Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Cardiff

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 38 18
Rank change year-on-year +15 -20 +29
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 13 11 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 3.63% 2.99% 8.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.31% 7.01% 21.83%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 31
10th Percentile £30,075 £39,414 £32,000
25th Percentile £32,063 £48,362 £37,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £51,559 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.12% +3.12% +18.11%
75th Percentile £43,938 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,375 £62,750 £71,649
South Wales median annual salary £30,750 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -35.26% -5.00% +14.72%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 64 157 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 17.88% 42.66% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 41 114 137
10th Percentile £32,500 £23,750 £34,374
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £47,404 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.67% -13.81% +1.85%
75th Percentile £78,790 £67,781 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,750 £78,750
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,843
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.14% +7.69%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Cardiff over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Cardiff

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (7.69%) IIS
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) DHCP
1 5 (38.46%) DNS
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) FTP
3 1 (7.69%) Internet
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
2 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Support Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Desktop Support
2 5 (38.46%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) IT Support
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Development Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Platform Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
3 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (7.69%) B2B
4 1 (7.69%) BCP
4 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
4 1 (7.69%) Business Development
4 1 (7.69%) CRM
4 1 (7.69%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Log Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) RBAC
4 1 (7.69%) Security Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) SOAR
4 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.69%) Visualisation
4 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.69%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
2 1 (7.69%) VMware