Microsoft 365 Jobs in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 26 41
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 +11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 220 681 458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.20% 6.95% 6.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 25.09% 24.79% 17.66%
Number of salaries quoted 189 631 376
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £28,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +1.32%
75th Percentile £42,500 £51,000 £46,042
90th Percentile £52,500 £62,200 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £41,375
% change year-on-year +3.90% -6.95% -2.65%

All Cloud Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 877 2,747 2,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 24.73% 28.04% 39.11%
Number of salaries quoted 687 2,121 1,620
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £38,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Devon -17 39 £31,500 -14.83% 16
Somerset -8 37 £40,000 +48.15% 31
Dorset +15 36 £31,250 -15.54% 22
Gloucestershire -2 34 £35,000 +5.26% 43
Wiltshire -1 33 £34,500 -31.00% 25
Bristol -30 30 £45,000 +15.38% 53
Cornwall +6 11 £31,500 +10.53% 3
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 63 (28.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (13.18%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.55%) IIS
4 2 (0.91%) Confluence
5 1 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (11.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (2.27%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 123 (55.91%) Azure
2 61 (27.73%) Entra ID
3 31 (14.09%) OneDrive
4 20 (9.09%) AWS
5 8 (3.64%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.18%) SaaS
7 6 (2.73%) Power Automate
8 5 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.27%) IaaS
9 4 (1.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.91%) PaaS
10 2 (0.91%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.91%) Serverless
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.45%) Canva
11 1 (0.45%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.45%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 76 (34.55%) Firewall
2 49 (22.27%) DNS
3 38 (17.27%) VPN
4 34 (15.45%) VLAN
5 31 (14.09%) WAN
6 30 (13.64%) LAN
7 29 (13.18%) DHCP
8 22 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (7.73%) VoIP
10 12 (5.45%) SAN
11 10 (4.55%) ADSL
11 10 (4.55%) SD-WAN
12 7 (3.18%) IPsec
13 5 (2.27%) Wireless
14 4 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.82%) TCP/IP
15 3 (1.36%) Intranet
15 3 (1.36%) Unified Communications
15 3 (1.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.27%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (6.82%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.82%) FileMaker
3 4 (1.82%) Power BI
3 4 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.73%) JIRA
General
1 90 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.36%) Retail
3 22 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 18 (8.18%) Finance
5 15 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.91%) Legal
7 12 (5.45%) Games
8 8 (3.64%) Back Office
9 7 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.18%) Marketing
10 6 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.73%) Electronics
10 6 (2.73%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.27%) Advertising
12 4 (1.82%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.82%) Automotive
12 4 (1.82%) Local Government
13 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 83 (37.73%) IT Support
2 62 (28.18%) 2nd Line Support
3 56 (25.45%) Analyst
4 48 (21.82%) Support Analyst
5 33 (15.00%) Support Engineer
6 30 (13.64%) Support Technician
7 28 (12.73%) IT Engineer
8 25 (11.36%) IT Analyst
8 25 (11.36%) IT Support Analyst
9 22 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
10 19 (8.64%) Technical Support
11 16 (7.27%) 3rd Line Support
12 15 (6.82%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
13 14 (6.36%) 2nd Line Support Technician
14 11 (5.00%) Desktop Support
14 11 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (5.00%) Senior
15 10 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
15 10 (4.55%) Administrator
15 10 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.45%) .NET
1 1 (0.45%) .NET Core
1 1 (0.45%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET
1 1 (0.45%) ModSecurity
1 1 (0.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 40 (18.18%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.91%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (1.82%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.82%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (1.82%) Security Posture
3 4 (1.82%) Smartphone
4 3 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (1.36%) FMCG
4 3 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.36%) IoT
4 3 (1.36%) Operational Technology
4 3 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.91%) CCTV
5 2 (0.91%) Educational Technology
5 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.45%) Apple TV
6 1 (0.45%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 133 (60.45%) Windows
2 67 (30.45%) Windows Server
3 23 (10.45%) Linux
4 22 (10.00%) Windows 10
5 17 (7.73%) Mac OS
6 13 (5.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.82%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.36%) Android
9 3 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.45%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (41.36%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (35.45%) Customer Service
3 44 (20.00%) ITIL
4 42 (19.09%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (10.45%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (5.91%) Ticket Management
7 12 (5.45%) Analytics
7 12 (5.45%) Mentoring
7 12 (5.45%) Migration
8 11 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (4.55%) ITSM
9 10 (4.55%) Project Delivery
9 10 (4.55%) Time Management
10 9 (4.09%) Agile
10 9 (4.09%) API Integration
10 9 (4.09%) Customer Experience
10 9 (4.09%) Infrastructure Management
11 8 (3.64%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (15.45%) PowerShell
2 21 (9.55%) SQL
3 5 (2.27%) C#
4 4 (1.82%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.45%) PHP
5 1 (0.45%) Python
5 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.45%) VB
5 1 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (16.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (13.64%) Degree
3 29 (13.18%) A+ Certification
4 26 (11.82%) Network+ Certification
5 24 (10.91%) Security Cleared
6 21 (9.55%) SC Cleared
7 15 (6.82%) MCITP
8 7 (3.18%) CTC Cleared
9 6 (2.73%) CCNA
9 6 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.27%) MCSA
11 4 (1.82%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.82%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.82%) MCP
12 3 (1.36%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.91%) CCNP
13 2 (0.91%) CISSP
13 2 (0.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.91%) SLA
2 4 (1.82%) GDPR
3 2 (0.91%) QA
4 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.45%) NCSC
4 1 (0.45%) NIST
4 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 133 (60.45%) Active Directory
2 40 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (7.73%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.73%) vSphere
5 3 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.91%) XenApp
7 1 (0.45%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.45%) Docker
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 64 (29.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.18%) SCCM
3 6 (2.73%) Terraform
4 3 (1.36%) Ansible
4 3 (1.36%) Iperf
5 2 (0.91%) Autotask
5 2 (0.91%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 162 (73.64%) Microsoft
2 50 (22.73%) VMware
3 20 (9.09%) Cisco
4 10 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 8 (3.64%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.73%) Aruba
7 5 (2.27%) Apple
7 5 (2.27%) Citrix
7 5 (2.27%) Google
7 5 (2.27%) Okta
8 4 (1.82%) SAP
8 4 (1.82%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (1.36%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.36%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (1.36%) Meraki
9 3 (1.36%) Ruckus Wireless
9 3 (1.36%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.36%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.36%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.36%) Zscaler