Microsoft 365 Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 62 19
Rank change year-on-year +25 -43 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 206 153 553
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.61% 4.48% 7.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.39% 17.94% 28.43%
Number of salaries quoted 177 125 439
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £39,870
Median % change year-on-year - -5.94% -6.19%
75th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £47,188
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,750 £56,720
South East median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -6.25%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,432 853 1,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.11% 24.97% 27.63%
Number of salaries quoted 966 431 1,485
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £30,425
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £76,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,606 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +5.21% -12.28%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the Thames Valley

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 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
Berkshire +27 78 £37,500 +10.29% 32
Buckinghamshire +6 77 £40,000 +4.92% 22
Oxfordshire +4 51 £35,000 -15.66% 19
Microsoft 365
South East

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 40 (19.42%) Microsoft Exchange
1 40 (19.42%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.91%) Confluence
3 3 (1.46%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 110 (53.40%) Azure
2 30 (14.56%) Entra ID
3 22 (10.68%) AWS
4 16 (7.77%) Google Workspace
5 14 (6.80%) OneDrive
6 11 (5.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.88%) Cloudflare
8 7 (3.40%) IaaS
8 7 (3.40%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.40%) SaaS
9 6 (2.91%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.43%) PaaS
11 4 (1.94%) GCP
11 4 (1.94%) GitHub
11 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.97%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.49%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.49%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.49%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 53 (25.73%) Firewall
2 28 (13.59%) DNS
3 25 (12.14%) VPN
4 19 (9.22%) DHCP
5 12 (5.83%) WAN
6 11 (5.34%) LAN
6 11 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (4.85%) Network Security
7 10 (4.85%) Remote Desktop
7 10 (4.85%) VoIP
8 8 (3.88%) iSCSI
8 8 (3.88%) SAN
9 7 (3.40%) TCP/IP
10 6 (2.91%) SSL
10 6 (2.91%) VLAN
11 4 (1.94%) Wireless
12 3 (1.46%) NAS
13 2 (0.97%) PBX
14 1 (0.49%) DKIM
14 1 (0.49%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.83%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.88%) MySQL
2 8 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.94%) Power BI
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 9 (4.37%) JIRA
2 4 (1.94%) Cucumber
2 4 (1.94%) Git
2 4 (1.94%) Postman
General
1 88 (42.72%) Social Skills
2 23 (11.17%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (7.28%) Telecoms
4 14 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.80%) Finance
5 13 (6.31%) Retail
6 10 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.91%) Local Government
10 3 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.49%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.49%) Legal
11 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (26.21%) IT Support
2 39 (18.93%) Analyst
3 33 (16.02%) Support Engineer
4 32 (15.53%) IT Engineer
5 26 (12.62%) IT Support Engineer
6 25 (12.14%) Support Analyst
7 21 (10.19%) IT Manager
7 21 (10.19%) Senior
8 19 (9.22%) 2nd Line Support
8 19 (9.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (8.25%) IT Analyst
10 15 (7.28%) Account Manager
11 14 (6.80%) IT Support Analyst
12 11 (5.34%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 11 (5.34%) Service Analyst
13 10 (4.85%) 1st Line Support
14 9 (4.37%) Linux Engineer
15 8 (3.88%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
15 8 (3.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 8 (3.88%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.40%) Middleware
2 4 (1.94%) .NET
2 4 (1.94%) .NET Framework
2 4 (1.94%) Gherkin
2 4 (1.94%) Playwright
2 4 (1.94%) Razor View Engine
2 4 (1.94%) Swagger
3 1 (0.49%) OpenID
3 1 (0.49%) SAML
3 1 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.74%) Management Information System
2 17 (8.25%) Driving Licence
3 11 (5.34%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.37%) PKI
5 7 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.91%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.94%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.94%) Social Media
8 3 (1.46%) EPoS
8 3 (1.46%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.49%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.49%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 106 (51.46%) Windows
2 43 (20.87%) Windows Server
3 30 (14.56%) Linux
4 14 (6.80%) Mac OS
5 12 (5.83%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.43%) Android
7 5 (2.43%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.97%) CentOS
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (32.04%) Customer Service
2 61 (29.61%) Cybersecurity
3 57 (27.67%) ITIL
4 56 (27.18%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (12.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (10.19%) Service Delivery
8 19 (9.22%) Root Cause Analysis
9 18 (8.74%) Data Protection
10 16 (7.77%) Project Delivery
10 16 (7.77%) Service Management
11 15 (7.28%) Coaching
12 14 (6.80%) Computer Science
13 13 (6.31%) Mentoring
14 12 (5.83%) Change Management
14 12 (5.83%) SIEM
14 12 (5.83%) Vulnerability Management
15 11 (5.34%) High Availability
16 10 (4.85%) Information Security
16 10 (4.85%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.99%) PowerShell
2 17 (8.25%) Bash
3 10 (4.85%) Python
3 10 (4.85%) SQL
4 7 (3.40%) C#
5 6 (2.91%) C
5 6 (2.91%) Korn
6 2 (0.97%) Bicep
6 2 (0.97%) Go
Qualifications
1 35 (16.99%) Degree
2 19 (9.22%) DBS Check
3 18 (8.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (4.37%) A+ Certification
5 7 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.91%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.91%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (2.91%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.91%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.43%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.94%) CCSP
8 4 (1.94%) CISM
8 4 (1.94%) CISSP
9 3 (1.46%) CCNA
9 3 (1.46%) CREST Certified
9 3 (1.46%) GIAC
9 3 (1.46%) ICAEW
9 3 (1.46%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.28%) SLA
2 14 (6.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (2.43%) NIST
6 4 (1.94%) GDPR
6 4 (1.94%) GRC
6 4 (1.94%) QA
7 3 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.97%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.97%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.49%) NCSC
9 1 (0.49%) PMO
9 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 69 (33.50%) Active Directory
2 29 (14.08%) Hyper-V
3 22 (10.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 8 (3.88%) Docker
4 8 (3.88%) KVM
5 4 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.46%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.46%) ClearTrust
6 3 (1.46%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.97%) Samba
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (14.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.37%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (3.88%) Graylog
3 8 (3.88%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.88%) Proxmox
3 8 (3.88%) ZABBIX
4 4 (1.94%) SmoothWall
5 3 (1.46%) SCCM
5 3 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.97%) Autotask
7 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 168 (81.55%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.65%) VMware
3 20 (9.71%) Google
4 14 (6.80%) Veeam
5 13 (6.31%) Cisco
6 10 (4.85%) Dell
7 8 (3.88%) Meraki
7 8 (3.88%) Red Hat
8 7 (3.40%) MuleSoft
8 7 (3.40%) Sophos
9 5 (2.43%) SonicWALL
10 4 (1.94%) Apple
10 4 (1.94%) Datto
10 4 (1.94%) IBM
11 3 (1.46%) Barracuda Networks
11 3 (1.46%) Citrix
11 3 (1.46%) Okta
11 3 (1.46%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.97%) Draytek
12 2 (0.97%) SolarWinds