Microsoft 365 Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 34 51
Rank change year-on-year -13 +17 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 141 318 306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 6.31% 5.81% 6.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.80% 15.11% 13.24%
Number of salaries quoted 100 275 255
10th Percentile £25,480 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,750 £29,000 £29,518
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.94% -7.61% +24.32%
75th Percentile £45,500 £53,750 £55,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £71,500 £67,500
North West median annual salary £33,625 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.94% -5.88% +21.43%

All Cloud Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 953 2,104 2,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 42.64% 38.46% 49.80%
Number of salaries quoted 606 1,635 1,349
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,654
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +5.82%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,528 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Manchester.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Bolton -6 23 £25,480 -43.38% 10
Stockport +7 6 £31,250 -16.67% 3
Oldham -5 6 £26,500 -37.65% 6
Cheadle +6 5 - - 2
Rochdale +8 1 £40,000 -13.51% 1
Heywood - 1 £23,000 -
Wigan - 1 - - 4
Microsoft 365
North West

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (12.77%) SharePoint
2 14 (9.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.84%) IIS
4 2 (1.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (19.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (16.31%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 68 (48.23%) Azure
2 17 (12.06%) AWS
3 16 (11.35%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.96%) OneDrive
5 6 (4.26%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.13%) SaaS
7 2 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.42%) PaaS
7 2 (1.42%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.42%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.71%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.51%) DNS
2 10 (7.09%) VPN
3 9 (6.38%) DHCP
3 9 (6.38%) Firewall
4 8 (5.67%) WAN
5 6 (4.26%) Wireless
6 4 (2.84%) LAN
6 4 (2.84%) VLAN
6 4 (2.84%) VoIP
6 4 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.13%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.42%) DMZ
8 2 (1.42%) NAS
8 2 (1.42%) SAN
9 1 (0.71%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.71%) Network Security
9 1 (0.71%) OSPF
9 1 (0.71%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.55%) MySQL
2 5 (3.55%) RDBMS
2 5 (3.55%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.71%) Power BI
3 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.42%) JIRA
General
1 61 (43.26%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.77%) Law
3 14 (9.93%) Legal
4 9 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.38%) Finance
5 6 (4.26%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.55%) Digital Healthcare
6 5 (3.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (2.84%) Automotive
8 3 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.13%) Retail
9 2 (1.42%) Local Government
9 2 (1.42%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.71%) Banking
10 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (21.28%) IT Support
2 18 (12.77%) Administrator
3 17 (12.06%) IT Administrator
4 16 (11.35%) Analyst
5 13 (9.22%) Support Engineer
6 12 (8.51%) IT Engineer
7 9 (6.38%) Service Desk Support
8 8 (5.67%) 1st Line Support
8 8 (5.67%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (5.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (4.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 7 (4.96%) Applications Support
9 7 (4.96%) Azure Specialist
9 7 (4.96%) Cloud Specialist
9 7 (4.96%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 6 (4.26%) Consultant
10 6 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.26%) Lead
10 6 (4.26%) Senior
10 6 (4.26%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.26%) JSON
2 5 (3.55%) FHIR
3 2 (1.42%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.71%) CSS
4 1 (0.71%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.89%) Social Media
2 17 (12.06%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (7.09%) Enterprise Cloud
4 6 (4.26%) Driving Licence
4 6 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.55%) Blackberry
5 5 (3.55%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.55%) LIMS
5 5 (3.55%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.13%) CCTV
6 3 (2.13%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.13%) EPoS
6 3 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.13%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.42%) BYOD
7 2 (1.42%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.42%) CMDB
7 2 (1.42%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 71 (50.35%) Windows
2 30 (21.28%) Windows Server
3 28 (19.86%) Windows 10
4 11 (7.80%) Linux
5 7 (4.96%) Android
6 5 (3.55%) CentOS
6 5 (3.55%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.13%) Mac OS X
8 3 (2.13%) Ubuntu
8 3 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.71%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (32.62%) Customer Service
2 42 (29.79%) ITIL
3 37 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (17.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (17.73%) Process Improvement
5 21 (14.89%) Asset Management
6 17 (12.06%) Data Protection
6 17 (12.06%) Line Management
7 15 (10.64%) Service Management
8 14 (9.93%) Mentoring
9 13 (9.22%) Agile
9 13 (9.22%) Coaching
9 13 (9.22%) ITSM
10 11 (7.80%) Budget Management
10 11 (7.80%) ERP
10 11 (7.80%) Roadmaps
10 11 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (7.09%) Customer-Centricity
11 10 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.06%) PowerShell
2 16 (11.35%) SQL
3 6 (4.26%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.84%) VB
4 4 (2.84%) VBA
5 3 (2.13%) Bash
5 3 (2.13%) Java
6 2 (1.42%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (19.86%) Degree
2 25 (17.73%) DBS Check
3 24 (17.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (7.09%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (4.26%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (2.84%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.84%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.13%) ACSP
7 3 (2.13%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.13%) HP AIS
7 3 (2.13%) Linux+ Certification
7 3 (2.13%) MCSA
7 3 (2.13%) RHCE
7 3 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.42%) CISM
8 2 (1.42%) CISSP
8 2 (1.42%) MCSE
8 2 (1.42%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.42%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.60%) SLA
2 19 (13.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.55%) HL7
5 3 (2.13%) GDPR
5 3 (2.13%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.42%) NCSC
6 2 (1.42%) NIST
6 2 (1.42%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.42%) QA
7 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 53 (37.59%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.55%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (3.55%) vSphere
4 3 (2.13%) Docker
4 3 (2.13%) Dovecot
4 3 (2.13%) Postfix
4 3 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (21.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.26%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (3.55%) SCCM
4 3 (2.13%) Autotask
4 3 (2.13%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.42%) Puppet
5 2 (1.42%) SmoothWall
5 2 (1.42%) Terraform
6 1 (0.71%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 108 (76.60%) Microsoft
2 21 (14.89%) VMware
3 18 (12.77%) Cisco
4 16 (11.35%) Veeam
5 11 (7.80%) ServiceNow
6 7 (4.96%) Apple
7 5 (3.55%) Adobe
7 5 (3.55%) iManage
7 5 (3.55%) Intapp
7 5 (3.55%) Meraki
7 5 (3.55%) Oracle
8 4 (2.84%) Citrix
8 4 (2.84%) Logitech
9 3 (2.13%) Avaya
9 3 (2.13%) HP
9 3 (2.13%) MobileIron
9 3 (2.13%) Okta
9 3 (2.13%) Ping Identity
9 3 (2.13%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.42%) ESET