Microsoft 365 Administrator Jobs

Microsoft 365 Administrator (M365 Admin)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Administrator (M365 Admin) salary in the UK is £58,050 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 697 853 965
Rank change year-on-year +156 +112 +265
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Administrator 15 37 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.037% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.039% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 12 33 12
10th Percentile £46,875 £35,350 £46,625
25th Percentile £53,438 £36,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,050 £60,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% -2.04% +22.50%
75th Percentile £64,013 £68,750 £68,125
90th Percentile £67,500 - £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -29.63% +12.50% +84.62%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,683 94,601 90,752
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.69% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 27,196 67,610 57,343
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Microsoft 365 Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 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
England +124 14 £58,100 -3.17% 6
London +108 9 £58,100 +40.27% 5
Work from Home +109 7 £58,000 -14.07% 7
UK excluding London +169 6 £47,500 -29.63% 3
South East +88 4 £45,000 -33.33% 1
North of England +41 1 £47,500 +31.94% 1
North West -6 1 £47,500 +5.56%
Scotland - 1 £57,500 - 1

Microsoft 365 Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Microsoft 365 Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Microsoft 365 Administrator in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (80.00%) SharePoint
3 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 7 (46.67%) PowerShell
4 7 (46.67%) OneDrive
4 7 (46.67%) Power Platform
4 7 (46.67%) PowerApps
5 6 (40.00%) Power Automate
6 5 (33.33%) Windows
6 5 (33.33%) Azure
6 5 (33.33%) Project Management
7 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (26.67%) ITIL
7 4 (26.67%) Process Improvement
7 4 (26.67%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (26.67%) Windows Server
8 3 (20.00%) Service Design
8 3 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
8 3 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (20.00%) Proactive Maintenance
8 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
8 3 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
8 3 (20.00%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (20.00%) Relational Database
8 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (20.00%) Data Structures
8 3 (20.00%) CSS

Microsoft 365 Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) AutoCAD
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (46.67%) OneDrive
2 7 (46.67%) Power Platform
2 7 (46.67%) PowerApps
3 6 (40.00%) Power Automate
4 5 (33.33%) Azure
5 4 (26.67%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
6 2 (13.33%) SaaS
7 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (6.67%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DHCP
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
1 1 (6.67%) LAN
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Automotive
2 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) CSS
1 3 (20.00%) HTML
1 3 (20.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Project Management
2 4 (26.67%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) Process Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 3 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (20.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 3 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) Service Design
3 3 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
5 1 (6.67%) DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) ERP
5 1 (6.67%) IT Strategy
5 1 (6.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) VMware