Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Cheshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 77 16
Rank change year-on-year +60 -61 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 110 22 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 6.02% 2.74% 7.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 34.70% 8.59% 25.08%
Number of salaries quoted 85 20 51
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,688 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £46,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.79% +3.89% +25.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,313 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £77,500 £53,250
North West median annual salary £37,500 £33,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -15.63% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 317 256 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 17.36% 31.92% 31.46%
Number of salaries quoted 258 142 159
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,800
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,875 £53,750
90th Percentile £76,625 £80,000 £64,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Cheshire over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Cheshire

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
Warrington +11 41 £37,500 +20.97% 2
Wilmslow - 14 £28,250 -
Chester 0 9 £30,000 -17.24% 5
Knutsford +9 7 £44,538 -28.74% 2
Runcorn - 7 £50,000 - 1
Ellesmere Port -2 4 £35,500 -36.61%
Macclesfield -5 3 £37,500 - 1
Lymm - 3 £60,000 -
Frodsham - 2 £39,500 -
Winsford - 2 £45,000 - 1
Neston - 1 - -
Alderley Edge - 1 £35,000 -
Microsoft 365
North West

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 38 (34.55%) SharePoint
2 27 (24.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.82%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 42 (38.18%) Azure
2 26 (23.64%) Entra ID
3 19 (17.27%) Power Platform
4 18 (16.36%) OneDrive
5 17 (15.45%) PowerApps
6 16 (14.55%) AWS
7 12 (10.91%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (10.00%) SaaS
9 8 (7.27%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (6.36%) Viva Engage
11 6 (5.45%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.82%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (1.82%) Nutanix
12 2 (1.82%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.36%) VoIP
2 10 (9.09%) DNS
2 10 (9.09%) LAN
3 9 (8.18%) DHCP
4 7 (6.36%) Cisco IOS
4 7 (6.36%) Remote Desktop
4 7 (6.36%) TCP/IP
4 7 (6.36%) WLAN
5 6 (5.45%) Firewall
6 5 (4.55%) VPN
7 3 (2.73%) NGFW
7 3 (2.73%) WAN
7 3 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.82%) VLAN
9 1 (0.91%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.36%) Power BI
2 2 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.91%) JIRA
1 1 (0.91%) Visual Studio
1 1 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 53 (48.18%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.27%) Finance
3 15 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.91%) Law
4 12 (10.91%) Legal
4 12 (10.91%) Manufacturing
5 10 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (9.09%) Swedish Language
6 7 (6.36%) Retail
7 6 (5.45%) Games
8 4 (3.64%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.82%) Advertising
9 2 (1.82%) Front Office
10 1 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (29.09%) IT Support
2 31 (28.18%) Analyst
3 16 (14.55%) Service Analyst
3 16 (14.55%) Service Desk Analyst
4 14 (12.73%) IT Technician
4 14 (12.73%) Microsoft 365 Manager
5 13 (11.82%) IT Engineer
5 13 (11.82%) Support Engineer
6 12 (10.91%) 1st Line Support
6 12 (10.91%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (10.91%) Support Analyst
7 10 (9.09%) IT Analyst
8 9 (8.18%) IT Support Technician
8 9 (8.18%) Support Technician
8 9 (8.18%) Technical Engineer
9 7 (6.36%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 6 (5.45%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
10 6 (5.45%) Developer
10 6 (5.45%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 5 (4.55%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.45%) CSS
1 6 (5.45%) HTML
1 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.73%) iPad
1 14 (12.73%) iPhone
2 12 (10.91%) Onboarding
2 12 (10.91%) Product Ownership
3 6 (5.45%) EPoS
4 5 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.82%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.91%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (46.36%) Windows
2 16 (14.55%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.36%) Apple iOS
3 7 (6.36%) macOS
4 2 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.91%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (60.91%) Customer Service
2 42 (38.18%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (35.45%) ITIL
4 34 (30.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (20.91%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (16.36%) ITSM
7 16 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (14.55%) User Acceptance Testing
7 16 (14.55%) User Experience
8 13 (11.82%) Roadmaps
8 13 (11.82%) Supplier Management
9 12 (10.91%) Line Management
9 12 (10.91%) Mentoring
9 12 (10.91%) PRINCE2
10 11 (10.00%) CRM
10 11 (10.00%) Performance Management
10 11 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
10 11 (10.00%) Project Management
10 11 (10.00%) Service Management
11 10 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.45%) C#
1 6 (5.45%) JavaScript
2 4 (3.64%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.91%) SQL
3 1 (0.91%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (20.00%) Degree
2 11 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (9.09%) AWS Certification
3 10 (9.09%) MCSE
4 5 (4.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.00%) GDPR
1 11 (10.00%) QA
2 3 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.73%) NIST
2 3 (2.73%) PMO
3 2 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.82%) GRC
3 2 (1.82%) SLA
4 1 (0.91%) Data Quality
System Software
1 35 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.82%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 90 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.09%) Cisco
2 10 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 8 (7.27%) Meraki
4 7 (6.36%) HP
4 7 (6.36%) ProCurve
5 2 (1.82%) VMware
6 1 (0.91%) Datto
6 1 (0.91%) Draytek
6 1 (0.91%) Juniper
6 1 (0.91%) Splunk