Microsoft 365 Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 25 20
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 369 308 536
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.93% 7.63% 9.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.45% 23.33% 25.35%
Number of salaries quoted 235 157 481
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,500 £25,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% -10.67% +4.17%
75th Percentile £41,875 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £68,700 £63,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -3.61%

All Cloud Computing 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 1,212 1,320 2,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.76% 32.70% 37.00%
Number of salaries quoted 811 703 1,727
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,100 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £53,351
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +7.78% +1.62%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in the South West

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South West over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

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 24 January 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
Wiltshire +5 93 £33,000 -5.71% 24
Somerset +3 70 £32,000 +6.67% 18
Bristol -6 54 £31,500 -0.79% 19
Devon +17 47 £32,500 +18.18% 24
Cornwall +10 40 £32,000 -7.25% 3
Dorset +11 39 £35,000 +6.06% 26
Gloucestershire -6 26 £34,250 +6.20% 17
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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
1 156 (42.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (27.37%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.54%) IIS
4 1 (0.27%) CMS
4 1 (0.27%) Drupal
4 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (11.65%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 185 (50.14%) Azure
2 68 (18.43%) Entra ID
3 34 (9.21%) OneDrive
4 21 (5.69%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.52%) SaaS
6 12 (3.25%) PowerApps
7 9 (2.44%) IaaS
7 9 (2.44%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.63%) AWS
9 5 (1.36%) PaaS
10 4 (1.08%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.54%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.54%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.54%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.27%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.27%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 147 (39.84%) DNS
2 136 (36.86%) DHCP
3 64 (17.34%) Firewall
4 30 (8.13%) Wi-Fi
5 28 (7.59%) LAN
6 27 (7.32%) VoIP
7 24 (6.50%) VPN
8 22 (5.96%) VLAN
9 20 (5.42%) TCP/IP
10 17 (4.61%) WAN
11 10 (2.71%) Remote Desktop
12 9 (2.44%) DKIM
12 9 (2.44%) DMARC
12 9 (2.44%) IPsec
12 9 (2.44%) Wireless
13 6 (1.63%) Broadband
13 6 (1.63%) Network Security
14 3 (0.81%) 4G
14 3 (0.81%) Internet
14 3 (0.81%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (23.58%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (3.25%) Power BI
3 4 (1.08%) Metadata
4 3 (0.81%) MySQL
4 3 (0.81%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.27%) Power Query
General
1 217 (58.81%) Social Skills
2 86 (23.31%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (5.69%) Back Office
3 21 (5.69%) Finance
4 19 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (3.79%) Retail
6 11 (2.98%) Legal
7 10 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.71%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.44%) Advertising
8 9 (2.44%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.17%) Law
10 5 (1.36%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.81%) Marketing
12 2 (0.54%) Electronics
12 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 110 (29.81%) IT Support
2 85 (23.04%) Systems Engineer
3 71 (19.24%) Support Engineer
4 51 (13.82%) Support Technician
5 44 (11.92%) Analyst
6 40 (10.84%) Support Analyst
7 39 (10.57%) IT Technician
8 37 (10.03%) IT Support Technician
9 36 (9.76%) 2nd Line Support
10 35 (9.49%) IT Engineer
11 31 (8.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 27 (7.32%) 1st Line Support
13 25 (6.78%) IT Support Engineer
14 23 (6.23%) IT Analyst
14 23 (6.23%) IT Support Analyst
15 21 (5.69%) Desktop Engineer
15 21 (5.69%) Desktop Support
15 21 (5.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 21 (5.69%) Site Engineer
16 18 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.08%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 86 (23.31%) Driving Licence
2 84 (22.76%) Legacy Systems
3 27 (7.32%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.90%) e-Learning
6 4 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.08%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (0.81%) CCTV
7 3 (0.81%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.54%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.54%) Clustering
8 2 (0.54%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.27%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.27%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.27%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.27%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.27%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 249 (67.48%) Windows
2 151 (40.92%) Windows Server
3 91 (24.66%) Linux
4 85 (23.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 62 (16.80%) Windows 10
6 23 (6.23%) Apple iOS
7 20 (5.42%) Mac OS
8 11 (2.98%) Android
9 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (52.03%) Customer Service
2 166 (44.99%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (29.00%) Customer Experience
4 97 (26.29%) Migration
5 88 (23.85%) Kalman Filter
6 85 (23.04%) Email Filtering
6 85 (23.04%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 85 (23.04%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 85 (23.04%) Web Filtering
7 83 (22.49%) ITIL
8 57 (15.45%) Cybersecurity
9 40 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (7.86%) Ticket Management
11 28 (7.59%) Asset Management
12 25 (6.78%) Service Management
13 23 (6.23%) Mentoring
13 23 (6.23%) Patch Management
14 22 (5.96%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 21 (5.69%) Customer Acquisition
15 21 (5.69%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.78%) PowerShell
2 7 (1.90%) SQL
3 1 (0.27%) Bash
3 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 119 (32.25%) Security Cleared
2 115 (31.17%) SC Cleared
3 40 (10.84%) Degree
4 21 (5.69%) CTC Cleared
5 16 (4.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.98%) MCP
8 9 (2.44%) A+ Certification
9 6 (1.63%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.63%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.54%) ACMT
11 2 (0.54%) CCNA
11 2 (0.54%) CCNP
11 2 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.54%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (24.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 88 (23.85%) PCI DSS
3 25 (6.78%) SLA
4 11 (2.98%) GDPR
5 7 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.27%) P3O
7 1 (0.27%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 210 (56.91%) Active Directory
2 113 (30.62%) Hyper-V
3 84 (22.76%) Terminal Server
4 27 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.54%) Docker
6 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.54%) vSphere
7 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (13.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.98%) SCCM
3 7 (1.90%) Autotask
3 7 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.08%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.81%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.54%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.54%) Terraform
7 1 (0.27%) Nessus
7 1 (0.27%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 295 (79.95%) Microsoft
2 117 (31.71%) VMware
3 92 (24.93%) Veeam
4 88 (23.85%) SolarWinds
5 84 (22.76%) Brocade
5 84 (22.76%) Nimble Storage
5 84 (22.76%) Splunk
5 84 (22.76%) Tanium
6 31 (8.40%) Apple
7 28 (7.59%) Cisco
8 17 (4.61%) Sophos
9 13 (3.52%) ConnectWise
10 11 (2.98%) Progress
11 10 (2.71%) Meraki
12 5 (1.36%) Datto
13 4 (1.08%) SonicWALL
14 3 (0.81%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.81%) Starlink
15 2 (0.54%) Dell
15 2 (0.54%) Google