Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 35 25
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 4,077 2,871 7,449
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.40% 6.46% 6.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.34% 19.27% 20.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,172 2,322 6,290
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% -8.43%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,000 £34,000 £36,128
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.89% -2.36%

All Cloud Computing 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 24,958 14,897 35,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.92% 33.54% 33.30%
Number of salaries quoted 16,098 10,253 27,328
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £30,463
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £84,750 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -8.18%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

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 13 June 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
England +1 3,698 £40,000 +1.91% 956
UK excluding London +6 2,982 £36,000 +5.88% 856
Work from Home +6 1,064 £45,000 +5.88% 367
London +6 951 £57,500 +4.55% 243
North of England +20 779 £37,500 +15.38% 205
South East +11 645 £35,000 -6.67% 273
Midlands -10 506 £35,000 - 138
North West +48 432 £37,500 +11.94% 109
East of England +15 396 £40,000 +8.11% 97
South West -9 391 £34,000 +4.62% 116
Yorkshire -3 298 £34,000 +4.62% 68
West Midlands -17 261 £42,500 +6.25% 85
East Midlands +4 242 £32,500 +1.56% 53
Scotland +83 147 £32,500 -4.41% 32
Wales +14 93 £38,000 -0.25% 13
North East -20 49 £42,500 +32.81% 31
Northern Ireland -20 19 £60,000 +20.00% 16
Isle of Man +5 6 £45,000 -

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1,051 (25.78%) SharePoint
2 819 (20.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (0.86%) Confluence
4 22 (0.54%) IIS
5 20 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
6 17 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
6 17 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
7 11 (0.27%) CMS
8 10 (0.25%) WordPress
9 5 (0.12%) Skype for Business
10 4 (0.098%) Apache
11 3 (0.074%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.074%) SAS
12 2 (0.049%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.025%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 499 (12.24%) Microsoft Office
2 180 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.098%) Camtasia
9 3 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.074%) SPSS
10 2 (0.049%) CorelDRAW
10 2 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.025%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.025%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.025%) Revit
Business Applications
1 38 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
3 15 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 15 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
5 8 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.15%) Shopify
7 5 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.12%) Magento
7 5 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.12%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.098%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.074%) Alphatax
9 3 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.049%) Carpe Diem
10 2 (0.049%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.049%) Infor CloudSuite
10 2 (0.049%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.049%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,888 (46.31%) Azure
2 1,034 (25.36%) Entra ID
3 478 (11.72%) Power Platform
4 334 (8.19%) OneDrive
5 290 (7.11%) AWS
6 223 (5.47%) SaaS
7 200 (4.91%) Microsoft Copilot
8 182 (4.46%) PowerApps
9 178 (4.37%) Power Automate
10 125 (3.07%) Google Workspace
11 114 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
12 112 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
13 89 (2.18%) Mimecast
14 86 (2.11%) IaaS
15 84 (2.06%) PaaS
16 72 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
17 66 (1.62%) GCP
18 59 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
19 47 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
20 41 (1.01%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 742 (18.20%) Firewall
2 681 (16.70%) DNS
3 599 (14.69%) DHCP
4 481 (11.80%) VPN
5 311 (7.63%) Wi-Fi
6 299 (7.33%) WAN
7 270 (6.62%) LAN
8 254 (6.23%) TCP/IP
9 237 (5.81%) VLAN
10 185 (4.54%) VoIP
11 124 (3.04%) Wireless
12 105 (2.58%) Network Security
13 79 (1.94%) SAN
14 48 (1.18%) Internet
15 39 (0.96%) SD-WAN
16 38 (0.93%) Broadband
17 35 (0.86%) WLAN
18 34 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
18 34 (0.83%) Unified Communications
19 24 (0.59%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 244 (5.98%) Power BI
2 163 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 82 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
5 31 (0.76%) MySQL
6 27 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 11 (0.27%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
10 8 (0.20%) GIS
10 8 (0.20%) Power Query
11 7 (0.17%) Metadata
11 7 (0.17%) Tableau
12 3 (0.074%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.074%) Spatial Data
12 3 (0.074%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.049%) EDRMS
13 2 (0.049%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.049%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 112 (2.75%) JIRA
2 19 (0.47%) Chocolatey
3 12 (0.29%) Git
4 6 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.12%) Balsamiq
5 5 (0.12%) GitLab
5 5 (0.12%) Postman
5 5 (0.12%) TeamCity
5 5 (0.12%) VersionOne
6 4 (0.098%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.049%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.049%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.049%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.049%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.049%) Selenium
7 2 (0.049%) TestRail
7 2 (0.049%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.025%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.025%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.025%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 1,732 (42.48%) Social Skills
2 411 (10.08%) Finance
3 357 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
4 236 (5.79%) Legal
5 225 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
6 192 (4.71%) Law
7 180 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 126 (3.09%) Retail
9 113 (2.77%) Public Sector
10 109 (2.67%) Manufacturing
11 104 (2.55%) Telecoms
12 86 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
13 52 (1.28%) Back Office
14 48 (1.18%) French Language
15 43 (1.05%) Banking
16 40 (0.98%) Marketing
17 37 (0.91%) Local Government
18 36 (0.88%) Advertising
19 34 (0.83%) Legal Technology
20 28 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,215 (29.80%) IT Support
2 860 (21.09%) Support Engineer
3 792 (19.43%) IT Engineer
4 651 (15.97%) Analyst
5 646 (15.84%) IT Support Engineer
6 404 (9.91%) Senior
7 348 (8.54%) Support Analyst
8 307 (7.53%) 2nd Line Support
9 298 (7.31%) Support Technician
10 281 (6.89%) IT Analyst
11 252 (6.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 252 (6.18%) IT Technician
12 213 (5.22%) IT Support Analyst
13 210 (5.15%) IT Support Technician
14 191 (4.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 187 (4.59%) Lead
16 186 (4.56%) Service Analyst
17 178 (4.37%) Service Desk Analyst
18 172 (4.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 172 (4.22%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (1.94%) .NET
2 49 (1.20%) HTML
2 49 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
3 47 (1.15%) CSS
4 42 (1.03%) JSON
5 34 (0.83%) HTML5 Canvas
6 32 (0.78%) SPFx
7 22 (0.54%) REST
8 21 (0.52%) .NET Core
8 21 (0.52%) React
9 17 (0.42%) Middleware
10 12 (0.29%) .NET Framework
10 12 (0.29%) ASP.NET
11 11 (0.27%) Node.js
11 11 (0.27%) OAuth
11 11 (0.27%) XML
12 10 (0.25%) XMPP
13 9 (0.22%) OpenID
13 9 (0.22%) Web Services
14 8 (0.20%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 391 (9.59%) Driving Licence
2 311 (7.63%) Onboarding
3 137 (3.36%) Management Information System
4 136 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
5 94 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 78 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 66 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
8 61 (1.50%) Security Posture
9 48 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 43 (1.05%) Product Ownership
11 39 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
12 38 (0.93%) CMDB
12 38 (0.93%) Data Centre
13 37 (0.91%) Cloud Native
13 37 (0.91%) Replication
14 36 (0.88%) CCTV
15 30 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
16 29 (0.71%) Clustering
17 26 (0.64%) AI Agents
17 26 (0.64%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2,110 (51.75%) Windows
2 910 (22.32%) Windows Server
3 531 (13.02%) Windows 10
4 303 (7.43%) Linux
5 233 (5.71%) Mac OS
6 172 (4.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 152 (3.73%) Apple iOS
8 139 (3.41%) Android
9 105 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
10 48 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
11 26 (0.64%) Ubuntu
12 19 (0.47%) Windows 7
13 16 (0.39%) CentOS
14 13 (0.32%) Mac OS X
14 13 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 13 (0.32%) VMS
15 12 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (0.27%) Windows 8
17 6 (0.15%) Unix
18 3 (0.074%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,130 (27.72%) Problem-Solving
2 977 (23.96%) Customer Service
3 862 (21.14%) ITIL
4 642 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
5 639 (15.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 395 (9.69%) ITSM
7 365 (8.95%) Service Delivery
8 323 (7.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 302 (7.41%) AI
10 293 (7.19%) Disaster Recovery
11 272 (6.67%) Service Management
12 265 (6.50%) Mentoring
13 263 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
14 254 (6.23%) Migration
15 250 (6.13%) User Experience
16 217 (5.32%) Roadmaps
17 200 (4.91%) Agile
18 183 (4.49%) Incident Management
19 179 (4.39%) Customer Experience
20 175 (4.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 476 (11.68%) PowerShell
2 263 (6.45%) SQL
3 148 (3.63%) Python
4 113 (2.77%) C#
5 102 (2.50%) JavaScript
6 50 (1.23%) Bash
7 33 (0.81%) VBA
8 29 (0.71%) TypeScript
9 21 (0.52%) Bicep
10 19 (0.47%) R
11 18 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.27%) Java
12 11 (0.27%) VBScript
13 10 (0.25%) Google Apps Script
14 8 (0.20%) C
14 8 (0.20%) C++
14 8 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.17%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.17%) PHP
15 7 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 581 (14.25%) Degree
2 349 (8.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 347 (8.51%) Security Cleared
4 304 (7.46%) SC Cleared
5 131 (3.21%) DBS Check
6 101 (2.48%) A+ Certification
7 96 (2.35%) Azure Certification
8 85 (2.08%) MCSE
9 81 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
10 78 (1.91%) AWS Certification
11 58 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 57 (1.40%) CISSP
13 49 (1.20%) CCNA
14 45 (1.10%) CTC Cleared
15 42 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
16 38 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
17 30 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 28 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
18 28 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
19 27 (0.66%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 316 (7.75%) SLA
2 285 (6.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 213 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 121 (2.97%) GDPR
5 102 (2.50%) QA
6 94 (2.31%) PCI DSS
7 88 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 73 (1.79%) NIST
9 34 (0.83%) Data Quality
10 30 (0.74%) Accessibility
11 28 (0.69%) GRC
12 26 (0.64%) PMO
13 9 (0.22%) SOC 2
14 8 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 7 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.17%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.17%) NCSC
16 6 (0.15%) ISO 22301
17 3 (0.074%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 3 (0.074%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1,698 (41.65%) Active Directory
2 443 (10.87%) Hyper-V
3 350 (8.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 102 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 73 (1.79%) Terminal Server
6 55 (1.35%) vSphere
7 36 (0.88%) Docker
8 31 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
9 28 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
10 21 (0.52%) BitLocker
11 17 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
12 14 (0.34%) Firmware
13 13 (0.32%) KVM
13 13 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 8 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 8 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
15 6 (0.15%) DFS Replication
15 6 (0.15%) Terminal Services
16 5 (0.12%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.098%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 766 (18.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 184 (4.51%) SCCM
3 76 (1.86%) Terraform
4 70 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
5 53 (1.30%) Autotask
6 47 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (1.03%) Kubernetes
8 38 (0.93%) FortiGate
9 32 (0.78%) Proxmox
10 26 (0.64%) Ansible
11 25 (0.61%) vCenter Server
12 23 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 15 (0.37%) Grafana
14 13 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 13 (0.32%) WSUS
14 13 (0.32%) ZABBIX
15 12 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
16 11 (0.27%) Nessus
17 9 (0.22%) Backup Exec
18 8 (0.20%) Graylog
Vendors
1 3,497 (85.77%) Microsoft
2 559 (13.71%) VMware
3 234 (5.74%) Cisco
4 211 (5.18%) ServiceNow
5 182 (4.46%) Veeam
6 152 (3.73%) Apple
7 151 (3.70%) Google
8 102 (2.50%) Meraki
9 99 (2.43%) SolarWinds
10 97 (2.38%) Splunk
11 81 (1.99%) Citrix
12 78 (1.91%) iManage
13 74 (1.82%) Nimble Storage
14 72 (1.77%) Brocade
14 72 (1.77%) Tanium
15 60 (1.47%) Sophos
16 55 (1.35%) Palo Alto
17 52 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
17 52 (1.28%) HP
18 50 (1.23%) Adobe