Microsoft 365 Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 34 41
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 -11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 5,660 3,991 4,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.65% 6.87% 6.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.66% 17.68% 16.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,898 3,238 3,957
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,770 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £28,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,298 £37,500 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% +5.63% -5.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £66,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £38,500 £42,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.18% -

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,918 22,569 29,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.32% 38.85% 39.77%
Number of salaries quoted 17,639 13,443 19,621
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,650 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +7.76%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
South East +10 1,464 £37,500 - 274
North of England +19 1,395 £37,500 -4.60% 332
Midlands +21 1,036 £35,000 -4.11% 227
South West +17 685 £37,500 +7.14% 178
North West +11 654 £40,000 -5.88% 174
West Midlands +19 633 £36,500 -8.05% 133
East of England +13 613 £32,500 -7.14% 119
Yorkshire +38 562 £35,000 - 130
East Midlands +31 396 £33,500 +3.08% 94
Scotland -31 274 £36,500 -2.67% 63
North East +24 179 £37,500 +4.17% 34
Wales +15 114 £28,290 -20.31% 23
Northern Ireland +23 57 £35,000 -17.65% 15
Isle of Man +4 20 £37,000 -48.97% 2
Channel Islands 0 4 £85,000 -5.56%
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1,240 (21.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1,234 (21.80%) SharePoint
3 58 (1.02%) Confluence
4 57 (1.01%) IIS
5 41 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2010
6 38 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
7 27 (0.48%) WordPress
8 26 (0.46%) CMS
9 18 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
10 11 (0.19%) Skype for Business
11 7 (0.12%) SharePoint 2010
11 7 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
12 6 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2000
13 5 (0.088%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.088%) SharePoint Server
14 4 (0.071%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.071%) IBM Notes
14 4 (0.071%) SAS
15 3 (0.053%) Jupyter
16 2 (0.035%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 831 (14.68%) Microsoft Office
2 228 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 91 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 39 (0.69%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.16%) Trello
8 8 (0.14%) InfoPath
9 6 (0.11%) InVision
9 6 (0.11%) LightWave 3D
9 6 (0.11%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.11%) Sketch
10 3 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.053%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.053%) InDesign
11 2 (0.035%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.035%) CATIA
11 2 (0.035%) NASTRAN
12 1 (0.018%) 1Password
12 1 (0.018%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 60 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 11 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
4 8 (0.14%) Epicor Tropos
4 8 (0.14%) Magento
4 8 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.12%) Sage 200
6 6 (0.11%) Shopify
7 5 (0.088%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.088%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.071%) Maximo
8 4 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.053%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.053%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.035%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.035%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.035%) SAP WM
10 2 (0.035%) Teamcenter
11 1 (0.018%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2,825 (49.91%) Azure
2 961 (16.98%) Entra ID
3 457 (8.07%) Power Platform
4 414 (7.31%) AWS
5 393 (6.94%) OneDrive
6 224 (3.96%) PowerApps
7 197 (3.48%) Power Automate
7 197 (3.48%) SaaS
8 156 (2.76%) GCP
9 124 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
10 120 (2.12%) IaaS
11 104 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
12 102 (1.80%) PaaS
13 93 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
14 79 (1.40%) Google Workspace
15 70 (1.24%) Mimecast
16 69 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
17 53 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
18 44 (0.78%) WhatsApp
19 35 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1,094 (19.33%) Firewall
2 784 (13.85%) DNS
3 589 (10.41%) DHCP
4 555 (9.81%) WAN
5 511 (9.03%) LAN
6 418 (7.39%) VPN
7 390 (6.89%) Wi-Fi
8 373 (6.59%) TCP/IP
9 274 (4.84%) VLAN
10 271 (4.79%) Wireless
11 264 (4.66%) SAN
12 246 (4.35%) VoIP
13 147 (2.60%) Internet
14 144 (2.54%) Remote Desktop
15 121 (2.14%) Network Security
16 105 (1.86%) SD-WAN
17 92 (1.63%) NAS
18 78 (1.38%) WLAN
19 75 (1.33%) Intranet
20 74 (1.31%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (4.95%) SQL Server
2 240 (4.24%) Power BI
3 96 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
4 52 (0.92%) MySQL
5 31 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 27 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.27%) Data Lake
9 15 (0.27%) GIS
9 15 (0.27%) Relational Database
10 14 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
11 13 (0.23%) MariaDB
12 12 (0.21%) Metadata
13 11 (0.19%) EDMS
14 8 (0.14%) Power Query
15 7 (0.12%) Ingres
16 6 (0.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 5 (0.088%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 90 (1.59%) JIRA
2 37 (0.65%) Git
3 10 (0.18%) gulp
3 10 (0.18%) Yeoman
4 7 (0.12%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.088%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.088%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.071%) Hudson
6 4 (0.071%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.053%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.053%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.035%) GitLab
9 1 (0.018%) MSI
9 1 (0.018%) Postman
General
1 1,884 (33.29%) Social Skills
2 558 (9.86%) Finance
3 379 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
4 265 (4.68%) Manufacturing
5 240 (4.24%) Law
6 213 (3.76%) Retail
7 206 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
8 182 (3.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 172 (3.04%) Telecoms
10 167 (2.95%) Legal
11 157 (2.77%) Public Sector
12 141 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
13 110 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
14 104 (1.84%) Marketing
15 62 (1.10%) Local Government
16 59 (1.04%) Fire and Rescue
17 58 (1.02%) Games
18 44 (0.78%) Advertising
19 42 (0.74%) Automotive
20 33 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,223 (21.61%) IT Support
2 971 (17.16%) Support Engineer
3 824 (14.56%) IT Engineer
4 768 (13.57%) Analyst
5 611 (10.80%) IT Support Engineer
6 557 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 491 (8.67%) IT Technician
8 391 (6.91%) 2nd Line Support
9 362 (6.40%) Support Technician
10 358 (6.33%) Senior
11 303 (5.35%) IT Manager
12 299 (5.28%) IT Support Technician
13 274 (4.84%) Support Analyst
14 271 (4.79%) IT Analyst
15 265 (4.68%) Lead
16 256 (4.52%) 1st Line Support
17 244 (4.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 242 (4.28%) Service Analyst
19 228 (4.03%) Service Desk Analyst
20 227 (4.01%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (2.12%) .NET
2 53 (0.94%) HTML
3 47 (0.83%) SPFx
4 36 (0.64%) ARM Templates
4 36 (0.64%) CSS
5 23 (0.41%) JSON
6 21 (0.37%) Microsoft Graph
7 17 (0.30%) React
8 16 (0.28%) OLE
9 14 (0.25%) ASP.NET
9 14 (0.25%) EDI
9 14 (0.25%) RESTful
9 14 (0.25%) SAML
10 12 (0.21%) .NET Framework
10 12 (0.21%) REST
11 11 (0.19%) HTML5 Canvas
12 10 (0.18%) .NET Core
12 10 (0.18%) LDAP
12 10 (0.18%) Node.js
13 9 (0.16%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 374 (6.61%) Driving Licence
2 255 (4.51%) Data Centre
3 247 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
4 183 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 169 (2.99%) Public Cloud
6 117 (2.07%) Onboarding
7 105 (1.86%) PKI
7 105 (1.86%) Replication
8 66 (1.17%) Smartphone
9 61 (1.08%) CCTV
10 58 (1.02%) Clustering
11 53 (0.94%) Product Ownership
12 46 (0.81%) iPad
12 46 (0.81%) Private Cloud
13 38 (0.67%) iPhone
14 37 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
14 37 (0.65%) Low-Code
14 37 (0.65%) NHS
14 37 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
15 36 (0.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3,071 (54.26%) Windows
2 1,650 (29.15%) Windows Server
3 926 (16.36%) Windows 10
4 311 (5.49%) Linux
5 299 (5.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 280 (4.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 227 (4.01%) Android
8 205 (3.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 188 (3.32%) Apple iOS
10 163 (2.88%) Mac OS
11 156 (2.76%) Windows 7
12 101 (1.78%) Windows 8
13 69 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 41 (0.72%) CentOS
14 41 (0.72%) Ubuntu
15 36 (0.64%) Mac OS X
16 33 (0.58%) VMS
17 26 (0.46%) Unix
18 19 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
19 15 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,214 (21.45%) Customer Service
2 1,136 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
3 1,034 (18.27%) ITIL
4 776 (13.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 602 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
6 426 (7.53%) Project Management
7 378 (6.68%) Migration
8 368 (6.50%) Agile
9 339 (5.99%) Service Delivery
10 305 (5.39%) Mentoring
11 304 (5.37%) Service Management
12 280 (4.95%) Project Delivery
13 244 (4.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 243 (4.29%) Business Intelligence
14 243 (4.29%) DevOps
14 243 (4.29%) ITSM
15 240 (4.24%) Disaster Recovery
16 222 (3.92%) Roadmaps
17 211 (3.73%) Presales
18 200 (3.53%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 514 (9.08%) SQL
2 498 (8.80%) PowerShell
3 80 (1.41%) C#
4 69 (1.22%) Python
5 51 (0.90%) Bash
5 51 (0.90%) JavaScript
6 34 (0.60%) Java
7 32 (0.57%) VB
8 24 (0.42%) Bicep
9 23 (0.41%) TypeScript
10 21 (0.37%) R
10 21 (0.37%) VBScript
11 16 (0.28%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.11%) PHP
13 5 (0.088%) Formula Language
13 5 (0.088%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.088%) Perl
13 5 (0.088%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.071%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.071%) VBA
Qualifications
1 768 (13.57%) Degree
2 406 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 216 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 174 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
5 162 (2.86%) DBS Check
5 162 (2.86%) SC Cleared
6 146 (2.58%) CCNA
7 135 (2.39%) Azure Certification
8 124 (2.19%) MCP
9 107 (1.89%) MCSE
10 101 (1.78%) A+ Certification
11 75 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
12 67 (1.18%) CISSP
12 67 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 64 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
14 61 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
15 60 (1.06%) MCSA
16 55 (0.97%) PMI Certification
17 51 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
18 45 (0.80%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 399 (7.05%) SLA
2 240 (4.24%) GDPR
3 175 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 160 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 66 (1.17%) NIST
6 61 (1.08%) QA
7 30 (0.53%) PMO
8 28 (0.49%) Accessibility
9 26 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 26 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 19 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 15 (0.27%) GRC
11 15 (0.27%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.21%) Data Quality
13 10 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.12%) NCSC
15 6 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.11%) COBIT
15 6 (0.11%) ISO 14001
15 6 (0.11%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2,779 (49.10%) Active Directory
2 806 (14.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 793 (14.01%) Hyper-V
4 135 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 134 (2.37%) vSphere
6 127 (2.24%) VMware ESXi
7 105 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
8 83 (1.47%) XenApp
9 72 (1.27%) XenDesktop
10 42 (0.74%) VirtualBox
11 38 (0.67%) Terminal Services
11 38 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
12 27 (0.48%) Docker
13 17 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 16 (0.28%) VMware Server
15 13 (0.23%) Firmware
16 10 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
17 7 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 6 (0.11%) NFS
18 6 (0.11%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 960 (16.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 298 (5.27%) SCCM
3 78 (1.38%) Kubernetes
4 75 (1.33%) Terraform
5 71 (1.25%) vCenter Server
6 65 (1.15%) WSUS
7 62 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 47 (0.83%) SCOM
9 39 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
10 35 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
11 32 (0.57%) FortiGate
12 28 (0.49%) CASB
13 27 (0.48%) Nagios
13 27 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
14 26 (0.46%) Autotask
15 24 (0.42%) Ansible
16 22 (0.39%) ZABBIX
17 19 (0.34%) SmoothWall
18 18 (0.32%) AirWatch
19 13 (0.23%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3,949 (69.77%) Microsoft
2 1,272 (22.47%) VMware
3 430 (7.60%) Cisco
4 392 (6.93%) Citrix
5 328 (5.80%) Veeam
6 227 (4.01%) Google
7 226 (3.99%) Apple
8 156 (2.76%) HP
9 155 (2.74%) Meraki
10 145 (2.56%) Sophos
11 141 (2.49%) Dell
12 130 (2.30%) ServiceNow
13 109 (1.93%) Fortinet
14 91 (1.61%) Aruba
15 64 (1.13%) Adobe
16 58 (1.02%) SAP
17 52 (0.92%) SolarWinds
18 51 (0.90%) WatchGuard
19 50 (0.88%) Draytek
20 49 (0.87%) Salesforce