Microsoft 365 Jobs in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 24 37
Rank change year-on-year -81 +13 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 257 650 579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.21% 6.60% 7.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.04% 19.38% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 196 572 468
10th Percentile £25,480 £23,500 £24,925
25th Percentile £27,688 £27,500 £29,285
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +14.86%
75th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £53,096
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £59,125
England median annual salary £40,500 £39,500 £40,883
% change year-on-year +2.53% -3.38% -3.80%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,508 3,354 3,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 18.85% 34.04% 42.22%
Number of salaries quoted 911 2,650 1,919
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £77,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,778 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £61,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.96% -11.54% +4.00%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North West over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Manchester -19 140 £33,000 -22.35% 109
Merseyside +7 46 £34,000 -20.00% 12
Cheshire -39 34 £37,500 - 28
Lancashire -98 31 £42,500 +32.81% 51
Cumbria -80 6 £31,000 -3.13% 14
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 60 (23.35%) SharePoint
2 46 (17.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.56%) IIS
4 3 (1.17%) Confluence
5 2 (0.78%) Apache
5 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 36 (14.01%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (11.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (1.17%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.78%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 113 (43.97%) Azure
2 25 (9.73%) Entra ID
3 20 (7.78%) AWS
4 14 (5.45%) OneDrive
5 12 (4.67%) Power Platform
6 11 (4.28%) Microsoft Copilot
7 8 (3.11%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.72%) Mimecast
8 7 (2.72%) SaaS
9 4 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.56%) IaaS
9 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.78%) GCP
11 2 (0.78%) Google Docs
11 2 (0.78%) Google Drive
11 2 (0.78%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 42 (16.34%) Firewall
2 41 (15.95%) DNS
3 33 (12.84%) DHCP
4 25 (9.73%) LAN
4 25 (9.73%) WAN
5 22 (8.56%) VPN
6 14 (5.45%) VLAN
6 14 (5.45%) VoIP
7 10 (3.89%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.72%) Internet
8 7 (2.72%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (2.33%) IPv4
9 6 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.95%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.95%) Wireless
11 4 (1.56%) SAN
12 3 (1.17%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (1.17%) Reverse Proxy
12 3 (1.17%) Skype
13 2 (0.78%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.72%) MySQL
2 5 (1.95%) RDBMS
2 5 (1.95%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.56%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.17%) Power BI
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 6 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 108 (42.02%) Social Skills
2 30 (11.67%) Finance
3 21 (8.17%) Legal
3 21 (8.17%) Manufacturing
4 20 (7.78%) Law
5 19 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.89%) Banking
7 10 (3.89%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.50%) Automotive
9 6 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.33%) Retail
10 5 (1.95%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.95%) Digital Healthcare
10 5 (1.95%) Local Government
11 4 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.17%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.78%) Military
14 1 (0.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 58 (22.57%) IT Support
2 49 (19.07%) Analyst
3 32 (12.45%) Support Engineer
4 31 (12.06%) IT Engineer
5 27 (10.51%) IT Analyst
6 25 (9.73%) Support Analyst
7 21 (8.17%) Administrator
8 20 (7.78%) IT Support Analyst
9 18 (7.00%) 2nd Line Support
9 18 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (6.61%) IT Administrator
10 17 (6.61%) Technical Support
11 15 (5.84%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (5.84%) Senior
12 13 (5.06%) Applications Support
12 13 (5.06%) Service Desk Support
13 12 (4.67%) Lead
13 12 (4.67%) Service Analyst
14 11 (4.28%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 11 (4.28%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.72%) JSON
2 5 (1.95%) FHIR
3 2 (0.78%) EDI
3 2 (0.78%) LAMP
3 2 (0.78%) Loki
3 2 (0.78%) SAML
3 2 (0.78%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.78%) XML
4 1 (0.39%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.78%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.00%) Social Media
3 17 (6.61%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.28%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.89%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (3.50%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.11%) FMCG
9 7 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.72%) Life Science
10 6 (2.33%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.95%) LIMS
12 4 (1.56%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.56%) Replication
13 3 (1.17%) Blackberry
13 3 (1.17%) CCTV
13 3 (1.17%) Client/Server
13 3 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (1.17%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.17%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 135 (52.53%) Windows
2 68 (26.46%) Windows Server
3 45 (17.51%) Windows 10
4 24 (9.34%) Linux
5 16 (6.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (4.28%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.50%) Android
8 8 (3.11%) Unix
9 7 (2.72%) CentOS
10 5 (1.95%) Mac OS X
10 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (1.56%) Apple iOS
12 3 (1.17%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.17%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.78%) AIX
13 2 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.78%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.39%) Debian
14 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (32.30%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (26.07%) Customer Service
2 67 (26.07%) ITIL
3 34 (13.23%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (10.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 24 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (9.34%) Mentoring
6 23 (8.95%) Asset Management
6 23 (8.95%) ITSM
7 22 (8.56%) Agile
7 22 (8.56%) Coaching
7 22 (8.56%) Data Protection
8 21 (8.17%) Process Improvement
9 20 (7.78%) Disaster Recovery
9 20 (7.78%) Incident Management
9 20 (7.78%) Line Management
10 19 (7.39%) Project Delivery
11 17 (6.61%) Service Delivery
12 16 (6.23%) Infrastructure Management
12 16 (6.23%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 31 (12.06%) PowerShell
2 11 (4.28%) SQL
3 6 (2.33%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.56%) Python
5 3 (1.17%) Bash
5 3 (1.17%) Java
6 2 (0.78%) AWK
6 2 (0.78%) C
6 2 (0.78%) C++
6 2 (0.78%) Korn
6 2 (0.78%) Perl
6 2 (0.78%) PHP
6 2 (0.78%) VB
7 1 (0.39%) Progress 4GL
7 1 (0.39%) VBA
7 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (13.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 32 (12.45%) Degree
3 23 (8.95%) DBS Check
4 14 (5.45%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (4.28%) Network+ Certification
6 10 (3.89%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.72%) A+ Certification
8 6 (2.33%) MCSA
8 6 (2.33%) MCSE
9 5 (1.95%) ACSP
9 5 (1.95%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.95%) HP AIS
9 5 (1.95%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.56%) CCNA
10 4 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.17%) Linux+ Certification
11 3 (1.17%) RHCE
11 3 (1.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.45%) SLA
2 24 (9.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.95%) HL7
4 5 (1.95%) QA
5 4 (1.56%) GDPR
6 3 (1.17%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.17%) NCSC
7 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.78%) NIST
7 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.78%) PMO
8 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.39%) GRC
System Software
1 115 (44.75%) Active Directory
2 27 (10.51%) Hyper-V
3 20 (7.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.50%) vSphere
5 7 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.95%) Postfix
6 5 (1.95%) Terminal Services
6 5 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.17%) Docker
8 3 (1.17%) Dovecot
9 2 (0.78%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.78%) KVM
9 2 (0.78%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.39%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 43 (16.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.84%) SCCM
3 3 (1.17%) Autotask
3 3 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.17%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.78%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.78%) Grafana
4 2 (0.78%) Nagios
4 2 (0.78%) Nessus
4 2 (0.78%) Puppet
4 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.78%) Terraform
5 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.39%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.39%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 182 (70.82%) Microsoft
2 45 (17.51%) VMware
3 37 (14.40%) Cisco
4 28 (10.89%) Veeam
5 16 (6.23%) ServiceNow
6 15 (5.84%) Meraki
7 12 (4.67%) Apple
8 10 (3.89%) Sophos
9 9 (3.50%) Fortinet
9 9 (3.50%) SonicWALL
9 9 (3.50%) WatchGuard
10 8 (3.11%) Citrix
11 7 (2.72%) Oracle
12 5 (1.95%) Adobe
12 5 (1.95%) HP
12 5 (1.95%) Kaseya
12 5 (1.95%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.56%) iManage
14 3 (1.17%) ConnectWise
14 3 (1.17%) Intapp