Microsoft 365 Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 22 36 32
Rank change year-on-year +14 -4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,864 4,725 4,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.03% 7.11% 7.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.65% 18.50% 17.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,513 3,897 4,163
10th Percentile £25,149 £24,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £27,750 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.74% -2.67%
75th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £64,850 £65,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year - +3.66% -3.53%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 12,645 25,538 27,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 39.85% 38.43% 42.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,604 16,966 20,793
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,470 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,548 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.10% +7.50% +4.35%

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 6 December 2023.

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 6 December 2023. 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 +17 827 £37,500 +7.14% 452
North of England +16 686 £37,000 -1.33% 442
Midlands +21 475 £40,500 +1.25% 304
South West +18 465 £37,500 +4.17% 193
West Midlands +26 372 £41,427 +0.43% 195
Yorkshire +17 322 £35,000 - 159
North West +15 314 £37,500 - 218
East of England +12 191 £34,500 -8.00% 158
Scotland -27 144 £40,000 -2.44% 95
East Midlands -3 101 £37,500 +7.14% 109
Wales +2 60 £44,414 -1.30% 29
North East +22 51 £33,000 -12.31% 71
Northern Ireland +18 30 £41,750 +15.17% 19
Isle of Man - 2 £72,500 -
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
1 625 (21.82%) SharePoint
2 204 (7.12%) MS Exchange
3 34 (1.19%) IIS
4 13 (0.45%) Confluence
4 13 (0.45%) Skype for Business
5 9 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (0.28%) CMS
7 7 (0.24%) WordPress
8 4 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.10%) Site Server
10 2 (0.070%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.070%) Apache
10 2 (0.070%) Documentum
10 2 (0.070%) FileNet
10 2 (0.070%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.070%) MODX
11 1 (0.035%) Moodle
11 1 (0.035%) nginx
Applications
1 387 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
2 97 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 67 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (0.70%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.10%) 1Password
8 2 (0.070%) InfoPath
8 2 (0.070%) LightWave 3D
9 1 (0.035%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.035%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.035%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.035%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
4 11 (0.38%) Maximo
5 9 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.21%) Epicor Tropos
7 4 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.070%) iTrent
9 2 (0.070%) ResourceLink
9 2 (0.070%) Sage 50
9 2 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.070%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.035%) Aareon QL
10 1 (0.035%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.035%) MIS ActiveH
10 1 (0.035%) OPENHousing
10 1 (0.035%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1,607 (56.11%) Azure
2 524 (18.30%) Entra ID
3 256 (8.94%) AWS
4 236 (8.24%) Power Platform
5 158 (5.52%) OneDrive
6 105 (3.67%) IaaS
6 105 (3.67%) PowerApps
7 98 (3.42%) SaaS
8 82 (2.86%) Power Automate
9 79 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
10 78 (2.72%) PaaS
11 68 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
12 55 (1.92%) WhatsApp
13 49 (1.71%) GCP
14 48 (1.68%) Mimecast
15 41 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
16 35 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
17 29 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
18 27 (0.94%) Azure Storage
19 26 (0.91%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 597 (20.84%) Firewall
2 499 (17.42%) DNS
3 432 (15.08%) DHCP
4 351 (12.26%) WAN
5 310 (10.82%) LAN
6 282 (9.85%) VPN
7 244 (8.52%) TCP/IP
8 195 (6.81%) VLAN
9 177 (6.18%) Wireless
10 159 (5.55%) Wi-Fi
11 151 (5.27%) VoIP
12 149 (5.20%) SAN
13 80 (2.79%) Remote Desktop
14 58 (2.03%) Internet
15 56 (1.96%) Network Security
16 53 (1.85%) SD-WAN
17 44 (1.54%) NAS
18 43 (1.50%) SNMP
19 37 (1.29%) Broadband
20 36 (1.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 223 (7.79%) SQL Server
2 114 (3.98%) Power BI
3 74 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
4 27 (0.94%) MySQL
5 22 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (0.63%) GIS
8 17 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (0.42%) InterSystems Cache
10 12 (0.42%) NoSQL
10 12 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (0.31%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.24%) Metadata
13 6 (0.21%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.14%) FileMaker
14 4 (0.14%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.14%) SAP HANA
15 3 (0.10%) Firebird
15 3 (0.10%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (1.26%) JIRA
2 11 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (0.31%) Git
4 6 (0.21%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.17%) GitLab
5 5 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.10%) Subversion
7 3 (0.10%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.070%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.035%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.035%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.035%) MSI
9 1 (0.035%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.035%) Postman
General
1 934 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 308 (10.75%) Finance
3 159 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 142 (4.96%) Legal
6 134 (4.68%) Public Sector
7 123 (4.29%) Law
8 111 (3.88%) Telecoms
9 109 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
10 105 (3.67%) Retail
11 50 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
12 49 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (1.57%) Banking
14 38 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 31 (1.08%) Marketing
16 30 (1.05%) Local Government
17 18 (0.63%) Military
18 16 (0.56%) Automotive
19 15 (0.52%) Back Office
20 14 (0.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 542 (18.92%) Support Engineer
2 540 (18.85%) Analyst
3 488 (17.04%) IT Support
4 406 (14.18%) IT Engineer
5 353 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 288 (10.06%) Senior
7 235 (8.21%) IT Support Engineer
7 235 (8.21%) Support Analyst
8 226 (7.89%) 2nd Line Support
9 214 (7.47%) IT Analyst
10 182 (6.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 148 (5.17%) IT Support Analyst
12 141 (4.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 131 (4.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 126 (4.40%) Service Analyst
15 119 (4.16%) IT Manager
16 114 (3.98%) 3rd Line Support
17 111 (3.88%) 1st Line Support
18 98 (3.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 94 (3.28%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (3.04%) .NET
2 39 (1.36%) ARM Templates
3 25 (0.87%) JSON
4 21 (0.73%) ASP.NET
4 21 (0.73%) HTML
5 16 (0.56%) .NET Framework
5 16 (0.56%) AngularJS
5 16 (0.56%) CSS
5 16 (0.56%) Web Services
6 14 (0.49%) Entity Framework
7 12 (0.42%) REST
8 11 (0.38%) .NET Core
8 11 (0.38%) HTML5 Canvas
9 10 (0.35%) ASP.NET MVC
9 10 (0.35%) MFC
10 9 (0.31%) React
10 9 (0.31%) SAML
11 6 (0.21%) Kafka
11 6 (0.21%) LDAP
12 4 (0.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 226 (7.89%) Driving Licence
2 168 (5.87%) Data Centre
3 89 (3.11%) Management Information System
4 82 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 60 (2.09%) Replication
6 57 (1.99%) Clustering
7 53 (1.85%) Public Cloud
8 46 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (1.36%) Onboarding
10 34 (1.19%) PKI
11 33 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
12 30 (1.05%) iPhone
13 28 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
14 27 (0.94%) Smartphone
15 24 (0.84%) EFT
16 23 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
16 23 (0.80%) Life Science
17 19 (0.66%) Product Ownership
18 18 (0.63%) Low-Code
19 17 (0.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1,674 (58.45%) Windows
2 914 (31.91%) Windows Server
3 536 (18.72%) Windows 10
4 209 (7.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 206 (7.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 174 (6.08%) Linux
7 173 (6.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 144 (5.03%) Android
9 91 (3.18%) Apple iOS
10 79 (2.76%) Windows 7
11 78 (2.72%) Mac OS
12 67 (2.34%) Windows 8
13 33 (1.15%) Windows Server 2003
14 31 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
15 19 (0.66%) CentOS
16 17 (0.59%) Mac OS X
17 15 (0.52%) Unix
18 12 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 12 (0.42%) Windows Mobile
19 9 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 686 (23.95%) ITIL
2 560 (19.55%) Customer Service
3 497 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
4 413 (14.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 240 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
6 229 (8.00%) Service Management
7 228 (7.96%) Project Management
8 225 (7.86%) Agile
9 194 (6.77%) Change Management
10 175 (6.11%) Migration
11 168 (5.87%) DevOps
12 165 (5.76%) Service Delivery
13 162 (5.66%) Project Delivery
14 146 (5.10%) Mentoring
15 143 (4.99%) Disaster Recovery
16 135 (4.71%) Information Security
16 135 (4.71%) ITSM
17 125 (4.36%) Incident Management
18 117 (4.09%) Time Management
19 110 (3.84%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 336 (11.73%) PowerShell
2 268 (9.36%) SQL
3 72 (2.51%) C#
4 40 (1.40%) JavaScript
5 34 (1.19%) Python
6 27 (0.94%) Bash
6 27 (0.94%) T-SQL
7 23 (0.80%) TypeScript
8 16 (0.56%) Bicep
8 16 (0.56%) VB
9 15 (0.52%) VBScript
10 6 (0.21%) PHP
11 5 (0.17%) DataFlex
11 5 (0.17%) Java
11 5 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.14%) Ruby
13 3 (0.10%) Go
13 3 (0.10%) Perl
13 3 (0.10%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 397 (13.86%) Degree
2 264 (9.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 209 (7.30%) Security Cleared
4 161 (5.62%) SC Cleared
5 98 (3.42%) Azure Certification
6 97 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
7 84 (2.93%) MCSE
8 78 (2.72%) CCNA
9 68 (2.37%) DBS Check
10 61 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
11 52 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 51 (1.78%) A+ Certification
13 47 (1.64%) MCP
14 43 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 43 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
15 40 (1.40%) DV Cleared
16 35 (1.22%) MCSA
17 33 (1.15%) CISSP
18 32 (1.12%) MCITP
19 28 (0.98%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (8.62%) SLA
2 106 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 91 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (1.75%) GDPR
5 28 (0.98%) NIST
6 24 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (0.66%) Accessibility
8 16 (0.56%) QA
9 15 (0.52%) PMO
10 13 (0.45%) NCSC
11 9 (0.31%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.28%) COBIT
13 7 (0.24%) Data Quality
13 7 (0.24%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.14%) GRC
15 3 (0.10%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.070%) Disclosure Scotland
16 2 (0.070%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 2 (0.070%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,602 (55.94%) Active Directory
2 435 (15.19%) Hyper-V
3 430 (15.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 97 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
5 95 (3.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 81 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
7 79 (2.76%) vSphere
8 51 (1.78%) Firmware
9 37 (1.29%) XenApp
10 29 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
11 23 (0.80%) VMware NSX
12 21 (0.73%) Docker
13 20 (0.70%) BitLocker
14 19 (0.66%) Terminal Services
14 19 (0.66%) XenDesktop
15 12 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 11 (0.38%) VMware Workstation
17 9 (0.31%) Terminal Server
18 8 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
19 6 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 517 (18.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 264 (9.22%) SCCM
3 68 (2.37%) SCOM
4 45 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
5 43 (1.50%) FortiGate
6 38 (1.33%) Terraform
7 36 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 35 (1.22%) Kubernetes
8 35 (1.22%) WSUS
9 34 (1.19%) vCenter Server
10 31 (1.08%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 27 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
11 27 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
12 23 (0.80%) SCVMM
13 22 (0.77%) Ansible
14 19 (0.66%) Nessus
15 17 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
15 17 (0.59%) PaperCut
16 13 (0.45%) AirWatch
17 8 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,963 (68.54%) Microsoft
2 696 (24.30%) VMware
3 276 (9.64%) Cisco
4 233 (8.14%) Citrix
5 132 (4.61%) ServiceNow
6 122 (4.26%) Veeam
7 102 (3.56%) Apple
8 94 (3.28%) Dell
9 88 (3.07%) HP
10 87 (3.04%) Meraki
11 74 (2.58%) Google
12 60 (2.09%) Aruba
12 60 (2.09%) Remedy
13 55 (1.92%) SolarWinds
13 55 (1.92%) Sophos
14 45 (1.57%) SAP
15 38 (1.33%) Fortinet
16 35 (1.22%) Commvault
17 34 (1.19%) Kaseya
17 34 (1.19%) Palo Alto