Microsoft 365 Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 35 18
Rank change year-on-year +20 -17 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 534 241 299
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 6.71% 7.12% 6.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.61% 26.87% 30.73%
Number of salaries quoted 429 207 172
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,000 £39,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -5.73% +15.44%
75th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £50,063
90th Percentile £78,300 £63,750 £62,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +4.47%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,383 897 973
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.38% 26.51% 22.09%
Number of salaries quoted 958 651 610
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,225
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £45,000 £54,117
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -16.85% +8.23%
75th Percentile £68,353 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,375 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £64,635 £60,000 £62,900
% change year-on-year +7.73% -4.61% -3.23%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in the East of England

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the East of England

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Hertfordshire +15 165 £35,000 -18.60% 48
Essex 0 147 £40,000 +6.67% 43
Cambridgeshire +8 101 £33,000 +1.54% 30
Norfolk +6 53 £37,500 +15.27% 15
Suffolk +18 42 £31,500 -3.08% 9
Bedfordshire +1 32 £36,500 +8.96% 10
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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
1 206 (38.58%) SharePoint
2 136 (25.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (3.37%) Exchange Server 2013
4 16 (3.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 16 (3.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (1.31%) IIS
5 7 (1.31%) WordPress
6 3 (0.56%) CMS
6 3 (0.56%) Confluence
6 3 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 41 (7.68%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (6.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.94%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.37%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.37%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 207 (38.76%) Azure
2 155 (29.03%) Entra ID
3 80 (14.98%) OneDrive
4 52 (9.74%) Power Platform
5 38 (7.12%) Power Automate
6 37 (6.93%) PowerApps
7 21 (3.93%) Microsoft Copilot
8 17 (3.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 16 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 16 (3.00%) Azure Logic Apps
10 14 (2.62%) AWS
11 12 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (2.25%) Google Workspace
12 11 (2.06%) SaaS
13 7 (1.31%) Google Ads
14 6 (1.12%) GCP
15 5 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 4 (0.75%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 111 (20.79%) Firewall
2 108 (20.22%) DNS
3 80 (14.98%) DHCP
4 76 (14.23%) VPN
5 49 (9.18%) TCP/IP
6 46 (8.61%) Wi-Fi
7 38 (7.12%) Wireless
8 28 (5.24%) VoIP
9 25 (4.68%) WAN
10 22 (4.12%) VLAN
11 21 (3.93%) LAN
12 17 (3.18%) Internet
13 8 (1.50%) PBX
14 6 (1.12%) NAS
14 6 (1.12%) Network Security
15 4 (0.75%) Broadband
15 4 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (0.75%) WLAN
16 3 (0.56%) POP3
16 3 (0.56%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.12%) Power BI
2 17 (3.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.12%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.50%) JIRA
2 2 (0.37%) Git
2 2 (0.37%) Yeoman
General
1 275 (51.50%) Social Skills
2 36 (6.74%) Organisational Skills
3 24 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.31%) Retail
5 20 (3.75%) Finance
6 19 (3.56%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.00%) Legal
8 14 (2.62%) Public Sector
9 10 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.87%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.50%) Law
11 7 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.31%) Games
11 7 (1.31%) Swedish Language
12 5 (0.94%) Local Government
13 4 (0.75%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.75%) Marketing
14 3 (0.56%) Aviation
14 3 (0.56%) Banking
Job Titles
1 211 (39.51%) IT Support
2 144 (26.97%) Support Engineer
3 140 (26.22%) IT Engineer
4 125 (23.41%) IT Support Engineer
5 69 (12.92%) Senior
6 54 (10.11%) Analyst
6 54 (10.11%) Support Technician
7 50 (9.36%) IT Technician
8 46 (8.61%) 2nd Line Support
9 40 (7.49%) IT Support Technician
10 38 (7.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 38 (7.12%) Consultant
11 36 (6.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 34 (6.37%) Developer
12 34 (6.37%) Senior Developer
13 33 (6.18%) Support Analyst
14 29 (5.43%) Administrator
14 29 (5.43%) IT Analyst
15 28 (5.24%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
16 26 (4.87%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.93%) CSS
1 21 (3.93%) HTML
2 20 (3.75%) .NET
3 19 (3.56%) Microsoft Graph
4 16 (3.00%) .NET Core
4 16 (3.00%) HTML5 Canvas
4 16 (3.00%) JSON
4 16 (3.00%) SPFx
5 5 (0.94%) Node.js
5 5 (0.94%) React
5 5 (0.94%) REST
5 5 (0.94%) Terraform
6 1 (0.19%) EDI
6 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 96 (17.98%) Driving Licence
2 71 (13.30%) Onboarding
3 33 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (4.12%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.06%) CCTV
7 9 (1.69%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.12%) Clustering
10 5 (0.94%) iPhone
11 4 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.75%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.75%) Social Network
12 3 (0.56%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.56%) FMCG
12 3 (0.56%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.37%) Housing Association
13 2 (0.37%) Smartphone
14 1 (0.19%) Animation
14 1 (0.19%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 302 (56.55%) Windows
2 165 (30.90%) Windows Server
3 57 (10.67%) Windows 10
4 41 (7.68%) Linux
5 26 (4.87%) Apple iOS
6 24 (4.49%) Mac OS
7 21 (3.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (3.18%) Windows 7
9 16 (3.00%) Windows 8
10 14 (2.62%) Android
11 8 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.37%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (29.96%) Problem-Solving
2 126 (23.60%) Customer Service
3 94 (17.60%) Cybersecurity
4 71 (13.30%) User Experience
5 67 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 53 (9.93%) Service Delivery
7 51 (9.55%) ITIL
8 50 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 41 (7.68%) Mentoring
10 40 (7.49%) Migration
11 39 (7.30%) AI
11 39 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
12 36 (6.74%) Project Delivery
12 36 (6.74%) Service Management
13 34 (6.37%) ITSM
14 28 (5.24%) Cloud Security
15 27 (5.06%) Technical Leadership
16 26 (4.87%) Disaster Recovery
17 25 (4.68%) Time Management
18 23 (4.31%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (12.55%) PowerShell
2 40 (7.49%) SQL
3 21 (3.93%) JavaScript
4 20 (3.75%) C#
5 16 (3.00%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.94%) Bicep
7 3 (0.56%) VB
8 2 (0.37%) Python
8 2 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (11.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 59 (11.05%) Degree
3 14 (2.62%) Azure Certification
4 13 (2.43%) A+ Certification
4 13 (2.43%) MCSE
4 13 (2.43%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.06%) DBS Check
6 10 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.50%) CCNA
8 7 (1.31%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.31%) CCNP
9 6 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (0.94%) SC Cleared
11 4 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.56%) MCSA
12 3 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.30%) SLA
2 22 (4.12%) GDPR
3 19 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (3.56%) QA
4 15 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.94%) NIST
7 3 (0.56%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.56%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.56%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) GxP
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 227 (42.51%) Active Directory
2 66 (12.36%) Hyper-V
3 42 (7.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.56%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.56%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.37%) vSphere
9 1 (0.19%) Docker
9 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 100 (18.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.25%) SCCM
3 7 (1.31%) Proxmox
4 4 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.37%) WSUS
6 1 (0.19%) Ansible
6 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 492 (92.13%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.55%) VMware
3 38 (7.12%) Apple
4 24 (4.49%) Adobe
4 24 (4.49%) Cisco
5 21 (3.93%) Google
6 18 (3.37%) Meraki
7 17 (3.18%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.43%) Sophos
8 13 (2.43%) Ubiquiti
8 13 (2.43%) Veeam
9 7 (1.31%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.31%) Sage
9 7 (1.31%) SonicWALL
10 6 (1.12%) Computacenter
11 5 (0.94%) Freshdesk
12 4 (0.75%) Citrix
12 4 (0.75%) Draytek
12 4 (0.75%) Epicor
12 4 (0.75%) HubSpot