Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 31 42
Rank change year-on-year -13 +11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 56 84 108
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 2.79% 5.81% 6.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.67% 16.37% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 39 53 95
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £31,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,000 £39,005
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% -17.96% -1.97%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £56,500
90th Percentile £69,600 £73,000 £72,500
South West median annual salary £33,000 £35,000 £38,250
% change year-on-year -5.71% -8.50% +6.25%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Bristol

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 336 513 779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 16.73% 35.50% 47.21%
Number of salaries quoted 263 328 686
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,675 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,400 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,625 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £91,934
South West median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +4.76%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Bristol

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Bristol over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Bristol

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 25 (44.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 6 (10.71%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 29 (51.79%) Azure
2 6 (10.71%) SaaS
3 4 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.36%) IaaS
4 3 (5.36%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.57%) Azure Stack
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (3.57%) PaaS
6 1 (1.79%) AWS
6 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.79%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (48.21%) DHCP
1 27 (48.21%) DNS
2 13 (23.21%) Firewall
3 10 (17.86%) VoIP
4 7 (12.50%) VLAN
4 7 (12.50%) Wireless
5 6 (10.71%) Cisco IOS
5 6 (10.71%) IPsec
5 6 (10.71%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (10.71%) VPN
6 2 (3.57%) LAN
7 1 (1.79%) SAN
7 1 (1.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (32.14%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.36%) MySQL
4 1 (1.79%) Power BI
4 1 (1.79%) Power Query
General
1 43 (76.79%) Social Skills
2 13 (23.21%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.29%) Legal
4 6 (10.71%) Finance
5 5 (8.93%) Electronics
5 5 (8.93%) Manufacturing
5 5 (8.93%) Marketing
5 5 (8.93%) Public Sector
5 5 (8.93%) Telecoms
6 3 (5.36%) Back Office
7 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (41.07%) IT Support
2 16 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
3 12 (21.43%) Systems Engineer
4 11 (19.64%) Support Engineer
5 8 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) IT Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Senior
7 6 (10.71%) Senior IT Engineer
7 6 (10.71%) Senior IT Support
7 6 (10.71%) Senior Support Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 5 (8.93%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (8.93%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Analyst
8 5 (8.93%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.43%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (19.64%) Driving Licence
3 6 (10.71%) Clustering
4 4 (7.14%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.79%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (76.79%) Windows
2 28 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 21 (37.50%) Linux
4 12 (21.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (16.07%) Mac OS
5 9 (16.07%) Windows 10
6 4 (7.14%) Apple iOS
7 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (46.43%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 19 (33.93%) Migration
4 15 (26.79%) Customer Experience
5 14 (25.00%) ITIL
6 13 (23.21%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 12 (21.43%) Email Filtering
7 12 (21.43%) Kalman Filter
7 12 (21.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 12 (21.43%) Web Filtering
8 11 (19.64%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (17.86%) Mentoring
10 9 (16.07%) Collaborative Culture
11 8 (14.29%) IT Strategy
12 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
13 6 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
13 6 (10.71%) Coaching
13 6 (10.71%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.93%) SQL
3 1 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 16 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 16 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.71%) ACMT
2 6 (10.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (8.93%) Degree
4 3 (5.36%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (5.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.79%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (39.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (23.21%) PCI DSS
3 3 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.36%) SLA
4 1 (1.79%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.79%) P3O
4 1 (1.79%) PMO
4 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 27 (48.21%) Active Directory
2 23 (41.07%) Hyper-V
3 12 (21.43%) Terminal Server
4 8 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (10.71%) Docker
5 6 (10.71%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.79%) vSphere
6 1 (1.79%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (10.71%) Autotask
2 6 (10.71%) Kubernetes
2 6 (10.71%) vCenter Server
3 4 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 20 (35.71%) Veeam
2 20 (35.71%) VMware
3 13 (23.21%) Apple
4 12 (21.43%) Brocade
4 12 (21.43%) Nimble Storage
4 12 (21.43%) SolarWinds
4 12 (21.43%) Splunk
4 12 (21.43%) Tanium
5 11 (19.64%) Cisco
6 6 (10.71%) Datto
6 6 (10.71%) Oracle
6 6 (10.71%) Sophos
7 5 (8.93%) SAP
8 2 (3.57%) Meraki
9 1 (1.79%) Acronis
9 1 (1.79%) Citrix