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 18 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 27 61
Rank change year-on-year -6 +34 -10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 4,453 4,981 8,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.35% 7.77% 5.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.18% 18.10% 11.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,918 4,428 6,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,588 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -2.15% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,650 £75,000 £75,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +1.33% - -

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 25,915 27,513 71,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.16% 42.91% 46.70%
Number of salaries quoted 15,730 21,430 38,947
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -7 4,094 £42,500 +4.00% 1,136
UK excluding London -5 3,242 £38,000 +1.33% 999
Work from Home +3 1,526 £50,000 - 430
London -16 1,116 £55,000 +10.00% 223
South East -11 790 £38,500 -3.75% 268
North of England -2 767 £40,000 +6.67% 234
Midlands -6 605 £37,500 -1.32% 168
South West +4 472 £37,500 +5.63% 175
West Midlands -8 396 £37,750 -3.08% 115
Yorkshire 0 354 £40,000 +15.94% 85
North West -1 337 £40,000 -5.88% 127
East of England -3 313 £38,500 +13.24% 98
East Midlands +1 204 £35,000 +4.48% 52
Scotland -33 170 £38,500 - 58
Wales +12 79 £42,500 +8.97% 22
North East -1 76 £34,500 -2.82% 26
Northern Ireland +23 30 £35,000 -22.22% 8
Channel Islands +2 11 £50,000 -44.44% 4
Isle of Man -2 7 £25,000 -65.52% 2

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 1,051 (23.60%) SharePoint
2 943 (21.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (0.76%) Confluence
4 32 (0.72%) IIS
5 21 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
6 19 (0.43%) SharePoint 2010
6 19 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
7 12 (0.27%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
8 8 (0.18%) WordPress
9 5 (0.11%) CMS
9 5 (0.11%) nginx
10 4 (0.090%) Apache
11 3 (0.067%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.067%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.067%) IBM Notes
11 3 (0.067%) Moodle
11 3 (0.067%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.045%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.045%) Site Server
Applications
1 644 (14.46%) Microsoft Office
2 177 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 82 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.18%) InfoPath
7 5 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.11%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.067%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.067%) Adobe Captivate
8 3 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.045%) 3ds Max
9 2 (0.045%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.045%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.045%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.022%) 1Password
10 1 (0.022%) InVision
10 1 (0.022%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 60 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
3 13 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.20%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.20%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 8 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 7 (0.16%) Magento
6 7 (0.16%) Sage 200
6 7 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.11%) SAP WM
8 4 (0.090%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 4 (0.090%) Unit4 Business World
9 3 (0.067%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.067%) iTrent
9 3 (0.067%) Sage X3
10 2 (0.045%) BambooHR
10 2 (0.045%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.045%) SAP EHS
10 2 (0.045%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 2,290 (51.43%) Azure
2 848 (19.04%) Entra ID
3 414 (9.30%) Power Platform
4 330 (7.41%) AWS
5 329 (7.39%) OneDrive
6 206 (4.63%) SaaS
7 203 (4.56%) PowerApps
8 195 (4.38%) Dynamics 365
9 185 (4.15%) Power Automate
10 130 (2.92%) IaaS
11 102 (2.29%) PaaS
12 95 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
13 88 (1.98%) Mimecast
14 80 (1.80%) Google Workspace
15 71 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
16 65 (1.46%) GCP
17 60 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
18 55 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
19 52 (1.17%) WhatsApp
20 51 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 826 (18.55%) Firewall
2 627 (14.08%) DNS
3 446 (10.02%) DHCP
4 397 (8.92%) LAN
5 392 (8.80%) VPN
6 386 (8.67%) WAN
7 344 (7.73%) TCP/IP
8 254 (5.70%) Wi-Fi
9 233 (5.23%) VLAN
10 201 (4.51%) Wireless
11 180 (4.04%) SAN
12 126 (2.83%) VoIP
13 114 (2.56%) Internet
14 102 (2.29%) Network Security
15 87 (1.95%) Remote Desktop
16 80 (1.80%) NAS
17 64 (1.44%) WLAN
18 59 (1.32%) SD-WAN
19 39 (0.88%) Intranet
20 34 (0.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 224 (5.03%) Power BI
2 214 (4.81%) SQL Server
3 67 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
4 36 (0.81%) MySQL
5 31 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 26 (0.58%) Relational Database
7 25 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (0.29%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
12 7 (0.16%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.13%) Metadata
14 5 (0.11%) EDMS
14 5 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.11%) PowerPivot
14 5 (0.11%) Tableau
15 4 (0.090%) Parquet
15 4 (0.090%) PostgreSQL
15 4 (0.090%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 67 (1.50%) JIRA
2 28 (0.63%) Git
3 13 (0.29%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.22%) gulp
4 10 (0.22%) Yeoman
5 5 (0.11%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.067%) Axure RP
6 3 (0.067%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.067%) MSI
7 2 (0.045%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.045%) Subversion
7 2 (0.045%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.022%) GitLab
8 1 (0.022%) InstallShield
8 1 (0.022%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.022%) Postman
8 1 (0.022%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.022%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,516 (34.04%) Social Skills
2 522 (11.72%) Finance
3 412 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
4 231 (5.19%) Law
5 199 (4.47%) Manufacturing
6 185 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 183 (4.11%) Legal
8 156 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
9 148 (3.32%) Retail
10 145 (3.26%) Public Sector
11 134 (3.01%) Telecoms
12 86 (1.93%) Marketing
13 65 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
14 45 (1.01%) Local Government
15 39 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
16 38 (0.85%) Banking
17 35 (0.79%) Automotive
18 34 (0.76%) Games
19 33 (0.74%) Advertising
20 25 (0.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 759 (17.04%) Analyst
2 684 (15.36%) IT Support
3 532 (11.95%) Support Engineer
4 434 (9.75%) IT Engineer
5 423 (9.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 360 (8.08%) Senior
7 329 (7.39%) Support Analyst
8 313 (7.03%) IT Analyst
9 304 (6.83%) 2nd Line Support
10 236 (5.30%) IT Support Engineer
10 236 (5.30%) Service Analyst
11 229 (5.14%) Consultant
12 228 (5.12%) IT Manager
12 228 (5.12%) IT Technician
13 215 (4.83%) Service Desk Analyst
14 208 (4.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 208 (4.67%) Lead
15 188 (4.22%) IT Support Analyst
16 172 (3.86%) Developer
17 163 (3.66%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (1.84%) .NET
2 59 (1.32%) HTML
3 36 (0.81%) CSS
4 28 (0.63%) Web Services
5 24 (0.54%) HTML5 Canvas
6 22 (0.49%) REST
7 18 (0.40%) ARM Templates
7 18 (0.40%) SPFx
8 15 (0.34%) React
8 15 (0.34%) XML
9 14 (0.31%) JSON
10 13 (0.29%) .NET Core
10 13 (0.29%) Node.js
11 12 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
11 12 (0.27%) RESTful
11 12 (0.27%) YAML
12 11 (0.25%) BREW
12 11 (0.25%) Middleware
12 11 (0.25%) SAML
13 10 (0.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 201 (4.51%) Driving Licence
2 193 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
3 173 (3.89%) Management Information System
4 135 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 117 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 87 (1.95%) Replication
7 64 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 64 (1.44%) Public Cloud
8 61 (1.37%) Smartphone
9 55 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
9 55 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
10 48 (1.08%) PKI
11 43 (0.97%) Product Ownership
12 41 (0.92%) Security Posture
13 35 (0.79%) Clustering
14 33 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
14 33 (0.74%) Low-Code
15 30 (0.67%) iPhone
16 28 (0.63%) Cloud Native
16 28 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2,316 (52.01%) Windows
2 1,099 (24.68%) Windows Server
3 721 (16.19%) Windows 10
4 261 (5.86%) Linux
5 205 (4.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 191 (4.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 170 (3.82%) Android
8 154 (3.46%) Apple iOS
9 136 (3.05%) Mac OS
9 136 (3.05%) Windows Server 2012
10 60 (1.35%) Windows 7
11 45 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
12 35 (0.79%) Mac OS X
13 34 (0.76%) Ubuntu
14 22 (0.49%) Unix
15 15 (0.34%) Windows 8
16 14 (0.31%) CentOS
16 14 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 9 (0.20%) VMS
17 9 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,049 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
2 931 (20.91%) Customer Service
3 808 (18.15%) ITIL
4 559 (12.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 532 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
6 342 (7.68%) Project Management
7 305 (6.85%) Service Delivery
8 294 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 283 (6.36%) Migration
10 268 (6.02%) Service Management
11 262 (5.88%) Change Management
12 247 (5.55%) Agile
13 245 (5.50%) Disaster Recovery
14 241 (5.41%) Project Delivery
15 236 (5.30%) ITSM
16 234 (5.25%) Business Intelligence
17 211 (4.74%) Roadmaps
18 210 (4.72%) Information Security
18 210 (4.72%) Mentoring
19 199 (4.47%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 502 (11.27%) PowerShell
2 340 (7.64%) SQL
3 122 (2.74%) C#
4 101 (2.27%) Python
5 81 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 65 (1.46%) Bash
7 29 (0.65%) T-SQL
7 29 (0.65%) VB
8 18 (0.40%) VBA
9 16 (0.36%) Bicep
9 16 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 15 (0.34%) PHP
11 14 (0.31%) VBScript
12 7 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.16%) Java
12 7 (0.16%) R
13 4 (0.090%) Go
13 4 (0.090%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.090%) Perl
13 4 (0.090%) X++
Qualifications
1 635 (14.26%) Degree
2 426 (9.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 270 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 192 (4.31%) SC Cleared
5 175 (3.93%) Azure Certification
6 159 (3.57%) DBS Check
7 127 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 97 (2.18%) MCSE
9 96 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
10 88 (1.98%) MCP
11 85 (1.91%) CCNA
12 73 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
13 68 (1.53%) A+ Certification
13 68 (1.53%) CISSP
14 57 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
15 54 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
16 50 (1.12%) MCSA
17 48 (1.08%) MCITP
18 41 (0.92%) CISM
19 38 (0.85%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 358 (8.04%) SLA
2 189 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 170 (3.82%) GDPR
4 162 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 74 (1.66%) NIST
6 46 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 32 (0.72%) QA
8 27 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 22 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 18 (0.40%) PMO
11 15 (0.34%) Accessibility
11 15 (0.34%) NIST 800
12 14 (0.31%) Data Quality
12 14 (0.31%) SOC 2
13 12 (0.27%) GRC
13 12 (0.27%) ISO 9001
13 12 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (0.22%) COBIT
14 10 (0.22%) NCSC
15 9 (0.20%) IASME
System Software
1 2,111 (47.41%) Active Directory
2 593 (13.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 527 (11.83%) Hyper-V
4 107 (2.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 94 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
6 93 (2.09%) vSphere
7 91 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
8 57 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
9 52 (1.17%) XenApp
10 48 (1.08%) XenDesktop
11 32 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 21 (0.47%) Docker
13 20 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
14 15 (0.34%) Terminal Services
14 15 (0.34%) VMware NSX
15 11 (0.25%) Firmware
16 8 (0.18%) BitLocker
17 7 (0.16%) Terminal Server
18 6 (0.13%) pfSense
19 4 (0.090%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 810 (18.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 308 (6.92%) SCCM
3 87 (1.95%) WSUS
4 60 (1.35%) Terraform
4 60 (1.35%) vCenter Server
5 51 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
6 41 (0.92%) Kubernetes
6 41 (0.92%) SCOM
7 39 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
8 38 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 37 (0.83%) Ansible
10 26 (0.58%) ZABBIX
11 25 (0.56%) Autotask
11 25 (0.56%) Backup Exec
12 20 (0.45%) Grafana
13 17 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
14 16 (0.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 14 (0.31%) CASB
15 14 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
15 14 (0.31%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3,171 (71.21%) Microsoft
2 909 (20.41%) VMware
3 385 (8.65%) Cisco
4 292 (6.56%) Citrix
5 215 (4.83%) Veeam
6 159 (3.57%) Apple
7 152 (3.41%) Google
8 141 (3.17%) ServiceNow
9 136 (3.05%) Dell
10 130 (2.92%) HP
11 127 (2.85%) Meraki
12 95 (2.13%) Fortinet
13 76 (1.71%) SAP
14 66 (1.48%) Palo Alto
15 65 (1.46%) Sophos
16 50 (1.12%) Adobe
17 49 (1.10%) iManage
18 48 (1.08%) Juniper
19 47 (1.06%) Aruba
20 44 (0.99%) Oracle