Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
North East > Tyne and Wear

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 32 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 -12 +18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 39 45 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 4.73% 6.60% 8.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.74% 19.40% 20.87%
Number of salaries quoted 26 22 40
10th Percentile - £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,662 £38,750 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.93% +6.90% -27.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £44,688 £50,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £61,250 £53,750
North East median annual salary £31,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -21.25% +14.29% -4.76%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 233 232 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 28.24% 34.02% 39.16%
Number of salaries quoted 181 117 175
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,777 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £95,000 £76,000
North East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 15 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -8 23 £50,000 +21.21% 14
Gateshead +1 8 - - 5
Sunderland +1 6 £40,662 +16.18% 1
Hebburn - 2 - - 2
Microsoft 365
North East

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.56%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 23 (58.97%) Azure
2 9 (23.08%) Power Platform
3 5 (12.82%) AWS
3 5 (12.82%) IaaS
3 5 (12.82%) SaaS
4 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (7.69%) Azure Stack
5 3 (7.69%) PaaS
6 2 (5.13%) Azure AI
7 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (43.59%) TCP/IP
2 11 (28.21%) Firewall
3 10 (25.64%) VPN
4 9 (23.08%) VLAN
4 9 (23.08%) Wireless
5 8 (20.51%) DNS
5 8 (20.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.08%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (20.51%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.13%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.56%) Power BI
General
1 17 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Marketing
3 3 (7.69%) Legal
4 2 (5.13%) Finance
4 2 (5.13%) Law
4 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (28.21%) Support Engineer
2 9 (23.08%) Technical Engineer
2 9 (23.08%) Technical Support
2 9 (23.08%) Technical Support Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) Coordinator
4 6 (15.38%) Architect
5 4 (10.26%) Azure Architect
5 4 (10.26%) Head of IT
5 4 (10.26%) Head of IT Security
5 4 (10.26%) Head of Security
6 3 (7.69%) Head of Engineering
6 3 (7.69%) Product Owner
7 2 (5.13%) Cloud Architect
7 2 (5.13%) IT Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) IT Support
7 2 (5.13%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Senior
7 2 (5.13%) Trainer
8 1 (2.56%) Lead
8 1 (2.56%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) Middleware
1 1 (2.56%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) LIMS
2 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.26%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 2 (5.13%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.13%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.08%) Windows
2 8 (20.51%) Linux
2 8 (20.51%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (30.77%) Computer Science
3 11 (28.21%) Collaborative Working
3 11 (28.21%) Customer Service
4 9 (23.08%) Customer-Centricity
4 9 (23.08%) Roadmaps
5 7 (17.95%) Service Management
5 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (15.38%) ITIL
6 6 (15.38%) Migration
7 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (12.82%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (10.26%) Application Security
8 4 (10.26%) Cost Optimisation
8 4 (10.26%) Incident Response
8 4 (10.26%) Observability
8 4 (10.26%) Platform Engineering
8 4 (10.26%) Project Delivery
8 4 (10.26%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.64%) SQL
2 2 (5.13%) Bicep
3 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (33.33%) Degree
2 8 (20.51%) HNC
2 8 (20.51%) HND
3 4 (10.26%) AWS Certification
3 4 (10.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Azure Certification
3 4 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (10.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (10.26%) Master's Degree
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.56%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (5.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 20 (51.28%) Active Directory
2 10 (25.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (23.08%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (23.08%) FortiGate
1 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (2.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.64%) VMware
3 9 (23.08%) Cisco
3 9 (23.08%) SonicWALL
3 9 (23.08%) Veeam
3 9 (23.08%) WatchGuard
4 3 (7.69%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.56%) Citrix