Microsoft 365 Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 30 26
Rank change year-on-year -28 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 75 50 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 2.55% 5.59% 5.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.65% 23.36% 18.84%
Number of salaries quoted 55 37 67
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,300 £23,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,500 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -20.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £48,500 £37,500 £50,625
90th Percentile £61,884 £46,500 £52,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +2.41%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 644 214 467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 21.93% 23.94% 30.99%
Number of salaries quoted 440 147 330
10th Percentile £36,200 £25,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,950 £77,050
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -7.69%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in the North East

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North East over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North East

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the North East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Tyne and Wear -35 56 £41,250 +42.24% 24
Durham -9 19 £40,000 +25.00% 6
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 22 (29.33%) SharePoint
2 19 (25.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.33%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 29 (38.67%) Azure
2 16 (21.33%) Entra ID
2 16 (21.33%) OneDrive
3 6 (8.00%) AWS
4 5 (6.67%) Azure AI
4 5 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.67%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.67%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.67%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.33%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.33%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.33%) GCP
7 1 (1.33%) IaaS
7 1 (1.33%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (21.33%) DHCP
2 15 (20.00%) DNS
2 15 (20.00%) VPN
3 13 (17.33%) Firewall
4 10 (13.33%) LAN
4 10 (13.33%) WAN
5 6 (8.00%) TCP/IP
5 6 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (4.00%) VLAN
7 2 (2.67%) Wireless
8 1 (1.33%) Internet
8 1 (1.33%) SAN
8 1 (1.33%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.67%) Power BI
2 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 33 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.67%) Law
3 5 (6.67%) Local Government
3 5 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.00%) Finance
5 3 (4.00%) Legal
6 2 (2.67%) Billing
6 2 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.67%) Retail
7 1 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (18.67%) IT Support
2 11 (14.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (10.67%) IT Engineer
3 8 (10.67%) IT Technician
4 7 (9.33%) Senior
5 6 (8.00%) Administrator
5 6 (8.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (8.00%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (8.00%) Lead
5 6 (8.00%) Support Technician
6 5 (6.67%) Analyst
6 5 (6.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) Support Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (5.33%) Server Administrator
7 4 (5.33%) Systems Manager
7 4 (5.33%) Windows Administrator
7 4 (5.33%) Windows Server Administrator
8 3 (4.00%) IT Analyst
8 3 (4.00%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) CSS
1 1 (1.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.67%) Onboarding
2 10 (13.33%) Security Posture
3 5 (6.67%) Cyber Security Posture
3 5 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 5 (6.67%) IoT
3 5 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (5.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (5.33%) PKI
5 3 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.00%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (2.67%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.67%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (60.00%) Windows
2 23 (30.67%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.67%) Apple iOS
3 5 (6.67%) Mac OS
3 5 (6.67%) Windows 10
4 3 (4.00%) Android
4 3 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.67%) Linux
5 2 (2.67%) Mac OS X
5 2 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (34.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (29.33%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (21.33%) Customer Service
3 16 (21.33%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (16.00%) AI
5 11 (14.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (13.33%) ITIL
7 8 (10.67%) Migration
8 7 (9.33%) Roadmaps
9 6 (8.00%) Cloud Security
9 6 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (6.67%) Business Continuity
10 5 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (6.67%) IT Strategy
10 5 (6.67%) User Experience
10 5 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (5.33%) Data Loss Prevention
11 4 (5.33%) Decision-Making
11 4 (5.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 4 (5.33%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.00%) SQL
3 1 (1.33%) C#
3 1 (1.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (14.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (10.67%) Degree
3 5 (6.67%) Azure Certification
3 5 (6.67%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.67%) CIPD
4 2 (2.67%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.33%) CCSP
5 1 (1.33%) CISA
5 1 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.33%) CISSP
5 1 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.33%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.67%) QA
5 1 (1.33%) NIST
5 1 (1.33%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (50.67%) Active Directory
2 15 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (12.00%) Hyper-V
4 5 (6.67%) vSphere
5 3 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (14.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (9.33%) SCCM
3 5 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 73 (97.33%) Microsoft
2 19 (25.33%) VMware
3 10 (13.33%) Veeam
4 5 (6.67%) Aruba
5 4 (5.33%) Cisco
6 3 (4.00%) Apple
6 3 (4.00%) Citrix
6 3 (4.00%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.67%) Alteryx
7 2 (2.67%) F5
7 2 (2.67%) Google
7 2 (2.67%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.33%) Meraki
8 1 (1.33%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.33%) Zscaler