Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 29 35
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +41
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 26 61 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 4.02% 9.24% 8.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.56% 19.43% 21.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24 25 76
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £25,130
25th Percentile £31,438 £27,000 £29,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £33,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £51,563 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £56,682 £64,750 £58,750
South West median annual salary £33,000 £35,000 £38,250
% change year-on-year -5.71% -8.50% +6.25%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 157 314 367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 24.27% 47.58% 40.37%
Number of salaries quoted 116 104 222
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £29,044
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,200 £82,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +4.76%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Gloucestershire

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Cheltenham 0 10 £34,000 -36.74% 25
Gloucester -3 2 £32,500 -1.52% 26
Tewkesbury - 1 £34,500 -
Microsoft 365
South West

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) Entra ID
3 4 (15.38%) Power Automate
3 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 4 (15.38%) PowerApps
4 2 (7.69%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.85%) Google Workspace
5 1 (3.85%) IaaS
5 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.85%) PaaS
5 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Firewall
1 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
2 2 (7.69%) DHCP
2 2 (7.69%) DNS
3 1 (3.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Power BI
General
1 6 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (19.23%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Retail
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) IT Support
2 8 (30.77%) IT Technician
3 7 (26.92%) IT Support Technician
3 7 (26.92%) Support Technician
4 5 (19.23%) IT Trainer
4 5 (19.23%) Trainer
5 4 (15.38%) IT Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Support Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) IT Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) Lead
6 3 (11.54%) Support Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) Technical Leader
7 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Cloud Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) e-Learning
2 3 (11.54%) Driving Licence
3 2 (7.69%) CCTV
4 1 (3.85%) Learning Management System
4 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
2 3 (11.54%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (19.23%) Business Continuity
3 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (15.38%) Migration
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (11.54%) ITIL
4 3 (11.54%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (11.54%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 3 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
4 3 (11.54%) Service Management
5 2 (7.69%) BCP
5 2 (7.69%) Cloud Security
5 2 (7.69%) Customer Service
5 2 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 2 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (7.69%) RBAC
5 2 (7.69%) Threat Detection
5 2 (7.69%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
1 1 (3.85%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) GDPR
1 2 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (34.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) vCenter Server
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Cisco
2 2 (7.69%) Fortinet
2 2 (7.69%) Meraki
2 2 (7.69%) SolarWinds
2 2 (7.69%) VMware
3 1 (3.85%) Apple
3 1 (3.85%) ConnectWise
3 1 (3.85%) Google
3 1 (3.85%) Sophos
3 1 (3.85%) Ubiquiti