Microsoft 365 Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 34 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 -18 +12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 580 455 1,478
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.08% 5.92% 9.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.86% 21.69% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 493 355 1,285
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +3.33% +2.74%
75th Percentile £49,000 £57,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £68,500 £66,850 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,450 £39,000
% change year-on-year -1.11% +3.72% -4.14%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,656 2,098 5,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.72% 27.30% 30.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,197 1,334 4,008
10th Percentile £30,300 £29,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.63% +6.96% -11.54%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the South East

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Thames Valley +15 196 £35,500 -5.33% 77
Hampshire -3 128 £32,000 +8.47% 55
Surrey +4 124 £40,000 -11.11% 24
Berkshire +27 75 £37,500 - 31
Kent -17 70 £33,000 -12.00% 18
Buckinghamshire -1 69 £40,000 -11.11% 23
Oxfordshire +17 52 £35,000 -15.66% 24
Sussex 0 25 £31,500 - 1
West Sussex -30 16 £55,000 +18.28% 5
East Sussex -31 14 £33,750 -38.64% 4
Middlesex +42 2 £60,000 +122.22%
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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
1 119 (20.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 109 (18.79%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.03%) Confluence
4 4 (0.69%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 79 (13.62%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (0.34%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (0.34%) Q-Pulse
1 2 (0.34%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.17%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 267 (46.03%) Azure
2 117 (20.17%) Entra ID
3 59 (10.17%) AWS
4 49 (8.45%) Power Platform
5 42 (7.24%) SaaS
6 28 (4.83%) Google Workspace
7 27 (4.66%) OneDrive
8 26 (4.48%) Mimecast
8 26 (4.48%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (2.07%) GCP
11 11 (1.90%) Power Automate
12 10 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (0.86%) GitHub
14 4 (0.69%) Cloudflare
14 4 (0.69%) IaaS
14 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.69%) OpenShift
14 4 (0.69%) PaaS
15 3 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 113 (19.48%) Firewall
2 82 (14.14%) DNS
3 80 (13.79%) VPN
4 66 (11.38%) DHCP
5 45 (7.76%) LAN
6 43 (7.41%) WAN
7 35 (6.03%) VoIP
8 30 (5.17%) Wi-Fi
9 29 (5.00%) TCP/IP
10 21 (3.62%) VLAN
11 16 (2.76%) Wireless
12 15 (2.59%) Network Security
12 15 (2.59%) Remote Desktop
13 14 (2.41%) SAN
14 8 (1.38%) iSCSI
14 8 (1.38%) WLAN
15 7 (1.21%) NAS
16 4 (0.69%) BGP
16 4 (0.69%) Broadband
16 4 (0.69%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.86%) SQL Server
2 32 (5.52%) Power BI
3 19 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (2.76%) MySQL
5 9 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.03%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (0.52%) Metadata
7 3 (0.52%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.52%) Spatial Data
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (3.97%) JIRA
2 3 (0.52%) Git
3 2 (0.34%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.34%) Postman
General
1 235 (40.52%) Social Skills
2 41 (7.07%) Organisational Skills
3 39 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (6.03%) Finance
5 23 (3.97%) Retail
6 18 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (3.10%) Legal
7 15 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.59%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.24%) Manufacturing
9 11 (1.90%) Local Government
10 9 (1.55%) French Language
11 7 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.21%) Law
12 6 (1.03%) Marketing
13 4 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.34%) Swedish Language
15 1 (0.17%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.17%) Fire and Rescue
15 1 (0.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 164 (28.28%) IT Support
2 118 (20.34%) Analyst
3 117 (20.17%) Support Engineer
4 93 (16.03%) IT Engineer
5 79 (13.62%) IT Support Engineer
6 74 (12.76%) 2nd Line Support
7 61 (10.52%) Support Technician
8 54 (9.31%) Support Analyst
9 51 (8.79%) 1st Line Support
10 47 (8.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 47 (8.10%) Service Analyst
11 44 (7.59%) IT Analyst
12 43 (7.41%) Service Desk Analyst
13 41 (7.07%) Senior
14 38 (6.55%) 3rd Line Support
15 32 (5.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 32 (5.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 30 (5.17%) 1st Line Support Technician
16 30 (5.17%) Infrastructure Support
17 26 (4.48%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.41%) .NET
2 10 (1.72%) ASP.NET
2 10 (1.72%) JSON
3 8 (1.38%) XML
4 7 (1.21%) Middleware
5 6 (1.03%) .NET Framework
5 6 (1.03%) React
6 3 (0.52%) ASP.NET Core
6 3 (0.52%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.52%) Jest
6 3 (0.52%) Next.js
6 3 (0.52%) Node.js
6 3 (0.52%) RESTful
6 3 (0.52%) SPFx
7 2 (0.34%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.34%) EDI
7 2 (0.34%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.34%) Playwright
7 2 (0.34%) Razor View Engine
7 2 (0.34%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.17%) Driving Licence
2 34 (5.86%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.62%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (1.38%) Data Structures
5 8 (1.38%) Smartphone
5 8 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
6 6 (1.03%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.03%) Replication
7 5 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (0.86%) PKI
7 5 (0.86%) Product Ownership
7 5 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (0.86%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.69%) Clustering
8 4 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.69%) NHS
8 4 (0.69%) Social Media
8 4 (0.69%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 300 (51.72%) Windows
2 141 (24.31%) Windows Server
3 50 (8.62%) Windows 10
4 47 (8.10%) Linux
5 24 (4.14%) Android
6 23 (3.97%) Apple iOS
7 21 (3.62%) Mac OS
8 13 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (1.55%) Ubuntu
10 8 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (1.21%) CentOS
12 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (27.93%) Customer Service
2 119 (20.52%) ITIL
3 115 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (18.28%) Cybersecurity
5 79 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 70 (12.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 52 (8.97%) Mentoring
8 44 (7.59%) Project Delivery
9 42 (7.24%) ITSM
10 39 (6.72%) Change Management
11 37 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
12 36 (6.21%) Incident Management
13 34 (5.86%) Customer Experience
13 34 (5.86%) Service Delivery
14 31 (5.34%) Identity Management
14 31 (5.34%) Vulnerability Management
15 30 (5.17%) Agile
16 28 (4.83%) Collaborative Working
16 28 (4.83%) Project Management
17 27 (4.66%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (10.86%) PowerShell
2 33 (5.69%) SQL
3 28 (4.83%) Python
4 16 (2.76%) C#
4 16 (2.76%) R
5 15 (2.59%) VBA
6 13 (2.24%) Bash
7 12 (2.07%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.38%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.03%) Korn
9 6 (1.03%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.69%) C
10 4 (0.69%) VBScript
11 3 (0.52%) Bicep
12 2 (0.34%) Go
12 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 86 (14.83%) Degree
2 46 (7.93%) Microsoft Certification
3 35 (6.03%) Security Cleared
4 29 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 21 (3.62%) A+ Certification
6 19 (3.28%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.59%) MCSE
8 14 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.90%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.90%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.55%) CCNA
11 8 (1.38%) APMP
11 8 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.38%) MBA
12 6 (1.03%) CISM
12 6 (1.03%) CISSP
13 5 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.86%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.86%) CCSP
14 4 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.97%) SLA
2 39 (6.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (2.93%) QA
5 9 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (1.38%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.38%) GDPR
7 6 (1.03%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.86%) GRC
9 4 (0.69%) NIST
9 4 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.34%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 250 (43.10%) Active Directory
2 75 (12.93%) Hyper-V
3 54 (9.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (1.72%) vSphere
6 8 (1.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 8 (1.38%) Docker
7 5 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.69%) KVM
9 3 (0.52%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.52%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.34%) Samba
10 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.34%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 89 (15.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (4.14%) SCCM
3 15 (2.59%) Kubernetes
4 13 (2.24%) Terraform
5 12 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (2.07%) vCenter Server
6 9 (1.55%) Backup Exec
7 8 (1.38%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.86%) Ansible
8 5 (0.86%) Nessus
9 4 (0.69%) Graylog
9 4 (0.69%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.69%) SmoothWall
10 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.34%) VxRail
12 1 (0.17%) Autotask
12 1 (0.17%) CASB
12 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 445 (76.72%) Microsoft
2 73 (12.59%) VMware
3 37 (6.38%) Google
4 26 (4.48%) Cisco
5 25 (4.31%) Veeam
6 23 (3.97%) ServiceNow
7 19 (3.28%) CrowdStrike
8 18 (3.10%) Palo Alto
9 16 (2.76%) Citrix
10 15 (2.59%) Sophos
11 13 (2.24%) Red Hat
12 12 (2.07%) Dell
13 11 (1.90%) Apple
13 11 (1.90%) Meraki
14 10 (1.72%) Splunk
15 9 (1.55%) Tenable
16 8 (1.38%) Qualys
16 8 (1.38%) Ubiquiti
17 7 (1.21%) Barracuda Networks
17 7 (1.21%) WatchGuard