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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 29 72
Rank change year-on-year +1 +43 -23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 5,678 5,881 8,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.28% 7.29% 4.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.24% 17.30% 10.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,619 5,091 6,969
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.18% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500

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 29,506 33,998 84,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.65% 42.13% 47.94%
Number of salaries quoted 21,274 25,227 42,049
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Top 19 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 26 July 2024. 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 +4 5,152 £40,000 -2.44% 832
UK excluding London +6 4,325 £37,500 - 787
Work from Home +14 1,898 £47,500 -5.00% 342
London -8 1,187 £55,000 +10.00% 149
South East +1 1,092 £37,750 -2.58% 197
North of England +16 1,043 £37,500 -1.32% 221
Midlands +8 814 £36,000 -0.69% 112
South West +14 554 £37,500 +4.17% 115
West Midlands +2 502 £37,250 -4.36% 76
North West +3 493 £40,000 -5.88% 108
Yorkshire +17 442 £35,000 +1.45% 87
East of England +8 426 £33,000 -2.94% 69
East Midlands +24 307 £35,000 +7.69% 36
Scotland -28 227 £35,000 -6.67% 39
North East +9 108 £35,000 -8.44% 33
Wales +19 102 £32,500 -17.20% 22
Northern Ireland +25 52 £35,000 -22.22% 35
Isle of Man -2 15 £37,000 -48.97% 3
Channel Islands -3 2 £85,000 -5.56%

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 1,271 (22.38%) SharePoint
2 1,233 (21.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 63 (1.11%) Confluence
4 50 (0.88%) IIS
5 28 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
6 23 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
7 19 (0.33%) SharePoint 2010
7 19 (0.33%) SharePoint 2013
8 17 (0.30%) WordPress
9 16 (0.28%) CMS
10 14 (0.25%) Skype for Business
11 8 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
12 6 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
13 5 (0.088%) OpenStack
14 4 (0.070%) Exchange Server 2000
14 4 (0.070%) Jupyter
14 4 (0.070%) SAS
15 3 (0.053%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.053%) BizTalk Server
15 3 (0.053%) Moodle
Applications
1 824 (14.51%) Microsoft Office
2 204 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 92 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 25 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (0.19%) InfoPath
7 9 (0.16%) Trello
8 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.11%) InVision
9 6 (0.11%) Sketch
10 4 (0.070%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.053%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.018%) 1Password
12 1 (0.018%) Adobe Captivate
12 1 (0.018%) CATIA
12 1 (0.018%) NASTRAN
12 1 (0.018%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 79 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 18 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 9 (0.16%) NEC Housing
6 8 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.12%) Magento
8 5 (0.088%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.088%) Sage X3
8 5 (0.088%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.088%) SAP WM
9 4 (0.070%) SAP Business One
10 3 (0.053%) Eikon
10 3 (0.053%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.035%) BambooHR
11 2 (0.035%) iTrent
11 2 (0.035%) Shopify
11 2 (0.035%) Unit4 Business World
12 1 (0.018%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2,942 (51.81%) Azure
2 1,037 (18.26%) Entra ID
3 461 (8.12%) Power Platform
4 454 (8.00%) AWS
5 406 (7.15%) OneDrive
6 295 (5.20%) SaaS
7 252 (4.44%) PowerApps
8 227 (4.00%) Power Automate
9 224 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
10 170 (2.99%) GCP
11 148 (2.61%) IaaS
12 129 (2.27%) PaaS
13 112 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
14 105 (1.85%) Google Workspace
15 97 (1.71%) Mimecast
16 87 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
17 83 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
18 79 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
19 67 (1.18%) WhatsApp
20 49 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1,044 (18.39%) Firewall
2 716 (12.61%) DNS
3 561 (9.88%) WAN
4 542 (9.55%) DHCP
5 528 (9.30%) LAN
6 414 (7.29%) VPN
7 387 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
8 341 (6.01%) TCP/IP
9 282 (4.97%) VLAN
10 276 (4.86%) Wireless
11 256 (4.51%) SAN
12 189 (3.33%) VoIP
13 141 (2.48%) Internet
14 131 (2.31%) Remote Desktop
15 125 (2.20%) Network Security
16 104 (1.83%) SD-WAN
17 101 (1.78%) NAS
18 80 (1.41%) WLAN
19 63 (1.11%) Intranet
20 54 (0.95%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 288 (5.07%) SQL Server
2 251 (4.42%) Power BI
3 86 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
4 51 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 47 (0.83%) MySQL
6 35 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 23 (0.41%) Relational Database
7 23 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (0.26%) Crystal Reports
9 15 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (0.25%) Metadata
11 11 (0.19%) Data Lake
12 10 (0.18%) EDMS
13 9 (0.16%) GIS
13 9 (0.16%) Power Query
14 8 (0.14%) MariaDB
14 8 (0.14%) SAP HANA
14 8 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 105 (1.85%) JIRA
2 44 (0.77%) Git
3 12 (0.21%) Visual Studio
4 11 (0.19%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.18%) gulp
5 10 (0.18%) Yeoman
6 5 (0.088%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.088%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.053%) Axure RP
7 3 (0.053%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.053%) MSI
8 2 (0.035%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.035%) Hudson
9 1 (0.018%) Dreamweaver
9 1 (0.018%) GitLab
9 1 (0.018%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.018%) Postman
9 1 (0.018%) Subversion
General
1 1,779 (31.33%) Social Skills
2 708 (12.47%) Finance
3 470 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
4 303 (5.34%) Law
5 226 (3.98%) Manufacturing
6 223 (3.93%) Legal
7 218 (3.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 210 (3.70%) Public Sector
9 200 (3.52%) Retail
10 186 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
11 159 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 150 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
13 129 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
14 122 (2.15%) Marketing
15 63 (1.11%) Games
16 50 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
17 49 (0.86%) Banking
18 48 (0.85%) Advertising
18 48 (0.85%) Local Government
19 47 (0.83%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,001 (17.63%) IT Support
2 813 (14.32%) Support Engineer
3 799 (14.07%) Analyst
4 631 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 534 (9.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 482 (8.49%) Senior
7 422 (7.43%) IT Support Engineer
8 378 (6.66%) 2nd Line Support
9 375 (6.60%) IT Technician
10 334 (5.88%) IT Analyst
11 316 (5.57%) Lead
12 315 (5.55%) IT Manager
12 315 (5.55%) Support Analyst
13 311 (5.48%) Architect
14 257 (4.53%) Support Technician
15 255 (4.49%) Service Analyst
16 250 (4.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 241 (4.24%) Consultant
18 230 (4.05%) Service Desk Analyst
19 222 (3.91%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (2.59%) .NET
2 67 (1.18%) HTML
3 43 (0.76%) CSS
4 32 (0.56%) ARM Templates
5 29 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
6 25 (0.44%) React
6 25 (0.44%) SPFx
7 20 (0.35%) RESTful
8 19 (0.33%) .NET Core
9 18 (0.32%) HTML5 Canvas
10 16 (0.28%) SAML
10 16 (0.28%) Web Services
11 15 (0.26%) OAuth
12 14 (0.25%) OLE
12 14 (0.25%) REST
13 13 (0.23%) YAML
14 12 (0.21%) EDI
14 12 (0.21%) HTML5
14 12 (0.21%) JSON
15 11 (0.19%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 259 (4.56%) Driving Licence
2 238 (4.19%) Data Centre
3 227 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 186 (3.28%) Public Cloud
5 181 (3.19%) Management Information System
6 134 (2.36%) PKI
7 122 (2.15%) Onboarding
8 105 (1.85%) Replication
9 83 (1.46%) Smartphone
10 71 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
11 66 (1.16%) Clustering
12 55 (0.97%) Product Ownership
13 52 (0.92%) iPhone
14 49 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
15 47 (0.83%) iPad
16 44 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
16 44 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
17 43 (0.76%) Cloud Native
17 43 (0.76%) Private Cloud
18 42 (0.74%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 2,951 (51.97%) Windows
2 1,440 (25.36%) Windows Server
3 948 (16.70%) Windows 10
4 293 (5.16%) Linux
5 279 (4.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 277 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 238 (4.19%) Android
8 207 (3.65%) Apple iOS
9 205 (3.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 179 (3.15%) Mac OS
11 113 (1.99%) Windows 7
12 60 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
13 51 (0.90%) Mac OS X
14 48 (0.85%) Windows 8
15 40 (0.70%) Ubuntu
16 31 (0.55%) CentOS
17 30 (0.53%) VMS
18 23 (0.41%) Unix
19 17 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
20 15 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,156 (20.36%) Problem-Solving
2 1,133 (19.95%) Customer Service
3 986 (17.37%) ITIL
4 705 (12.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 683 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
6 464 (8.17%) Project Management
7 387 (6.82%) Migration
8 356 (6.27%) Service Delivery
9 353 (6.22%) Service Management
10 333 (5.86%) Agile
11 301 (5.30%) Mentoring
12 298 (5.25%) ITSM
13 286 (5.04%) Project Delivery
14 280 (4.93%) Business Intelligence
14 280 (4.93%) Change Management
15 275 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 256 (4.51%) Presales
17 251 (4.42%) Roadmaps
18 249 (4.39%) Disaster Recovery
19 220 (3.87%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 578 (10.18%) PowerShell
2 471 (8.30%) SQL
3 142 (2.50%) C#
4 80 (1.41%) Python
5 74 (1.30%) JavaScript
6 66 (1.16%) Bash
7 31 (0.55%) T-SQL
7 31 (0.55%) VB
8 29 (0.51%) Bicep
9 20 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 19 (0.33%) R
10 19 (0.33%) VBScript
11 17 (0.30%) PHP
12 11 (0.19%) Java
13 10 (0.18%) Perl
14 8 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.088%) Formula Language
15 5 (0.088%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.088%) Ruby
16 4 (0.070%) X++
Qualifications
1 844 (14.86%) Degree
2 470 (8.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 293 (5.16%) Security Cleared
4 210 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 186 (3.28%) Azure Certification
6 162 (2.85%) DBS Check
7 147 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
8 133 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 126 (2.22%) CCNA
10 119 (2.10%) MCSE
11 106 (1.87%) MCP
12 97 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
13 95 (1.67%) CISSP
14 90 (1.59%) A+ Certification
15 63 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 60 (1.06%) MCSA
17 52 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
18 51 (0.90%) DV Cleared
18 51 (0.90%) MCITP
19 49 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 403 (7.10%) SLA
2 233 (4.10%) GDPR
3 205 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 183 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 56 (0.99%) NIST
6 47 (0.83%) QA
7 40 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 35 (0.62%) Accessibility
9 26 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 24 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 23 (0.41%) GRC
12 22 (0.39%) PMO
13 19 (0.33%) Data Quality
14 17 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 14 (0.25%) SOC 2
16 10 (0.18%) COBIT
17 8 (0.14%) ISO 22301
18 7 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
18 7 (0.12%) ISO 9001
19 6 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 2,753 (48.49%) Active Directory
2 770 (13.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 652 (11.48%) Hyper-V
4 147 (2.59%) VMware ESXi
5 135 (2.38%) vSphere
6 117 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
7 114 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
8 69 (1.22%) XenApp
9 61 (1.07%) XenDesktop
10 47 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
11 38 (0.67%) Terminal Services
12 24 (0.42%) Docker
13 21 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 18 (0.32%) Firmware
15 16 (0.28%) VMware NSX
16 15 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
17 14 (0.25%) VirtualBox
18 8 (0.14%) pfSense
19 5 (0.088%) BitLocker
19 5 (0.088%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 1,008 (17.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 383 (6.75%) SCCM
3 91 (1.60%) vCenter Server
4 89 (1.57%) WSUS
5 86 (1.51%) Terraform
6 68 (1.20%) Kubernetes
7 66 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 59 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
9 56 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
10 47 (0.83%) SCOM
11 35 (0.62%) Ansible
12 33 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
13 30 (0.53%) Autotask
14 27 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
15 22 (0.39%) Backup Exec
16 21 (0.37%) Nessus
17 17 (0.30%) AirWatch
17 17 (0.30%) FortiGate
17 17 (0.30%) SmoothWall
17 17 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 4,121 (72.58%) Microsoft
2 1,192 (20.99%) VMware
3 466 (8.21%) Cisco
4 342 (6.02%) Citrix
5 283 (4.98%) Veeam
6 268 (4.72%) Google
7 232 (4.09%) Apple
8 178 (3.13%) ServiceNow
9 165 (2.91%) Dell
10 160 (2.82%) HP
11 147 (2.59%) Meraki
12 105 (1.85%) Fortinet
13 100 (1.76%) Sophos
14 85 (1.50%) Adobe
15 76 (1.34%) Aruba
16 73 (1.29%) SAP
17 53 (0.93%) iManage
18 50 (0.88%) Palo Alto
19 49 (0.86%) Commvault
19 49 (0.86%) WatchGuard