Microsoft 365 Jobs

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 24 42
Rank change year-on-year -17 +18 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,926 7,598 6,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.61% 7.73% 6.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.41% 21.49% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,391 6,502 5,542
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £25,763
25th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £39,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.41% -6.02% -2.35%
75th Percentile £58,086 £53,075 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £68,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £36,298 £36,500
% change year-on-year -3.58% -0.55% +2.82%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,077 35,358 44,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.91% 35.95% 43.04%
Number of salaries quoted 11,032 26,774 29,301
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,125 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,725 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 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
England -16 2,758 £42,000 +5.66% 1,318
UK excluding London -19 1,919 £35,000 -3.58% 989
Work from Home -8 995 £45,000 - 546
London -6 889 £57,500 +5.31% 398
South East -24 470 £40,000 +9.59% 260
Midlands -10 456 £35,000 - 168
North of England -49 437 £35,000 -6.67% 282
East of England -9 278 £33,938 +4.43% 110
West Midlands -17 272 £44,500 +19.46% 85
North West -67 247 £37,500 -6.25% 153
South West -12 202 £32,500 -13.33% 117
East Midlands -9 184 £31,500 -5.97% 82
Yorkshire -23 158 £32,500 -7.14% 105
Scotland -12 47 £37,500 -1.32% 51
North East -20 32 £34,000 -9.33% 30
Wales -32 17 £38,094 +34.66% 19
Northern Ireland -2 10 £52,500 +50.00% 10
Isle of Man +4 5 £38,000 +2.70% 6

Microsoft 365
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
1 775 (26.49%) SharePoint
2 652 (22.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 59 (2.02%) IIS
4 29 (0.99%) Confluence
5 21 (0.72%) CMS
6 15 (0.51%) IBM Domino
7 11 (0.38%) WordPress
8 8 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.24%) Skype for Business
10 6 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
11 5 (0.17%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.14%) Moodle
13 3 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
13 3 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
13 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.068%) Apache
14 2 (0.068%) BizTalk Server
15 1 (0.034%) Exchange Server 2007
15 1 (0.034%) Oracle Workflow
15 1 (0.034%) Umbraco
Applications
1 467 (15.96%) Microsoft Office
2 137 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.31%) Acrobat
6 8 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.21%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.14%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.10%) Productboard
10 3 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.068%) InDesign
12 1 (0.034%) 1Password
12 1 (0.034%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.034%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.034%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 51 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
3 18 (0.62%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.38%) Elite 3E
5 9 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.31%) Sage 50
6 7 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
7 6 (0.21%) Sage 200
7 6 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.21%) Temenos T24
8 5 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
9 4 (0.14%) SAP Business One
10 3 (0.10%) Fidessa
11 2 (0.068%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 2 (0.068%) SystmOne
12 1 (0.034%) Eikon
12 1 (0.034%) Magento
12 1 (0.034%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,549 (52.94%) Azure
2 575 (19.65%) Entra ID
3 279 (9.54%) OneDrive
3 279 (9.54%) Power Platform
4 232 (7.93%) AWS
5 182 (6.22%) SaaS
6 131 (4.48%) Power Automate
7 126 (4.31%) PowerApps
8 92 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
9 83 (2.84%) Mimecast
10 79 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
11 71 (2.43%) IaaS
12 70 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
13 67 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
13 67 (2.29%) PaaS
14 65 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
15 53 (1.81%) Google Workspace
16 52 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
17 29 (0.99%) GCP
18 24 (0.82%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 525 (17.94%) Firewall
2 420 (14.35%) DNS
3 336 (11.48%) DHCP
4 291 (9.95%) VPN
5 284 (9.71%) WAN
6 267 (9.13%) LAN
7 185 (6.32%) VLAN
8 183 (6.25%) TCP/IP
9 174 (5.95%) VoIP
10 169 (5.78%) Wi-Fi
11 86 (2.94%) Wireless
12 83 (2.84%) Network Security
13 58 (1.98%) Remote Desktop
14 57 (1.95%) SAN
15 56 (1.91%) Internet
16 53 (1.81%) SD-WAN
17 43 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
18 37 (1.26%) Intranet
19 28 (0.96%) PBX
20 27 (0.92%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (5.60%) SQL Server
2 132 (4.51%) Power BI
3 37 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (0.31%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (0.24%) MySQL
11 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 5 (0.17%) Metadata
12 5 (0.17%) Power Query
13 4 (0.14%) FileMaker
13 4 (0.14%) GIS
13 4 (0.14%) Metabase
13 4 (0.14%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.10%) Data Mining
14 3 (0.10%) EDMS
14 3 (0.10%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 69 (2.36%) JIRA
2 7 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 7 (0.24%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.21%) Git
4 5 (0.17%) WiX
5 3 (0.10%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.10%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.068%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.068%) MSI
6 2 (0.068%) Selenium
7 1 (0.034%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.034%) gulp
7 1 (0.034%) Hudson
7 1 (0.034%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.034%) Subversion
7 1 (0.034%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.034%) Yeoman
General
1 1,120 (38.28%) Social Skills
2 387 (13.23%) Finance
3 285 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
4 205 (7.01%) Law
5 191 (6.53%) Legal
6 129 (4.41%) Retail
7 104 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 87 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
9 78 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 64 (2.19%) Manufacturing
11 56 (1.91%) Marketing
12 47 (1.61%) Banking
13 41 (1.40%) Public Sector
14 32 (1.09%) Local Government
15 27 (0.92%) Automotive
15 27 (0.92%) Games
16 23 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (0.58%) Advertising
17 17 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
17 17 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 637 (21.77%) IT Support
2 593 (20.27%) Analyst
3 427 (14.59%) Support Engineer
4 317 (10.83%) Support Analyst
5 297 (10.15%) IT Engineer
6 293 (10.01%) Senior
7 245 (8.37%) IT Analyst
8 232 (7.93%) 2nd Line Support
9 228 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 200 (6.84%) IT Support Engineer
11 170 (5.81%) IT Support Analyst
12 135 (4.61%) Lead
13 130 (4.44%) Service Analyst
14 129 (4.41%) IT Manager
15 116 (3.96%) IT Technician
16 114 (3.90%) Desktop Support
17 113 (3.86%) Service Desk Analyst
18 106 (3.62%) 1st Line Support
19 96 (3.28%) Support Specialist
20 90 (3.08%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (1.98%) .NET
2 27 (0.92%) HTML
2 27 (0.92%) JSON
3 25 (0.85%) React
4 23 (0.79%) CSS
5 22 (0.75%) XML
6 16 (0.55%) SPFx
7 15 (0.51%) REST
8 11 (0.38%) .NET Framework
8 11 (0.38%) ASP.NET
8 11 (0.38%) SOAP
9 9 (0.31%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (0.31%) Software Packaging
10 8 (0.27%) HTML5
10 8 (0.27%) SAML
11 7 (0.24%) ARM Templates
11 7 (0.24%) EDI
12 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
13 5 (0.17%) 802.1X
13 5 (0.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 188 (6.43%) Driving Licence
2 156 (5.33%) Onboarding
3 127 (4.34%) Management Information System
4 88 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
5 67 (2.29%) Data Centre
6 49 (1.67%) CCTV
7 48 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
8 44 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
9 40 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
10 35 (1.20%) Client/Server
10 35 (1.20%) Security Posture
10 35 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
11 34 (1.16%) iPhone
11 34 (1.16%) Public Cloud
11 34 (1.16%) Social Media
12 30 (1.03%) Private Cloud
13 29 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
14 27 (0.92%) Product Ownership
15 22 (0.75%) PKI
16 21 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1,594 (54.48%) Windows
2 706 (24.13%) Windows Server
3 510 (17.43%) Windows 10
4 177 (6.05%) Linux
5 160 (5.47%) Mac OS
6 125 (4.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 111 (3.79%) Apple iOS
8 105 (3.59%) Android
9 104 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
10 73 (2.49%) Windows Server 2012
11 30 (1.03%) Windows 7
12 25 (0.85%) Mac OS X
13 22 (0.75%) VMS
14 18 (0.62%) Unix
14 18 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
15 14 (0.48%) AIX
16 10 (0.34%) Ubuntu
17 8 (0.27%) CentOS
18 5 (0.17%) Debian
19 4 (0.14%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 819 (27.99%) Problem-Solving
2 612 (20.92%) Customer Service
3 585 (19.99%) ITIL
4 390 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 264 (9.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 240 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 215 (7.35%) ITSM
7 215 (7.35%) Project Management
8 208 (7.11%) Service Delivery
9 196 (6.70%) Disaster Recovery
10 192 (6.56%) Migration
11 171 (5.84%) Roadmaps
12 165 (5.64%) Service Management
13 157 (5.37%) Project Delivery
14 154 (5.26%) Mentoring
15 148 (5.06%) Agile
16 147 (5.02%) Data Protection
17 140 (4.78%) CRM
18 139 (4.75%) Business Intelligence
19 134 (4.58%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 435 (14.87%) PowerShell
2 211 (7.21%) SQL
3 91 (3.11%) Python
4 70 (2.39%) C#
5 59 (2.02%) JavaScript
6 29 (0.99%) T-SQL
7 20 (0.68%) Java
8 19 (0.65%) Bash
9 15 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 15 (0.51%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.38%) C++
11 10 (0.34%) Go
11 10 (0.34%) VBA
12 8 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.24%) VB
14 6 (0.21%) PHP
15 5 (0.17%) VBScript
16 3 (0.10%) Bicep
16 3 (0.10%) Progress 4GL
16 3 (0.10%) RPG
Qualifications
1 442 (15.11%) Degree
2 308 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 116 (3.96%) Azure Certification
4 96 (3.28%) A+ Certification
5 88 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
6 79 (2.70%) Security Cleared
7 75 (2.56%) CCNA
8 70 (2.39%) DBS Check
9 64 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 64 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
9 64 (2.19%) SC Cleared
10 61 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
11 52 (1.78%) MCSA
12 45 (1.54%) CISSP
13 44 (1.50%) MCP
14 38 (1.30%) MCSE
15 28 (0.96%) CCNP
16 25 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
16 25 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 23 (0.79%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (6.94%) SLA
2 114 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 110 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 104 (3.55%) GDPR
5 39 (1.33%) PCI DSS
6 33 (1.13%) NIST
7 29 (0.99%) QA
8 27 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 24 (0.82%) Data Quality
10 15 (0.51%) GRC
11 12 (0.41%) PMO
12 9 (0.31%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.31%) PERC
13 7 (0.24%) NCSC
14 6 (0.21%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.17%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.17%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.14%) HL7
17 3 (0.10%) COBIT
System Software
1 1,408 (48.12%) Active Directory
2 328 (11.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 272 (9.30%) Hyper-V
4 112 (3.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 51 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
6 49 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (1.37%) vSphere
8 32 (1.09%) XenApp
9 21 (0.72%) Docker
10 15 (0.51%) BitLocker
11 14 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
12 13 (0.44%) Firmware
13 8 (0.27%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.27%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.17%) Postfix
15 3 (0.10%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.10%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
15 3 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 623 (21.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 203 (6.94%) SCCM
3 55 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
3 55 (1.88%) Terraform
4 33 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 30 (1.03%) Kubernetes
6 27 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
7 26 (0.89%) Ansible
8 25 (0.85%) WSUS
9 19 (0.65%) vCenter Server
10 15 (0.51%) NetBackup
11 14 (0.48%) SCOM
12 13 (0.44%) FortiGate
13 11 (0.38%) Autotask
14 8 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.27%) Graylog
15 7 (0.24%) Backup Exec
15 7 (0.24%) Grafana
16 6 (0.21%) Nagios
16 6 (0.21%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 2,141 (73.17%) Microsoft
2 472 (16.13%) VMware
3 314 (10.73%) Cisco
4 178 (6.08%) Citrix
5 145 (4.96%) Meraki
6 140 (4.78%) Apple
7 117 (4.00%) ServiceNow
8 92 (3.14%) Veeam
9 82 (2.80%) Google
10 68 (2.32%) HP
11 59 (2.02%) Salesforce
12 52 (1.78%) Dell
13 47 (1.61%) iManage
14 43 (1.47%) Fortinet
15 38 (1.30%) Oracle
15 38 (1.30%) Palo Alto
15 38 (1.30%) Sophos
16 37 (1.26%) SAP
17 36 (1.23%) SonicWALL
18 35 (1.20%) CheckPoint