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

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 38 39
Rank change year-on-year +15 +1 -9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 5,659 4,046 4,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.03% 6.71% 6.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.16% 17.59% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,925 3,301 3,978
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £28,000 £26,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,298 £36,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +4.29% -7.89%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £62,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% -

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 23,425 23,002 28,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.25% 38.17% 40.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,341 13,785 19,710
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £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 £67,250 £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% +8.70%

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 7 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 7 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 +13 1,486 £36,750 +2.08% 271
North of England +27 1,391 £37,500 -2.60% 308
Midlands +24 1,025 £35,000 -4.11% 221
South West +16 681 £37,500 +7.14% 171
North West +15 647 £40,000 -3.61% 162
West Midlands +24 630 £37,000 -7.50% 138
East of England +16 609 £32,500 -7.14% 154
Yorkshire +40 564 £35,000 - 113
East Midlands +35 388 £33,500 +3.98% 83
Scotland -34 280 £37,750 +0.67% 82
North East +27 180 £37,500 +7.14% 39
Wales +18 110 £28,290 -24.56% 33
Northern Ireland +29 55 £35,000 -16.67% 22
Isle of Man - 20 £37,000 - 3
Channel Islands -2 4 £85,000 +136.11%
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 1,261 (22.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1,242 (21.95%) SharePoint
3 61 (1.08%) Confluence
4 57 (1.01%) IIS
5 41 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2010
6 39 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
7 28 (0.49%) WordPress
8 26 (0.46%) CMS
9 18 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
10 12 (0.21%) Skype for Business
11 6 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2000
11 6 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 6 (0.11%) SharePoint 2010
11 6 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
12 5 (0.088%) SharePoint Server
13 4 (0.071%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.071%) IBM Notes
13 4 (0.071%) SAS
14 3 (0.053%) Jupyter
15 2 (0.035%) Documentum
Applications
1 849 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 222 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 83 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 34 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.28%) 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 56 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 13 (0.23%) Epicor Tropos
4 11 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
5 10 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 8 (0.14%) Magento
6 8 (0.14%) Maximo
7 7 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 7 (0.12%) Sage 200
8 6 (0.11%) Sage X3
8 6 (0.11%) Shopify
9 4 (0.071%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.053%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.053%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.035%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.035%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.035%) Teamcenter
12 1 (0.018%) iTrent
12 1 (0.018%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2,842 (50.22%) Azure
2 959 (16.95%) Entra ID
3 481 (8.50%) Power Platform
4 419 (7.40%) AWS
5 386 (6.82%) OneDrive
6 226 (3.99%) PowerApps
7 194 (3.43%) Power Automate
8 188 (3.32%) SaaS
9 157 (2.77%) GCP
10 125 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
11 122 (2.16%) IaaS
12 120 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
13 108 (1.91%) PaaS
14 92 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
15 83 (1.47%) Google Workspace
16 74 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
17 70 (1.24%) Mimecast
18 50 (0.88%) WhatsApp
19 49 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
20 38 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1,102 (19.47%) Firewall
2 801 (14.15%) DNS
3 605 (10.69%) DHCP
4 565 (9.98%) WAN
5 520 (9.19%) LAN
6 432 (7.63%) VPN
7 390 (6.89%) Wi-Fi
8 372 (6.57%) TCP/IP
9 286 (5.05%) VLAN
10 275 (4.86%) Wireless
11 263 (4.65%) VoIP
12 262 (4.63%) SAN
13 143 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
14 140 (2.47%) Internet
15 125 (2.21%) Network Security
16 103 (1.82%) SD-WAN
17 89 (1.57%) NAS
18 77 (1.36%) Intranet
19 76 (1.34%) Unified Communications
20 74 (1.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 293 (5.18%) SQL Server
2 253 (4.47%) Power BI
3 96 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
4 52 (0.92%) MySQL
5 35 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 24 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (0.34%) GIS
10 16 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (0.27%) Data Lake
12 14 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
12 14 (0.25%) MariaDB
12 14 (0.25%) Relational Database
13 12 (0.21%) Metadata
14 11 (0.19%) EDMS
15 8 (0.14%) NoSQL
15 8 (0.14%) Power Query
16 7 (0.12%) Ingres
17 6 (0.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 96 (1.70%) JIRA
2 35 (0.62%) Git
3 10 (0.18%) gulp
3 10 (0.18%) Yeoman
4 7 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
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
8 2 (0.035%) GitLab
8 2 (0.035%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.018%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.018%) MSI
9 1 (0.018%) Postman
General
1 1,886 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 564 (9.97%) Finance
3 375 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
4 260 (4.59%) Manufacturing
5 246 (4.35%) Law
6 219 (3.87%) Retail
7 205 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
8 179 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 178 (3.15%) Legal
10 174 (3.07%) Telecoms
11 157 (2.77%) Public Sector
12 135 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
13 120 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
14 106 (1.87%) Marketing
15 61 (1.08%) Local Government
16 60 (1.06%) Fire and Rescue
17 56 (0.99%) Games
18 43 (0.76%) Advertising
19 38 (0.67%) Automotive
20 33 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,232 (21.77%) IT Support
2 976 (17.25%) Support Engineer
3 839 (14.83%) IT Engineer
4 791 (13.98%) Analyst
5 617 (10.90%) IT Support Engineer
6 565 (9.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 483 (8.54%) IT Technician
8 395 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support
9 364 (6.43%) Senior
10 353 (6.24%) Support Technician
11 312 (5.51%) IT Manager
12 293 (5.18%) IT Support Technician
13 287 (5.07%) Support Analyst
14 280 (4.95%) IT Analyst
15 268 (4.74%) 1st Line Support
16 262 (4.63%) Lead
17 242 (4.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 241 (4.26%) Service Analyst
19 230 (4.06%) 3rd Line Support
20 225 (3.98%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (2.30%) .NET
2 52 (0.92%) HTML
3 47 (0.83%) SPFx
4 37 (0.65%) ARM Templates
4 37 (0.65%) CSS
5 29 (0.51%) JSON
6 21 (0.37%) Microsoft Graph
7 18 (0.32%) ASP.NET
7 18 (0.32%) React
8 16 (0.28%) OLE
9 15 (0.27%) EDI
9 15 (0.27%) REST
10 14 (0.25%) RESTful
10 14 (0.25%) SAML
11 13 (0.23%) .NET Framework
12 12 (0.21%) HTML5 Canvas
13 11 (0.19%) ASP.NET MVC
13 11 (0.19%) Entity Framework
13 11 (0.19%) LDAP
14 10 (0.18%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 379 (6.70%) Driving Licence
2 256 (4.52%) Data Centre
3 244 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
4 191 (3.38%) Management Information System
5 168 (2.97%) Public Cloud
6 121 (2.14%) Onboarding
7 108 (1.91%) Replication
8 103 (1.82%) PKI
9 63 (1.11%) CCTV
10 62 (1.10%) Smartphone
11 58 (1.02%) Clustering
12 53 (0.94%) Product Ownership
13 49 (0.87%) iPad
14 47 (0.83%) Private Cloud
15 40 (0.71%) Low-Code
15 40 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
16 39 (0.69%) iPhone
16 39 (0.69%) NHS
17 37 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
17 37 (0.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3,094 (54.67%) Windows
2 1,676 (29.62%) Windows Server
3 934 (16.50%) Windows 10
4 308 (5.44%) Linux
5 298 (5.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 271 (4.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 217 (3.83%) Android
8 209 (3.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 182 (3.22%) Apple iOS
10 166 (2.93%) Mac OS
11 162 (2.86%) Windows 7
12 111 (1.96%) Windows 8
13 71 (1.25%) Windows Server 2008
14 43 (0.76%) Ubuntu
15 42 (0.74%) CentOS
16 35 (0.62%) Mac OS X
17 33 (0.58%) VMS
18 27 (0.48%) Unix
19 21 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
20 17 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,213 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 1,125 (19.88%) Problem-Solving
3 1,041 (18.40%) ITIL
4 782 (13.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 612 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
6 420 (7.42%) Project Management
7 384 (6.79%) Migration
8 371 (6.56%) Agile
9 334 (5.90%) Service Delivery
10 303 (5.35%) Mentoring
11 301 (5.32%) Service Management
12 284 (5.02%) Project Delivery
13 260 (4.59%) DevOps
14 253 (4.47%) Business Intelligence
14 253 (4.47%) ITSM
15 245 (4.33%) Disaster Recovery
16 244 (4.31%) Continuous Improvement
17 222 (3.92%) Roadmaps
18 206 (3.64%) Presales
19 201 (3.55%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 532 (9.40%) SQL
2 506 (8.94%) PowerShell
3 83 (1.47%) C#
4 67 (1.18%) Python
5 56 (0.99%) JavaScript
6 53 (0.94%) Bash
7 35 (0.62%) Java
8 29 (0.51%) TypeScript
8 29 (0.51%) VB
9 21 (0.37%) R
10 20 (0.35%) Bicep
11 18 (0.32%) T-SQL
11 18 (0.32%) VBScript
12 5 (0.088%) Formula Language
12 5 (0.088%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.088%) Perl
12 5 (0.088%) PHP
12 5 (0.088%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.071%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.071%) VBA
Qualifications
1 771 (13.62%) Degree
2 415 (7.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 214 (3.78%) Security Cleared
4 180 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
5 163 (2.88%) SC Cleared
6 154 (2.72%) DBS Check
7 151 (2.67%) CCNA
8 138 (2.44%) Azure Certification
9 119 (2.10%) MCP
10 109 (1.93%) MCSE
11 104 (1.84%) A+ Certification
12 75 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
13 71 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
14 68 (1.20%) CISSP
15 67 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 61 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
16 61 (1.08%) MCSA
17 55 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
18 53 (0.94%) PMI Certification
19 42 (0.74%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 398 (7.03%) SLA
2 243 (4.29%) GDPR
3 175 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 157 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 71 (1.25%) NIST
6 62 (1.10%) QA
7 30 (0.53%) PMO
8 28 (0.49%) Accessibility
9 26 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 25 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 20 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 16 (0.28%) ISO 9001
13 15 (0.27%) GRC
14 14 (0.25%) Data Quality
15 12 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.12%) COBIT
16 7 (0.12%) NCSC
17 6 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.11%) ISO 14001
18 5 (0.088%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2,794 (49.37%) Active Directory
2 820 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 798 (14.10%) Hyper-V
4 138 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 130 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
5 130 (2.30%) vSphere
6 108 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
7 83 (1.47%) XenApp
8 71 (1.25%) XenDesktop
9 45 (0.80%) VirtualBox
10 39 (0.69%) Terminal Services
11 36 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
12 27 (0.48%) Docker
13 17 (0.30%) Firmware
14 16 (0.28%) VMware Server
15 15 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 10 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
17 8 (0.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 6 (0.11%) NFS
18 6 (0.11%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 960 (16.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 291 (5.14%) SCCM
3 78 (1.38%) Terraform
4 72 (1.27%) Kubernetes
5 68 (1.20%) vCenter Server
6 62 (1.10%) WSUS
7 58 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 44 (0.78%) SCOM
9 40 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
10 36 (0.64%) FortiGate
11 35 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
12 29 (0.51%) CASB
13 27 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
14 26 (0.46%) Ansible
14 26 (0.46%) Nagios
15 25 (0.44%) Autotask
16 22 (0.39%) SmoothWall
17 21 (0.37%) ZABBIX
18 20 (0.35%) AirWatch
19 13 (0.23%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3,961 (69.99%) Microsoft
2 1,280 (22.62%) VMware
3 434 (7.67%) Cisco
4 394 (6.96%) Citrix
5 325 (5.74%) Veeam
6 232 (4.10%) Google
7 231 (4.08%) Apple
8 163 (2.88%) Meraki
9 154 (2.72%) HP
10 141 (2.49%) Sophos
11 138 (2.44%) Dell
12 133 (2.35%) ServiceNow
13 110 (1.94%) Fortinet
14 93 (1.64%) Aruba
15 67 (1.18%) Adobe
16 54 (0.95%) SAP
16 54 (0.95%) SolarWinds
17 51 (0.90%) Draytek
17 51 (0.90%) Salesforce
17 51 (0.90%) WatchGuard