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

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 50 80
Rank change year-on-year +20 +30 -18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,413 2,320 3,161
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.01% 5.85% 4.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.26% 12.07% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,006 2,002 2,603
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £33,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,828 £49,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.42% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £42,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.88% -0.59% -

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 14,841 19,216 39,015
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.10% 48.48% 53.36%
Number of salaries quoted 12,028 13,962 21,911
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £46,485
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% +7.76%

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 29 May 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
1 563 (23.33%) SharePoint
2 527 (21.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (1.45%) IIS
4 31 (1.28%) Confluence
5 12 (0.50%) 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%) Alfresco
12 1 (0.041%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.041%) FileNet
12 1 (0.041%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 250 (10.36%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.04%) MS Visio
4 24 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (0.75%) 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 41 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
3 10 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.25%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.083%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.083%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.083%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.083%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.083%) SAP WM
8 2 (0.083%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.041%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.041%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.041%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,442 (59.76%) Azure
2 457 (18.94%) Entra ID
3 269 (11.15%) Power Platform
4 250 (10.36%) AWS
5 173 (7.17%) PowerApps
6 159 (6.59%) SaaS
7 157 (6.51%) Power Automate
8 138 (5.72%) GCP
9 134 (5.55%) Dynamics 365
10 112 (4.64%) OneDrive
11 83 (3.44%) IaaS
12 71 (2.94%) PaaS
13 61 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
14 55 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
15 52 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
16 50 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
17 46 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
18 35 (1.45%) WhatsApp
19 34 (1.41%) Azure Storage
20 26 (1.08%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 407 (16.87%) Firewall
2 326 (13.51%) DNS
3 241 (9.99%) WAN
4 219 (9.08%) DHCP
5 200 (8.29%) LAN
6 157 (6.51%) Wi-Fi
7 134 (5.55%) VPN
8 132 (5.47%) TCP/IP
9 111 (4.60%) SAN
10 104 (4.31%) Wireless
11 94 (3.90%) VLAN
12 79 (3.27%) Internet
12 79 (3.27%) VoIP
13 75 (3.11%) Remote Desktop
14 64 (2.65%) Network Security
15 63 (2.61%) SD-WAN
16 40 (1.66%) NAS
17 38 (1.57%) Unified Communications
18 37 (1.53%) WLAN
19 36 (1.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (6.84%) Power BI
2 120 (4.97%) SQL Server
3 24 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
4 19 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (0.75%) MySQL
6 16 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (0.66%) Relational Database
7 15 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.29%) Power Query
10 6 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.21%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.21%) EDMS
12 4 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.17%) GIS
12 4 (0.17%) Metadata
13 3 (0.12%) Big Data
13 3 (0.12%) EDRMS
13 3 (0.12%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 62 (2.57%) JIRA
2 29 (1.20%) 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%) 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
1 737 (30.54%) Social Skills
2 330 (13.68%) Finance
3 148 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (5.22%) Law
5 124 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
6 104 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 102 (4.23%) Public Sector
8 97 (4.02%) Legal
9 75 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
10 71 (2.94%) Retail
11 50 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
12 44 (1.82%) Fire and Rescue
13 41 (1.70%) Marketing
14 35 (1.45%) Telecoms
15 33 (1.37%) Banking
15 33 (1.37%) Manufacturing
16 27 (1.12%) Games
17 23 (0.95%) Advertising
18 18 (0.75%) Local Government
19 13 (0.54%) French Language
Job Titles
1 360 (14.92%) IT Support
2 307 (12.72%) Analyst
3 267 (11.07%) Support Engineer
4 249 (10.32%) IT Engineer
5 239 (9.90%) Senior
6 229 (9.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 210 (8.70%) Developer
8 171 (7.09%) Architect
9 162 (6.71%) IT Support Engineer
10 156 (6.46%) Lead
11 135 (5.59%) IT Technician
12 132 (5.47%) IT Analyst
13 125 (5.18%) Support Technician
14 121 (5.01%) Consultant
15 112 (4.64%) 3rd Line Support
16 106 (4.39%) IT Support Technician
17 100 (4.14%) Cloud Architect
17 100 (4.14%) IT Manager
18 91 (3.77%) Support Analyst
19 83 (3.44%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (3.03%) .NET
2 64 (2.65%) SPFx
3 38 (1.57%) ARM Templates
4 28 (1.16%) HTML
4 28 (1.16%) Microsoft Graph
5 27 (1.12%) CSS
6 22 (0.91%) React
7 18 (0.75%) 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%) ASP.NET
12 6 (0.25%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (0.25%) LDAP
13 4 (0.17%) ASP.NET Web API
13 4 (0.17%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 148 (6.13%) Public Cloud
2 133 (5.51%) Data Centre
3 115 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
4 114 (4.72%) PKI
5 104 (4.31%) Management Information System
6 67 (2.78%) Driving Licence
7 64 (2.65%) Onboarding
8 43 (1.78%) Cyberattack
9 42 (1.74%) Private Cloud
10 38 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
12 31 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
13 30 (1.24%) Virtual Team
14 29 (1.20%) Clustering
14 29 (1.20%) Replication
15 25 (1.04%) Low-Code
15 25 (1.04%) Product Ownership
16 23 (0.95%) iPad
17 20 (0.83%) Cloud Native
17 20 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1,093 (45.30%) Windows
2 588 (24.37%) Windows Server
3 379 (15.71%) Windows 10
4 124 (5.14%) Linux
5 123 (5.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 111 (4.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 92 (3.81%) Android
8 86 (3.56%) Apple iOS
9 73 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
10 70 (2.90%) Windows 7
11 48 (1.99%) Mac OS
12 46 (1.91%) Windows 8
13 25 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
14 17 (0.70%) Unix
15 11 (0.46%) Mac OS X
15 11 (0.46%) Ubuntu
16 9 (0.37%) Windows XP
17 8 (0.33%) CentOS
18 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
19 5 (0.21%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (16.99%) Customer Service
2 407 (16.87%) ITIL
3 343 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
4 324 (13.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 312 (12.93%) Cybersecurity
6 262 (10.86%) Project Management
7 255 (10.57%) Agile
8 218 (9.03%) Migration
9 171 (7.09%) DevOps
10 169 (7.00%) Presales
11 156 (6.46%) Business Intelligence
12 153 (6.34%) Service Delivery
13 146 (6.05%) Service Management
14 145 (6.01%) Information Security
14 145 (6.01%) Roadmaps
15 144 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
16 138 (5.72%) Project Delivery
17 134 (5.55%) Mentoring
18 122 (5.06%) Configuration Management
19 112 (4.64%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 287 (11.89%) PowerShell
2 197 (8.16%) SQL
3 94 (3.90%) C#
4 39 (1.62%) Bash
5 35 (1.45%) 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
12 4 (0.17%) VBA
13 3 (0.12%) AWK
13 3 (0.12%) sed
14 1 (0.041%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.041%) X++
Qualifications
1 350 (14.50%) Degree
2 161 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 105 (4.35%) Security Cleared
4 89 (3.69%) Azure Certification
5 74 (3.07%) SC Cleared
6 68 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (2.15%) CCNA
8 47 (1.95%) MCP
9 42 (1.74%) PMI Certification
10 39 (1.62%) CISSP
11 38 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 36 (1.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 36 (1.49%) MCSE
13 31 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
14 28 (1.16%) CEH
14 28 (1.16%) DBS Check
15 25 (1.04%) PMP
16 21 (0.87%) CCNP
17 20 (0.83%) DV Cleared
18 18 (0.75%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (5.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (4.19%) SLA
3 90 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 52 (2.15%) GDPR
5 36 (1.49%) 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
12 11 (0.46%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 9 (0.37%) PMO
14 8 (0.33%) NCSC
15 7 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
17 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.083%) GLP
18 2 (0.083%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1,033 (42.81%) Active Directory
2 357 (14.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 245 (10.15%) Hyper-V
4 114 (4.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 72 (2.98%) VMware ESXi
6 56 (2.32%) vSphere
7 54 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
8 41 (1.70%) XenDesktop
9 40 (1.66%) XenApp
10 28 (1.16%) VirtualBox
11 22 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
12 20 (0.83%) Docker
13 13 (0.54%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.37%) VMware Server
15 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 6 (0.25%) NFS
17 4 (0.17%) Firmware
18 3 (0.12%) DFS Replication
18 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
18 3 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 473 (19.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 141 (5.84%) 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 41 (1.70%) vCenter Server
8 34 (1.41%) Kubernetes
9 33 (1.37%) SCOM
10 31 (1.28%) CASB
11 24 (0.99%) 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%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 1,719 (71.24%) Microsoft
2 528 (21.88%) VMware
3 210 (8.70%) Cisco
4 143 (5.93%) Citrix
5 127 (5.26%) Google
6 95 (3.94%) Apple
7 90 (3.73%) Meraki
8 87 (3.61%) ServiceNow
9 85 (3.52%) Veeam
10 74 (3.07%) HP
11 70 (2.90%) Fortinet
12 64 (2.65%) Dell
13 53 (2.20%) Adobe
14 44 (1.82%) iManage
15 40 (1.66%) Sophos
16 38 (1.57%) Commvault
17 36 (1.49%) Qualys
17 36 (1.49%) Salesforce
18 31 (1.28%) Aruba
19 29 (1.20%) EMC