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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 27 37
Rank change year-on-year -32 +10 -19
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 97 61 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 2.69% 6.22% 4.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.16% 27.48% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 63 39 34
10th Percentile £28,400 £25,300 £25,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £31,500 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -13.10% +3.57%
75th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £47,813
90th Percentile £52,500 £73,750 £52,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% +9.76%

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 685 222 388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 18.98% 22.65% 29.11%
Number of salaries quoted 528 152 215
10th Percentile £36,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £29,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £78,661 £84,964
England median annual salary £62,740 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.57% -7.69% +4.00%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -45 69 £40,000 +37.93% 17
Durham -1 28 £40,000 +26.98% 3
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 29 (29.90%) SharePoint
2 20 (20.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.03%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.06%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 31 (31.96%) Azure
2 23 (23.71%) Entra ID
3 18 (18.56%) OneDrive
4 13 (13.40%) Microsoft Copilot
4 13 (13.40%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.19%) Power Automate
5 6 (6.19%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.15%) AWS
7 4 (4.12%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (3.09%) IaaS
9 2 (2.06%) Azure AI
9 2 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.06%) GCP
9 2 (2.06%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.06%) SaaS
10 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (18.56%) DHCP
2 17 (17.53%) DNS
2 17 (17.53%) VPN
3 16 (16.49%) WAN
4 15 (15.46%) Firewall
4 15 (15.46%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (14.43%) LAN
6 9 (9.28%) TCP/IP
7 3 (3.09%) VLAN
7 3 (3.09%) Wireless
8 2 (2.06%) Network Security
8 2 (2.06%) SAN
9 1 (1.03%) Intranet
9 1 (1.03%) NAS
9 1 (1.03%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.03%) Spanning Tree
9 1 (1.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.28%) Power BI
2 1 (1.03%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Claude Code
General
1 49 (50.52%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.34%) Manufacturing
3 8 (8.25%) Public Sector
4 7 (7.22%) Law
5 6 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (5.15%) Finance
6 5 (5.15%) Local Government
7 4 (4.12%) Retail
8 3 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.06%) Billing
9 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.06%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (19.59%) IT Support
2 11 (11.34%) Analyst
3 10 (10.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (10.31%) IT Technician
3 10 (10.31%) Senior
3 10 (10.31%) Support Analyst
4 8 (8.25%) IT Engineer
4 8 (8.25%) IT Support Technician
4 8 (8.25%) Support Technician
5 7 (7.22%) Administrator
5 7 (7.22%) IT Analyst
5 7 (7.22%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (6.19%) Developer
6 6 (6.19%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (6.19%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (5.15%) Coordinator
7 5 (5.15%) Microsoft 365 Developer
7 5 (5.15%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 5 (5.15%) Systems Manager
8 4 (4.12%) Windows Server Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.15%) CSS
1 5 (5.15%) HTML
2 3 (3.09%) Middleware
3 1 (1.03%) .NET
3 1 (1.03%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.03%) Langfuse
3 1 (1.03%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (1.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (23.71%) Onboarding
2 11 (11.34%) Security Posture
3 8 (8.25%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.15%) Cyber Security Posture
4 5 (5.15%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (5.15%) IoT
4 5 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (4.12%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.12%) PKI
6 3 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.09%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (2.06%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.06%) e-Learning
7 2 (2.06%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.03%) AI Agents
8 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.03%) NHS
8 1 (1.03%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.03%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 57 (58.76%) Windows
2 26 (26.80%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.19%) macOS
3 6 (6.19%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.12%) Android
4 4 (4.12%) Apple iOS
5 3 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (39.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 31 (31.96%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (26.80%) Customer Service
4 18 (18.56%) AI
5 15 (15.46%) ITIL
6 14 (14.43%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (13.40%) Coaching
8 12 (12.37%) Migration
9 10 (10.31%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (10.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 9 (9.28%) Business Continuity
10 9 (9.28%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (7.22%) Cloud Security
11 7 (7.22%) Decision-Making
11 7 (7.22%) Project Delivery
12 6 (6.19%) Agile
12 6 (6.19%) Data Protection
12 6 (6.19%) Mentoring
12 6 (6.19%) User Experience
13 5 (5.15%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.37%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.19%) C#
3 5 (5.15%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (19.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (9.28%) DBS Check
3 8 (8.25%) Degree
4 5 (5.15%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.09%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.06%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.06%) CIPD
6 2 (2.06%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.06%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.03%) CCNA
7 1 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (1.03%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.19%) QA
2 5 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.06%) SLA
6 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (51.55%) Active Directory
2 17 (17.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (11.34%) Hyper-V
4 5 (5.15%) vSphere
5 3 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (19.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (7.22%) SCCM
3 5 (5.15%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.03%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 94 (96.91%) Microsoft
2 21 (21.65%) VMware
3 10 (10.31%) Veeam
4 6 (6.19%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.15%) Aruba
6 4 (4.12%) Cisco
6 4 (4.12%) Google
7 3 (3.09%) Okta
8 2 (2.06%) Adobe
8 2 (2.06%) Alteryx
8 2 (2.06%) Citrix
8 2 (2.06%) F5
8 2 (2.06%) Meraki
8 2 (2.06%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.06%) YouTube
9 1 (1.03%) Apple
9 1 (1.03%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.03%) Siemens
9 1 (1.03%) Sitecore
9 1 (1.03%) Xamarin