Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Kent

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 72 90 134
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 4.41% 11.84% 10.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.27% 46.15% 39.53%
Number of salaries quoted 50 80 86
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,725 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £29,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,350 £33,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £34,250 £41,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £52,625 £55,625
South East median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year +2.67% -1.32% -5.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 394 195 339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 24.14% 25.66% 27.12%
Number of salaries quoted 231 144 250
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,825 £27,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -31.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -4.04%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Kent

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Kent over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Kent

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Kent region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Maidstone -1 14 £27,250 -17.42% 4
Ramsgate - 7 £31,500 -
Whitstable - 6 £36,250 -
Sittingbourne +6 4 £34,500 -13.75% 2
Aylesford - 3 £32,500 - 2
Tonbridge -8 1 £50,000 +66.67%
Canterbury -24 1 £42,500 +6.25% 1
Folkestone - 1 £27,500 - 1
Rochester - 1 £30,000 - 1
Westerham - 1 £27,500 -
Snodland - 1 £29,064 - 1
Stansted - 1 - - 3
Microsoft 365
South East

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 15 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 12 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.39%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (44.44%) Azure
2 14 (19.44%) AWS
3 10 (13.89%) Entra ID
4 8 (11.11%) OneDrive
5 5 (6.94%) Power Platform
6 4 (5.56%) GCP
7 3 (4.17%) Nutanix
7 3 (4.17%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.78%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.39%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (25.00%) LAN
1 18 (25.00%) VPN
2 16 (22.22%) WAN
3 13 (18.06%) DHCP
3 13 (18.06%) DNS
3 13 (18.06%) Firewall
4 8 (11.11%) TCP/IP
5 4 (5.56%) NAS
5 4 (5.56%) SAN
5 4 (5.56%) VLAN
6 2 (2.78%) VoIP
6 2 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 20 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (5.56%) French Language
4 3 (4.17%) Law
5 2 (2.78%) Legal
5 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.78%) Swedish Language
6 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.39%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 29 (40.28%) IT Support
2 27 (37.50%) Support Engineer
3 22 (30.56%) IT Engineer
3 22 (30.56%) IT Support Engineer
4 15 (20.83%) Analyst
5 10 (13.89%) Senior
6 9 (12.50%) Support Analyst
7 7 (9.72%) 2nd Line Support
7 7 (9.72%) IT Technician
8 6 (8.33%) Service Analyst
8 6 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
9 5 (6.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (6.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (6.94%) Consultant
9 5 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.94%) IT Support Technician
9 5 (6.94%) Support Technician
10 4 (5.56%) Azure Consultant
10 4 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
10 4 (5.56%) Senior Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (1.39%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (1.39%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 8 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.39%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 30 (41.67%) Windows
2 14 (19.44%) Windows Server
3 8 (11.11%) Linux
4 4 (5.56%) Ubuntu
5 3 (4.17%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.39%) Android
6 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.00%) ITIL
2 15 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
2 15 (20.83%) Mentoring
3 13 (18.06%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (16.67%) Process Improvement
5 11 (15.28%) Business Continuity
6 10 (13.89%) Data Protection
6 10 (13.89%) ITSM
7 9 (12.50%) Service Management
8 6 (8.33%) Customer Service
8 6 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
8 6 (8.33%) Project Delivery
9 5 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 4 (5.56%) Asset Management
10 4 (5.56%) Data Management
10 4 (5.56%) Information Security
10 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure Management
10 4 (5.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.33%) C#
1 6 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.56%) SQL
3 1 (1.39%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 8 (11.11%) Degree
2 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (8.33%) AWS Certification
3 6 (8.33%) MCSE
4 4 (5.56%) CCNA
4 4 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.39%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.39%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.39%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.33%) QA
2 4 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.17%) GDPR
4 2 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 14 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (18.06%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 68 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 18 (25.00%) VMware
3 7 (9.72%) ServiceNow
4 6 (8.33%) HP
5 5 (6.94%) Google
6 4 (5.56%) Citrix
6 4 (5.56%) Facebook
6 4 (5.56%) HubSpot
6 4 (5.56%) Instagram
6 4 (5.56%) Salesforce
6 4 (5.56%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (4.17%) WatchGuard