Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 28 21
Rank change year-on-year -23 -7 +12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 18 9 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.88% 3.85% 8.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.68% 15.79% 23.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 41
10th Percentile £30,600 £41,375 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £42,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +42.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £65,625 £53,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £65,875 £56,250 £43,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% -8.63%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 186 57 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 19.44% 24.36% 34.19%
Number of salaries quoted 64 25 155
10th Percentile £32,000 £40,400 £32,600
25th Percentile £38,188 £42,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £62,813 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,778 £91,250 £94,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Northern Ireland

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
County Antrim -14 18 £60,000 +14.29% 13
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 8 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 8 (44.44%) AWS
2 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.11%) Azure
4 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Functions
4 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Intranet
2 1 (5.56%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) VLAN
2 1 (5.56%) VoIP
2 1 (5.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (5.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) French Language
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Games
4 2 (11.11%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Analyst
2 9 (50.00%) Service Analyst
2 9 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Deskside Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Deskside Support
4 2 (11.11%) Deskside Support Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 2 (11.11%) Incident Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (11.11%) Major Incident Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Incident Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (5.56%) Entity Framework
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (5.56%) SPFx
1 1 (5.56%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) ITIL
2 11 (61.11%) Customer Service
3 9 (50.00%) ITSM
4 7 (38.89%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Process Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Agile
6 2 (11.11%) AI
6 2 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 2 (11.11%) Information Architecture
6 2 (11.11%) Major Incident Management
6 2 (11.11%) People Management
6 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (5.56%) Mathematics
7 1 (5.56%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) C#
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
1 1 (5.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Degree
2 7 (38.89%) AWS Certification
2 7 (38.89%) MCSE
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.11%) A+ Certification
3 2 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.56%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) QA
2 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) VMware