Microsoft 365 Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 26
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 634 483 640
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.26% 8.51% 6.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.25% 28.48% 23.38%
Number of salaries quoted 490 410 482
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,875 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £32,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.15% -10.96% -2.67%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £36,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.84% -13.53% +2.41%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,293 1,696 2,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.12% 29.89% 26.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,239 1,344 1,921
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,825 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £32,125 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £64,900 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.17% -4.00% -3.85%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the Midlands

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
West Midlands -8 351 £45,000 +28.57% 111
East Midlands -4 283 £35,000 +7.69% 69
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 109 (17.19%) SharePoint
2 103 (16.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.05%) IIS
4 7 (1.10%) Apache
4 7 (1.10%) nginx
5 5 (0.79%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.63%) WordPress
7 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 65 (10.25%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.47%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.42%) Shopify
3 5 (0.79%) Magento
3 5 (0.79%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.47%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.47%) Infor LN
5 3 (0.47%) Infor M3
5 3 (0.47%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.32%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.32%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.32%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.16%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.16%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 228 (35.96%) Azure
2 183 (28.86%) Entra ID
3 57 (8.99%) Power Platform
4 38 (5.99%) AWS
5 37 (5.84%) Power Automate
6 32 (5.05%) Microsoft Purview
7 30 (4.73%) Microsoft Copilot
8 26 (4.10%) SaaS
9 25 (3.94%) Mimecast
9 25 (3.94%) PowerApps
10 23 (3.63%) OneDrive
11 17 (2.68%) Azure Sentinel
12 14 (2.21%) Google Workspace
13 10 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.10%) GCP
14 7 (1.10%) Nutanix
15 6 (0.95%) IaaS
16 5 (0.79%) NetDocuments
16 5 (0.79%) OCI
17 4 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 110 (17.35%) Firewall
2 98 (15.46%) DNS
3 79 (12.46%) DHCP
4 72 (11.36%) VPN
5 63 (9.94%) TCP/IP
6 48 (7.57%) LAN
7 44 (6.94%) WAN
8 42 (6.62%) VLAN
9 39 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (4.89%) Wireless
11 23 (3.63%) VoIP
12 18 (2.84%) Network Security
13 14 (2.21%) Internet
14 13 (2.05%) SAN
15 7 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
16 5 (0.79%) Skype
17 4 (0.63%) IP Telephony
17 4 (0.63%) SSL
17 4 (0.63%) Unified Communications
17 4 (0.63%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (7.10%) Power BI
2 11 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.95%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.63%) Power Query
5 3 (0.47%) MySQL
6 2 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.32%) KNIME
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (1.74%) JIRA
2 5 (0.79%) Git
2 5 (0.79%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.32%) Ant
3 2 (0.32%) Apache Ivy
3 2 (0.32%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (0.32%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.32%) Maven
3 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.16%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.16%) Selenium
4 1 (0.16%) Yeoman
General
1 287 (45.27%) Social Skills
2 51 (8.04%) Finance
3 40 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (5.68%) Legal
5 35 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
6 33 (5.21%) Manufacturing
7 30 (4.73%) Retail
8 29 (4.57%) Public Sector
9 26 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (3.63%) Telecoms
11 19 (3.00%) Law
12 12 (1.89%) Swedish Language
13 10 (1.58%) Legal Technology
14 7 (1.10%) Back Office
15 6 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.95%) Spanish Language
16 5 (0.79%) Automotive
16 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.63%) Dutch Language
17 4 (0.63%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 180 (28.39%) IT Support
2 130 (20.50%) IT Engineer
3 97 (15.30%) Analyst
4 91 (14.35%) Support Engineer
5 80 (12.62%) IT Support Engineer
6 57 (8.99%) IT Technician
7 56 (8.83%) IT Manager
8 53 (8.36%) Support Technician
9 50 (7.89%) IT Support Technician
9 50 (7.89%) Senior
10 48 (7.57%) Support Analyst
11 37 (5.84%) IT Analyst
12 32 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 29 (4.57%) 2nd Line Support
14 28 (4.42%) IT Support Analyst
15 27 (4.26%) Administrator
16 26 (4.10%) Service Analyst
16 26 (4.10%) Service Desk Analyst
17 22 (3.47%) Developer
18 18 (2.84%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.00%) .NET
2 10 (1.58%) Terraform
3 6 (0.95%) REST
4 3 (0.47%) CSS
4 3 (0.47%) EDI
4 3 (0.47%) HTML
4 3 (0.47%) RESTful
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 85 (13.41%) Onboarding
2 75 (11.83%) Driving Licence
3 32 (5.05%) Management Information System
4 31 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (3.15%) CCTV
6 19 (3.00%) Clustering
7 13 (2.05%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.58%) BYOD
9 9 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
10 8 (1.26%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.10%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.79%) CMDB
13 4 (0.63%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.63%) Culture of Ownership
13 4 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.63%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
14 3 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 328 (51.74%) Windows
2 148 (23.34%) Windows Server
3 81 (12.78%) Windows 10
4 55 (8.68%) Linux
5 39 (6.15%) Apple iOS
6 37 (5.84%) Android
7 20 (3.15%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.10%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.47%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (38.80%) Problem-Solving
2 149 (23.50%) ITIL
3 143 (22.56%) Customer Service
4 140 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 118 (18.61%) Cybersecurity
6 93 (14.67%) Service Delivery
7 76 (11.99%) ITSM
8 54 (8.52%) Mentoring
9 52 (8.20%) Disaster Recovery
10 50 (7.89%) AI
11 47 (7.41%) Project Delivery
12 46 (7.26%) Business Intelligence
12 46 (7.26%) ERP
13 45 (7.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 45 (7.10%) Service Management
14 43 (6.78%) Business Continuity
15 38 (5.99%) CRM
15 38 (5.99%) Stakeholder Management
16 34 (5.36%) Collaborative Working
17 33 (5.21%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (12.78%) PowerShell
2 60 (9.46%) SQL
3 19 (3.00%) C#
4 13 (2.05%) Python
5 12 (1.89%) VBA
6 4 (0.63%) Bash
6 4 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.47%) Ruby
8 2 (0.32%) Bicep
8 2 (0.32%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 58 (9.15%) Degree
2 57 (8.99%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (7.10%) Security Cleared
4 42 (6.62%) SC Cleared
5 27 (4.26%) Azure Certification
6 19 (3.00%) DBS Check
7 18 (2.84%) MCSE
8 14 (2.21%) AWS Certification
8 14 (2.21%) CCNA
8 14 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.58%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (0.95%) A+ Certification
11 6 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.79%) CCNP
12 5 (0.79%) CIPD
12 5 (0.79%) CISSP
12 5 (0.79%) CompTIA CySA+
12 5 (0.79%) SSCP
13 4 (0.63%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (8.36%) SLA
3 48 (7.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 27 (4.26%) GDPR
5 15 (2.37%) NIST
6 14 (2.21%) QA
7 13 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.10%) ISO 9001
8 7 (1.10%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.79%) GRC
10 4 (0.63%) NCSC
11 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.47%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 267 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 103 (16.25%) Hyper-V
3 51 (8.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.10%) vSphere
6 6 (0.95%) Firmware
7 4 (0.63%) Docker
8 3 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.32%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.32%) Samba
9 2 (0.32%) XenApp
10 1 (0.16%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 119 (18.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (3.15%) SCCM
3 5 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.63%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.47%) Nessus
6 2 (0.32%) Ansible
6 2 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.32%) Puppet
6 2 (0.32%) WSUS
7 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 550 (86.75%) Microsoft
2 83 (13.09%) VMware
3 47 (7.41%) ServiceNow
4 28 (4.42%) Sophos
5 23 (3.63%) Cisco
6 19 (3.00%) SonicWALL
7 18 (2.84%) Logitech
7 18 (2.84%) Veeam
8 17 (2.68%) Apple
8 17 (2.68%) SAP
8 17 (2.68%) TOWER Software
9 16 (2.52%) Oracle
10 15 (2.37%) Google
11 14 (2.21%) Citrix
12 11 (1.74%) Sage
13 10 (1.58%) Dell
14 9 (1.42%) Meraki
15 8 (1.26%) ESET
15 8 (1.26%) Palo Alto
16 7 (1.10%) WatchGuard