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 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 29 49 75
Rank change year-on-year +20 +26 -17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,399 2,366 3,173
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.13% 5.69% 4.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.49% 11.90% 8.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,025 2,037 2,617
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,500 £25,547
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% -

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 14,552 19,880 36,267
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.25% 47.81% 52.79%
Number of salaries quoted 11,904 14,556 21,788
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,000 £37,491
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

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 7 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
1 560 (23.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 557 (23.22%) SharePoint
3 33 (1.38%) Confluence
4 32 (1.33%) IIS
5 13 (0.54%) 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%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (0.17%) SAS
10 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.083%) Alfresco
11 2 (0.083%) Documentum
11 2 (0.083%) FileNet
11 2 (0.083%) Moodle
11 2 (0.083%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.083%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.042%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.042%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 261 (10.88%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.25%) InVision
6 6 (0.25%) Sketch
7 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.13%) SPSS
8 2 (0.083%) 1Password
8 2 (0.083%) CATIA
8 2 (0.083%) NASTRAN
8 2 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.083%) Trello
9 1 (0.042%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.042%) InDesign
9 1 (0.042%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 38 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
3 7 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.13%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.083%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.083%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.083%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.042%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.042%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1,433 (59.73%) Azure
2 449 (18.72%) Entra ID
3 266 (11.09%) Power Platform
4 257 (10.71%) AWS
5 165 (6.88%) PowerApps
6 155 (6.46%) SaaS
7 146 (6.09%) Power Automate
8 135 (5.63%) GCP
9 128 (5.34%) Dynamics 365
10 113 (4.71%) OneDrive
11 85 (3.54%) IaaS
12 72 (3.00%) PaaS
13 69 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
14 57 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
15 53 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
16 48 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
17 44 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
18 39 (1.63%) WhatsApp
19 28 (1.17%) Mimecast
20 26 (1.08%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 409 (17.05%) Firewall
2 340 (14.17%) DNS
3 248 (10.34%) WAN
4 229 (9.55%) DHCP
5 210 (8.75%) LAN
6 151 (6.29%) Wi-Fi
7 146 (6.09%) VPN
8 129 (5.38%) TCP/IP
9 111 (4.63%) SAN
10 110 (4.59%) Wireless
11 102 (4.25%) VLAN
12 85 (3.54%) VoIP
13 76 (3.17%) Remote Desktop
14 71 (2.96%) Internet
15 61 (2.54%) Network Security
16 60 (2.50%) SD-WAN
17 41 (1.71%) NAS
18 38 (1.58%) Unified Communications
19 37 (1.54%) DKIM
19 37 (1.54%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (6.59%) Power BI
2 122 (5.09%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (0.88%) MySQL
5 20 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.54%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.33%) Power Query
9 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.29%) 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 (0.13%) Big Data
13 3 (0.13%) EDRMS
13 3 (0.13%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 65 (2.71%) JIRA
2 30 (1.25%) Git
3 10 (0.42%) gulp
3 10 (0.42%) Yeoman
4 6 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.13%) Subversion
6 2 (0.083%) GitLab
6 2 (0.083%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.083%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.042%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.042%) MSI
7 1 (0.042%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 732 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 338 (14.09%) Finance
3 139 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (5.34%) Law
5 117 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 106 (4.42%) Legal
7 96 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 88 (3.67%) Public Sector
9 71 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
9 71 (2.96%) Retail
10 49 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
11 45 (1.88%) Fire and Rescue
12 41 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 40 (1.67%) Marketing
14 38 (1.58%) Banking
15 32 (1.33%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.08%) Games
17 22 (0.92%) Advertising
18 17 (0.71%) Local Government
19 12 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 363 (15.13%) IT Support
2 318 (13.26%) Analyst
3 277 (11.55%) Support Engineer
4 253 (10.55%) IT Engineer
5 246 (10.25%) Senior
6 240 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 169 (7.04%) Architect
8 164 (6.84%) IT Support Engineer
9 162 (6.75%) Developer
10 158 (6.59%) Lead
11 135 (5.63%) IT Analyst
12 133 (5.54%) IT Technician
13 123 (5.13%) Support Technician
14 121 (5.04%) Consultant
15 118 (4.92%) 3rd Line Support
16 106 (4.42%) IT Manager
17 105 (4.38%) IT Support Technician
18 103 (4.29%) Cloud Architect
19 99 (4.13%) 2nd Line Support
20 96 (4.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (3.00%) .NET
2 64 (2.67%) SPFx
3 38 (1.58%) ARM Templates
4 29 (1.21%) HTML
5 28 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
6 27 (1.13%) CSS
7 22 (0.92%) React
8 18 (0.75%) RESTful
9 17 (0.71%) JSON
10 12 (0.50%) YAML
11 11 (0.46%) Node.js
12 8 (0.33%) ASP.NET
13 7 (0.29%) HTML5 Canvas
13 7 (0.29%) LDAP
13 7 (0.29%) OAuth
14 6 (0.25%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (0.25%) Middleware
15 4 (0.17%) ASP.NET Web API
16 3 (0.13%) REST
16 3 (0.13%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 148 (6.17%) Public Cloud
2 129 (5.38%) Data Centre
3 111 (4.63%) PKI
4 109 (4.54%) Self-Motivation
5 104 (4.34%) Management Information System
6 65 (2.71%) Driving Licence
6 65 (2.71%) Onboarding
7 46 (1.92%) Private Cloud
8 42 (1.75%) Cyberattack
9 41 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
10 34 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
11 32 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
12 28 (1.17%) Clustering
13 26 (1.08%) iPad
13 26 (1.08%) Low-Code
14 25 (1.04%) Product Ownership
15 24 (1.00%) Replication
15 24 (1.00%) Virtual Team
16 20 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
17 19 (0.79%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1,132 (47.19%) Windows
2 622 (25.93%) Windows Server
3 394 (16.42%) Windows 10
4 124 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 117 (4.88%) Linux
6 110 (4.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 84 (3.50%) Android
8 79 (3.29%) Apple iOS
8 79 (3.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 75 (3.13%) Windows 7
10 51 (2.13%) Windows 8
11 48 (2.00%) Mac OS
12 27 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
13 18 (0.75%) Unix
14 13 (0.54%) Mac OS X
15 10 (0.42%) Ubuntu
16 9 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
17 8 (0.33%) Windows XP
18 7 (0.29%) CentOS
19 4 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (16.97%) Customer Service
2 399 (16.63%) ITIL
3 338 (14.09%) Problem-Solving
4 335 (13.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 312 (13.01%) Cybersecurity
6 252 (10.50%) Agile
7 250 (10.42%) Project Management
8 227 (9.46%) Migration
9 173 (7.21%) DevOps
10 165 (6.88%) Presales
11 152 (6.34%) Information Security
12 147 (6.13%) Business Intelligence
13 145 (6.04%) Service Delivery
14 144 (6.00%) Roadmaps
14 144 (6.00%) Service Management
15 139 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
16 137 (5.71%) Mentoring
16 137 (5.71%) Project Delivery
17 125 (5.21%) Configuration Management
18 112 (4.67%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 307 (12.80%) PowerShell
2 200 (8.34%) SQL
3 77 (3.21%) C#
4 42 (1.75%) Bash
5 33 (1.38%) Python
6 30 (1.25%) JavaScript
7 29 (1.21%) Java
8 26 (1.08%) Bicep
9 17 (0.71%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.67%) T-SQL
11 14 (0.58%) VB
11 14 (0.58%) VBScript
12 6 (0.25%) PHP
13 5 (0.21%) Formula Language
13 5 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.17%) VBA
15 3 (0.13%) AWK
15 3 (0.13%) sed
16 1 (0.042%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.042%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 334 (13.92%) Degree
2 157 (6.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 93 (3.88%) Security Cleared
4 78 (3.25%) Azure Certification
5 75 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
6 65 (2.71%) SC Cleared
7 59 (2.46%) CCNA
8 42 (1.75%) CISSP
8 42 (1.75%) MCP
9 39 (1.63%) PMI Certification
10 38 (1.58%) MCSE
11 35 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 33 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
13 32 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
14 26 (1.08%) CEH
14 26 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
15 22 (0.92%) DBS Check
15 22 (0.92%) PMP
16 19 (0.79%) CCNP
17 17 (0.71%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 113 (4.71%) SLA
3 87 (3.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 54 (2.25%) GDPR
5 39 (1.63%) NIST
6 30 (1.25%) QA
7 29 (1.21%) PCI DSS
8 20 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 20 (0.83%) GRC
9 17 (0.71%) SOC 2
10 12 (0.50%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.46%) ISO 9001
12 10 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 9 (0.38%) PMO
14 8 (0.33%) NCSC
15 7 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
17 3 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.083%) GLP
18 2 (0.083%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1,061 (44.23%) Active Directory
2 374 (15.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 252 (10.50%) Hyper-V
4 114 (4.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 79 (3.29%) VMware ESXi
6 52 (2.17%) vSphere
7 50 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
8 36 (1.50%) XenDesktop
9 35 (1.46%) XenApp
10 30 (1.25%) VirtualBox
11 23 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
12 18 (0.75%) Docker
13 11 (0.46%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.38%) VMware Server
15 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 6 (0.25%) NFS
16 4 (0.17%) DFS Replication
17 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
17 3 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
18 2 (0.083%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 479 (19.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 149 (6.21%) SCCM
3 59 (2.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 54 (2.25%) WSUS
5 51 (2.13%) Terraform
6 48 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
7 40 (1.67%) vCenter Server
8 31 (1.29%) CASB
8 31 (1.29%) Kubernetes
9 28 (1.17%) SCOM
10 23 (0.96%) Microsoft Clustering
11 18 (0.75%) Ansible
12 17 (0.71%) Nagios
13 14 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.54%) Nmap
14 13 (0.54%) ServiceCenter
15 12 (0.50%) FortiGate
15 12 (0.50%) Opsgenie
15 12 (0.50%) VxRail
15 12 (0.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1,713 (71.40%) Microsoft
2 548 (22.84%) VMware
3 217 (9.05%) Cisco
4 144 (6.00%) Citrix
5 123 (5.13%) Google
6 103 (4.29%) Apple
7 95 (3.96%) Meraki
7 95 (3.96%) ServiceNow
8 81 (3.38%) Veeam
9 75 (3.13%) HP
10 67 (2.79%) Fortinet
11 59 (2.46%) Dell
12 53 (2.21%) Adobe
13 48 (2.00%) iManage
14 43 (1.79%) Sophos
15 37 (1.54%) Salesforce
16 36 (1.50%) Qualys
17 34 (1.42%) Commvault
18 32 (1.33%) Aruba
19 29 (1.21%) SolarWinds