Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Northampton

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 5 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 28 30 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 10.81% 12.55% 7.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.92% 44.12% 18.89%
Number of salaries quoted 21 13 17
10th Percentile £26,875 £24,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +33.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £37,500 £65,625 £38,750
90th Percentile £60,000 - £56,500
Northamptonshire median annual salary £29,000 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -21.62% -1.33% +13.64%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 104 68 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 40.15% 28.45% 38.14%
Number of salaries quoted 64 38 88
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,100 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -2.50% +47.06%
75th Percentile £70,625 £65,469 £63,938
90th Percentile £81,250 £73,750 £70,750
Northamptonshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +23.60%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Northampton

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Northampton over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Northampton

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 16 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (21.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (39.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (60.71%) Azure
2 9 (32.14%) Entra ID
3 5 (17.86%) OneDrive
4 3 (10.71%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (7.14%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) DHCP
1 3 (10.71%) DNS
1 3 (10.71%) VPN
2 2 (7.14%) LAN
2 2 (7.14%) SD-WAN
2 2 (7.14%) WAN
2 2 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.57%) IP Telephony
3 1 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Retail
3 1 (3.57%) Automotive
3 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Support Engineer
2 8 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 8 (28.57%) IT Support
3 7 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Help Desk Support
4 5 (17.86%) Help Desk Support Technician
4 5 (17.86%) Help Desk Technician
4 5 (17.86%) IT Manager
4 5 (17.86%) IT Operations Manager
4 5 (17.86%) Operations Manager
4 5 (17.86%) Support Technician
5 4 (14.29%) Analyst
5 4 (14.29%) Support Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Applications Support
6 3 (10.71%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Applications Support Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Driving Licence
1 5 (17.86%) Replication
2 4 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Mac OS
2 3 (10.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (39.29%) CRM
3 6 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (21.43%) Service Management
4 5 (17.86%) Business Continuity
4 5 (17.86%) IT Strategy
4 5 (17.86%) ITIL
4 5 (17.86%) Mathematics
4 5 (17.86%) Process Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
5 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.71%) Agile
6 3 (10.71%) Customer Service
6 3 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (10.71%) Incident Management
6 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (10.71%) ITSM
6 3 (10.71%) Scrum
6 3 (10.71%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (14.29%) Degree
3 3 (10.71%) MCP
4 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (25.00%) SLA
4 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (7.14%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 18 (64.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Autotask
Vendors
1 25 (89.29%) Microsoft
2 8 (28.57%) HubSpot
2 8 (28.57%) Salesforce
2 8 (28.57%) Zoho
3 3 (10.71%) VMware
4 1 (3.57%) Freshdesk
4 1 (3.57%) Meraki
4 1 (3.57%) WatchGuard