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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 36 43 47
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 5.50% 20.67% 9.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.32% 58.11% 43.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28 39 40
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £24,725
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £32,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -5.80% -1.43%
75th Percentile £47,500 £63,500 £47,813
90th Percentile £47,950 - £60,250
Northamptonshire median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -

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 148 74 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 22.60% 35.58% 23.09%
Number of salaries quoted 85 63 86
10th Percentile £26,200 £26,900 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -21.74%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,375 £59,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,450 £71,250
Northamptonshire median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -18.18%

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 13 September 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 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 19 (52.78%) Entra ID
2 13 (36.11%) Azure
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Copilot
3 5 (13.89%) NetDocuments
3 5 (13.89%) SaaS
4 1 (2.78%) IaaS
4 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) VPN
2 4 (11.11%) DHCP
2 4 (11.11%) DNS
3 3 (8.33%) Firewall
3 3 (8.33%) Network Security
3 3 (8.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (8.33%) VLAN
3 3 (8.33%) Wireless
4 1 (2.78%) LAN
4 1 (2.78%) WLAN
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Finance
2 5 (13.89%) Law
2 5 (13.89%) Legal
3 3 (8.33%) Legal Technology
4 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (25.00%) IT Support
2 7 (19.44%) Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) IT Assistant
3 6 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
3 6 (16.67%) IT Technician
3 6 (16.67%) Support Technician
4 5 (13.89%) Business Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) Senior
4 5 (13.89%) Support Manager
4 5 (13.89%) Technical Manager
4 5 (13.89%) Technical Support
4 5 (13.89%) Technical Support Manager
5 3 (8.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) IT Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Senior IT Support
5 3 (8.33%) Senior Support Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 5 (13.89%) Onboarding
3 3 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (41.67%) Windows
2 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (72.22%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (27.78%) Customer Service
3 9 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (19.44%) Mentoring
6 6 (16.67%) Patch Management
7 5 (13.89%) AI
7 5 (13.89%) Business Analysis
7 5 (13.89%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (13.89%) Performance Metrics
7 5 (13.89%) Process Improvement
7 5 (13.89%) Project Management
7 5 (13.89%) Service Delivery
7 5 (13.89%) Software Engineering
7 5 (13.89%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (13.89%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (13.89%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 3 (8.33%) CCNA
2 3 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.33%) Firmware
2 3 (8.33%) Hyper-V
2 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.78%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.89%) Aderant
2 5 (13.89%) Intapp
2 5 (13.89%) Zoho
3 4 (11.11%) Cisco
4 3 (8.33%) Fortinet
4 3 (8.33%) Palo Alto
4 3 (8.33%) SonicWALL
4 3 (8.33%) Sophos
4 3 (8.33%) VMware
4 3 (8.33%) WatchGuard
5 1 (2.78%) Aruba
5 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow