Microsoft 365 Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 21 37
Rank change year-on-year -21 +16 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,879 5,717 4,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.15% 8.25% 6.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.86% 24.56% 17.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,561 4,998 3,435
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,838 £24,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% - +2.82%
75th Percentile £51,000 £48,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £39,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year +8.97% -7.14% -1.18%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,596 23,280 24,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.54% 33.59% 38.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,369 17,365 14,412
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,778 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +4.00%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 April 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
South East -24 452 £40,000 +9.59% 286
North of England -43 439 £35,000 -6.67% 283
Midlands -13 437 £35,000 -2.78% 168
East of England -6 270 £33,688 +3.66% 133
West Midlands -16 263 £45,000 +20.00% 88
North West -61 249 £37,500 -6.25% 137
South West -11 205 £32,500 -13.33% 108
East Midlands -9 174 £31,500 -5.97% 78
Yorkshire -20 155 £32,750 -6.43% 114
Scotland -16 49 £37,500 -0.66% 53
North East -19 34 £34,500 -8.00% 40
Wales -25 16 £38,094 +34.66% 14
Northern Ireland -1 10 £52,500 +50.00% 33
Isle of Man +3 5 £38,000 +2.70% 3
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 444 (23.63%) SharePoint
2 364 (19.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (2.45%) IIS
4 23 (1.22%) Confluence
5 15 (0.80%) IBM Domino
6 8 (0.43%) CMS
7 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.16%) WordPress
8 2 (0.11%) Apache
8 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.11%) nginx
8 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.053%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.053%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.053%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.053%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 286 (15.22%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.48%) Acrobat
5 6 (0.32%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.16%) Productboard
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.90%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.21%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.16%) Sage 50
8 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.11%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 954 (50.77%) Azure
2 311 (16.55%) Entra ID
3 154 (8.20%) Power Platform
4 149 (7.93%) OneDrive
5 133 (7.08%) AWS
6 104 (5.53%) SaaS
7 73 (3.89%) Power Automate
7 73 (3.89%) PowerApps
8 44 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
9 39 (2.08%) IaaS
9 39 (2.08%) Mimecast
10 37 (1.97%) PaaS
11 31 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
12 29 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (1.28%) Google Workspace
14 23 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
15 22 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
16 20 (1.06%) GCP
17 18 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
18 11 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 348 (18.52%) Firewall
2 281 (14.95%) DNS
3 221 (11.76%) WAN
4 220 (11.71%) DHCP
5 191 (10.16%) LAN
6 184 (9.79%) VPN
7 136 (7.24%) VoIP
8 130 (6.92%) VLAN
9 113 (6.01%) TCP/IP
10 104 (5.53%) Wi-Fi
11 53 (2.82%) SD-WAN
12 50 (2.66%) Wireless
13 47 (2.50%) Remote Desktop
14 34 (1.81%) Network Security
15 32 (1.70%) Internet
16 29 (1.54%) SAN
17 27 (1.44%) Intranet
18 19 (1.01%) Cisco IOS
19 18 (0.96%) ADSL
20 17 (0.90%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (5.59%) SQL Server
2 80 (4.26%) Power BI
3 25 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.37%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 6 (0.32%) MySQL
9 5 (0.27%) GIS
9 5 (0.27%) Power Query
10 4 (0.21%) Metabase
11 3 (0.16%) FileMaker
11 3 (0.16%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.11%) EDMS
12 2 (0.11%) MS Access
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 47 (2.50%) JIRA
2 7 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.11%) Git
4 1 (0.053%) GitLab
4 1 (0.053%) gulp
4 1 (0.053%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.053%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.053%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.053%) Yeoman
General
1 752 (40.02%) Social Skills
2 139 (7.40%) Finance
3 137 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (5.64%) Retail
5 99 (5.27%) Legal
6 85 (4.52%) Law
7 62 (3.30%) Telecoms
8 59 (3.14%) Manufacturing
9 57 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 56 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (1.54%) Local Government
12 28 (1.49%) Marketing
12 28 (1.49%) Public Sector
13 26 (1.38%) Automotive
14 19 (1.01%) Games
15 17 (0.90%) Police
16 15 (0.80%) Banking
17 10 (0.53%) Advertising
17 10 (0.53%) Aerospace
17 10 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 468 (24.91%) IT Support
2 343 (18.25%) Analyst
3 322 (17.14%) Support Engineer
4 241 (12.83%) IT Engineer
5 175 (9.31%) Support Analyst
6 173 (9.21%) 2nd Line Support
7 156 (8.30%) IT Analyst
8 155 (8.25%) IT Support Engineer
9 152 (8.09%) Senior
10 127 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 109 (5.80%) IT Support Analyst
12 100 (5.32%) IT Technician
13 91 (4.84%) Lead
14 87 (4.63%) 1st Line Support
15 79 (4.20%) Service Analyst
16 76 (4.04%) Support Specialist
17 74 (3.94%) Service Desk Analyst
18 70 (3.73%) 3rd Line Support
19 65 (3.46%) Desktop Support
19 65 (3.46%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.02%) .NET
2 19 (1.01%) React
3 18 (0.96%) HTML
4 16 (0.85%) CSS
5 14 (0.75%) XML
6 13 (0.69%) ASP.NET
7 10 (0.53%) JSON
7 10 (0.53%) SPFx
8 9 (0.48%) HTML5
9 6 (0.32%) Software Packaging
10 5 (0.27%) SAML
11 4 (0.21%) EDI
11 4 (0.21%) HTML5 Canvas
12 3 (0.16%) .NET Core
12 3 (0.16%) FHIR
12 3 (0.16%) LAMP
12 3 (0.16%) REST
13 2 (0.11%) ARM Templates
13 2 (0.11%) Blazor
13 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 154 (8.20%) Driving Licence
2 93 (4.95%) Onboarding
3 68 (3.62%) Management Information System
4 58 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
5 48 (2.55%) Data Centre
6 44 (2.34%) CCTV
7 39 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
8 31 (1.65%) Social Media
9 27 (1.44%) Client/Server
10 24 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
11 22 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
12 21 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (1.01%) Private Cloud
14 18 (0.96%) Public Cloud
15 16 (0.85%) Product Ownership
16 15 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
16 15 (0.80%) FMCG
16 15 (0.80%) Replication
16 15 (0.80%) Security Posture
17 14 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,050 (55.88%) Windows
2 475 (25.28%) Windows Server
3 300 (15.97%) Windows 10
4 132 (7.03%) Linux
5 113 (6.01%) Mac OS
6 82 (4.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 73 (3.89%) Apple iOS
8 71 (3.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 63 (3.35%) Android
10 40 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 26 (1.38%) Windows 7
12 16 (0.85%) Mac OS X
13 14 (0.75%) Unix
14 13 (0.69%) VMS
15 10 (0.53%) Ubuntu
15 10 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.43%) CentOS
17 5 (0.27%) Debian
18 4 (0.21%) SUSE
19 3 (0.16%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (28.69%) Problem-Solving
2 456 (24.27%) Customer Service
3 378 (20.12%) ITIL
4 261 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
5 149 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 149 (7.93%) Service Delivery
6 144 (7.66%) ITSM
7 142 (7.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 135 (7.18%) Project Management
9 122 (6.49%) Mentoring
10 121 (6.44%) Project Delivery
11 118 (6.28%) Disaster Recovery
12 113 (6.01%) Service Management
13 98 (5.22%) Migration
14 95 (5.06%) Data Protection
15 91 (4.84%) Incident Management
16 90 (4.79%) Roadmaps
17 86 (4.58%) Agile
18 83 (4.42%) Process Improvement
19 81 (4.31%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 233 (12.40%) PowerShell
2 118 (6.28%) SQL
3 41 (2.18%) C#
4 40 (2.13%) Python
5 28 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 13 (0.69%) T-SQL
7 12 (0.64%) TypeScript
8 11 (0.59%) Bash
8 11 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (0.59%) Java
9 8 (0.43%) Go
10 6 (0.32%) C++
10 6 (0.32%) PHP
11 5 (0.27%) VB
11 5 (0.27%) VBA
11 5 (0.27%) VBScript
12 3 (0.16%) Korn
12 3 (0.16%) Progress 4GL
13 2 (0.11%) AWK
13 2 (0.11%) RPG
Qualifications
1 243 (12.93%) Degree
2 212 (11.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 89 (4.74%) A+ Certification
4 76 (4.04%) Azure Certification
5 64 (3.41%) DBS Check
6 57 (3.03%) Security Cleared
7 51 (2.71%) SC Cleared
8 43 (2.29%) ITIL Certification
8 43 (2.29%) MCSA
9 42 (2.24%) Network+ Certification
10 34 (1.81%) MCP
11 31 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
12 29 (1.54%) CCNA
12 29 (1.54%) MCSE
13 23 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
14 15 (0.80%) MCITP
15 11 (0.59%) AWS Certification
15 11 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 10 (0.53%) CISSP
16 10 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (6.92%) SLA
2 76 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 69 (3.67%) GDPR
3 69 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (1.65%) PCI DSS
5 21 (1.12%) QA
6 16 (0.85%) NIST
7 13 (0.69%) Data Quality
8 12 (0.64%) GRC
9 9 (0.48%) PERC
10 7 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.32%) PMO
12 5 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.27%) NCSC
13 4 (0.21%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.16%) HL7
15 2 (0.11%) COBIT
15 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.053%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 929 (49.44%) Active Directory
2 221 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 199 (10.59%) Hyper-V
4 71 (3.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 30 (1.60%) vSphere
6 26 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (1.01%) XenApp
8 18 (0.96%) Docker
9 13 (0.69%) BitLocker
10 11 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (0.48%) Firmware
12 6 (0.32%) Terminal Services
13 5 (0.27%) Postfix
14 4 (0.21%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.16%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.16%) Dovecot
16 2 (0.11%) KVM
16 2 (0.11%) pfSense
16 2 (0.11%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 311 (16.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (3.89%) SCCM
3 23 (1.22%) Terraform
4 18 (0.96%) Kubernetes
5 15 (0.80%) FortiGate
5 15 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
6 14 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 10 (0.53%) Autotask
7 10 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.43%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.37%) WSUS
10 6 (0.32%) Backup Exec
10 6 (0.32%) NetBackup
10 6 (0.32%) SmoothWall
11 5 (0.27%) Grafana
11 5 (0.27%) Graylog
11 5 (0.27%) SCOM
11 5 (0.27%) VxRail
12 4 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
12 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1,362 (72.49%) Microsoft
2 306 (16.29%) VMware
3 170 (9.05%) Cisco
4 90 (4.79%) Meraki
5 86 (4.58%) Apple
6 74 (3.94%) Citrix
7 57 (3.03%) Veeam
8 54 (2.87%) ServiceNow
9 47 (2.50%) Google
10 31 (1.65%) HP
10 31 (1.65%) Oracle
10 31 (1.65%) SonicWALL
11 28 (1.49%) Dell
11 28 (1.49%) Fortinet
11 28 (1.49%) WatchGuard
12 27 (1.44%) Sophos
13 26 (1.38%) SAP
13 26 (1.38%) Ubiquiti
14 19 (1.01%) CheckPoint
15 17 (0.90%) Salesforce