Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Leeds

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 19 42
Rank change year-on-year -19 +23 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 59 105 84
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 5.24% 7.48% 5.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.38% 20.23% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 56 66 70
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £39,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.72% -5.95% +20.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £63,047 £57,188
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,313 £67,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £34,250 £34,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +0.74% -9.33% +15.38%

All Cloud Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 441 519 714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 39.20% 36.97% 49.11%
Number of salaries quoted 354 367 558
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,400 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,740 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -4.49% +11.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £88,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £58,153 £59,526
% change year-on-year +3.18% -2.31% +8.23%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Leeds

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Leeds over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Leeds

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 16 (27.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (16.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (13.56%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 27 (45.76%) Azure
2 19 (32.20%) Entra ID
3 6 (10.17%) OneDrive
4 3 (5.08%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.39%) AWS
5 2 (3.39%) Google Workspace
5 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (30.51%) Firewall
1 18 (30.51%) VLAN
2 13 (22.03%) SAN
2 13 (22.03%) VoIP
3 7 (11.86%) VPN
4 5 (8.47%) DHCP
4 5 (8.47%) DNS
4 5 (8.47%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.39%) WAN
6 1 (1.69%) LAN
6 1 (1.69%) Wireless
6 1 (1.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Power BI
General
1 28 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 12 (20.34%) Legal
3 11 (18.64%) Finance
4 9 (15.25%) Law
5 7 (11.86%) Marketing
6 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.39%) Retail
8 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (33.90%) IT Support
2 14 (23.73%) Analyst
3 13 (22.03%) Support Technician
4 12 (20.34%) IT Analyst
5 8 (13.56%) 1st Line Support
5 8 (13.56%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 8 (13.56%) IT Support Analyst
5 8 (13.56%) Support Analyst
6 7 (11.86%) Senior
6 7 (11.86%) Senior Support Technician
6 7 (11.86%) Senior Technician
6 7 (11.86%) Support Assistant
7 6 (10.17%) Field Support Technician
7 6 (10.17%) IT Manager
7 6 (10.17%) IT Support Technician
7 6 (10.17%) IT Technician
8 5 (8.47%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (8.47%) Service Analyst
8 5 (8.47%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (6.78%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.03%) Clustering
2 9 (15.25%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.39%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.69%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 39 (66.10%) Windows
2 28 (47.46%) Windows 10
3 15 (25.42%) Linux
4 13 (22.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (15.25%) Windows Server
6 2 (3.39%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.69%) Android
7 1 (1.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.90%) Customer Service
2 18 (30.51%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (16.95%) ITSM
4 8 (13.56%) CRM
4 8 (13.56%) Service Delivery
5 7 (11.86%) Business Development
5 7 (11.86%) Invoice Processing
5 7 (11.86%) Order Management
5 7 (11.86%) Supplier Management
6 6 (10.17%) Asset Management
6 6 (10.17%) IT Asset Management
7 5 (8.47%) Collaborative Culture
7 5 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.78%) Case Management
8 4 (6.78%) Data Security
8 4 (6.78%) ITIL
8 4 (6.78%) Server Management
9 3 (5.08%) Agile
9 3 (5.08%) Incident Management
9 3 (5.08%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.78%) VBA
2 3 (5.08%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.08%) Python
3 2 (3.39%) Bash
4 1 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 20 (33.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (11.86%) Degree
3 2 (3.39%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (3.39%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.25%) SLA
2 2 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.69%) GDPR
3 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.69%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (40.68%) Active Directory
2 21 (35.59%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (33.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.69%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.69%) Kibana
2 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.69%) QRadar
2 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (81.36%) Microsoft
2 13 (22.03%) Dell
2 13 (22.03%) HP
2 13 (22.03%) SonicWALL
2 13 (22.03%) Supermicro
3 7 (11.86%) Xero
4 6 (10.17%) Citrix
5 3 (5.08%) VMware
6 2 (3.39%) Google
6 2 (3.39%) Nexthink
6 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.69%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.69%) New Relic
7 1 (1.69%) Splunk