Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 42 64
Rank change year-on-year +16 +22 -21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 7,475 6,483 8,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.55% 6.46% 5.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.17% 15.06% 11.01%
Number of salaries quoted 6,404 5,342 6,990
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £59,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,298 £36,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year -0.55% +2.82% -6.58%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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 requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,306 43,046 77,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.65% 42.90% 48.42%
Number of salaries quoted 26,662 28,295 41,613
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 14 May 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 14 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
England +18 6,840 £39,000 -4.88% 1,490
UK excluding London +16 5,647 £36,298 -0.55% 1,206
Work from Home +21 2,379 £45,000 -5.26% 587
London +12 1,603 £52,500 - 357
South East +13 1,480 £37,500 +1.35% 280
North of England +25 1,393 £37,500 -3.79% 301
Midlands +24 1,024 £35,000 -2.78% 228
South West +14 678 £37,500 +7.14% 173
North West +15 652 £40,000 -5.88% 159
West Midlands +22 625 £36,500 -8.75% 131
East of England +16 610 £32,500 -7.14% 144
Yorkshire +42 561 £35,000 - 111
East Midlands +34 392 £33,500 +4.69% 97
Scotland -35 275 £37,750 +0.67% 68
North East +24 180 £37,500 +5.63% 34
Wales +19 110 £28,290 -24.56% 29
Northern Ireland +32 55 £35,000 -16.67% 17
Isle of Man - 20 £37,000 - 2
Channel Islands -1 4 £85,000 +34.92%

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 1,722 (23.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1,634 (21.86%) SharePoint
3 71 (0.95%) IIS
4 68 (0.91%) Confluence
5 44 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
5 44 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
6 40 (0.54%) Skype for Business
7 33 (0.44%) WordPress
8 26 (0.35%) CMS
9 20 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
10 14 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
11 12 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
12 9 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
13 8 (0.11%) SAS
14 6 (0.080%) Exchange Server 2000
14 6 (0.080%) OpenStack
15 4 (0.054%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.054%) IBM Notes
15 4 (0.054%) Jupyter
16 3 (0.040%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1,124 (15.04%) Microsoft Office
2 293 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 111 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 42 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.12%) Trello
8 8 (0.11%) InfoPath
9 7 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 7 (0.094%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.080%) InVision
10 6 (0.080%) LightWave 3D
10 6 (0.080%) Sketch
11 4 (0.054%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.054%) InDesign
12 3 (0.040%) Chatbot
12 3 (0.040%) SPSS
13 2 (0.027%) 1Password
13 2 (0.027%) CATIA
13 2 (0.027%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 93 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 16 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 15 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
5 13 (0.17%) Epicor Tropos
6 11 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
7 8 (0.11%) Magento
8 7 (0.094%) Elite 3E
8 7 (0.094%) Maximo
8 7 (0.094%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.094%) Sage 200
9 6 (0.080%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.080%) Shopify
10 5 (0.067%) Sage X3
10 5 (0.067%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
11 4 (0.054%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.054%) SAP CX
12 3 (0.040%) Eikon
12 3 (0.040%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 3,796 (50.78%) Azure
2 1,263 (16.90%) Entra ID
3 709 (9.48%) Power Platform
4 561 (7.51%) AWS
5 502 (6.72%) OneDrive
6 355 (4.75%) PowerApps
7 320 (4.28%) Power Automate
8 310 (4.15%) SaaS
9 231 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
10 202 (2.70%) GCP
11 200 (2.68%) IaaS
12 183 (2.45%) PaaS
13 175 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
14 127 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
15 122 (1.63%) Mimecast
16 120 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
17 109 (1.46%) Google Workspace
18 85 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
19 84 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
20 83 (1.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,371 (18.34%) Firewall
2 983 (13.15%) DNS
3 785 (10.50%) WAN
4 722 (9.66%) DHCP
5 671 (8.98%) LAN
6 542 (7.25%) VPN
7 495 (6.62%) Wi-Fi
8 433 (5.79%) TCP/IP
9 414 (5.54%) Wireless
10 339 (4.54%) VLAN
11 315 (4.21%) SAN
12 288 (3.85%) VoIP
13 215 (2.88%) SD-WAN
14 187 (2.50%) Remote Desktop
15 175 (2.34%) Internet
16 159 (2.13%) Network Security
17 140 (1.87%) Cisco IOS
18 119 (1.59%) NAS
19 100 (1.34%) WebEx
20 95 (1.27%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 403 (5.39%) SQL Server
2 393 (5.26%) Power BI
3 96 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
4 58 (0.78%) MySQL
5 57 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 54 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 38 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
8 36 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
9 27 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 22 (0.29%) Relational Database
11 19 (0.25%) Metadata
12 18 (0.24%) GIS
13 17 (0.23%) Data Lake
14 14 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
14 14 (0.19%) MariaDB
15 11 (0.15%) EDMS
15 11 (0.15%) NoSQL
15 11 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 9 (0.12%) Power Query
17 7 (0.094%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 130 (1.74%) JIRA
2 49 (0.66%) Git
3 20 (0.27%) Visual Studio
4 18 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.13%) gulp
5 10 (0.13%) Yeoman
6 8 (0.11%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.094%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.067%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.067%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.054%) Hudson
9 4 (0.054%) MSI
9 4 (0.054%) Subversion
10 2 (0.027%) GitLab
11 1 (0.013%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.013%) Dreamweaver
11 1 (0.013%) MSBuild
11 1 (0.013%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.013%) Postman
11 1 (0.013%) Sourcetree
General
1 2,478 (33.15%) Social Skills
2 977 (13.07%) Finance
3 572 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
4 380 (5.08%) Law
5 285 (3.81%) Legal
6 276 (3.69%) Manufacturing
7 259 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 259 (3.46%) Retail
8 248 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
9 217 (2.90%) Public Sector
10 211 (2.82%) Telecoms
11 177 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
12 146 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
13 144 (1.93%) Marketing
14 83 (1.11%) Banking
15 74 (0.99%) Local Government
16 73 (0.98%) Games
17 69 (0.92%) Automotive
17 69 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
18 60 (0.80%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 1,552 (20.76%) IT Support
2 1,163 (15.56%) Support Engineer
3 1,079 (14.43%) Analyst
4 974 (13.03%) IT Engineer
5 699 (9.35%) IT Support Engineer
6 697 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 648 (8.67%) Senior
8 535 (7.16%) IT Technician
9 476 (6.37%) 2nd Line Support
10 419 (5.61%) IT Analyst
11 400 (5.35%) Lead
12 392 (5.24%) IT Manager
13 391 (5.23%) Support Analyst
14 389 (5.20%) Support Technician
15 356 (4.76%) Architect
16 321 (4.29%) IT Support Technician
17 311 (4.16%) Service Analyst
18 309 (4.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 298 (3.99%) 1st Line Support
20 292 (3.91%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (2.62%) .NET
2 70 (0.94%) HTML
3 69 (0.92%) SPFx
4 52 (0.70%) ARM Templates
4 52 (0.70%) CSS
5 40 (0.54%) JSON
6 31 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
7 27 (0.36%) React
8 25 (0.33%) ASP.NET
9 22 (0.29%) HTML5 Canvas
10 20 (0.27%) EDI
11 19 (0.25%) RESTful
12 18 (0.24%) REST
12 18 (0.24%) Web Services
13 17 (0.23%) .NET Framework
14 16 (0.21%) ASP.NET MVC
14 16 (0.21%) OLE
14 16 (0.21%) SAML
15 14 (0.19%) OAuth
16 13 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 390 (5.22%) Driving Licence
2 345 (4.62%) Data Centre
3 298 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
4 260 (3.48%) Management Information System
5 222 (2.97%) Public Cloud
6 206 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
7 174 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 138 (1.85%) PKI
9 131 (1.75%) Replication
10 95 (1.27%) Wiki
11 84 (1.12%) Smartphone
12 78 (1.04%) Clustering
13 76 (1.02%) iPad
14 73 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
14 73 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
15 69 (0.92%) CCTV
16 64 (0.86%) Product Ownership
17 61 (0.82%) iPhone
18 56 (0.75%) Cyberattack
18 56 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4,029 (53.90%) Windows
2 1,983 (26.53%) Windows Server
3 1,330 (17.79%) Windows 10
4 371 (4.96%) Android
5 367 (4.91%) Linux
6 346 (4.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 318 (4.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 257 (3.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 255 (3.41%) Apple iOS
10 235 (3.14%) Mac OS
11 191 (2.56%) Windows 7
12 109 (1.46%) Windows 8
13 83 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
14 62 (0.83%) Mac OS X
15 61 (0.82%) Ubuntu
16 43 (0.58%) CentOS
17 41 (0.55%) VMS
18 30 (0.40%) Unix
19 27 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
20 21 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,460 (19.53%) Customer Service
2 1,458 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
3 1,343 (17.97%) ITIL
4 949 (12.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 845 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
6 564 (7.55%) Project Management
7 500 (6.69%) Agile
8 487 (6.52%) Migration
9 476 (6.37%) Service Delivery
10 404 (5.40%) Mentoring
11 395 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
12 389 (5.20%) Service Management
13 372 (4.98%) ITSM
14 360 (4.82%) Project Delivery
15 355 (4.75%) DevOps
16 350 (4.68%) Continuous Improvement
17 332 (4.44%) Roadmaps
18 329 (4.40%) Information Security
19 307 (4.11%) Disaster Recovery
20 301 (4.03%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 791 (10.58%) PowerShell
2 657 (8.79%) SQL
3 153 (2.05%) C#
4 102 (1.36%) Python
5 90 (1.20%) Bash
6 83 (1.11%) JavaScript
7 42 (0.56%) T-SQL
8 37 (0.49%) TypeScript
9 36 (0.48%) Java
10 30 (0.40%) VB
11 28 (0.37%) Bicep
12 21 (0.28%) R
13 18 (0.24%) VBScript
14 10 (0.13%) PHP
15 9 (0.12%) Perl
15 9 (0.12%) VBA
16 7 (0.094%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.067%) Formula Language
17 5 (0.067%) MATLAB
17 5 (0.067%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,149 (15.37%) Degree
2 529 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 275 (3.68%) Security Cleared
4 217 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
5 207 (2.77%) Azure Certification
6 200 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 195 (2.61%) SC Cleared
8 187 (2.50%) DBS Check
9 165 (2.21%) CCNA
10 143 (1.91%) CISSP
10 143 (1.91%) Master's Degree
11 141 (1.89%) MCSE
12 134 (1.79%) MCP
13 119 (1.59%) A+ Certification
14 114 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
15 94 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 82 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
17 80 (1.07%) MCSA
18 72 (0.96%) PMI Certification
19 55 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 519 (6.94%) SLA
2 282 (3.77%) GDPR
3 252 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 239 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 96 (1.28%) NIST
6 70 (0.94%) QA
7 47 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 46 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 35 (0.47%) Accessibility
9 35 (0.47%) GRC
10 33 (0.44%) PMO
11 32 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 29 (0.39%) Data Quality
13 21 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 19 (0.25%) ISO 9001
15 18 (0.24%) COBIT
15 18 (0.24%) SOC 2
16 15 (0.20%) NCSC
17 6 (0.080%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.080%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 3,661 (48.98%) Active Directory
2 1,003 (13.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 883 (11.81%) Hyper-V
4 270 (3.61%) VMware ESXi
5 183 (2.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 182 (2.43%) XenApp
7 173 (2.31%) vSphere
8 164 (2.19%) XenDesktop
9 123 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
10 93 (1.24%) Microsoft App-V
11 58 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
12 50 (0.67%) Terminal Services
13 43 (0.58%) VirtualBox
14 29 (0.39%) Docker
15 20 (0.27%) Firmware
16 17 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 17 (0.23%) VMware Server
17 12 (0.16%) vCloud
18 10 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
19 8 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 1,290 (17.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 512 (6.85%) SCCM
3 110 (1.47%) Terraform
4 108 (1.44%) AirWatch
5 97 (1.30%) vCenter Server
6 86 (1.15%) WSUS
7 78 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
8 77 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 74 (0.99%) Kubernetes
10 69 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
11 46 (0.62%) SCOM
12 45 (0.60%) FortiGate
13 42 (0.56%) Ansible
14 40 (0.54%) CASB
15 38 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
16 28 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
17 26 (0.35%) Autotask
17 26 (0.35%) Nagios
18 22 (0.29%) ZABBIX
19 21 (0.28%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 5,337 (71.40%) Microsoft
2 1,571 (21.02%) VMware
3 668 (8.94%) Cisco
4 577 (7.72%) Citrix
5 372 (4.98%) Veeam
6 333 (4.45%) Apple
7 298 (3.99%) Google
8 214 (2.86%) ServiceNow
9 198 (2.65%) Meraki
10 197 (2.64%) HP
11 173 (2.31%) Dell
12 155 (2.07%) Sophos
13 128 (1.71%) Fortinet
14 104 (1.39%) Aruba
15 96 (1.28%) iManage
16 82 (1.10%) Adobe
17 77 (1.03%) SAP
18 66 (0.88%) SolarWinds
19 62 (0.83%) Salesforce
20 60 (0.80%) Palo Alto