Microsoft 365 Jobs in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 24 45
Rank change year-on-year -58 +21 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 449 1,395 1,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.85% 7.60% 6.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.52% 21.95% 15.34%
Number of salaries quoted 359 1,203 861
10th Percentile £25,480 £24,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -5.06% +17.91%
75th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £39,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -6.02% -2.35%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,424 6,355 7,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.78% 34.62% 44.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,559 5,037 3,863
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,645 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North of England.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
North West -94 235 £34,000 -15.00% 436
Yorkshire -17 190 £32,500 -7.14% 380
North East -28 24 £33,198 -11.47% 141
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 86 (19.15%) SharePoint
2 61 (13.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.34%) IIS
4 3 (0.67%) Confluence
5 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 60 (13.36%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (7.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.89%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.67%) Sage 50
2 3 (0.67%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 195 (43.43%) Azure
2 46 (10.24%) Entra ID
3 31 (6.90%) AWS
4 20 (4.45%) Power Platform
5 19 (4.23%) OneDrive
6 12 (2.67%) Microsoft Copilot
7 10 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (2.23%) Power Automate
7 10 (2.23%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.56%) Mimecast
10 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.89%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.89%) SaaS
12 3 (0.67%) Google Docs
12 3 (0.67%) Google Drive
12 3 (0.67%) Google Sheets
13 2 (0.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 77 (17.15%) Firewall
2 57 (12.69%) DNS
3 52 (11.58%) DHCP
4 45 (10.02%) VPN
5 41 (9.13%) WAN
6 39 (8.69%) LAN
7 34 (7.57%) VoIP
8 27 (6.01%) TCP/IP
8 27 (6.01%) Wireless
9 22 (4.90%) VLAN
10 16 (3.56%) Cisco IOS
11 11 (2.45%) Internet
12 10 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (1.78%) OSPF
13 8 (1.78%) SD-WAN
14 7 (1.56%) BGP
14 7 (1.56%) SAN
15 6 (1.34%) Network Security
15 6 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
16 5 (1.11%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.34%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.45%) Power BI
3 5 (1.11%) MySQL
3 5 (1.11%) RDBMS
3 5 (1.11%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.45%) EDMS
6 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (1.34%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 182 (40.53%) Social Skills
2 45 (10.02%) Law
3 43 (9.58%) Finance
4 35 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (6.24%) Manufacturing
5 28 (6.24%) Telecoms
6 24 (5.35%) Retail
7 22 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (4.45%) Legal
9 11 (2.45%) Automotive
10 9 (2.00%) Banking
10 9 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.11%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.11%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.89%) Local Government
12 4 (0.89%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.67%) Back Office
13 3 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 132 (29.40%) IT Support
2 106 (23.61%) Analyst
3 72 (16.04%) IT Analyst
4 61 (13.59%) Support Analyst
5 52 (11.58%) Support Engineer
6 46 (10.24%) IT Engineer
6 46 (10.24%) IT Support Analyst
7 39 (8.69%) 2nd Line Support
8 26 (5.79%) IT Support Engineer
9 23 (5.12%) Administrator
9 23 (5.12%) Technical Support
10 22 (4.90%) Applications Support
11 21 (4.68%) 1st Line Support
11 21 (4.68%) Desktop Support
12 20 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (4.45%) Service Analyst
13 19 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
13 19 (4.23%) IT Administrator
13 19 (4.23%) Lead
13 19 (4.23%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.56%) JSON
2 5 (1.11%) FHIR
3 4 (0.89%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.89%) HTML
4 2 (0.45%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.22%) .NET
5 1 (0.22%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.22%) ADO
5 1 (0.22%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.22%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.22%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.22%) Blazor
5 1 (0.22%) CSS
5 1 (0.22%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.22%) REST
5 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 28 (6.24%) Driving Licence
3 25 (5.57%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (5.12%) Data Protection Act
4 23 (5.12%) Social Media
5 16 (3.56%) Life Science
6 15 (3.34%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.45%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.23%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (1.78%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.78%) FMCG
10 7 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.34%) Cyberattack
12 5 (1.11%) Blackberry
12 5 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.11%) EPoS
12 5 (1.11%) LIMS
12 5 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (0.67%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 253 (56.35%) Windows
2 115 (25.61%) Windows Server
3 85 (18.93%) Windows 10
4 24 (5.35%) Android
4 24 (5.35%) Linux
5 12 (2.67%) Mac OS
5 12 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (1.78%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (1.56%) Mac OS X
8 5 (1.11%) CentOS
8 5 (1.11%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.67%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.67%) Unix
11 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.22%) Debian
12 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (34.08%) Problem-Solving
2 116 (25.84%) ITIL
3 115 (25.61%) Customer Service
4 73 (16.26%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (10.47%) Process Improvement
6 45 (10.02%) Incident Management
7 33 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (7.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 31 (6.90%) Mentoring
10 30 (6.68%) Data Protection
11 29 (6.46%) ITSM
11 29 (6.46%) Service Delivery
12 28 (6.24%) Agile
12 28 (6.24%) Project Delivery
13 27 (6.01%) Asset Management
13 27 (6.01%) Disaster Recovery
13 27 (6.01%) Vulnerability Management
14 26 (5.79%) Line Management
15 25 (5.57%) Coaching
16 23 (5.12%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 41 (9.13%) PowerShell
2 40 (8.91%) SQL
3 8 (1.78%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.89%) VB
5 3 (0.67%) Bash
5 3 (0.67%) Java
5 3 (0.67%) PHP
5 3 (0.67%) Progress 4GL
5 3 (0.67%) Python
5 3 (0.67%) VBA
6 1 (0.22%) Bicep
6 1 (0.22%) C#
6 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 56 (12.47%) Degree
2 45 (10.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (6.46%) DBS Check
4 16 (3.56%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (2.45%) A+ Certification
5 11 (2.45%) Azure Certification
5 11 (2.45%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.23%) CCNA
6 10 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (2.00%) SC Cleared
8 8 (1.78%) MCSE
9 6 (1.34%) MCSA
10 4 (0.89%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.67%) ACSP
11 3 (0.67%) HP AIS
11 3 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.67%) Linux+ Certification
11 3 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.46%) Cyber Essentials
1 38 (8.46%) SLA
2 17 (3.79%) GDPR
2 17 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 6 (1.34%) QA
4 5 (1.11%) HL7
5 4 (0.89%) NCSC
6 3 (0.67%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.67%) NIST
6 3 (0.67%) PMO
7 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.45%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 190 (42.32%) Active Directory
2 44 (9.80%) Hyper-V
3 34 (7.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.11%) Terminal Services
5 5 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.11%) vSphere
6 3 (0.67%) Docker
6 3 (0.67%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.67%) Postfix
7 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.22%) NFS
7 1 (0.22%) XenApp
7 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 101 (22.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.23%) SCCM
3 9 (2.00%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.56%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.11%) WSUS
6 4 (0.89%) Backup Exec
6 4 (0.89%) Terraform
7 3 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.67%) Autotask
8 2 (0.45%) Ansible
8 2 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.45%) Puppet
8 2 (0.45%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.22%) SCOM
9 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 324 (72.16%) Microsoft
2 74 (16.48%) VMware
3 70 (15.59%) Cisco
4 30 (6.68%) Veeam
5 23 (5.12%) Meraki
6 18 (4.01%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.67%) Apple
7 12 (2.67%) Fortinet
7 12 (2.67%) SonicWALL
8 11 (2.45%) Citrix
8 11 (2.45%) Sophos
9 10 (2.23%) WatchGuard
10 9 (2.00%) Oracle
11 8 (1.78%) Adobe
11 8 (1.78%) HP
12 7 (1.56%) Google
12 7 (1.56%) Ubiquiti
13 6 (1.34%) Avaya
13 6 (1.34%) CheckPoint
13 6 (1.34%) iManage