Microsoft 365 Job Trends in England

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 32 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 4,134 2,927 6,377
As % of all permanent jobs in England 4.72% 6.74% 7.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.18% 20.30% 21.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,322 2,451 5,380
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £24,863
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £28,498
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -6.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -8.43%

All Cloud Computing Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 24,063 14,422 29,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.47% 33.21% 33.04%
Number of salaries quoted 16,059 10,315 22,981
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,001
25th Percentile £43,886 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in England over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
London +6 995 £55,000 +4.76% 240
North of England +14 877 £37,500 +15.38% 210
South East +10 753 £37,500 - 262
Midlands -9 572 £35,000 - 131
North West +36 484 £37,500 +11.94% 104
East of England +15 460 £37,500 -7.18% 78
South West -12 443 £35,000 +7.69% 101
Yorkshire +2 336 £35,000 +7.69% 73
West Midlands -12 305 £42,500 +11.84% 74
East Midlands -1 267 £32,500 +1.56% 57
North East -35 57 £40,000 +29.03% 41
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 1,043 (25.23%) SharePoint
2 877 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (0.68%) Confluence
4 24 (0.58%) IIS
5 20 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
6 18 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
6 18 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
7 14 (0.34%) CMS
8 12 (0.29%) WordPress
9 6 (0.15%) Apache
10 5 (0.12%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.073%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.073%) SAS
12 2 (0.048%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.024%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 459 (11.10%) Microsoft Office
2 183 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.12%) CorelDRAW
8 4 (0.097%) Camtasia
9 3 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.073%) SPSS
10 2 (0.048%) Revit
10 2 (0.048%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.024%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.024%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 40 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
2 17 (0.41%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.29%) Elite 3E
4 11 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
5 7 (0.17%) Shopify
6 6 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
7 5 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.12%) Magento
7 5 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.12%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.097%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.073%) Q-Pulse
10 2 (0.048%) Infor CloudSuite
10 2 (0.048%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.048%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.048%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.048%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,901 (45.98%) Azure
2 1,092 (26.42%) Entra ID
3 492 (11.90%) Power Platform
4 336 (8.13%) OneDrive
5 286 (6.92%) AWS
6 234 (5.66%) SaaS
7 216 (5.22%) PowerApps
8 206 (4.98%) Microsoft Copilot
9 204 (4.93%) Power Automate
10 125 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
11 117 (2.83%) Google Workspace
12 109 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
13 106 (2.56%) Mimecast
14 74 (1.79%) IaaS
15 72 (1.74%) PaaS
16 62 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
16 62 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
17 53 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
18 48 (1.16%) GCP
19 47 (1.14%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 761 (18.41%) Firewall
2 706 (17.08%) DNS
3 623 (15.07%) DHCP
4 508 (12.29%) VPN
5 325 (7.86%) Wi-Fi
6 308 (7.45%) TCP/IP
7 301 (7.28%) WAN
8 288 (6.97%) LAN
9 271 (6.56%) VLAN
10 186 (4.50%) VoIP
11 164 (3.97%) Wireless
12 119 (2.88%) Network Security
13 81 (1.96%) SAN
14 56 (1.35%) Internet
15 40 (0.97%) Broadband
16 37 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
17 33 (0.80%) SD-WAN
18 32 (0.77%) WLAN
19 28 (0.68%) 4G
20 27 (0.65%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 248 (6.00%) Power BI
2 156 (3.77%) SQL Server
3 79 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 25 (0.60%) MySQL
7 16 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (0.31%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
10 7 (0.17%) Metadata
11 6 (0.15%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.097%) GIS
12 4 (0.097%) Power Query
12 4 (0.097%) Tableau
13 3 (0.073%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.073%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.073%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.073%) Spatial Data
13 3 (0.073%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.048%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 122 (2.95%) JIRA
2 16 (0.39%) Chocolatey
3 12 (0.29%) Git
4 7 (0.17%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.15%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.12%) GitLab
6 5 (0.12%) Postman
6 5 (0.12%) VersionOne
7 4 (0.097%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.073%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.073%) Yeoman
9 2 (0.048%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.048%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.048%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.048%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.048%) Selenium
9 2 (0.048%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.048%) TestRail
10 1 (0.024%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.024%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,771 (42.84%) Social Skills
2 399 (9.65%) Finance
3 343 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
4 261 (6.31%) Legal
5 228 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
6 203 (4.91%) Law
7 140 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 133 (3.22%) Manufacturing
9 127 (3.07%) Retail
10 106 (2.56%) Telecoms
11 93 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
12 88 (2.13%) Public Sector
13 48 (1.16%) Swedish Language
14 45 (1.09%) Banking
15 43 (1.04%) Advertising
16 40 (0.97%) Local Government
17 39 (0.94%) Marketing
18 33 (0.80%) Legal Technology
19 31 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
20 28 (0.68%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1,265 (30.60%) IT Support
2 834 (20.17%) Support Engineer
3 818 (19.79%) IT Engineer
4 677 (16.38%) IT Support Engineer
5 640 (15.48%) Analyst
6 404 (9.77%) Senior
7 340 (8.22%) Support Analyst
8 315 (7.62%) 2nd Line Support
9 314 (7.60%) Support Technician
10 284 (6.87%) IT Analyst
11 267 (6.46%) IT Technician
12 264 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 222 (5.37%) IT Support Analyst
14 218 (5.27%) IT Support Technician
15 197 (4.77%) IT Manager
16 192 (4.64%) Lead
17 184 (4.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 175 (4.23%) Service Analyst
19 174 (4.21%) 1st Line Support
20 169 (4.09%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (2.06%) .NET
2 56 (1.35%) HTML
3 50 (1.21%) CSS
3 50 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
4 43 (1.04%) JSON
5 37 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
6 32 (0.77%) SPFx
7 25 (0.60%) REST
8 20 (0.48%) React
9 19 (0.46%) .NET Core
10 15 (0.36%) Middleware
11 13 (0.31%) XML
12 12 (0.29%) ASP.NET
13 11 (0.27%) .NET Framework
13 11 (0.27%) OAuth
14 10 (0.24%) EDI
14 10 (0.24%) Node.js
14 10 (0.24%) XMPP
15 9 (0.22%) OpenID
16 8 (0.19%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 420 (10.16%) Driving Licence
2 346 (8.37%) Onboarding
3 152 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
4 126 (3.05%) Management Information System
5 89 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 89 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
6 76 (1.84%) Security Posture
7 63 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
8 50 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (0.94%) CCTV
10 38 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
11 37 (0.90%) Data Centre
12 36 (0.87%) Product Ownership
13 35 (0.85%) Clustering
14 34 (0.82%) Cloud Native
15 33 (0.80%) PKI
16 32 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
17 31 (0.75%) CMDB
18 27 (0.65%) Replication
19 24 (0.58%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2,156 (52.15%) Windows
2 984 (23.80%) Windows Server
3 474 (11.47%) Windows 10
4 314 (7.60%) Linux
5 229 (5.54%) Mac OS
6 159 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 155 (3.75%) Apple iOS
8 150 (3.63%) Android
9 99 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
10 39 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
11 26 (0.63%) Windows 7
12 23 (0.56%) Ubuntu
13 17 (0.41%) Windows 8
14 16 (0.39%) CentOS
15 15 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 15 (0.36%) VMS
16 10 (0.24%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
18 4 (0.097%) Debian
19 3 (0.073%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,189 (28.76%) Problem-Solving
2 947 (22.91%) Customer Service
3 811 (19.62%) ITIL
4 689 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 660 (15.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 414 (10.01%) ITSM
7 401 (9.70%) Service Delivery
8 373 (9.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 331 (8.01%) AI
10 311 (7.52%) Disaster Recovery
11 295 (7.14%) Mentoring
12 288 (6.97%) Service Management
13 259 (6.27%) User Experience
14 257 (6.22%) Migration
15 253 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
16 229 (5.54%) Project Delivery
17 213 (5.15%) Roadmaps
18 202 (4.89%) Incident Management
19 199 (4.81%) Agile
19 199 (4.81%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 466 (11.27%) PowerShell
2 285 (6.89%) SQL
3 155 (3.75%) Python
4 131 (3.17%) C#
5 116 (2.81%) JavaScript
6 50 (1.21%) Bash
7 38 (0.92%) VBA
8 31 (0.75%) TypeScript
9 28 (0.68%) R
10 24 (0.58%) Bicep
11 17 (0.41%) T-SQL
12 15 (0.36%) Ruby
13 12 (0.29%) C++
14 11 (0.27%) C
14 11 (0.27%) Java
14 11 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
14 11 (0.27%) VBScript
15 9 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
16 8 (0.19%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 517 (12.51%) Degree
2 360 (8.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 283 (6.85%) Security Cleared
4 238 (5.76%) SC Cleared
5 118 (2.85%) DBS Check
6 107 (2.59%) Azure Certification
7 102 (2.47%) A+ Certification
8 89 (2.15%) MCSE
9 88 (2.13%) AWS Certification
10 84 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
11 61 (1.48%) CISSP
12 54 (1.31%) CCNA
13 47 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
14 46 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
15 31 (0.75%) CISM
16 28 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
17 26 (0.63%) CompTIA CySA+
18 25 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
19 24 (0.58%) CCNP
20 23 (0.56%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 328 (7.93%) Cyber Essentials
2 259 (6.27%) SLA
3 239 (5.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 138 (3.34%) GDPR
5 118 (2.85%) QA
6 95 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 92 (2.23%) PCI DSS
8 84 (2.03%) NIST
9 31 (0.75%) Data Quality
9 31 (0.75%) GRC
10 30 (0.73%) Accessibility
11 24 (0.58%) PMO
12 17 (0.41%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (0.17%) ISO 19650
14 7 (0.17%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.12%) ISO 22301
15 5 (0.12%) NCSC
16 4 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1,730 (41.85%) Active Directory
2 469 (11.34%) Hyper-V
3 339 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 89 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 71 (1.72%) Terminal Server
6 47 (1.14%) vSphere
7 37 (0.90%) Docker
8 33 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
9 26 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
10 18 (0.44%) BitLocker
11 16 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
12 14 (0.34%) KVM
13 12 (0.29%) Firmware
13 12 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 9 (0.22%) VMware Server
15 8 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 7 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
17 6 (0.15%) Terminal Services
18 5 (0.12%) ClearTrust
19 4 (0.097%) Samba
Systems Management
1 811 (19.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 169 (4.09%) SCCM
3 77 (1.86%) Terraform
4 68 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
5 53 (1.28%) Autotask
6 45 (1.09%) Kubernetes
7 42 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 39 (0.94%) FortiGate
9 29 (0.70%) Ansible
10 22 (0.53%) Proxmox
10 22 (0.53%) vCenter Server
11 18 (0.44%) Grafana
12 16 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
13 15 (0.36%) ZABBIX
14 13 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 13 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.31%) WSUS
15 10 (0.24%) Nessus
16 9 (0.22%) Backup Exec
17 8 (0.19%) Graylog
Vendors
1 3,588 (86.79%) Microsoft
2 538 (13.01%) VMware
3 233 (5.64%) ServiceNow
4 199 (4.81%) Cisco
5 189 (4.57%) Veeam
6 143 (3.46%) Google
7 136 (3.29%) Apple
8 101 (2.44%) SolarWinds
9 98 (2.37%) Meraki
9 98 (2.37%) Splunk
10 77 (1.86%) Citrix
11 73 (1.77%) iManage
12 72 (1.74%) Nimble Storage
13 71 (1.72%) Palo Alto
13 71 (1.72%) Sophos
14 70 (1.69%) Brocade
14 70 (1.69%) Tanium
15 62 (1.50%) CrowdStrike
16 61 (1.48%) SonicWALL
17 59 (1.43%) Ubiquiti