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 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 23 18
Rank change year-on-year -14 -5 +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,957 3,480 4,726
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.49% 7.31% 8.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.76% 19.96% 22.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,227 2,152 4,106
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +2.41%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,350 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +1.19%

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 18,758 17,431 21,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.85% 36.61% 39.71%
Number of salaries quoted 10,417 10,292 17,946
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 20 January 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 20 January 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 -9 833 £48,238 -15.37% 199
South East -8 537 £35,500 -16.47% 289
North of England -6 536 £33,750 -15.63% 190
Midlands -14 427 £32,500 -23.53% 120
South West +8 368 £32,500 -2.99% 101
North West -2 266 £35,000 -12.50% 86
Yorkshire -1 219 £32,500 -14.47% 80
East Midlands +5 211 £29,500 -13.24% 65
West Midlands -20 211 £37,500 -16.67% 53
East of England -15 205 £37,500 +13.64% 95
North East -1 51 £31,500 -16.00% 29
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
1 717 (24.25%) SharePoint
2 654 (22.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (0.78%) Confluence
4 11 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (0.34%) IIS
5 10 (0.34%) Skype for Business
5 10 (0.34%) WordPress
6 8 (0.27%) CMS
7 7 (0.24%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.14%) nginx
9 3 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.068%) Moodle
10 2 (0.068%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.034%) Apache
11 1 (0.034%) Drupal
11 1 (0.034%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 435 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
2 166 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.44%) InDesign
4 13 (0.44%) Photoshop
5 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.37%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.17%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.14%) Acrobat
9 4 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.14%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 2 (0.068%) CINEMA 4D
11 1 (0.034%) Revit
Business Applications
1 93 (3.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.24%) Shopify
3 5 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.10%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.10%) Yoast SEO
5 2 (0.068%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.068%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.068%) Q-Pulse
5 2 (0.068%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.068%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.068%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.034%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.034%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.034%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,434 (48.50%) Azure
2 647 (21.88%) Entra ID
3 307 (10.38%) Power Platform
4 258 (8.73%) AWS
5 213 (7.20%) OneDrive
6 139 (4.70%) SaaS
7 138 (4.67%) Power Automate
8 129 (4.36%) PowerApps
9 99 (3.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 90 (3.04%) Google Workspace
11 87 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
12 61 (2.06%) IaaS
13 55 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
13 55 (1.86%) PaaS
14 54 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
15 52 (1.76%) Microsoft Purview
16 45 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
17 41 (1.39%) GCP
18 32 (1.08%) Copilot Studio
19 31 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 584 (19.75%) DNS
2 549 (18.57%) DHCP
3 540 (18.26%) Firewall
4 348 (11.77%) VPN
5 283 (9.57%) TCP/IP
6 210 (7.10%) VLAN
6 210 (7.10%) Wi-Fi
7 204 (6.90%) WAN
8 200 (6.76%) LAN
9 132 (4.46%) VoIP
10 99 (3.35%) Wireless
11 78 (2.64%) SAN
12 55 (1.86%) Internet
13 53 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
14 46 (1.56%) Network Security
15 44 (1.49%) SD-WAN
16 28 (0.95%) Unified Communications
17 20 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
17 20 (0.68%) IP Telephony
18 16 (0.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (5.95%) Power BI
2 111 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
3 70 (2.37%) SQL Server
4 16 (0.54%) Data Lake
5 13 (0.44%) MySQL
6 11 (0.37%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.34%) Metadata
8 9 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.27%) Power Query
9 8 (0.27%) Tableau
10 7 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.24%) DTS
11 6 (0.20%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (0.17%) GIS
12 5 (0.17%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 80 (2.71%) JIRA
2 10 (0.34%) Git
3 7 (0.24%) Chocolatey
4 4 (0.14%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.14%) Vagrant
5 2 (0.068%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.068%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.034%) GitLab
6 1 (0.034%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.034%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,467 (49.61%) Social Skills
2 361 (12.21%) Finance
3 242 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
4 170 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
5 154 (5.21%) Legal
6 142 (4.80%) Law
7 135 (4.57%) Manufacturing
8 131 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 118 (3.99%) French Language
10 93 (3.15%) Swedish Language
11 79 (2.67%) Marketing
11 79 (2.67%) Public Sector
12 76 (2.57%) Retail
13 72 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
14 61 (2.06%) Telecoms
15 43 (1.45%) Advertising
16 30 (1.01%) Back Office
17 29 (0.98%) Banking
18 16 (0.54%) Games
19 15 (0.51%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 903 (30.54%) IT Support
2 604 (20.43%) Support Engineer
3 522 (17.65%) Analyst
4 421 (14.24%) IT Engineer
5 351 (11.87%) IT Support Engineer
6 267 (9.03%) 2nd Line Support
7 254 (8.59%) Support Analyst
8 229 (7.74%) Support Technician
9 224 (7.58%) Senior
10 214 (7.24%) IT Analyst
11 199 (6.73%) Service Analyst
12 189 (6.39%) Service Desk Analyst
13 164 (5.55%) IT Technician
14 158 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 157 (5.31%) IT Support Technician
16 150 (5.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 150 (5.07%) IT Support Analyst
17 148 (5.01%) Lead
18 140 (4.73%) 1st Line Support
19 127 (4.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (0.98%) .NET
2 23 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
2 23 (0.78%) REST
3 20 (0.68%) HTML5 Canvas
4 15 (0.51%) Web Services
5 14 (0.47%) HTML
6 13 (0.44%) Middleware
7 11 (0.37%) JSON
8 9 (0.30%) EDI
9 8 (0.27%) LDAP
10 7 (0.24%) CSS
11 6 (0.20%) LangChain
11 6 (0.20%) Node.js
11 6 (0.20%) OAuth
11 6 (0.20%) OpenID
11 6 (0.20%) SOAP
11 6 (0.20%) Software Packaging
12 5 (0.17%) ARM Templates
12 5 (0.17%) RESTful
12 5 (0.17%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 369 (12.48%) Driving Licence
2 309 (10.45%) Onboarding
3 106 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
4 101 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
5 82 (2.77%) Management Information System
6 74 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
7 55 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 45 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
9 41 (1.39%) Data Centre
10 40 (1.35%) Cloud Native
11 36 (1.22%) CMDB
12 34 (1.15%) CCTV
13 31 (1.05%) Social Media
14 30 (1.01%) Low-Code
15 27 (0.91%) AI Agents
15 27 (0.91%) Security Posture
16 24 (0.81%) iPad
17 23 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
17 23 (0.78%) Replication
18 22 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1,638 (55.39%) Windows
2 788 (26.65%) Windows Server
3 425 (14.37%) Windows 10
4 246 (8.32%) Linux
5 170 (5.75%) Mac OS
6 141 (4.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 125 (4.23%) Apple iOS
8 88 (2.98%) Android
9 82 (2.77%) Windows Server 2019
10 28 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (0.47%) Windows 7
12 12 (0.41%) Unix
12 12 (0.41%) Windows 8
13 11 (0.37%) VMS
14 10 (0.34%) Mac OS X
15 9 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
16 7 (0.24%) Ubuntu
17 4 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
18 1 (0.034%) Kali Linux
18 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 931 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
2 865 (29.25%) Customer Service
3 713 (24.11%) ITIL
4 381 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 380 (12.85%) Cybersecurity
6 344 (11.63%) ITSM
7 269 (9.10%) Migration
8 268 (9.06%) Service Delivery
9 245 (8.29%) Mentoring
10 224 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 193 (6.53%) Disaster Recovery
12 192 (6.49%) Business Intelligence
13 177 (5.99%) Service Management
14 170 (5.75%) CRM
15 167 (5.65%) Agile
16 166 (5.61%) Customer Experience
17 160 (5.41%) Project Delivery
18 134 (4.53%) AI
19 132 (4.46%) Roadmaps
20 130 (4.40%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 347 (11.73%) PowerShell
2 157 (5.31%) SQL
3 91 (3.08%) Python
4 46 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 43 (1.45%) C#
6 23 (0.78%) Bicep
7 21 (0.71%) VBA
8 11 (0.37%) Bash
9 10 (0.34%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (0.30%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.27%) Java
12 7 (0.24%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
13 6 (0.20%) VBScript
14 4 (0.14%) Groovy
15 3 (0.10%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.10%) VB
16 2 (0.068%) C++
Qualifications
1 455 (15.39%) Degree
2 334 (11.30%) Microsoft Certification
3 234 (7.91%) Security Cleared
4 218 (7.37%) SC Cleared
5 139 (4.70%) AWS Certification
6 126 (4.26%) MCSE
7 91 (3.08%) Azure Certification
8 85 (2.87%) DBS Check
9 82 (2.77%) A+ Certification
10 65 (2.20%) MCP
11 63 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
12 52 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
13 50 (1.69%) CISSP
14 34 (1.15%) CCNA
14 34 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
14 34 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 33 (1.12%) PMI Certification
16 32 (1.08%) Master's Degree
17 27 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
18 26 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (7.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 199 (6.73%) SLA
3 171 (5.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 130 (4.40%) QA
5 129 (4.36%) GDPR
6 94 (3.18%) PCI DSS
7 54 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 50 (1.69%) NIST
9 26 (0.88%) PMO
10 21 (0.71%) Accessibility
11 18 (0.61%) GRC
12 17 (0.57%) ISO 9001
13 13 (0.44%) Data Quality
14 9 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.20%) SOC 2
17 5 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 4 (0.14%) NCSC
19 3 (0.10%) ISO 22301
19 3 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1,436 (48.56%) Active Directory
2 359 (12.14%) Hyper-V
3 259 (8.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 84 (2.84%) Terminal Server
5 55 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 35 (1.18%) Firmware
7 20 (0.68%) Docker
7 20 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (0.61%) vSphere
9 17 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.30%) XenApp
11 8 (0.27%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.27%) Postfix
11 8 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.27%) XenDesktop
12 6 (0.20%) Terminal Services
13 5 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
14 4 (0.14%) DFS Replication
14 4 (0.14%) Dovecot
14 4 (0.14%) Squid
Systems Management
1 681 (23.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 152 (5.14%) SCCM
3 55 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
4 50 (1.69%) Terraform
5 44 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
6 32 (1.08%) Autotask
7 30 (1.01%) FortiGate
8 19 (0.64%) Kubernetes
9 18 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 16 (0.54%) Nagios
10 16 (0.54%) vCenter Server
11 12 (0.41%) Ansible
11 12 (0.41%) ZABBIX
12 8 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
12 8 (0.27%) Nessus
12 8 (0.27%) SmoothWall
12 8 (0.27%) WSUS
13 7 (0.24%) Grafana
13 7 (0.24%) Prometheus
13 7 (0.24%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 2,399 (81.13%) Microsoft
2 462 (15.62%) VMware
3 217 (7.34%) ServiceNow
4 178 (6.02%) Cisco
5 157 (5.31%) Veeam
6 135 (4.57%) Apple
7 119 (4.02%) Google
8 115 (3.89%) SolarWinds
9 97 (3.28%) Splunk
10 91 (3.08%) Tanium
11 85 (2.87%) Nimble Storage
12 84 (2.84%) Brocade
13 74 (2.50%) Citrix
14 59 (2.00%) Meraki
15 48 (1.62%) HP
16 42 (1.42%) Adobe
17 40 (1.35%) Salesforce
17 40 (1.35%) Sophos
18 36 (1.22%) Fortinet
19 34 (1.15%) SAP