Microsoft 365 Jobs

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 34 71
Rank change year-on-year +7 +37 -27
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 7,506 6,331 8,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.92% 6.80% 4.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.59% 15.79% 10.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6,291 5,243 6,901
10th Percentile £24,750 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,875 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £59,323 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,274 £37,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.78% -5.26%

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 36,452 40,083 83,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.61% 43.06% 48.60%
Number of salaries quoted 27,130 27,066 41,503
10th Percentile £30,140 £34,182 £33,916
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +2.40% +6.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £102,500 £98,750
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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +11 6,866 £38,500 -4.94% 1,370
UK excluding London +9 5,731 £36,274 -1.96% 1,148
Work from Home +19 2,449 £45,500 -4.56% 557
London +8 1,553 £52,500 +0.96% 281
South East +9 1,472 £37,500 -6.25% 274
North of England +15 1,413 £37,500 -2.60% 297
Midlands +13 1,065 £35,000 -4.11% 223
South West +14 687 £37,500 +7.14% 168
North West +10 672 £40,000 -5.88% 154
West Midlands +13 643 £37,500 -5.40% 126
East of England +11 626 £32,500 -5.80% 104
Yorkshire +31 567 £35,000 +1.45% 115
East Midlands +27 416 £33,500 +3.08% 97
Scotland -31 271 £36,500 -2.67% 75
North East +15 174 £35,000 -2.78% 32
Wales +12 120 £28,290 -16.79% 25
Northern Ireland +19 55 £35,000 -17.65% 13
Isle of Man +3 20 £37,000 -48.97% 3
Channel Islands +1 4 £85,000 -5.56%

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 1,670 (22.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1,639 (21.84%) SharePoint
3 74 (0.99%) IIS
4 66 (0.88%) Confluence
5 43 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
5 43 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2013
6 39 (0.52%) Skype for Business
7 35 (0.47%) WordPress
8 26 (0.35%) CMS
9 20 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
10 19 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
11 16 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
12 8 (0.11%) SAS
13 7 (0.093%) SharePoint Server
14 6 (0.080%) Exchange Server 2000
15 5 (0.067%) OpenStack
16 4 (0.053%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.053%) Jupyter
17 3 (0.040%) Apache
17 3 (0.040%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 1,108 (14.76%) Microsoft Office
2 292 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 118 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
4 36 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.12%) Trello
7 8 (0.11%) InfoPath
8 7 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.093%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.080%) InVision
9 6 (0.080%) LightWave 3D
9 6 (0.080%) Sketch
10 4 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.053%) InDesign
11 3 (0.040%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.040%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.040%) SOLIDWORKS
11 3 (0.040%) SPSS
12 2 (0.027%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 97 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 19 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 16 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 8 (0.11%) Magento
5 8 (0.11%) NEC Housing
6 7 (0.093%) Elite 3E
6 7 (0.093%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.093%) Sage 200
7 6 (0.080%) Epicor Tropos
7 6 (0.080%) Shopify
8 5 (0.067%) Sage X3
9 4 (0.053%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.053%) SAP Business One
9 4 (0.053%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.053%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (0.040%) Eikon
10 3 (0.040%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.040%) Maximo
10 3 (0.040%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 3,823 (50.93%) Azure
2 1,301 (17.33%) Entra ID
3 681 (9.07%) Power Platform
4 559 (7.45%) AWS
5 511 (6.81%) OneDrive
6 357 (4.76%) PowerApps
7 322 (4.29%) Power Automate
8 318 (4.24%) SaaS
9 243 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
10 209 (2.78%) GCP
11 198 (2.64%) IaaS
12 176 (2.34%) PaaS
13 140 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
14 131 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
15 125 (1.67%) Mimecast
16 121 (1.61%) Google Workspace
17 115 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
18 93 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
19 79 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
20 74 (0.99%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,383 (18.43%) Firewall
2 966 (12.87%) DNS
3 757 (10.09%) WAN
4 717 (9.55%) DHCP
5 671 (8.94%) LAN
6 518 (6.90%) VPN
7 509 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
8 441 (5.88%) TCP/IP
9 390 (5.20%) Wireless
10 336 (4.48%) VLAN
11 312 (4.16%) SAN
12 279 (3.72%) VoIP
13 185 (2.46%) SD-WAN
14 184 (2.45%) Internet
15 182 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
16 159 (2.12%) Network Security
17 125 (1.67%) NAS
18 105 (1.40%) Cisco IOS
19 94 (1.25%) Intranet
20 85 (1.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 389 (5.18%) SQL Server
2 381 (5.08%) Power BI
3 98 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
4 59 (0.79%) MySQL
5 55 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 53 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 30 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
9 28 (0.37%) Relational Database
10 27 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (0.23%) Data Lake
11 17 (0.23%) Metadata
12 14 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
12 14 (0.19%) GIS
13 13 (0.17%) MariaDB
14 11 (0.15%) EDMS
14 11 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 9 (0.12%) Power Query
16 8 (0.11%) SAP HANA
17 7 (0.093%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 121 (1.61%) JIRA
2 50 (0.67%) Git
3 19 (0.25%) Visual Studio
4 18 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.13%) gulp
5 10 (0.13%) Yeoman
6 6 (0.080%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.067%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.067%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.053%) Hudson
8 4 (0.053%) MSI
9 2 (0.027%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.027%) GitLab
9 2 (0.027%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.027%) Subversion
9 2 (0.027%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.013%) Dreamweaver
10 1 (0.013%) Vagrant
General
1 2,468 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 944 (12.58%) Finance
3 577 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 372 (4.96%) Law
5 288 (3.84%) Manufacturing
6 277 (3.69%) Legal
7 266 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 255 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
9 253 (3.37%) Retail
10 229 (3.05%) Public Sector
11 210 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 172 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
13 146 (1.95%) Marketing
14 140 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
15 77 (1.03%) Local Government
16 76 (1.01%) Games
17 74 (0.99%) Automotive
18 69 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
19 64 (0.85%) Banking
20 59 (0.79%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,544 (20.57%) IT Support
2 1,163 (15.49%) Support Engineer
3 1,056 (14.07%) Analyst
4 963 (12.83%) IT Engineer
5 698 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 697 (9.29%) IT Support Engineer
7 619 (8.25%) Senior
8 556 (7.41%) IT Technician
9 489 (6.51%) 2nd Line Support
10 420 (5.60%) IT Analyst
11 403 (5.37%) Support Technician
12 393 (5.24%) Lead
13 388 (5.17%) Support Analyst
14 384 (5.12%) IT Manager
15 356 (4.74%) Architect
16 331 (4.41%) IT Support Technician
17 320 (4.26%) Developer
18 315 (4.20%) Service Analyst
19 312 (4.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
20 296 (3.94%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (2.38%) .NET
2 72 (0.96%) HTML
3 68 (0.91%) SPFx
4 52 (0.69%) CSS
5 46 (0.61%) ARM Templates
6 31 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
7 27 (0.36%) React
8 26 (0.35%) JSON
9 22 (0.29%) HTML5 Canvas
10 21 (0.28%) RESTful
10 21 (0.28%) Web Services
11 20 (0.27%) EDI
12 17 (0.23%) ASP.NET
12 17 (0.23%) SAML
13 16 (0.21%) OLE
14 15 (0.20%) .NET Core
14 15 (0.20%) OAuth
15 14 (0.19%) 802.1X
15 14 (0.19%) REST
16 12 (0.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 388 (5.17%) Driving Licence
2 335 (4.46%) Data Centre
3 305 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
4 244 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 220 (2.93%) Public Cloud
6 171 (2.28%) Onboarding
7 161 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
8 140 (1.87%) PKI
9 132 (1.76%) Replication
10 88 (1.17%) Smartphone
11 80 (1.07%) Clustering
12 72 (0.96%) iPad
13 71 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
14 69 (0.92%) CCTV
15 63 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
15 63 (0.84%) iPhone
16 61 (0.81%) Wiki
17 58 (0.77%) Product Ownership
18 54 (0.72%) Cyberattack
19 53 (0.71%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3,986 (53.10%) Windows
2 1,966 (26.19%) Windows Server
3 1,285 (17.12%) Windows 10
4 387 (5.16%) Linux
5 350 (4.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 345 (4.60%) Android
7 333 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 251 (3.34%) Apple iOS
8 251 (3.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 235 (3.13%) Mac OS
10 185 (2.46%) Windows 7
11 95 (1.27%) Windows 8
12 84 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
13 61 (0.81%) Mac OS X
14 60 (0.80%) Ubuntu
15 42 (0.56%) CentOS
16 41 (0.55%) VMS
17 26 (0.35%) Unix
18 24 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
19 20 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,519 (20.24%) Customer Service
2 1,483 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
3 1,330 (17.72%) ITIL
4 950 (12.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 845 (11.26%) Cybersecurity
6 554 (7.38%) Project Management
7 487 (6.49%) Service Delivery
8 486 (6.47%) Migration
9 470 (6.26%) Agile
10 392 (5.22%) Service Management
11 391 (5.21%) Business Intelligence
12 389 (5.18%) Mentoring
13 362 (4.82%) ITSM
14 351 (4.68%) Continuous Improvement
15 346 (4.61%) Project Delivery
16 327 (4.36%) DevOps
17 315 (4.20%) Information Security
18 313 (4.17%) Roadmaps
19 303 (4.04%) Disaster Recovery
20 302 (4.02%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 770 (10.26%) PowerShell
2 633 (8.43%) SQL
3 154 (2.05%) C#
4 108 (1.44%) Python
5 92 (1.23%) Bash
6 81 (1.08%) JavaScript
7 40 (0.53%) T-SQL
8 36 (0.48%) Java
9 35 (0.47%) VB
10 33 (0.44%) Bicep
11 30 (0.40%) TypeScript
12 22 (0.29%) VBScript
13 21 (0.28%) R
14 13 (0.17%) PHP
15 10 (0.13%) Perl
16 9 (0.12%) VBA
17 7 (0.093%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.067%) Formula Language
18 5 (0.067%) MATLAB
18 5 (0.067%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,123 (14.96%) Degree
2 543 (7.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 299 (3.98%) Security Cleared
4 211 (2.81%) Azure Certification
5 207 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
6 206 (2.74%) DBS Check
7 205 (2.73%) SC Cleared
8 180 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 162 (2.16%) CCNA
10 143 (1.91%) MCSE
11 139 (1.85%) MCP
12 135 (1.80%) CISSP
13 120 (1.60%) A+ Certification
14 108 (1.44%) Master's Degree
15 107 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
16 96 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 77 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
18 71 (0.95%) MCSA
19 68 (0.91%) PMI Certification
20 53 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 511 (6.81%) SLA
2 289 (3.85%) GDPR
3 251 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 248 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 84 (1.12%) NIST
6 69 (0.92%) QA
7 49 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 43 (0.57%) Accessibility
8 43 (0.57%) PCI DSS
9 34 (0.45%) GRC
10 33 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 32 (0.43%) PMO
12 28 (0.37%) Data Quality
13 19 (0.25%) ISO 9001
13 19 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 18 (0.24%) COBIT
15 17 (0.23%) SOC 2
16 11 (0.15%) NCSC
17 6 (0.080%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.080%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 3,629 (48.35%) Active Directory
2 991 (13.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 881 (11.74%) Hyper-V
4 232 (3.09%) VMware ESXi
5 175 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 175 (2.33%) vSphere
6 155 (2.07%) XenApp
7 138 (1.84%) XenDesktop
8 129 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
9 64 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
10 58 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
11 53 (0.71%) Terminal Services
12 39 (0.52%) VirtualBox
13 32 (0.43%) Docker
14 21 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 18 (0.24%) Firmware
16 15 (0.20%) VMware Server
17 11 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
18 8 (0.11%) vCloud
18 8 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1,289 (17.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 478 (6.37%) SCCM
3 106 (1.41%) Terraform
4 101 (1.35%) vCenter Server
5 93 (1.24%) WSUS
6 83 (1.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 81 (1.08%) Kubernetes
8 77 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
9 74 (0.99%) AirWatch
10 72 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
11 52 (0.69%) SCOM
12 45 (0.60%) Ansible
13 39 (0.52%) FortiGate
14 37 (0.49%) CASB
15 36 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
16 30 (0.40%) Microsoft Clustering
17 29 (0.39%) Autotask
18 27 (0.36%) Nagios
19 22 (0.29%) Backup Exec
19 22 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 5,366 (71.49%) Microsoft
2 1,547 (20.61%) VMware
3 631 (8.41%) Cisco
4 539 (7.18%) Citrix
5 377 (5.02%) Veeam
6 326 (4.34%) Apple
7 307 (4.09%) Google
8 213 (2.84%) ServiceNow
9 199 (2.65%) HP
10 197 (2.62%) Meraki
11 187 (2.49%) Dell
12 158 (2.10%) Sophos
13 130 (1.73%) Fortinet
14 104 (1.39%) Aruba
15 92 (1.23%) iManage
16 89 (1.19%) Adobe
17 81 (1.08%) SAP
18 59 (0.79%) Palo Alto
19 56 (0.75%) SolarWinds
20 55 (0.73%) WatchGuard