 9 (1.38%) CASB
7 5 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.76%) WSUS
8 4 (0.61%) Autotask
8 4 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.46%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.46%) SELinux
9 3 (0.46%) SysTrack
10 2 (0.31%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.31%) Grafana
10 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.15%) Graylog
Vendors
1 452 (69.11%) Microsoft
2 119 (18.20%) VMware
3 54 (8.26%) Citrix
4 49 (7.49%) Cisco
5 28 (4.28%) Apple
6 27 (4.13%) Veeam
7 22 (3.36%) Google
8 20 (3.06%) Fortinet
9 17 (2.60%) Sophos
10 16 (2.45%) Adobe
10 16 (2.45%) NetApp
11 15 (2.29%) Dell
12 14 (2.14%) SolarWinds
13 13 (1.99%) ServiceNow
14 12 (1.83%) HP
15 11 (1.68%) Virgin Media
16 10 (1.53%) SAP
17 9 (1.38%) Datto
17 9 (1.38%) Meraki
18 8 (1.22%) ESET