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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 36 43
Rank change year-on-year +12 +7 -13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 646 595 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.66% 7.47% 7.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.48% 17.30% 16.75%
Number of salaries quoted 568 477 540
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £29,285 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +13.70% -8.75%
75th Percentile £49,063 £52,500 £48,875
90th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £39,750 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.05% -3.53% -

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 3,317 3,440 4,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.21% 43.20% 42.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,625 1,981 2,689
10th Percentile £29,100 £32,500 £31,250
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 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +19 313 £40,250 -5.29% 74
Cheshire +1 152 £37,500 - 40
Merseyside 0 85 £42,500 +11.84% 17
Lancashire +21 79 £32,000 -18.18% 25
Cumbria -13 16 £32,000 -28.89% 8
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
1 116 (17.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (14.71%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.17%) IIS
4 4 (0.62%) CMS
4 4 (0.62%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.46%) Confluence
6 2 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 64 (9.91%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.93%) 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 18 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.01%) Epicor Tropos
3 3 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.46%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.15%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.15%) Magento
5 1 (0.15%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.15%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 320 (49.54%) Azure
2 106 (16.41%) AWS
3 98 (15.17%) Entra ID
4 58 (8.98%) Power Platform
5 32 (4.95%) GCP
6 23 (3.56%) SaaS
7 20 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (3.10%) OneDrive
8 19 (2.94%) PowerApps
9 17 (2.63%) Power Automate
10 13 (2.01%) IaaS
11 12 (1.86%) PaaS
12 9 (1.39%) Google Workspace
13 8 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.93%) Amazon ELB
15 6 (0.93%) Amazon S3
15 6 (0.93%) GitHub
15 6 (0.93%) Twilio
16 5 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 116 (17.96%) DNS
2 89 (13.78%) DHCP
3 84 (13.00%) WAN
4 83 (12.85%) Firewall
5 70 (10.84%) LAN
6 41 (6.35%) VPN
7 35 (5.42%) Wi-Fi
8 34 (5.26%) TCP/IP
9 33 (5.11%) Internet
10 27 (4.18%) Wireless
11 25 (3.87%) SAN
11 25 (3.87%) SSL
11 25 (3.87%) VoIP
12 22 (3.41%) Remote Desktop
13 21 (3.25%) Network Security
14 20 (3.10%) SD-WAN
15 12 (1.86%) DKIM
15 12 (1.86%) DMARC
15 12 (1.86%) iSCSI
16 11 (1.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.19%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.41%) Power BI
3 12 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.62%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.62%) PowerPivot
7 3 (0.46%) MySQL
8 2 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (0.93%) Git
2 3 (0.46%) JIRA
3 1 (0.15%) MSI
General
1 192 (29.72%) Social Skills
2 62 (9.60%) Retail
3 59 (9.13%) Finance
4 55 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.04%) Law
5 39 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (4.33%) Legal
7 26 (4.02%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.10%) Public Sector
9 18 (2.79%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.24%) Billing
13 6 (0.93%) Banking
14 5 (0.77%) Games
14 5 (0.77%) Local Government
15 3 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.46%) Marketing
15 3 (0.46%) Police
16 2 (0.31%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 127 (19.66%) Analyst
2 103 (15.94%) IT Support
3 70 (10.84%) Support Engineer
4 68 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 66 (10.22%) IT Engineer
6 50 (7.74%) IT Support Engineer
7 47 (7.28%) Service Analyst
8 46 (7.12%) IT Manager
9 45 (6.97%) Service Desk Analyst
10 43 (6.66%) IT Analyst
11 37 (5.73%) 2nd Line Support
12 34 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
13 33 (5.11%) Lead
14 32 (4.95%) Senior
15 31 (4.80%) Support Analyst
16 29 (4.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 29 (4.49%) IT Technician
17 28 (4.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 28 (4.33%) Architect
18 27 (4.18%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.48%) OLE
2 6 (0.93%) LDAP
2 6 (0.93%) SPFx
3 5 (0.77%) .NET
4 4 (0.62%) ARM Templates
4 4 (0.62%) CSS
4 4 (0.62%) HTML
5 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.15%) Classic ASP
6 1 (0.15%) Laravel
6 1 (0.15%) MACH
6 1 (0.15%) SAML
6 1 (0.15%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.51%) Driving Licence
2 36 (5.57%) Smartphone
3 24 (3.72%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.41%) Data Centre
5 20 (3.10%) Public Cloud
6 19 (2.94%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.17%) PKI
8 12 (1.86%) PMI
8 12 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.70%) Blog
9 11 (1.70%) Cyberattack
10 10 (1.55%) EPoS
11 9 (1.39%) iPad
11 9 (1.39%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.24%) Replication
12 8 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
13 7 (1.08%) FMCG
14 6 (0.93%) CCTV
14 6 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 243 (37.62%) Windows
2 106 (16.41%) Windows Server
3 78 (12.07%) Windows 10
4 43 (6.66%) Linux
5 23 (3.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 23 (3.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (2.01%) Mac OS
8 10 (1.55%) Android
9 9 (1.39%) Windows Phone
10 8 (1.24%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.62%) Debian
11 4 (0.62%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.62%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.62%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.31%) Unix
12 2 (0.31%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (18.89%) ITIL
2 104 (16.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 101 (15.63%) Customer Service
4 78 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (11.46%) Disaster Recovery
6 71 (10.99%) Migration
7 67 (10.37%) Cybersecurity
8 64 (9.91%) Project Management
9 58 (8.98%) ITSM
10 55 (8.51%) ERP
11 54 (8.36%) Agile
12 48 (7.43%) Time Management
13 44 (6.81%) CRM
13 44 (6.81%) Service Management
14 36 (5.57%) Capacity Planning
14 36 (5.57%) Mentoring
14 36 (5.57%) Presales
15 33 (5.11%) Continuous Improvement
16 31 (4.80%) Roadmaps
17 30 (4.64%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 66 (10.22%) SQL
2 58 (8.98%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.48%) R
4 15 (2.32%) C#
5 8 (1.24%) Python
6 7 (1.08%) Bash
7 5 (0.77%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.62%) Bicep
9 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 73 (11.30%) Degree
2 63 (9.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (2.94%) CCNA
4 19 (2.94%) MCP
5 16 (2.48%) A+ Certification
6 15 (2.32%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.32%) DBS Check
6 15 (2.32%) Security Cleared
7 13 (2.01%) SC Cleared
8 12 (1.86%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.86%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.55%) CCNP
10 8 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (1.08%) CISSP
12 6 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 6 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.93%) MCSA
12 6 (0.93%) MCSE
13 5 (0.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.04%) SLA
2 27 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.94%) GDPR
4 13 (2.01%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.70%) NIST
7 7 (1.08%) GRC
8 6 (0.93%) QA
9 4 (0.62%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.62%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.46%) NCSC
11 2 (0.31%) PMO
12 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 354 (54.80%) Active Directory
2 81 (12.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (10.37%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.48%) Terminal Services
5 5 (0.77%) vSphere
6 4 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.62%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.46%) 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
1 104 (16.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 16 (2.48%) SCCM
4 15 (2.32%) Terraform
5 12 (1.86%) Opsgenie
5 12 (1.86%) VxRail
5 12 (1.86%) ZABBIX
6 10 (1.55%) CASB
7 9 (1.39%) AirWatch
8 6 (0.93%) WSUS
9 4 (0.62%) Autotask
9 4 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.46%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.46%) SELinux
10 3 (0.46%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.31%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.31%) Grafana
11 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 444 (68.73%) Microsoft
2 124 (19.20%) VMware
3 56 (8.67%) Citrix
4 49 (7.59%) Cisco
5 27 (4.18%) Apple
5 27 (4.18%) Veeam
6 23 (3.56%) Google
7 20 (3.10%) Fortinet
8 16 (2.48%) Adobe
8 16 (2.48%) Dell
8 16 (2.48%) NetApp
8 16 (2.48%) Sophos
9 14 (2.17%) ServiceNow
9 14 (2.17%) SolarWinds
10 13 (2.01%) Epicor
11 11 (1.70%) HP
11 11 (1.70%) Virgin Media
12 10 (1.55%) Meraki
12 10 (1.55%) SAP
13 8 (1.24%) iManage